Turning learning on its head

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Jon Bergmann's blog about flipped classrooms, his experiences and wealth of knowledge. I have found this exceptionally interesting - take a look! Turning Learning on its Head

Super Teacher Worksheets

I have recently spoiled myself with a Super Teacher Worksheet membership! This amazing resource tool is definitely going to make my life next year easier. There are many resources from maths worksheets and ideas to brain teasers and puzzles. It is really affordable (for under R 200 for the year) and their worksheets are of a really good quality.

I recommend STW for every Intermediate and Foundation Phase teacher. One of my mentor teacher always told me that, as teachers, we must be wise and "not reinvent the wheel". I think this website provides great additional resources for the classroom where educators can rather spend their creativity on classroom activities and exciting lessons rather than creating new worksheets when great ones are available.

funbrain.com

We all want our learners to be instilled with a love of learning. We know that children love to play. There are many websites that incorporate this love of playing with learning to help children enjoy learning.

One of these websites is funbrain.com  I find some websites difficult to navigate and I end up getting frustrated. funbrain.com is very easy to navigate and well organised into games for specific grades (kindergarten - Grade 8), for both language learning and mathematics.

The learners are able to move through various levels in the games and each game is appropriate for the age and grade of the learners. It is often difficult to find good online educational games for learners after Grade 3, so funbrain.com is a useful site for a large variety of grades and levels.