The Day Before Christmas

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It’s the day before Christmas, and all through the house Was chaos and bedlam, tears and shouts. The stockings were hung, I’m not sure with care, Now all were over-excited – it just wasn’t fair. There were zillions and zillions … Continued

My Recipe Book

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There are oodles of cooking books for children and also picture fiction books to motivate children to be excited about cooking. Here are just a few: TJ Tales: A Surprise for Mum is a story of misunderstandings based around homophones (words … Continued

Clichés

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Before computers, printing involved carving letters out of wooden  blocks, then dropping the blocks into metal to create a ‘stereotype’ from which to print.  The French word for this was ‘clicher’, a variant of ‘cliquer’ meaning ‘to click’. Some phrases … Continued

Student-Parent-School Triangle

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It is important to remember that your child’s education is a joint responsibility between the school, the child and you as a parent.  It is unrealistic to expect, especially if your child is struggling to learn a particular skill, that … Continued

Homonyms

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 Homonyms are words that are pronounced and spelled the same, but have different meanings. This video clip provides a fun way of introducing this concept to students. Challenge students to make a list of other homonyms and then use … Continued