Making learning fun
Homework is one of those things that you will either agree with or disagree. Agree, because you know it’s a way to help children to reinforce skills or it’s a good way to prepare them for content they will be covering or maybe you are using it for enrichment and extension. Disagree, because you are always chasing up kids who… Read More
I love using games in the classroom but when I first started teaching I didn’t really know how to use them effectively. I knew their value but I don’t think my class did. My math centers never seemed to be successful!
Thinking strategies for addition facts were such a revelation when I learned about them so many years ago in Teachers College. I had been taught to add through repetition and memorization of the addition and subtraction facts, so this was something new for me. We were now teaching children to think about math and apply known strategies in order to… Read More
I'm Peta, the teacher, author, and resource designer behind Teaching Trove and I'm passionate about using games and interactive resources in the classroom.
It's my mission to help you create a classroom where kids are engaged in hands-on, meaningful practice that helps them to really consolidate the concepts you've been teaching. Read More…
