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Laura The Explaura

Teaching is a profession for the passionate, creative, inspiring type. Without these traits it becomes just a ‘job’.

Passionate, purpose and patience are all virtues needed for working daily with students.
Usually a whole class of them, competing for your attention, energy and love all at the same time.

Posts tagged teaching tips

Recording Your Screen For Remote Learning

Recording Your Screen For Remote Learning

Screen recording extensions or programs to use

TeachingLaura WoodburySeptember 20, 2021remote learning, online teaching, online learning, teaching life, teaching online, teaching tipsComment

Get The Kids Exercising Their Brains With Brain Gym

Get The Kids Exercising Their Brains With Brain Gym

Fun to be had to reinvigorate your students

TeachingLaura WoodburyApril 14, 2021brain breaks, lesson break, rest, transition time, teaching tipsComment

Why I Encourage My Students To Make Mistakes

Why I Encourage My Students To Make Mistakes

Making mistakes helps us to learn. Children need permission.

TeachingLaura WoodburyApril 2, 2021learning, make mistakes, education, anxiety, teaching tips, learn youngComment

Maths Warm Ups For K-6

Maths Warm Ups For K-6

Great quick warm up games to begin your numeracy lessons

TeachingLaura WoodburyFebruary 6, 2021maths games, warm ups, teaching tips, numeracy, differentiationComment

Tips To Avoid Burn Out As A Teacher

Tips To Avoid Burn Out As A Teacher

How to avoid burning out

TeachingLaura WoodburyNovember 8, 2020burn out, overwhelm, chronic fatigue, workload, teaching tips, teaching, educationComment

Halloween Feely Bowl Fun

Halloween Feely Bowl Fun

Gross-out your kids with these fun feely bowl ideas for Halloween

TeachingLaura WoodburyOctober 30, 2020classroom fun, Halloween, Science, feely box, teaching tipsComment

How To Encourage Reading In Your Classroom

How To Encourage Reading In Your Classroom

Ways to encourage reading in your classroom with these great tips

TeachingLaura WoodburyJune 4, 2020teaching, teaching tips, reading, Shared Reading, Picture BooksComment

Story Books Online

Story Books Online

My top recommendations for teachers to find great read alouds online

TeachingLaura WoodburyMay 11, 2020reading, literacy, Picture Books, Shared Reading, read alouds, online stories, online learning, teaching tipsComment

How To Avoid The Wet Weather Blues

How To Avoid The Wet Weather Blues

Keep your sanity with these activity ideas for those days when it is too wet for the students to play outside

TeachingLaura WoodburyMarch 11, 2020wet weather, indoor play, teaching tips, teachers, kids videosComment

Why Learning Your Students Names Quickly Is Important

Why Learning Your Students Names Quickly Is Important

Why learning your new students names is important and how to learn them as soon as possible

TeachingLaura WoodburyFebruary 4, 2020name games, community, respect, students names, students, teaching hack, teaching tipsComment

Fun Songs To Teach Your Class

Fun Songs To Teach Your Class

Fun songs to break up your day, ease the stress of learning and enjoy the time together

TeachingLaura WoodburyJanuary 21, 2020teaching, silly songs, education, good vibes, teaching tips, Music lessons, dance, transition time, YouTube, classroom fun, cool teacherComment

Motivating Students - How To Build Excitement For Learning

Motivating Students - How To Build Excitement For Learning

Building excitement and motivation in the classroom will encourage real learning to take place

TeachingLaura WoodburyAugust 28, 2019teaching hack, teaching tips, education, environment, learning, classroom fun, teaching, teaching life, schoolComment