Back to School Activities and Motivation

photo: pixabay.com Browsing around for new school year first day ideas, I came upon some activities that would be interesting to try out. I also found some classroom posters that are really cool. So here they are: 1] TeamExercises is a youtube channel full of team games that can be…

Salad Decoration: Know Your Fruit And Vegetables!

Photo: www.hellowonderful.co/post/8-CREATIVE-WAYS-TO-GET-KIDS-TO-EAT-SALAD Summer indulges us in fruits and vegetables inspiring nutritious creativity! Either for a party or our personal pleasure, salads can be refreshing not only to our palate but eyes, too. Have a look at this collection of what I think easy and impressive salad decoration ideas along with their…

Biology Frenzy

Are you mad for Biology or do you feel like exploring this field? Here is a list of relevant links to study, play and learn Biology. A science website for kids from the American Museum of Natural History. Biochemistry quiz     (you can change the settings and select study-cards, learn, speller etc or…

Christmas Printable Games And A Craft Suggestion For Kids

No need to search around for kids classroom games this Christmas. Amazing Anna from themeasuredmom has gothered more than 40 printable ideas here. If crafting sounds more appealing to your pupils, then the following tutorial on how to make salt dough ornaments will prove an easy and fun to do activity. Enjoy!

Welcome Spring! Vocabulary, Idioms, Games, Activities

What does spring mean to you? What vocabulary, images or feelings do you associate with it? Brainstorm for a minute and then explain your choices. You may wish to spot specific words or phrases in this springtime list found at the following cool site words-to-use.com. Gardening is the ultimate springtime activity.…

Get The Basics Of Figurative Language

  Just Outside the Box Cartoons by Marti is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work atwww.justoutsidetheboxcartoon.com. Come on! Don’t be a couch potato! Before exclaiming: “I’m done with figurative language!” take some time to STUDY the following resources. Then check yourself. I’m sure you will find it…

Historic Or Historical?

A few times these past days I was asked about the difference between the words “historic” and “historical”. Although these adjectives are close in meaning, their usage is different. In a few words, every past event is historical, but what stands out is historic: “historic”  very important, very influential in…

Compound Adjectives Feed

  A right-looking rabbit or a left-looking duck? Compound adjectives are a creative part of the English language and help us condense meaning and make clear, beautiful descriptions. There is theory and practice below. Read more