Teaching Library
Teaching Ideas has excellent free teaching suggestions and lesson resources linked to a selection of children's books and literature.
Your Chinese Zodiac Sign
With our Zodiac Sign checker you see what Chinese Zodiac sign you were born under. It is more accurate than checking just by year especially if you have a January or February birth date.
Online Stopwatch and Timer
Set up this digital stopwatch or set the timer to count down the time. Works well on an interactive whiteboard.
Santa's Little Helper
It's Christmas Eve and Santa is getting ready to make his delivery of presents to boys and girls all round the world. Find out in this story how he can deliver all the presents in time.
Teach Your Monster to Read
A free game for young children to practise the first steps of reading. The game is built on the principles of synthetic phonics and follows the teaching sequence of the Letters and Sounds programme.
The Literacy Shed
The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources with teaching ideas suitable for use in the primary classroom. There are some fabulous animations to use as stimulus for writing.
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Dragon Dance
Read about the symbolism and meaning behind traditional Chinese dragon dance and watch a movie clip of a performance in action.
Geoboard
A wonderful teaching resource for exploring shapes. Choose from three different geoboard designs and stretch out the bands to make your shapes.
How to Make Chinese New Year Firecracker Decorations
Here we show you how to make firecracker decorations similar to those that are hung up in homes at Chinese New Year to warn off the monster Nian in Chinese mythology.
