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I was born in Ireland and grew up in South Africa. I have had a wondefully rich life in terms of experiences, travelling and learning about different cultures. I currently live in Dubai, UAE. My best travel spots so far have been Peru, Prague and Jordan! All of them are must see's! I create engaging and creative resources for early years and primary students.

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I was born in Ireland and grew up in South Africa. I have had a wondefully rich life in terms of experiences, travelling and learning about different cultures. I currently live in Dubai, UAE. My best travel spots so far have been Peru, Prague and Jordan! All of them are must see's! I create engaging and creative resources for early years and primary students.
Reading Comprehension Language Centers
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Reading Comprehension Language Centers

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60 pages of skill building language center activities. This pack covers the following: Main Idea and Details Compare and Contrast Context Clues Nonfiction Text Features Making Inferences Cause and Effect Fact or Opinion. These language centers are designed for a quick recap of concepts or can be used as extension games. All games come with an answer card for students to self correct.
Earth Day
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Earth Day

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Celebrate Earth Day with your class this year. This Earth Day pack is perfect for any age group! There are 130 pages of fun, exciting and engaging activities and research for your kids. Included in this pack is the following: *Information Posters *What is Earth Day *Our Earth *I Can Help *The 3 R's (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) *Research Pages *KWL Chart *Mini Book - Differentiated *Word Wall *Fact or Opinion *Earth Day around the world *Acrostic Poems *Letter Writing *Cause and Effect - differentiated *Magazine Hunt *Recycling labeling *The Earth Flip Book *The Earth Can Has Needs Is *Scrambled Sentences *ABC Order - Differentiated *Read/Write the Room *Noun, Verb, Adjective Sort- differentiated *Word Search *If I Had a Garden *Writing Prompts *Earth Day Word Match *Grow a Plant Word Mat *Planting Seeds- Writing *Home Hunt: Recyclables *Helping at Home *Craft: Earth Day Crown
Phonics Center Phoneme Swap
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Phonics Center Phoneme Swap

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This 50 page product helps your kiddo's develop their phonemic awareness skills. By swapping letters around in each card, your students will create new words. This is perfect for an independent literacy centre. Simple print, laminate and cut. Your students will need a marker and white board eraser for this. The words that are introduced increase as each letter is taught so there will not be a word where a letter has not yet been introduced; for example: if S A T I P N have been introduced, only words with those letters will be included. There are between 12 - 24 phoneme swap cards for each book 1 - 7. S A T I P N - Book 1 - 12 phoneme swap cards CK E H R M D - Book 2 - 24 phoneme swap cards G O U L F B - Book 3 - 24 phoneme swap cards AI J OA IE EE OR - Book 4 - 24 phoneme swap cards Z W NG V OO OO - Book 5 - 24 phoneme swap cards Y X CH SH TH TH - Book 6 - 24 phoneme swap cards QU OU OI UE ER AR - Book 7 - 24 phoneme swap cards Have fun and I hope your kiddo's enjoy :)
Tiny Word Spelling Hunt Blends
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Tiny Word Spelling Hunt Blends

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I Spy Tiny Words Blends All my kids LOVE using magnifying glasses! All you need to do is give your kids a magnifying glass so they can find the tiny words in the picture. Your kids will get tons of reading practice as well as writing practice. There are 2 recording sheets included. Simply print and laminate for durability. There are Color and BW versions included in this resource. Included are the following beginning blends: bl br cl cr fl fr gr pl tr sc sk sl sm sn sp st
Play Dough Mats Shapes
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Play Dough Mats Shapes

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These shape play dough mats are perfect for your Kinder / FS1 FS2 kiddos! They are great to help your students develop their concept of shape names and make real world connections too. There are three versions included in this pack to suit your needs. This will also help develop your students fine motor skills by manipulating the play dough. Hope you and your kids enjoy this resource! :)
Split Digraph Tiny Spelling Word Hunt
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Split Digraph Tiny Spelling Word Hunt

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All my kids LOVE using magnifying glasses! All you need to do is give your kids a magnifying glass so they can find the tiny words in the picture. Your kids will get tons of reading practice as well as writing practice. There are 2 recording sheets included. Simply print and laminate for durability. There are Color and BW versions included in this resource. This resource includes silent e / sneaky e/ bossy e words. Included are the following sounds: a_e i_e o_e u_e mixed CVCe x 4
Tricky Words Fluency Pyramids
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Tricky Words Fluency Pyramids

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These Fluency Pyramids are a great tool to help struggling readers improve their confidence. These Fluency Pyramids cards are based off TRICKY WORDS. This is perfect for an independent literacy centre, home reinforcement or extension. It includes one fluency Pyramid for each TRICKY WORD. Included in this are: I The He She Me We Be Was To Do Of Are All You Your Come Some Said Here There They Go No So My One By Only Old Like Have Live Give Little Down What When Why Where Who Which Any Many More Before Other Were Because Want Saw Put Could Should Would Right Two Four Goes Does Made Their
Addition Subtraction Puzzles
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Addition Subtraction Puzzles

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On My Own Center- This math centrer is designed for independent 'On My Own' practice. Addition and Subtraction practice to 20. Cut and laminate the puzzle pieces for students to match to the answer. They need to match one addition and one subtraction sentence to the number at the top of the puzzle piece. simple and fun addition and subtraction practice for your kids! This is great for Year 1 students or Year 2 students who need support with addition and subtraction facts.
Fluency Squares Winter Edition
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Fluency Squares Winter Edition

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Fluency Squares are a great tool to help struggling readers improve their confidence. These Fluency squares have a WINTER theme perfect for seasonal centres. This is great for an independent literacy centre, home reinforcement or extension. There are 40 coloured and 40 Black and white fluency square cards included in this resource. For easy printing options, it includes 4 fluency squares on each page in black and white and in color for easy printing and laminating :)
Maths Centre Time
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Maths Centre Time

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On My Own Center- This math center is designed for independent 'On My Own' practice to develop the concept of time to the hour, half hour and quarter hour. There are 4 versions included in this pack and it is perfect for differentiation to meet your students needs with their understanding of time. Version 1: Match the time to the hour using digital or analog time. Version 2: Match the time to the half hour using digital or analog time. Version 3: Match the time to the quarter hour to the hour using digital or analog time. Version 4: Write the time displayed on the clock face: Hour, half hour and quarter hour
SATPIN Activity Pack
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SATPIN Activity Pack

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Included in this pack is a 180 page bundle in the download This games pack includes a game for each Phonics Sound for s/a/t/i/p/n - Snake Search - Ant Search - Tennis Sort - Igloo Sort - Piggy Memory Match - Night Sky Bump Each sound includes at least 5 printables as well as 2 differentiated booklets. S S letter picture find S handwriting S booklet - 2 levels S Maze Magazine hunt for Ss words Design some silly socks Soup Sort A A letter picture find A handwriting A booklet - 2 levels A Maze Astronauts Above Short A sort T T letter picture find T handwriting T booklet - 2 levels T Maze Blank T Label the Tiger Design a Tie Apple Tree Sort I i letter picture find i handwriting i booklet - 2 levels i Maze Insect i Igloo Sort Eskimo Maze P P letter picture find P handwriting P booklet - 2 levels P Maze Blank P Magazine search P Puzzle building Pirate Ship Sort N N letter picture find N handwriting N booklet - 2 levels N Maze N Blank Night Sky book search N Words in novel search Fish and net sort Bird and nest maze There are poster/anchor charts for each sound with pictures and words aswell. Enjoy :)
Fluency Squares Fall Autumn Edition
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Fluency Squares Fall Autumn Edition

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Fluency Squares are a great tool to help struggling readers improve their confidence. These Fluency squares have a FALL AUTUMN theme perfect for seasonal centres. This is great for an independent literacy centre, home reinforcement or extension. There are 40 coloured and 40 Black and white fluency square cards included in this resource. For easy printing options, it includes 4 fluency squares on each page in black and white and in color for easy printing and laminating :)
Phonics Center POP Differentiated
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Phonics Center POP Differentiated

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This is a great time filler activity. Play the game POP! exactly like the game Bang! Easy print, cut and go for a no fuss time filler :) Instructions on how to play included as well as a cover for your Jar for easy storage. Students take turns to pull out a sound/word card. If they say the word or sound out the letter correctly, they can keep the card. If a player pulls the “pop!” card, they need to put all of their cards back into the jar. The winner is either the person who has the most cards at the end of a timer for a timed game or if there are no cards left in the jar. Enjoy and have fun! :)
Number Order Task Cards Differentiated 0 - 50
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Number Order Task Cards Differentiated 0 - 50

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This is a perfect activity for your kiddo's to practice their number order skills. You can use this in may ways to meet each kids needs. In set 1 the cards follow an easier progression where they are all in the same tens group: 15, 13, 12, 14. In set 2 the cards are harder as there are multiple ten groups in a set of cards: 12, 39, 24, 47 This set includes 2 sets of 40 differentiated task cards, 6 different worksheets in ascending and descending order. There are sets in both black and white and color to suit your printing preference. I have included 6 different worksheets as well for further differentiation purposes: 1-10 Ascending order 1-10 Descending Order 1-20 Ascending order 1-20 Descending Order 1-40 Ascending order 1-40 Descending Order
Data and Graphing
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Data and Graphing

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On My Own Center- This math center is designed for independent 'On My Own' practice to develop the concept of data handling and graphing for math centers / math stations. There are 5 different math centers / math stations for data handling and graphing included in this pack. Center 1: The Pet Shop: Pictograph, Bar Graph, Tally Chart, Pet Shop Spinner and Data Sheet Center 2: Weather: Pictograph, Bar Graph, Tally Chart, Weather Spinner and Data Sheet Center 3: Spring Time: Pictograph, Bar Graph, Tally Chart, Spring Spinner and Data Sheet Center 4: The Farm: Pictograph, Bar Graph, Tally Chart, Farm Spinner and Data Sheet Center 5: Data Task Cards 1-20 and recording sheet.
Tooth Traditions Around the World
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Tooth Traditions Around the World

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Did you know that there are other traditions besides the Tooth Fairy or the Tooth Mouse? Some children throw their tooth on a roof, some wrap it in cotton wool and put it in a river. Other children bury their teeth and some children make wishes.This research pack is student friendly and ready to go! Simply print and set up your research stations. Included in the pack are traditions from the following countries: USA, Spain, South Africa, India, China, Japan, Argentina, Australia, South Korea, Vietnam, Egypt, Jordan, Mongolia, France, Botswana, Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, England, Greece, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Lithuania,Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkey, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Russia. Student Research Sheets Student Passport and Passport Pages Writing Display Tooth Tradition writing task - differentiated 24 Task Cards to promote higher order thinking- Blooms Taxonomy Graphic Organizers Tooth Tradition Spotlight on ______ country Tooth Tradition Reflections - differentiated This Tooth Tradition Around The World Pack has been tried and tested with my students and it was such a hit! :) I really hope your kiddo's enjoy this as much as mine did. If you are worried about your kiddos questioning if the tooth fairy still exists, please don't worry, I have worded it in such a way so that your kids will be reassured. The "tooth fairy's" secret will stay a secret :)
Greater Than Less Than
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Greater Than Less Than

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On My Own Center- This math center is designed for independent 'On My Own' practice to develop the concept of greater than and less than. Cut and laminate the strips and crocodile pieces. Mix them up and place them in a zip lock bag or folder for easy access and safe keeping. Version 1: Greater Than Less Than 0 - 20 Version 2: Greater Than Less Than 0 - 99 2 x Worksheets
Partner Picking Student Grouping Monsters
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Partner Picking Student Grouping Monsters

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If you are looking for a fun and easy way to group your students then this is it! :) These can work for any grade level and will add an element of excitement to your random student groupings and partners. This Monster theme resource is designed to be used in pairs. There are 15 Monster themed sets which totals 56 cards. This could be used for pairs, groups of 3 or groups of 4. These random groupings can be used for any classroom activity whether it is reading, math, games or paired work of any kind. How to use: Cut and laminate each card for durability. Mix them up and place them in a container or bowl. Students close their eyes and choose a card or the class teacher could hand out a card to each student. Students then find their partners for their small group activity.
Tiny Word Hunt I SPY FRY 200 Words
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Tiny Word Hunt I SPY FRY 200 Words

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The second 100 Fry Words. All my kids LOVE using magnifying glasses! All you need to do is give your kids a magnifying glass so they can find the tiny Fry words in the picture. Your kids will get tons of reading practice as well as writing practice. There are 2 recording sheets included. Simply print and laminate for durability. There are Color and BW versions included in this resource.
Tiny Word Hunt I SPY FRY 300 Words
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Tiny Word Hunt I SPY FRY 300 Words

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The third 100 Fry Words. All my kids LOVE using magnifying glasses! All you need to do is give your kids a magnifying glass so they can find the tiny Fry words in the picture. Your kids will get tons of reading practice as well as writing practice. There are 2 recording sheets included. Simply print and laminate for durability. There are Color and BW versions included in this resource.