Sunday, May 19, 2013

Beautiful basics

This British site has a limited collection, but they provide quality solid basics that are all colouful and appealing to children.

This website can be browsed according to subject or theme. All downloads are FREE and UNLIMITED.

My favourite thing on this site is the Bingo format which is used in many resources. My kids (the ones I work with in my Numeracy Programme) love this format. Although they are not familiar with the concept of Bingo and don't call it out when they win, they love racing to be the first to cover all the blocks on their sheet. Just beware that the Bingo files often end up as 8 page (or more) documents which can turn into a lot of printing. I sometimes just print a few pages (I don't usually need the standard 6 different gameboards that they come with) or print two on a page. The "answer cards" can usually be printed in black and white to save ink. Also, beware that there are not enough "answer cards" for every board to be used at the same time (even 2 boards at a time) so you may need multiple copies of that section of the file. I love the way that you can practice a specific range of numbers as the files are clearly labeled and differentiated.

Amazingly, this website also has some of its resources in Afrikaans!

It also has a section on physical education and special needs in addition to the usual literacy, numeracy etc.

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