Storykate: Early Childhood Teacher Australia

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  • I know five – an easy ball game for preschoolers

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    I Know Five… 🎾🗣️🎶A flexible, fast-paced game that gets kids thinking, talking, and moving! How to play: Why it’s great:✅ Builds vocabulary and memory✅ Encourages clear speech and turn-taking✅ Adds movement for active learners✅ Easy to adapt for any age group or theme You can play indoors or outdoors — no setup needed, just a…

  • Mastering the Times Tables Through Play

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    If someone wakes you up in the middle of the night and asks, “What’s eight times seven?” or “What’s nine times six?” and you instantly respond with 56 and 54, you’ve likely memorised your multiplication tables well. In many countries, however, even simpler multiplication facts don’t always come easily to students. In the UK, for…

  • This will help you to support maths learning

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    Did you know that large studies across several countries found that mathematics skills, such as knowing numbers, predict later academic success (Pan et al., 2019). Early mathematics scores predicted later mathematical scores and pre-reading, which was surprising. Zaitsev’s Method for Teaching Mathematics Nikolai Alexandrovich Zaitsev’s method is a unique approach to teaching children reading, writing,…

  • When circle time is not a failure…

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    When I was a new teacher, I struggled with Circle Time. I had a plan, I had stories, but without storytelling props, the children… well, they had other ideas. Every time I sat down for Circle Time, it was chaos. Kids would climb on top of me, roll around, poke each other, or just wander…

  • Reflecting on Weapon Play in Early Childhood: A Cycle of Reflection Approach

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    As educators, we often see children engaging in weapon play—whether it’s using sticks as swords, building guns out of blocks, or pretending to be superheroes in battle. This type of play can be challenging, especially when personal attitudes, societal perspectives, and institutional policies influence our responses. Yet, rather than reacting instinctively, using a structured Cycle…