by Cindy Holmberg ~ Smith | May 27, 2019 | Classroom, Growth Mindset, Lizard Learning, Stress Relief for Adults, Teacher Empowerment, Teaching
BLOG That Last Nerve You know the one! When all the jobs, tasks, to-do’s, meetings, testing to create/set/mark, school reports to write, the parent to settle, the admin to keep happy, the field trip to take, the next round of year level standardised testing to...
by Cindy Holmberg ~ Smith | May 24, 2019 | Classroom, Craft Activities, Lizard Learning, Media & Events, Teaching
BLOG Appreciate your P & C Day I never realised until I’m now a parent, how much effort the parents put in, in THEIR own time, to make all the community events come together! I didn’t have children when I was a teacher and never considered how much time, effort...
by Cindy Holmberg ~ Smith | May 22, 2019 | Classroom, Curriculum, Lizard Learning, Teaching
BLOG Encourage Writing and Editing in the Classroom Teaching writing was one of the hardest curriculum activities I had to do as a full time classroom teacher. Just setting up for a writing activity was hard enough with the little ones. After organising each child...
by Cindy Holmberg ~ Smith | Nov 3, 2018 | 10 Quick Questions A Day, Classroom, Homeschool, Lizard Learning, Maths, Teaching
BLOG LEARNING RESOURCES: SUPER SORTING PIE One of our favourite incredibly versatile educational toys is this Super Sorting Pie. It is incredibly cute and can be used in a variety of ways to help kids build sorting skills, counting skills, math skills, and fine...
by Cindy Holmberg ~ Smith | Oct 1, 2018 | Classroom, Craft Activities, Lizard Learning, Teaching
BLOG FUN WITH GLUE Glue is a staple of every craft supply collection. It is used in just about every project under the sun. To say thanks for its many years of faithful service, we thought we’d share some project where glue is the star.SlimeI bet you all saw this one...
by Cindy Holmberg ~ Smith | Oct 1, 2018 | Classroom, Lizard Learning, Teaching
BLOG FIDGET TOYS The fidget spinner craze is dying down which makes it an excellent time to take a step back and assess the place of fidget toys in your classroom. At the height of the craze, many teachers banned the spinners, and we can all admit they could be...
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