Author Archive: Steph
Look carefully! One shape is missing.
For today’s freebie you need to look carefully! One shape from the field on the right is missing in the field on the left. Can you find the missing shape? There are two levels of difficulty. Level one: The shapes have been mixed. Level two: The shapes have been mixed AND turned around and/or mirrored. […]
Best Kept Secret
“Best Kept Secret” is a new documentary worth watching about a teacher in New Jersey who works with autistic students to help them prepare to live in the world once they graduate from school. The students attend JFK High School in Newark, a public school for students with a wide range of special needs. Administrators […]
Dino – Perception Training
Dino – Perception Training – that is today’s freebie: Arrange dinos from small to big, find the dino that is exactly the same, find pieces from a picture. These exercises train visual and spatial perception and attention – important skills for reading, writing and calculating. DOWNLOAD (6 MB – file may take a while […]
Famous paintings
The internet is full of coloring templates. 999 coloring pages offers some special templates: pictures of famous paintings. So why do not you watch the original painting such as the Mona Lisa or Van Gogh’s Sunflowers and then color them. Or use your imagination and color the paintings as you like. It is good for […]
Ways Parents Can Help with Spelling
This nice infographic shows how parents can help their children with spelling (Source).
Find the alien
Today’s freebie contains 3 worksheets with each two exercises. Children have to find a given shape. They can color or circle the shape – just as they like. These exercises train attention and visual perception – important skills for good reading, writing and calculating. DOWNLOAD CHECK OUT OUR FREEBIES
Robots – drawing and mirroring
Today’s freebie offers you various robots and a spacecraft. Children have to draw these into the grid, mirror them or make them smaller or bigger. Children are counting, comparing up and down and left and right. This trains attention, eye-hand-coordination and visual and spatial perception – important skills for reading, writing and calculating. DOWNLOAD Check […]
K12 Timed Reading Practice
K12 Timed Reading Practice lets readers in levels K-4 practice fluency by reading short, timed stories. Improving fluency allows readers to read smoothly and quickly so they can focus on comprehension rather than on decoding words. Features Stories More than 250 short, engaging stories for young readers A variety of fiction and non-fiction 46 Flesch-Kincaid […]
Tracing and pattern
Today’s freebie contains tracing and pattern exercises. Children can either trace the shapes, or they can trace the shapes and complete the pattern. Let them use different pens and colors. You can also laminate the exercises. Children can do the tracing with a dry-erase pen. This is a good alternative for children who have difficulties […]
Understanding Dyslexia: Infographic
We found this great infographic on Understanding Dyslexia over at weareteachers.com. If you want to know more on how to help children with dyslexia, read our Apple iBook Dyslexia? Dyscalculia? Source: http://www.weareteachers.com/community/blogs/weareteachersblog/blog-wat/2013/04/03/understanding-dyslexia-infographic
