The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

Flashcards to help with the teaching of the classic L. Frank Baum story of the Wizard of Oz, including all of the main characters and ideas in the story. (.pdf file 3.27MB) Download File Watch the classic clip of Judy Garland singing “Somewhere Over the...
Animal Homes QR Codes

Animal Homes QR Codes

I’ve written previous blog posts about QR Codes in the Classroom and Talking QR Codes, and talked about how they are becoming more prominent both in our daily lives and in an educational context. I recently used QR Codes with my 1st Class pupils to teach a...
Snuggle Mountain

Snuggle Mountain

Snuggle Mountain is a beautiful story app in HD for iPad or iPhone/iPod  for younger pupils. The story, written by Lindsey Lane, is centred around Emma, a little girl who must climb to the top of Snuggle Mountain to wake the two-headed Giant who is caught in a...
Ladybird Books App

Ladybird Books App

Many teachers and parents may think that Ladybird books have been consigned to history, that they hark back to a long distant memory of schools many years ago. However, Ladybird books are moving into the 21st century with the release of the Ladybird Classic Me Books...
Jimmy and the Banshee

Jimmy and the Banshee

This resource provides a chapter by chapter list of questions for the Dan Kissane novel “Jimmy and the Banshee”. These could be done orally, they could be used as comprehension questions or they could be used as a quiz at the end of reading the novel. A wordsearch...