Flashcards are wonderful teaching tools

Flashcards are wonderful teaching tools. They offer fun, interactive learning for all levels of education for all subject types. Often created by teachers or purchased in educational stores or departments, flashcards can help with memory skills, mathematical skills, advanced discussion work, interaction via games, speaking and listening skills of all ages.

Flashcards come in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials. They often have space on them for students to insert their own replies and they can be personalized. In addition, flashcard software is becoming increasingly popular due to new technology. Computers are used more and more often in education.

People can get creative with the cards. For instance, popular uses of flashcards include writing calculations on one side with answers on the other, or developing thoughts on one side with pictures or other images and by writing correlating bullet points on the reverse side. Some write questions on one side, answers on the reverse. Others add colors to the cards (with markers, colored pencils, paints, chalks, etc.) and then jazz them up with colorful stickers, glitter, felt or other fun craft items.

And not only students reap rewards with flashcards. Take a look at this brief overview of who benefits and how.

Students - Of course students are among the number one benefactors of flashcards. Skills they learn using flashcards include: memory, association, verbal, cognitive, interaction, mathematical, listening and more.

Parents - Parents benefit by having tools to help their children with learning and examination preparation. Flashcards can be purchased or created fairly inexpensively, fitting into family budgets of all income levels. And the cards offer opportunities to extend learning beyond the point or points mentioned on the cards, opportunities for family interaction as well.

Teachers - Teachers benefit with flashcards in a variety of way: via teacher-directed study, self-paced student study, and by helping team up student partners, teaching them to work with the fronts and backs of flashcards for enhanced learning. Flashcards are creative outlets for many teachers, as well, allowing for use of crafting materials and instruction with imaginative teaching methodology on two sides.

So get flashcards, the little pictures that can lead to the big picture!

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A Little Recreation

Well, we all need some recreation or downtime from all the hard work we put in regardless of age. Yes, the little ones need some downtime/recreation also. So what can we do for them? Why not watch a movie. I love watching movies but they have to be age appropriate. So here are my choices. 
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My number 1 pick. Happy Feet. I love this movie, was awesome. Can watch it over and over.

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I also love watching nature shows such as this one.

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Start with the basics

Good morning. We all need help when it comes to teaching our children. I alway loved to go shopping and buying them things from the local stores that will assist me with teaching them numbers, abc's, colors and so forth. Here are my picks that I think might assist you and your child(ren).

 

Colorful, time-saving, and a snap to set up and store, these fun and engaging file folder games encourage independent learning. Just glue the brightly-colored game boards inside file folders, and students will have everything they need to play games that that help them learn and practice letter- and letter-sound recognition skills. Perfect for learning centers!

 

Unlock the door to reading success with these 25 easy-to-assemble, hands-on learning wheels that teach essential phonics skills! With just a turn of each adorable wheel, young learners practice and master a multitude of words—independently! Skills include long and short vowels, variant vowels, diphthongs, and consonant blends and digraphs. Includes a CD with ready-to-print versions of each of the 25 wheels in both full-color and black-line formats, as well as blank templates for creating customized wheels. A must-have teaching tool for all K-2 classrooms! For use with Grades K–2

   

A solid foundation of basic math skills is essential for early success in math. Children who can connect their understanding of math to the world around them, and build confidence through practice, will be ready for the challenges of mathematics as they advance to more complex topics. The activities in this workbook are designed to help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it!   

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