The English teachers voice

All kids love to draw and color in, and they all come home from school at least once a week with another  picture that they drew for you. Whilst their artistic creations are cute, have you ever found yourself wondering if they’re really an important part of school? Are they actually supporting the academic atmosphere? The answer is YES, coloring is important in early childhood education for a lot of reasons! 1. It Helps To Develop Hand-Strength One of the biggest reasons coloring is important for young learners is because it helps them to develop their hand strength . As adults, we have been writing, typing , and doing various activities all of our lives which means we take our hand strength for granted. Toddlers and young learners, however, are just beginning to build those muscles. Hand strength is important for all hand-related fine motor skills , especially handwriting . Writing takes strength and dexterity , and coloring helps exercise these muscles. Hand strength will al...

  Playing dice games in the classroom can be a lot of fun, but, sometimes our choices are restricted by the fact that when buying standard dice, they are generally numerical, a fact that can often limit the variety of activities that we can choose from. Below is a selection of pre-designed and " Create, Print, and Cut " dice templates that will allow teachers to design their own games, and the dice that accompany them. With using these templates, and your amazing creativity and imagination, the sky is the limit to the fun activities that you can enjoy with your students. I hope that you find them interesting and useful for your classroom activities. Good luck and good teaching. 10 creative games for making grammar fun to learn. Taking the stress out of learning grammar Making the rules of grammar easy to understand Everything that you need to know about interjections. Understanding English tenses including 28 slides to use in the classroom. Understanding how to use conjunctio...