Parenting & Home
How to Motivate Kids to Learn: Praise, Rewards and What Backfires
How to motivate kids to learn: effort praise, when rewards help or backfire, goal setting, routines and age-by-age tips from…
· 12 min read
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Teaching Tips
How to Find the Least Common Multiple: 3 Easy Methods With Examples
How to find the least common multiple by listing, prime factorisation and the ladder method, with word problems, LCD for…
· 10 min read
Guides
Fraction of a Fraction Word Problems: 20 Worked Examples
Fraction of a fraction word problems explained with area models, plus 20 worked examples from easy to multi-step, each with…
· 11 min read
Parenting & Home
What Math Should My Child Practise at Home? An Age-by-Age Guide
What math should my child know at each age? A table for ages 4 to 11 (US grades and UK…
· 11 min read
Early Years
Scissor Skills by Age: When Can a Child Start Cutting?
Scissor skills by age follow a slow, predictable path: most children hold scissors around age 2, snip paper by about…
· 13 min read
Early Years
Shapes for Preschoolers: The Order to Teach Them and 12 Activities
The best shapes for preschoolers to learn first are the circle, then the square and triangle, followed by the rectangle,…
· 14 min read
Party & Kitty Games
Office Bingo
Office bingo is a bingo game played with your colleagues: instead of numbers, the squares hold phrases, tasks or find-someone-who…
· 27 min read
Party & Kitty Games
Bingo Fundraiser
A bingo fundraiser is an evening of bingo games where the entry fees, snack sales and sponsor gifts go to…
· 30 min read
Party & Kitty Games
Bingo for Large Groups
Bingo for large groups works when you plan five things before the first call: a different card for every player,…
· 26 min read
Party & Kitty Games
Virtual Bingo Ideas
The best virtual bingo ideas keep one rule from classic bingo (a caller reveals things at random, players mark them)…
· 22 min read