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At Education Elephant, we think it is important to keep you up to date with the latest teaching tips, news, announcements, case studies, and stories from across the education sector. Read on to find the latest posts of interest, and please feel free to share any posts that you find useful with colleagues and friends. We’d love to hear from you so please comment below any of the posts.
52 of the Best Children’s Books of All Time
Why are Children’s Books so Important? Introducing children to all varieties of literature at an early age is extremely important for their developmental success. Although your child may be introduced to reading at school, it is essential that you start their passion...
read moreSeven Lessons That I’ve Learned from Working with Autism in the Classroom
Schools all across the world come into contact with autism. Surprisingly, teachers sometimes do not feel prepared or even responsible for taking in an autistic student to the class. As a teacher, I want to share seven, simple lessons that I’ve picked up along the way...
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7 Apps and Tools for Teachers of Students with Dyslexia
Navigating the best ways to help guide your dyslexic students is a difficult thing to do. You want the best for all of your students, but it may be challenging to work out how to get the best out of them all on your own. Thankfully, technology is on your side, with...
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“Don’t ‘Dys-‘ Me” – A quick guide to Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia and Dyscalculia…What Are They?
For most of us, we take the standard progression of our reading, writing and mathematical skills over time for granted. With good teaching, our skills in these areas seem to develop quickly and somewhat naturally. However, for many people, these skills don’t develop...
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“Don’t ‘Dys-‘ Me!” – What is Dyscalculia?
Dyscalculia is to Maths, what Dyslexia is to Literacy. Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability in Mathematics and Numbers. People with Dyscalculia struggle processing numbers, maths-concepts and the symbols and functions required when solving Maths problems....
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Tips for Managing Classroom ADHD
The following shortlists illustrate specific ways to manage ADHD behaviour in school. The lists are based around four main areas of focus when handling ADHD: Improving self-awareness, Making rules and time obvious and in physical form, Increasing incentives in the...
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“Don’t ‘Dys-‘ Me!” – What is Dyspraxia?
Dyspraxia refers to the learning disability that affects movement. People with Dyspraxia usually struggle with both fine and gross motor skills, motor planning and coordination, potentially appearing clumsy in their actions, awkward when they walk and slurred when...
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“Don’t ‘Dys-‘ Me!” – What is Dysgraphia?
Dysgraphia is a learning disability that affects writing and the coordination of the small muscles of the hands, wrists, and fingers (fine motor skills). People with Dysgraphia usually struggle with writing and forming letters, as well as being able to write along a...
read moreWhat is ADHD and is a Lack of Sleep Related to it?
Childhood ADHD has become much more common. At the same time, children have been getting less and less sleep now compared to even 20 years ago. How a child develops ADHD is not exactly clear, but there is evidence suggesting that a lack of sleep could be related to...
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How to Identify Dyslexia in your Classroom
Do you know a student who is: Reluctant to read aloud and answer questions? Constantly misspelling and mistaking words for others? Not completing homework on time? If this sounds like one of your students, it may not be their fault, and perhaps it’s time for a...
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