BLM Spotlight

Sound Waves Literacy

Get students playing with words using the printable activities available at Sound Waves Literacy Online. There are plenty of activities to choose from, but we’ve hand-picked a few of our favourites to show you how easily they can be set up and…

Handwriting tips for your left-handed students

Writing Time

Much of the world has been designed for right-handed people – including handwriting. Luckily, there are a few tips and tricks you can use to help make the process of learning to write a little easier for your left-handed students.…

Lights, camera, investigate!

iMaths

Switch things up for your next investigation and have students film the process. Not only will this add an extra level of engagement, incorporating a video component is a fantastic way to draw out students’ communicating and reasoning skills.

Speed up your students' mental maths practice

Think Mentals

The goal of mental computation is to be able to make quick, automatic and correct calculations. One way to encourage these skills is to have students time their daily mental computation exercises.

Match Up with a twist

Sound Waves Literacy

Match Up is a tried and true activity in Sound Waves Literacy classes, but why not get a little creative with it? Add a competitive twist to the online version of the activity and get the whole class involved!

Fun ways to work with the focus sound

Sound Waves Literacy

Want to add an extra dash of excitement to your next spelling lesson? If you’re using Sound Waves Literacy, we have some fun ideas for working with focus sounds.

Handwriting activity: Far-point copying

Writing Time

The majority of handwriting practice involves near-point copying, but as students move into upper primary it’s important to also incorporate far-point copying exercises.

Exploring maths outside the classroom – how parents can help

Most of us can remember those magic maths moments from our childhood. Learning about measurement in the classroom and seeing it come to life when baking with our grandparents. Or learning about angles and watching our parents parallel park with…

Check out our Focus Sound Searches

Sound Waves Literacy

If your students like Where’s Wally? then our Sound Waves Focus Sound Searches are sure to be a hit in your classroom.