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23 Maths Warm-Up Ideas for Your Classroom
Daily maths warm-ups are intended to be a quick warm-up of the brain. Check out our top 23 ideas...
Word Family Paper Cups | Hands-On Phonics
Find out how fun and easy it is to make word family paper cups. Use these clever cups as a hands-on learning tool to accelerate learning in early years phonics. Plus, find other essential word family teaching resources.
Activities to Help Kids Develop Creative Thinking Skills
How do you teach the kinds of creative thinking skills that kids in the 21st Century really need? Find out here...
10 St Patrick's Day Activities for Lucky Students!
Have a great craic with these St Patrick's Day activities for your lucky class! From history to art and craft, you'll be sure to get in the holiday spirit.
25 Tips and Resources for Teaching Phonics in the Classroom
Are you looking for fun and engaging ways of teaching phonics? This blog post provides the tips, phonics activity ideas and printable resources you need!
Why You Should Dig Deeper into Challenging Behaviour
When it comes to behaviour management, you never stop refining your techniques. Read our tips on why you should dig deeper into challenging behaviour.
Maths Investigation - Let's Play Mini Golf Financial Mathematics
Tee off some fun learning with this mathematics investigation all about financial maths and measurement.
Working Memory in Kids (Printable Resources and Activities)
This blog will highlight how to foster and develop a child's working memory through activities and games in the classroom environment.
Making Literacy Lessons Fun with Comic Strips
We've got all the tips you need for making literacy lessons fun with comic strips! Teaching reading and writing with comic strips has never been more fun.
10 Cheap and Cheerful Ways to Makeover the School Staffroom
Create a staffroom that teachers and staff want to go to with our 10 cheap and cheerful ways to update the school staffroom.
Fresh Juice Recipe to Start Your Day
Check out this super simple way to prepare a week's worth of juices in no time at all!
10 Brain Teaser Puzzles for Kids to Use in the Primary Classroom
Using visual brain teasers in the classroom encourages critical thinking in your students, plus, kids love them!
Fact Family Fun!
Ever wondered how your students could use an icosahedron to practise fact families?
Podcast News from Teach Starter HQ (December Update)
Find out all the latest on the Teach Starter podcast For the Love of Teaching! December was full of festive fun!
10 Text Types for Upper Years | Teaching Resources
Find out how reading a wide range of text types can improve reading comprehension and nurture a love of reading and writing.
Don't Reinvent the Wheel - Check Out Our Unit Plans!
Our unit plans have been carefully planned and created by qualified teachers with the busy teacher in mind!
10 Simple (but Amazing!) Ideas for Classroom Wall Displays
Classroom displays don't need to take forever to create. Take one of these simple display ideas and follow three simple steps to make a striking and helpful display.
Supporting Ambidextrous Kids in the Classroom: What Teachers Need to Know
How do you support ambidextrous pupils? Get expert tips designed to help teachers and their class!
7 Classroom Art Activities Inspired by Famous Artists
A set of engaging, fun and easy art activities inspired by famous artists around the world!
Teachers: TED Talks You'll Want to Watch!
Want to feel uplifted and inspired? What you do matters - these TED talks for teachers will help concrete this thought in your mind.
Student Engagement | End of Term Tips and Ideas
Brilliant tips, ideas and teaching resources to increase student engagement at the end of the school term.
8 Brilliant Ways to Cook and Learn with Kids!
Cooking with kids is a brilliant way to learn from home and at school. Don't miss these 8 learning suggestions with curriculum focus and delicious benefits. Plus, teaching resources that rise to the occasion.
Effective Lesson Creation | Using a Lesson Plan Template
The days of scrambling for lesson cohesion are behind you. Use our Editable Lesson Plan template to make planning for your class a breeze!
11 Parents' Evening Tips for Teachers to Make the Night a Success
Plan for your next parents' evening with tips from veteran teachers that will help you develop your script!
More Inference Activities... What's Going on Here!?
Just when you thought our new inference activities couldn't get any better, one of our amazing members gives us a new idea that just HAD to be made!
36 Essential Resources and Ideas to Set Up Your Classroom
It may be the end of a very long year! You are most likely exhausted and looking forward to your Christmas break, however, now is a fantastic time to start thinking about your classroom for next year...
Meet Our Designer - John Causley
Meet John Causley, one of our talented designers and check out some of his amazing work.
Create Your Own Teacher Planner - Printable Templates
Check out how to create your very own teacher planner using our printable templates.
Drama Games for Kids: Years 4-7
Here are eight excellent activities that use a simple and flexible approach to introduce the elements of Drama to your upper primary students!
Amazing Supply Teaching Daily Plans and Activity Ideas
Calling all supply teachers...check out these amazing daily plans, resources and activity ideas to ensure your days run as smoothly as possible!
Meet Our Teacher - Stephanie Mulrooney
Get to know the team behind the resources in our series of team biographies. Meet Teach Starter Resource Producer and in-house poet, Stephanie Mulrooney!
Introducing the Llama and Cactus Classroom Theme Pack!
Looking to spice up your classroom styling? Bring the fiesta to your room with this funky Llama and Cactus Classroom Theme Pack!