Posts tagged "esl"

Learning Resources that Match your Educational Needs

Learning resources that fit your educational needs are an important part of the teaching process.  It is important to find learning resource tools that allow you and your students to learn in the most enriching and rewarding way.  Hands-on tools, books, lesson plans, flash cards are educational supplies that can make the classroom fun.  We have come a long way from teaching students under a tree,  and we can use many different teacher supplies to engage and motivate students.

If creative play is something that fits your educational needs, there many different choices from play food to Legos that reinforce manipulative skills.  Creative play learning resources subjects include language arts, motivational tools, play-on devices, gross motor skills, and special needs.  These will allow the learner to experience different activities that are hands on and fun.

If an active style of learning is not the direction you are looking to go in,  there are visual type style of learning.  Arts and crafts, books, activity kits, activity books, flash card can be used in language arts, math,  foreign language, literature, social studies,  and so much more.   Visual learning resources allows students to see what is being taught to them and see how things work before their very own eyes. Read more…

Global from Macmillan Education | FREE Lesson Plans, Teaching Tips and More

A few days ago I was taking an order from one of our teacher friends, and in the conversation she mentioned this website she is using as an ESL curriculum resource.   She raved about the quality and diversity of the the content, saying that while a lot of free lesson plans were just basic these were the real deal.  This site looks like it launched in January 2010, and there are only 15 free e-lesson plans online so far, but it comes from a main stream publisher so there is quality .   The site is set up to support a new line of language arts curriculum materials that are for sale from Macmillan.  We don’t sell them yet, but if you are interested please let us know.
Global from Macmillan Education | FREE English Lesson Plans