These little creatures caught my eye in the Adelaide Airport today. A bit(!) pricey at AUD $10 for just four cardboard puppets but I figured my Year 6 students can reverse engineer them and make their own. The fact they’re made from cardboard rather than cloth or foam is very clever and the movement mechanism
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Story Sections Posters
This set of three posters outlines the three basic sections of a story: Orientation, Complication and Resolution. Each poster has a scout / camping themed picture, the title in large red letters and features a simpler title in blue and components of the section in black. Orientation (beginning): ‘Scene, setting, situation, characters’. Complication (middle): ‘Problem,
Tags: beginning, complication, drama, end, middle, orientation, resolution, story, structure, terminology, vocabularyDance Vocabulary: Relationships Posters
Download this colourful Dance Vocabulary poster set. Poster 1 illustrates the WHO of dance relationships: are you dancing with yourself, a partner or a group? Poster 2 suggests things to move with, such as a hoop, a ball, a stick, a chair or a cloth. Poster 3 explores the nature of the relationship. Is it
Tags: dance, drama, movement, posterKey Signature Charts
Need to fill in a vacant board in the Music Room? Try this 15 sheet set of key signature charts. Each chart features the major and related minor key, the sharps / flats (in both symbols and letters) and a smart red border (very essential…). The last added sharp or flat is highlighted in red
Tags: chart, key signature, music theory, posterDramatic Music App (Ta Da!)
Dramatic Music App is a bright, colourful and easy-to-use soundboard, just perfect for the Drama classroom and a steal (cue ‘suspense’) at just $0.99 It features four main screens with speech-bubble shaped buttons that activate a comprehensive range of usefully dramatic music. The music is high quality (and sounds even better through a decent set
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