About my Lessons
When you purchase one of my lessons, you're investing in 15 years of experience working with children of diverse backgrounds, needs, and abilities. Each lesson is thoughtfully designed to be accessible, promote active learning, and offer various levels of challenge to cater to every child's unique journey. Read below to discover how I make learning engaging and inclusive for all!
Accessible
When we are finding things tricky a busy classroom with lots of stimulation can make it even harder to concentrate and take ideas on board. When I teach it is always in the forefront of my mind to make resources as accessible and easy to follow as possible. I have followed this same approach with the lessons I create here.
All of my videos are on coloured backgrounds, this is to reduce glare/noise when reading on screen.
Everything is written in dyslexia friendly font and I don't include any unnecessary images or animations so the only thing the child needs to focus on is their learning.
I use closed captions to subtitle each video to ensure everyone can access the materials.
Active learning
I want to make this as close to having a private tutor as possible so I expect children to do the activities with their own equipment alongside me.
Every lesson has a designated activity sheet for them to complete independently alongside an answer sheet for the grown up marking it.
Sometimes I'll ask them to shout answers at the screen (sorry grown ups!) and there is always an extra challenge they can take on to take the learning further than the lesson.
If you don't have the equipment available you can always ask school to borrow some bits or I include printable versions of any equipment I ask them to use.
Levels of challenge
As I can't be in the room with them I have designed "I need more practice" and "I feel confident" activities for every lesson.
In a classroom these work great because children can assess their own understanding and either work on a skill more or approach it in a different way (I need more practice) or push themselves onto the next stage of learning (I feel confident).
Each lesson has at least one of these options and I encourage the learner to do one or both of them.
Exam entry skills
Some schools and Local Authorities require children to sit exams for entry, I have created a special exam entry section which explains question types, provides strategies and gives tips on how to prepare.
These are not specific to one type of exam and can be used to support anyone studying to sit one of these exams alongside any other practice materials you have at home.
This video runs through my example, so you can see what to expect in each lesson.