EY+P-2+Activities




 * This list of great ideas for using IWBs in the early years was started at the first IWB Learning Community meeting on July 30, 2008. Please add your ideas the the list. Let's share the fun and learning!**


 * Create flipcharts related to the unti/topic. Include brainstorming pages, activity pages, research pages…..each week the grade could complete a different activity on the flipchart.
 * Letter Blends activities. For example, create a set of ‘gr’ letter blends all over the board and then a set of word endings such as ‘owl’ and the kids could put them together. Use the reveal feature to show the word endings.
 * A great Maths resource is Jenny Eather’s web site, [|Maths Dictionary for Kids]
 * Spice up 'Show and Tell…….let the kids express themselves with photos and movies of their pets, parties, holidays etc.
 * Use the [|Atlas] in Encarta for units around geography, zoom into the map for greater detail.
 * Use the maths tools for whole and small group work – compass, protractor, ruler.
 * Assess the students understandings of mathematical concepts by asking them to create presentations for their class/other classes explaining particular areas of maths.
 * Share student films, animations, presentations and creations.
 * Set up a daily planner - Our Day. Include attendance rolls, pages with the days sessions organised with links to the tools needed for the session.
 * Use the fridge magnets – alphabet letters for spelling as lesson starters, literacy groups
 * Use the 100s board tool every day for pattern reinforcement –highlighters make number patterns easy. For example; counting lunch orders.
 * Clothes Activity – what to wear in what weather conditions.
 * Use [|Digilearn]. Pre-made 'Digital Learning Objects' across many curriculum areas.
 * [[file:attendance IWB activity.pdf]]