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Discovery Time is fun!
"the best part of the whole week"
This primary school resource provides a creative,
activity based learning environment for your students.
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Do you believe:
- Children today need more time
to play and explore - Play is the natural way for children to learn
- That we need to educate the 'whole child' - social-emotional, physical and cognitive
- Children need to be immersed in real situations where they can actively engage, create and problem solve
Do you want:
- Students who are in control of their
own learning - More motivated students who enjoy learning
- More hands-on, activity-based learning opportunities in your classroom
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An exciting new resource for primary teachers
It helps teachers develop an active learning environment where children create, explore and work on problem solving activities.
Self regulated learning has been identified as an important part of the 21 st century learner’s skill base.
Discovery Time is an exciting resource for use in primary schools.
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Activities to help busy elementary teachers cater for their student's learning
The Discovery Time book gives examples of completed lesson plans with explanatory notes to support the teacher.
The Discovery Time book presents key competencies for learning in an achievable form.
There are great educational classroom activities to launch busy teachers into the Discovery Time world.
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Current educational research is telling us
that teachers need programmes that promote:
- Inquiry learning
- Activity based learning
- Problem solving
- Self regulated learning
- Creative thinking
- Co-operative learning
- Hands-on learning
activities
- Competency education
- Play
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 This wonderful book comes with a FREE CD full of activities, recipes and posters for you to print.
Plus planning template
with writeable fields.
Build a class climate where students flourish. This primary school resource is all you need to get started!
Purchase now and bring fun into your classroom.
Teachers are saying...
“It puts balance back into the curriculum.”
“It puts students in charge of their own learning.”
“It’s a chance to stand back and really observe your students.”
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Students are saying...
“It’s the best part of the whole week.”
“You learn to challenge yourself.”
“You get to do stuff that you have never done before and you think you can’t do it, but you can.”
Read more...
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