It’s only a few weeks until the summer holidays and we’ve got the perfect topic to lift any flagging spirits! Yes, this month your class get to reach for the stars with our guide to becoming a popstar! We show you how to get the voice, the instruments, the look and the moves. Everything, in fact, to land you a record label – or to put on a great performance using ChildEd PLUS’ online karaoke! Read more.
Creative topic: Popstars!
Become the next School of Rock by setting up your own band. We show you how to get the voice, the instruments, the look and the moves. Everything, in fact, to get you signed up to a record label!
Signed Stories
A new website is taking picture books and making them accessible in all forms of communication. What a clever idea, says Charlotte Ronalds
By Charlotte Ronalds — Acting Editor
Maths 5: Knowing and using number facts
Multiplying brooms, marching soldiers and twins’ birthdays – it’s more number challenges!
By Brenda Williams — Children’s author, poet and literacy advisor
Favourite books: Trubloff
Inspire creativity, ambition and discussion through the adventures of this famous balalaika-playing mouse
By Katie Cleminson — Author and illustrator. Her debut picture book A Box of Tricks (Jonathan Cape, ISBN 9780224083447) is out now!
Win a world music basket!
To coincide with our Popstars issue, Drums for Schools are offering ChildEd PLUS readers the chance to win one of their world music baskets
Enter now!Also this month
More great articles published this month.
This month's resources
Bopping popstars poster
Make bopping popstar characters to support your band using these four fun characters
Natural art poster
A wonderful poster showing natural art made over the different seasons. Use alongside the discussion cards and interview with the creator
ChildEd PLUS Karaoke
Get into the groove with this great popstars singalong resource – sure to be a smash hit in the classroom! Use alongside the July ‘09 creative topic
Popstars: Strike a pose!
A PowerPoint presentation containing step-by-step instructions and photographs to help you perform the Strike a pose movements in the July ‘09 issue
Talk about... Popstars cards
A selection of popstars-themed discussion cards to boost children’s speaking and listening skills – an ideal introduction to the July ‘09 creative topic on popstars
Creative topic: So you want to be a popstar?
We show you how to get the voice, the instruments, the look and the moves. Everything, in fact, to get you signed up to a record label!
ChildEd PLUS Karaoke demo
If you’re not a subscriber, see what you’re missing out on by playing the demo version of our popstars singalong resource
Retelling – Sequencing: Hey diddle diddle
Use this interactive drag and drop scene to help children learn about story order, taken from Scholastic’s new book, Literacy Skills: Comprehension Years 1-2
Bopping popstars photocopiable
Instructions for cutting out and assembling the four bopping popstars characters on the poster
Retelling: Sequencing worksheets
Three worksheets to help children learn about story structure, taken from Scholastic’s Literacy Skills: Comprehension Years 1-2 book
Other resources this month
This month's calendar
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| Independence Day | Newfoundland | Rabies vaccine |
Give-Aways
Win, win, win! Check out our giveaways page for your chance to win some fantastic prizes—all at the click of a button!
Get interactive!
It’s magic: Interactive illusions
Whatever the weather: Seasonal Snakes and ladders-style board game
At the zoo: Become zookeepers and tend to the animals
At the zoo demo version: For non-subscribers
ChildEd PLUS Karaoke Get into the groove with this super singalong resource!
Search our archive for more interactive games and resources.
‘Talk about’ cards
Through the keyhole series
These interactive resources are FREE and are great for developing speaking and listening skills.
Don’t miss the Victorian kitchen, coming on 13 July!
