top of page

Learning with Mrs Desmond


1, 2, 3... How much do you know about counting?
Counting skills are essential numeracy skills young children need to acquire to further develop their numeracy skills. When thinking of...


Hundreds, tens, ones are such fun!
When I think about place value, I immediately remember the MAB blocks used in early primary years with the small cubes representing the...


Dat dab angle!
Here is a fun activity to do with upper primary school students... When angles are first introduced, students could compare the size of...


The importance of being statistically literate...
Initially, I thought statistics simply referred to the data collected by organisation. I knew that statisticians would regularly work...


Delicious skittle statistics
Kids love lollies! They love to sort them into colours, count and eat them. Skittle statistics is an activity which can be done with a...


Jnr coding with the code-a-pillar
Now isn't this caterpillar the cutest little fella out! My kids and I love him and here's why... He is cute, he plays music, you can...


How do you measure?
When brain storming what is measurement I initially thought about using a tape measure to find out lengths and widths of objects. My...
bottom of page