Lessons from Pitaka Ko: A Game Based Activity to teach Financial Literacy

On September 2018, I went to Manila, Philippines for a day to attend a workshop on “Pitaka Ko”, a game-based learning activity for kids that aim to teach financial literacy. Financial Literacy as we all know is a very important life skill in order for humans to survive and live comfortably. That is why, this should

Organizing Learning Materials

Last week, we had an in-service training in our school for a week since it was a semestral break. At the last day of the training, we were told by our administrators to prepare instructional/learning materials for the upcoming grading periods. I immediately thought about how to organize my instructional materials since it has been

Lesson Idea on Values Education: Pagtanggap ng Puna (Accepting Criticims)

Teaching values to kids might somehow be difficult but with fun and engaging activities, it becomes easier. Recently, the lesson in our Values Education subject was about Pagtanggap ng Puna (Accepting Criticisms). It’s one of the lessons that is difficult to teach since in reality, we get hurt when we receive criticisms.  I was thinking what kind

Use Body Movements to teach Musical Notes

How would you know if the pupils can associate musical notes to a given song? There are many ways to do it but I found one amazing strategy and that is through using body movements. You can simple assign an action to a particular note. You may use a very simple, repetitive song like We’re

Download this interactive presentation to teach Reality and Fantasy

If you are/will be introducing Reality and Fantasy, you may use this powerpoint which I created to teach the lesson to my pupils. The powerpoint includes an interactive game. Once you’re done downloading the presentation, read the instructions below to be guided on how to use the presentation. Slides 5 -9: Vocabulary words that can be found in the story.

NOVUHAIR turns favor with Holiday bash promo

  So you’ve got your festive outfit set and the fancy gift wrapped for your “monito” or “monita”. All that’s left undone is a party season-perfect hairstyle. The fresh out of the shower look can be seductive yet temporary. Blame it on the tropical climate, it can spoil your appearance, besides making you feel sweaty

Watercolor Workshop

As teachers, we are also encouraged to involve different stakeholders, especially external stakeholders to help our school address some issues and concerns. Last December 2, 2017, I invited my friends from the Junior Chamber International to conduct a project in our school. Good thing is that one of the members is a watercolor artist so we

Download: Game Board for teaching Time Expressions

If you are looking for a fun activity to reinforce and practice concepts on Time Expressions, you might want to do this very simple board game. Prepare the following materials. Dice (For this activity, I just created the dice from cardboard. The number of dice you need to prepare will depend on how many groups of

Download: DEAL or NO DEAL Powerpoint Presentation to teach Noting Details

Noting Details is a skill very much needed for reading comprehension. That is why this is being taught repeatedly. Every time a story is introduced or being taught in class, noting details will come right after. To note details begins with answering simple WH questions (who, what, when, where, why). Recently, I created an interactive

How to Teach Sustainable Development during the Science Month

It’s Science Month, once again! This year’s theme is “Earth Beat: Excavating the Abyss, Pulsing the Current, Steering the Youth as Stewards of Sustainable Development.” I know the theme is kind of deep and because it’s a tradition that we conduct some different school activities and contests to our pupils such as poster making competition, we