About MeHi, I'm Kathie. Here's just a little about me and my goals for this site. Basically, the details are: * This is an Australian site (Tasmanian to be specific). * I'm a primary school teacher and currently work full-time. * I've taught all classes K-6, and lots of children who've experienced delays in learning for various reasons. * I've become somewhat obsessed with creating fun resources for numeracy and literacy, and I needed to put this obsession to good use. * I hope this website can be a time-saver for hard working, busy teachers who would like to incorporate interactive activities online in their classrooms. There are links to lots of great websites from around the world, for both teachers and students. (This site is not just about me and my resources.) Put the ones you'd like to use in your classroom on a links page of your school or class webpage, or intranet, or even just in your 'favorites' or 'bookmarks' so students can access them easily. * I've seen my students make tremendous progress with literacy and numeracy outcomes, and build confidence and a love of learning, from my inclusion of a 20 minute games session for maths and reading, each day. If you like the idea of supporting the teaching of essential literacy and numeracy skills with fun games (as I do), this website is for you! **A family project: My technical advisor (on computer issues) is my son Alex. He's now restricted the hours during which I can ask for assistance to between 10 am and 7 pm. This website would have taken twice as long to get up and running without him. My other children, Maddie and Zac, have been helping me by creating some of the images I needed for the games with the help of graphic tablets and pens. Maddie's also got lots of great ideas for more games, and likes to help me trial the ones I've made.
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