Welcome to the Time-Filler pages.
Look at the General Time-Filler resources listed below,
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Daily Time-Filler Activities:

• Pop the Balloons - Choose your child of the day by popping balloons!
• Early Work Ideas - Charles Applegate has contributed this Smart Notebook file, containing a huge collection of ideas / activities which could be used during "Early Work"... when the children have just arrived at school.
• Definitions - A great Literacy activity to fill a few minutes, and to develop use of dictionaries.
• Start with a Joke! - Start each day with a joke to make the mornings fun!
• Word of the Day - A great way to increase children's awareness of the meanings of new words.
• Spot the Spellings - Can your class spot your own spellings mistakes?
• Question of the Day - Fun activity which encourages research skills. Your class will love finding out the answers to the questions (which can cover any subject area).
• Object of the Day - Each day, look at an everyday object in relation to how it was designed and made.
• Phrase of the Day - Teach children the meaning of a famous phrase every day of the week.

Other Time-Filler Games and Ideas:

• Hangman Headlines - An enjoyable game which creates interest in current news issues.
• Noughts and Crosses - A fun way of questioning children about any topic.
• Kids' Questions - A fun time-filler which you can use every day of the school year.
• Wink Murder! - A classic game which children love to play!
• Do the Hokey Cokey - Use music to inject some fun into your day!
• Odd One Out! - A simple game requiring children to find the odd one out in a group.
• If I were... - Find out what your class would do if they could take on the role of another person.
• Title Pages - A simple way of using a few spare minutes, which reinforces the concepts you are teaching within your topics.
• News Headlines - Turn a mundane event into a filler activity, using this headlines activity.
• Frogs and Flies - Play this fun version of Wink Wink Murder, with a froggy twist!
• The Key Master - A fantastic game which requires quiet and calmness from everyone in the class!
• Slam! - A fast-paced game which can be used within any curriculum subject.
• Heads Downs, Thumbs Up! - Children really enjoy this game, which improves listening skills.
• Chairs - It's Boys against Girls in this brilliant game, which helps children to get to know each other.
• Orange, Orange, Orange - A fun game for circle time which requires speed and concentration.

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Links to other sites:

• Primary Resources - An enormous collection of resources and teaching tips. You simply must look!
• Primary Teacher UK - With education news, discussion, tips and free resources, Primary Teacher UK, is one of those sites you'll keep coming back to.

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