📌 Using Pinterest to Share and Organize My Teaching Materials

Pinterest has quickly become one of my favorite tools for sharing the educational materials I create. Honestly, apart from Eduki (and my blog), Pinterest is pretty much my only other “audience.” But that’s part of the fun! Not only does it help me reach other teachers and parents, it’s also a fantastic way to reflect on my own lessons, see what works best, and feel slightly less like I’m talking into the void.

🎯 Planning Ahead: Scheduling Pins

One of the things I love about Pinterest is that I can plan pins in advance. Before going on vacation, I scheduled one pin per day so my content keeps reaching people automatically. Afterwards, I plan to post one or two pins per day. This way, my teaching materials stay visible without me having to constantly manage the system.

🖼️ Visual Storytelling: Making Pins Stand Out

Pins aren’t just images—they’re a way to tell a story. For example, my “Leopold’s Bubblegum Camera” pin shows how each lesson has a creative side, with visual snapshots of what the kids have made or explored. Other pins, like “Counting with Leopold” or “Shapes,” highlight interactive activities. Testing different images and text allows me to see what grabs attention most.

✏️ Reflection and Recap

Creating pins is more than just marketing—it’s a tool for reflection. As I design them, I think about what stood out in my lessons, which activities were most engaging, and which vocabulary or concepts children remembered best. It’s a helpful way to recap and improve my teaching.

📊 Testing and Optimizing

I love that Pinterest gives instant feedback. I can see which pins are getting clicks and saves, and adjust my approach—changing pictures, wording, or titles—to maximize engagement. It’s like a mini-experiment for each lesson!

🌟 Popular Pins

Some of my pins so far include:

• Counting, Colors, Feeling and Shapes with Leopold

• Games like 2 Words Trouble

• Storytelling with Leopold’s Bubblegum Camera or How Leopold Came to Earth

• Blogposts like “Flashcards: More Than Just Show & Repeat”

Using Pinterest has become a creative, reflective, and practical part of my teaching practice. I enjoy seeing what works and sharing ideas with others around the world!

Creative Building Bricks in the Classroom: Boost Imagination🧱✨

👐🎲 Hands-On Fun for Young Minds 🧱✨

Building bricks aren’t just a toy – they're a powerful tool to inspire creativity 🎨 and imagination ✨ in the classroom. By letting children build their own worlds 🌍, reenact stories 📖, and create unique scenarios, bricks encourage critical thinking 🧠, problem-solving 🛠️, and teamwork 🤝.

Using building bricks in lessons can make abstract concepts tangible. Students can explore subjects like history 🏰, science 🔬, or literature 📚 by physically constructing scenes or models. This hands-on approach not only engages young minds but also strengthens concentration 👀 and fine motor skills ✋.

In addition, collaborative brick activities foster communication 🗣️ and cooperation 🤗. Children learn to share ideas 💡, negotiate roles 📝, and solve challenges together – all while having fun 🎉 and feeling proud 🏆 of their creations.

Whether it’s a short class activity ⏱️ or a larger project 🏗️, integrating building bricks into your lessons offers endless opportunities for playful learning 🧩 and imagination.

🏁Racing course

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🔹 Example Vocabulary List (Kid-Friendly)

🌸 flower, 🏠 house, 🐶 dog, 🐱 cat, 🚗 car, 🍎 apple, ⚽ ball, 👜 bag, 👧 friend, 🛒 shop, 🥤 juice, 🍪 cookie, 🌈 rainbow, 🗝️ key, 🎩 hat, 🌳 tree, 🪑 chair, 💰 money, 🎁 gift, 🎉 surprise

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🔹 How to use them for storytelling

1. Pick 3–5 words from the list.

2. Set the scene: “You are walking through the supermarket 🛒…”

3. Make a story: Children create short sentences or a story using the words ✏️.

4. Add a small challenge: “Try to include a surprise 🎉 or a funny problem 🤪!”

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🔹 Example Prompt

• Words: 🍎 apple, 🐶 dog, 🌈 rainbow

• Prompt: “You see a rainbow 🌈 in the supermarket 🛒! Your dog 🐶 suddenly runs after an apple 🍎… What happens next?”

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🎨 Try these hands-on building brick storytelling activities in your classroom today!

Unlocking English Magic: Story Adventures & Wishful Learning for Kids

🌟 Why I Love Teaching in Series – Adventures, Language & Theater in My Classroom

As a freelance teacher, one of the most powerful tools I’ve discovered is working with lesson series – or as I like to call them, little learning adventures. Whether we’re exploring the stars, diving into a mystery, or making a wish lesson with horses, building a story over time gives my students more than just vocabulary. It gives them meaning, emotion, and ownership of their English journey.

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🚀 The Great Space Mystery – Storytelling + Language = Magic

In this series, children meet Leopold, a spiky little alien who crashes on Earth and needs help finding something important. Each part of the story unfolds over multiple sessions:

• Leopold looking left and right (finding his way around town)

• A call for help at the police station

• The children become detectives - strange faces and hands, strange clues

• The mystery is solved through logic, games, songs and laughter - it all makes sense now

It’s not just a theme – it’s an interactive journey. Each part adds new vocabulary (emotions, space words, actions, etc.) and simple grammar structures like "It is gone!", "Can you help me?" or "She took it!"

These materials are for classroom use only and not for commercial purposes. All content is created for educational use with students.

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🎭 Theater Workshop – Performing with Purpose

This is where English meets performance. Children invent a character, learn to say what they want, and act it out in small role plays or full group scenes.

You find more on this in this older blog entry: „The Light Went Out“ – Wenn Kinder das Theater erfinden

The children move, speak, act, and laugh. Even shy kids find their voice when they are allowed to become someone (or something!) else.

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💫 Make a Wish Lessons – When Children Choose the Topic

Sometimes, the best lessons start with a simple question:
“What do YOU want to learn about?”

The Make a Wish series is based on exactly that. The children tell me their dream topics – and I turn them into playful, imaginative English lessons full of action, movement, and discovery.

Each topic usually is done in two sessions and is built around the vocabulary and grammar that naturally fit the topic.

Examples include:

🐴 Horses – “Is it slow or fast?” “My horse can jump!”
🌍 Plants – “I'm small like a mushroom!” “I'm small and red. I have thorns.”
🌞 Solar System – “Mars is small and red.” “I'm the hottest planet - Venus!”

These lessons mix movement, songs, games, experiments and creative tasks like drawing, acting, building or roleplay. They make English personal – because the children helped choose the topic.

These materials are for classroom use only and not for commercial purposes. All content is created for educational use with students.

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🧩 Why it works: Structure + Surprise

Here’s why I love lesson series so much:

✅ Built-in repetition – vocabulary returns naturally
✅ Progression – each session builds on the last
✅ Confidence boost – kids know the story and can join in
✅ Freedom to play – with a secure structure, we can get creative
✅ End-of-series moments – performances, mysteries solved, rewards!

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💡 Tip for Teachers: Don’t Overload – Layer It

Each session in the series focuses on just a few key words or structures you can choose from, layered with movement, visuals, songs, and story. No worksheet overload, just playful discovery.

If you're curious or want to try it yourself, feel free to check out my ready-made materials here on Eduki. 

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🌈 Final Thoughts

Teaching in themes and series is more than a method – it's a mindset. It allows the kids (and me!) to travel through ideas, characters, and worlds. And honestly, that's the kind of learning that sticks.

Let me know if you use any of the ideas – or if Leopold lands in your classroom too! 🛸