Welcome to my homegrown Teacher Tools page, where you’ll find a variety of easy-to-use educational tools designed to support teachers in both Primary and Computer Science classrooms. Each tool has been created with minimalistic design principles in mind, ensuring that students can focus on learning without unnecessary distractions. All tools are ad-free, fast-loading, and built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, making them compatible with most devices, including interactive whiteboards and computers. These tools are especially suitable for students who may have learning difficulties or find themselves easily distracted, providing a clean, simple interface to enhance their learning experience.
Primary & EYFS Tools
Greater Than, Less Than Visualiser
This tool helps young learners understand and use the greater than (>), equals(=) and less than (<) symbols when comparing quantities. It provides a simple, visual way for students to grasp the concept of comparing quantities. Perfect for Key Stage 1 classrooms, this tool eliminates distractions, so students can stay focused on learning.
- Key Features:
- Simple, visual comparison of quantities
- Minimalistic design with no distractions
- Accessible on multiple devices and interactive whiteboards
- Perfect to use after concrete hands-on activities, for more abstract practice
Number Generator
A basic, yet highly effective number generator designed for Key Stage 1 classrooms. Whether you’re generating random numbers for math activities or classroom games, this tool is quick and easy to use. Its minimalist interface avoids overstimulation, making it ideal for younger learners.
- Key Features:
- Random number generation for math exercises and games
- Clean, simple interface
- Works across all devices, including Iwhiteboards
Ten Frame Tool
An intuitive ten frame tool designed specifically for Key Stage 1 classrooms with 4 colours of counters. Ideal for introducing number concepts, this tool helps young learners visualise numbers and understand addition and subtraction. Choose between one or two ten frames, displayed either horizontally or vertically, to suit your teaching style and the activity at hand. The simple, ad-free interface is perfect for younger learners, ensuring a focused learning experience. You can toggle the running total on/off to intergates in challenges or with your teaching and current objectives.
- Key Features:
- Options for 1 or 2 ten frames
- Horizontal or vertical layout selection
- Clean, minimalist interface for ease of use
- Works seamlessly across all devices, including interactive whiteboards
Word Type Highlighter
An interactive tool designed to help Key Stage 1 teachers and students explore sentence structures and grammar. This tool allows you to highlight different word types—nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more—using school-specific color codes. Perfect for building grammar awareness in young learners through engaging, hands-on activities.
- Key Features:
- Highlights word types in colors assigned by your school
- Toggle highlights by clicking a word again to remove the color
- Adjustable font size with a simple slider
- “Clear Highlights” button for easy reset of the sentence
- Works across all devices, including interactive whiteboards
Paint tool
A super simple, no-frills drawing tool designed for Key Stage 1 learners. Perfect for creative expression and mousse control practise, without distractions. This tool lets young students easily draw and erase on a blank canvas. The intuitive design makes it accessible for young learners while maintaining a clean and ad-free interface. Whether it’s free drawing or basic shape creation, the Paint Tool keeps things simple for focused learning and fun.
- Key Features:
- Choose between brush or eraser mode
- Adjustable brush sizes for precision
- Basic colour palette for easy selection
- Clean, minimalist interface, ideal for younger students
- Works across all devices, including interactive whiteboards
- Allows you to save the image as png file
Simple Timer
A user-friendly timer designed for classroom activities. Set the countdown, and a chime will ring once time is up. You can change the minutes and seconds on the timer as needed.
- Key Features:
- Countdown timer with an end-of-time chime
- Simple, clean design perfect for young learners
- Works on all devices, including interactive whiteboards
Blackout Poetry Creator
A creative platform designed for crafting unique blackout poetry. Users can select their own passages, upload their own texts and use highlighting features to uncover hidden meanings, transforming words into art.
- Key Features:
- Easy-to-use interface for creating blackout poetry
- Option to upload personal texts or choose from a selection
- Intuitive highlighting tools for visual expression
- Share and export options for showcasing creations
Part-Whole Challenges
An interactive tool designed to help students understand the concept of part-whole relationships in mathematics. Users can visually explore how different parts contribute to a whole, enhancing their grasp of fractions, addition, and subtraction. It has the options to use number up to 10, 20, or 50.
- Key Features:
- Interactive interface for manipulating parts and wholes
- Visual representations to illustrate part-whole relationships
Emoji search & Sheet coder
An interactive platform that allows users to search and find emojis quickly. This tool features a search bar where users can type keywords to filter through a rich collection of emojis. Each emoji displayed can be clicked to reveal additional information, including its Unicode value, Google Sheets and Excel formulas, and a button to copy these details easily.
- Key Features:
- Intuitive Search Functionality: Users can enter keywords to filter emojis based on names or associated keywords, making it easy to find specific emojis.
- Dynamic Emoji Display: Emojis are presented in a grid layout, providing a visually appealing way to browse through options.
- Detailed Emoji Information: Clicking on an emoji shows its name, Unicode representation, and applicable formulas for Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel.
- Copy to Clipboard: Users can easily copy the emoji or its details to their clipboard with a simple button click, enhancing usability.
- Responsive Design: Works seamlessly on all devices, including desktops, tablets, and smartphones.
How many sleeps until my birthday?
An interactive web app that makes tracking upcoming birthdays exciting! Users can easily add names and dates, view a countdown in days or hours, and manage birthdays through CSV upload/download.
- Key Features:
- Countdown Display: Choose between days, sleeps, or hours.
- User-Friendly: Simple error messages and easy deletion of birthdays.
- Mobile-Friendly: Accessible on any device.
With a cheerful design and engaging animations, this tool adds a festive touch to remembering friends’ special days!
Simple Mindmap
by James Abela
MindMapper by James Abela is an easy-to-use mind mapping tool designed for simplicity and ease of use in classrooms. Perfect for brainstorming, project planning, or story mapping. With its bright colours and simple layout, MindMapper encourages creativity and collaboration among students.
Key Features:
- User-Friendly Interface: Designed for young users, making it easy to navigate.
- Customisable Nodes: Add and connect colourful nodes to represent ideas.
- Drag-and-Drop Functionality: Rearrange ideas quickly and easily.
MindMapper is the ideal tool to help young learners develop their organisational and creative thinking skills!
Word-search Maker
The Word Search Creator is an engaging tool designed for Key Stage 1 and beyond to help young learners develop their vocabulary and spelling skills. Teachers can easily create custom word searches with a selection of words, enhancing learning through a fun and interactive activity. This tool encourages students to explore language in a playful way while improving their focus and problem-solving abilities.
- Key Features:
- Custom Word Lists: Create personalized word searches with your choice of words.
- Easy-to-Use Interface: Simple design allows young learners to navigate with ease.
- Printable Options: Print completed word searches for offline fun or classroom activities.
- Variety of Grid Sizes: Choose from different grid sizes to suit varying skill levels.
- Upper and Lower case support: Find the best fit for your class.
The Word Search Creator is perfect for adding a fun twist to vocabulary lessons, making learning enjoyable for young students!
Fun Writing Adventure
My Writing Tool is a straightforward, distraction-free platform designed to help young learners practice typing and explore writing in a simple, focused environment. Created for early writers, this tool provides a clean space for students to type their thoughts and build confidence in their writing skills.
Key Features:
- Basic Typing Practice: Ideal for early learners, offering a simple, uncluttered interface to focus on writing and typing skills.
- Distraction-Free Environment: A clean, minimalist design keeps young writers focused on their words, free from unnecessary elements.
- Easy Export Options: Quickly export writing as a clean document, perfect for sharing, printing, or adding to portfolios.
My Writing Tool is an excellent way for children to practice typing and develop writing fluency in a simple, engaging format!
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Pixel Art Creator
Pixel Art Creator is a fun, educational tool designed to introduce young learners to digital art through pixel creations. With options to create in 8×8, 16×16, or 32×32 grids, this tool encourages creativity while helping students develop fine motor skills and spatial awareness.
Key Features:
- Multiple Grid Sizes: Choose from 8×8, 16×16, or 32×32 grids to match different skill levels and levels of detail.
- Simple Colour Selection: A user-friendly colour picker allows students to select colours and fill in pixels with ease.
- Clear & Export Options: Easily reset the canvas or export completed art to PDF for printing or sharing.
Pixel Art Creator is a perfect way for young learners to explore digital art, bringing creativity to the classroom or home!
Missing Number Grids
Missing Numbers Challenge is an interactive tool designed to support number recognition and sequencing for young learners. With options for 5×5 and 10×10 grids, this tool encourages students to practice filling in missing numbers, fostering number sense and mathematical confidence.
Key Features:
- Customizable Grid Sizes: Select between 5×5 and 10×10 grids to adapt the activity to various learning levels.
- Hidden Numbers with Question Marks: Engage students with missing numbers displayed as question marks, turning number practice into a “Number Detective Challenge.”
- Simple Export to PDF: Easily save the generated grids as PDFs, making it perfect for printing and classroom distribution.
The Missing Numbers Challenge is ideal for early math classrooms or home practice, adding a fun twist to mastering number order.
Fairy Word Mother
Fairy Wordmother is a unique writing inspiration tool that brings a touch of magic to creative writing sessions. With each click, a single word appears briefly on the screen before vanishing, encouraging students to capture fleeting inspiration and use it as a prompt for their writing.
Key Features:
- Magical Word Prompts: Each click reveals a random word, sparking ideas and challenging writers to think on their feet.
- Engagement Through Mystery: Words disappear after a moment, adding an element of excitement and encouraging students to jot down or remember the word before it fades.
- Perfect for Creative Writing Practice: Ideal for sparking story ideas, poetry, or descriptive language activities.
Incorporate the Fairy Word Mother into your classroom and let the magic of words inspire your students’ creativity!
Login Card Generator
Login Card Generator is a website that will let you upload those dull looking spreadsheets and csv files given to you, and instantly turn them into printable login cards for young learners.
Key Features:
- Easy Upload: Upload you spreadsheet or CSV file an dselect the data you’d like to keep for the cards.
- Template selection: Use the pre-designed templates for the cards
- Quick Login Card generation: Perfect for csv login info generated by other websites.
Computer Science Tools
Message Center Secret Message maker
An interactive tool designed to engage young learners in foundational coding concepts by generating unique codes and simple ciphers. This tool introduces students to the basics of cryptography, fostering curiosity about code-breaking and secure messaging. Users can explore and create their own codes with options to adjust code complexity.
It also a great way to create Message Centre messages with mysterious symbols.
Key Features:
- User-friendly interface for generating and testing secret codes
- Message centre friendly (Learn about Message Centres)
- Options for varying levels of code complexity to suit different skill levels
- A hands-on approach to introducing cryptography and coding basics
Binary Visualiser
Bring the binary number system to life with this interactive Binary Visualiser. Teachers can use this tool to introduce binary concepts to students, showing them how computers use 1s and 0s to represent data. It’s perfect for introducing the building blocks of Computer Science in a visual, engaging way.
- Key Features:
- Visual representation of binary numbers
- Easy to use, even for beginners in Computer Science
- Simple, ad-free interface
Decimal to Binary Conversion Tool
A fun, gamified environment where students can explore how decimal numbers are converted to binary. This tool provides instant feedback, helping students grasp the concept of base-2(Binary) in a playful setting, perfect for classroom use.
- Key Features:
- Interactive, gamified learning experience
- Encourages exploration and learning through play
- Instant feedback for correct and incorrect answers
Binary Conversion Timed Challenge
Test your students’ binary knowledge with this Timed Binary Conversion Challenge. Students are presented with binary numbers represented by on/off switches and must quickly determine the correct decimal value. This engaging tool encourages speed and accuracy, making it ideal for reinforcing binary concepts in a fun way.
- Key Features:
- Timed challenges to test binary conversion skills
- Engages students with a fast-paced activity
- Helps improve speed and accuracy in binary to decimal conversion
More Tools Coming Soon!
Stay tuned! I am continuously aiming to learn more and develop new tools to support teachers and enhance classroom learning. Whether you’re looking for more tools for Primary, EYFS, or Computer Science classes, there’s more on the way. Check back soon for updates!
All tools are designed to be fast-loading, work on most devices, and are built with accessibility in mind, ensuring that every student, regardless of their needs, can benefit from a distraction-free learning environment.