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Teaching Firsties with Mrs Hull

You know “what” needs to be done, you just aren’t sure with the “how” part?

Let me show you how to spend more time “teaching firsties” and less time “planning”.

Free step by step instructions, materials, guides, lesson plans, and more… You made it here, now it just gets easier.

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