I believe that sharing is a form of caring. With the knowledge, skills, and experiences I’ve gained over more than 14 years in teaching and educational freelancing, I want to be intentional with how I use them.

A Lifelong Love for Teaching and Learning

Teaching has been a central part of my life. From my early days in the classroom to freelancing in educational projects, I’ve always been drawn to helping others learn and grow. Even after stepping into the world of freelancing, education remained close to my heart because teaching is not just a profession. It’s a way to make a meaningful impact on someone’s journey.

Over the years, I’ve realized that effective teaching goes hand-in-hand with intentional learning strategies. Guiding students to learn how to learn, whether it’s through active reading, structured writing exercises, or collaborative activities, is just as important as delivering content.

The Value of Sharing Teaching Techniques, Learning Strategies, and ELA Resources

Sharing teaching techniques, learning strategies, tips, and ELA (English Language Arts) resources is my way of contributing to a community of educators and learners. I create guides, templates, and resources not only to save time for teachers but also to support meaningful and effective learning experiences for students.

In addition to blog posts and guides, I offer freebies to give teachers a taste of practical resources they can immediately use in their classrooms. For more comprehensive and themed materials, my TKT shop provides bundles, packs, and workbooks designed to enhance instruction and make lesson planning easier.

By offering these tools, I hope to help educators:

  • Apply intentional teaching methods
  • Implement learning strategies that enhance understanding and retention
  • Design lessons that are engaging, purposeful, and student-centered

Connection to Intentional Living

Teaching isn’t just about rushing through a curriculum or ticking boxes; it’s about teaching and learning with meaning, purpose, and awareness.

When we reflect on what truly matters in education,  the impact on students, the skills they carry forward, and the joy of learning, we cultivate a mindful approach. Sharing resources, reflecting on practice, and intentionally designing lessons are all acts that align teaching and learning with intention and purpose.

What Readers Can Expect

Through Snippets of Wonders, you can expect:

  • Practical teaching techniques to improve classroom engagement and learning outcomes
  • Learning strategies to help students develop critical thinking, study skills, and self-directed learning
  • ELA freebies and templates to save time and enhance instruction
  • Reflections on teaching practice that highlight insights, successes, and lessons learned
  • Tips and ideas that promote intentional, meaningful learning experiences for both teachers and students

My goal is to provide resources and reflections that inspire you to teach and guide students with intention, purpose, and confidence.

I invite you to explore the resources, guides, and reflections on this site. Try out the teaching techniques and learning strategies, download freebies, or check out my TKT shop for bundles, packs, and themed workbooks designed to support your classroom.

One free resource you can start with is How Reflection Over Breaks Can Help Students Start Strong. Simply sign up on the platform, log in, and download it to help your students start the term intentionally.

If you find something useful, I’d love for you to share your experience or let me know how you applied it in your teaching. Together, we can create more intentional, meaningful, and effective learning experiences for our students.

🍀 Let’s Stay Connected

If this post resonated with you, let’s keep in touch. I share more on:

  • ✈️ Travel, cozy cafes, food discoveries, and freelance life on Instagram and Facebook
  • 🧠 Mindful productivity, instructional design, and digital business on LinkedIn
  • 💻 Plus, I regularly share digital products and courses to support freelancers, educators, and startups on all three platforms.

Let’s connect. I’d love to learn about your journey too!

Maria Nerizza S. Veloso-Liyanage

A big believer in wondering, I founded Snippets of Wonders in hope of it being your Creative Learning Hub. Through stories, life lessons, strategies, ideas, resources, and courses, shared on this site, may I inspire you to keep wondering. For me, there’s always an option to live life differently…only if we WONDER enough!

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