Kids wander into wonder of imagination

Findings from the 2007 Schools Census released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), showed that in August 2007, there were 3.4 million school students, up from 3.2 million in August 1997, with teacher numbers swelling to over 266 800. 
There may be hundreds of thousands of teachers in Australia, but if you ask any parent or teacher about the concentration span of a primary school child, and the answer will be much the same.They all agree that young children are distracted easily and can only concentrate for short periods of time.Therefore it's vital to have bright, striking, stimulating and relevant teaching aids around the classroom so that when little minds wander, they wander in the right direction. 
Teaching aids have been part of school life for decades, and it is interesting that despite the advent of the computer age, hundreds of thousands of teachers across Australia still depend on more traditional methods to increase incentive, encourage and reward students.
The vast range of products from Australian Teaching Aids which range from fun novelty stationery, laminated posters and charts, merit certificates and stickers of all shapes and sizes to academic benchmark books, have been adding value to primary school classrooms for over a quarter of a century.
Picture Year Three pupil, Lachie, practising his handwriting at his desk using his special character pencil and rubbing out his mistakes with a matching eraser.  He’s proud of his work, and his teacher is too.There aren't any lollies for doing well, but Lachie doesn't care.  He gets a cool foil sticker for his efforts and takes his merit certificate off to the Principal’s office for signature.As he walks down the passage, he sees a wall chart showing the lifecycle of a chicken.He likes the chart because it tells him all about the chooks that live in the green shed behind the classroom.Across the desk, little Josie is smiling because the teacher was so pleased with her times tables that she'd learned using the wall chart that she put a cute stamp in Josie's maths book.The teacher can always rely on her self-inking stamper, which is guaranteed to do 100 000 stamps, and can be re-inked.   
Australian Teaching Aids carries a huge range of different educational products, and continually updates its range to meet changing market needs.   From stickers, merit certificates, stampers, book markers and labels, novelty stationery, wall charts and posters to educational books, teaching aids are an integral part of the primary school experience.
We all need encouragement, and if you're a primary school learner, teachers' aids such as a smiley sticker or a certificate from the Principal should spur you on to greater heights.