Episode 47 of the Toddcast the Teacher Podcast: (Mitch Leyton)

For the forty-seventh episode of the Toddcast the Teacher Podcast I had the wonderful opportunity of interviewing Mitch Leyton. 

Mitch is into his 5th year of teaching and is currently teaching a Grade 5/6 class. Throughout Mitch’s career he has taught in either the Grade 3/4 or 5/6 area. 

Mitch is extremely passionate teacher who loves to learn and develop and continue to improve his teaching. Mitch also has an Instagram page called Mr. Leyton’s Little Learners where he shares his teaching journey. 

Mitch discusses the following:

- His teaching journey, why he became a teacher and his teacher role model/s.

- Greatest challenge and proudest moment as a teacher. 

- Teaching tips for the upper primary area. 

- Canva Education. 

- His Instagram page (Mr. Leyton’s Little Learners) 

- Resources, books and online tools that are a must in the upper primary area. 

- Being a teacher during the day and yoga instructor at night; 

- Importance of having something outside of school to assist your wellbeing. 

- Goals for the future. 

- Todd’s Stock Exchange (Game).

You can get in contact with Mitch below:  

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mrleytons_littlelearners/ 

Resources (Mitch mentioned during the podcast):

English 

Oz Lit Teacher 

Science in Reading School Facebook Page 

Maths 

Mathigon - https://mathigon.org/polypad 

Toy Theater - https://toytheater.com/category/teacher-tools/ 

Maths 360 - https://www.maths300.com/ 

Re Solve - https://www.resolve.edu.au/ 

MAV Maths -  https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Home 

NRich Maths - https://nrich.maths.org/ 

GFletchy - https://gfletchy.com/ 

Which doesn’t belong - https://wodb.ca/ 

Slow Reveal Graphs - https://slowrevealgraphs.com/