by admin | Sep 3, 2013 | Teaching News
As the new school term begins the RDS Foundation has announced its call for entries for the 2014 RDS Primary Science Fair. The Fair is a great way to integrate science and maths in the classroom, as the focus of the Fair is on the development of pupils’ scientific...
by admin | Sep 3, 2013 | AEN, Infants
This is a set of twelve posters with the names of the most common colours. They can be displayed as a poster, but they are also designed so that they can be cut up for a matching activity. The text of the name of each colour is in the same colour to assist matching....
by admin | Sep 3, 2013 | AEN
These are tokens with a sports car motif to be used in conjunction with Token Board 01 or Token Board 02. Some pupils with special needs, perhaps especially those with autism, will work better towards a goal when there is positive reinforcement in the form of tokens...
by admin | Sep 3, 2013 | AEN
These are tokens with a dinosaur motif to be used in conjunction with Token Board 01 or Token Board 02. Some pupils with special needs, perhaps especially those with autism, will work better towards a goal when there is positive reinforcement in the form of tokens...
by admin | Sep 3, 2013 | AEN
These are tokens with a bear motif to be used in conjunction with Token Board 01 or Token Board 02. Some pupils with special needs, perhaps especially those with autism, will work better towards a goal when there is positive reinforcement in the form of tokens earned...
by admin | Sep 1, 2013 | Teaching News
The passing of poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney on Friday will have had a certain resonance with a particular cohort of primary teachers in Ireland. Many younger teachers may be unaware of the fact that Heaney was involved in the education of undergraduate...
by admin | Sep 1, 2013 | Guest Post, Technology
What are the greatest aspirations you might have for your students in the various subject areas? From your maths class you might like a mathematician. From SESE, you might hope for a scientist, historian or geologist. From PE, an Olympian. From Visual Arts, a...
by admin | Sep 1, 2013 | AEN
Some pupils with special needs, perhaps especially those with autism, will work better towards a goal when there is positive reinforcement in the form of tokens earned by completing tasks. This is sometimes referred to as a “Token Economy”. The tokens could be small...
by admin | Aug 30, 2013 | Resources
Donal Horgan from Áiseanna.com contacted me to let teachers know about a new maths product which he has just released. Áiseanna is the same company which developed the Maths Tracker CDs. This new product, Numeracy Toolkit, is a computer programme designed to improve...
by admin | Aug 29, 2013 | AEN
Some pupils with special needs, perhaps especially those with autism, will work better towards a goal when there is positive reinforcement in the form of tokens earned by completing tasks. This is sometimes referred to as a “Token Economy”. The tokens...
by admin | Aug 29, 2013 | Resources Websites
Fun 2 Write is a website with free printables especially useful for the infant classroom. It includes alphabet tracing worksheets; number tracing worksheets for numbers 1-10; shape recognition and tracing worksheets; colour identification worksheets; big/small,...
by admin | Aug 29, 2013 | Resources Websites, Technology
The team behind Widbook contacted me to see if teachers might be interested in this free digital collaborative reading and writing platform that’s creating a buzz among the teaching, tech and publishing industries. It may be of particular interest to those teachers...
by admin | Aug 28, 2013 | Website
I’m sure that many of you are aware that providing a website with more than 3,000 free resources and articles does not come cheap. Some people may think that because the resources are free, that the site also comes free. But that is not the case. Because of the...
by admin | Aug 27, 2013 | AEN
Making choices can be difficult for some pupils on the autism spectrum. However, it is important that they get experience of making choices. This Choice Board is a great visual cue to the pupil and allows them to select one of six choices to include in their schedule....
by admin | Aug 27, 2013 | AEN
Making choices can be difficult for some pupils on the autism spectrum. However, it is important that they get experience of making choices. This Choice Board is a great visual cue to the pupil and allows them to select one of four choices to include in their...
