Playdoh Mats 01

Playdoh Mats 01

playdoh_mats_01These mats are suitable for infant classrooms, especially during group work, where a group may be working on playdoh and number. There are six mats in the set focusing on the numbers 0-5. Having young pupils do this sort of work with playdoh helps to consolidate the number as well as

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Autumn Listening & Cutting 02

Autumn Listening & Cutting 02

autumn_oral_cutting_02Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This seasonal resource requires pupils to cut out the autumn-themed images and stick them into a copy or on a sheet. There are five shapes to be cut out.

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Autumn Listening & Cutting 01

Autumn Listening & Cutting 01

autumn_oral_cutting_01Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This seasonal resource requires pupils to cut out the autumn-themed images and stick them into a copy or on a sheet. There are six shapes to be cut out.

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Abacus Matching 02

Abacus Matching 02

abacus_02This resource is aimed at pupils in junior/middle classes or SEN pupils. It assumes an understanding of the representation of Hundreds, Tens and Units on an abacus. Its aim is to assess whether pupils can match the number with the associated abacus.

Laminate all of the pages in the resource. Cut up the images into 12 separate cards

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Mouth Exercises

Mouth Exercises

mouth_exercisesThis resource consists of a schedule for doing mouth exercises with a class or a group of children. Just like we exercise the body, it is also important to exercise the mouth and mouth muscles in order to help our speech and sounds.

Laminate all of the pages of the resource. The page with the blank white boxes is the base for the schedule. Choose five of the seven exercises to be placed onto the base board using Velcro in any order

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Book Review: The Moon Spun Round

Book Review: The Moon Spun Round

the_moon_spun_round“The Moon Spun Round – W. B. Yeats For Children” is a new illustrated book from the O’Brien Press. It features poems, folk tales, childhood writing and some information on W. B. Yeats and his family.

Having been born and raised in the “Yeats County” of Sligo and having grown up learning and performing the poems and plays of W.B. Yeats, I looked forward to reading and reviewing this book.

Deriving its name from the Yeats poem “The Cat and the Moon”, this hardback book is edited by Dr. Noreen Doody read more…

Instagram for Your Class or School

Instagram for Your Class or School

instagramInstagram is a mobile photo and video sharing app and social networking platform that allows users to upload photos and videos to share with friends and followers either privately or publicly. It also allows you to edit the photos and to use filters to create some cool effects.

While perhaps not as popular as some of the other social media platforms, it is still very popular. Like other social media platforms, read more…

Sentence Strips 14

Sentence Strips 14

sentence_strips_14aThis resource is aimed at pupils in first to third classes or SEN pupils. Its purpose is to assist with the understanding of both sentence structure and reading for meaning. These sentences are made up of six words.

Laminate all of the pages in the resource. Cut out the five sentence strips and the corresponding words, which are colour co-ordinated to assist with matching. Place velcro in each of the boxes on the sentence strips and on the rear of the individual words.

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Spelling Strips 5 – 01

Spelling Strips 5 – 01

spelling_strips_5_01This resource is aimed at pupils in first to third classes or SEN pupils on the road to learning to spell. These spelling strips are made up of words of five letters. There are twelve spellings in the set.

There are a number of ways to use the resource. There is a set of strips with the spelling outline and a set of strips with blank spaces.

Laminate all of the pages in the resource. Cut out the twelve spelling strips

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