Resources on ‘General Support for Learning’ for a teacher who teaches children in Early Years
| Title | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Springtime Vocabulary Activities for Early Language Targets | Simple vocabulary development activities for students who are working on early language targets. (Parents and Teachers; Early Years and Primary) | English |
| Literacy ideas based on 'The Thing About Spring' storybook | Comprehension strategies and suggestions, phonological awareness and phonics activities and a choice board based on a picture book for junior end of Primary school. (Parents and Teachers; Early Years, Primary) | English |
| Outdoor Classroom in Spring | 12 outdoor activities incorporating many elements of learning in a fun and adventerous way. (Parents and Teachers; Early Years and Primary) | English |
| Meg's Veg - A Spring Sensory Story | This story uses all of the senses and can be used with students who learn best through doing (Parents and Teachers; Early Years and Primary) | English |
| Supporting Students with Autism | An overview of web resources to support students with Autism during Covid 19. | English |
| Summer Ice-pops | A step by step guide with visuals as for making ice-pops | English Irish |
| Make Your own Ice-cream | A guide to making ice-cream at home, a simple step by step overview with visual supports | English Irish |
| Beach Song | Beach song is a youtube song that parents can easily access. This resource includes the lyrics, the object of reference and picture flash cards that can be printed out to support the song. | View/Download |
| Bubble Games | This resource has some fun bubble games that can be played at home. | View/Download |
| Bubble Snake Maker | An overview of how to make a bubble snake. | View/Download |
| Colour Match Buckets | An easy to create activity that develops different skills and is lots of fun! | View/Download |
| Summer is here - Picture Books | An overview of books and activities relating to summer to help with home learning. | View/Download |
| Summertime Boom Chicka Boom | Summer Boom chicka boom is a resource adapted from a youtube song that introduces summer vocabulary and objects of reference. | View/Download |
| Summertime with Chatterpix | A guide to using the Chatterpix app to support the theme of Summertime! | View/Download |
| Water Balloon Target Game | A fun game that can be played at home to develop different skills and have fun. | View/Download |
| Picture books to aid transitions | An overview of books and activities relating to transition to help with home learning. | English Irish |
| Countdown Strip | Countdown Strip. Transitioning away from high interest activities and objects can be very challenging. A countdown strip warns when time with a preferred activity/object is coming to an end and assists the child in transitioning away from it. | View/Download |
| Creating Virtual Tours of your School | Whether to maintain familiarity and comfort with own school or to aid with transition into a new school or section of a school, a virtual tour resource can have a number of benefits. The term “virtual tour” is often applied to slideshows, video presentations, or sometimes even PDF files, but modern students and parents can expect more. | View/Download |
| Education Passport | Education Passport - designed in Word so it can be easily adapted by schools. This document can be filled in by parents/caregivers at home with the help of the child. It will give in-depth information to the teachers and SNAs to help enable your child settle in more quickly. | View/Download |
| Growing and Changing | Ways we are changing as we grow older and bigger. | View/Download |
| Transition Activities: Tips for parents/guardians | All children, and particularly those with special educational needs need a sense of predictability during periods of transition. Being prepared with transition strategies is key. These strategies may take place before, during, or after the transition. | View/Download |
| Transitions between Activities | Teaching a child to understand they are finishing an activity | View/Download |
| Schedules | Support with Routines for children | View/Download |
| School Transitions | Practical strategies to help with a variety of transitions including: Back to school/new class/new teacher/new school. Links to various resources included. | View/Download |
| Seasonal Change | We see changes every year with our four seasons | View/Download |
| Communication and Keeping in Touch | An introduction to this weeks Theme of The Week Communication and Keeping in Touch. | English Irish |
| Books and Literacy for Everyday Communication | Using picture books online and in real life to help explore the theme of communication with younger children. | English Irish |
| Communicating with Friends and Family Using Apps | Resources for different ways of communicating with friends and family. | English Irish |
| Communication and Keeping in Touch: Suggestions for Students with Complex Needs | Some ideas for keeping in touch with others for students with Complex Needs. Practical activities to support communication development. | English Irish |
| Games and Activities to Develop Communication Skills | Games that can be played together at home. | English Irish |
| How to Make a Card to send to a Friend or Family member | Follow our step by step guide to make a card which you can send on to family or friends. This broken down task analysis with visual supports will support students with a variety of needs. | English Irish |
| How to send a Postcard to Family or a Friend | Simple task analysis with visuals to support the child. | English Irish |
| Music and Communication | Music and communication are closely linked and this document has plenty of fun activities to try at home. | English Irish |
| Pronouns | Ideas to try at home to support Confusion with the pronouns he and she. | English Irish |
| Everyday science picture books | An overview of books and activities relating to science to help with home learning. | English Irish |
| Fizzy Ice | This science experiment introduces children to various senses | English Irish |
| Let’s make a Lava Lamp | This is an interesting science activity to try at home. The visuals will support students with ASD and other SEN. | English Irish |
| Making Magic Colours | Science experiment for young children with ASD. | English Irish |
| Visual Recipe Interactive Demonstrations | Interactive Tool for parents and teachers of students with GLD / ASD | View |
| Baking and The Sock Puppet App | A guide to using the Sock Puppets App and linking it to Baking | English Irish |
| Sesame Street School Closure Resources | An overview of the resouces developed by Sesame Street to support home learning during COVID 19 | View/Download |
| Gardening for Students who are Blind/Visually Impaired | A resource prepared by our Visiting Teachers to support students who are blind / visually impaired in relation to gardening. | English Irish |
| Gardening for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing | A resource prepared by our Visiting Teachers to support students who are deaf / hard of hearing in relation to gardening. | English Irish |
| Using the “Our Story” app to Support Home Learning with Gardening | A guide to using Our Story App for making a story relating to gardening | English Irish |
| Gardening Cutting and pasting sorting activity | This resource is one that could be printed at home and involves cutting and sorting images into weeds and flowers. | English |
| Gardening Treasure Hunt | This resource is one that could be done at home in the garden or in a local park with images of things to find relating to the theme of gardening. | English Irish |
| Sorting activities for gardening | Sorting is a very important skill for children and lots of time is spent developing this skill in school. Here are two simple sorting ideas to try at home which relate to the theme of gardening | English Irish |
| Gardening Nature Trail | This trail could be used in the garden or local park | English |
| Rock Painting | A step by step guide to rock painting | English Irish |
| Tips on Green Screen use for Remote Teaching | This is a simple how to guide for using a green screen. Teachers an read step by step instructions and see a video from a teacher using this approach to reach out to his students during this time. | English Irish |
| COVID 19. I Can Help! Carol Grey - Social Story | This is a social story by Carol Grey about COVID 19. This social story may be useful to share with parents of students with Autism. | View/Download |
| Supporting Learning at home for children with Down Syndrome | This document outlines a number of activities that could be suggested by teachers to support parents in meeting the needs of their children with Down Syndrome. There are a number of activities that may also support other learners with Special and additional needs. | English Irish |
| Supporting Physical Education for students with SEN during Covid 19 | This is an overview of useful Websites to Support Physical Education at Home for students with Special Educational Needs including those with a moderate, severe or profound GLD or who may have limited mobility. | View/Download |
| Supporting Categorisation for Students with Autism | This document is designed to support the teachers of students with Autism in relation to categorisation. | English Irish |
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