Preschools without walls: why children need outdoor play

Good article by the Irish Times today on the importance of outdoor play. Don't forget We will be exhibiting with Early Childhood Ireland in NUI Galway today from 5pm. Please come and say Hi, we have loads of great new outdoor furniture for everybody to try out! 🌳😀🌳 http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/preschools-without-walls-why-children-need-outdoor-play-1.3085600

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Come visit us at the ECI event today in Dublin Castle. We are talking all things outdoor! We even have a mud kitchen to play with 😀

6 Great Christmas Gift Games for Kids with Special Needs

Need a little help finding that perfect gift? We've chosen a couple of games that might suit in our first in a series of Christmas gift ideas for children with special needs.

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SCIENCE WEEK 2016 GREEN ENERGY IN THE CLASSROOM Learn the Science Behind Green Energy. Green Energy is a worldwide trend that requires your attention. The Green Energy Revolution is coming, and it's a topic that children need to be familiar with. www.Schoolstore.ie/science A New Way To Explore Green Energy Gigo employs brand-new materials to make it easier and more fun to explore the world of green energy! The components are both lightweight and very strong, so it's a breeze to build the neatest, fastest models on land and on water. Thanks to these new kits, as children play, they learn how limited resources can generate impressive power.

Science Week Primary Classroom Resource

Its Science Week 2016 and Science Week Ireland have provided this excellent classroom resource for Primary Schools. You can also check out lots more resources and all the Science Week activities in your area by visiting www.science.ie

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Sue Palmer Phonics Resources Completely in line with the very latest thinking in phonics teaching, including the recommendations of The Rose Report Sue Palmer's Synthetic Phonics is a practical approach the will really work, right away, in your classroom. -------------------------------------------------- Sue Palmer, a former headteacher in Scotland, has written more than 250 books, educational TV programmes and software packages on aspects of literacy. For more than fifteen years she has been a popular speaker on this subject in schools, colleges and universities in the UK and across the world, and a frequent contributor to the educational press, notably the Times Educational Supplement and Child Education. Sue has acted as an independent consultant to many organisations, including the Department for Education and Skills, the Basic Skills Agency, the National Literacy Trust and the BBC. In recent years she's been an independent consultant on childhood issues to the Conservative Party in England, the Labour Party in Scotland and the National Childcare Committee in Ireland. She's twice been listed by the Evening Standard amongst the 1000 most influential people in London and described in The Scotsman as one of Scotland's 'new radical thinkers'. She designed and wrote several literacy training packages for the Department for Education and Skills in England. Sue Palmer's Synthetic Phonix won an ERA in 2006.

Numberboard Tutorial

Here's a quick demo of our NumberBoard Activity Kit. View Product here > http://bit.ly/2ePVTqh The kit is based on the Irish Maths Curriculum and comes with : 30 x Number Boards 1250 x pegs in 5 colours 250 each of Red, Yellow, Blue, Green and White 200 x 2m Interlocking Cubes in 10 different colours in 2 Boxes Teacher’s Guides 1 and 2 Game Cards 1 and 2

The Number Board - Teachers Test

Maths Week 2016. See what Teachers think of our NUMBER BOARD ACTIVITY KIT Now reduced for huge savings here > http://bit.ly/2ePVTqh

Special Education Equipment & Primary School Supplies | SchoolStore.ie

Maths Week 15th - 23rd OCT It’s as easy as 1,2,3 to order from Schoolstore.ie There has never been a better time to order Maths equipment from www.Schoolstore.ie • NEW LOWER PRICES� • SAVE up to 25% �• Fast Free delivery on orders over €100 LDA products are up to 25% cheaper than in 2015 when you order direct from Schoolstore.ie Over 200 Maths products to choose from.

The Number Board Activity Kit | Primary School Supplies & Special Needs Resources

Maths Week 2016 - The Number Board The Number Board was described as “the best Maths product seen in the last 10 years” ! We have now relaunched it with HUGE savings and FREE software when you order the KIT. • New lower prices • Free Software CD for every teacher • Free online Tutorials • Teacher’s Guides and Game cards written by Carmel Burns NT