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This is a fantastic resource for children which is also available as an Adroid or IOS app for tablets.

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Instantly access over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids on Epic

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Reading tips for the different Class Levels

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Reading tips for the different Class Levels

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Tips for parents while reading with your child

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Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for elementary students and teachers.

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Animated Books

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Vooks - Storybooks brought to life with beautiful animation!

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Vooks is an entire library of kids storybooks brought to life with beautiful animation, read-aloud narration, engaging music and sound, and read-along text.

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The game has been funded by the Usborne Foundation, a charity set up to support initiatives to develop early literacy.

Our mission is to help as many children learn to read as possible. The computer version is 100% free and we put profits from the app back into the Usborne Foundation, to continue to create new and exciting ways for children to learn.

The charity was founded by Peter Usborne MBE and his children, Nicola and Martin, one of the world's leading children's book publishing companies and Children's Publisher of the Year 2012. He was previously one of the founders of the magazine Private Eye.

The game is for children in the first stages of learning to read, or for older children who need a bit more practice. Read more details about the three games.

The game takes children on a magical journey, meeting colourful characters along the way and collecting fantastic rewards. When children are engaged, they're motivated to learn.

As they progress, they rehearse a range of essential reading skills; matching letters to sounds, blending, segmenting, tricky words and reading full sentences.

Find out exactly what the game covers.

The game runs on any normal laptop or desktop computer (including Apple Macs) and the app works on iPhone, iPad, Android and Kindle tablets.

Peter Usborne is the founder and Managing Director of Usborne Publishing, one of the world's leading children's book publishing companies and Children's Publisher of the Year 2012. He was previously one of the founders of the magazine Private Eye, and was recently awarded an MBE for services to publishing.

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The game has been funded by the Usborne Foundation, a charity set up to support initiatives to develop early literacy. Our mission is to help as many children learn to read as possible. The computer version is 100% free and we put profits from the app back into the Usborne Foundation, to continue to create new and exciting ways for children to learn.

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A fun task you could use after reading to check comprehension

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Listen to famous actors reading books.

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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Storyberries allows you to choose story by theme.

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Storyberries - Fairy Tales, Bedtime Stories and Kids Poems!

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Read the BIGGEST collection of free fairy tales, bedtime stories, nursery rhymes, poems for kids, and short stories for kids. Free kids books and baby books online!

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Information on applying for an Irish Exemption.

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An exemption from the study of Irish means that a student attending a primary or post-primary school is not required to study Irish. There are certain limited circumstances whereby an exemption may be granted. The authority to grant an exemption has been delegated to school management.

How to apply, and where to apply for an exemption from the study of Irish.

A written application for an exemption is made by the parent or guardian to the school principal on behalf of their child. The application should state the reasons why the exemption is being sought. A child will only be considered for an exemption where his/her educational circumstances come within the provisions of the primary circular in the case of a primary school going child or the post primary circular in the case of a post primary child.

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An exemption from the study of Irish means that a student attending a primary or post-primary school is not required to study Irish. There are certain limited circumstances whereby an exemption may be granted. The authority to grant an exemption has been delegated to school management.

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The Department of Education's mission to facilitate children and young people, through learning, to achieve their full potential and contribute to Ireland's social, economic and cultural development.

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The Department of Education's mission to facilitate children and young people, through learning, to achieve their full potential and contribute to Ireland's social, economic and cultural development.

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Aistear is the early childhood curriculum framework for all children from birth to 6 years in Ireland. The framework uses four interconnected themes to describe children's learning and development: Wellbeing, Identity and Belonging, Communicating, and Exploring and Thinking.

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Specific Learning Difficulties are diagnosed by completing an Educational Assessment with a NEPS Psychologist or Private Educational Pscyhologist. Examples of Specific Learning Difficulties include Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Auditory Processing Disorder, Language Processing Disorder and Visual Perceptual/Visual Motor Deficit.

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If you are concerned about ASD you may seek help through contacting your G.P. to get a referral into the School Age Team at Springfield Centre, Mullingar. The School Age Team is for those aged 5-18 years and their families. The team comprises of a Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech and Language Therapist (SLT).
If your child has been attending the Early Intervention Team (0-6 years) please ensure to ask them to transfer your child across to School Age Team.
Please discuss your concerns with your child's teacher as collaboration with your child's teacher(s) is very important throughout this process.

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If you have concerns regarding ADHD, a referral to CAMHS can be made through your G.P.
A clinical assessment with CAMHS or a private Clinical Psychologist will be completed to determine if your child meets the criteria for diagnosis.
Please discuss your concerns with your child's teacher as collaboration with your child's teacher(s) is very important throughout this process.

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Try a different challenge every day

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Little Inventors Daily Challenges : Little Inventors

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What ideas can you think of that will keep people staying 2 metres apart? Take the challenge and upload your drawings by clicking the upload button at the top of this page or posting on our social media using the hashtag #timeforcreativity We can't wait to see your ideas!

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Coding Projects for older pupils.

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Some of these Apps are free - don’t forget to check in the App Store and Try them out.

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A referral in to the O.T. Department of Springfield Centre, Mullingar may be recommended by teachers if concerns arise regarding your child's development in any of the following areas:
*Fine Motor Skills
*Gross Motor Skills
*Sensory Processing
*Visual Perception
*Self Help and Organisation Skills
Collaboration with your child's teacher(s) is very important throughout this process

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Beautiful book for children dealing with worry and change.

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Cosmic Kids FREE YouTube videos or website

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Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation for kids. Interactive adventures which build strength, balance and confidence - and get kids into yoga and mindfulness early...

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Spin the wheel and complete the challenge.

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Wordwall - Create better lessons quicker

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Run 5 laps around your house, Do some stretches - Youtube: Calm Kids: Full body stretches, Drink a glass of water.

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A referral to the Speech and Language Department of Springfield Centre, Mullingar may be recommended by teachers if  concerns arise regarding your child's Speech and Language development in the following areas;

social interaction

play

movement of the mouth and speech

understanding language

how to express themselves

Referals to this department may   be made by either parents or teachers.
Collaboration with your child's teacher(s) is very important throughout this process.

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With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games.

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Importance of play and play ideas

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Playing is central to children's physical, mental, social and emotional health and wellbeing. Children learn through play while developing resilience, flexibility and understanding of their world. Play in families enriches childhood. All children and young people have a right to play.

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Playing is central to children's physical, mental, social and emotional health and wellbeing. Children learn through play while developing resilience, flexibility and understanding of their world. Play in families enriches childhood. All children and young people have a right to play.

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Learn to Type | Type Better | Type Faster - Typing.com

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World's most popular free typing program! Typing.com's K-12 typing curriculum features touch typing, digital citizenship, coding lessons, and games.

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Learn how to touch type with the BBC Dance Mat Typing game. It’s a fun introduction to touch typing game for kids and covers levels 1, 2, 3, 4.

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Your child will usually learn to coordinate the use of the arms before the use of the legs, and obviously, the hardest thing is to use the arms and legs together in a coordinated way at the same time (such as jumping jacks). So keep that in mind as you try the following activities!

Most importantly, have fun with your child!

Rolling out dough with a rolling pin is a lovely, symmetrical bilateral activity.

Get your child involved in rolling out cookie dough, bread dough or playdough!

Find some maracas or musical shakers like these ones on Amazon#Ad.

Have your child move them in time to music. Try moving them symmetrically (up and down at the same time) or reciprocally (one hand then the other).

Getting legs to move together is hard work. Start by having your child jump over a line and back again, one jump at a time.

Increase the number of jumps as your child improves at keeping feet together!

A Zoom Ball is an awesome toy! Your child needs to open and close the arms symmetrically, to make the ball "zoom" back and forth on the string. One of my favorite bilateral toys!

Amazon usually stock Zoom Balls#Ad - this makes a great toy for outdoors in summer or indoors in winter!

Pulling hand over hand on a rope is a good way to get the hands working rhythmically together.

You can often find these rope ramps at local parks and play centres.

Have you tried Stretchy Bands like these#Ad by Bear Paw Creek? When a group of kids are making the band move around in a circle, hand over hand, they are getting a good rhythmical bilateral workout.

Encourage your child to roll large balls of playdough between two hands to make smooth balls.

Try some of my other playdough ideas to boost bilateral coordination skills.

Creeping (crawling) is another great reciprocal activity - have your child creep across the floor to collect items you put out, or chase them around the floor yourself!

For this reason, occupational therapists who use sensory integration techniques may include specific movement activities in their therapy sessions to stimulate the vestibular system before carrying out activities to boost bilateral coordination skills.

At home, you can give your child's vestibular system a boost by having your child jump on a trampoline, roll on the grass, touch his/her toes, use a swing or do somersaults. You can do these movement activities before or during the bilateral activities.

I have a few ideas for classroom vestibular activities over here.

If you want to support your child's development of this vital skill, then try my printable download full of Bilateral Coordination Activities!

You will receive more than 24 pages of photographed activities to help your child (multiple photographed activities on each page).
View my Bilateral Coordination E-Book now!
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Bilateral Integration Activities For Kids

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Free ideas! Use these simple bilateral integration activities at home to boost your child's coordination skills!

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QUICK WAYS TO CALM DOWN! Sea life sensory solutions!

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Marino Institute of Education

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Specialist therapies - Oak National Academy

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Free online specialist therapy video lessons and resources

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Occupational Therapy -Gross & Fine Motor

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Occupational Therapy -Gross & Fine Motor

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Information for schools

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Developing Gross Motor Skills - Activity Ideas for Home

This resource aims to provide parents with activity ideas for integration into children's play at home to continue to support their gross motor skills development. The recourse contains activities to support core strength, balance, bilateral integration and ball skills.

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An introduction to Baking

Baking: An Occupation for Learning, Development & Life Skills
Brought to you by the NCSE Occupational Therapy Team
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Let's Get Regulated !
- Information for Parents

This resource pack aims to share some information and ideas for parents on supporting self-regulation. Some of these activities could be integrated into your child's play at home to support their self- regulation.
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Resources on 'Occupational Therapy' for a parent of a child in Primary School

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Title Description Link Developing Gross Motor Skills - Activity Ideas for Home This resource aims to provide parents with activity ideas for integration into children's play at home to continue to support their gross motor skills development. The recourse contains activities to support core strength, balance, bilateral integration and ball skills.