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Maths is everywhere and for everyone.

Welcome to our Micro Maths page, designed for passionate teachers seeking dynamic resources. Explore a rich collection of engaging Micro Maths activities presented in information sheets with useful links and image galleries providing ready-to-use materials for your classroom.

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About the cover artist

Elizabeth Close is an Anangu woman from the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara language groups in the APY Lands in outback South Australia. She was born in Adelaide and spent much of her upbringing in remote communities, learning her language and receiving cultural education.

'This artwork represents the literacy and numeracy learning journey, and the path towards independent learning. The circles represent the collaborative learning and supports around children with specific learning difficulties, including children, schools, families, SPELD SA and others.'  Elizabeth Close, Artist.

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About the cover artist Elizabeth Close is an Anangu woman from the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara language groups in the APY Lands in outback South Australia. She was born in Adelaide and spent much of her upbringing in remote communities, learning her language and receiving cultural education.

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ESTAR II Intervention Modules | Texas Gateway

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Research shows that students with mathematics difficulties respond best to structured systematic, explicit instruction. The scripted lessons are organized as follows:

Preview, which serves as an advance organizer

Engage Prior Knowledge, which provides a review of background information the student should already possess

Modeled Practice, which allows the teacher to help a student learn the strategy

Practice, which connects the learned strategy to the core mathematics lesson being taught

Independent Practice, which gives the student an opportunity to show what he has learned

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ESTAR II intervention modules are designed for students in grades 3 and 4. A total of eight modules containing lessons, student books, and teacher masters are available for download.

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Providing future generations in Ireland with the resources to be effective guardians of their own minds How You Can Support The Programme We want to make sure that every pupil in Ireland can take part in the Schools Programme which is why our programme is free of charge to schools.

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Training

Middletown Centre provides a range of training opportunities for parents, carers and educational professionals in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Centre has a full training calendar of face to face and online sessions, which can be managed using the Centre's app The Centre, in partnership with Mary Immaculate College Limerick provides a Graduate Certificate, Diploma and MA in Autism Studies Individual schools can apply for whole school training and these are provided in partnership with the EA in Northern Ireland and The NCSE in Ireland. Further information on applying for a whole school training is available by contacting us using the email training@middletownautism.com

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Training

Middletown Centre provides a range of training opportunities for parents, carers and educational professionals in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Centre has a full training calendar of face to face and online sessions, which can be managed using the Centre's app The Centre, in partnership with Mary Immaculate College Limerick provides a Graduate Certificate, Diploma and MA in Autism Studies Individual schools can apply for whole school training and these are provided in partnership with the EA in Northern Ireland and The NCSE in Ireland. Further information on applying for a whole school training is available by contacting us using the email training@middletownautism.com

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Resources to help parents and children get ready as early learning and childcare services and schools reopen.

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Library News and Notes

June 2, 2021

Dear Readers,

Great news! I was able to rebuild a simple version of the in-browser book reader which has enabled me to add back all of the ICDL books. The interface is not what it used to be, and we no longer have translations of books (only the original language the book was published in) - but we have all ~4,000 books back. The site is fast and reliable and should be able to stay around for some time to come. Happy reading!

May 5, 2021

Dear Readers,

Good news! Thanks to the UMD Computer Science Department, which has agreed to host a static version of ICDL, we have been able to resuscitate the library a bit, and have brought back 1/4 of the books in PDF form (that we have "download" rights for). We had to create a vastly simpler site without many, many of the features - no search, no translations, etc. But about 1,000 of the books are back, and we will work on bringing back more books and at least some aspects of the original site. Please note that we do not have the right to allow you to redistribute these books further, and they are provided to you only for personal use.

Thank you for so many of your heart-warming and gracious emails which encouraged us to find a way to keep the ICDL alive.

April 19, 2021

Dear Readers,

It has been over 20 years since we launched the International Children's Digital Library. In that time, we have served about 15 million people reading over 1,000,000 hours of children's books. We launched at a time when the concept of reading books online was a bit odd, and almost unheard of for children's books. After all these years, as far we know, we are still the largest collection of freely available complete children's books from around the world. And we did that without ever exposing children to commercial activities or risking their privacy.

But for many years, we have served this mission without any funds. And now all of the founders have moved on to other things in their lives. The servers are very old and dusty and there is no one to maintain them. Our licenses for the books are for use only by the ICDL so while we have considered a number of alternatives, none of them really made sense.

And so now it is time to say goodbye and read with the innumerable other resources in the world. The ICDL has been our labor of love, and we will always remember these books, the volunteers, libraries, publishers, and readers around the world with great fondness.

Keep reading!

- Founders Ben Bederson, Allison Druin, Ann Weeks, Anne Rose and Tim Browne (in memoriam)
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CommonLit provides over 2,000 online reading passages for 3rd - 12th graders. Search passages by topic, Lexile score, grade, and more, and download as a PDF or open right in your internet browser.

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View the CommonLit collection and filter by grade level, theme, genre, literacy device and common core standard.

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Click on on any book cover below to begin reading, or use the Menu to navigate.

Use the book's homework button to open a downloadable homework packet.

Use the book's SMART Board button to download SMART Board files that are designed to assist you in the delivery of Flyleaf's Foundational Skill and Close Reading Guide instruction.

*Foundational Skills Guides and Close Reading Guides are sold separately and are not available as online resources. Visit flyleafpublishing.com for details about our instructional guides. **If you do not currently have access to SMART Notebook software, you can download it here: SMART Notebook.

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Heart Word Magic - Read and Spell High Frequency Words

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Heart Word Magic - Help Students Learn to Read and Spell High Frequency Words

Heart Word Magic is a complimentary teaching tool designed to help students learn to read and spell high-frequency words, particularly those that aren't very decodable. Show your students the animations, then try these fun, hands-on free Student Practice Activities>>

Student Introduction

Show your students this video to introduce them to Heart Word Magic! We use animations and practice techniques to clearly show students that the alphabetic principle doesn't completely disappear in Tricky Heart Words. The same skills students use for decoding are also helpful in learning to read and spell these less-decodable words. Heart Word Magic helps them to "make the tricky sticky."

What is Phonics Suite?

How can you give your students the skills they need to become strong decoders and accurate and fluent readers? Really Great Reading has a solution. It's called Phonics Suite, a comprehensive set of tools to diagnose, group and teach students with weakness in their foundational reading skills. There are even tools to monitor progress, report and adjust. Click here to read more>>

Explore Our Growing Library of Heart Word Magic Animations

After showing your students the Heart Word Magic animations, try these fun, hands-on activities with your kids.

Highlight the Tricky to Make It Sticky

One easy way to help students focus on and remember the parts of Tricky Heart Words they need to remember by heart is to simply have students highlight the part of the word that is "tricky" (the phonologically irregular part), such as the letter a in what. Check out our activities below.

Heart Word Magic Spelling

This activity allows students to practice spelling Heart Words (high-frequency words) with irregular letter-sound relationships by filling in a heart above the irregular part of the word that must be learned "by heart." Below are some suggested directions and sample scripts to use with the words said, have, from, and the.Click here to download Heart Word Magic Spelling Student Activity>>

NEW Heart Word Magic Scaffolded Spelling

This activity allows students to practice spelling Heart Words (high-frequency words) with irregular letter-sound relationships by listening to the individual phonemes in a word and then writing down the corresponding spellings. The teacher can give students the spelling for the irregular part of the word that must be learned "by heart." Below are some suggested directions and sample scripts to use with the words said, from, his, and of.
Click here to download Heart Word Magic Scaffolded Spelling Activity>>

NEW Heart Word Magic Dissect a Word

This activity allows students to practice dissecting Heart Words (high-frequency words) with irregular letter-sound relationships by listening to the individual phonemes in a word and then filling in the corresponding spellings. They fill in a heart above the irregular part of the word that must be learned "by heart" and write that tricky part again. Below are some suggested directions and sample scripts to use with the words said, from, his, of, and could.
Click here to download the Heart Word Magic Dissect a Word Student Activity>>

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Heart Word Magic - Read and Spell High Frequency Words

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Heart Word Magic - Read and Spell High Frequency Words

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Heart Word Magic - Help Students Learn to Read and Spell High Frequency Words

Heart Word Magic is a complimentary teaching tool designed to help students learn to read and spell high-frequency words, particularly those that aren't very decodable. Show your students the animations, then try these fun, hands-on free Student Practice Activities>>

Student Introduction

Show your students this video to introduce them to Heart Word Magic! We use animations and practice techniques to clearly show students that the alphabetic principle doesn't completely disappear in Tricky Heart Words. The same skills students use for decoding are also helpful in learning to read and spell these less-decodable words. Heart Word Magic helps them to "make the tricky sticky."

What is Phonics Suite?

How can you give your students the skills they need to become strong decoders and accurate and fluent readers? Really Great Reading has a solution. It's called Phonics Suite, a comprehensive set of tools to diagnose, group and teach students with weakness in their foundational reading skills. There are even tools to monitor progress, report and adjust. Click here to read more>>

Explore Our Growing Library of Heart Word Magic Animations

After showing your students the Heart Word Magic animations, try these fun, hands-on activities with your kids.

Highlight the Tricky to Make It Sticky

One easy way to help students focus on and remember the parts of Tricky Heart Words they need to remember by heart is to simply have students highlight the part of the word that is "tricky" (the phonologically irregular part), such as the letter a in what. Check out our activities below.

Heart Word Magic Spelling

This activity allows students to practice spelling Heart Words (high-frequency words) with irregular letter-sound relationships by filling in a heart above the irregular part of the word that must be learned "by heart." Below are some suggested directions and sample scripts to use with the words said, have, from, and the.Click here to download Heart Word Magic Spelling Student Activity>>

NEW Heart Word Magic Scaffolded Spelling

This activity allows students to practice spelling Heart Words (high-frequency words) with irregular letter-sound relationships by listening to the individual phonemes in a word and then writing down the corresponding spellings. The teacher can give students the spelling for the irregular part of the word that must be learned "by heart." Below are some suggested directions and sample scripts to use with the words said, from, his, and of.
Click here to download Heart Word Magic Scaffolded Spelling Activity>>

NEW Heart Word Magic Dissect a Word

This activity allows students to practice dissecting Heart Words (high-frequency words) with irregular letter-sound relationships by listening to the individual phonemes in a word and then filling in the corresponding spellings. They fill in a heart above the irregular part of the word that must be learned "by heart" and write that tricky part again. Below are some suggested directions and sample scripts to use with the words said, from, his, of, and could.
Click here to download the Heart Word Magic Dissect a Word Student Activity>>

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Heart Word Magic - Read and Spell High Frequency Words

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

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A practical resource to support schools to develop sensory spaces within schools or classrooms.

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SPRING in your Step

Activities and fun ideas to encourage students to move more. (Parents and Teachers; Primary and Post Primary)
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An introduction to Baking

Baking: An Occupation for Learning, Development & Life Skills
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Sensory Spaces in Schools

A practical resource to support schools to develop sensory spaces within schools or classrooms.

English
Irish

SPRING in your Step

Activities and fun ideas to encourage students to move more. (Parents and Teachers; Primary and Post Primary)
English

An introduction to Baking

Baking: An Occupation for Learning, Development & Life Skills
Brought to you by the NCSE Occupational Therapy Team
View/Download

Top tips for children in 5th and 6th Class

A resource covering ideas for Play, Literacy, Attention and Listening

English
Irish

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Resources on 'Occupational Therapy Support' for a teacher who teaches children in Primary School

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Heart Word Magic - Read and Spell High Frequency Words

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Heart Word Magic - Help Students Learn to Read and Spell High Frequency Words

Heart Word Magic is a complimentary teaching tool designed to help students learn to read and spell high-frequency words, particularly those that aren't very decodable. Show your students the animations, then try these fun, hands-on free Student Practice Activities>>

Student Introduction

Show your students this video to introduce them to Heart Word Magic! We use animations and practice techniques to clearly show students that the alphabetic principle doesn't completely disappear in Tricky Heart Words. The same skills students use for decoding are also helpful in learning to read and spell these less-decodable words. Heart Word Magic helps them to "make the tricky sticky."

What is Phonics Suite?

How can you give your students the skills they need to become strong decoders and accurate and fluent readers? Really Great Reading has a solution. It's called Phonics Suite, a comprehensive set of tools to diagnose, group and teach students with weakness in their foundational reading skills. There are even tools to monitor progress, report and adjust. Click here to read more>>

Explore Our Growing Library of Heart Word Magic Animations

After showing your students the Heart Word Magic animations, try these fun, hands-on activities with your kids.

Highlight the Tricky to Make It Sticky

One easy way to help students focus on and remember the parts of Tricky Heart Words they need to remember by heart is to simply have students highlight the part of the word that is "tricky" (the phonologically irregular part), such as the letter a in what. Check out our activities below.

Heart Word Magic Spelling

This activity allows students to practice spelling Heart Words (high-frequency words) with irregular letter-sound relationships by filling in a heart above the irregular part of the word that must be learned "by heart." Below are some suggested directions and sample scripts to use with the words said, have, from, and the.Click here to download Heart Word Magic Spelling Student Activity>>

NEW Heart Word Magic Scaffolded Spelling

This activity allows students to practice spelling Heart Words (high-frequency words) with irregular letter-sound relationships by listening to the individual phonemes in a word and then writing down the corresponding spellings. The teacher can give students the spelling for the irregular part of the word that must be learned "by heart." Below are some suggested directions and sample scripts to use with the words said, from, his, and of.
Click here to download Heart Word Magic Scaffolded Spelling Activity>>

NEW Heart Word Magic Dissect a Word

This activity allows students to practice dissecting Heart Words (high-frequency words) with irregular letter-sound relationships by listening to the individual phonemes in a word and then filling in the corresponding spellings. They fill in a heart above the irregular part of the word that must be learned "by heart" and write that tricky part again. Below are some suggested directions and sample scripts to use with the words said, from, his, of, and could.
Click here to download the Heart Word Magic Dissect a Word Student Activity>>

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Heart Word Magic - Read and Spell High Frequency Words

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What is Numicon?

Numicon is an approach to teaching maths that helps your child to see connections between numbers. From Oxford University Press, it supports your child as they learn early maths skills in nursery and primary school. It is a multi-sensory way of learning, which means your child learns by seeing and feeling.

Physical resources like the colourful Numicon Shapes are an important part of Numicon. The holes in the Numicon Shapes represent the numbers 1 to 10. When they are arranged in order, as in the picture below, children can easily see connections between numbers, such as 'one more' or 'one less'.

Later on, your child will be able to see more complex mathematical ideas, like how two fours make eight, three twos make six, and so on. This lays the foundation for their understanding of number all the way through school.

Numicon is often taught in primary schools as a whole-school programme, meaning it is their main way of teaching maths. Teachers use worksheets, physical shapes, online activities, and more to teach using Numicon. As well as mainstream maths teaching, Numicon is also sometimes used as an intervention programme to help children struggling with maths.

If your child's school uses Numicon, they may hold workshops to tell you how it is used in the classroom, and you can always ask your child's teacher if you have any questions.

Can I use Numicon at home?

There are lots of ways you can help your child learn with Numicon at home. Watch our Numicon videos, browse our selection of Numicon at Home kits or download our free Numicon activity sheets, to find inspiration.

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Activities to calm the mind

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Fun and educational kids activities - slime, glow in the dark, play dough, science experiments, kids crafts, fun recipes, and more!

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Barrier games for the teaching of positional language and categorisation

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Barrier games encourage children to be precise in what they are saying and can be used in many ways to practice giving and receiving instructions from others.

A barrier game requires two pupils to sit at a table with a screen/ barrier between them. The barrier can be anything that inhibits them from seeing each other's work (a folder, bag, books, or sit back to back etc.) Each pupil receives the same materials and pupil A draws/ constructs/ arranges the items in front of him/her. Pupil A then describes it in detail to pupil B so he/she can construct the same. They then remove the barrier and compare their patterns/ drawing etc. There are many variations of this game and it can be adapted to suit pupils' abilities. Groupings can vary from one to one instruction, giving instructions to a group or whole class, working in teams or pairs.

What are Barrier Games?

Barrier games are a powerful tool to use for oral language as pupils receive immediate feedback on how successful they were. Pupils enjoy this task and become determined to succeed with their partner.

Barrier games can be played by two learners, two pairs of learners, or an adult and a learner or pair of learners.
Barrier games can be used for:
Children working on articulation, to target his/ her sounds in spontaneous or structured speech.

Children working on fluency, to target the use of smooth speech tools in spontaneous or structured speech.

Children working on social/pragmatic skills or problem solving, as the teacher can pair pupils up in teams and have them work together.

More uses of Barrier Games are listed at the bottom of the post.

Picture Grid Cards (These can also be used for categorization)

Picture Grid Card barrier activities:
With junior pupils I suggest to begin with picture grid barrier games and only progress to grids that are not pictured when pupils are more able and confident with positional language.

Learning to follow step by step instructions is a big part of demonstrating understanding. Begin with a one-step instruction ( place the blue cube on the pig), eventually moving on two a 2-step instruction ( put the blue cube on the pig and a yellow cube on the apple.) When pupils are able, eventually move onto 3-step instructions.

These grid cards tie in with the Learning Outcome of 'Demonstration of Understanding' as you can see from the image as you move along the milestones you are working on pupils following a ' one step instruction', then a ' two step instruction', ' three step instructions ' etc

Another option is to discuss the categorization of the pictures on the grid cards. This ties in with the Learning Outcome of 'categorization'.

Teach positional language using the picture grid cards. E.g. What is under the apple? What is beside/ next to the scarf? What is under the snake? What is between the train and the elephant?

Pupils follow directions and move from left to right of the barrier card. E.g. place your finger on the orange. Move down two boxes to the grapes. Move across to the tractor. Move up four boxes to the car. Move towards the right to the coat etc.

Eventually you can do this activity without mentioning the pictures in the grid. E.g. begin on the apple. Move down two boxes. Now move two boxes towards the right. Where are you now? Answer...at the hat.

Initially, effective barrier communication language needs to be modelled to pupils. Picture Grid Cards are useful for the teaching of positional language. Prior to commencing any barrier game, it would be a good idea to brainstorm with pupils regarding positional language they might use when doing these activities. Keep this language visible for pupils to use during the activities. Encourage pupils to use different orders such as place/ put and find/ locate etc.

Vocabulary such as verbs, prepositions and adjectives are essential as the goal of these games is to develop the pupils' oral language, positional vocabulary and communication.

ADAPTATIONS: To adapt games for pupils with learning difficulties or who are less verbal, you could remove the barrier after each instruction is carried through so pupils can check how they are doing.
Examples of positional language (for all ages)
To consider: Grouping or pairing EAL learners with peers who can provide good models of English

Use barrier games for the development of:

Expressive and receptive language skills

Expressing and receiving one, two, three or more step instructions

Vocabulary use, such as verbs, nouns, adverbs etc.

Giving clear and concise instructions of concepts like shape, colour, size, quantity etc.

Expressive ability to ask 'wh' questions

Receptive ability to answer 'wh' questions

Questioning for clarification

Storytelling
Language for Living: Tip of the Tongue contains different wipe-able barrier games such as grid cards as above (x30), picture scenes (20 x2) and 'Spot the Difference' cards (15 pairs)

Language for Living: A whole school programme that fits into whatever English scheme/ programme you currently use. It is hands on, ready to use by pupils. We learn by 'doing'

Discussion and reflection

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Maths 'Number Vision' cards and activities (free downloads)

Let's get those kids talking numbers!

Please don't be expecting fancy looking cards using modern software, (I'm still Microsoft Word all the way) but hopefully you will find the content useful. I will be adding to this list. I usually print the different sets out onto coloured card for class use. I have them gathered over the years and now have them stored in homemade boxes (thank goodness for shoe boxes!), one for 1st/ 2nd class level, 3rd/ 4th class level and 5th/6th class level.

Number Vision: Counting Stick Activities Number Vision: Target Board cards Maths puzzles and answers
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Nibbler's Aistear Adventures record book (Free download)

Click to access sample download of Nibbler's Aistear Adventures Record Book... https://www.cleverkids.ie/Nibbler_download.pdf

By using this record book daily which is incorporated into Nibbler's Aistear Adventures resource, your child has the opportunity to learn a new theme-based word every day.

Tongue twisters are included as they are important for pronouncing vowels and consonants, strengthening speech skills, practicing articulation, and learning about alliteration.Each theme also has activities to reinforce understanding of positional language.

Wellbeing is especially important for children also and this record book provides opportunities for children to discuss their feelings.

All of this is covered by using Nibbler's Adventures puzzle book for just a few minutes each day! A free sample of one section is available to download here... https://www.cleverkids.ie/Nibbler_download.pdf

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Nibbler's Adventures

Nibbler's Aistear Adventures is a resource I created that is designed for teachers to
help incorporate the Aistear curriculum framework into the
junior classrooms - a framework for learning through play.

It is available from http://www.cleverkids.ie and http://www.eduhub.ie .More detail and videos are available in the menu above.

Free pdf download on oral language and vocabulary development from the children's puzzle book from Nibbler's Aistear Adventures... https://www.cleverkids.ie/Nibbler_download.pdf

Language for Living

I am a firm believer in developing oral language and vocabulary skills in children. I developed 'Language for Living' (also referred to as Tip of the Tongue), which contains a wealth of inspiring resources for the development of oral language and vocabulary development.

Offers planned, intentional teaching of vocabulary...words of the day/ overused words and expressions etc.

A progressive, considered method to narrow the word gap

Hands on, ready to use.

Adaptable to the learning needs of different children.

learning through play, games and activities.

It is available from http://www.cleverkids.ie and http://www.eduhub.ie (Ireland) or http://www.tts-international.com (UK). More detail and videos are available in the menu above.

We can share with our children a wealth of words...by closing the vocabulary gaps for children in our classrooms with their peers, we can offer them the vital academic tools for school success, alongside the capability to communicate with confidence in the world beyond the school gates.
Alex Quigley, Closing the Vocabulary Gap (2018)

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
Nelson Mandela

Language is the most powerful instrument of human progress
Maria Montessori

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Our online dance sessions via YouTube and Facebook have been really well received and we're really grateful to everyone who has joined in or helped to spread the word about these sessions!

Our freelance Dance Artists have been working really hard behind the scenes to put these sessions together, but also to try and get the number and type of sessions right. The main challenge that we are facing is that we aren't getting very much feedback and we can't see the people who are participating, so we're not getting that amazing feeling of seeing you all enjoying your dance sessions! We're sure some of our participants are missing seeing their friends dancing and inspiring each other too. To try and overcome this, we have decided to offer some sessions on Zoom too.

Check out this news page for the full details.
Wednesday 18th March 2020
Everyone at DanceSyndrome was disappointed yesterday when we were forced to have to cancel our sessions until the end of April due to the coronavirus outbreak.

We engage with over 150 participants and volunteers each week and we know how valuable dance is to them for their health and wellbeing and to prevent them from becoming isolated, so this was a very difficult decision to make, but health must always come first.

Team DS always rise to a challenge though and before sessions were even cancelled we were looking at ways to ensure that our provision continues whilst protecting the health and wellbeing of our participants, families, staff and volunteers.

Our team have been busy researching, planning and creating and we are excited to be able to share our plans with you!

From Monday 23rd March our DanceSyndrome sessions will take place at their usual times on our Facebook and YouTube channels - links will be shared on all our social media and our website too to make it really easy to find the videos.

The sessions will be adapted so that people can take part safely from the comfort of their own home (even your armchair) and will be suitable for EVERYONE! People with a range of abilities and disabilities will be able to participate, including children who are off school and elderly people who are social distancing. It will be a great way to keep active, boost your mental health and take your mind off the outside world!

As with everything we do, the sessions will be disability led, driven by our Dance Leaders with learning disabilities. DanceSyndrome Founder Jen Blackwell and her fellow Dance Leaders will be delivering these sessions remotely from their own homes in collaboration with our professional Dance Artists to offer high quality online dance sessions.

Online dance sessions will be as follows:

Monday 11:15am - Ballet techniques

Monday 1:00pm - Street Dance techniques

Monday 2:15pm Jazz techniques

Tuesday 11am - Everybody Dance (usually held in Chorley) - Jen Blackwell and Donna Harrison/David Darcy

Wednesday 10:15am - Everybody Dance (usually held in Preston) - Jodie Turner and Sophie Tickle/Anna James

Wednesday 11am - Everybody Dance (usually held in Hindley) - Jonathan Rodman and Donna Harrison/David Darcy

Wednesday 12:30pm - Contemporary dance techniques

Wednesday 1:30pm - Creative dance activities

Thursday 10:30am - Everybody Dance (usually held in Accrington) - Lizi Boothby and Helen Shepherd

Saturday 10:30am - Everybody Dance (usually held in Clitheroe) - Pauline Hall and Helen Shepherd

Days and times are the times when videos will go live, but they will stay on our channels so that you can join in at any time that suits you.
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We'd love you to join in with the dancing but also join in with the conversation on social media - tell us what you enjoyed about the sessions, send us photos and videos of yourself and your family joining in, talk to other people who love dance on our channels. We may need to be physically distanced but we can still be socially connected online!

We think this is a really exciting response to a really challenging situation for a small charity like DanceSyndrome and we are really proud of our team for responding so quickly and in such a creative way. Yesterday, 68 weekly sessions were cancelled in total, our Dance By Example Level 2 training has also been postponed and we have lost several major paid performance opportunities. This will amount to a significant loss of income for us as a charity.

If you join in with the sessions and enjoy them, please consider making a donation to help our small charity to survive in these difficult times. These sessions will be free online, but they typically cost between £3 - £7 to attend. We know this is a difficult time for everyone, but if you are able to support our work in any way, please use the form below or text one of the following numbers:

£1 - text DANCE to 70201

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The proprioceptive system is located in our muscles and joints. It provides us with a sense of body awareness and detects/controls force and pressure. The proprioceptive system also has an important regulatory role in sensory processing as proprioceptive input can assist in controlling responses to sensory stimuli.

Proprioceptive input can be very calming for those who are easily overwhelmed by sensory stimulation.

Proprioceptive input can be alerting for those who need increased sensory stimulation to facilitate attention and learning.

Many students with autism seek proprioceptive input in order to regulate their emotional and behavioural responses to sensory stimulation.

It should be noted, however, that some students may be overresponsive to proprioceptive input and will therefore avoid the activities listed below. It is important to find alternative calming strategies for these students as listed in other sections.

Indicators that a student is seeking proprioceptive input

Bites/chews on objects e.g. sleeve of jumper, pen/pencil

Hyperextends joints e.g. bending back fingers, locking knee joints

Bangs body parts e.g. bangs hands together, bangs jaw with hand

Holds objects with excessive pressure e.g. pencil; writes heavily on page

Enjoys rough and tumble play but can be excessively rough with others

Throws self heavily onto floor

Prefers to run, jump or stamp heavily when he/she should be walking

Likes to sit with knees tucked under himself/herself

Engages in weightbearing activities e.g. swinging on desks, climbing

Walks on tiptoes (NB there are other possible factors for this gait pattern; seeking proprioceptive input is just one factor)

Providing proprioceptive activities can enhance a student's learning in the classroom. These activities will help a student to achieve a calm and alert state which then improves emotional wellbeing and the ability to engage and learn.

Ideas for Proprioceptive Activities

Proprioceptive activities involve providing intensive input to the muscles and joints. Some ideas are provided here but you may wish to develop your own ideas which will suit your students and your classroom routine. Think of activities which will work the muscles and joints:

Weightbearing activities e.g. crawling, push-ups

Resistance activities e.g. pushing/pulling

Heavy lifting e.g. carrying books

Cardiovascular activities e.g.running, jumping on a trampoline

Oral activities e.g. chewing, blowing bubbles

Deep pressure e.g. tight hugs

Consider the following factors when introducing proprioceptive activities:

WHAT is the purpose of the activity?

Are you using the activity to calm an overresponsive child?

Are you using the activity to increase input to an underresponsive or sensory seeking child?

WHEN will the activity take place?

If using the activity to calm an anxious student, try to introduce the activity before he/she becomes anxious and distressed. Identify trigger points for anxiety (e.g. the playground, Music, Assembly) and implement the proprioceptive input before these times. This will then keep him/her calm during these times. Incorporate the activities into the student's timetable or visual schedule.

Some students may be able to recognise when they are becoming stressed and request permission to participate in a calming activity. Use a visual support so the student can request the break without the need for verbal communication.

The activities can also be used to calm a student who becomes suddenly and unexpectedly distressed by sensory input. The teacher should use a visual support to direct the student to an appropriate activity. The activity should be very familiar to the student so that he can perform it easily and independently.

If using the activity to provide increased input in order to alert an underresponsive or sensory seeking student, identify the times when he/she tends to be disengaged or seeking input, and incorporate proprioceptive activities at these times. This will often be before and after sitting to do quiet/independent work.

Some students may be able to recognise when they are losing attention or becoming restless, and can then request a break for proprioceptive activities to re-engage attention.

If the teacher notices students becoming lethargic or restless, direct them to carry out a proprioceptive activity, or carry out activities with the whole class.

HOW OFTEN will the activities take place?

Identify when the overresponsive student is becoming distressed or when the underresponsive/sensory seeking student needs more input, and provide the activities at these times.

The frequency of the activities will depend on the individual sensory needs of the student.

Activities do not need to be lengthy. Short frequent activities are often more beneficial. Some activities can be completed in 30 seconds, while others may last several minutes.

Observe the student and monitor when he/she reaches the calm alert state. This will then guide how long and how often activities need to take place.

WHERE will the activities take place?

Some activities can be completed by students without leaving their seats e.g. hand pushes, chair push ups, squeeze objects

Some activities can be completed in the classroom e.g. wall pushes, star jumps, wiping benches

Some activities may have to take place outside the classroom e.g. stacking chairs, jumping on a trampoline, climbing wallbars

WHAT activities will be used?

CHAIR BASED EXERCISES

CLASSROOM BASED EXERCISES

OTHER EXERCISES

FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Wiping benches and tables

Brushing/mopping floors

Holding doors open

Carrying piles of books

Carrying a backpack with a heavy item in it

Stacking chairs

Moving furniture

Putting out and tidying away PE equipment

ORAL ACTIVITIES

Blowing bubbles

Blow football i.e. blowing cotton wool along a table to score goals

Drinking through a straw of bottle with a sports cap

Chewing food or appropriate object e.g. chewy tube

Playing a wind instrument

Blowing up a balloon

Drinking a thick liquid through a straw e.g. milkshake, yoghurt, custard

PASSIVE ACTIVITIES

'Hot dog': student is rolled in a blanket and another student or adult pretends to spread on tomato ketchup, mustard etc.

'Sandwich game': student lies on a mat, and another mat is placed on top of him/her

Steamroller: student lies on stomach and an exercise ball is rolled over his/her back

Applying deep pressure to shoulders/arms

Tight hugs

WEIGHTED RESOURCES
Consult with an occupational therapist before using weighted items.

Weighted jacket/vest

Weighted blanket

Weighted lap pad

Weighted belt

Back pack with heavy book (or equivalent)

Beanbags in coat pocket

Weighted animals

Weighted cap

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Visual (seeing)

Sight is processed through the 'Visual' sense. Visual sensory stimuli is 'picked up' through visual receptors located in the eye and are stimulated by light, colour and movement.

This is different from problems involving sight or sharpness of vision. In this section, we will concentrate on students who have difficulty regulating visual input. Difficulties regulating visual input can result in sensitivity to light and moving images or a student may seek out increased amounts of visual input.

Activities

Proprioceptive (body awareness)

The proprioceptive system is located in our muscles and joints. It provides us with a sense of body awareness and detects/controls force and pressure. The proprioceptive system also has an important regulatory role in sensory processing as proprioceptive input can assist in controlling responses to sensory stimuli.

Proprioceptive input can be very calming for those who are easily overwhelmed by sensory stimulation.

Proprioceptive input can be alerting for those who need increased sensory stimulation to facilitate attention and learning.

Many students with autism seek proprioceptive input in order to regulate their emotional and behavioural responses to sensory stimulation.

Activities

Strategies

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Strategies According to Sense - Best Practice: Sensory

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Sight is processed through the 'Visual' sense. Visual sensory stimuli is 'picked up' through visual receptors located in the eye and are stimulated by light, colour and movement. This is different from problems involving sight or sharpness of vision. In this section, we will concentrate on students who have difficulty regulating visual input.

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Music is for everyone. Play with simple experiments that let anyone, of any age, explore how music works.

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BBE's Virtual Calming Room - Music and Sounds

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TheLearningStation - Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes

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The 7 Days of the Week Song ♫ 7 Days of the Week ♫ Kids Songs by The Learning Station