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Welcome back after your Easter Break. I hope you all had a lovely time!
Our story of the week is Farmer Duck. Listen to the story here if you don't have the book at home.

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 Click on the book to read the story.
Read Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell/Helen Oxenbury. Discuss the story with your child
Where is the story set?
Who is/are the main characters?
Ask your child to describe these characters – their personalities (Farmer was lazy and bossy. The duck was hard working & kind).
Why was Duck so sad? Ask how and why the mood of the duck changed through the story.
Show your child four photocopied pages from the story (including title page).
Ask your child to describe what is happening and where in the story it happened (beginning, middle, end). Sequence the pages & reread the text from the story with your child.
Resources for Sequencing

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Game 1 Blobs on a wall
Game 2 Subtraction Blobs
Game 3 Island chase
​Game 4 Ducky Race
This week in maths we are focusing on subtraction. Click on the picture on the left for planning and resources.
Your child uses Planet Maths in school and Folens have free access for all teachers and parents to their content. 
Why not set up an account and check it out? They have online games for each topic that are really engaging. Use the link below and search your topic within the programme.
​https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/planet-maths1/resources/

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Learning at Home ​
Resources, links and activities for parents during school closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
 Please revisit the website for regular updates as we are working on building this page.

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Useful Websites (General)
 
www.twinkl.ie are offering thousands of free resources for parents who are homeschooling their chidren during the coranvirus outbreak. 
 
do2learn.com - a resource for individuals with special needs.
 
www.senteacher.org - Free Special Educational Needs teaching resources.
 
www.starfall.com - an interactive free public service to teach children with an emphasis on exploration, play and reinforcement.
 
www.cjfallon.ie - are providing free e-books until the end of this term.
 
Virtual Field Trips - a list of 40 different placesaround the world you can visit with your child. 
 
www.stageslearning.com - Free at home curriculum for autism education
 
https://ncse.ie/online-resources - Online Resources provided by the National Council for Special Education
 
www.able2learn.com - A fantastic free resource with curriculum content, recipes and very clear social stories.
 
Useful Apps
 Apple:
Choiceworks – a visual schedule and calendar app! There has never been a time that we needed a visual schedule more than now!
Letter School – this is a fun way to practice fine motor skills and keep up some printing practice! 
Apps by Super Duper Inc. – there are so many great apps here for lots of learning styles, skills, and ages.
Endless Alphabet – fun way for your children to learn letters.
Breath, Think, and Do with Sesame – is your child feeling anxious? Practice some deep breathing in a fun, interactive way.
 Communication and Literacy
 
Coronavirus Story - Slides to explain the virus to children
 
What is the Coronavirus
 
Things I can do at home - Visual Schedule; great for some tips and ideas around activities to run during the day 
 
Visual Schedule Example
 
Daily Morning Work - Name, day, date, month, weather
 
Days of the Week - Colour, trace, cut & stick, and write activity.
 
Days of the Week 2
 
Play-Based Speech Therapy Homework
 
Alphabet Matching Activity
 
Following Directions - Granny Says Game
 
Following Simple Directions with Colours
 
Preschool Quick Probes Speech Therapy
 
Sentence Helpers - Free Sample Set
 
Who is Under the Umbrella - Interactive Book (prepostions)
 
Pirate-Themed Interactive Book - Prepositions
 
A Happy Planet
 
Play-Based Tips - from How to ABA
 
Story Time Tips - How to read books to promote language
 
Yes/No
 
Pencil Control Workbook
 
Pencil Control 2
 
Pencil Control 3
 
 
 
Maths
 
3-D Shape Sorting Activity
 
Recycling Sorting Activity - Suggestion: generalise to a real-life activity to sort rubbish and recyclable materiels.
 
Numbers 1 - 10 - Colour, cut and paste.
 
Number Match 1 - 10
 
Sorting Activities
 
I See Numbers and Colours
 
Easter Matching
 
Outer Space Sorting
 
Colour T-shirt Task
 
My Weather Graph - track data on the weather each day with your child
 
Shape Sorting
 
Numbers Galore
 

Life Skills & Behaviour
 
Life Skills Program Planner - A very useful planniing tool that provides Task Analyses for 132 life skills that can be taught at home to increase independence. 
 
Assessment of Work Habits and Behaviour - A simple checklist to see where your child is at and areas you can work on together.
 
When I'm Frustrated Social Story - Free Mini-Book
 
How to use the Bathroom - Step-by-step visual aids (bathroom sequence cards)
 
Washing Hands Visual Schedule
 
Handwashing Sign
 
Kitchen Safety Checklist
 
Kindness Rules - Sorting Activity
 
Parent Support Pack - Home Visuals, First/Then Cards, Token Boards, Feelings, Yoga Positions, Fine Motor Skills Ideas
 
First/Then Card
 
3-Point Scale - Emotional Regulation
 
Behaviour Contigency Map
 
Reinforcer Checklist - Get ideas for what your child can work for at home
 
Sensory Processing - Information for Parents
 
Sensory Play at Home
 
Sensory Play Activities
 
Sensory Stories

We are very excited about Halloween this week in our class. We made skeletons using art straws.

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We went to a show for the Baboró festival. Have a look at the book we created.
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