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