The Bullying photocopiable resource books are made up of three books-lower, middle and upper. They focus in on the key skills of identifying, coping with; and preventing bullying. The low.er end starts at 1st and 2nd class, the middle 3rd and 4th and the upper level is for 5th and 6th class. They all cover … Read more
Just when you think a game can’t get any better, Luke from Edware has released the newest version of Know Your World, a program he has perfected over the last 5 years. Like Know Your Ireland and Know Your Europe, this game is a geography game that tests children’s knowledge of the countries of the … Read more
Conflict Resolution is a set of 3 teacher resource books from Prim-Ed. As teachers, we know that the children in our care need to improve our conflict resolution skills. Some children can lack any form of ability to deal with conflict positively. The three books are broken up into lower, middle and upper primary level. Suitable … Read more
Review: Cloze:Interactive solution for teaching cloze skills-Prim-Ed Cloze is a CD-ROM developed by Prim-Ed for doing exactly what the title above says! It is a simple and clean-visual to use. There are three options for the child and teacher once you get into the main menu. These are: Drag and drop exercise, Fill in the blanks … Read more
I am in a writing group and we often debate various pieces of grammar. From now on, I am going to bring Prim-Ed’s essential grammar sheets along! That will settle things easily! The Prim-Ed Essentials study guides are made up of 5 different topics. They are grammar, writing, spelling, shape/space/measurement/date and Number/Algebra/Strategies. They are suitable for … Read more
Scratch is a fantastic programming language that has taken the world of education by storm. Created by MIT, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), it is designed to help young people learn the fundamentals of programming. Through dragging and dropping “block” around a screen to control different characters known as “sprites”, everything is there. As a former programmer, … Read more
Dice Activities:Building number sense and power is a photocopiable teacher resource book available from Prim-Ed. There are 4 books ranging from ages 5-8, 6-9, 8-12 and 10-13. Each age group tallies nicely with the appropriate curriculum aims. It does what it says it does! It focuses its objectives on building up numerical skills and knowledge using dice … Read more
Regular readers of Anseo.net may have noticed that there haven’t been many articles about Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) for some time. When Anseo.net started writing about IWBs, school were just starting to buy into these devices and at their peak there were almost 40 different companies selling nearly 30 different models of boards. However, with an … Read more
Preparing for first reconciliation:A guide for families is aimed at families who want to help prepare their children for their first reconciliation or their first confession, as it used to be called! It is written by a primary school teacher who has specialised in religious education. The book is colourful and dinky and gets to … Read more
I suppose I wasn’t surprised to hear when I got a message from Edware Learning that the company had released their first iPad app, Know Your Ireland. Luke Curley, the man behind Edware Learning, is one of the most enthusiastic, creative, education providers in Ireland. Know Your Ireland has continually adapted to the changing times … Read more