This book is absolutely the cutest book I have reviewed! I teach senior infants so I was keen to review this book for Prim-Ed. Having read through it and used some of the activities in my class, I would recommend this book is best suited to a Junior Infant class or a pre-school setting. The … Read more
Review: Sequencing visual texts published by Prim-Ed Sequencing Visual Texts (Ages 4-7) is a series of three teacher resource photocopiable books to support the teaching and learning of sequencing for 4-6 years of age. These would be suitable for Infants and early 1st Class as well as the SET setting. There are three books with … Read more
Gross motor skills are involved in the movement and coordination of the arms, legs, and other large body parts and movements. They participate in actions such as running, crawling, swimming, etc. We may notice children at yard, in the line or in our PE classes who may need support in these areas. This book aims … Read more
Fine Motor Skills is one of a two-part publication series in the area of development of motor skills in the primary or Early years setting. The other publication is on the subject of Gross motor skills which I will be reviewing this year here at anseo.net as well. Fine motor skills is a thorough and … Read more
Review: Handwriting Today Cursive Writing Pupil Workbooks and Let’s join in-handwriting today software from Prim-Ed The Handwriting Today series is made up of four pupil workbooks A-D. With the new writing language curriculum ready to enfold itself upon Irish primary classrooms, teachers will need to take a look at their current handwriting pedagogy. The great … Read more
The School Directory is a new service for schools to search for and find substitute teachers and SNAs. It enters a market where text-a-sub is king and the INTO Sub Search is not far behind it and both of them are completely free to teachers and schools. Text-a-sub from IPPN allows schools to ask for … Read more
We haven’t reviewed an Interactive Whiteboard for a while so it was lovely to receive an invitation from Prowise to have a look at their new Interactive LCD Screen. In the fashion conscious world of interactive screens, Interactive Whiteboards are becoming “so last season” and if you were to believe the hype, it’s all about … Read more
Review:New Wave English in Practice:Prim-Ed I am sure that many teachers out there have used Prim-Ed’s New Wave Mental Maths books. If so, you might be interested in the New Wave English in practice books from Prim-Ed that basically use a very similar approach. The books cover different areas of the English curriculum and are a basic practice book. … Read more
Prim-Ed Review:Everyday Literacy:Speaking and listening Prim-Ed have released three books called Everyday literacy:Speaking and Listening. I am not sure what everyday literacy reference means! I am also unsure why literacy just covers speaking and listening in the title but inside the series tells us the books are focused on reading and oral language. Confusion aside … Read more
Time Matters from Prim-Ed These are made up of two books and do exactly what the title says and deal with the different aspects of teaching time. The authors of these books go into huge detail about time, devoting pages to the topic of time, pointing out that teaching time to children covers much more than … Read more