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The 5 Pillars For Early Intervention At Home
When a child is diagnosed with a developmental delay or a disability, parents are anxious to do all they can to support their child's development.
Finding the right professionals and the long waitlist that public services have often delay the start of early intervention. But there are essential things that can be done while parents wait for...
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We are constantly reminding kids to wash their hands in school and at home. I know you know the Lámh sign for wash, but do you know the sign for "soap"?
If you don't, you will be delighted with this week's video.
(The Lámh official website is www.lamh.org)
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How to teach children the concept of “later.”
One of the reasons for challenging behaviour in young children, particularly if they have a language delay, is not getting what they want right at that moment.
They want it, and they want NOW!
And they are not pleased if your answer is “not now, later”.
And that is...
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In this video, I will teach you a sign that will help you teach students the concept of now and then. Today you will learn the sign for LATER.
In this article on my website, you can find lots of ideas on how to help young children understand the concept of time passing, so they eventually understand the concept of “later on”.
(The Lámh...
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With the kids back in school after the break and covid numbers still high, we have many substitute teachers in schools right now, and probably this will continue for the next few months.
There will be constant changes in the classroom, with teachers and students having to take a few days off until this new wave dies down.
Today, I want...
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In this post, I will teach you a Lámh sign you can use daily, the Lámh sign for MORNING.
And here there are links to 3 of my favourite morning songs to use in circle time.
Good morning song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpWGPOtSllM
Gilly Gilly Good Morning
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Do you remember Calum and Donnacha Geary?
They were in the late, late show with Ryan Tubridy back in April of this year 2021, and they stole the heart of the nation. One of the twins Calum is deaf, and in the interview on the late late show, they shared their experience of deaf education in Ireland.
Deaf people don't have the same opportunities and access to education and employment as the...
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It's Christmas time again and all the children are so excited about it.
Again in 2021, it´s not possible to have the usual Christmas concerts and plays, but many schools are having a special day and fun events in the classroom to keep the Christmas magic alive for our little ones. Thank you for that, as I see my children coming home from school...
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In this video, I am teaching you a sign you can use when talking to your students about the presents they want from Santa; the sign for TOYS.
I love helping my students write their letters to Santa. Most of my students cannot write yet; they are all very young, so we find pictures in magazines and catalogues, cut them, and stick them on a Santa´s...
At Christmas time, many children are going to receive lovely presents. Dolls, superheroes, figurines, toy people, family dolls... and they will enjoy endless hours of fun with them. So, let´s pay attention to what type of dolls and figurines we get for our children
When choosing these toys for our children, we must think, what type of people they represent?
Remember Barbie?
Of course,...
Since I did the song Days Of The Week with Lámh signs, many people mentioned how much the kids enjoy singing the song with signs, which I am delighted to hear!
Also, I am receiving messages asking to include certain signs in the Sign Of The Week.
One of the signs people ask is, “can you teach us signs for weather?” so in this video, I will be demonstrating those.
Learn the...
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In this video, I will teach you the sign for RAIN.
As we are getting into the winter, we will be using more signs to talk with the children about the weather, how cold it is, and how we must wrap up before going outside.
You can also watch the following video to learn the signs for sun, snow, clouds and wind. You can even sing the Weather Song with me at...
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Lámh Sign For COLOUR
In this video, I will show you the sign for colour.
Children with developmental delays often need more time and practice to learn new skills. The same might happen when we teach them about colours.
I often see parents and teachers asking children, “what is that colour?” and kids shrugging their shoulders as they are...
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Children with developmental delays often need more time and practice to learn new skills. The same might happen when we teach them about colours. I often see parents and teachers asking children, “what is that colour?” and kids shrugging their shoulders as they are still not confident labelling...
Songs For Fine Motor Skills
In this video, I will teach you three songs I use in early intervention to help promote fine motor skills development.
I am constantly researching songs, games and toys that help me practice therapeutic exercises with children so it doesn´t feel like therapy to them. The more they enjoy those activities, the more they will want to practice them again and again...
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In this video, I will show you the sign for TO COUNT. You can use this sign during your counting activities. You can count the “two blackbirds” and certainly use the rhyme “one finger counts” for teaching counting up to 5 in my video, Songs For Fine Motor Skills. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/NyS5r8upxuQ
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I will teach you a sign you can use during playtime, it´s the sign for TO BUILD.
Building blocks is an activity I do with my students all the time.
This activity helps children develop hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. But building blocks can also be used to work on social skills too.
I start by gently teaching turn-taking to children who...
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You can use the sign for OUT while playing with toys such as taking blocks OUT of a box, or pieces OUT of inset puzzles. But also to indicate you are going OUT to the garden or getting OUT of the car.
(The Lámh official website is www.lamh.org)
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I introduce this sign with my preschoolers when we are doing matching activities. Matching the SAME pictures, finding the SAME colour, the SAME shape, and even when I am teaching reading I ask my student to match words and letters that are the SAME.
Enjoy lots of matching games this week using the sign for the SAME.
(The Lámh official website is ...
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Autumn is here, and with it, Halloween! Woo woo! In this video, I will show you the Lámh sign for Halloween.
In this video, I will show you the Lámh sign for Halloween.
(The Lámh official website is www.lamh.org)
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This sign has two variations, depending on what are you cutting with, a knife or scissors. Look at the video for a demonstration of the two variations of the sign for CUT or TO CUT.
(The Lámh official website is www.lamh.org)
