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When I first saw this book, a feeling of dread came over me.  Art and crafts brings me back to how art used to be taught in primary schools – lots of paper plates, templates and 30 identical pieces of work stuck to a wall – no creativity or individuality.  Had the author called this | Read on…

When it comes to educational software, Irish teachers can generally rely on other countries such as the UK, USA and Australia for most subject areas.  However, the one exception is Gaeilge.  While there have been some valiant attempts to make decent Irish language software, there are many problems.  Firstly, there’s the problem of the very | Read on…

I really liked this book! It does what it says it should do! It comes in a Big Book format with really child-friendly and colourful pictures, notation and words with teacher instructions on the same page. You have the option of teaching the song as a group, using the CD or if your children can | Read on…

For those of you who have any experience of working with children with autism, you will know that every child you work with is unique.  Many people with autism are unable to verbalise what they want and a system called PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) was developed to communicate.  In my school, we teach children | Read on…

Here we have some fun and stimulating clapping games for children from 1st Class upwards. The original “Clapping games” comes in Big book format, which is useful as your visual stimulus. The second in this series is in a smaller publication, called “More clapping games” The books are laid out in a clear way for | Read on…

ICTs in the Primary School is a book published by the Dublin West Education Centre and written by Robbie O’Leary and John O’Mahoney, two very well known primary school teachers in Tallaght, Dublin.  With a huge buzz around technology in the classroom, this book is well timed in its publication. The book itself comes in | Read on…

Golden Rules Animal Story books(Positive Press:Jenny Mosley GR series) The Golden Rules have been part of many classrooms all over Ireland. Jenny Mosley has developed resource after resource to help promote positive behaviour and self esteem in primary level children. I’m going to be reviewing a number of Positive Press’s products on anseo.net. We have | Read on…

Review:Prim-Ed:Bullying in a cyber world Prim-Ed have produced a set of 4 books on the theme of “Cyberbullying”. I like the title, to begin with as it is trying to get the message across that cyberbullying is just another form of bullying. There are 4 books, each at different levels-Early years( Infants), Lower(1st and 2nd), | Read on…

Edware have decided to branch out of the geography market and have now entered the Maths arena and it’s a good thing they have.  Know Your Money is a game designed to help children learn all about Money using some fun and absorbing games. The game itself is designed for Junior and Senior infants but | Read on…

Review:Songs and finger plays for the early years-Prim-Ed Songs and finger plays for the early years is a new resource book for teachers and parents. It is divided into 8 themes, which all relate very well to the infant classroom in Ireland. It aims to work on social, language, fine motor, fundamental and mathematical skills | Read on…