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Surprise

This weekend I’m heading to Galway with my husband and son.  Unfortunately we’ll only be there for the day, heading down at some ungodly hour in the morning and probably chasing the night home in the...

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Communicating Effectively

Last night I went to hear the psychologist David Coleman talk in the Boyne Valley Hotel, Drogheda.  The event was hosted by the National Parents Council Primary – Louth branch and was free. David has...

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Getting What You Want

It’s my husband’s birthday in a few days, a time to celebrate and eat cake! On these occasions where a present has to be produced we’ve come up with a fool proof plan to make sure the receiver gets...

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First Day At School – Clair Battle

On our Facebook page we’ve been looking at the start of the new school year and the privileged position a child’s first teacher has.  We read Kylene Beers blog ‘Why I Hated Meredith’s First Grade...

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Children’s Referendum

As a group Montessori Alliance supports a YES vote in the forthcoming Children’s Referendum.  As a collection of people from different disciplines within the Childhood sector Montessori Alliance’s core...

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Healthy Eating

The following is a personal observation & I’m just wondering if you’ve noticed this as well.  At lunch time when some schools permit children to leave the school grounds (we’re talking teenagers...

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Conversations

We were thinking about conversations and how we define them.  We tend to consider conversations as an exchange of meaningful words, either verbally or through sign language.  But for young children a...

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Getting Ready for School

Over on our Facebook page we posted the following query from Emma ‘Emma is looking for a bit of help. She has a recent addition to her setting who is due to start National school this September. She is...

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EDENN Conference

Some of the experts who talked at the EDENN (equality & diversity early childhood national network) were the parents of children who didn’t fit in to what is considered ‘mainstream’ by our...

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Counting Counts – Barbara Hallahan

Barbara Hallahan is a speech and language therapist with many years of experience working with children in Ireland as well as the US. She is based in Bray, County Wicklow. Her company, Marvellous Mouth...

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How do you treat your own children?

Having worked with children for over 15 years I’m used to actively listening to them and taking the time to try to understand their point of view. I tailor lessons to suit each child’s unique...

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A job shared is a job halved

Sometimes the most mundane things give me reason to pause and just gaze in wonder. Waiting for my husband in our local shopping precinct my eyes were drawn to a man and his (I presume) 2yr old...

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At the Beach

Being at the beach can be an eye opening experience, especially if you don’t have small children to watch and keep from harm. Families from all corners of the globe claim a little bit of the beach in...

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Something’s missing

THE CHILDREN ARE GONE!..From an onlookers point of view it’s as if the children have just vanished into thin air.  The street is quiet; you can actually stride down it without bikes, skates or chalk...

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She’s Gone

She’s gone..she’s packed the life she wants to bring with her into two bags and walked out the door.  My first born has left home & is off to University. I promised myself I wouldn’t cry.  The last...

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Things that are Important

My husband & I were out and about the other day and as we tend to do most weekends spent some time on the sidelines watching our son play soccer.  The pitch was in the middle of nowhere and is...

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Children’s Rights

We all became teachers for different reasons either through choice or necessity.  Everyone’s story is different but we all share the core belief that children have a WORTH.  They are human beings with...

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Mid term

I took a bit of time out today and walked down town. The place was buzzing with lots of children and harassed looking mums and dads.  When children are in school the town is deserted so having them all...

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Taking time out

Christmas is only days away, schools are closing for the holidays and in Ireland they’ll stay closed for over 2 weeks.  Everyone is finding it difficult to keep going as the end is in sight and...

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Bits and Bobs

When I was young my mum had a cupboard which she used to allow me free access to.  This was before child proofing your home became popular and the idea of purchasing child locks to secure cupboards and...

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