This year the summer holidays are going to be different than previous years. There are so many things we can do to keep the summer holidays fun. So we have created a Bucket List for families to try! This may … Continue reading →

Many people enjoy looking through photo albums or have wee boxes or folders of memories and keepsakes. This is important for our children and Young People too. We have created this wee booklet (Click the blue underlined words to open … Continue reading →

This resource could be used as part of the transition at the end of P7, over the holidays or as part of the first week of S1. Dear High School

Applying for a job can be difficult at any age. This could be used for adults, young people or as part of developing the workforce.   Let me tell you about me 1

emotions scale Sometimes we can’t concentrate on new learning and need an alternative to rest the brain or distract us. Here are some suggestions to try.  

These are some outdoor ideas that we have borrowed from the North Lanarkshire Outdoor Learning Pack 3. We would like to thank them for letting us share some of their ideas. OL

Many of our parents are concerned about how their children and young people will cope with their return to school. Schools are working incredibly hard to try and get everything worked out to ensure everything is ready for our children … Continue reading →

Continuing on from our previous post about teaching about perception, this is our next piece of work towards it. Perception

For many of our young people and friends, a day seems like a long time. To ease anxiety, breaking the day down into managable steps can help. My day

As we look at blended learning, using a visual timetable to support understanding is hugely beneficial. We have tried to create as many different possible timetables as we can, but have also created a blank one to be printed and … Continue reading →

Suddenly realised how difficult it is to tie a tie when we tried to visualise it. Here it is…we hope!!   tie

  Facing bereavement can be difficult at any stage of our life. For our children and young people, they may react in ways we would never expect. Or they may react exactly as we thought. It can be hard to … Continue reading →

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Many of our young people and older children are concerned about Covid-19. Again, using our understanding of the value of facing fear with facts. This is important to only use the bits that are relevant and appropriate for your young … Continue reading →

Thinking of returning to school, many of our schools are concerned about how to explain the new rules we have to follow. To help, we have made some signs up and will add visual instructions later. signs for school

We will update with more resources.   Covid 19 poster Bearing in mind, we don’t want our children and young people to feel anxious about their health. To do this, we need to give them the knowledge they need. As … Continue reading →

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It is so important that we acknowledge the fears of our young people. Talking them through these fears and recognising their validity gives the young person the chance to reconcile with how they are feeling. Facing these fears with facts … Continue reading →

  Black Lives Matter. Remember, use only what is appropriate for your children/young people. Some of this may be upsetting so please use appropriately. Anyone who follows our blog regularly will be aware that we make resources to support communication. … Continue reading →

This post contains some differentiated visual explanations about vaccines. Vaccines

When it comes to story writing, many of our children and young people have fantastic ideas but can find it difficult to process these ideas and focus on the physical requirements of forming each letter and word to make up … Continue reading →

There are many things people learn naturally. Others are that are specifically taught. Some are straight forward and others are more difficult. Trying to get someone to take on board that someone else may have a different point of view … Continue reading →

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We know (from personal experience) how difficult it can be moving into Phase 1. The rules are similar but a little different. We have made a wee story to try to help explain it. Visiting Phase 1      

We recognise that with new guidance from the Scottish governments, some people may find it difficult to understand new rules or may find it difficult to understand other’s perceptions of these. To combat this, we have made up a couple … Continue reading →

Huge thanks to  the OutLET: Play Resource Outdoor Learning Pack, developed for North Lanarkshire Virtual School. They have allowed us to visualise some of their resources and have inspired us! More will follow. Outdoor Play and Learning   nordic slinging … Continue reading →

Krysten Taprell has very kindly given us permission to visualise some of the amazing breathing techniques she discuss on her blog. https://www.thetherapistparent.com/blog/ Karen Taprell says on her blog that when we slow our breathing down and keep it in rhythm … Continue reading →