Aistear Themes & Activities for Primary Schools in Ireland. The Complete Aistear Programme for Irish Primary Schools!
What is Aistear Activities?
Aistear Activities is a visual resource designed to enable Primary School Teachers to introduce Aistear themes in a clear, simple and fun way.
The Complete Aistear Activities Kit includes:
A set of 10 large scale A1 (594 x 841 mm) Scene Setters – also available in A0 (841 x 1189 mm)
A Wall Mount Kit with Dry Wipe Cover – can be used with a Whiteboard Marker.
A set of 120 educational Flashcards – 10 themes x 12 Flashcards
So, how does it work?
Using the interchangeable Scene Setters, Teachers can introduce any one of the ten themes or activities including School, the Post Office, the Vets, the Supermarket and more.
The Scene Setters, when used in the Wall Mount Kit can be written on with a whiteboard marker which facilitates children to become more effective communicators and empowers Teachers with an invaluable and fun learning tool that encourages oral language, quality role-play scenarios and reading and writing.  This visual stimulus promotes better learning outcomes.
Each scene is complimented by a set of 12 flashcards to stimulate language development.
The Aistear Activities workbooks (sold separately) contain pages of activities specially designed for each theme, further enhancing the learning experience of the child and providing the Teacher with a fully comprehensive Aistear programme.
Suitable for Early Years Educators and Primary School Teachers of children from Junior Infants to Senior Infants.
About the resources
Children can:
Explore each scene visually, engage with it through reading and writing on the customised dry erase cover, interact with the flashcards and get hours of activity from the workbooks (sold separately).
Express their thoughts, feelings and ideas and use questions and personal experiences on topics familiar to them recall past experiences, sounds, sights, smells and feelings associated with each scene.
Move beyond the visual image presented and imagine what else is going on and speculate about hidden areas.
Teachers can:
Use these scene setters as a springboard to a certain each child’s knowledge.
Make judgements about  a child’s learning, and identify the next steps in teaching.
Help the child progress with the help of these scene setters providing quality conversations and exchange of knowledge.
Features:
Aligned with the Irish Curriculum.
Fully Comprehensive and Classroom tested.
Ideas for Curriculum linkage.
Prompts for whole class discussion.
Themes included are:
Back to School
Post Office
Santa’s Workshop
Supermarket
Spring
Vet
Minibeasts
Camping
Summer
Airport
Published by Just Rewards Publications: Feb 21st 2017
Devised by Moira McHugh
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