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4th December 2021
Christmas is coming…Let’s talk about some simple toys that really encourage speech, language & communication development. The good news is they don’t have to be expensive at...
30th November 2021
We learnt all about playing together in nursery and working together to build....
23rd November 2021
Did you know that nursery rhymes give a huge BOOST to children's early speech sound and literacy skills! See reasons below. ...
22nd November 2021
Each day this week Help Kids Talk will share with us an important reason why you should be singing nursery rhymes throughout the day to your children. Their first reason is how important they...
22nd November 2021
Family Connections, Newtownabbey are offering free information sessions on supporting your child. These sessions are aimed at pre-school children to Primary 3. information as below. ...
19th November 2021
Today we learnt two new dances - a Shreik & a Troll dance...
19th November 2021
One of the important aspects of nursery is learning how to work together with our friends and we are getting really good at this!...
19th November 2021
We had great fun balancing the bean bags on our hands and heads! ...
19th November 2021
Let Kids Talk have encouraged us this week by reminding us how important it is to get off our technology and engage our children with nursery rhymes and stories. It's the last day of world...
18th November 2021
Today's rhyme is Head, Shoulders, Knees and toes.This is a great song for teaching body parts and kids love to join in with the actions. Let's watch Mr Tumble do it... https://youtu.be/fvEtwhui1k0...
17th November 2021
Today's rhyme is full of actions! Wind the bobbin up is a great song for teaching pointing, clapping, and words like "up", "down", "window", "floor", numbers etc. Children love how visual it is when...
16th November 2021
A firm favourite is Sleeping Bunnies ...little ones just love it! Why not add in some extra verses like 'fly little birdy fly fly fly' or 'swim little fishy swim swim swim'. It's a great way to...
15th November 2021
With the change to contact tracing of positive cases within schools and other structured and supervised settings the PHA have developed an easy guide to help address any concerns parents may have...
15th November 2021
Help Kids Talk remind us of World Nursery Rhyme Week 2021. It's here! World nursery rhyme week 2021! Our first song is Incy Wincy Spider...i know it's a favourite with all our little...
15th November 2021
Dr Mary O'Kane from Perfectly Imperfect Parenting, reminds us that I f you read one book to your child every day, by their 5th birthday they will have heard 1825 books! Children who are read aloud to...
15th November 2021
'Grand Designs' has arrived at Ballyhenry Nursery - aka Ballyhenry Builders! We had great fun with the building materials. Check out our brick laying skills!...
Autism Advisory & Intervention Service
13th November 2021
The EA Autism Advisory & Intervention Service (AAIS) have arranged a series of workshops for the parents of young children who have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. There are four...
13th November 2021
In nursery school we are always learning about kindness and being kind to our friends. Even at this young age it is such a important social skill to learn. Kind children turn into kind...
