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Links to other sites offering help and guidance on educational issues
North Ayrshire Council and the Parental Involvement Act 2006
Parental Involvement Act 2006 - how you can become more involved in your child's education
Parents and North Ayrshire Libraries
Draft Parental Involvement Strategy
Materials available to Parents from North Ayrshire Libraries
Parental Collection
In this collection you will find information aimed at pre-school to Primary 7:
Teaching your child to read,
Phonics
Numbers and maths
Autism
Asperger's
Dyslexia
Picture books to help a young child cope with the loss of a grandparent, going to hospital or starting school.
CD ROM's on Maths and language skills
Carol Vorderman Maths workbooks
These collections can be found in the Children's Area of the following Libraries:
Ardrossan, Irvine, Kilwinning, Kilbirnie, Largs, Saltcoats, Stevenston
and can also be requested through our other Libraries.
Count Me In bags
These offer children aged between 1 and 4 a series of activities that are designed to encourage early number skills.
A series of 3 bags all containing colourful games and activities to encourage basic number recognition and skills
Bag 1: Five little Ducks. A simple counting rhyme for children around 1 year old.
The bag contains activities that will encourage listening, looking and
learning about colour, size and help to build co-ordination.Bag 2: Wobble Bear Says Yellow. For children aged 2 & 3. Help Wobble Bear get
ready for bed. This bag contains games and activities to work on
counting, observation and matching skills. And a lovely story too!Bag 3: Oliver's Vegetables. Aimed at pre-school children. Activities include
counting, sequencing, number recognition, matching and height
comparisons. Also a delightful picture book about Oliver who only eats
chips, until he helps his Grandfather in the garden.Bags are available from all North Ayrshire Libraries and must be borrowed on an adult ticket. This scheme is offered with the support of the Clydesdale Bank
Helping with Homework
Advice and information on helping your children with their homework
Primary Pupils - Information for parents from homework and learning sites
also the i-Five Learning Zone and ERS Pupil Pages, but here are some other Sites that offer expert advice and help.
| Parent Pages from Topmarks | BBC Dynamo | Grid Club |
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Education and Learning from DirectGov |
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Learning to read
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Read and Write together from Parentscentre |
Developing Reading and writing skills from DirectGov |
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How children learn to read BBC |
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Younger Children - Information for parents on helping Preschool children learn
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CBeebies |
Preschool learning |
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Talk
to your Baby |
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Extra help
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Contact a Family |
Enquire | Additional Supported Needs - Tribunal for Scotland |
General Information on Schools and Learning
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How
Good is our school HMIE Publication |
Scottish Network for Parental Involvement | Parenting Across Scotland |
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Making the Difference (Scottish Executive Publications) |
Parents as Partners in Learning |
The School
System in Scotland Information from the BBC |


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Ayrshire Council. All rights reserved.
Revised:
May 01, 2008.