We – alpacas and Kieran and Sue
Thank you for all that you do
To read, Like and share
And show that you care;
Season’s Greetings we send to you, too.
Christmas 2023.
Christmas 2023.
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Christmas Limerick 2022
The alpacas and Kieran and Sue
Send our Christmas greetings to you.
We hope the New Year
Will bring much greater cheer,
As we farewell old Twenty Two Two.
Social Stories.
Jj is for Jottings 146. Social Stories.
Social Stories were developed to explain social situations to autistic children and help them learn socially appropriate behaviour and responses. The terms Social Story™ and Social Stories™ are trademarks originated and owned by Carol Gray in 1991. There are many stories “out there” purporting to be Social Stories, but if they do not follow the trademarked criteria, they are not.
The purpose of this article is to introduce the idea of Social Stories to those who may not have come across them before. For in-depth knowledge of how to write them, you will need to go to the source: Carol Gray herself. (“The New Social Story Book”).
Social Stories? Not this one – they don’t work for cats anyway. It’s a pity I didn’t clear the table but just had to seize the moment.
Merry Christmas 2021.
We’ve all had another strange year,
With COVID rules changing – unclear!
Cats, alpacas and all,
Kier, Sue, Antony call
For a ’22 filled with more cheer.
Shanti had to be bribed to stand on Ant’s present, so she’s not looking frightfully happy.
Christmas Limerick 2020.
Season’s Greetings to all far and near,
Have a Christmas that’s brim full of cheer.
For all your support
We give thanks, as we ought,
And our hopes for a Happy New Year.
Christmas 2020.
Hearing versus Listening.
Jj is for Jottings 118. Hearing versus Listening.
Consider hearing versus listening: hearing and listening both involve the ears, but hearing is just the first step in the listening process. Let’s compare the two.
HEARING.
Hearing is one of the senses, i.e. the ability to perceive sounds by receiving vibrations through ears. It is an automatic response to sound. We hear incidental sounds around us all the time, such as aeroplanes, lawnmowers, sounds of food preparation in the kitchen. Continue reading
Green Spaces and Children’s Mental Health.
Jj is for Jottings 117. Green Spaces and Children’s Mental Health.
Research into the effects of access to green spaces and children’s mental health is emerging. Of course, access to green spaces is important for adults as well, but lately the research has related to children. Let’s have a look at some of it.
“Green spaces and children’s mental health? We need our green spaces, too.”