Parent and Toddler group

We are delighted that our new Parent & Toddler Group continues to run. The group is open to children with Down Syndrome aged 5 months to school-going age.
When:   Thursday Mornings (fortnightly)
Time:     10 to 11:30 am
Where:   Duleek Bellewstown & District Community Facility (Navan Rd, Balsaran, Duleek, A92 F2HN, CO. Meath)
Our next block of groups will be on:
Thursday 5th of October
Thursday 19th of October
Thursday 2nd of November
Thursday 16th of November
Thursday 30th of November
Thursday 14th of November 

The group is run fortnightly and is facilitated by Louise Tully.

Below are some of the different activities that Louise will aim to deliver:
  • Lots of Lámh – Louise will be providing each parent who is interested in learning Lámh signs with specific signs for each session.
  • Language activities – Louise will be introducing See and Learn sounds and vocabulary activities for each child and work with them on which level they need to start with and work on their individual levels.
  • Messy play – Louise will have a targeted messy play activity for each session with lots of opportunities for the kids to experiment and play with lots of different textures.
  • Music and song – Louise will have a structured nursery rhyme to work on each session, with signs included as well as providing lots of opportunities for music and songs.
  • Gross and fine motor – Louise will be working on setting up some areas for tabletop activities like puzzles, ring stackers, pink pig etc.
 
Each session costs €5 or €30 for the next block of 6 sessions to be paid directly into our Bank Account
AIB Grafton Street
Sort Code 93 10 47
A/c 49363006
SWIFT BIC: AIBKIE2D
IBAN: IE33 AIBK 9310 4749 3630 06
Account Name: Down Syndrome Louth Meath
Please include your name and label it Toddler Group.
 
To register your interest, Contact Louise at 086 0682043 or Brendan at 083 8972044 or email at secretarydslm@gmail.com.

Next Parent and Toddler group – Thursday 31st of August

We are delighted that our new Parent & Toddler Group continues to run. The group is open to children with Down Syndrome aged 5 months to school-going age.
When:   Thursday Mornings (fortnightly)
Time:     10 to 11:30 am
Where:  (Navan Rd, Balsaran, Duleek, A92 F2HN, CO. Meath)
Our next group will be on Thursday 31st of August.
The group is run fortnightly and is facilitated by Louise Tully.

Below are some of the different activities that Louise will aim to deliver:
  • Lots of Lámh – Louise will be providing each parent who is interested in learning Lámh signs with specific signs for each session.
  • Language activities – Louise will be introducing See and Learn sounds and vocabulary activities for each child and work with them on which level they need to start with and work on their individual levels.
  • Messy play – Louise will have a targeted messy play activity for each session with lots of opportunities for the kids to experiment and play with lots of different textures.
  • Music and song – Louise will have a structured nursery rhyme to work on each session, with signs included as well as providing lots of opportunities for music and songs.
  • Gross and fine motor – Louise will be working on setting up some areas for tabletop activities like puzzles, ring stackers and pink pig etc.
 
Each session costs €5 (31st August) to be paid directly into our Bank Account
AIB Grafton Street
Sort Code 93 10 47
A/c 49363006
SWIFT BIC: AIBKIE2D
IBAN: IE33 AIBK 9310 4749 3630 06
Account Name: Down Syndrome Louth Meath
Please include your name and label it Toddler Group.
 
To register your interest, please email Brendan Stephenson; at secretarydslm@gmail.com or phone/text Brendan at 083 8972044.

Zoom Session for Parents & Toddlers on Tuesdays

Olive Buckeridge, DSI Early Years Specialist runs a weekly Louth/Meath Zoom Session for Parents & Toddlers on Tuesday each week on Zoom.

The next Session will be on Tomorrow Tuesday 26th May at 11.15.

The sessions are informal with lots of Singing, Signing and some Vocabulary and there is no limit on the numbers just that they are for Parents and Toddlers.

Olive want to stress that Parents can dip in and out of them and use them as a support.

The Log-In details have been sent out by email. If you have not received the email please contact Brendan on secretarydslm@gmail.com to receive it.

Parent/Toddler Group by Olive Buckeridge for our Branch

Olive Buckeridge, DSI Early Years Specialist will run a weekly Louth/Meath Zoom Session for Parents & Toddlers on Tuesday each week on Zoom.

The first Session will be on Tuesday 19th May at 11.15. 

The sessions are informal with lots of  Singing, Signing and some Vocabulary and there is no limit on the numbers just that they are for Parents and Toddlers.

Olive want to stress that Parents can dip in and out of them and use them as a support. 


Olive will send a link with a Password each week to the Branch and we will send it on to our Parents and Toddlers.