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 provides a thematic, integrated, and scaffolded approach to teaching and learning literacy for Junior Infants pupils.

Over the Moon

Fantastic Fiction and Non-Fiction Readers

FREE Teachers’ Planning and Resources Book

FREE Class set of beautifully illustrated Picture Books

 programme offers a comprehensive toolkit for teachers to successfully implement the in their Junior Infants class. It includes:

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Your Over the Moon year with Junior Infants at a glance

It follows a thematic approach over nine units of work.

All three strands, Reading, Writing and Oral Language, are integrated using a theme, genre and comprehension strategy.

It incorporates the comprehension strategies and skills recommended for Junior Infants in

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 Skills Book for Junior Infants includes activities to support all components of the programme. The reading, writing and oral language lessons are designed to complement and support each other.

Fully Integrated Skills Book

These are decodable readers, which use the

The first four books are pre-readers which are mainly wordless.

They can be used to revise the phonics and sight words covered in the Skills Books.

 Junior Infants programme includes 18 recommended readers, 9 fiction and 9 non-fiction. The fiction readers are beautifully illustrated and teach phonics and sight words through storytelling. The non-fiction readers feature real-life photographs and explore informative topics, relevant to all the learnings within the skills book.

To continue using the FREE digital resources in subsequent years, a class set of Skills Books must be purchased annually. Contact your local sales representative 

A FREE Teacher’s Planning and Resource Book

Classes adopting Over the Moon for the first time receive:

Features fortnightly plans and a yearly overview, mapped to the PLC.

Monthly plans are provided to support literacy station initiatives.

Comprehensive planning support for Junior Infant teachers using the 

 programme includes lesson plans for all components of the programme. The Teacher’s Planning and Resources Book provides practical guidance for implementing the programme in the classroom, with short and long-term planning material.

FREE Teacher’s Planning and Resources Book

Each book matches monthly themes and comprehension strategies.

All books are linked to critical thinking lessons.

FREE Beautifully curated picture books from top international children’s authors. 

eBook versions of the Skills Books and Teachers’ Planning and Resource Book.

eBook versions of the Readers with audio recordings.

Printable resources for assessment, differentiation, Aistear and literacy stations.

Interactive phonics and sight word games.

Fortnightly assessment checklists with monthly and weekly lesson plans in editable format.

The digital library for the Junior Infant level of 

 includes online and printable teaching resources.

FREE Jam-Packed Digital Resource Library

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Skills Book

Online Book

Teacher's Resource Book

Unit 01 
My First Day at School

Genre Story eBook

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Unit 01 Dinner Time 
Oral Language Poster

Interactive Story

Unit 01 The Letter 'S'

Interactive Animation

Unit 01 Jack and Jill Nursery Rhyme

Interactive Nursery Rhyme

Unit 01 Starting Sounds

Interactive Activity

Unit 01 Aistear Printables

Aistear Prinatbles

Unit 01 Literacy Resources

Literary Resources

Unit 01 Literacy Printables

Literary Printables

Unit 01 Differentiation

Differentiation

Unit 01 Assessment Notes

Assessment

Unit 01 Termly Assessment

Term Assessment

Unit 01 Editable September Monthly Plan

Monthly Plan

Unit 01 Editable Fortnightly Plan 01

Editable Fortnightly Plan

Unit 01 Editable Fortnightly Plan 02

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Over the Moon provides a thematic, integrated, and scaffolded approach to teaching and learning literacy for Junior Infants pupils.