Educational Links

Department of Education & Skills
https://www.education.ie/en/

National Council for Special Education
https://ncse.ie/online-resources-for-parents
National Council for Special Education offer advice and recommend resources and activities for pupils developed by Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language therapists

DES Daily Routine
https://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Announcements/plan-your-day.pdf

DES Relaxation Techniques
https://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Announcements/new-relaxation-techniques.pdf

General Educational Resources:

Scoilnet
https://www.scoilnet.ie/
Scoilnet.ie offers a wide variety of resources and links to a host of educational resources

Activity Village:
https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/
A wide variety of theme based activities and worksheets

Subject Resources:

English:

Reading & Comprehension:

www.worldbookday.com

https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/reader/worldbook/#!/

www.storylineonline.net – Features a variety of storybooks read aloud

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/articles/resources/scholastic-learn-at-home–free-resources-for-school-closures.html#

https://www.worldofdavidwilliams.com/elevenses/

https://www.seussville.com/ – Read, play games with Dr. Seuss and his friends

https://www.abcya.com/ – Practice math and reading skills

http://poetryzone.co.uk/all-poems/ – Poetry

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/ – Oxford Reading Tree are offering free e-books for pupils

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/learning-activities-age-7/ – Oxford Owl offer a variety of educational activities and resources

https://www.abcya.com/ – A wide variety of games and activities

https://www.literacyshedplus.com/en-ie – Activities to promote reading

https://www.squigglepark.com/ – Reading skills and comprehension activities

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/hairy- maclary/ – Audio books with videos and sign language

Phonics:

https://www.jollylearning.co.uk/free-resources/ – Free Jolly Phonics resources

https://www.jollylearning.co.uk/resource-bank/

www.starfall.com – Practice your phonics skills

www.slp.cjfallon.ie – Access to phonics programme & interactive resources

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sW4j8p7k9D_qRRMUsGqyw – Link to Mr. Thorne Does Phonics which features fun and educational videos to teach phonics

https://monsterphonics.com/helping-parents-to-support-their-children/

http://www.phonicsplaycomics.co.uk/comics.html – Decodable comics that follow the teaching sequence of letters and sounds

Writing:
https://www.mystorybook.com/ – Create your own stories online

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/ – Tool to assist with ideas for creative writing

https://www.mystorybook.com/ – Creative writing

https://www.vocabularyninja.co.uk/word-of-the-day.html – Word of the day cards to teach vocabulary

Gaeilge:

https://www.cula4.com/en/

https://www.scoilnet.ie/primary/theme-pages/irish/ – Resources based on themes

https://seideansi.ie/rang1/gniomhaiocht-2/L1/1/V3/Ceim%203/RainnagusAmhrain/ – Songs and rhymes

https://www.mykidstime.com/for-parents/fantastic-irish-words-and-phrases-to-teach-your-kid – Irish phrases to teach children with pronunciations

Mathematics:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 – Mental Maths Challenge

www.ict-games.com

https://www.mathplayground.com/

https://ie.mathgames.com/

http://www.haveyougotmathseyes.com/resources/ – Maths around us

https://www.abcya.com/ – Practice math and reading skills

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/ – Mathematical vocabulary

Coding:

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=home – Scratch computer coding for kids

https://www.scratchjr.org/ – Scratch computer coding for younger children

www.code.org

S.E.S.E. (History, Geography & Science):

www.askaboutireland.ie

www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home – Fantastic ideas and information for projects

https://www.switchzoo.com/ – Animal activities linked to subject areas

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ – Geography & fascinating animals

https://www.osi.ie/education/schools-and-third-level/primary-schools-2/ – Ordnance Survey Ireland – maps of Ireland

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/ – online encyclopedia

https://www.sfi.ie/engagement/discover-primary-science-and-maths/activities-search/

https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html -N.A.S.A. website for children with activities and images of space

https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/ – Catch a glimpse of the animals living in Dublin Zoo using their webcams

http://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/categorymenu/?cat=activities – Woodland Trust offers fantastic resources to learn more about nature including scavenger hunts, spotter sheets and identification sheets

https://www.historyforkids.net/ – Historical facts and resources

Arts Education (Art, Music & Drama):

www.sfskids.org – Music

https://dabbledoomusic.com/ – Music activities

https://tinwhistlemusic.org/category/kids/ – Tin whistle activities

home/?utm_source=homepage&utm_campaign=ootamathome2&utm_medium=banner – Free songs for children with accompanying videos

https://www.classicsforkids.com/ – Activities and resources to teach many aspects of music

http://krokotak.com/ – Art and craft ideas

https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub

Physical Education:

https://www.gonoodle.com/ – Active activities – exercise and dancing

https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/ – Physical Education activities