Latest Resources 2021
We hope these resources are of use to all children and parents and are updated regularly.
Educational Sites
Minister Zappone launches suite of resources for children and parents Apr 2020
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr. Katherine Zappone has today launched a range of supports for children and parents to support them during this challenging time.
Parents Centre is an online portal on Gov.ie and contains information for parents and provides links to a wide range of trusted and high quality online resources including learning, parenting and information on supports that are available.
Let’s Play Ireland is an online portal on Gov.ie, providing access to a range of play resources for children.
Parents Centre
-click here for the parents centre
Let’s Play Ireland
Lets Play Ireland is an online portal on gov.ie providing access to a range of play resources for children. Let’s Play Ireland is a government-led initiative aimed at promoting play for all children living in Ireland during the COVID-19 emergency.Playing is central to children’s physical, mental, social and emotional health and wellbeing.Children learn through play while developing resilience, flexibility and understanding of their world. Play in families enriches childhood. All children and young people have a right to play. Play has never been more important, but during this time please follow the HSE advice on physical distancing and washing your hands.
Curriculum Focused Resources
Please click here for Mrs. Fosters Padlet A Padlet of Educational Resources and Sites. A Padlet is an application to create an online bulletin board that can be used to display information for any topic. This Padlet has been created with all classes and subjects of the primary school in mind. There are also boards for Special Educational needs, Occupational Therapy, Speech and language Therapy as well as emotional/ wellbeing and mindfulness. This is a changing resource as it is upgraded and added to regularly. It is best to open this resource on an ipad or computer as it is a very large resource. Swipe across to see all boards and scroll down each one for full list.
English
Jolly Phonics offer free access to their e readers suitable for the Junior primary
J.K. Rowling author of the Harry Potter series . -click here to be brought to The Ickabog website by J.R. Rowlings
Pbsbkids.org has wonderful readers with interactive reading games suitable for junior infants- 1st class.
Teach your monster to read offers great reading and phonics for younger kids. Create a monster and take it on an adventure through a magical world. Travel to exciting places, meet fun characters, play games and win prizes as your monster learns the first steps of reading. A brilliant site!
Edco – The Educational Company of Ireland! Very helpful resources. Login using the details below for a range of books etc. for all students.
Scholastic free home learning Resources
Lego challenge on daily virtual challenges for kids on facebook with an option of uploading photos of your creations!
borrowbox or get the borrowbox app Borrowbox has lots of free ebooks and eAudiobooks. Download and listen now!
Twinkl is a very useful website offering great educational resources.
For our tech enthusiasts: A great online resource that can help you to learn the basics of coding is Blocky Games Completely free, it teaches coding in an incremental, fun way. I would suggest starting with the “Maze” activity.
Gill Education have pupil resources from junior infants to 6th class
Folens offer great educational resources for children
David Walliams – On this site children can listen to “Humbert the Hungry Baby” now! Click on the play button on this site to listen, or go to the World’s Worst Children Extravaganza page to watch David Walliams reading an extract from Windy Mindy and for LOTS of other World’s Worst Children fun and activities! There are also great free activities in the activities page on this site !
PhonicsPlay website – This has a large number of fun online games which practice letter sounds. Because of the current situation, they have given free access to their site. The user name is march20 and the password is home.
The Great Isolation Activity book free to download and print below
Maths
Topmarks brainteasers -Brainteasers and problem solving on
Topmarks Daily 10 brainteasers
Maths week Ireland has great free resources to encourage the learning of maths and the development of problem solving strategies. Junior Infants- 6th class
Physical Activity
Free fun and inclusive gymnastics for all open to kids and families everywhere in any county.
10 @ 10 on. Press download on each activity RTÉjrJoe Wicks on YouTube
Cosmic Kids Yoga on YouTube
GoNoodle.com
Super Troopers Stay at Home Live Series This month in homes all across Ireland, families are being invited to take part in the Super Troopers STay at Home series. Here at Super Troopers with Laya Healthcare, we are doing all that we can to ensure that you are keeping active and healthy while spending time at home with your families.
Beyond the Classroom resources can be used by teachers to help engage parents in their child’s physical literacy journey. Learning undertaken within physical education class can be consolidated and enhanced outside of school through the use of these resources.
S.E.S.E.
Dublin Zoo Free Workbooks available to download. One available each weekday
Mindfulness
At Home with weaving Well being- A mental well being journal for kids
Music
Get access to DabbledooMusic resources, songs and videos in your home!
Creativity
The brickx club lego site on facebook has daily lego challenges for kids
Motor Skills
My O.T. and me – Develop childrens motor skills
Phonological Awareness
Hear Builder for helping childrens phonological awareness, sequencing, following directions and auditory memory. At the moment there is free 60 day access to this site!
Gaeilge
Anseo, i Scoil Náisiúnta Currach Eanach, bhí sár obair á dhéanamh againn ó thaobh úsáid na cúpla focal Gaeilge de, sa bhaile agus ar scoil. Dá mba rud é go bhfuil fonn ort leanúint leis an obair iontach sinn, cliceáil ar na nasc seo a leanas. Tá ranganna teagaisc le fáil ann. Tá súil agam go mbeidh siad cabhrach daoibh.
At Crehana, we had been making great efforts at using our few Irish words, at home and at school. If you’d like to continue that wonderful work, click on the following links. They will take you to a few tutorials. I hope you find them helpful.
Éadaí / clothes
TG4 – Cula 4 also offer an educational and fun children’s section to their website which includes cartoons, games and competitions both in English and Irish
Gealoideachas Gaeloideachas is a national, voluntary organisation supporting the development of Irish-medium education. This is their Facebook page
Seidean Si – Tá raon áiseanna agus gníomhaíochtaí digiteacha ar fáil ar an suíomh seo atá bunaithe ar a bhfuil ar fáil cheana sa chlár clóite agus ar forbairt iad ar ghnéithe ar leith den chlár sin. Digital activities in Irish available on this site.
Religion
free access to grow in love resources. Login on the growinlove.ie website using the following details – Email : trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove
Educational Apps
Gaeilge
Duolingo You can practice with fun lessons that will leave you eager to learn more, and develop reading, writing, speaking, listening, and conversation skills along the way! It feels like a game and makes sure you stay motivated. You can practice for as little as 5 minutes every day and see improvements.
Cúla Caint This lovely Irish language app sounds out or displays words in Irish when the user touches any given image. Cúla Caint 2 and 3 are also available, with an extended vocabulary. (IOS, Android)
Caoga caoga (Fifty-Fifty), a fun Irish language learning game where players of all ages learn vocabulary by associating words with descriptive images. Information on their mobile app for android and iPhone.
Cula 4 This is a free app from TG4, which is designed to cater for younger viewers. Explore, learn and be entertained with the Irish language content. The shows on it are updated regularly for all ages to enjoy.
An Teach Mór Learn the basics of Irish language in the home, the app allows the user to explore 7 rooms in a virtual house, each room contains tasks and fun challenges, this early version of the game features only 2 levels. By using a drag and drop approach to learning the user gets to experience the voice of a fluent speaker help guide them figure out puzzles.
An Chraic With 16 topics, 70 themes, and 800 phrases, supports learning of Irish in 5th/6th class, and beyond. It gives good examples of suitable phrases with clear audio too.
Briathra na Gaeilge This is a fun way To learn and engage with the Irish language. It has detailed information on 500 verbs and translations. It has examples of how they should be used in sentences. It also has interactive tests to challenge your knowledge on what you’ve learned.
Saibhreas na Gaeilge This app has a substantial collection of Irish phrases, proverbs and vocabulary which is invaluable to an Irish language learner.
Mo Chéad Fhocail This is an early learning app which will delight and encourage young children as they learn their first Irish words, using a combination of superb, colourful photographs, simple word labels and friendly narration.
TG4 This app allows you to view TG4 live or catch up on content for 35 days after broadcast. Most programmes carry optional English language subtitles, and some offer Irish language subtitles.
Irish Grammar This app is great for pupils in the senior classes. You can learn grammar rules section by section and then test yourself at the end. It’s like having all the grammar rules at your finger tips!
Collins Irish Pocket Dictionary With 47,000 references and 69,500 translations provides excellent coverage of both languages and their usage today.
Teanglann.ie Through this fantastic app, you can download up to 3 Irish language dictionaries plus grammar and sound files for Irish words.
New English Irish Dictionary This contemporary, authoritative dictionary is suitable for people of all ages and ranges of ability, from beginners to fluent speakers
Get the Focal This free Irish translator is a two way Irish-English, English-Irish Translator with a database of over 13,000 words and terms which live in your pocket.
ENGLISH
Nessy apps – Have fun learning the alphabet, phonics, sight words, syllable division and more with Nessy
Book Creator can be used to make your own book. Available on iPad
Jolly Phonics Lessons – Using the familiar Jolly Phonics sound groups, the app has an action, sound audio, and formation section for each sound, followed by word bank and questions. A really good way to complement Jolly Phonics being taught in Junior Infants, and it’s free. (IOS, Android)
Kiddoland offers Nursery rhymes and educational apps for young children
Starfall ABCs – Children delight as they see, hear, and interact with letters and sounds in words, sentences, and games. They learn to recognize letters while developing the skills they need to become confident readers. All children, especially English language learners, benefit . Available on iphone/ iPad
Teach your monster to read covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences. Available on iphone and ipad
Borrowbox app has lots of free eBooks and eAudiobooks to borrow and download!
HANDWRITING
Dexteria app turns your iOS device into a therapeutic tool that improves fine motor skills and handwriting readiness in children and adults. Dexteria’s unique hand and finger activities take full advantage of the iOS multi-touch screen to help build strength, control, and dexterity.
Writing Wizard is designed to help every child learn how to trace letters, numbers and words through a fun system carefully designed to maintain motivation.Show and enforce how to trace letters correctly. 10 Fonts available (including a UK font). Fun tracing using 50+ animated stickers, sound effects and interactive games that animate letters at the end of tracing
MATHS
Mathland app offers reinforcement for the main mathematical operations—addition, subtraction, multiplication, sorting from higher to lower, division, and negative numbers
Mathletics app is a student’s best companion tool for Mathletics – the world’s leading online mathematics program. suitable for all ages and downloadable for iOS and android devices
IXL maths app is tailor-made for tablets and phones, with a fun, immersive experience for learners of all levels. This mobile app offers practise of thousands of skills anywhere, anytime. You never know where your learning will take you!
Cool maths games app- If you love CoolmathGames.com, you’ll love this app – hundreds of games made especially for mobile. It’s all FREE, and new games are added every week! These games are fun + smart – they’re super fun to play, but also require a lot of thinking, strategy and logic. Available on iPhone and iPad
MUSIC
Tock and roll has been rated on the top ten music apps for kids by The Guardian. This powerful tool has been designed to help children start composing songs and cultivate their creativity in a funny and easy way. Available on iPhone and iPad
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Bainisteoir 1 This is a must have for every coach, child and parent involved in Gaelic Games. With this free app you will find professionally prepared Hurling and Gaelic Football skills demonstrations for children under 12. Each demonstration consists of a video displaying an easy to understand basic skill. The skills are demonstrated in accordance with GAA coaching and games development.
WORKING MEMORY
Monster hunt app is a brilliantly simple and fun working memory improvement game that is great for all ages. Downloadable on iPhone and iPad
ANIMATION
imovies app allows children to create their own movies. With a streamlined design and intuitive Multi-Touch gestures, iMovie lets you create Hollywood-style trailers and beautiful movies like never before. Available for iPhone and iPad
Puppet pals app Create your own unique shows with animation and audio in real time! Simply pick out your actors and backdrops, drag them on to the stage, and tap record. Your movements and audio will be recorded in real time for playback later. Available for iPhone and iPad
FOR PARENTS
Screen Time
The time your little ones spend on their screens
Screen Time app is committed to letting kids be kids, and exploring the realm of childhood, outside their screens. Screen Time lets parents remotely monitoring the amount of screen time kids spend on their mobile devices. Screen Time lets you set daily time limits, assign tasks to your kids to complete like homework, see which apps your child uses the most, and more. Our favorite feature? Instant pause, allowing parents to instantly pause their child’s devices