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What you need:
Paper
Scissors
Markers

Task:
- Create a shape scan page as you see below.
- When out on a walk use it to find shapes.
- Discuss the shapes

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Sea Turtle Life Cycle Worksheet (Under the Sea)

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Use this worksheet alongside your lessons about the lifecycle to teach your class how reptiles are born and the process they go through as they reach maturity. They must use this cut-out and stick worksheet to correctly identify and order the distinct stages in the life cycle of a sea turtle.

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Count and colour activity / activities sheets suitable for use with Junior and Senior Infants.

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Y Phonics words:

How is this y Phonics Worksheet helpful?

Use this worksheet to get your children using their knowledge of the initial 'y' letter sound to identify the words.

Letter formation practice is also included. Children can colour the pictures.

If your pupils enjoy our 'y' worksheet, why not give this y Phonics Colouring Activity a spin?

Y sound phonics are introduced in phase 3 of phonics learning.

Different letter sounds, or phonemes, are introduced to children at different stages depending on their level of difficulty.

The 'y' sound is included in phase 3 of phonics teaching.

In phase 5, kids will be taught to understand that 'y' can be pronounced in a number of ways.

For example, wh y and happil y.

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Use this worksheet to get your children using their knowledge of the initial 'y' letter sound to identify the words. Letter formation practice is also included. Children can colour the pictures. If your pupils enjoy our 'y' worksheet, why not give this y Phonics Colouring Activity a spin?

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Learn about Turtles in this turtle hospital

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We love powerpoints! Great for supporting your teaching on life cycles, they can be used as discussion starters and during whole-class teaching. An absolute must!

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Create a turtle like the ones below! Use the materials listed and use the toilet roll to print circles onto the turtles back.

Materials:
-paper plate
-green paper
-blue, green, yellow paint
-empty toilet rolls

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The children are very familiar with Bua Na Cainte, we use it every day in school and they love it!
It can be downloaded using the details shown in the picture below if you have a laptop, PC OR Mac.

This week we are working on the teama ‘Ag Siopadoireacht’. Work through Ceacht 3 - Ceacht 4 at your child’s own pace.
Go raibh maith agat

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We are the Numberblocks! Little blocks with big ideas, having a ton of number fun. Learn how to add, subtract and count the fun and educational way! For more, download the official Numberblocks apps; https://www.learningblocks.tv/numberblocks/apps Visit the Numberblocks on; Twitter: @numberblocks Facebook: facebook.com/numberblocks/ Instagram: @numberblocks

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Build towers out of items you have at home and match them to the correct number just like in the picture below.
How many towers can you build?

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1. Listen to the story below or read with your Mom or Dad.
2. You can read the word yum! Just blend it! y - u - m
3. Play the matching game (click the button on the bottom right under the story)
4. Can you find our sound of the week y in the story?

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Ask your child to blend the words below. Encourage them to put their finger under each sound as they blend.

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Sleeping Beauty
- Watch the story of Sleeping Beauty
- What was your favourite part?
- Who was your favourite character? Why?
- Can you draw your favourite character?
- Can you make any connections? e.g "I remember when i slept for ages just like Sleeping Beauty" or "I remember in the movie Frozen there was also a King and Queen"

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Sleeping Beauty Fairy Tale by Oxbridge Baby

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This is a link to all the Jolly Phonic sound songs in order

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“This is y (say the letter name) and it says y (say the sound)”
1. Sing the new song below
2. Learn the action: Pretend to eat yogurt from a spoon, saying y, y, y, y.
3. Think of some words that begin with y
4. Find some objects around your house that begin with y

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1. y Formation Jingle: “Start at the dot, down, around, up, down on the same line and swing"
2. Practice writing y on your Mom or Dads back
3. Rainbow y (Trace with finger or write with all colours)
4. Draw something that begins with y

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Phonics - Learn to Read | The Letter Y | Alphablocks

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- Find some objects in your house and try to create a y like below.

- What other sounds can you create?

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Watch Cúla4 School everyday.

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Materials:
- 10 pegs number 1 - 10
- a hanger

Activity:
-Clip the pegs to the hanger and show your child. See if they can count them.
- Next mis=x them all up and ask your child toput them back in the correct order
- Ask them questions like "what comes before number 4" "What comes after number 1" etc

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Print if you have access to a printer

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Print if you have access to a printer

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Print if you have access to a printer

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Watch as Sesame Street characters explain to parents and children all about Covid-19

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Sesame Street ABC's of COVID-19 CNN Town Hall

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YOGA | MINDFULNESS | RELAXATION FOR KIDS! Screentime that gives kids SUPERPOWERS! ⬇️ D O W N L O A D T H E C O S M I C K I D S A P P ⬇️ 🍏Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cosmic-kids/ 🛍️Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cosmickids 🖥️ Desktop (great for teachers!): https://app.cosmickids.com/ 📺 Roku: https://rb.gy/44r8d -------------------------------------------------------------------- Why watch on the App?

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This aquarium in America has a live cam. Keep an eye out for the sharks!

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Open Today 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

Explore Ocean Voyager Built by the Home Depot

Find out more about Ocean Voyager, one of the largest single aquatic exhibits in the world.

Voyage Deeper Into Other Aquarium Experiences

Support Georgia Aquarium

Please consider supporting the Aquarium today so we can continue delivering amazing animal experiences for everyone.

Buy Tickets

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Ocean Voyager Live Webcam | Georgia Aquarium | See Whale Sharks

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Check out the live Webcam from our Ocean Voyager gallery, built by The Home Depot. Watch our whale sharks, manta rays and thousands of other species.

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A safari park in England has created this video giving a tour of their safari park. You will see giraffes, monkeys, tigers, lions and many more.

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The children are very familiar with Bua Na Cainte, we use it every day in school and they love it!
It can be downloaded using the details shown in the picture below if you have a laptop, PC OR Mac.

This week we are working on the teama ‘Ag Siopadoireacht’. Work through Ceacht 1 - Ceacht 2 at your child’s own pace.
Go raibh maith agat

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Money is our topic for numeracy this month.
- Give your child the following coins; 1c, 2c, 5c
- Talk about what is on the front and the back of each coin
- Talk about their colour and size.
- Can your child find any numbers on the coins?

Make coin rubbings like in the picture below:
- Place a coin under a page
- Gentle using a crayon rub over over the coin and wait for the magic to happen :)

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Continue exploring money and playing shop from Week 5:

If possible, set up a small shop in your home like in the picture below
- Use empty milk, yogurt, butter cartons or anything from your kitchen.
- Write a price on everything - 1c, 2c or 5c.
- Role play with your child being a shop keeper/customer.
- Use real money to pay for the items

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If possible, set up a small shop in your home like in the picture below
- Use empty milk, yogurt, butter cartons or anything from your kitchen.
- Write a price on everything - 1c, 2c or 5c.
- Role play with your child being a shop keeper/customer.
- Use real money to pay for the items.

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Count the 1 cents

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Practising Junior infants maths: 'Count 1c coins'

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Fun maths practice! Improve your skills with free problems in 'Count 1c coins' and thousands of other practice lessons.

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1. Listen to the story below or read with your Mom or Dad.
2. You can read the word car! Just blend it! p - o - n - d
3. Play the matching game (click the button on the bottom right under the story)

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Ask your child to blend the words below. Encourage them to put their finger under each sound as they blend.

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Listen to this story about a train ride.
- Have you ever been on a train?
- What did you see?

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You will see a word card at the top of the screen and three picture cards underneath. The child sounds out the word on the top card, then looks at the bottom three cards and says what he or she sees on each card.

They can check if they are right by clicking on each picture card and listening to the word. They should then move the correct picture onto the word that it matches.

Skills taught: Grapheme recognition, sounding out, blending

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Practice grapheme recognition, sounding out and blending skills by reading a word and then matching the correct picture card to the word you read.

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“This is v (say the letter name) and it says vvvvvvv (say the sound)”
1. Sing the new song below
2. Learn the action: Pretend to be driving a van, turning the steering wheel and making a continuous vvvvvv sound.
3. Think of some words that begin with v
4. Find some objects around your house that begin with v

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1. v Formation Jingle: “Start at the dot, slant down, slant up.
2. Practice writing v on your Mom or Dads back
3. Rainbow v (Trace with finger or write with all colours)
4. Draw something that begins with v

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Alphablocks - The Letters V & W | Learn to Read | Phonics for Kids | Learning Blocks

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- Find some objects in your house and try to create a v like below.

- What other sounds can you create?

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What you will need:
Magazines, flyers, papers or supermarket brochures.
Scissors
Glue

Task:
Search for the letter v and cut out all the v's you find.
Create a collage on a page with all the v's.

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Phonics Pop

Phonics Pop is a mobile friendly bubble pop game. Choose a set of sounds to practice, or select from the digraph (2/3-letter sounds) checkboxes. Then listen to the target sound and pop as many as you can.

If your child achieves >95% accuracy the bubbles will change to rainbow colours.

This game is © copyright 2020, J.Barrett, ictgames.com All Rights Reserved.

Made using the and libraries.

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Phonics Pop is a mobile friendly bubble pop game. Choose a set of sounds to practice, or select from the digraph (2/3-letter sounds) checkboxes. Then listen to the target sound and pop as many as you can. If your child achieves >95% accuracy the bubbles will change to rainbow colours.

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These are the number formation jingles we say for our numbers.

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Watch Spongebob as Gaeilge

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Phonics - Learn to Read | The Letter 'W'

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The children are very familiar with Bua Na Cainte, we use it every day in school and they love it!
It can be downloaded using the details shown in the picture below if you have a laptop, PC OR Mac.
This week we are working on the teama ‘An Teilifís’. Work through Ceacht 1 - Ceacht 7 at your child’s own pace.
Go raibh maith agat

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Sing the months of the Year Song:
1. When is your birthday?
2. Find out what month your Mom/Dad’s birthday is
3. It is April, Last month was ____. Next month will be ____.

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“This is w (say the letter name) and it says wh (say the sound)”
1. Sing the new song below
2. Learn the action: Blow onto your open hand, as if you are the wind, and say wh, wh, wh.
3. Think of some words that begin with w
4. Find some objects around your house that begin with w.

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1. Today is ____.
2. Yesterday was _____.
3. Tomorrow will be ______.
4. My favourite day of week is ____.

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Days of the Week clap clap!       to the tune of the Addams Family

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1. w Formation Jingle: “Start at the dot, slant down, slant up, slant down, slant up”
2. Practice writing w on your Mom or Dads back
3. Rainbow w (Trace with finger or write with all colours)
4. Draw something that begins with w

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- Find some objects in your house and try to create a w like below.

- What other sounds can you create?

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1. Listen to the story below or read with your Mom or Dad.
2. You can read the word car! Just blend it! c - a - r
3. Play the matching game (click the button on the bottom right under the story)
4. Can you find our sound of the week /w/ in the book?

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Ask your child to blend the words below. Encourage them to put their finger under each sound as they blend.

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Fishy Phonics (Phase 2) - Online Phonics Game

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A fun online game to help children increase their reading speed and fluency. Players compete against the clock to fish for pictures that match target words.

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Flash Cards (Phase 2) - Online Phonics Game

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A game for an adult and child to play together. The child says the sound on the pirate ship flag and the adult marks their answer.

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What you need:
5 pieces of Paper
Marker

Task:
- Ask your child to write the numbers 1,2,3,4,5 - just one number on each piece of paper.
- Hide each of the numbers in your garden/around the house
- Once your child has found each of the numbers, ask them to put them in number order.
- Help them to count up "1... 2... What comes next"
- If your child is able you could extend this game up to the number 10.

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Help teddy count

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Learning to Count up to 15 with Teddy Numbers Interactive Maths Game

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A fun learning to count maths game for early years children by Topmarks. Count out treats to give to teddy.

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Count, match and order by size

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The Gingerbread Man Game - Counting, Matching and Ordering game

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Three fun counting, matching and ordering numbers games can help early years children learn to count objects and recognise numbers 1 to 10 and also number words to 10.

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Listen to the story The Three Bears as Gaeilge

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Banana Banana Meatball Song | Songs For Kids | Dance Along | GoNoodle

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Poppin' Bubbles Song | Songs For Kids | Dance Along | GoNoodle

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Watch your favourite animals in Dublin Zoo

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Check out what's happening at the Zoo on our webcams!

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Dress the animals for the correct season.

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Dress for the Season | Everyday Learning | PBS LearningMedia

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A story by Julia Donaldson
-Can you find last week's sound of the week /z/ in this story?

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Zog by Julia Donaldson, Rhyming Story for Children, Tale about Dragon, Read Aloud Book

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What you will need:
Magazines, flyers, papers or supermarket brochures.
Scissors
Glue

Task:
Search for the letter w and cut out all the w's you find.
Create a collage on a page with all the w's.