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Back to School Advice – Third Class – Sixth Class (English)

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Support for Parents, Remote Teaching and Learning

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Support for Parents. Video 1 - Visual Schedules

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Back to School Advice for Junior Infants to Second Class

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Numberblocks is a fantastic series that teaches counting and early maths skills in a fun and visually attractive way. Really engaging for children with ASD

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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 © 2022 Alphablocks Ltd.

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A variety of screen free ideas and activities 

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Junior & Senior Infants

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How many rectangles can you find in this shape? Which ones are differently sized and which are 'similar'?

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Toy Shop Money is a game for helping children understand Euros. There are two game modes; the first where children use coins to make up varying amounts to buy the toys and the second where they work out change.

This money game is suitable for children from 4 to 11 years of age as it has varying levels of difficulty. The easiest levels involve working out amounts with coins of the same denomination and the activities progress from counting out amounts with mixed coins to working out change from up to €10.

The game also supports other currencies including British, Australian and US money.

AGE

4-11 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Money

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A shopping game where children work out which coins will buy toy shop items and where they can calculate change. Suitable for children 4 - 11 years and tablet-friendly. Different levels of difficulty and currencies - GBP, USD, AUD, EUR.

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Teach Your Monster: Free Phonics, Reading and Mathematics Games

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Help children learn with our free, award-winning reading, mathematics and phonics games.

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A Free Well-Being Journal for Kids

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Parent Booklet

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Happy Talk Insects Pack (4 - 8 Years).pdf

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Black Sheep Press Ltd, speech and language therapy resources

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BSP, speech & language resources for schools, therapists & parents

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Black Sheep Press provides cost-effective, attractive & quality speech & language therapy resources, devised by experts and loved by children.

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Guided Visualisation

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A Day At The Beach - Visualisation for Children guided by Gerard by PDST Primary Health and Wellbeing

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Well-being activities booklet from Irish Heart Foundation 

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Well-being activities booklet from Irish Heart Foundation 

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Follow links to download e readers for apple and google play. Free until May 2021...

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Get your children reading early fluently with our Jolly Phonics Decodable E-Readers - now available to download for FREE until 31st May 2021!

Ideal for children aged 4-7, these exciting decodable reading books provide the best start for children just beginning to read. At every stage, the words are within reach of the children as they use their letter sound knowledge and tricky words already taught.

The Orange Readers give children the opportunity to blend and sound words in the order that the sounds are taught.

Once children have mastered these early skills, they are then ready to move to the Jolly Phonics Readers Level 1. Each level of the readers builds on the previous, gradually introducing more tricky words and the main alternative spellings.

93 books for children to explore

Tricky words are shown in each book

Light type is used as a guide for those few letters that should not be sounded out, such as the <b> in lamb

Reading comprehension topics included in each book

Handy checklist which details the skills and knowledge requirements for each level of reader is included in every book

All of these books are available as e-readers via Apple Books and Google Play Books. Click the links below to access them.
For the Google Play Book Store: Jolly Phonics Orange Level Readers Jolly Phonics Red, Yellow, Green and Blue Level Readers For the Apple Book Store: Jolly Phonics Orange Level Readers Jolly Phonics Red, Yellow, Green and Blue Level Readers
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Want to purchase physical copies of our readers? Click here to view and purchase our decodable readers from our online shop!

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Jolly Phonics Decodable E-Readers - Jolly Phonics

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Get your children reading early fluently with our Jolly Phonics Decodable E-Readers - now available to download for FREE until 31st May 2021! Ideal for children aged 4-7, these exciting decodable reading books provide the best start for children just beginning to read.

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Resources & activity sheets

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These Cartoonito Activity sheets cover all of the 42 letter sounds in Jolly Phonics.

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Speed Tests and Worksheets

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At Timestables.com you can easily practice all of your tables. The arithmetic problems are clear and simple so you can immediately get started on practicing your tables. Select one of the multiplication table you wish to practice from the list below and show what you can do on the speed test or printout great worksheets.

Which multiplication table do you want to learn?

Speed test and multiplication tables diploma.

Multiplication games

Choose the table you want to practice from the following. First you can practice the multiplication facts in sequence and once you have got the hang of that you can practice all the sums in random order for each table. If you have forgotten any answers, just go back to the 'all tables in sequence' page and practice them again thoroughly before trying again.

Once you have got the hang of a number of tables you can select the speed test and choose the tables you want to practice getting quicker at. If you make a mistake, you came see what the right answer is at the end of the test. This will help you learn all of your tables. The speed test is good practice for getting your tables diploma. On the tables diploma the questions are a bit quicker than on the speed test, but if you get all of them right you will get your tables diploma. There are two tables diplomas. The little diploma is made up of 30 questions. Your little diploma shows you can do the 1,2,3,4,5 and 10 times tables. For the big tables diploma you are given 40 questions which include all the tables from 1 to 12.

Learn the multiplication tables in an interactive way with the free math multiplication learning games for 2rd, 3th, 4th and 5th grade. The game element in the times tables games make it even more fun learn.

Practice your multiplication tables

Here you can find additional information about practicing multiplication tables at primary school. The 1 times table, 2 times table, 3 times table, 4 times table, 5 times table and 10 times table are the first times tables to be learned. The 6 times table, 7 times table, 8 times table, 9 times table, 11 times table, 12 times table and of course all the tables in random order are the next step.

Not every child finds it easy to learn all the tables, so it is a good idea to keep on practicing them regularly after you learned them. There are a few tricks which make it easier to learn the tables and continue to master them, such as putting the smallest number first, which makes it easier for many children to answer correctly. For example 4 x 9 is easier to work out than 9 x 4. Switching the multiplication sum around makes it easier to answer. What also often helps is to use the tables you know well for answering the sums in the more difficult tables. One example of this is 6 x 7, which is often said to be tricky. If you do 5 x 7 first and then add 1 x 7 it is suddenly easier to answer. You can do this the other way round too. For instance with 4 x 7 you can do 5 x 7 first then subtract 1 x 7.

Why do we put so much effort into learning tables? Well, the multiplication tables keep on coming up in the next primary school years and even when you're at secondary school. You don't see them as tables, but as part of bigger mathematical problems. And it isn't only at school, but in your everyday life it is useful to know your times tables well so you can quickly work things out, for instance when you are buying or selling vegetables on the market. If you have any questions, comments or ideas for Timestables.com, please use our contact form. We'd be glad to hear from you.

The 5-step plan

Learn the times tables with the 5-step plan. We developed an innovative five step plan to help pupils learn the times tables in an effective and efficient way. This method has been tested at several schools and is recommended by teachers.
The steps are:

Step 1a: View, read aloud and repeat. To get familiar with the table.

Step 1b: Fill in your times tables answers in sequence and check if you got them all right.

Step 2: Drag the correct answers to the questions.

Step 3: Fill in your answers for the mixed questions and check if you got them all right.

Step 4: Multiple choice questions will help you to improve by looking at the questions in a different way.

Step 5: Proof your knowledge and get the diploma.

When you finished the 5 steps you can play the memory game or exercise with the worksheet. Other way to train more are with the tempo test, the 1 minute test or to play the times tables games.

We advise to exercise daily for 15 minutes for maximum result.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I learn my times tables fast?
Learn them in chunks. Start with the easy times tables like 10, 2, and 5. Use methods like skip counting, adding and exercising daily for 15 minutes for a maximum long-term result.

What is the hardest times table in the world?
The 7 times table is the hardest to learn because 7 is a prime number, and so the last digit does not repeat itself until 10 times 7. The hardest times table question is 6 times 8.

Which times table is the easiest?
The 10 times table is one of the easiest to learn. For a start, numbers in the 10 times table always end in a 0. And then the 5 and the 2 multiplication tables are also one of the easiest.

Practice your time tables online

Multiplication tables are important and there are not many places where you can learn them quickly and easily, so we have come up with Timestables.com! Practicing your tables online is really easy at Timestables.com. The multiplication games are clear and simple so you can get started right away. Click on one of the tables to get started right away. Fill in the answers in the lines and when you've finished, click on 'check'. You will see right away which answers are correct and which are incorrect. You can also practice different times tables in one exercise so you can test whether you know them all.

You can also practice the tables interactively with the free multiplication games. On the multiplication games page we now have an answer-dragging game and a table balloons game.

Multiplication tables form the basis for the calculations that you do in the following years, so it's important that you fully understand them.

Do you want to practice more math? Go to Mathdiploma.com - Here you can practice addition, subtraction, multiplying, dividing and a lot more!

We also have a fraction website! On Fractionsweb.com are lots of exercices about simplifying, adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying fractions. There are fraction games, worksheets and 5-step plans!

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Multiplication Tables with times tables games

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Come and learn your multiplication tables. Improve with the 5-step plan, the tempo test, multiplication games, printable worksheets and get the diploma.

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Hit the Button

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Hit the Button is an interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers. The games, which are against the clock, challenge and develop mental maths skills. An untimed, practise mode is available in our Hit the Button app along with lots more extra features.

The activities can be matched to appropriate mathematical ability. Regular use of Hit the Button can help students to sharpen their recall of vital number facts in a fun way and learning multiplication tables need not be boring.

AGE

6-11 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Times Tables Division Number Bonds Doubles Halves Square Numbers

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Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds

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Quick fire questions on number bonds, doubles, halves, times tables, division facts and square numbers against the clock. Superb!

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How to make the best ever, no-cook play dough recipe in just 4 minutes, that will lasts for 6 months! Voted the number one play dough recipe by teachers, parents and child-carers for many years in a row! I hope you'll love it too 🙂

I've been working with children for over 20 years and play dough is the fail safe way to engage and excite little hands and minds! It is a brilliant sensory and fine motor tool that is ridiculously easy to make and SO much better than any store bought versions.

By making it yourself you know exactly what has gone into it and can also customise it in so many ways, such as adding colour, sparkles and even natural flavours or essential oils. It has a proven therapeutic quality and has saved my parenting on more occasions than I can number! It is, quite simply, the best play material out there.

I hope you will love my easiest ever, no-cook play dough recipe!
The benefits of using play dough for young children are wonderful and the play possibilities are endless! You need: Method:
[Amazon affiliate links to help you find the ingredients I recommend. Many of these are bulk size as it works out cheaper when making for classes or every month like we often do!]
Voila!

Mix the flour, salt, cream of tartar and oil in a large mixing bowl

Add food colouring TO the boiling water then into the dry ingredients

Stir continuously until it becomes a sticky, combined dough

Add the glycerine (optional)

Allow it to cool down then take it out of the bowl and knead it vigorously for a couple of minutes until all of the stickiness has gone. * This is the most important part of the process, so keep at it until it's the perfect consistency!*

If it remains a little sticky then add a touch more flour until just right

We use these Wilton Gel colours as they are much more vibrant and take only a tiny amount to colour the dough. We also use them in all our other sensory play activities to and they last for ever!

You can store this play dough in an air tight container for at least 6 months. If you live in a humid climate you might need to store it in the fridge and out of sunlight.

Here's our new video showing how EASY it is to make this play dough!!

Once you've made your play dough hop on over to this post where I explain the totally amazing benefits of play dough play! And recommend many items to start collecting to create a play dough tool kit. Here are some brilliant play dough tools we have and love to use alongside this recipe. These are totally worth adding to your play dough toolbox and will last for a very long time!
Wooden pattern rollers Wooden texture stampers Wooden spools for building with playdough Metal cookie cutters Toy animals Garlic Press Mini metal pots Paper Straws
I have listed the direct links to find the items in this image below:

Plus many more ideas in individual posts in my play dough archives!

How here are over 50+ ways to change this basic mix to create an amazing range of different play dough flavours and fun activities to go with them! Literacy, maths, imaginative play and role play to name just a few.

Click through to find your favourites and pin them for future use.

And here are 10 beautiful, natural play dough recipes for you to try too!

Enjoy!

Search the full Play Dough archives here

Looking for Salt Dough that can be played with then hardened into models to keep? Here is our Rainbow Glitter Salt Dough recipe

I hope you love this easy no-cook play dough recipe and will share it far and wide! Thanks for the hundreds upon hundreds of you that have already told me it's the best recipe you've ever used and will use it in your classrooms and homes ever more! 🙂

[This post contains Amazon affiliate link to help you find products I love and recommend easily. Thank you!]

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Best Ever No-Cook Play Dough Recipe! - The Imagination Tree

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Happy Talk Springtime Pack (4 - 8 years).pdf

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Specialist therapies - Oak National Academy

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Free online specialist therapy video lessons and resources

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Information for schools

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https://ncse.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5-NCSE-2016-Supporting-Students-final-web-27.01.16.pdf

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Helping students and parents with the move from primary school to secondary school How To Use Each resource page has a number of topics for parents and students to browse through. Some topics have additional information such as advice, videos or extra research – just click the link when you see it. Some of these […]

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Relaxation Techniques from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) by Department of Education and Skills

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Have you been feeling anxious, worried or stressed lately? If so, this podcast might help. Find a quiet corner, get comfortable, press play and let a NEPS psychologist talk you through some relaxation techniques.

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25 Fun Mindfulness Activities for Children & Teens (+Tips!)

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Fun mindfulness activities for kids to teach them about mindfulness. Enjoy!

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Receptive Language and Comprehension Skills

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Receptive Language and Comprehension Skills