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12 Free Picture Books about Coronavirus | Decoda Literacy Solutions

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Are you looking for children's books about COVID-19? Here are a few that you may not have seen yet. All are available for free download. Careless Corny: A cautionary tale Coronavirus: A Book for

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This is a link to another Padlet of well known stories through Irish. Just playing these for your children will develop their ear for Irish.

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Some lovely child friendly yoga

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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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TheLearningStation - Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes

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Shake Your Sillies Out ♫ Brain Breaks Songs for Kids ♫ Kids Action Songs by The Learning Station

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This is the music programme we use in school. You can set up a parent account and they are letting all parents have one month free.

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Music at Home

Radio Shows

Each month we choose a new theme to discuss and select our favourite music. We cover topics from musical instruments to our favourite artists and genres. Expect chat, quizzes and loads of great tunes!

Tin Whistle Lessons

Learn the basics of Irish tin whistle with expert musician and teacher Thomas Johnston. This video course will take you from learning basic fingering to playing your first tune.

Artists in the Classroom

This video based course features some of our favourite artists performing in schools across Ireland. Enjoy everything from classical guitar to techno.

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Music at Home Radio Shows Each month we choose a new theme to discuss and select our favourite music. We cover topics from musical instruments to our favourite artists and genres. Expect chat, quizzes and loads of great tunes! Tin Whistle Lessons Learn the basics of Irish tin whistle with expert musician and teacher Thomas Johnston.

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http://infantteachingideas.ie/arts/

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/category/kids-crafts/5-minute-crafts-kids/

Two good websites here for short art activities for children.

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Learn to draw with Spiderman and Star Wars comic artist, Will Sliney

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What is We Will Draw?

Join artist Will Sliney as he will gives you all some tips and tricks on how to draw amazing characters and how to tell stories through your art.

Who is Will? How did he get into drawing? What is he going to teach us? You can learn all this and more here with this short introduction video.

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Lesson 1 - Getting Started with Simple Shapes

In today's episode with Will we learnt all about Fiadh.

Will has more detail on how you can draw Fiadh through the use of simple shapes in this easy to follow activity sheet. Download today's activity sheet here:

Don't forget you can send your brilliant drawings to #wewilldraw and #HomeSchoolHub.

You can also watch today's lesson with Will again here:

Lesson 2 - Storytelling & Drawing Tadgh's Cool Costume

In today's episode with Will we learnt all about storytelling and how to draw Tadgh's cool costume.

Will has more detail on how to draw Tadgh through the use of simple shapes in this easy to follow activity sheet. Download today's activity sheet here:

Don't forget you can send your brilliant drawings to #wewilldraw and #HomeSchoolHub.

You can also watch today's lesson with Will again here:

Lesson 3 - Scale and size

In today's episode with Will, we learn all about scale and size and how to draw dinosaurs... big and small ones.

Will has more detail on how to draw dinosaurs in this easy to follow activity sheet. Download today's activity sheet here:

Don't forget you can send your brilliant drawings to #wewilldraw and #HomeSchoolHub.

You can also watch today's lesson with Will again here:

Lesson 4 - Foreground and background

All good Vikings need a ship, right! In today's episode with Will we learn how to draw a viking ship for Tadgh and Fiadh and how artists work with foreground and background objects.

Will has more detail on how to draw viking ships in this easy to follow activity sheet. Download today's activity sheet here:

Don't forget you can send your brilliant drawings to #wewilldraw and #HomeSchoolHub.

You can also watch today's lesson with Will again here:

Lesson 5 - Make 2D objects look 3D

We're all lucky it is such a sunny day today because in today's episode with Will he will show us some secret pro tricks to make 2D objects look 3D on a page with the use of light and shade.

Will has more detail in this easy to follow activity sheet. Download today's activity sheet here

Don't forget you can send your brilliant drawings to #wewilldraw and #HomeSchoolHub.

You can also watch today's lesson with Will again here:

Challenge - Draw your own short comic strip

You might know by now that Will draws Spider-Man and Star Wars for Marvel comics. Well now it's your turn!

His challenge for you is he wants you to create your own short comic using this blank comic strip he has created especially for us at the RTÉ Home School Hub.

'Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away, there was a superhero Múinteoir....'

Download the activity sheet here and get creating:

And remember we cannot wait to see your super comic creations here at the RTÉ Home School Hub, just make sure and send them to #WeWillDraw and #HomeSchoolHub.

Lesson 6 - Expressions

We are all delighted at the Home School Hub to welcome Múinteoir Will back!

This week Will shows us how to make secret island hideaways for Tadhg & Fiadh and we start to tell our story.

Also a new warrior Niamh joins them on their adventures along with a top secret special guest appearance... pencils ready, let's draw...

Don't forget you can send your brilliant drawings to #wewilldraw and #HomeSchoolHub.

You can also watch today's lesson with Will again here:

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Lesson 7 - Character Movement

Today Will shows us how to make our characters come alive on the page through movement.

Don't forget you can send your brilliant drawings to #wewilldraw and #HomeSchoolHub.

You can also watch today's lesson with Will again here:

Lesson 8 - Creating A New Character

Back in episode 5 Will stumbled across a new character called 'Ogham'. Well today we look at Ogham in more detail and learn how to draw new characters.

Don't forget you can send your brilliant drawings to #wewilldraw and #HomeSchoolHub.

Lesson 9 - Drawing A Skellig Hideaway

Fiadh and Tadhg are given a new location for their HQ. Today we learn how to draw their Skellig hideaway, puffins, and baddies. Pencils ready, let's draw!

Don't forget you can send your brilliant drawings to #wewilldraw & #HomeSchoolHub.

You can also watch today's lesson with Will again here:

Lesson 10 - Fan Art Special

A new warrior Niamh enters our adventure to join forces with Tadgh and Fiadh. Today Will shows us all how to draw Niamh, the latest addition to the clan, who was created by Sarah one of our own Home School Hubbers!

So keep your art coming in and who knows your warrior may be next to join the clan.

Don't forget you can send your brilliant drawings to #wewilldraw and #HomeSchoolHub.

You can also watch today's lesson with Will again here:

Lesson 11 - Presidential Special

Today Will draws a special commission of President Higgins for us all to enjoy.

Don't forget you can send your brilliant drawings to #wewilldraw and #HomeSchoolHub.

You can also watch today's lesson with Will again here:

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#WeWillDraw: Learn how to draw with Will Sliney

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Join artist Will Sliney as he will gives you all some tips and tricks on how to draw amazing characters and how to tell stories through your art. Who is Will? How did he get into drawing? What is he going to teach us?

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Music links and games

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Welcome Back! Classics for Kids has returned with our new Fun Facts videos, worksheets and lesson plans!https://youtu.be/7BjOMa7NvzIFun Facts: Marian Andersen https://youtu.be/OBnHXKNDqXUFun Facts: Yo-Yo Ma Explore More Composers Learn More Worksheets [...]

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Junk Art Videos - making art using household objects and "rubbish"!

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YouTube Channel.

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Don here, hoping to inspire a love of drawing, nature, and creativity in children and adults alike. Get involved and you never know, you might just discover ...

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This is from the PDST (Primary Development Support Team). It follows our PE curriculum with activities you can play at home.

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PE at home is a collaboration between the Dublin City University, the Professional Development Service for Teachers and the Irish Heart Foundation. These videos can be used to support strand based learning in PE at home. We hope that you will be able to take part in and enjoy this lesson as part of your daily physical activity along with other members of your household.

Researchers from DCU are evaluating the PE at Home lesson series so that content can be improved, and a viable solution to what is likely to be a longer term issue, can be delivered for teachers, parents and children. When children return to school in September, should social distancing restrictions remain in place and the very nature of PE at school renders it difficult to deliver, there may be the likelihood that there will remain a need in our primary schools for these lessons well into the next academic year. Therefore investigating the efficacy of PE at Home lessons is paramount. To this end we are asking teachers and parents to complete a short 5-7 minute survey available at the links below to help us with this task.
Parents/Guardians click here.
Teachers click here.

For further home based learning click on the banner above to check out the PDST Beyond the Classroom resources.

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Official education portal of the Department of Education and Skills in Ireland. Curriculum focused resources and support for primary and post primary teachers.

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Explore and Learn.

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Explore and engage with our podcasts, workshops, blogposts and more!

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Watch a Live Orchestra bring this Story to Life

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Watch a Live Orchestra bring this Story to Life

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Karen LeFrak's "Sleepover at the Museum"

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Fantastic website with lots of activities aimed at teaching children about the natural world.

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NASA has a great programme for teaching children about space.

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By the wonderful Paddy Madden

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Engage with Nature website will make available month by month instructions and resources for working with the seasons by cultivating school gardens; creating habitats; exploring the environment and understanding our place in it. It is by learning to love the natural environment that pupils can be persuaded to change practice and to motivate the adults in their lives to do the same.

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Some good activities for teaching children about healthy eating.

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Do you know that our taste buds can develop over time? As children, we can train our taste buds by exposing them to different foods. Over time we develop liking for certain healthy foods. This way we can expand our palette and add many new foods to our diet. If we introduce a healthy diet, full of delicious fruit and vegetables from an early age we can develop our taste buds to like many different nutritious foods as we grow older.

There is lots of evidence to show that the more we taste a food, the more we learn to like it. It can range from from just a few tastes of a food, to 15 or more tries to learn to like something. It ranges per individual child and it also depends on the type of food. That is why the Food Dudes programme gives every child an opportunity to try a new fruit and vegetable at least 4 times, over the course of the Food Dudes programme. This ensures that everyone gets the opportunity to learn to like new varieties of fruits and vegetables.

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Welcome to Food Dudes Fun at Home! We have games, worksheets, activities and videos for parents to download which are aimed to support primary school children of all ages to make learning about fruit, vegetables and healthy eating fun and interesting. Join the conversation on #FoodDudesFun

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Part 1.

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Little Inventors
Some ideas for those of us inspiring to be inventors!

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Adam Kay and Puffin have teamed up with Young V&A, a new museum in London designed to energise young creators, to offer the chance to win a truly one-of-kind prize. Do you have an idea for an invention that will change the world forever? Check it out!

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Good presentation for teaching children about mini beasts

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Free workouts 3 times a week

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Hi everyone 👋

We know everyone is affected by the latest government announcement... We want nothing more than for our children, family members & friends to stay safe (absolutely...

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CBeebies | Andy's Wild Workouts | Under the Sea!

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Get the kids moving with these fun games inspired by some of their favourite Disney characters.

These boredom-busting activities will help them reach the 60 active minutes they need every day!

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10 Minute Shake Up games - Healthier Families

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Get the kids moving with these fun games inspired by some of their favourite Disney characters. These boredom-busting activities will help them reach the 60 active minutes they need every day!

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RTÉ 10@10 daily exercise

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The official website of RTÉjr & RTÉ Kids Online - Streaming shows, Podcasts and much more fun!

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Your ideas in a random wheel. Spin and see how you can be kinder today....

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What is this tool?

This is a picker wheel that spins and picks a random word based on your input. Fun and useful! Let's say you're a teacher and all of your students have to hold a presentation today. Who will go first? You can start at the top of your student list, but then the same students always have to start first, plus you don't always have your student list within reach. The solution: pick a random name. How? With this tool! Simply fill in all of your students and let the wheel decide.

There are more examples in which you could use a wheel:

A challenge with friends and you want to decide who goes first.

Playing a board game with the family. Who starts?

For vacation you'll be traveling. However, there are so many spots you want to visit and you can visit them all. So you have a hard time deciding which one. Letting the wheel pick a random destination will make your vacation even more fun and surprising!

You're living in a dormitory with other students and someone has to clean up the mess. Nobody wants to, of course. No need to decide yourself!

How can I use it?

How to use the wheel should speak for itself, but we've made a quick tutorial.
First, to set up a new wheel:

1. Scroll down to the 'Edit wheel' section.

2. In the text box, you can edit the words or names that are displayed on the wheel. Simply select and remove everything and put your own entries in it. Each entry should be on a new line or separated by a comma.

3. Click on the 'Update' button. When clicking on it, a new name roulette wheel will be generated.

Second, to use it:

1. By now you've set it up. Simply click on the wheel (it doesn't matter where you click) and it will spin.

2. The selected entry will show up on the screen. You can choose to remove it from the wheel by using the 'Remove' button.

3. Whether you removed the picked entry or not, you can spin again by clicking anywhere.

Can I share or save it?

As soon as you add new names, words, places, brands and update the wheel a new share URL will be generated. It will show up in the text field underneath the 'Update' button. Either copy the URL manually or click on the 'Copy wheel' button. You can give this link to your friends, family, teachers, co-workers or use it yourself later on. Just paste the link in your browser can go the URL and we will automatically set up the wheel.

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This is a picker wheel that spins and picks a random word based on your input. Fun and useful! Let's say you're a teacher and all of your students have to hold a presentation today. Who will go first?

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Well-Being Journal for Children.

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Nice resource from Mental Health Ireland with some practical tips for looking after ourselves and our families.

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Relaxation and Self-Regulation Tools for Children | PDST

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Morning MeditOcean: Guided Meditation with Critters

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Morning MeditOcean: Guided Meditation with Critters

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Guided Meditation with animals from the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. Meditate with Jellyfish, Rays, Fish, Sharks etc. at the aquarium!

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Classroom Meditation for All Ages: Yoga with Adriene

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Classroom Meditation for All Ages: Yoga with Adriene

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Practice some mindful breathing techniques with this helpful video!

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Classroom Meditation - For All Ages!  |  Yoga With Adriene

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Young children are like sponges, so letting them watch some cartoons through Irish will really develop their ear and understanding of the language,

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Shows | Irish language children's programmes on TG4 | Cúla4

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Cúla 4 ar Scoil | Luan go Aoine 10:00 | Cúla 4

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These are 26 of the most traditional Irish songs.

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Irish Songs We Learned At School, Ar Ais Arís!

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This is a good document for doing barrier games.
Barrier games are games where one person has to describe what they have because the other person can't see it. It's great for developing children's oral language development.

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This is a website set up to help children learn how to read. They are giving parents a free trial.

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Learning to Read for Kids | Learn to Read with Phonics | Free Trial

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Reading Eggs is the online reading program that helps children learn to read. Hundreds of online reading lessons, phonics games and books for ages 2–13. Start your free trial!

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This is a lovely website that is used in the classroom. It reads stories and animates them. The children love it.

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This is a nice website with plenty of books read aloud by their authors

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With access to libraries, classrooms and bookshops limited for many, we've been busy finding some of the best online storytimes for children to access freely at home. The QR codes and links in the document link to story readings on Youtube and all of the books we've chosen are read aloud by their fabulous authors and illustrators.

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With access to libraries, classrooms and bookshops limited for many, we've been busy finding some of the best online storytimes for children to access freely at home. The QR codes and links lead to videos of children's books read aloud by authors and illustrators.

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Create Comics Online

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Create Your Own Comic Strips Online with MakeBeliefsComix

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We Offer Support and Resources.

From Richard Byrne, editor of Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week -- ''Creating Comics for Comfort'' -- Living in Maine and father of two school-age children, Richard wrote the following item for teachers and students dealing with the terrible tragedy of the recent mass shootings in that state. He thought this an appropriate time to review and use Social and Emotional Learning resources, such as those offered by MakeBeliefsComix.com.

Make Beliefs Comix offers a library of fantastic, free ebooks for SEL. The library hosted by Make Beliefs Comix contains fillable PDFs that you can download for free. The latest addition to that library is 50+ Ways to Talk to Yourself and Find Healing. And for something a bit lighter, take a look at Pet Words: Conversations With Your Animal Friends.

"Here's a video overview of the Make Beliefs Comix ebooks and here's one about how to create comic strips on the Make Beliefs Comix website."

For many LGBTQ+ kids, especially when they're figuring things out, finding accepting spaces online can sometimes feel safer. Seek out creative opportunities and modes of self-expression, with this section in Make Beliefs Comix.

READ ABOUT US IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!

ARTICLE #1: (click on the link below)
MakeBeliefsComix encourages students to create their own visual pandemic diary.

ARTICLE #2: (click on the link below)
One easy way to start playing with ideas is through the free, online tool at MakeBeliefsComix.com.

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Create Comics Online, it's Fun & Free at MakeBeliefsComix!

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Create comics online at MakeBeliefsComix. A fun way educators & parents can empower students to express ideas and stories in comix!

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Storyberries - Fairy Tales, Bedtime Stories and Kids Poems!

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Storyberries - Fairy Tales, Bedtime Stories and Kids Poems!

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Read the BIGGEST collection of free fairy tales, bedtime stories, nursery rhymes, poems for kids, and short stories for kids. Free kids books and baby books online!

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This is a good website for literacy and numeracy. Each child gets a profile and there are lots of activities and games to do

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Khan Academy Kids is a free, fun, educational program designed to inspire young children to become learners for life.

The robust Khan Academy Kids curriculum and original content make learning engaging and fun for children ages two to eight.

While most early learning apps focus on a narrow skill, our free program contains a breadth of learning materials across math, language arts, and social-emotional learning, aligned to the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework and Common Core.

Questions? Get in touch at khankids@khanacademy.org.

Available for iPhone and iPad, Google Play and Amazon Fire.

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Khan Academy Kids is a free, fun, educational program designed to inspire young children to become learners for life. The robust Khan Academy Kids curriculum and original content make learning engaging and fun for children ages two to eight.

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This is a good website with lots of different games for all ages, mainly for maths and literacy. There are some games which are particularly good for practisng counting.

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Topmarks: teaching resources, interactive resources, worksheets, homework, exam and revision help

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Searchable site of thousands of quality teaching resources, interactive resources, homework, exam and revision help. Useful for teachers, pupils and parents.

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With ten live cams to choose from, you can experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are. Be delighted by the antics of our sea otters or mellow out to the hypnotic drifting of our jellies. Tune in to one of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's web cams.