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Unjumble words

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Tap a pair of tiles at a time to reveal if they are a match.. sculptures, materials, design, reel, twine, width, tow, symmetrical.

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Ireland: Counties - Map Quiz Game - Seterra

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There are 32 counties on the island. The Republic of Ireland comprises 26 counties, while Northern Ireland accounts for the remaining 6 counties. In Northern Ireland, counties are no longer used for local government; districts are instead used.

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Ireland (Republic of): Counties - Map Quiz Game: There are a total of 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland that were established under English rule around four centuries ago. After all that time, the Irish language has persisted in the counties of Kerry, Galway, Mayo, and Donegal, while English has been adopted as the primary language in most other places.

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Podcasts for children by children

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We're 'Back with the Future' of KidCast, that is Series 2! Hosts Céire and Caoimhe hear about Albert Einstein, purple spaghetti and self inflating balloons! And Prof. Luke O'Neill pops by to tell us all about the world of immunology.

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Cheannaigh mé oráiste agus úll sa siopa torthaí, Chuaigh mé go dtí an leabharlann, D'ith Julie ceapaire agus d'ól sí sú oráiste, Chuaigh na páistí go dtí an leabharlann agus thosaigh siad ag léamh, Rinne mé mo obair bhaile inné, Tá an siopa ceoil in aice leis an siopa búistéara, Tá an siopa bréagán idir an siopa éadaí agus an siopa glasraí, Cá bhfuil an siopa bróg?, Tá an siopa leabhar in aice leis an mbanc, Caithim gúna, sciorta, t-léine agus spéaclaí gréine i rith an tsamhraidh, Is maith liom a bheith ag damhsa, Tá mé i mo chónaí i bPortlaoise, Chuaigh Ethan agus Andrew go dtí an leabharlann inné, Tá an leabharlann idir an mbanc agus an siopa glasraí, An bhfuil cóta ort?, Beidh Dziugas ag dul go dtí an siopa spóirt amarach., Cheannaigh siad bláthanna sa siopa bláthanna,

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Cheannaigh mé oráiste agus úll sa siopa torthaí, Chuaigh mé go dtí an leabharlann, D'ith Julie ceapaire agus d'ól sí sú oráiste, Chuaigh na páistí go dtí an leabharlann agus thosaigh siad ag léamh, Rinne mé mo obair bhaile inné, Tá an siopa ceoil in aice leis an siopa búistéara,

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With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games.

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Padlet by Fiona Farry of Cluichí Games

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I have organised the links on the column into the Strands of the Maths Curriculum. Click on this link to find sites related to a topic

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Type in your spelling words and the site creates games to play using the words you type in

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This website offers easy interactive spelling practice for kids in early elementary years (grades 1, 2, 3 and 4). Just type, listen and learn English - learning spelling can be as simple as that!

In this page you set up which words to test students on. The next page - after you hit the "Online Spelling Test" button - lets the kids tackle the spelling test and check their performance.

This free spelling website acts like an online computer program, in which you can create your own spelling lists, and have word games with your own words.
All the games and the other educational interactive activities on this website are totally free!

The Word's Pronunciation

You can also use this website to learn how to pronounce English words. Each word is pronounced slowly and clearly, stressing and emphasizing each syllable and consonant. This makes it great for ESL students and special education students as well, helping to discover new English words and their correct pronunciation.

The Spelling Games & Activities

Online Spelling Test

This is a simple test in which you hear the words of your list in random order, and type them inside the text boxes. Do your best to spell them correctly. At the end, you can press the "Check" button to see how well you have done. If you made a mistake, you can click a mistaken word to see its correct form. You can also ask to repeat the test with only the mistaken words.

Practice Your Words

This online practice will guide you step by step until you know how to write each word correctly just by hearing it. It consists of three phases: in the first phase, the letters to type are highlighted on the keyboard. in the second phase the word will still be presented, and you will copy it. In the third phase, you will type it from solely hearing it.

Reading With Spaceships & Reading With Balloons

These are two similar games, one in is more action themed, and the other is calmer. They practice reading the words and matching them to the words you hear. It's an easy reading activity, best for kids in 1st grade and 2nd grade.

Spelling Sharks

This is an action online spelling game. When you type correctly the words you hear, you can eliminate the sharks that are threatening the goldfish. The typing is under time pressure, yet you can press the "clue" button to have the word flashed on the screen. This activity can be challenging, and is more suitable for kids in 3rd grade and 4th grade.

Hangman

This is a classic hangman game, using your own words. It's unique because you can actually hear the hidden words.

Word Search Puzzle

Immediately create a challenging online word search puzzle from your own list of words. After every word you find, you will hear it pronounced. The puzzles are dynamically created, and can sometimes be challenging even for kids in 5th grade and 6th grade.

The Spelling Lists

The lists are arranged in stages that coordinate to the children's development through spelling patterns, also called features.

The beginning lists for first graders allow the kids to approach the words one sound at a time (i.e. initial consonants), to then building more of a sight word vocabulary (i.e. word families).

Moving on from there, learners in second grade are able to chunk parts of words and process them more fluently when they read (i.e. consonant blends).

Third graders continue the fluency of reading while they explore the meanings of words (i.e. silent consonants), while fourth graders can handle more complex spelling patterns (i.e. double consonant with e-drop).

Of course, a student may overlap in stages, for instance, a second grader may still need some work on a few "first grade" features, or may dabble in some third grade features. They are merely an average "snapshot" for students in elementary school.

In addition to the lists for each grade level, there are many "themed" lists for students of all ages to enjoy (themes such as September, Halloween, Winter, Earth Day, Science Day etc.)

Spelling and studying words ultimately promotes a greater interest in reading and writing. When a child has word understanding and vocabulary knowledge, all aspects of Language Arts are enhanced.

Instructions

Which English words would you like to study? Type them into the empty spaces above. Once you do, you can click on the "Listen" button to hear how the word you typed is pronounced.

Sometimes there is more than one way to pronounce a word - for example, "read" sounds different in the past: "I read this book yesterday" to the way it sounds in the future: "I will read this book tomorrow". In this case you can hit the "Alternate" button to switch between the different pronunciations and choose the right one.

You can also choose from the word lists we've prepared already in the drop-down menu.

When you have finished adding words, choose an activity from one of the green buttons.
The spelling list will appear for the students. They should read it carefully and, when ready, start the activity.

When finished, the students will have the option to restart the activity or to exit to the main menu. In most cases, they will also get the option to repeat the activity with only the words they had trouble with.

Happy learning!

Comments & Feedback

Do you have a word you would like to add to those already recorded?
Teachers and parents are welcome to send their word requests to my email at [email protected] and I'll be happy to work on it. You can also contact me with questions, comments and suggestions.

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Free Online Spelling Training & Games for Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Fun interactive spelling games for kids in early elementary years (grades 1, 2, 3 and 4). Type, listen and learn English - preparing to your spelling test can be as simple as that! A free online website.

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Science facts and experiments

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Revision of tables in different formats

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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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Learn the other times tables as well:

Practice your tables against the clock

This is where you can practice your tables against the clock. Select the tables you want to practice. You can practice the tables against the clock separately, a few at a time or all at the same time. You get 10 seconds for each question. The idea is that you give your answers as quickly as possible. In Speed Test X you are awarded 10 points for each correct answer and a point for each second that is left. The most important thing is that you answer the question within the time allowed, because that is how you score most points. The quicker you answer, the more points you score. If you select all tables for this test you will be asked 65 questions. Good luck practicing!

Knowing the tables is an important numeracy skill.

Recently a lot of attention has been given to improving basic numeracy skills which are important to the pupil's future educational progress. For instance, in early school years a lot of attention is devoted to the tables, but the skills learned are needed later on in mathematics. Automation is therefore one of the core objectives of primary education and routine practice of calculations is an important part of being able to do more complicated sums later on in school. This speed calculation test is designed to aid automation of the tables.

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Practice all tables here with the Speed Test X. Practice your times tables against the clock online at Timestables.com.

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Daily 10 - Mental Maths Challenge - Topmarks

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Daily 10 is a primary maths resource for Years 1 to 6 covering addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, ordering, partitioning, digit values and more.

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Times tables test...just select the times tables you want to be assessed on

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Teaching Clock is an open-ended teaching resource to help children explore telling the time in both analogue and digital formats.

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Teaching Clock is an open-ended teaching resource to help primary age children explore telling the time in both analogue and digital formats.

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Games to help with phonics and spellings in Irish

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Read the time on an analogue clock. Lots of choice over levels, including: reading time to the nearest hour, half hour, quarter hour, five minutes or minute.

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Read the time on an analogue clock. Lots of choice over levels, including: reading time to the nearest hour, half hour, quarter hour, five minutes or minute. Options include using a 24 hour clock and seeing how many correct answers you can get in a given time.

This new version will work on any tablet or computer.
For more measuring and time resources click here.
Scan to open this game on a mobile device. Right-click to copy and paste it onto a homework sheet.

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Using a ruler online to measure objects in cm

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QR CODE

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A measuring game for children aged 5 to 9 years of age. This game provides a useful introduction for children learning to use a ruler. It works well on an interactive whiteboard so that teachers can demonstrate the positioning of objects at the beginning of the scale rather than the end of the ruler.

There are two levels; one with whole numbers of centimetres and the second with mixed examples involving whole numbers and halves. The game also provides a good introduction to reading scales.

AGE

5-9 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Measures

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A measuring game where children need to measure objects against a cm ruler. Suitable for 5 to 7 year olds.

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ICT GAMES

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Welcome to ictgames. Here you'll find free to play educational games aimed at children between 5 and 8 years old; written by a UK teacher with 20 years experience. The games are linked to the UK KS 1 and 2 curricula. Here are some help videos to get you started.

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Free educational games aimed at children between 5 and 8 years old. Made by a UK teacher with 20 years of experience in education.

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Inspire innovation and creativity with STEAM projects catered for your kid!

STEAM Projects You Can Do Today

Water is usually loaded with particles and impurities, which enables ice to form. But purified water isn't. This allows purified water to reach way colder temperature before solidifying.

If you leave an unopened bottle of purified water in the freezer for two to three hours, the bottle will be way colder than the freezing point of regular water. When you pour that super-chilled water onto a block of ice, it latches onto the ice's impurities and freezes instantly!

Create your very own balloon powered rockets and see how far they can travel. Experiment with different balloon shapes and sizes to experiment with the travel speed. You can even add some cargo for your balloon rocket, and see how that impacts the journey!

Learn more: Balloon Rocket

Explore the Periodic Table of Elements through a fun game! Just print out a couple Periodic Tables, follow the instructions in this awesome article, and brush up on your chemistry!

Learn more: Periodic Table Battleship

Make a complex machine with as many pulleys, levels, and rolling objects as possible! Making a Rube Goldberg machine takes patience, but also gives a chance to stretch your creativity!

Learn more: How to Make a Rube Goldberg machine

Challenge your kids to build their own version of this rubber band race car and then let them spend an afternoon hosting their own races!

Learn more: DIY Rubber Band Racer

Discover how music creates vibrations you can see using salt and a portable speaker! Then try experimenting with different genres of music to see which ones make the salt dance more.

Learn more: Dancing Salt

Have some creative fun with your own undersea collection, made from baking soda dough. Add details and texture to your creations to bring them to life. Share them as gifts or display them in your room as keepsakes!

Learn more: Baking Soda Ocean Art

Have you ever grown your own crystal geodes? Try this egg experiment and grow your very own borax crystals in a shell! Experiment with different borax concentrations and see how big your crystals can grow.

Using only recycled materials, these birdhouses are perfect for decorating a room!

Learn more: Recycled Birdhouse Crafts

A squirt gun is a great example of what happens when you apply pressure to a liquid. In this quick, fun experiment, learn how to make your own miniature water squirter using just two cups, a straw, and some clay!

Learn more: Water Squirter

Not only is this tiny bow and arrow project adorable, but it can also be made with everyday household items! Just follow this quick guide and unleash the Q-tips for target practice.

Learn more: Q-tip Bow & Arrow

Create a personal bookmark to make reading even more fun! This project is both fun and practical, and can be accomplished with upcycled materials.

Learn more: 25 Creative DIY Bookmark Ideas

Add some fun to the world around you with some gigantic googly eyes! All it takes is paper plates, a sharpie, and a bit of imagination.

Learn more: Googly Eye Walk

Pop-up cards are a great twist on the ordinary greeting card. All it takes is some decorative paper and a few strategic cuts to create something truly special!

Learn more: Make Your Own Pop-up Cards

Is your slime feeling mucky and dense? Could your slime use a little pep in its step? Try mixing together this special concoction of household goods and make fluffy slime! In the process, learn about polymers and the science behind slime!

Learn more: Fluffy Slime

This demonstration of a penny spinner - which bears remarkable resemblance to a particle accelerator - aka, an " atom smasher" - is fun for everyone. All you need is a clear balloon and a coin!

Learn more: Balloon Penny Coin Spinner

Curious about how your heart pumps blood? Create a model to learn about the right atrium and the ventricle!

Learn more: Pumping Heart

Want to make an epic paper dinosaur? This tutorial will take you on a origami adventure to the Jurassic!

Learn more: 10 Origami Ideas for Beginners

Finger knitting is an awesome, handy skill which produces some beautiful & practical results. All you will need is some wool, your fingers and a pair of scissors!

Learn more: 20 Gorgeous Finger Knitting Projects

Some of the world's most exciting museums have brought their knowledge online, and now offer virtual tours. View museums around the world from the comfort of your home!

Learn more: 12 Museums That You Can Visit Virtually

Baking bread can be intimidating, but if you follow these simple steps you'll soon be enjoying some fantastic, fresh loaves! In the process, you'll learn about how yeast works and explore the chemistry of baking!

Learn more: Learn How to Bake Bread

These tin lanterns are easy, kid-friendly, and can be built with items from around the house. If you're feeling creative, you can even experiment with different light designs!

Learn more: Build a Tin Lantern

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Put your physics, aerodynamics, and construction skills to the test with this fun group activity! Create your own contest, follow these rules (or make your own!), and hope that the wind is at your back!

Learn more: Official Paper Airplane Contest Guide

Have you ever noticed how plants grow toward the light? Build this simple light maze, and watch the plant grow around the obstacles to reach the light! Try experimenting with different mazes and see how the plant reacts. Can your plant complete its maze?

Learn more: Plant Light Maze

There's nothing sweeter than fuzzy little animals... even sweeter when they're made by hand! These pom pom bunnies give plenty of room for creativity and the result is guaranteed to be incredibly cute!

Learn more: Pom Pom Bunnies

Have you ever seen hot air rise? In this project, explore the physics behind thermal air currents (hot air rising) by harnessing them to power your own spinning flower! Note that this project uses fire and paper, and should only be attempted with adult supervision. Happy spinning!

Learn more: Thermal Powered Flower

Invent a secret code and write messages! See if your friends or family can break your code, and try to break theirs. Can you decode their hidden messages?

Learn more: How to Create Secret Codes & Ciphers

Learn how to water your plants with just string and a Ziplock bag! In this project, you'll run a string from the bag of water directly into the soil, where the plant roots will soak up the water. You'll need to use a low container to make sure the bag rests gently on the ground. Then your plants will have a steady supply of water to keep them green and growing!

Learn more: Self Watering Planter

Learn about helicopters by making a rubber band powered flying toy! The two propellers on your rubber band helicopter are able to fly thanks to the same principles that keep real helicopters aloft. The angled blades of the propellers act like fans when they spin, pulling air from above and blowing the air downwards. This creates enough lift to counter the effect of gravity on the helicopter, pushing it higher and higher into the sky!

Learn more: Rubber Band Helicopter

When an egg drops from a second-story window, it picks up 32 feet/second of speed for every second it falls. By the time the egg reaches the ground, it's going at about 24 miles per hour. And then, suddenly, its speed drops to 0 miles per hour (usually along with a big SPLAT). How can you get an egg to drop without breaking it? Change the way it drops with this awesome egg drop experiment!

Learn more: Egg Drop Project

What do cranberries and chameleons have in common? They can both change color! Cranberries contain chemicals called anthocyanins, which change color depending on how acidic their surroundings are. (They are natural pH indicators!) Since cranberries are naturally acidic, they normally look red, but we can neutralize the acid to find the berry's true colors.

Learn more: Cranberry Chemistry

STEAM Projects Delivered to Your Door

Explore the science of thermochromism - with squishy slime that shifts color when it changes temperature!

Learn more: Color Changing Slime

Experiment with aim and angles by adjusting the weight in your trebuchet. Explore the science of levers and how they help machines harness the force of gravity and lift heavy weights. Ready, aim, and fire - with physics!

Check it out: Trebuchet

Scrub-a-dub-dub with a set of marbled soaps you made yourself!

Learn more: Handmade Soap

Get ready to blast off into the air with your very own bottle rocket. Assemble your launcher, rocket, funnel, and launch mixture to experience some extremely fizzy fun.

Learn more: Bottle Rocket

STEAM Subscriptions for Monthly Enrichment

Materials, instructions and education for STEM projects that will inspire your young innovator to think outside the box.

Learn more: Tinker Crate

From yarn to washi tape, this crate has everything you need to create amazing DIYs.

Learn more: Doodle Crate

Globally inspired projects and activities that explore world cultures and teach new STEAM concepts.

Things to Watch

Podcasts for Kids

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Activities for 9-11 Year Olds to Do at Home

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Learn how to touch type with the BBC Dance Mat Typing game. It’s a fun introduction to touch typing game for kids and covers levels 1, 2, 3, 4.

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Bring the magical world of Roald Dahl into your classroom with our educational resources.

We're always updating our lesson plans so you have some wondercrump new resources for your class, so check back regularly!

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Weather resources

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School Resources - Met Éireann - The Irish Meteorological Service

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Séideán Sí readers via padlet site from Máire Nic an Rí

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Taste Buds
Taste Buds is a resource that helps children aged 8 to 11 enjoy learning about the importance of a healthy, balanced diet. There are two sessions - Food for Life and Healthy Choices.
Food for Life

Food is the fuel children need to be strong and grow

The Food for Life session aims to help children make healthier choices by learning more about the different types of food their body needs to help them grow, learn and have fun.

Food for Life comprises of a lesson plan, information sheet, two worksheets, a class quiz, an interactive quiz and a poster.
Enter the Food for Life session
Healthy Choices

Foods from different food groups are required to achieve a balanced diet

The Healthy Choices session aims to help children understand that meals can have foods from different parts of the Food Pyramid. It aims to help them think about the different types of food they eat and how they can make healthier choices.

Healthy Choices comprises of a lesson plan, information sheet, drag and drop interactive game and a poster.
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Jolly Phonics-list 1 is available for study with 20 vocabulary, spelling, writing, learning activities and games on VocabularySpellingCity.com. The Jolly Phonics-List 1 word list was created by Lauren Barattacooper, Giant Steps, Lisle, IL.

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National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911

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Arts and crafts can be a fun activity to do together, but sometimes it can seem like a lot of extra materials go to waste. It doesn't have to be this way, though - hang on to your leftovers and transform them into something fun. Give these fun fabric scrap crafts for kids a try and see how creative you can be!
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Fabric scraps aren't all you're going to need for these crafts. For one, you'll also need a needle and thread. When teaching children to sew, it's a good idea to start with a thicker thread or needle to keep things simple.
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You'll also want to make sure to get the stuffing that some of these projects call for. You can find this at almost any craft store or online. In a pinch, however, stuffing from old pillows is also a great choice.

Crafting can be a special time for kids and nothing needs to go to waste. With these fabric scrap crafts, you'll be able to make the most of your supplies and keep your kids entertained and creative.

Fabric Scrap Crafts for Beginners

#1. Jellyfish
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To make your own jellyfish, like this one from A Few Shortcuts, you'll need two smaller scraps of fabric sewn together with stuffing added for the body. The body should look like a disk-shaped cushion.

From there, you can use extra ribbon and lace attached to the bottom of the body to create the tentacles. Finally, you can add a loop of string to the top so it can be hung up as decoration.

#2. Stitched Up Heart
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A small heart cushion is a great fabric craft, but using a plain colour can get rather boring. Instead, gather your fabric scraps together to create a patchwork heart.

To start, use the fabric pieces to create two hearts of the same size. Then, you can sew these together and add stuffing for shape. Large stitching can also add some character.
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#3. Monster Dolls

We love these! If your child is a fan of Tim Burton's movies, they may also be a fan of these monster dolls - and the best bit is that they are practically no-sew thanks to fabric glue! You'll find full instructions and step-by-step photos at Make Your Mark.

#4. Homemade Cards
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There are a lot of reasons to start making cards, such as holidays and birthdays. You can spice these cards up by creating designs on them out of your fabric scraps.

Cut out shapes, strips or letters to embellish your homemade cards, making them a great keepsake for the family members receiving them.
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#5. Fabric Letters

Speaking of adding personality, you can use scrap pieces of fabric to create letters. The easiest way to do this is to cut out the letters from materials like cardboard. From there, children can glue on pieces of fabric until it's completely covered. These can then be used to create messages or names on bedroom walls, and are a great way to add some inexpensive decor to your child's room.
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#6. Fabric Flowers

This craft looks fancy but really isn't difficult to pull off. To start, you'll want to create the main flower. This can be done by rolling and securing a piece of fabric. From there, you'll want to start folding other fabrics to create leaves. The more fabric you use, the bigger your bouquet will be!

#7. Paper Dolls with Crazy Hair
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This is one of the simplest fabric scrap crafts, making it ideal for younger kids.

First, cut a human shape from card stock or cardboard. Give your child some time to decorate it, drawing on a face and other details. Finally, pull out your fabric scraps to create hair. This can be straight lines of fabric or even bunched up fabric to create curly hair.
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#8. Patchwork Pillow Friends

Just like the heart project, you'll want to start these pillow friends by creating two mirror image copies of the same shape. On one side (the front), you can add touches such as pom-poms or buttons to create features like eyes. Before sewing them up completely, be sure to add plenty of stuffing to really bring your stuffed creature to life.
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#9. Doll Clothes

The body itself is mostly made from rolled up and folded fabric with no minute details such as faces. Then, extra fabric scraps can be used to create clothing for the dolls.
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#10. Hair Scrunchies

For children with long hair, any parent can tell you the more hair ties on hand, the better. You can elevate the look of plain hair ties by using extra fabric to add a bow, or make a full scrunchie like this one from The Spruce Crafts.

Are you a fan of fabric scrap crafts? Have you tried any of these? Leave a comment below and let us know - we'd love to hear from you!

Annabelle Carter Short is a writer/editor and seamstress of more than 7 years. When not working, Annabelle likes to make DIY and crafty projects in her free time with her children. You can read her blog at Wunderlabel Blog.

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For: Upper Primary and Secondary

A magic square is square grid with special arrangements of numbers in them.

Today's maths activity involves placing the first 9 counting numbers into a 3 x 3 grid so that each row, column, and diagonal add up to the same total.

This type of recreational maths is a lovely example of the beauty and wonder of numbers. Magic squares are both simple and yet subtly complex:

" A magic square is like a numerical mantra, an object of endless contemplation and a self-contained expression of order in a disordered world " wrote Alex Bellos in his fascinating book Alex's Adventures in Numberland - Dispatches from the wonderful world of mathematics.

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Below you will find a collection of free games. Most of the games have a print and google slides version and some of them have a web version as well. The links will take you to a post where you will find the instructions, the print files to download, and the google slides version to make a copy.
Tasks - multiplayer game - place value, number order, addition, subtraction

Ghost Chase - Addition, subtraction to 20 (+google slides version)

Chores!- A game to practice Addition, regrouping, and place value. (+google slides version)

Hive - Addition math game(+google slides version)

Around the World (+ google slides version)

Treasure Hunt- Mental math practice (+google slides version)

Zero Hero (Addition and subtraction)

The Black Hole! (now with a digital version)

Race to Rule

The Great Escape-Addition to 20 (print, google slides, and digital version)

Ghost Chase game - Positive and Negative integers (+google slides version)

Down the Drain! A subtraction game. (virtual version included)

Block it! Addition!

Racing Wheels

Addition to 10 card game

Activity Cards

Below you will find some of our most popular addition/subtraction activity cards. Free versions included.
Addition and subtraction with 100 grids and 100 chart

Math Puzzles

Build fluency with numbers 1-100. Missing numbers, puzzles, games, ideas - print and digital.

Digital Activities- Forming numbers, Quantities, Number Sense (google slides)

Halloween Digital Activities- Forming numbers, Quantities, Number Sense (google slides)

Halloween Activities-Addition/Subtraction, 2-digit numbers

Representing and Adding 2/3-digit numbers using Base 10 Blocks (printable and digital centers)

Decomposing numbers 11-20 using 10 Frames and Base 10 blocks (Printable task cards and digital slides)

Equivalence (addition and subtraction) - Printable and Digital Activity Cards

Multiplication Mission - arrays, properties, multiples, factors, division

Diving into Division -Teaching division conceptually

Introducing Fractions- misconceptions, print, and digital activity cards.

Multiplication (Building Arrays with Bricks)

Multiplication Facts Activity-cards (Google slides version included)

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The activities below are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for other purposes (such as for profit) unless explicit permission is granted.
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"Finish This Comic!" Comics

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Myths and Fantasy

Equipment: Bibs/Pinnies

Description: Students work individually to protect their dragon tail and try to take other students' tails. If they lose their tail they are out of the game.

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Equipment: Soft Dodgeballs

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The PE Myths and Fantasy section provides you with Physical Education resources which will help you to plan Topic based PE Myths and Fantasy Games. Each PE Game outlines what equipment is required, how to set the game up, how to play the game and how to differentiate the game. The resources are all free to download and can support your PE planning. Explore the PE Games below:

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The Dragon Nest is a PE Game focused on strategy and movement. To find out how to play this PE Game and for activity differentiation download now.

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Myths of Greece, Rome, ancient Norse legends, and stories from around the world.

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IXL offers online maths practice covering junior infants through sixth year maths and everything in between. Students will enjoy learning with IXL’s fun and interactive questions, including graphing, drag-and-drop, select-and-edit and more.

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Sharing in an app allows educators to pose problems and investigations for students by using an 8-character code or link. Students can share their thinking with their teachers and classmates. Share codes remain available for continued use for 18 months from the date they are last accessed.
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When the coronavirus pandemic quarantine period began in Spring/Summer 2020, I realised that lots of people were going to find themselves at home with their children for several weeks/months looking for things to do. So I decided to post a draw-along video every Tuesday and Thursday that parents could watch with their kids and, hopefully, make some nice pictures. They have proved very popular, garnering millions of views across the world. On 21 May 2020 we broke the Guinness World Record for the largest online art lesson when 45,611 households drew a whale with me. From September 2020 lockdown gradually began to ease and kids started going back to school, so I decided to move the #DrawWithRob video slot to Saturdays at 10am BST/GMT so that kids can join in with my Saturday Art Club. And then in August 2021 as life returned to (something like) normal, the videos began to be released slightly more sporadically. But I'm still going! Keep an eye on my social feeds or sign up to my newsletter here to find out when the next video will be released.

Here are all of the videos (scroll down the page). Feel free to watch and share them with anybody and everybody. I'd love to see the results, so please send me your pictures on social media using the hashtag #DrawWithRob. I am @RobBiddulph on Twitter, @rbiddulph on Instagram and robbiddulphauthor on Facebook.
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I'm delighted to say that DRAW WITH ROB is now an incredible activity book series (every page features perforated edges so you can easily tear out and display your art). The first book is a Sunday Times number one bestseller, the winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award 2020 and was shortlisted for Children's Illustrated/Non-fiction Book of The Year at the British Book Awards 2021. The second book, Draw With Rob at Christmas, is also a bestseller and was the WHSmith Book of the Month for November 2020. The third book, Draw With Rob: Build A Story, the fourth book, Draw With Rob: Monster Madness, the fifth book, Draw With Rob: Amazing Animals, and the sixth book, Draw With Rob at Halloween, are (guess what) bestsellers too! They are all available to order here.

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Is múinteoirí bunscoile a bhunaigh an gnó seo, Leighleat, agus iad ag iarraidh réimse leathan áiseanna digiteacha a chur ar fáil chun tacaíocht a thabhairt do lucht teagaisc agus do lucht foghlamtha na Gaeilge ag leibhéal na bunscoile.

Dá bhrí sin tá na riachtanais a bhaineann le hacmhainní i leith múineadh na Gaeilge ar eolas go rímhaith ag gach duine ar an bhfoireann. Chuige sin, bíonn ealaíontóirí agus ríomhchláraitheoirí den scoth ag obair go dian chun cláir nua-aimseartha, taitneamhacha a chur ar fáil.

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Fóram daonlathach na Gaeilge ó 1893 | The democratic forum for Irish speakers since 1893

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Perimeter and area are basic concepts in geometry. Yet, to master them, students need plenty of practice. Our free online interactive area and perimeter game is perfect for helping your students master these concepts.

Using the interactive area and perimeter game is intuitive and easy. Click and drag the colored blocks onto the grid to create rectangles or irregular shapes. The tool will automatically show students the totals of the perimeter and area in the upper left hand corner of shapes of the same color. Perimeter sums also appear along the edge of the shape. You can toggle these features on and off using the "Hide Totals" and "Hide Perimeter" buttons in the top right hand corner. If you create several shapes, you can click on them to show the perimeter and area of each one. Clear the grid using the trash can button.

Offer students a given perimeter or area and see how many different ways they can achieve those totals with the blocks.

Visit classplayground.com for more resources and printables related to perimeter and area. For more interactives on geometry visit mathmine.com..

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October 07, 2020

Grades 2,3,4

Arrays are a great way to introduce multiplication in grade 2 and 3. Playing with arrays will help students model multiplication as repeated addition and understand the properties of multiplication. It is very important that we help students visualize and understand multiplication early on so that we build a strong foundation to support the learning of division, fractions and so much more.

Students need to make connections that will help them gain automaticity with multiplication and division facts. These connections come through a deep understanding of the concept and the properties of multiplication.

When we start with multiplication we follow these steps

Multiplication as repeated addition (use arrays and area models so that the students will grasp the concept of multiplication)

Practice the commutative property of multiplication which says that it doesn't matter in what order you multiply numbers.

Practice the associative property of multiplication according to which the grouping of the numbers does not matter when multiplying a series of values together. For example(5×4)x2= 5x(4×2)

Practice the associative property of multiplication according to which the grouping of the numbers does not matter when multiplying a series of values together. For example(5×4)x2= 5x(4×2)

One of my favorite manipulatives when starting with multiplication and arrays is building bricks. They are a fun toy for the students and they allow them to create arrays, represent multiplication expressions, and understand the multiplication properties. I decided to create some printable and digital activity cards based on building bricks to help practice multiplication and its properties. Since many of us are teaching virtually I thought that some activity slides for students to build arrays with bricks would come in handy might even be a fun time for the students.

The printable activity cards can be used along with bricks. The digital ones allow students to drag and drop bricks of different sizes to build arrays and solve the problems.
There are multiple levels of activities.
The students can

start by building arrays based on given expressions.

solve problems after building arrays for the given expressions.

build different arrays for a number (starting with basic multiplication facts).

select the correct expressions for already built arrays. (multiplication properties)

complete the expressions for already build arrays (multiplication properties)

Write expressions for attached brick combinations. (problem solving)
How to use the printable and digital activity cards
The activity cards can be used as virtual manipulatives, for warm ups, practice, assessment, centers, homework, and more. My favorite way of using these cards is to initiate discussions and compare different ways/ arrays of representing a number and solving a multiplication problem.

Here are some samples to get an idea.
Digital Activities Printable Activity cards

Here is a free version of the activity cards (google slides).free google slides version The premium version includes 46 printable activity cards and 100 digital (google slides)

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Multiplication and its properties (Building Arrays with Bricks) Print and Digital

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At ESB Science Blast we are curious about how the world works. Across each episode of ESB Science Blast TV, join us as our presenters, Clara Murray and John Sharpson, along with our science expert Mark Langtry, investigate the science behind questions that we have previously received from schools

We want your class to be inspired by science and to see that science is everywhere!

In this episode we learn about the principles of flight. We visit the National Flight Centre and Dublin Airport where we talk to two pilots to find out the basic principles behind flight. John shows off his flying 'skills' and we get to see the flight desk of an Airbus. We also talk to our Special Guest Rollercoaster Engineer Korey Kiepert, designer of the Cú Chulainn rollercoaster at Tayto Park, about how rollercoasters are made and why you don't fall out of a rollercoaster when you go upside down.

Mark shows us some great small-scale experiments, demonstrating the principals of centripetal force and gravity, that you can easily carry out with your own class. His final experiment will take everything we have learned about gravity, friction and centripetal force and super-size it, which will leave John feeling very nervous!

Curriculum topics including force, gravity and friction are covered in this episode.

Curriculum strand: Energy and Forces Strand Unit: Forces

Curriculum strand: Environmental Awareness and Care Strand Unit: Science and the Environment

Our resources below (PDF) have additional information for you to go through these principals in more depth with your class, tips on how to carry out the experiments and tips to get your class asking their own questions for their own ESB Science Blast investigation. This episode is not to be missed!
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Toy Shop Money is a game for helping children understand UK money. 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 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 a £10 note.

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

AGE

4-11 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Money

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Coins game is a money game which introduces children to coinage in British, Australian, American and Euro currencies. The currency defaults to British, but can be changed by clicking on the flags. The game is designed for 4-10 year olds.

It has three game modes. The first activity, Sorting, helps children to recognise the different coins. The second, Ordering, involves arranging the coins from lowest to highest values. Thirdly, the Counting game has eight different ability levels where children count the amounts of money on a piggy bank. It can help to improve children's accuracy in counting money and it is useful for classroom money activities as a better alternative than plastic money. All three activities lend themselves well to use on an interactive whiteboard.

AGE

4-10 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Money

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Free sorting, ordering and counting games for 4 to 10 year olds. British, Australian, American and Euro currencies supported.

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Padlet by IsMuinteoirMé

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These free online fraction games can help you to learn how to recognise different fractions such as one quarter, one half, two thirds. There are games to help with recognising equivalence, such as one third = two sixths, how to cancel fractions down and to practise comparing and ordering fractions.

Click on any of the pictures below to start a times table game. Games will open in a new window:

Equivalent Fractions

Use the buttons to make the shape on the left match the shape on the right using a different, but equivalent, fraction. As well as the game there are also some useful fraction equivalence demonstrators at the same site. Mark Wedell.

Falling Numbers

In this game from Count On you practise finding a fraction of a number. You can play it as a two-player game or a single player can play against the computer.

Fraction Games from Amazon

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These free online fraction games can help you to learn how to recognise different fractions such as one quarter, one half, two thirds. There are games to help with recognising equivalence, such as one third = two sixths, how to cancel fractions down and to practise comparing and ordering fractions.

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Wordwall - Create better lessons quicker

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1. Rita has a book. ______ bought ______ last week., 2. I know the new students, but Tony doesn't know ______ yet..

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Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. You can also share your own word!

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Third class topics

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Welcome to IXL's 3rd class maths page. Practise maths online with unlimited questions in more than 200 third-class maths skills.

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Dance - Shoemaker's Dance - Demonstration

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Dance - Shoemaker's Dance - Demonstration