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Home School Hub is breaking through the dark days, like a ray of sunshine and, dare we say it...is there a bit of a stretch in the evenings already?!

So, make sure to tune in every weekday from 10am on RTÉ2 to join the class wherever you are. For students, parents and teachers this is where the lessons will be posted and the new activity sheets will be added as the week goes on.

There's some great special guests all week too! We started on Monday with Dubs legend Lyndsey Davey. We know she can take the heat in Croke Park because she is a fire fighter!

And, Magician Aidan McCann is also here with his sister Molly to show us a few tricks! They will be in again on Thursday and Friday too!!
CHECK OUT THE FULL GUEST LIST FOR THE WEEK HERE! We want you to check in here and share your learning with us! So, let's see what's in store...Monday, 8 February
NEW Home School Hub 10am
Múinteoir Ray will be teaching us how to write a postcard in today's English class.
English - Postcards

We'll be exploring the heart in science class with Múinteoir John.
Science - The Heart

And in Múinteoir Clíona's music class we'll be making music using a balloon, glasses and some bottles.
Music

Múinteoir Emer will be telling us why breakfast is so important in the first exercise class of the week.
Catch up on the full show on RTÉ Player here!
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Bhíomar ag caint, ag éisteacht, ag léamh agus ag scríobh chéile faoi caitheamh aimsire le Múinteoir Ray.
Gaeilge
Tuesday, 9 February
NEW Home School Hub 10am
Beidh Síofra an Sioráf agus Liam an Laoch ag imirt le bréagán le Múinteoir Ray i rang Gaelige.
Gaeilge

Oh NO he isn't! Múinteoir John is teaching us all about the pantomime in this history and drama class.
Drama - The Panto

And in Múinteoir Clíona's art class, we'll be learning how to recreate famous skyscrapers in our own window's.
Art - From my window

We're back in the Hub Lab with Phil of Science today, experimenting with 3D printing and Múinteoir Emer will be getting our heart rate racing with another Exercise with Emer.
Catch up on Tuesday's show here on the RTÉ Player
And in English class with Múinteoir Clíona, we'll be studying poetry and learn how it can be used to evoke different types of imagery.
English - Imagery
Wednesday, 10 February
NEW Home School Hub 10am
Múinteoir Ray is teaching how to write our own Sea Shanties in a really fun music class. We want to hear your own versions too!
Music - Sea shanties

In English class with Múinteoir John we'll be learning all about adjectives.
English - Adjectives

Múinteoir Clíona will be introducing us to the life of the Irish historical figure, Grace Gifford.
History - Important Irish women

PLUS we'll be finding out why stretching is so important in today's Exercise with Emer.
You can watch the full show on the RTÉ Player!

Aidan and Molly McCann have some tricks up their sleeves!

Thursday, 11 February
NEW Home School Hub 10am
We'll be learning all about the engineering that goes into bridges in today's science class with Múinteoir Ray.
Science - Bridges

It's all about the 'bear necessities' with Múinteoir John in today's Jungle Art class.
Art

Agus beimid ag foghlaim agus ag canadh faoi éiníní le Múinteoir Clíona i rang Gaeilge an lae inniú.
Gaeilge

Dr Niamh Shaw will be telling us all about Gravity in today's Space Hub and Múinteoir Emer will be talking about eating the alphabet in Exercise with Emer.

AND Múinteoir Clíóna teaches us about mapping our homes and furniture in Irish.
Gaeilge
Friday, 12 February
NEW Home School Hub 10am
We'll be learning all about trees in today's history class with Múinteoir Ray.
History - Trees

With Pancake Tuesday just around the corner, Múinteoir John has a themed maths class for us today on capacity.
Maths - Capacity

Múinteoir Clíona will busting a move with a PE class with a twist!
PE - Choreography

And we'll be using our senses with Múinteoir Emer in today's exercise class.
Click on this link to watch the full show from Thursday here on RTÉ Player!
As part of Home School Hub Movie Week, we learn about different types of movies with Múinteoir John.
English - Movies
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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.

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Spring is finally here! Yay!!!

In my house, that means more outdoor time (lots of walks and fresh air) and lots of making art with beautiful bright colours to shake off those winter blues and freshen up our indoor space.

Today, I've gathered up a whole bunch of my favourite open-ended Spring art projects for kids. Even just looking at these gorgeous colourful projects will get you feeling Spring-y!

Why Open-Ended Art?

Before I share the projects, I wanted to explain why I've chosen to gather up open-ended art projects, instead of the usual Spring craft round-up.

To me, art is all about expression, joy, and relaxation. All things that kids today need more of (not to mention adults!).

Making art nourishes the creative soul and uplifts the spirit. I often think that in our busy culture, we don't make enough time for our kids to create true art.

While crafts can be fun to make too, and the end products are cute - the makers don't get a chance to stretch their creativity or participate in the decision-making or expressive and emotional process that art taps into.

And so, without further adieu - here are my favourite Spring art projects - grouped into the four categories of Collage, Painting and Dyeing, Sculptural, and Drawing. Enjoy!

Collage Spring Art

The great thing about collage is it's so accessible to kids of all ages - especially if you provide the materials and the glue and let their imaginations stretch!

Collage Flowers | Art Bar

Kite Collage | Mary Making

Vibrant CD Wind Spinners | Happy Hooligans

Upcycled Spring Suncatchers | One Time Through

Tissue Paper Stained Glass Flowers | Fun-A-Day

Seedy Art | One Time Through

Tissue Transfer Art | It's Always Autumn

Nature Tie Dye Fabric Art | The Pinterested Parent

Seed and Flower Mandalas | One Time Through
Spring Fling Tissue Collage
Painted and Dyed Spring Art

Check out these fun spring twists on the usual paint, brush, and paper painting project. Sometimes, it's just a change of canvas size, shape, or texture that makes the painting extra special!

Watercolor Flowers | Meri Cherry

Ish Inspired Crumpled Paper Art | Buggy & Buddy

Bubble Painting | Childhood 101

Silhouette Artwork | The DIY Village

Paper Plate Flowers | Pink Stripey Socks

Tye Dye Flowers | I Can Teach My Child

Sculptural Spring Art

According to Google, sculpture is "the art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms..."

Although a few of these projects don't involve the typical Spring symbols, the colours and styles of sculpture make them perfectly abstract representations of growth, renewal, and life!

Paper Sculptures | Art Actually

Spring Art (Literally!) | One Time Through

Pine Cone Art | Crafty Morning

Crazy Pasta Sculptures | Hello, Wonderful

Garden Washer Wind Chimes | One Time Through

Spring Drawing Projects

These fun drawing projects will get your kids thinking outside of the box (and colouring book!) when it comes to markers, pencils and crayons.

Picasso Cubism Art | The Pinterested Parent

Draw a Flower Garden | Krokotak

Glue-Drawn Pastel Mandala Art | Mommy Labs

Which project idea is your favourite? Leave a comment below and let me know!
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If you live in England, your child will learn to read using phonics. Their school is very likely to use either the Letters and Sounds phonics framework or the Read Write Inc. programme. Check with your school if you're not sure which one they use.

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If your child is using Letters and Sounds, you can find this list of eBooks by Letters and Sounds Phases useful. Bear in mind the following:

If you don't know your child's Phase, you can check with your school. As a guide, most Reception children will be on Phases 1-4 and most Year 1 children will be on Phases 4-5. Beyond Phase 5, your child will be able to decode most books.

In Letters and Sounds, there are 'sets' within the Phases - so your child might not know all the sounds in every book within their Phase.

Some series contain occasional 'tricky words' that your child can't decode using phonics. Use the inside front cover notes to teach your child these words before they start the book.

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Hands-On Math Goes Digital In and Beyond the Classroom!

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From Number Lines to Base Ten, Pattern Blocks to Place Value, Disks our collection of free Virtual Manipulatives gives educators and families access to visual and hands-on digital resources that lead to understanding. Students can use these resources in class and at home to practice math concepts, reinforce their growing math understanding, technology they love in the process.

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Robot Addition is a multiple choice addition game for 5 to 7 year olds. It has three game modes: Addition to 10, Addition to 15 and Addition to 20. Each of the modes can be played with or without the support of a corresponding number line.

Children drag and drop the robots with questions onto robot placeholders featuring the correct answers. The game can be replayed many times as the questions are presented randomly. The game lends itself well to being played on an interactive whiteboard.

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Whether you're the parent of a budding actor, or a drama enthusiast hoping to ignite a stage spark in your child, there are plenty of cool acting games you can play at home! Acting games are used in many top drama classes and workshops because they're really handy for developing key acting and performance skills in a fun way. Another cool thing about acting games is that they cost nothing but time and creativity, yet yield educational and personal development as well as hours of precious family fun time!

Here's a list of our favorite acting games to play with young aspiring stars. Ideally, these games should be played in a group of three or more, but there are a few you can try in pairs if it's just you and your little actor. Break a leg!

Warming Up
1) Tongue Twisters
Getting warmed up is essential for any drama lesson and good performance. Many drama teachers introduce tongue-twisting acting games to kids of all ages to help them focus on articulation. A great way to start is by asking your kids to scrunch up their faces and make them as small as possible for a couple of seconds. Then, get them to stretch their expressions to make them as wide as they can go. After a quick nose wiggle, you're all set to twist those tongues! Here are a few tongue-twisting favorites to try:

Unique New York. Unique New York.

Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

Red lorry, yellow lorry. Red lorry, yellow lorry.

She sells seashells on the seashore.

Kitten in the kitchen.

Ideally you should start by saying the tongue twisters slowly together. Once the confidence is up you can ask your child to say it on their own. While doing so you should also encourage your little one to use their stage voice, not a normal voice - meaning, their voice should carry across the room. Depending on the age of your kids, you could take this up a level by assigning an emotion to each tongue twister; for example, you could try angry ones, happy ones, sad ones, and so on. Or even better, as a challenge, you can try to gradually increase the emotion per turn (this works well even if it's just two players).

Building Ensembles and Trust
2) One-Word Story
This is a great game to help with focus and teamwork. While facing each other or seated in a circle, the first player says a single word to begin the story. Progressing through the circle, the person on the left of Player One says the next word, and so on. The aim is to tell a comprehensive story through only one word exchanges.
3) Walking Blind
As the name says, this game is all about walking blindly in pairs to build trust and encourage players to be more comfortable with each other. This game must be played in silence as the first player is asked to close their eyes. Player Two must then guide Player One around the room by only holding their hand or shoulder. This continues for about two minutes, with the couple wandering around in silence - then of course you can switch roles. The aim of the game is for the blind player to be more trusting, and the leading player to create a safe environment. At the end of this game it's great for all players to reflect and chat about how their partner made them feel safe, and how they made their partners feel safe.

Breaking Out
4) Exaggeration Circle
There are many acting games that are designed to help even the shyest of little actors break out of their shells within a few moments. One of our favorites is the Exaggeration Circle. In this game, players can stand in a circle or facing each other. The goal of the game is to gradually dramatize Player One's gesture. Player One can start small, such as with a little finger pointing. Then, Player Two can make it bolder, with Player Three even adding a shout to the pointing, and so on. Obviously this can be rotated if you're playing it with a smaller group. The thing to remember is that all players must maintain the integrity of the initial gesture. We find this game to be a handy start to larger themes for character development later on.

Increasing Focus
5) Mirror
Actors need to be aware of their bodies and be able to convey a message through the slightest body movements. This game is a cool activity that can help with movements as well as general team building. You can play this one in pairs with players standing opposite each other. Player One begins by being the person looking into a pretend mirror, with Player Two acting as the reflection. During the game, Player One should move very slowly and Player Two must mirror every movement, including facial expressions. You can take this game up a notch after a while by nominating no leader or follower - just slow mirroring.

Exploring Creativity
6) On the Spot
Creative juices must have constant flow on stage! This fun acting game is fantastic for stretching the imagination and increasing spontaneity. To begin, create an imaginary stage and get players to step forward one at a time. Explain that one person will be in charge of picking a theme or topic, then the remaining players will need to perform something that fits in into that theme - it can be really simple, like a sound, or a pose, or a motion - anything that links to the theme. Try to encourage out-of-the-box interpretations of common themes.

We hope that you've found our list handy and we trust that it will give you hours of family fun while learning new skills! If learning how to act is something you or your child is interested in exploring further, enrolling in private acting lessons can make a big difference. Working with an acting coach creates the perfect environment to enhance acting strengths and improve weaker areas of performance - all in a very safe space. Give it a try, and remember - have fun with it!
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