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The Language Learning Centre is an online resource for beginner EAL students. It is a collection of songs, videos, games and lessons to help build beginning English skills, in a fun and engaging way.

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The Language Learning Centre is an online resource for beginner EAL students. It is a collection of songs, videos, games and lessons to help build beginning English skills, in a fun and engaging way.

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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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British Council LearnEnglish Kids | Free online games, songs, stories and activities for children

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LearnEnglish Kids is brought to you by the British Council, the world's English teaching experts. We have lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children. For parents, we have articles on supporting children in learning English, videos on using English at home and information about English courses for your child.

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NASA has a great programme for teaching children about space.

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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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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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Classroom Meditation for All Ages: Yoga with Adriene

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Classroom Meditation for All Ages: Yoga with Adriene

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Barrier Games

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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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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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Stories read to children by astronauts in space

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Read by: Astronaut Kathleen "Kate" Rubins (PH.D.)

Run Time: 9:53 Minutes

Written by: LeVar Burton and Susan Schaefer Bernardo

Rosie Revere, Engineer

New book reading by Astronaut Kate Rubins
Written by Andrea Beaty

It's Story Time

Imagine astronauts reading stories from space to school children and families around the world, in an exciting new program that combines literature with science education.

New Reading!

The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm

Written by: LeVar Burton and Susan Schaefer Bernardo

When little Mica Mouse is scared by thunder booming outside her cozy home, Papa Mouse reaches for just the right story to comfort her. Hugging her close, he begins to read The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm. In this poetic book-within-a-book, a happy little rhinoceros is overwhelmed by a storm that sweeps away everything he loves.

In his first children's book, longtime Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton gives us an engaging resource to help children express their feelings and navigate through difficult experiences. The "Take a Deeper Look" page at the end of the book even provides discussion questions to facilitate a healing dialogue.

Live Reading to be Rescheduled
9-18-2020
Space exploration is hard and does not always go as planned! Unfortunately, we need to delay the LIVE reading and show. When NASA reschedules the event you'll see live updates here and on social media. Until then, enjoy all of our other readings & science videos on www.storytimefromspace.com

Please check back regularly for updates.

Join us for the first Story Time From Space LIVE reading from the International Space Station! Read along with astronaut Chris Cassidy as we follow the extreme adventures of Willow the Water Bear.

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Read by: Astronaut Kathleen "Kate" Rubins (PH.D.) Run Time: 9:53 Minutes Written by: LeVar Burton and Susan Schaefer Bernardo New book reading by Astronaut Kate Rubins Written by Andrea Beaty Imagine astronauts reading stories from space to school children and families around the world, in an exciting new program that combines literature with science education.

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Calming strategies

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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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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.

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

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Tá sé mar aidhm ag na gníomhaíochtaí idirghníomhacha seo tógáil ar an obair a rinneadh sa seomra ranga. Tá siad bunaithe ar shraith iomlán na leabhar léitheoireachta do na naíonáin bheaga. Díríonn siad ar aithint focal, ar thuiscint agus ar fhorbairt stór focal.

Leabhairíní na Naíonán Beag - ar fáil ag bun an leathanaigh sa roinn Áiseanna Breise Ranga.

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Relaxation and Self-Regulation Tools for Children | PDST

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A range of free, printable worksheets and activities which will keep children busy for hours! Browse now on Orchard Toys' official site.

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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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26 Irish Songs

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Irish Songs We Learned At School, Ar Ais Arís!

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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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Learn to Count up to 10 with Underwater Counting Maths Game

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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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Dogs Trust Education Team have been delivering workshops in schools and in the community since 2005. Educating children about responsible dog ownership and safety is an important part of what we do at Dogs Trust.
Music: https://www.bensound.com
By helping young people learn about the responsibilities and commitment involved in dog ownership we believe that we can reduce the number of dogs that are mistreated, straying and/or abandoned.

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

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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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Access to free resources during Covid19

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Library Services in Ireland | Libraries Ireland

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You can join the library online and get eBooks, audiobooks, online magazines and newspapers for free straight away, or even take language and other courses. Here's how!
Join online

To join the library online, fill out this form with your name, address, email and some other details.

Click, 'Submit' and you'll be taken to a new page that gives you a 'Temporary' library barcode.

This will be your library number and you need it to access online services so save it somewhere or write it down and keep it safe.

This page will also instruct you to 'set a PIN' and will give you a link to do that.

Once you've set your PIN and you have your library number, you're all ready to access all the online services.

If you are having trouble joining, you can contact your library by phone or email or you may find this FAQ on joining helpful

We've included short guides to getting and using these services below. These user guides and tutorials are also listed here.

How to use Borrowbox for eBooks and Audiobooks
You can download the Borrowbox app or find your library here to get directed to the web version.

Please review Borrow Box Terms and Conditions on Bolinda's website by clicking here.

Then you just:

choose your library from the dropdown menu;

enter your library number where it asks for your ID/Barcode; and,

enter your PIN where it asks for PIN/Password.

That's it, you're signed in and ready to browse and read!

You can read more in the BorrowBox User Guide
How to use Libby for online magazines
You can use the Libby app or access online at

You will have to register for a free account, with your library number and PIN. When you visit it will prompt you through the steps to sign up for Libby, including:

Indicating whether you have signed up for your local library yet or not

Selecting your local library service - you will be given three options for how to find your local library: transferring data from an already registered device, searching for your local library, or having Libby try to determine for itself

Enter your library card number

Entering your PIN

That's it, you're all set up!

You can read more at the following link:

Support queries can be made within the Libby App or via the web form here.
How to use PressReader for online newspapers
You can access PressReader at pressreader.com or by downloading the PressReader app for apple or android devices.

You will need to log in with your library number, here's how

Press 'sign in'

Select the 'Library and groups' option

A list of libraries will then open from which you can choose your library. Simply start typing your county or local authority areas and you should find it easily. Look out for the Libraries Ireland logo.

You will then be asked to enter your library card number.

That's it - you're now logged in and ready to read!

Your login grants you 30 days access initially. When this 30 days has expired a new period can be started simply by logging out and back in using the same method.

You can read more at the following links:

You can watch a video tutorial about how to use the PressReader app here.

For any support queries, please email pressreader@wfhowes.co.uk
How to use Transparent Languages for language learning
Transparent Languages can be accessed through RB Digital - see above to find out how to do that.

Once you're logged in to RB Digital, you'll see a link to Transparent Languages. Click that and you'll be taken to the service.

Read more in the Transparent Languages User Guide.

You can watch a video tutorial about how to use Transparent Language Online here.

For any support queries please email rbdigital@wfhowes.co.uk

How to use Universal Class for online courses

You can register for Universal Class at http://lgma.universalclass.com/register.htm

Enter your library card number in the field and click the Go button.

Complete the required fields on the registration page:

First Name; Last Name; Email address; Password and Age Check, (Over or under 16 years).

Click on the Continue button

You will then be shown the home screen for your Universal Class account and can start learning.

You can watch a video tutorial about how to access Universal Class online courses here.

For any support queries, please email universalclass@wfhowes.co.uk

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

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IXL Maths and English Practice - Junior Infants to Sixth Class and Beyond

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IXL Maths and English Practice - Junior Infants to Sixth Class and Beyond

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Testimonials

IXL is brilliant. I am using it for autistic secondary students who need literacy and numeracy support. I love the instant feedback, the huge library of questions available, and the teacher insights!

Tara, teacher

Dublin, Ireland

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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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When it comes to developing and strengthening fine motor skills, LEGO takes the cake! What an amazing way to promote the development of young hands and minds! We have spent many afternoons creating towers, cars, castles, school buildings and so many more LEGO activities. Your students will love this winter themed fine motor activity.

The Winter Fine Motor Mats with LEGO Bricks includes so many important skills! The set includes nine winter themed LEGO challenges. Each mat includes a picture to build, the picture word, a large letter to highlight the initial sound of the word, and spaces to count and record how many bricks built by color. Whew! That is a ton of preschool winter fine motor activities and skill practice.

Winter Fine Motor LEGO Activity

Regardless of what activity you use LEGO for, students will definitely work on their fine motor skills. For preschoolers, it's best to try to incorporate fine motor into as many winter activities as possible, including ABCs, numbers, and sight words!

Fine motor winter activities for preschool strengthen the muscles and dexterity of the hand, fingers and thumbs. These muscles are necessary for tasks such as eating, zipping, buttoning, and of course, writing. As children gain strength and dexterity, handwriting and scissor skills improve.

The LEGO winter printable activity also incorporates letters, beginning sounds, counting, and sorting. While all of these skills are being strengthened, children thing they are simply playing a game because they are using LEGO!

Materials Needed for Fine Motor Winter Activity for Preschool with LEGO

Paper | Laminating Sheets or Dry Erase Pockets | LEGO bricks | Dry Erase Marker or Crayons

How to Prep the Winter Fine Motor Activity for Preschoolers

Print and laminate the fine motor cards. Cut apart the individual fine motor mats.
Grab your LEGO bricks, dry erase writing utensils and let's go!

If you prefer not to laminate activities, our other favorite option is to use dry erase pockets. This allows the activities to be used over and over without using lamination process. You can still use these to write with dry erase markers or crayons. You can also set LEGO bricks or other counters on top as well.

I prefer laminating for activities that I know we will use over and over, like this one. I KNOW this is going to be a hit. Otherwise, I slide them into a dry erase pocket until we are ready to move on.

We used the LEGO Classic set. The newer sets have light bricks like pink and purple as well as the traditional colors. The colors that we use in this activity are: Brown, Dark and Light Blue, Pink, White, Red, Purple, Orange, Black, Yellow, and Grey.

PLEASE NOTE: There is a good chance that you will not have enough of some colors. (Especially the purple, brown and orange bricks.) This is a GREAT opportunity to help your kids use flexible thinking and find out ways to create the pictures with different colors, using multiple small bricks to make a larger brick.

We have a fairly large collection of bricks, including many LEGO Winter Village sets and we did not have enough purple.

You can always purchase individual colors from Amazon toy shop to fill in the ones that are missing from your LEGO sensory bin. I will be sharing several of these fine motor mats for LEGO bricks throughout the year, so it could be a good investment for future activities.

How To Play:

We have included nine winter themed fine motor mats total in both English and Spanish (woohoo!!). Each fine motor mat includes a winter themed picture (listed below), a big bubble letter, as well as lines to count the colors that appear.

Pictures included:

Snowflake- copo de nieve

Skate- patines de hielo

Snowman- muñeco de nieve

Mitten- mitón

School- escuela

Cocoa- cacao

Penguin- pingüino

Hat- gorro

Tree- árbol

Each page highlights the uppercase initial letter as well as the entire word. This is fantastic for letter recognition and beginning sounds. Students can use a dry erase marker or dry erase crayon to trace the letter.

Each page also has a space to record each brick color with a dry erase marker.

Finally, the main event. Each page has a winter themed picture with grids that are the size of the LEGO blocks. This provides a map for kids to use to create each picture with LEGO.

While I worked hard to try to make the picture grid the correct size, I know that every printer is a little bit different. It may work better to have the kids create the picture on a LEGO baseplate using the picture as a guide.

Please note: The base plate set linked below DOES include a clear baseplate. It is hard to see in the picture, but it is the baseplate under the white baseplate in the picture. This is the exact set that we used.

Just a fair warning.... there will be LEGO on the floor...next to the glitter and beaded snowflakes leftover from holiday season...

Additional Ideas:

To strengthen fine motor skills even more, put LEGO blocks in a big tray or bowl and use fine motor tweezers to pull specific colors, sizes or shapes.

Sort blocks by color, then count them and add up all of the numbers to find the total number of blocks.

Form the large letter with play dough and place it on top of the mat.

Increase the challenge by creating the picture with LEGO on the side of the fine motor mat instead of on top of it.

Create a Christmas tree with additional bricks as "ornaments."

Pair the Winter Fine Motor Mats for LEGO bricks with fun winter books for an easy math and literacy project!

Looking for more LEGO fun? Check out these amazing LEGO project books from my friend, Sara Dees, creator of Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls! We have all three books and my kids love them!
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