Let's Stay Connected - With Free Resources!
Use this time at home to learn new skills, have fun with your children, enjoy indoor activities, start reading, rediscover family board games, draw up a wish list of all the things you want to do when things return to normal. Cook together, have a family fitness hour at home, enjoy a family or solo sing along, dance in your kitchen together or solo, it’s still fun! Facetime friends and relatives. There are so many ways we can all pass this time, so we wanted to start to share with you some free resources that can help make your day that little bit easier. Today is for the children and families at home.
LET’S DISCOVER!
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School book publishers - Edco https://www.edco.ie/ Gill Education https://www.gillexplore.ie/ and CJ Fallon https://www.cjfallon.ie/ - online education resources for primary and secondary students available free of charge
https://www.twinkl.ie/resources/roi-resources
Created by teachers, ideal for home education, it has lots of games, stories, worksheets and is offering a free month’s subscription - offer code: IRLTWINKLHELPS
https://www.rte.ie/learn/
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0320/1124339-rte-to-launch-school-on-tv-teaching-initiative/
RTÉ has launched a broadcast for one hour of school on TV to support children and their parents at home from March 30th between 11am and 12pm, aimed at first to sixth class pupils. It will be available on catch-up on RTE Player and worksheets are available on
https://www.storyberries.com/
This is a free, online collection of easy-to-read illustrated stories, comics and poems for kids.
GAEILGE!
https://www.cula4.com/en/
A free app from TG4 aimed at two groups: Cúla4 na nÓg for under-sixes and Cúla4 for older children.
https://www.duolingo.com/enroll/ga/en/Learn-Irish
Start to learn Irish for free
The Department of Education and Skills (DES) official portal for free Irish education
TIME FOR FUN!
https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/
Catch a glimpse of the giraffes, zebras and rhinos on the African Savanna, get a birds-eye view of the penguins or watch the wondrous herd of Asian elephants bathe and chomp on their lunch!
https://kahoot.com/
With a free Kahoot account, you can get access to millions of ready-to-play games on any topic, in different languages, for children of all ages.
https://moli.ie/category/bright-sparks-creative-bursts/
Award-winning children’s writer Sarah Webb shares activities to do at home with your children supported by the Museum of Literature Ireland.
https://www.oliverjeffers.com/
Enjoy reading time with Irish author Oliver Jeffers for free, check out his website for times and dates.
REVISION TIME!
https://dublinacademy.ie/
Free trial grind classes
Free study resources for a month due to the school closures.
https://studynotes.ie/
Students and teachers use this free platform to share their notes.
