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Web Links

Seomra Ranga 

Seomra Ranga was created by a Dublin primary school teacher in 2007 and features a range of free activities and resources, such as flashcards, poetry books, and educational bingo games.

www.seomraranga.com

Khan Academy

Khan Academy is an international website that is highly recommended by many teachers and parents. Courses are broken up into multiple subjects and classes, helping you to create a personalised educational course for your child.

www.khanacademy.org

Education.com

Education.com’s Learning Library contains a plethora of fun worksheets for primary level children, such as word searches, colouring books and writing exercises.

www.education.com/resources

RTÉ Learn

RTÉ Learn contains tonnes of different activities for children as well as access to episodes of last year’s Home School Hub.

www.rte.ie/learn

Maths

Top Marks 

Top Marks splits activities into age groups and levels ranging from the ‘Teddy Numbers’ game that helps toddlers learn to count to two-minute subtraction challenges for older children.

www.topmarks.co.uk

Tablestest.com 

Help your children learn their times tables by testing them on tablestest.com 

www.tablestest.com

Prodigy.com 

Kids can play the Prodigy maths game for free on prodigy.com to help them learn equations in a fun and interactive way.

www.prodigygame.com

SESE

(History, Geography and Science)

National Geographic Kids

You can find interactive games, videos, and fact sheets about everything from animals to the world’s wonders and climate change on National Geographic’s dedicated kids’ website.

kids.nationalgeographic.com

BBC Teach 

BBC Teach provides educational videos for children on topics ranging from nature to drama but teachers particularly like the website for its historical content.

www.bbc.co.uk/teach

Virtual exhibitions

Take your child on a virtual field trip with the National Museum of Ireland and London Zoo’s free online exhibits.

NASA STEM Engagement

NASA has created a website dedicated to teaching children about science, technology, and space with tons of content for every age.

www.nasa.gov/stem

Frugal Fun

Frugal Fun was created by an American mom who has been homeschooling her five children since long before Covid hit. Check out her Lego activities and STEM content for fun educational games.

www.frugalfun4boys.com

Ask About Ireland

Learn everything you need to know about Irish history and geography from Ask About Irelands’ learning zone. Content is filtered by class and subjects.

www.askaboutireland.ie

Irish

Séideán Sí   

Teachers love the Séideán Sí website for extra Irish vocabulary lessons for kids. You can choose your dialect and child’s class to find specific games and activities. 

www.seideansi.ie

Cúla 4 ar Scoil 

The programmes follow a specific theme for each series of lessons. Each lesson has specific educational outcomes, and are presented in an engaging and entertaining style,” the spokesperson says. “In particular Cúla 4 ar Scoil offers an opportunity to hear a rich range of Irish language dialects from various Gaeltacht areas.

www.cula4.com/en

Gaelige le Chéile 

Gaelige le Chéile was created with the aim of making learning Irish fun and its resources are a great way to make Irish a part of children’s daily lives during lockdown.

gaeilgelecheile.weebly.com

Music and Art

Songs in Irish 

Songs in Irish has over 600 Irish language songs in its online database with an English translation and Youtube link for each. Guitar chords are also provided for some songs.

www.songsinirish.com

Kidzbop 

Kidzbop’s Youtube page has hundreds of dance and singalong videos for children.

www.youtube.com

Cbeebies

Cbeebies provides a host of quick and easy craft activities for kids on its website.

global.cbeebies.com/make-and-colour

Kids Activities Blog

Kidsactivitesblog.com is a godsend for parents looking for child-friendly activities. Check out the 5-minute craft and drama activity sections of the website.

www.kidsactivitiesblog.com

Red Ted Art

Look no further than Red Ted Art for all of your art class needs for children.

www.redtedart.com

Beat by Beat Press 

Discover the world of musicals with Beat by Beat Press in an interactive way to help with drama and music teaching.

www.bbbpress.com

English

Collins Connect 

Access Collins’ reading resources and activities, no sign-up required, on the website’s school portal.

www.connect.collins.co.uk

Knoword 

Knoword has classroom vocabulary games and quizzes on its website to help enhance students’ knowledge.

www.playknoword.com

Handwriting Practice

You can find worksheets to help students learning to write on handwritingpractice.net.

Oxford Owl 

Oxford Owl has an extensive free e-book library as well as reading activities for all ages and phonics lessons available on its website.

home.oxfordowl.co.uk

Audible Stories 

For those who struggle to sit down and read a book, Amazon’s Audible platform has a library of free audiobooks of all genres and levels for kids available on its website and app.

www.stories.audible.com