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Author: Sinead Mulreany

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Dear parents/guardian,

I hope this letter finds you all safe and well in these uncertain and daunting times.

As a teacher and a parent, I appreciate the difficulties you may be experiencing trying to maintain structure and routine for your children throughout the day.  We will organise some homework weekly plans which will be posted on our school website from next week, Monday 30th of March, to help you and there are lots of ideas and resources on  www.crossreaghns.com  as per the Department of Education & Skills guidelines.  I am asking you all, not to overload your children with written work and please do not allow these lessons to become a source of stress to either you or your child. Use the plans we will provided as a guide but if you would prefer to choose an online resource or a different activity, feel free to do so. If you are unable to access these, let me know at office@crossreaghns.com or crossns4@gmail.com  and I will have them posted to you.

There has been no return date to school, stated by the Department of Education and Skills and we are unsure of how long the current situation will continue.

Thank you all for your cooperation and should you have any questions over the content of work, please contact the teachers directly on the emails set up to assist you.

Class Email
Junior & Senior Infants Olivia.hynds@crossreaghns.com or darina.sheridan@crossreaghns.com
1st & 2nd Class Lorraine.kelly@crossreaghns.com
3rd & 4th Sinead.mulreany@crossreaghns.com
5th & 6th Margaret.Towell@crossreaghns.com

 

Please note that we may be obliged to share your contact details with the HSE for the possible purpose of tracing contact should the need arise.

Thanks again for your understanding in these unprecedented times. Stay safe and well.

Kind regards,

Sinéad Mulreany

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Activities for Infants

Dear parents,

During these unusual times, it is important to try to maintain a routine in your children’s lives. To help keep your children stimulated, here are a few ideas to nurture and engage their interest.

Maths

  • Learn some action and number rhymes such as

-Five Currant buns,

-10 green bottles,

-10 in the bed.

  • Using chalk mark out a game of hopscotch outside.
  • Again using chalk draw pictures, write letters and numbers outside.
  • Sort different objects in the house according to size, colour, texture
  • Play games such as ‘The odd one out’ Name three items to you child and ask them to identify the odd one out e.g. table, chair, jumper
  • Play snakes and ladders.
  • Make number cards 1 – 5 and ask your children to sort them in order starting with the biggest and then again starting with the smallest.
  • Match the correct number of items to a number card e.g. lay two lego bricks beside the number 2 etc.
  • Go on a shape walk around your house, looking for circles, triangles, rectangles and squares.
  • Shape pictures – Cut out some rectangles, squares, circles and triangles and ask your child to make a picture using the shapes.
  • Counting with your child.
  • Asking questions such as, what number comes after 4, what number comes before 3 etc..
  • - Adding numbers - e,g If I had 2 bananas and I bought 1 more, how many would I have altogether.
  • Subtracting numbers- If I had 5 sweets and gave 2 to my friend, how many would I have left.
  • Making towers with lego, and then asking your child to make one that is taller or shorter.

 

 

 

English

  • Read to your child.
  • Listen to your child read.
  • Read a story together taking turns in reading the pages.
  • After reading the story ask the children questions about the story.
  • Children could make their own book.
  • Junior Infants could make a picture book and then tell you the story.

 

  • Action songs and rhymes such as

-Head shoulders knees and toes,

-Old Mc Donald had a farm

-The Wheels on the bus.

  • Senior Infants - Write their daily news.
  • Write a letter to a friend, grandparents or another family member.
  • - Junior Infants - Draw a picture of the weather
  • Draw a picture for a family member or friend.
  • Jigsaw building.
  • Using play doh ask the children to make the letters of their name.
  • Make home made play doh – (I cup of floor, half a cup of salt and gradually add a half a cup of water).
  • Play I spy….
  • Name me 5 items beginning with the letter p….etc
  • Make letter cards a – z and ask the children to make words with the cards.
  • Role Play – set up a shop, clothes shop or toy shop

 

 

 

 

Helpful Educational Websites:

 

 

 

 

Other Online Resources:

  • Brain pop
  • Curiosity Stream
  • Tynker
  • Outschool
  • Udemy
  • Iready
  • Beast Academy
  • Khan Academy
  • Creative Bug
  • Discovery Education

 

Educational You Tube Channels:

  • Crash Course Kids
  • Science Channel
  • SciShow Kids
  • National Geographic Kids
  • Free School
  • Brain Scoop
  • SciShow
  • Kids phonics
  • Kids Learning Tube
  • Geek Gurl Diaries
  • Mike Likes Science
  • Science Max
  • Soul Pancake

 

 

PE & Keeping Active:

 

 

 

 

MUSIC

  • Listen to and learn a song of your choice
  • Listen to some pieces from a famous composer
  • Have fun with ‘Sing King Karaoke’ on you tube
  • Make your own instrument using a jar and beans or lentils. Decorate with paper & ribbons
  • Create your own tune using body percussion

 

 

 

 

ART [see www.pintrest.com  for ideas]

  • Please use your imagination and range of skills to draw, paint, construct the following using your chosen materials. 

People

  • A picture of yourself
  • Depict yourself as a superhero.
  • A picture of your family
  • Making hand and feet prints with paint.

Landscape/Perspective

  • A view out of a window.
  • The clouds.

 

Imagination

  • Choose an object and give it a face.
  • Create an alternate cover to your favourite book or album.
  • Create a scene from your favourite song.
  • Create a scene or character from your favourite book.
  • Illustrate your favourite fairy-tale.
  • Invent your own insects.