Some useful websites and apps to use at home
English
http://www.starfall.com/
http://www.spinandspell.com/game.swf
http://www.ictgames.com/lcwc.html
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html
http://www.spellingcity.com/
Maths
http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html
http://www.arcademics.com/games/jetski/jetski.html
http://ie.ixl.com/promo?partner=google&campaign=1172&adGroup=maths&gclid=CP-d_Mzn4rwCFcee2wod6SsADQ
http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_JetSkiAddition.html
http://www.teachingtables.co.uk/
http://www.mathszone.co.uk/
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/
http://www.primarygamesarena.com/maths
http://learnyourtables.co.uk
http://www.transum.org/Software/Tablesmaster/
http://tablestester.com/
http://multiplication.com/
MISC.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/
http://www.helpmykidlearn.ie/
http://www.scoilnet.ie/
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
http://www.dltk-kids.com/
http://www.kidsnationalgeographic.com/kids/
http://www.britannica.com
http://www.dictionary.com
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/children
http://bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
ENGLISH APPS
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•Bookabi : Make a story (Infants to 3rd Class)
•Sentence Builder – Drag words to form a sentence (Sen. Infs – 2nd Class)•Word Domino – Make words with beginnings and endings – Fruit, Wild Animals, Colours, Trees, Vegetables (2nd – 4th Class)
•Eggy 100 : Good game for reinforcing early sight vocabulary 25 words covered in sample. May be worth purchasing full version 350 words (S.Infs. – Second Class )
•Magic Sentences : Make short phrases or simple sentences with 3-letter words (Sen. Infs. – First)
•Sentence Reading Magic – 3 Letter Words: Sentence Building and Reading (Infants – First)
•Sentence Reading Magic – Blends : Sentence Building and Reading (First – Second)
•Phonics Awareness : Good for Phonological Awareness (Infants)
•Reading Comprehension – Fiction for KIndergarten : Comprehension Passages (First – Second)
•Reading Comprehension – first, second grade non-fiction : Comprehension Passages ( First – Third)
•Letter Quiz : Ap. to practise writing lower and upper case letters, matching lower and upper case letters and letter recognition (Infants)
•Kids Crosswords : Three letter word crosswords (Infants – First)
•Abby Sight Words : Games to reinforce basic sight words e.g matching, bingo, spelling. Sight words in 7 different sections ( S. Infs. – Second)
•ABC Magic 5 Letter Sound Matching : (Infants)
•ABC Magic 6 : Practice on initial, middle and end sounds using three letter words ( S.Infs. – First)
•Phonics CVC : 3 Letter Word Practice (Infants)
•Spellosaur : Ap. for imputing spellings for learning and testing ( First – Sixth)
•Story Kit : Record your own stories, write and save ( All Classes )
•Kids Tracing : Practise letters and phrases (J. Infs. – First)
•Jumbled Sentences 3: Levels 1,2,3 (First – Second)
•Alphabet Tracing – Practice formation of 1 – 10, a – z, A – Z (Infants)
•Language Adventures Quiz – Quiz based on library skills, forms of writing, parts of speech sentences, punctuation, word analogies etc (Second – Fourth)
•Wh Question Cards – matching, multiple choice, based on occupations (Infants)
•Vocabulary Builder 4 – Transportation, Calendar, At the Beach – Matching language or reading (Infants – 2nd Class)
•Spelling City – Use your own lists with different activities to reinforce (First – Sixth)s
•Sight Words Match – Good for matching sight words (Sen. Infs. – 2nd Class)
•1000 Sight Words – Ap. for checking lists of words (Sen. Infs. – 2nd Class)
•Sight Words – Practise Writing sight words (Infants – First)
•Going Places – Social Stories – Hairdresser, Playground, Restaurant (Infants)
•iSequences : 100 Story Sequences for comprehension and language (Infants – First)
•ABC Order : Matching letters and sounds, putting letters in order (Infants)
MATHS APPS
•Hungry Fish : Drag Bubbles onto to each other to make total number on fish, different levels (Senior Infs. – Second)
•Addition and Subtraction for Kids : Simple Addition Game (First – Second)
•Flash to Pass : Tables Practice
•Splash Math Series (First – Fourth)
•Do Some Maths. : 3 Minute Tests on different topics at 3 different levels ( Fourth – Sixth)
•Kids Math. Game Free : Number Operation Practice, operations can be selected individually or together (Second – Sixth)
•Addition Wiz : 1 - 5 tables ( First – Second)
•Subtraction Wiz : 1 - 5 tables ( First – Second)
•Multiplication Wiz : 1 - 5 tables (Third – Fourth)
•Division Wiz : 1 - 5 tables ( Third – Fourth)
•Motion Math Zoom : Place Value – Tens / Hundreds / Thousands / Decimals (Second – Fifth)
•Simple Sums : Number Operation Practice – Two levels ( First – Sixth)
•Penguin Jump Math : Number Operation Practice in game format, playing against 3 Penguin Characters on Computer ( First – Sixth)
•Mighty Maths 2 : Partitioning, Recomposition, Value of Digits, Rounding – Tens, Hundreds, Thousands (Second – Fourth)
•Maths. Trainer : Number Operation Practice – Two levels (Second to Sixth)
•Place Value Chart : Recognition of numbers and making numbers - ones, tens and hundreds (First – Second)
•Math Splash Bingo : Number Operation Practice, 3 levels ( Second – Sixth)
•King of Math : Number Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Powers, Statistics, Equations ( Fourth – Sixth)
•Maths. age 3 – 5 : Part 1 – Sorting and Matching, Counting to 3, Lines and Patterns, Counting 4 – 6, Position / Part 2 : Counting 7 -10, Patterns and Shapes, Counting 1- 10, Comparing, Add and take away (Infants)
•Maths. age 4 – 6 : Part 1 : Shape and Position, Counting to 20, Sharing, More Counting, Tell the time, Add and Subtract (S.Infs. – Second)
•Math. Quiz Game Show : 4 – 6 : Math. Quiz with different topics to choose from e.g. Measures, Graphs, Logic, Decimals, Geometry (Fifth – Sixth)
•Maths. Skill Builders Primary Ireland : Covers all the programme from Jun. Infs. to Second, all topics separately listed. Name of child can be imputed and progress records kept.
•Coop Fractions : Ap. for reinforcing equivalence of fractions and decimals ( Fifth – Sixth)
•Math Bingo for Kids : All operations and three levels (First – Sixth)
•Math Champions : Building symmetrical figures, missing blocks, determining number operations (Third – Sixth)
•Ace Multiply Matrix HD: Grid Game for practising multiplication (Fourth – Sixth)
•Thinking Blocks : Fractions (Fourth – Sixth)
•Thinking Blocks : Multiplication ( Fourth – Sixth)
•Sort the Fractions : Grading decimals and fractions ( Fifth – Sixth)
•100’s Board : 100 square to use for practice in counting in… and other 100 square work ( First – Fourth)
•Eggs on Legs : Practice in the four number operations – three levels ( First – Sixth)
•Base Ten Bingo : Practice for units, tens and hundreds – make numbers and recognise numbers ( First – Third)
•Math. Word Problems 1 : Word Problems – Counting, Patterns, Telling Time, Addition, Subtraction, Mult, Div, Geometry, Probability, Logic (First – Third)
•Math. Word Problems 2 : Word Problems – Add, Subt, Mult, Div (Second – Sixth)
•Maths Frames : Addition and Subtraction using counters using 1- 5 or 1- 10, good for language development (Jun. Infs. – First)
•Sorting Numbers – Venn, Sorting numbers like multiples, primes etc. into Venn diagrams (Fourth – Sixth)
•Sorting Numbers – Carroll, Sorting numbers like multiples, primes etc. into Carroll diagrams (Fourth – Sixth)
•Math Word Problems – Addition and Subtraction (First – Second)
•Eason Maths. – Addition and Subtraction Practice (First – Second)
**Note : Class ranges are approximate only.