World Book - Kids, Students and Advanced
This famous encyclopaedia is available free to primary schools when you visit Scoilnet. There is information, pictures, video clips, maps, quizzes, special reports and sound files.

The main Irish website for education.
Mainly for Teachers but Children and Parents will find it useful.

Known as Homework High, this site features thousands of questions and their answers from teachers. Find the answer to your question!

This lively site is set up just to help kids with homework projects

BBC Primary Schools Games-
Games for all subjects

Primary Schools Websites in Ireland -
Check out the best 'Star Sites'

A support website for parents and educators of gifted children in Ireland

Just looking for fun? Here's a collection of over 100 simple games, including classics like Othello, Solitaire, Arcade games, Dot to dot, Simon, Connect 4, Battleships, Chequers(Draughts), Pacman, Tennis, IQ game, Space Invaders, etc.
Note: There are no pop-ups, ads or viruses coming with these games!

Do you like C Beebies? Lots of fun learning games for infants, listed from A -Z

Give your preschool child a headstart with English and Maths learning activities

Are you doing a project, or just interested in finding out more about your country? Visit this fascinating site to explore and enjoy the photos, maps, games, songs and stories

Play fun English and Maths games against other children from all over the world.

Have fun playing Maths games against children from all around the world

Multiplication Tables Games-
Interactive games to make the learning of multiplication tables fun

Times Tables Challenge

Would you like to learn how to play Chess and win?
Learn and have fun on the chess battlefield

Do you love maths puzzles? Have a go at these to get your brain working

Loads of interactive Maths games to help you practice every type of maths activity.
Have fun with Maths!

There are lots of fun maths games to play alone or with a friend. You can also create your own game!

Lots of fun easy learning games suitable for junior infants

84 fun games and activities perfect for teaching infant maths on the interactive board or for individual use - games categorised according to type

Maths Olympics-
Answer all 20 questions to win gold!

Basket Math Interactive -
Fun assessment in most aspects of the Maths curriculum

Maths games galore!

Fun maths and english games

Print out these fun games to play using counters and dice

If you love cats and maths this is the site for you!

Maths, English and Geography games

Maths games including bingo. concentration, space invaders etc

Rainforest Maths-
Ideal for Maths revision

Lots of fun games here to help you improve your typing speed and skill. You'll be a real computer whiz in no time!

Loads of interactive English games and activities, to help you with every aspect of English reading, spelling, phonics, grammar, sentence construction, word games etc.
Have fun with English!

Time for a story!
Storytellers read stories aloud

Are you a fan of books by Roald Dahl? Here are lots of games, quizzes and fun activities based on him and his books.

Do you enjoy writing stories? Go to this website where it's easy to create great stories with fun illustrations to print out or save. To save your story choose the option 'share' then make a note of the special library number. Next time you open your story it will be possible to save it on your computer.

A new website run by three teachers from Dublin but written completely by children from Irish National Schools. They have emailed us complimenting us on our website, and inviting any of our budding authors to send them their stories, poems, jokes, recipes and book reviews for publication on their website.
Share your talent with Ireland!

Lots of talking stories to read and enjoy

Stories with pictures read by famous people

Fun reading activites for younger children.

'The Magic Key' -
Games and worksheets to explore aspects of English based on the Magic Key reading books

Are you good at grammar? Visit the grammar gorillas who love bananas and see if you can spot nouns, verbs etc

Read book reviews written by children for children!

Kinder site - stories, songs and games for children up to 8 years

Do you think you are a good speller? Test yourself here at your chosen level.

English, maths, science games

Phonics games and activities

Enjoy funny poems? Would you like help in writing a poem? Here are tips and ideas, and a rhyming dictionary where you type in a word and get lots of cool words that rhyme with it

Have fun making small words

Create and publish your own book, using artists' pictures.

Fun games with English grammar

Supply the necessary random adjectives, nouns, verbs etc and read your wacky tale on a subject of your choice!

Syllables Factory -
Provides good practice for pupils who are weak at syllabification. The goal is to finish making a robot!

European Mosaic Games-
Interactive mapping activities based on EU countries

Find out all about Ireland! Explore different counties

Kids National Geographic - full of photos, activies, stories and games about animals, people and places.

Photos of Ireland which are free to use. You can even give them your own interesting photos to add to their collection.

Introduction to the seasons -useful whiteboard resource

Find out all about Volcanoes in Iceland and all around the world. Why is volcanic ash dangerous?

Weather made simple! Elements such as wind direction, wind force, precipitation, temperature, sunshine, visibility and cloud explained with fun illustrations

Weather proverbs and sayings

Weather website with simple notes
covering most weather topics

National Geographic - maps, articles and photos about animals, the environment, science and space, travel and cultures, daily news, nature videos etc.

Barnaby Bear goes on holiday to explore Paris, France and Australia

Download Google Earth (ask your parents' permission) and Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.

Are you a skywatcher? Find out about the phases of the moon this month.

Life and culture of the Plains Indians of North America

Looking for information for a project? Some topics explored with games and information are: London, Rain Forests, Volcanoes, Houses, France, Coasts, Latitude and Longitude, Water Cycle.

Maps and information about every country in the World. You can also zoom in closer to see town maps.

Interactive Map of Ireland-
Place the county shapes directly on the map

Have fun with a crossword based on the counties of Ireland

Test yourself on the mountains of Ireland

Photography directory of places and features around the world

Lonely Planet-
Fast facts about any country.
Check out the Thorn Tree section

Information about every country in the world.

Do you know the capital cities of Europe? Test yourself and have fun.

Do you think you can name all the countries in the E.U. and in Europe? Do you know the continents and oceans of the World? Test yourself.

Clean Air Kids-
Information sheets about air, acid rain and the ozone layer

A site that tells you everything about
your mouth and teeth

Learn all about electricity and enjoy games and activities. Experiment with circuits!

Have fun learning about Dinosaurs and playing dinosaur games

Lots of interactive games and activities that help you understand and learn more about 20 main areas of Science, eg. space, the body, materials, plants, habitats, electricity etc.
Have fun with science!

If you love animals this is a great site to visit

Farming in Ireland - facts and worksheets

Find out extreme and interesting facts about everything from insects to astronomy

Take the recycling challenge at this website which has lots of information and fun activities about recycling

Curious kids can find out how everything works, from light bulbs to aeroplanes

Find out all about the birds who visit Ireland, where they travel to, how long it takes them, their bird call, and report your sightings.

Explores some plants and the food we get from them

Meet Ben and keep him healthy by providing what he needs.

Enjoy activities for different age levels on food, electricity, movement, heat, gases, space etc

Find out about various inventors and inventions. Try all sorts of fun experiments on forces, light, electricity, chemistry etc.

American site that tells you all about nutrition and healthy food, with fun and games

Is the weather getting warmer? What is happening and how can we help?

Interactive study of flora and fauna in habitats

Ancient Greeks Penalty Kick Quiz-
Interactive quiz on the Ancient Greeks

Information on lots of history topics, quizzes, games, making storyboards, information and history links.

The 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, find out about the background to the event, what happened, the aftermath and even listen to recorded interviews with people who lived through the Rising at the time!

The 1916 Easter Rising - 7 days in History

Find out about all the present and previous Presidents of Ireland

Are you interested in Stone Age man? Find out all about him, learn about Ireland in the Stone Age and test your survival skills

Are you doing a history project? Find out all about the Vikings, Victorians, Romans, Celts, WW2, Greeks, Egyptians, Aztecs, Castles, Florence Nightingale, etc. Information, videos and games.

Find out all about the ancient Egyptians and enjoy fun activities and games

What was life like in Ancient Greece? Test your knowledge, design a greek vase, find out all about the greek olympics, etc

Would you like to learn about something interesting or unusual that happened on this day in the past? Visit the history 'Facts of the Day' calendar

Learn more about the festivals and traditions of each month of the year

This is the story of a Wicklow family who lived through the Great Famine.

A fun guide to the Irish Famine and village life

World war II - Look at the lives of people who were not fighting

World War 2 information, activities, the Blitz, stories, wearing a gas mask etc

Go on a quest to find out all about Anne Frank's life and diary. All the necessary resources are gathered together here. There are 4 tasks for different groups to complete, researching life in the camps, constructing a model of the annex, creating a timeline of her life and dramatising her family relationships.

Find out all about soldiers' lives during World War I, the battle of the Somme and life in the muddy trenches.

This interesting website has all the stories of the famous Irish Fianna, and also tells you some fascinating facts about the Celtic warriors.

Read the Irish legends and do fun activities based on the stories

Read some Irish legends and complete tasks

Learn all about the Vikings and enjoy activities and games. Teachers can also download great documents and Powerpoints.

Do you know all about the Titanic?
Test yourself with this quiz.

Detailed information about everything to do with the Titanic and it's voyage

Interesting facts about the Titanic

'Treachery on the Titanic' detective game

If you are doing a history project about a place in Ireland search this website for information provided by museums and libraries.

Farming in N. Ireland in the past, photos, activities and information. Especially good for use with an interactive whiteboard.

Online Irish /English - Engligh/Irish dictionaries

Irish proverbs for every occasion!

A site which has lots of links to websites with useful Irish resources.

Research your local placename - find out the Irish name for your town and what the name means. For example the name 'Adare' is 'Áth Dara' which means 'ford of oak'

Irish resources for the classroom - powerpoint stories, theme based flashcards and resources for the board, etc.

Exercises, questions and lesson plans with spoken recordings and script

A list of online Irish resources with links to useful websites

The Irish tv channel TG4 - view what's on, see programmes you've missed, news reports, sports results etc.

Take this 30 min test to assess your level of Irish !

A Guide to Museums and Art Galleries
all over the world

I am an Artist-
Activities, factsheets and games

Create a face

Lovely arts and crafts activities to make and do

Create a face like one by Picasso!

Download the free program 'Pivot Stickfigure Animator' and have lots of fun creating cartoons. This program is very popular with the pupils!

Tuxpaint is a great free to download art program. You can create amazing pictures using its many features.

Dance Mat Typing-
The BBC site has a free to use typing tutor called 'Dance Mat Typing'. Cartoon characters make it fun to practice typing. There are 4 levels, with incentives to get to level 4.

Download this free easy-to-use word processing program, ideal for young children.

Reviews and links to the best free learning games, software and websites

An Irish company 'EdTech' which supplies a wide range of educational software

Software Central have a list of and links to all the Irish suppliers of educational software.They also have descriptions and evaluations of software.

Hundreds of games that are fun
for the playground or for P.E.

Are you a big fan of the World Cup 2010? Test your knowledge, enjoy fun activities and find out all about the events.

click here to find links to the many Irish agencies concerned with learning difficulties

games, songs, communication cards, print resources and information for special needs

A publishing company which specialises in books and resources. For 30 years, Brookes has published resources in early childhood, early intervention, inclusive and special education, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, communication and language, behavior, and mental health.

A U.K. based supplier of books about social and emotional skills, behaviour skills, life skills, drug education, teaching and learning, emotional health, special needs and professional development.

An Irish company 'EdTech' which supplies software and hardware (special keyboards, mice etc) for children with special needs

Assist Ireland have a good list list of educational software for children with special needs. Each program is described and there are links to Irish suppliers.

San Francisco Symphony Kids - learn about music through listening, composing and experimenting

Great site to introduce kids to musical instruments

You can buy and download the Ejay program here - different versions start at £10. With Ejay you can easily create and compose a piece of music. Modern music styles like dance and hip hop are used and there are lots of samples to drag on to a multi track format. Add your own voice recordings to the backing track!

Download the free 'Vanbasco Karaoke Player' which displays words and provides music accompaniment for songs. If the pitch of a song is too high or low you can change it, and songs can be slowed down or speeded up. A variety of songs can be downloaded from the internet and integrated into the program.

Download this free program which works as a sound recorder and editor. You can delete gaps in a recording, raise or lower the pitch, change the tempo and add effects such as echo or reverse.

Word Search Factory Lite- download ths program and make, print and try out your own word searches

A great site full of teaching resources in all subject areas, eg worksheets, activities, and interactive whiteboard lessons. This is from Wales.

Interactive board activities and resources for Irish, Geography, Art and History

60 Art ideas using ICT

Irish resources for the classroom - powerpoint stories, theme based flashcards and resources for the board, etc.

Worksheets for teaching phonics. Test a pupil (one-to-one) on what sounds they recognise.

Quizzes about topics in Drama, English, Irish, Geog, History, Maths,R.E., Science, S.P.H.E., Art

Teaching resources for teachers in N. Ireland. Many of these resources are interactive and particularly good for use on an interactive whiteboard. You can search by topic and key stage level.

Clozemaker-
2 websites where teachers and pupils can make a cloze and try it out.

Features hundreds of quality foundation stage and key stage one teaching resources, all of which are free to download

This brilliant site enables children or teachers to create their own matching games - they can be as easy or hard as you like! There are also lots of great pre-made maths games to play.

A great series of lessons for teaching ICT skills, with pupils' and teachers' resources

Lovely arts and crafts activities to make and do in the classroom

Free stuff for teachers- worksheets, literacy games and activities, worksheet generators

Hundreds of games that are fun for the playground or for P.E., listed according to category

Teaching French - a series of simple lessons with activities and worksheets

Illustrated Stories read by well known actors and celebrities. Each story has activities and lesson plans.

Help with learning Spellings -
A 'Look, Cover and Write' program, free to use and effective.

Fantastic free resources compiled and created by Irish teachers for classroom use. Resources, worksheets, flashcards, powerpoints, photos and links in all subject areas including Irish.

Eclipse Crossword Maker - download this program and make your own crosswords.

Visit Pete's Power Point Station and you can choose to view and save thousands of free great power point presentations from all subject areas. There are also lots of great interactive whiteboard lessons.

Great for attractive free printable resources for classroom use and displays ie certificates, classroom signs and labels, subject resources etc.

Print out these 12 fun maths games of strategy to play using counters and dice.

History topics, quizzes, games, teacher resources, online lessons, powerpoint presentations on popular history topics, worksheets, making storyboards, information and history links.

History topics, lessons, games, worksheets etc.

Download this free photo organiser and editor

Download this free program and create a slideshow of photos - combine images, sounds and text to create lovely presentations

Download this free program which works as a sound recorder and editor. You can delete gaps in a recording, raise or lower the pitch, change the tempo and add effects such as echo or reverse.

Thousands of free printable exercises and worksheets

Visit the enchanted learning web site and avail of the great selection of free worksheets and printable resources.

Lots of great art and craft ideas for the classroom, grouped according to type and theme

Download a free maths program which generates random worksheets for specific arithmetic skills.

At Kids Domain you can find lots of ideas for crafts, parties, holidays etc and also download from a big selection of free (demos and freeware) programs for Art, Maths, Science, Religion, English etc.