Rainy day fun
Fun Websites to visit with your child on a Rainy Day
ArasKids.ie - The website of the President of Ireland for young people. Visit Aras an Uachtarain online, learn about the role of the President and play some online games. Visit www.president.ie to find out about our President
National Geographic for Kids - Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories, and More
Kidsknowit.com - Children's Learning Network. Learn about everything from Dinos to Outer Space. Great resource where you can also watch educational movies on your favourite subject
NASA Kids Home - Games, art, stories, and activities for children presented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
StateTris - Imagine Tetris... Imagine a map of Europe... now move left and right to get the country in the right place!
GameGoo - Many games from typing to word association and from Beginner to Advanced, lots to keep both kids and brains active!
Irish Websites:
Help my Kid Learn - Launched Sept 2012. Includes audio and video content to support parents with literacy difficulties and links to others websites providing more detailed information on specific topics. The site is designed for parents, grandparents and carers of children aged 0 - 12 years and is searchable according to the child's age.
Me & My Body - Explore the human body with Ryan and Roisin. The site is designed to assist in the teaching of the Living Things strand of the primary curriculum
Askaboutireland.ie - Explore content from Ireland's public libraries, museums and archives.
Primary Science - Discover Primary Science is a flagship project run by the Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) awareness programme. The programme aims to show children how important and fun science can be!
Vikings Network Ireland - A site devoted to the history of the Vikings in Ireland
ArasKids.ie - The website of the President of Ireland for young people. Visit Aras an Uachtarain online, learn about the role of the President and play some online games. Visit www.president.ie to find out about our President
National Geographic for Kids - Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories, and More
Kidsknowit.com - Children's Learning Network. Learn about everything from Dinos to Outer Space. Great resource where you can also watch educational movies on your favourite subject
NASA Kids Home - Games, art, stories, and activities for children presented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
StateTris - Imagine Tetris... Imagine a map of Europe... now move left and right to get the country in the right place!
GameGoo - Many games from typing to word association and from Beginner to Advanced, lots to keep both kids and brains active!
Irish Websites:
Help my Kid Learn - Launched Sept 2012. Includes audio and video content to support parents with literacy difficulties and links to others websites providing more detailed information on specific topics. The site is designed for parents, grandparents and carers of children aged 0 - 12 years and is searchable according to the child's age.
Me & My Body - Explore the human body with Ryan and Roisin. The site is designed to assist in the teaching of the Living Things strand of the primary curriculum
Askaboutireland.ie - Explore content from Ireland's public libraries, museums and archives.
Primary Science - Discover Primary Science is a flagship project run by the Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) awareness programme. The programme aims to show children how important and fun science can be!
Vikings Network Ireland - A site devoted to the history of the Vikings in Ireland
A word on search engines
- While Google is the most popular search engine used today, there are also a number of other search engines that may provide a good safe alternative.
Yahooligans!
Yahooligans is a browsable, searchable directory of Internet sites for kids. Each site has been carefully checked by an experienced educator to ensure the content and links are appropriate for young people. The site is primarily aimed at primary age readers.
Ask for Kids
Results are generated through multiple methods - from hand-selected answers to results delivered using state-of-the-art search technology. Ask displays a warning page before presenting material of an adult nature.
Google
This is the most widely used search engine. It also allows for specific searches of websites in Ireland and contains an option for Gaeilge. Filtering options allow the reader to set the search engine to exclude undesirable or adult material.
- Kids Website Directories – the following directories list out suitable sites for kids on the world wide web:
www.kidsites.com
Links to the best of the children’s web sites and all of the sites have been checked and approved for kids.
www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
The Internet Public Library Youth Division has seemingly endless sites of a more educational nature.
Simple Recipes to make on a rainy day
Involving children in baking is very important, as quality time is spent together to achieve a certain result, like a cake or dessert for example, but not just that, you will teach your children much more than you may think like pouring, measuring, weighing, whisking, rolling and simple mathematics such as adding and subtracting and all sorts of other baking techniques that are used. It also teaches your children the importance of good nutrition and you should encourage them to taste new foods to develop their taste buds.
Most of all it gives children a sense of pride and achievement when these baked creations can be enjoyed by friends and family.
Where to start
Introduce children into the kitchen slowly by showing them where utensils are or by asking them to fetch utensils for you while you’re baking and by making them aware of potential danger in the kitchen.
Steps for Baking:
Age 6 upwards
Once all these tasks are easy for the child to do you can bring them onto the more challenging tasks like
When all these tasks come easy to the child try moving them onto using utensils like knives for chopping or topping fruit and a peeler for peeling fruit. Get the child to stir sauces on the stove. These should always be carried out under supervision.
Have some fun with the kids in the kitchen and get them helping to make Jam Drops and/or Breakfast Berry Muffins.
Most of all it gives children a sense of pride and achievement when these baked creations can be enjoyed by friends and family.
Where to start
Introduce children into the kitchen slowly by showing them where utensils are or by asking them to fetch utensils for you while you’re baking and by making them aware of potential danger in the kitchen.
- Ask them to stir something for you
- Use very easy recipes to begin with.
- Show them how to use appliances but stay with them to supervise until you are happy that they know exactly what buttons do what.
Steps for Baking:
- Gather all ingredients and weigh them out to avoid running all over the place for things.
- Follow recipe exactly.
- Tie up children’s hair & make them wear an apron.
- Teach them to clean as you go.
- Never leave knives in a sink with water as there is danger that someone else will reach in and cut their hands.
- Clean up spills straight away to avoid slippery floors or worktops.
- Turn off appliances after use.
- Have pot holders ready to pull hot pots onto from cooker.
- Have oven mitts available.
- Always put pot handles facing towards the centre of the cooker to avoid someone brushing against it and spilling boiling water or other liquids over themselves. This may cause serious burns.
Age 6 upwards
- Sifting flour & scooping sugar
- Learning names of ingredients
- Decorating cookies and cakes
- Learning names of utensils
- Spreading soft ingredients such as butter or jam with a blunt knife
- How to clean tables and counters.
Once all these tasks are easy for the child to do you can bring them onto the more challenging tasks like
- Measuring ingredients
- Mixing and stirring
- Taking out the correct ingredients for a specific recipe
- Reading a recipe to you.
When all these tasks come easy to the child try moving them onto using utensils like knives for chopping or topping fruit and a peeler for peeling fruit. Get the child to stir sauces on the stove. These should always be carried out under supervision.
Have some fun with the kids in the kitchen and get them helping to make Jam Drops and/or Breakfast Berry Muffins.
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