by admin | Aug 22, 2008 | Book Reviews
“Avoid Sailing on an Irish Famine Ship” is a newly published book based on the period during the Great Irish Famine of the 1840’s. It is part of “The Danger Zone” series of historical fact books. What’s different about this book on...
by admin | Aug 16, 2008 | Resources Websites
Children’s Books Forever is a website that has free downloads of children’s books. The books are downloadable in .pdf format, so you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your PC/Laptop in order to view the books. The site includes picture books...
by admin | Aug 16, 2008 | Resources, Resources Websites, Technology
European Geography Tutor is a piece of freeware available for download from the internet. At 432KB, it’s a relatively small file for downloading. It downloads quickly and installs quickly. The programme window has a map of Europe on the left and a list of 39...
by admin | Aug 15, 2008 | Resources, Resources Websites, Technology
Clock Face is a freeware programme based on a solitaire type game for teaching the time. It is a downloadable file of only 456KB, so it downloads and installs relatively quickly. The programme window has a clock face. Beside each number on the clock is a bundle of...
by admin | Aug 9, 2008 | Resources Websites, Technology
Spelling Bee is a spelling programme that is played online without the need to download anything onto your computer. It is split up into eight sections (Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12) with three levels in each section. Each level has a short story with blank...
by admin | Aug 2, 2008 | Resources, Resources Websites, Technology
IronHead MathFlash is a freeware maths flashcard programme that can be downloaded as a 2.08MB zip file. It is used to practise the four main mathematical operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It is suitable for use with all age groups and...
