by admin | Sep 1, 2024 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Labhairt, Music, Oral Work
This resource should be a staple for all infant teachers. It contains 72 different songs and rhymes in both English and Gaeilge, all to be sung to the tune of Frere Jacques, a tune that most pupils and teachers should know. It contains rhymes to help with classroom...
by admin | Oct 25, 2014 | Book Reviews
Sally Go Round the Stars is an eyecatching book. My initial impression was formed by the wonderful graphics and illustrations. While they illustrate the poems, they also draw your imagination in to create a scene behind and around the characters. It encourages you to...
by admin | Jul 7, 2012 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Music
I recently asked on the Seomra Ranga Facebook Page for suggestions of classroom songs/rhymes to the tune of “Frere Jacques”. I got plenty of suggestions from teachers. I also came across some others on the internet. These are the ones that we gathered in...
by admin | Jul 5, 2012 | Bibliography, Infants, Poetry, Teaching News
I accidentally came across this book of rhymes on the internet while looking for something else. There are 24 pages of rhymes, songs, nursery rhymes, hello and goodbye rhymes, fingerplays, action rhymes and lap rhymes. It comes from the Henrico County Public Libraries...
by admin | Mar 12, 2011 | 1st/2nd, Drama-, Infants
This is a downloadable e-book of traditional fairy tales told in the form of a story that rhymes. They can be performed or just read for fun. The stories include the Gingerbread Man, Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Enormous Turnip and The Lion and the Mouse. The book is...