Mother Goose Time

Mother Goose Time

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...
Topicbox

Topicbox

Topicbox is an English-based website which has been around for six years, slightly longer than Seomra Ranga. However, I only recently became aware of the site through Twitter. The site provides links to free resources on the internet across a wide variety of...
The Butterfly Heart

The Butterfly Heart

The Butterfly Heart by Paula Leyden is a tale set in Zambia and is told through the voices of a young girl and an old man who has a way with snakes. The story contains folk tales and legends from Zambia, humour and sadness, old meeting new. It touches on, among other...
Google Docs for Teachers Free eBook

Google Docs for Teachers Free eBook

A blog that I regularly follow is Richard Byrne’s Free Technology for Teachers in which he regularly writes posts about practical ideas for the integration of technology in the classroom. Now, Richard has put together a free eBook on Google Documents for...
Scoilnet Titanic Themepage

Scoilnet Titanic Themepage

With the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic coinciding with the return to school after the Easter break, teachers may be planning to do some Titanic-related activities in the classroom at the beginning of the new term. A great place to start is the Scoilnet...