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Learning
Every under 5 should try this lovely website. You'll learn to
read in no time!
www.starfall.com
The BBC also has an excellent website where you can learn as you
play:
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/preschool
For a bit of arty fun try this website www.jacksonpollock.org
All you need to do is wiggle the mouse and click it!
Kids can find out all about the wildlife
of Great Britain by watching the
CBeebies show
Green Balloon Club.
There
is an interactive site to complement the show at www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/greenballoonclub
For small children who'd like to know the story
of the Nativity, you'll find a simple version with
illustrations at:
www.topmarks.co.uk/christianity/nativity
Beijung Summer Olympic Games
The Beijing Olympics
The Olympics are held every four years and are hosted by one
country.
This year the Olympics are in China, in the city of
Beijing. Britain will be hosting the Olympics in London
in 2012. The Olympic Flag is white with five coloured connecting rings.
There
are five rings to symbolise the five continents from which the
competing nations come:
Europe, Asia, Australasia, Africa and the
Americas
(which are counted as one).
The
rings are red, green, blue, yellow, and black.
These represent the colours of national flags.
All the flags of the world are made up of combinations of
these colours. The rings are joined together to represent the unity of the
nations of the world.
Every country likes to wave their own flags at the games
and they also have mascots who represent them. Our official British mascot for the games is called "Pride"

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http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/education.aspx
However,
the Chinese have the cutest mascots. They have five Olympic
mascots, called "Fuwa", who carry a message of friendship
and peace to children all over the world. (Images
- Copyright
The
Beijing
Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad).
Beibei - a fish, represents prosperity
Jingjing - a
panda, represents happiness
Huanhuan –
the Olympic flame, represents passion
Yingying – a
Tibetan antelope, represents health
Nini
– a swallow, represents good luck.
If you put all five
names together they say: Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni – which means
“Welcome to Beijung”.
The
National Anthem
When an athlete comes first in his event or race, he wins a gold
medal and stands on a podium to receive it. Everyone cheers
and the band plays his country's national anthem.
This national anthem for the UK - see if mum and dad can sing the
words correctly, most people can't remember more than the first two
lines!
"God
save our gracious Queen!
Long live our noble Queen!
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen."
Film websites
Film websites are a terrific sources of free
activities for small kids. The fact that children easily
recognise the characters also make the colouring pages etc
especially appealling.
Disney Fairies
Disney has devoted a whole website to fairy characters
from their films. You'll find all sorts of fun resources
at: http://disney.go.com/fairies/pixiehollow/flashupgrade.html
Happy Feet website
This website is great fun. You can meet the characters and watch a
trailer, then download - desktops, posters, screensavers,
bookmarks and door hangers, plus a printable Tip-tap-toe Game.
wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/happyfeet/
For those who can't get enough of penguins - you can find all sorts of penguin
pictures to colour at:
www.coloring.ws/penguins1.htm
You can make a
penguin out of a toilet paper roll
with the template from:
www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mpenguin.html
Make a very special penguin with
handprint wings by visiting:
www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mpaperpenguin.htm
Sing along with the words to a Penguin
Song, set to the music for "O my darling Clementine"!
Just print off as many copies as you need.
www.abcteach.com/Themeunits/Antarctica/penguins.pdf
Charlotte's Web Resources
Visit the
official website at: www.charlotteswebmovie.com/site/index.php
The website also has spin offs to loads of fun activities.
There are lovely colouring sheets featuring your favourite
characters to print off at: www.walden.com/walden/create/charlotte/coloring.php
If you scroll further down the same page you can also
find Fern's Sketchbook to colour in, an activity calendar and two
games; Wilbur's Barn Break and Memory Match. (Just click
on the titles on the website to go to them.)
RATATOUILLE.
As the official website for this film is a Disney one, it's full of
good things. You can watch a long film trailer, explore
Linguini's apartment in Montmartre, play games and even download
daily recipes. http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ratatouille
SHREK THE THIRD. There's a trailer, downloads, games and a
soundtrack, plus Virtual Shrekland and Shrek Sudoku at:
www.shrek.com/main.html
It'll probably take you as long to explore this
website as it would to watch the film!
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER
OF THE PHOENIX.
There is an action-packed trailer at:
www.harrypotterorderofthephoenix.com/
Your kids can join Dumbledore's Army by
visiting:
http://joindumbledoresarmy.warnerbros.com
Where they can practice Defence Against the
Dark Arts spells and charms, meet the members of Dumbledore's
Army and even recruit new members from their own website.
Mr Bean Resources
This fun site has clips, downloads, games and e-cards to
keep you entertained.
www.mrbean.co.uk/
Meet
the Robinsons Resources
As this is a Disney film, there is a very sophisticated
website with games, videos, downloads and a personality quiz.
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/meettherobinsons/
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