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Let's Play Families
From Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
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From Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
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Ireland’s National Museums are open and are free of charge. Check out museum.ie/
Libraries Ireland have an extensive collection of free items to loan and resources to share. Check out what’s happening at your local library this summer at librariesireland.ie/
Summer stars is a free national reading programme for children that takes place in all public libraries and online each summer. Access to books and reading for pleasure is known to have many important long term benefits. Summer stars provides an opportunity to explore children’s books for all ages through reading, listening to audio books and enjoying online story times. Summer stars runs from 4th of June – 31st of August 2024.
My Little Library Book Bag is a fantastic initiative for children who start primary school in September. This initiative is to help children to navigate starting school and libraries have put together a bag with a book for them that can be collected at any library from June 2024. Each My Little Library Book Bag contains a book on starting school, or making friends or being comfortable to be yourself. It also contains their very own library card and Special ‘My Little Library’ cardholder. Book bags are available in both Irish and English.
START is a public health campaign from Safefood with loads of active play ideas for families. Check this out at safefood.net
National Heritage Week celebrates Ireland’s cultural, built and natural heritage. The theme for this year is Connections, routes and Networks which invites you to explore the ways we are connected to each other through physical or cultural connections. National Heritage Week will commence the 17th – 25th of August 2024. For more information check out National Heritage Week 17 -25 August 2024
Wild Child Day encourages children to explore the world around them differently and to open their eyes to the wonder and beauty of the landscape surrounding them. On this day, why not visit somewhere you haven’t before. Organisers will be hosting in-person events and creating digital heritage projects for children.
Wild Child Day is to be held on Saturday 24th of August 2024.
Parks are an outdoor adventure in itself. There is plenty of activities to do, going to the playground, enjoy a picnic, kick a ball around, play Frisbee, play chasing and anything else that the imagination can dream up. There are endless advantages to going to the park whether you’re on a staycation or you are by your local park, here is a guide to some of them. 32 great parks in Ireland – one in every county – The Irish Times
Bray Air Display is a family friendly, enjoyable afternoon suitable for ages. This year’s display will take place on Saturday August 3 #BrayAirDisplay- August 03 2024
For meals that will not cost the earth and will tickle all the families taste buds
Get Kids Cooking with Jamie Oliver
Storytelling of 'No David'
Multilingual May – the story is told in Spanish and English
Babies can be attracted to screens. This is especially true if people around them are using screens. But the most important things babies and very young children need for their development don’t come from screens. They are about human contact and family members talking, cuddling, singing and playing with them.
Below is the WHO’s recommendation for babies and very young children: