{"id":7608,"date":"2020-03-27T08:22:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T08:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/?p=7608"},"modified":"2025-06-09T17:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T16:24:31","slug":"ms-faheys-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/?p=7608","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Fahey&#8217;s Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hello to everyone!&nbsp; I&#8217;m sure you are all missing school as much as your friends and teachers are missing you.&nbsp; Even though we are in our own homes, sometimes we can all find it hard to relax so it&#8217;s really important that we do some things to help us feel better.&nbsp; Bees hum all day as they fly around visiting flowers and making honey.&nbsp; Using your&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Bumblebee Breath<\/strong><\/span>, think of things that make you happy!&nbsp; Wherever you are &#8211; playing or resting &#8211; breathe in fully and as you breathe out close your lips to hum like a bee.&nbsp; Make sure your face and lips are soft so you can feel your lips tickle.&nbsp; Repeat for as long as you like!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Online Activities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/faheymairead\/5srjmewuml22\">https:\/\/padlet.com\/faheymairead\/5srjmewuml22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some links that I&#8217;ve brought together for you to enjoy.&nbsp; Enjoy the story of the <strong>Arnie the&nbsp;Doughnut<\/strong>.&nbsp; He was covered in chocolate and sprinkles.&nbsp; Design your own doughnut and draw it.&nbsp; I will add a new story link every time I update my page.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Reading and Writing Activities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Try to do at least one of these activities every day to keep up your fantastic reading skills!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free writing: write about whatever you like!&nbsp; Don&#8217;t worry too much about spellings, this is about getting your ideas down on paper.&nbsp; (If you find yourself stuck some good starters are: my favourite food is &#8230;.., last night I dreamed that &#8230;&#8230;., once upon a time &#8230;&#8230;.., my best day ever was &#8230;&#8230;..)<\/li>\n<li>Read a book you like.&nbsp; You might have some PM readers that you have read before in school and at home.&nbsp; Read again for someone in your house.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t forget to use your &#8216;Reading Voice.&#8217;&nbsp; Could you read it in different voices?<\/li>\n<li>New reading: you may have some PM books that you have not read before.&nbsp; Before you start to read the words, look through the book so you can get an idea of the story from the pictures.&nbsp; There might be some words that you are not sure of so ask your brother\/sister or Mum\/Dad\/Granny\/Grandad.<\/li>\n<li>Use playdough to form different letters.&nbsp; Can you make the letters of your name in playdough?<\/li>\n<li>Write a sentence on a strip of paper (you can copy a sentence from one of your books if you like).&nbsp; Cut the sentence up, mix up the words and try to put them back in the correct order again.<\/li>\n<li>Tell someone in your family about a book you have read before.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t forget to mention the main characters in the story.&nbsp; Answer any questions your family might have about the book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Yoga<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If we practise a little bit of yoga every day we all can feel better not only in our bodies but also in our minds!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;The&nbsp;<strong>Mountain pose<\/strong> makes us feel tall and strong.&nbsp; You can keep your hands by your side or press your palms together at your chest.&nbsp; Mountains can go high into the sky above and deep into the earth below.&nbsp; Is it sunny on top of your mountain or is there snow?&nbsp; Don&#8217;t forget to breathe!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most of us know the&nbsp;<strong>Down Dog<\/strong>.&nbsp; With this pose you can start off on all fours like a dog and then lift up and stretch to make a triangle with your body.&nbsp; What kind of dog are you?&nbsp; What is your bark like? Can you wag your tail?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the link above you will find some Pokemon Yoga to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Hello to everyone!&nbsp; I&#8217;m sure you are all missing school as much as your friends and teachers are missing you.&nbsp; Even though we are in our own homes, sometimes we can all find it hard to relax so it&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/?p=7608\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7608"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16380,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7608\/revisions\/16380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}