Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber), the national bird of Trinidad, in the Caroni Swamp. Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0. Image source: File:Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber).jpg

Welcome to Infants 2 at Islandclass: 73 free, friendly lessons for children aged about 6 to 7, with Caribbean examples, a Try it activity in every lesson, practice questions with answers, and tips for parents and teachers.

Jump to the lessons: Maths (16 lessons) · English (16 lessons) · Science (7 lessons) · Social Studies (8 lessons) · Agricultural Science (4 lessons) · Spanish (5 lessons) · Arts (8 lessons) · Values (6 lessons) · PE (3 lessons)

For parents

Each lesson is short and can be done in one sitting, on a phone, tablet or computer. Read the lesson together, play the Try it activity, then try the practice questions. Answers are hidden – tap Show answer to check. The Try it at home ideas turn everyday moments into learning, and the For parents and teachers box at the end of each lesson lists what your child should be able to do.

• Go at your child’s pace. A lesson can be repeated as often as you like.
• Talk about the pictures and examples – they are taken from life in Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean.
• Some activities read words aloud using your device’s own voice. If there is no sound, check the volume or try another browser.
• Every lesson has Previous and Next links, so you can work through a subject in order and come back here at the end.

How to use a lesson at home

1. Sit together. Let your child hold the phone or work the mouse, with you right beside them.
2. Read aloud. Read the lesson to your child, or tap the 🔊 Read it to me button so the device reads it out. Point to the words as they are read.
3. Keep it short. 10 to 15 minutes is plenty at this age. Stop while your child is still enjoying it.
4. Talk about the pictures. Ask “What do you see?” and “Have you seen this before?” – a mango, a maxi-taxi, the flag, the beach.
5. Try the activity. Play the Try it part together, then do the practice questions. Let your child answer first before you tap Show answer.
6. Praise the effort. Say “You worked hard on that” or “Good try, let’s look again” rather than only “Right” or “Wrong”. Mistakes are part of learning.

A simple weekly routine

Short and regular works better than long and rare. Here is one easy plan – change it to suit your family.

• Monday: one Maths lesson.
• Tuesday: one English lesson.
• Wednesday: Science or Social Studies.
• Thursday: Spanish, Arts or Agricultural Science.
• Friday: Values or PE, then go back over a lesson your child liked.
• Weekend: no screen needed – try one of the home ideas below.

Learning away from the screen

The best follow-up uses things you already have at home:

• Counting and money: count dried peas, bottle caps or pommeracs; play shop with real coins and price tags on tins from the cupboard.
• Shapes and measuring: find cylinders and cubes in the kitchen (a Milo tin, a box of cereal); measure the table with spoons or hand spans.
• Reading and words: read labels and signs together on the way to the market; make letters with string, rice or play dough.
• Science and agriculture: plant a bean or corn seed in a yogurt cup and check it every few days; sort leaves, stones and shells.
• Arts and PE: bang out a rhythm on a pot with a wooden spoon, make a puppet from a paper bag, or play catch in the yard.
• Values: talk about sharing, taking turns and helping at home, and notice when your child does it.

Safe screen use

• Stay nearby while your child is online, and keep devices in a shared room, not the bedroom.
• Keep sessions short and take a break to stretch, drink water and rest the eyes.
• Use the lesson links on this page so your child does not wander to other sites. If a link takes you somewhere unexpected, close it and tell me through the Contact page.
• Turn the volume to a comfortable level, or use headphones at low volume.
• Avoid screens just before bedtime.

Is my child ready to move on?

Your child is probably ready for the next lesson when they can:

• answer most of the practice questions without help,
• explain the idea to you in their own words, or show it with real objects,
• use it in everyday life – counting the change, reading a sign, naming a shape,
• and still feel happy and confident about it.

If a lesson felt hard, that is fine. Do it again another day, try a home idea from above, then come back. Children learn at different speeds, and going over a lesson is a good thing.

Maths

Counting, place value, adding and taking away, money, shapes, measuring, time and graphs.

1. Counting to 100 and Skip Counting – Count forward and backward to 100, use a hundred chart, and skip count in 2s and 5s with a fun Try it game.
2. How Many? Counting to 20 – Learn to count up to 20 things carefully, understand zero, and spot small groups quickly with a mango counting game.
3. Numbers 11 to 20 and the Number Line – Find numbers before, after and between on a 0 to 20 number line, and see teen numbers as ten and some more.
4. More, Less and About How Many? – Compare groups, order numbers to 20, and estimate how many using 10 as a helper.
5. First to Tenth – Use the words first to tenth to tell the position of things in a line, with a car race game.
6. Coins and Bills – Meet the coins and bills of Trinidad and Tobago, make the same amount in different ways, and play shop.
7. Patterns That Repeat and Grow – Find the core of a repeating pattern, spot mistakes, and continue growing patterns with shapes and numbers.
8. Equal and Not Equal – Learn what equal means with a balance, use the equals sign, and make both sides the same.
9. Adding to 20 – Add groups together up to 20 by counting on, using a number line, adding three numbers and adding money.
10. Taking Away within 20 – Take away from groups up to 20, count back on a number line, find missing parts and work out change.
11. Quick Maths in My Head – Learn tricks for quick maths: one more and one less, zero, make ten, counting on and back, and fact families.
12. Solid and Flat Shapes – Name cubes, cuboids, cylinders, cones and spheres, find out which roll and stack, and meet flat shapes.
13. Building with Shapes – Count the shapes in pictures, build a tower with solids, and solve shape puzzles with 6 blocks.
14. Measuring Length and Mass – Compare lengths, measure with paper clips laid end to end, and use a balance to find which is heavier.
15. Time: My Day, the Calendar and How Long – Put the day in order, read a calendar, learn the days and months, and measure how long things take with claps.
16. Picture Charts and Pictographs – Collect data about favourite fruits, make a pictograph, and use it to answer questions and make a decision.

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English

Listening and speaking, phonics, reading stories and poems, handwriting and building sentences.

1. Good Listeners and Good Speakers – Learn how to be a good listener and speaker: look, listen, wait your turn, and use kind words like please and thank you.
2. Rhymes, Songs and Sounds – Listen for sounds and rhymes, say nursery rhymes and action songs, and find words that rhyme.
3. Who, What, Where? Questions and Directions – Listen to a short story and answer who, what, where, when and why questions, then follow and give simple directions.
4. Creole and Standard English – Learn that we speak both Creole and Standard English in Trinidad and Tobago, and practise saying sentences in Standard English.
5. Letters, Sounds and Syllables – Say the letters and their sounds from a to z, clap the syllables in words, and put words in ABC order.
6. Sound Swap: CVC Words – Hear the first, middle and last sounds in short words, build CVC words like cat and sun, and swap one sound to make a new word.
7. Blends, Digraphs and Magic e – Read blends like fr and st, digraphs like sh, ch and th, long vowels with magic e, and words that sound the same.
8. Word Endings, Sight Words and Short Forms – Add endings like -s, -ed and -ing, read common sight words quickly, and learn short forms like don't and I'm.
9. What Does It Mean? Word Clues – Use picture clues and sentence clues to find word meanings, fill in missing words, and learn words that mean the same and the opposite.
10. Reading a Story – Predict, read and talk about a short story: characters, setting, the problem and how it was solved, and the order of events.
11. Stories and Poems: Anansi and Friends – Enjoy an Anansi story, talk about characters, setting and problem, and play with poem sounds like rhyme, repetition and sound words.
12. Neat Handwriting and Capital Letters – Practise forming letters and numbers neatly, and learn when to use capital letters, full stops and question marks.
13. Building Sentences – Build sentences that tell who is doing what, choose am, is, are, was and were, and check capitals and full stops.
14. Media All Around Us and Colours That Feel – Find out about media we see and hear, how to care for equipment, how colour sets a mood, and how to work kindly in a group.
15. Adjectives: Describing Words – Learn that adjectives are describing words, find them in sentences, finish picture puzzles and describe your own monster.
16. Verbs: Action Words – Learn that verbs are action words, pop the action-word balloons, act out verbs and find the action in each sentence.

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Science

Living things, animals, plants, healthy food, forces, habitats and energy.

1. Living or Non-living? – Find out how to tell living things from non-living things using the signs of life: moving, feeding, breathing, growing and more.
2. Animals: Alike and Different – Group animals by how many legs they have, whether they have wings, and their body covering: fur, feathers or scales.
3. Watch a Seedling Grow – Plant a bean, measure your seedling with paper clips every few days, and record its growth on a chart.
4. Healthy Food: The Six Food Groups – Learn the six Caribbean food groups, build a healthy plate with something from every group, and find out what happens when we eat too much junk food.
5. Sorting Things, Pushes and Pulls – Sort objects by shape, colour, size and texture, then find out how pushes and pulls make things start, stop, speed up, slow down and change direction.
6. Homes in Water and on Land – Explore water and land habitats like the Caroni Swamp and the Main Ridge forest, and the animals and plants that live there.
7. Energy Changes and Super Scientists – See how energy changes from one form to another in lamps, fans and radios, learn to save electricity, and meet some famous scientists.

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Social Studies

Maps, transport, our community, heroes, food, national emblems and special days, and the weather.

1. Maps and the Four Directions – Learn North, South, East and West with a compass rose, walk around a village map, and practise safe routes for fire and earthquake drills.
2. Getting Around Safely – Sort transport into land, sea and air, and learn how to stay safe on the road, at the bus stop and in a maxi-taxi.
3. My Community: Landmarks, Towns and Villages – Discover famous landmarks like the Red House and the Queen's Park Savannah, compare a town with a village, and learn to keep our community clean.
4. Heroes in My Life – What makes someone a hero? Find heroes at home, at school and in the community, discover the hero in you, and make a 5-page hero scrapbook.
5. The Food I Eat – Talk about the foods we eat every day and why, help prepare meals safely, plan a balanced meal and interview family about their favourite foods.
6. Our National Emblems – Meet the symbols of Trinidad and Tobago: the flag, coat of arms, scarlet ibis, cocrico, chaconia and steelpan, and learn how to behave for the anthem and pledge.
7. Independence Day and Republic Day – Find out why we celebrate Independence Day on 31 August and Republic Day on 24 September, how we show national pride, and the special days families celebrate.
8. What is the Weather Today? – Sunny, rainy, windy or cloudy? Record the weather for a week on a chart, choose the right clothes and activities, and stay safe in every kind of weather.

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Agricultural Science

Growing plants, keeping fish, handling fresh produce and how food travels from farm to plate.

1. Growing a Plant from a Seed – Learn the steps to grow a plant from a seed in good potting mix, care for it every day, and work safely as a team.
2. Keeping Pet Fish – Find out how to set up a fish tank, feed and care for ornamental fish like guppies, and keep fish in ways that are good for the environment.
3. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables: Handle with Care – Learn careful ways to handle and prepare fresh fruit and vegetables so they stay good, and how to be a responsible helper on the farm or at the market.
4. From the Farm to My Plate – Follow a dasheen grown in Trinidad and an apple grown far away on their journeys from the farm to your home, and find out why we need to transport food.

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Spanish

Greetings, places, people at school, transport, fruits and colours – with words read aloud.

1. Hola! Me, My School and My Friends – Say hello in Spanish, tell people where you live and the name of your school, introduce your friends, and wish someone a happy Mother's or Father's Day.
2. Places in My Community and School – Learn Spanish names for places in the community, like the shop, park and market, and for places at school, like the classroom, library and canteen.
3. People at School – Learn Spanish words for the people at school, like the teacher, principal, secretary and security guard, and how to greet them politely.
4. Transport: Que transporte es? – Learn seven Spanish transport words and compare how people travel in Trinidad and Tobago with how they travel in Venezuela.
5. Fruits and Colours – Learn five fruits and eleven colours in Spanish, hear them spoken, and answer Que fruta es? and Que color es? in a tap-and-hear game.

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Arts (Visual Art, Dance, Drama and Music)

Puppets and prints, collage and models, dance, drama, beat and rhythm, and instruments.

1. Art: Puppets and Fruit-Print Patterns – Make a hand puppet of someone you know from three or four materials, and print repeating patterns with cut fruit and vegetables like okra and star fruit.
2. Art: Collage, Buildings and a Model Street – Make a tear-and-paste collage of a hero, draw a building using lines and shapes, build a junk-model vehicle and make a model street with your group.
3. Dance: Moving in Space – Move your whole body through space: run, hop, reach, bend and glide, describe your moves with words like forward and lightly, and play freeze dance.
4. Dance: Telling Stories with Dance – Make a one-minute group dance of 6 to 8 steps, try traditional steps like heel-and-toe, and tell a hero's story through creative movement.
5. Drama: Faces, Feelings and Frozen Pictures – Show joy, sadness, anger, excitement and surprise with your face and hands, make frozen pictures (tableaux) at high, middle and low levels, and act like a vehicle.
6. Drama: Acting Out Stories – Spin a story with a who, a where and a problem, act out a scene with your group, role-play healthy and unhealthy eating, and make a portfolio about someone special.
7. Music: Beat and Rhythm – Keep a steady beat with claps and stamps, play simple rhythm patterns, move to slow and fast music, and invent your own way to write down a rhythm.
8. Music: Instruments and Singing – Meet instruments like the steelpan, tassa and cuatro, sort them into string, wind and percussion, sing folk songs, make up new words and show a tune going up and down.

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Values, Character and Citizenship

Honesty, fairness, respect, caring, responsibility and being a good citizen.

1. Honesty and Trust – What do honesty and loyalty mean? Practise making honest choices: handing in found things, asking before borrowing, playing fair and keeping family information private.
2. Being Fair – Learn what fairness means, why we should not judge people by their looks, how to include everyone, and what to say when someone is treated unfairly.
3. Respect When We Disagree – Use helping words, not hurting words, keep your hands to yourself, find win-win solutions, respect personal space and look after shared places.
4. Caring for Others and Our World – Find ways to care for yourself, your friends, your classroom and your community, help people feel safe and happy, and stop waste and litter.
5. Being Responsible – Learn what being responsible means: keeping promises, finishing work on time, caring for your things, tidying up and following rules, and why rules help us.
6. Being a Good Citizen – Match children's rights to responsibilities, think of ways to improve your school and community, make a jingle, and find out who represents your area.

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Physical Education (PE)

Shapes and balances, running, jumping, throwing and catching, and healthy, safe play.

1. Shapes, Levels and Balances – Make body shapes at high, middle and low levels, move along straight, curved and zigzag pathways, balance on different body parts, and learn the stork stand and side roll.
2. Run, Jump, Throw and Catch – Improve your running and jumping, stop a rolling ball with your feet, and throw and catch with two hands, then use your skills in simple games.
3. Healthy Habits and Safe Play – Drink water, eat breakfast, wash your hands for 20 seconds, wear the right PE clothes, spot dangers in a play area, and talk about how exercise makes you feel.

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Updates

2026/11/13
– Moved the subject cards up under the welcome paragraph and replaced the long Contents list with a compact line of subject links.
– Renamed the revision link to Revision Exercises and pointed it to the new page URL.
– Linked the Infants 2 Revision Exercises page.

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