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Here are some links for information and resources we though might be useful!



General






Language/Learning






Uusi kielemme Finnish for busy people' - lots of material for learning Finnish'

Places/Travelling

Matkahuolto Travelling in Finland with a bus

VR  travelling around Finland with trains

HSL travelling in the capital area in Finland 


History



News

Helsingin Sanomat Finland best known newspaper

Selkouutiset easy/simplified versions of YLE news items 

Expatrium Ulkomailla asuvan suomalaisen lehti

Sanomalehtien liitto: Sanomalehdet Linkkejä suomalaisiin lehtiin 

Helsinki Times News from Finland in English

People/Culture


Inktank Cool stories of interesting people


Music

Soundi Music magazine



YleX radio with popular songs in Finland

Sport


LiveStream ice hockey livestream

Jatkoaika more hockey, a little less 'official' 

Urheilu uutiset

Sport news

For Children


YOUNGER CHIDLREN


Oppi ja Ilo online games for learning Finnish

Ekapeli alku learning the basics of reading in Finnish for young children



OLDER CHILDREN

Välkky Peikkoleiri - app for learning Finnish grammar

Tenkka-Poo R and Tenkka Poo - R app or learning the S and R sounds

Perunakellari Interactive tasks related to different curriculum subjects in Finnish
   
Luki-Luukas Practising writing and reading in Finnish

Luontoportti information of animals and plants in Finnish

Suomen sää learning weather words in Finnish

Suomen historia Finlands history in Finnish for children

Kalevala lapsille Kalevala for people

Aparaattisaari-peli learning environment that follows a story aiming to support computing skills and internet safety 

Mediakasvatus  Skills for reading news articles for children

Turvapupu traffic safety