By: Derry Koralek, Ray Collins. Play is the work of children  through play and interaction, children learn how to talk, listen, read, and write. Read about typical behaviors of emergent and beginning readers, and how each of these behaviors relate to reading and writing.
After years of civil war, Ireland became a republic in 1921. At this time, Britain negotiated with Ireland to keep the six counties in the north-east of Ireland. These six counties now make up what is known as Northern Ireland or Ulster. The southern part of the island is the Republic of Ireland, or Eire.
From 1801 until 1922, all of Ireland was part of the UK. In 1922 Ireland was partitioned, which for the first time created what is known as Northern Ireland. It has remained â¦ in the United Kingdom, while the rest of Ireland, now known as the Republic of Ireland, became independent.