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.
Well, Northern Ireland is considered to be a part of UK and its capital is Belfast. Ireland consists of 26 counties and Northern Ireland comprises of only six counties. When comparing the religion of the two regions, the Northern Ireland consists of Protestants and Ireland consists of Catholics.