This page is dedicated to resources that I have encountered that are being shared online for everyone during the time of the 2020 COVID-19 School Closures. I have looked at each of them briefly, and I have set up this page to allow space for adding new resources. If you know of good, free, resources that I have not linked here, please let me know! If the lists get longer, I may choose to make them separate pages, but for now, to get them curated here, I thought this would work for now.
Also, on social media, I encourage you to follow the following Hashtags for other events and opportunities:
#Operation Storytime: Favorite Authors Hosting Storytimes, sometimes via FaceBook, sometimes via YouTube.
#SaveWithStories: Launched by Jennifer Garner and Amy Adams, this initiative is to have celebrities offer stories on Instagram and FaceBook while raising donations to assist with feeding students who are hungry.
#stayathomestorytime: So far, this seems to be specific to Oliver Jeffers' online story reads, but who knows? It may take off!
#LearnFromHome: This is a common hashtag for finding activities that parents are trying and websites that are promoting activities.
Also, on social media, I encourage you to follow the following Hashtags for other events and opportunities:
#Operation Storytime: Favorite Authors Hosting Storytimes, sometimes via FaceBook, sometimes via YouTube.
#SaveWithStories: Launched by Jennifer Garner and Amy Adams, this initiative is to have celebrities offer stories on Instagram and FaceBook while raising donations to assist with feeding students who are hungry.
#stayathomestorytime: So far, this seems to be specific to Oliver Jeffers' online story reads, but who knows? It may take off!
#LearnFromHome: This is a common hashtag for finding activities that parents are trying and websites that are promoting activities.
ArtDraw Every Day with JJK
Author-Illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka does a daily drawing lesson at 12:00 pm MST on his YouTube Channel. Jarrett Lerner Activities
Author-Illustrator Jarrett Lerner is providing printable activities for learners to exercise their creativity. Lunch Doodles with Mo
Author-Illustrator Mo Willems teaches drawing at 1:00 PM EST (11:00 AM MST) each Weekday for the Kennedy Center. Miximal Mondays w/ Ben Clanton
Join Ben Clanton on Mondays 9:30 PT (10:30 MT) for live drawing lessons on Instagram! |
ComputingBe Internet Awesome
Head over to Google's Interland where you can explore Internet Safety and Online Etiquette through traveling through stages of a game. CodeWizardsHQ
This website has a list of free coding apps and courses for kids. They also have some official courses that you can purchase. Digital Passport
From Common Sense Media, this website has games for practicing Digital Citizenship: Safety Online, Standing up to Cyberbullies, Searching, and Ethical Use of Information are all covered. TypeTastic
This is a K-12 Typing program that they are offering for free until the end of the school year. UBTECH Home Learning
UBTECH is providing some ideas for encouraging robotics and coding from home with weekly challenges. Some require no robotics equipment, and some may describe using their products. |
LanguagesSpanish Experiment
This website has audio stories in Spanish as well as some Spanish language lessons for beginners. Spanish Erizo
This website provides Spanish lessons designed for elementary learners, separated into grade levels K-5. The Fable Cottage
This website has several folk tales that learners can enjoy in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian. |
MathHappy Numbers
This site does require a teacher log-in to share with the students, but it is free until the end of the school year. Geared toward elementary, it offers differentiated lessons. Mathtv.com
Recommended by a friend, this site offers over 10,000 math videos so you can follow along and learn math concepts. Prodigy
Prodigy is a math game that teachers may have already set up for students. You should check with your child's teacher to see if they have an account. If not, it is a K-8 math platform where students learn and practice through game play. |
MusicFolk Cloud
This website is a collection of Folk Music from around the world. You can explore via a map. Musicnotes
Although Musicnotes is mostly a commercial site, I am including it here because I think it is cool that you can purchase and print out sheet music for your instrument. also, they are offering free Musicnotes (marked green) with the code MEFREE until April 6. We need a way to get our sheet music at home, right? Red Grammer
Children's Musical Artist Red Grammer will be doing weekly live "concerts" via FaceBook live from his page. You may want to follow him for times and dates! School House Rock
We can share a piece of our schooling with our kids. The complete School House Rock is available on YouTube! |
Phys EdJoe Wicks PE for Kids
Joe Wicks of "The Body Coach" fame is starting online PE classes for kids to do at home on Monday, March 23. Classes will be posted at 9:00 am UK time, which is 3:00 am Mountain Time on his YouTube channel. That just means it should be posted by the time we get up! Kids Workout : Jumping Jax Gym
This YouTube video is a 25 minute workout for kids and parents. Families that exercise together stay healthy! (We hope.) |
Reading11 Ways Parents Can Help Their Children Read
In this article geared toward parents, the authors provide practical tips that parents can use to help their children learn to read. ASL eBooks and Resources for Deaf Kids
This Google Doc, created by the Deaf Hearing Communication Center contains resources for working with our students who struggle with hearing complications. Brightly
"Raise Kids Who Love to Read." This website has learning activities for all ages Toddler through Teen to encourage reading engagement. Online Books and Stories
This links to another page of this website. For other eBooks and databases that may be available in your area, check out your social public and school library pages! A Sonnet a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Patrick Steward has decided to use his FaceBook Live stream to read a Shakespearean Sonnet every night. He is a classically trained Shakespearean actor, not just Jean Luc Picard! The Show Must Go On(Line)
A group of people from around Europe are taking on reading Shakespeare's plays in chronological order. This week was Two Gentlemen of Verona, and next week will be Taming of the Shrew. Storytime from Space
Astronauts from the International Space Station are reading books to kids. Join them for some fun! We Are One World
This Padlet created by Christina Nording is a collection of stories read online by professionals, often authors. The stories are organized by story type. |
Science40 Science Websites to Keep Kids Engaged At Home
This is a list of websites to visit to discover some engaging home-science projects. Dinosaur George
Dinosaur George will be doing live dinosaur lessons on his FaceBook Page starting Monday, March 23, 2020. He will be sharing dates and times on that page soon. Flinn Scientific
At home science experiments, led by video. Activities are included. I am unable to tell which level these experiments are for, but I am thinking middle school and high school. Oology: Science Website for Kids
The American Museum of Natural History has great science information for kids on their engaging website. |
Social StudiesThink Indigenous
A group of Indigenous teachers are teaching classes through FaceBook Live on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. This FaceBook site is geared toward K-8 education, but I imagine the lessons will be good for any number of ages. |
Miscellaneous30 Day Lego Challenge
We think of Legos as for our little kids, but the challenges here can engage the whole family! BreakOut EDU
Do you enjoy Escape Rooms? Why not try a few with your family? BreakOut EDU has provided some guidance and a slew of exciting games that could learning into a fun time for the whole family! Chatterpack
This website lists lots of links to online learning activities from Virtual Field Trips to college classes. Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media is a great place for parents to go for information on book, movie and video game content, and teachers often use their digital literacy and citizenship lessons. This link is to a page of activities that families can do together, including what time to find them online! Great Global Remote Learning FlipHunt
A fellow librarian, Kathy, created this FlipHunt challenge. I haven't done it yet, but I have put it on the let's try it out list! Hogwarts Escape Room
This Google Form Digital Escape room created by Sydney Krawiec (whose contact information is on the opening page) is sure to engage the family! Series of Unfortunate Events Escape Room
This Google Form Digital Escape room created by Kevin Vickers is a chance for another escape into (and out of?) another fictional world! |
Teacher ToolsLearning From Home (K-8)
Teaching Matters is a national professional learning organization. The Google slides here contain activities for each grade K-8 for this first week of Learning from Home, and they are designed with some teacher slides to be removed before use. They are created specifically for NYC schools, but they are great models with good lessons! Scholastic Digital Learning
Scholastic has provided a list of activities, sorted by grade levels of PK-K, Grades 1-2, Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-9. StudyLadder
Lessons in a variety of subjects for grades K-6. This platform is always free to teachers, and families can sign up for a $7.33/month fee. You may want to sign up for a free account to take a look. Transition to Online Learning
TIE, Technology and Innovation in Education, is also putting together some resources for helping teachers to Transition Online. Using Zoom for Virtual Teaching
This webinar, sponsored by the National Board Professional Standards Board, was presented live on FaceBook on March 19, 2020. They will be providing upcoming webinars on a variety of topics relating to virtual learning in the coming weeks. These are also open to all teachers, not just National Board Candidates, and they are NOT about the National Board process. Zoom Tips for Teachers
This Google Slide presentation created by Rae Fearing, Ryan Bhaten, and Vic Schoonover from the Del Norte County Office of Education has some nice tips. |
Field Trips30 Virtual Field Trips with Links
This list of virtual field trips has been linked in several places on FaceBook. I found it the Hacking School Libraries FaceBook page, but I am not sure if she is the author. National Inventor's Hall of Fame
A good activity for your aspiring STEM learner. Inventions and inventors are a fun way to explore. Palace of Versailles
A chance to tour the great French Palace of Versailles from your couch. Virtual Field Trips
Compiled by Freedom Homeschooling, this is a nice list of a variety of Virtual Field Trip activities. Virtual Marine Biology Camp
The parent scientists will be streaming on FaceBook and Instagram at 11 am PST (10 am MST) on Mondays and Thursdays to share information about marine biology. |
