Resources to help with learning from home (compiled in the Spring of 2020)

The following list of resources was compiled in and shared with parents during the Spring/Summer of 2020 to support families with learning at home. Thank you to everyone who shared resources. Please note, some links may no longer work and some of the resources may no longer be available.

Curriculum:

• Tennyson/VSB e-library (please email for the login in info)
• French-English Dictionary
• French Dictionary
• French Verb Conjugator
• Mystery Science, for a starter list of kindergarten through fifth grade science lessons
• Prodigy, for first through eighth grade math lessons built into an interactive battle-style game
• Reading Eggs, for a homeschool reading curriculum with online reading lessons
• ABCmouse.com, for a full, online curriculum for kids between two and eight years old
•  Khan Academy Kids, for free lessons divided by grade levels and subjects
• Online G3, for classes geared toward accelerated learners
• Learning Without Tears  offers writing and keyboarding tools for the K-Gr5 set. They have just opened up some of their resources for free during this time. 
• Easy Science for Kids
• Jump Math used by many classes at Tennyson
• Kahn Academy simple instructions and great videos to explain key concepts as well as practice questions
• ​List of thinking games by grade
• Starfall K-Gr 3
• FunBrain K-Gr8
• Splashlearn has free match exercises for kid K-3
• Live It - offering a  FREE 10-Week  Educational Series which included videos and Q&A sessions. Topics include, marine environment, industry,

Educational projects and homeschooling resources:

• CBC kids
• CBC Podcasts - there are so many!! A few shout outs from  Tai, Asks Why  and  The Secret Life of Canada  got any favourites??
• Zone Jeunesse  (Radio Canada Kids)
• NASA has made their entire library publicly accessible and copyright free
• Learn a First Nations language. Anyone have any good sites for this? Here is one about the  weather in Cree
• Learn Hul’q’umi’num’ (Halkamelam), which is one of the Coast Salish languages spoken hereabouts, including by the Musqueam. web.uvic.ca/hrd/hulq/index.htm
• Seussville. Need we say more
• Think Indigenous is offering online lessons K-8. Check out their Facebook page as well.
• Audible is offering free stories for kids.
• Massimo Bottura is offering free cooking classes on IG
• Free curriculum used by some homeschooling families (in the UK). Preschool activities to 12th grade!Scholastic has created a free learn-from-home site with 20+ days of learning and activities
• ​Kids National Geographic
• Mo Williams is posting Lunch Doodles every day at 1pm. The site seems to be overwhelmed at the moment, but they can be view on YouTube
• Collage Collage is selling  craft kits that can be picked up  11am to 2pm
• Savethechildren.org, for tools and tips specific to COVID-19, plus weekly learning activities organized by age
• Scholastic Learn at Home, for a twenty-day plan with daily projects during school closures
• PBS SoCal At-Home Learning, for at-home learning tips and pre-K to twelfth grade programming and activities
• Lego! The 30 day lego challenge.
• PBS Kids
• The Microsoft store is running  free workshops online.  Derek (thanks Derk) who shared this resource said his  daughter attended a couple of them in store last summer and they were great. She especially liked the Minecraft coding course. Based on his experience of the Minecraft courses, you might want to sit with your 8/9 year old kids during this to help them along the way.
  
  

Virtual field trips:

•  Virtual Field Trips
• WebExhibits, for an online interactive museum that covers science, the humanities, and culture
• The Boston Children’s Museum, the Louvre, the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian, and many other museums, for virtual tours and online kid-friendly activities
• The Georgia and Monterey Bay Aquariums, the San Diego Zoo, Zoo Atlanta, and the Houston Zoo, for live animal cams
• Yellowstone National Park and the Great Wall of China, for virtual field trips
• Virtual Museum Tours

General information and other bits and bobs:

• A kids guide to coronavirus podcast
• Tips here on homeschooling
• Curated Podcasts for kids
• Cosmic Kids Yoga!
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
• Arcademics, for free, multiplayer educational games for kindergarten through eighth grade students
• National Geographic Kids, for online games, science experiments, and quizzes
• All Kids Network, for free worksheets and printable crafts, activities, and mazes
• The Internet Archive has opened a (US) National Emergency Library for all to enjoy. Read the article in the New Yorker here.
• How to talk to your kids about COVID-19  from CBC  
• Common Sense Media has recommendations for age appropriate movies and apps
• Netflix - Ok, we all know this one, but most of the shows have a version Français tool that you can turn on. I did this ONE DAY for my 8 year old when she was home sick and it made a huge difference in her French. Honest. I’ve heard Downton Abbey is a good series to watch + there are loads of actual French movies too.
• Marble World Championships - in case you are in need of sports!
• Master Class - ok, this one costs some money, but maybe they will take pity on us and offer a deal shortly - PLEEZE (I want to know how to be a boss/master chef/movie director/basketball player/chess master!!)
•  Several mediation apps offer free trials. Try Calm, Headspace or many others
• Karen Flamenco is offering free online Flamenco classes for adults and children on Thursday evenings via zoom. Email info@karenflamenco if you are interested
• Many fitness apps also offer free trials. There are so many good ones, but if you have zero equipment in your house, try this one: The Be Coming Project
• 20 minute workouts from CBC life (that the grade 7s are really into)
• Art21 - Artist guided tours of their work