Calia Brencsons-Van Dyk

Mar 19, 20201 min

Home Learning Resources

Like many of you - my travel days are pretty limited right now. The Coronavirus has pretty much put all of our plans on hold. My husband, seven year-old son and I have started to work from home and self-isolate. Many friends and family have shared their tips and ideas for home learning...so I am sharing them here...I will continue to update and add to this page so that we can all help each other out. Be strong, stay safe and be kind...

RESOURCES FOR HOME LEARNING

Scholastic has put together a list of resources available for working from home

https://resource-bank.scholastic.co.uk

The Kahn Academy – their mission is to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

https://www.khanacademy.org

STORY TIME:

Your kids can now watch Astronauts Reading Stories from Space

https://www.scarymommy.com/astronauts-story-time-in-space-kids-books/

FRENCH

https://jeunesse.tv5monde.com/apprendre

This has fun activities for children -including museum visits – dictations, coloring pages…etc..

ART

Kahn Academy and WDW partnered up to bring you “Imagineering in a Box”

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2019/08/walt-disney-imagineering-partners-with-khan-academy-to-bring-you-imagineering-in-a-box/

CULTURE

Download free coloring books from 113 Museums

http://www.openculture.com/2019/02/download-free-coloring-books-from-113-museums.html

Intro to Marine Mammals:

Manatee, Dolphins, Whales and More…small online classes for all ages

https://outschool.com/classes/introduction-to-marine-mammals-manatees-dolphins-whales-and-more-SxuseJiX#abk1igqgm1

TV SHOWS THAT ARE HELPFUL

On BBC IPlayer

Numberblocks – helps children to understand simple math projects

Maddie’s Do You Know – Answers simple questions about the world around us – ranging from televisions to how toilet paper is made

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