School’s out. Homeschooling is not your thing. Here are links to some helpful ideas. (Links were gathered March 2020 for the coronavirus quarantine.)
Coronovirus Social Story
Visual Home Schedule for School Closings – Free at this time
Links to General Home Activities for Children
Giant List of Ideas for Being Home with Kids
How to Occupy Kids During a Quarantine
Don’t Panic About Being Home with Kids Blog post
Making the Most of Covid-19 School Closures, Neuropsychology & Education Services for Children & Adolescents
Sample Schedules for Learning at Home
Covid-19 Daily Schedule Neuropsychology & Education Services for Children & Adolescents:
Virtual Field Trips About Animals
San Diego Zoo – animal information, video cams, readalongs
Georgia Aquarium – webcams
Houston Zoo – webcams
Monterey Bay Aquarium – webcams
Cornell Lab Bird cams
Big Sur web cams of many kinds
Africa Animals web cams
National Park Service wildlife web cams
Endangered Wolf Center webcams
St. Louis Zoo connects to webcams around the country
Reading Websites
Storyline online – Read aloud books
Mims House Children’s Books – e books and audio books free, spring 2020. Just add to cart to get free.
Math Websites
https://www.khanacademy.org/Kahn Academy – Math, Science, History – free
Math Playground free games
Science and Social Studies Websites
National Geographic Kids – Interesting facts and photos about many topics.
Yellowstone National Park virtual tour
Virtual Field Trips, Adventures in Familyhood
Science for K – 5 – MysteryScience.com
NASA image and video library
Smithsonian for Kids activities
Art
Free Online Daily Art Activities – Supply lists are provided to order supplies from Amazon.
Children’s author, Mo Willems, Livestream doodles every weekday
General Learning Sites
Scholastic Learn at Home Website – 20 days of 4 free lessons by grade level.
Brainpop – Look for the link at the top to access site free during school closures.
Starfall – some free, some membership K – 3 Reading and Math activities
abcya.com – word, math, strategy games K – 6
ABC Mouse for children aged 2 – 8, Free membership code AOFLUNICEF during school closures
Time for Kids digital magazine – free for balance of 2020 school year
Fluency and Fitness, 3 free weeks during school closures
Miscellaneous Links at Kids Activities Blog
