Keeping kids busy over the COVID - 19 Break March 23 - 26
In this post I will mention some more online resources that I have found and will likely use at some point. I will also post in further detail what kinds of activities we will be doing this week. And will have a weekly COVID-19 post of our tentative schedule for as many weeks as we are home schooling while social distancing/isolating. We need to be diligent during this time to limit our interactions outside of our houses but also need to have fun to take away the stress from our children. Our kids still need to be kids, have fun and learning while doing so!
Cincinnati Zoo virtual tour/ animal feature daily. Find their Facebook page and you can be connected to the daily animal feature. I believe they also have a YouTube channel where you can watch the animal experiences as well. What a great offering and experience for kids especially during this time of social distancing and isolation.
Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg also has creature features that will happen from 1:00-1:30 Central time on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the next two weeks. Just another great learning opportunity for our kids during this difficult time. You can find these features on their Facebook page.
Another google doc with lists of different sites to use to help keep kids busy.
Dream box is an online math website for K-12 and is offering a free 90 day trial.
Connected North has created an online schedule for virtual field trips that can be done at home! Check them out as they are very informative and fun for the kids.
MOE has also launched its online learning resource for families of kids K-12.
This is also another Kids Activity Blog that has posted links to different websites that have offered free subscriptions during this break.
Once you’ve gone on a virtual field trip you can connect in some other learning activities and link it all together. For example, if you visit the zoo tour you can create a craft and have some type of reading and writing activity to go along with it. The zoo posts the day before what animal they will feature so it give you a little time to find some activities to link to it. The Connected North field trips have sent out their weekly schedule, which also allows you to pre plan and find some activities to go along with the field trips.
In my first post about Things to do with Kids over the COVID-19 Break I posted my schedule that I will follow. Below I will post what we will be doing. Remember I am posting for kindergarten and a 1.5 year old but these ideas can be altered for all age groups.
Monday:
Reading: Scholastics day 1: animal studies - Rabbits (reading level A book)
Writing: practicing our name and work on spelling rabbit and then colouring a picture of a rabbit (goes along with our reading activities)
Craft: rabbit craft
Watch Connected North on Arctic Animals at 10:15
Math: sorting and counting blocks
STEM: building blocks
Tuesday:
Reading: Scholastic Day 2: living things - plants (reading level A book)
Writing: writing our name, creating letters with play dough
Craft: dinosaur craft
Connected North: dinosaurs at 1:45
Math: math number practice
STEM: create a racetrack and race cars
Zumba: 6:00
Wednesday:
Reading: Day 3: Life cycles - animal babies (reading level A book)
Writing: writing name and letters practice on paper
Craft: Rainbow craft
Math: Rainbow dice game
STEM: Roll a rainbow activity
Zumba: 6:00
Thursday:
Reading: Day 4 Scholastic- Earth and Space - the moon (reading level A book)
Writing: writing name and play dough letters
Craft: rocket ship craft (possibly made out of toilet paper rolls, if you’re lucky enough to have a spare roll lying around)
Math: MOE/TVO kids math games
STEM: making animals out of clay
Family Movie Night: we will pop popcorn, have treats and either watch a movie off Netflix, Disney+ or rent one off our Apple TV.
Friday:
Reading: Day 5 Scholastic - seasons- spring
Writing: writing name, letters practice worksheets
Connected North: Kaboomistry at 10:00
Connected North: Dinosaurs at 2:30
Math: dream box math online games or TVOkids games
STEM: exploding rainbow experiment
Cooking: Pizza
Pizza night!!! Check out my post on the best pizza dough recipe!
Obviously if things aren’t working or it’s seeming too stressful for your child. Stop and take a break and play. Don’t force learning but encourage a little bit of work followed by some fun play. Also try to plan things that they’ll find fun and interesting as that will help to keep them engaged in their learning.
We also have a family in our town who decorated their door for Easter and has encouraged others to do so. This will allow people to walk and look at doors or drive around and look at all the beautiful doors in our town. We will be adding in some more Easter Crafts and decorations so we can decorate our door as well.
Cincinnati Zoo virtual tour/ animal feature daily. Find their Facebook page and you can be connected to the daily animal feature. I believe they also have a YouTube channel where you can watch the animal experiences as well. What a great offering and experience for kids especially during this time of social distancing and isolation.
Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg also has creature features that will happen from 1:00-1:30 Central time on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the next two weeks. Just another great learning opportunity for our kids during this difficult time. You can find these features on their Facebook page.
Another google doc with lists of different sites to use to help keep kids busy.
Dream box is an online math website for K-12 and is offering a free 90 day trial.
Connected North has created an online schedule for virtual field trips that can be done at home! Check them out as they are very informative and fun for the kids.
MOE has also launched its online learning resource for families of kids K-12.
This is also another Kids Activity Blog that has posted links to different websites that have offered free subscriptions during this break.
Once you’ve gone on a virtual field trip you can connect in some other learning activities and link it all together. For example, if you visit the zoo tour you can create a craft and have some type of reading and writing activity to go along with it. The zoo posts the day before what animal they will feature so it give you a little time to find some activities to link to it. The Connected North field trips have sent out their weekly schedule, which also allows you to pre plan and find some activities to go along with the field trips.
In my first post about Things to do with Kids over the COVID-19 Break I posted my schedule that I will follow. Below I will post what we will be doing. Remember I am posting for kindergarten and a 1.5 year old but these ideas can be altered for all age groups.
Monday:
Reading: Scholastics day 1: animal studies - Rabbits (reading level A book)
Writing: practicing our name and work on spelling rabbit and then colouring a picture of a rabbit (goes along with our reading activities)
Craft: rabbit craft
Watch Connected North on Arctic Animals at 10:15
Math: sorting and counting blocks
STEM: building blocks
Tuesday:
Reading: Scholastic Day 2: living things - plants (reading level A book)
Writing: writing our name, creating letters with play dough
Craft: dinosaur craft
Connected North: dinosaurs at 1:45
Math: math number practice
STEM: create a racetrack and race cars
Zumba: 6:00
Wednesday:
Reading: Day 3: Life cycles - animal babies (reading level A book)
Writing: writing name and letters practice on paper
Craft: Rainbow craft
Math: Rainbow dice game
STEM: Roll a rainbow activity
Zumba: 6:00
Thursday:
Reading: Day 4 Scholastic- Earth and Space - the moon (reading level A book)
Writing: writing name and play dough letters
Craft: rocket ship craft (possibly made out of toilet paper rolls, if you’re lucky enough to have a spare roll lying around)
Math: MOE/TVO kids math games
STEM: making animals out of clay
Family Movie Night: we will pop popcorn, have treats and either watch a movie off Netflix, Disney+ or rent one off our Apple TV.
Friday:
Reading: Day 5 Scholastic - seasons- spring
Writing: writing name, letters practice worksheets
Connected North: Kaboomistry at 10:00
Connected North: Dinosaurs at 2:30
Math: dream box math online games or TVOkids games
STEM: exploding rainbow experiment
Cooking: Pizza
Pizza night!!! Check out my post on the best pizza dough recipe!
Obviously if things aren’t working or it’s seeming too stressful for your child. Stop and take a break and play. Don’t force learning but encourage a little bit of work followed by some fun play. Also try to plan things that they’ll find fun and interesting as that will help to keep them engaged in their learning.
We also have a family in our town who decorated their door for Easter and has encouraged others to do so. This will allow people to walk and look at doors or drive around and look at all the beautiful doors in our town. We will be adding in some more Easter Crafts and decorations so we can decorate our door as well.
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