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Learning from Home

Source: Community | April 8, 2020

Many families are supporting their children in the process of learning at home, some for the first time! One of the most important things parents and caregivers can do at this time is to manage their expectations. It’s important to recognize that meaningful and effective learning at home does not have to replicate the classroom experience. In fact, some of a child’s best learning will happen as they connect with you while taking a walk through the woods, or by sitting and reading a book with another family member. Interactive board games, folding laundry, and cooking together all provide opportunities for learning and growing.

The internet is full of excellent resources to guide and inspire your learning journey with your child. The following resources stood out to staff at the MFRC:

BC ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

  • Open School BC

VIRTUAL FIELDTRIPS:

  • Calendar of virtual field trips for families March/April 2020

READING AND WRITING

  • Audible – Free Audiobook Service for Children
  • Scholastic – ebooks with related activities
  • Seussville – Dr Seuss related games and learning
  • Storyline Online – video clips of stories being read aloud
  • Phonics Play – interactive phonics games
  • Oxford Owl – ebooks (you will need to log in, but it’s free to sign up)

ART

  • Tate Kids – Games, quizzes, art ideas, facts and videos
  • Jumpstart Art Resources
  • Mo Willems – Lunchtime doodles
  • Carson Ellis – Quartatine Art Club
  • Jarrett Krosoczka – Draw Every Day

MATH

  • Multiplication
  • Cool Math Games
  • Top Marks

SCIENCE

  • Nasa Kids Club
  • Mystery Science

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

  • Go Noodle
  • Cosmic Kids

OTHER

  • Ms Atkinson Circle Time
  • Companies Offering Free Subscriptions Due to School Closures
  • Chatterpack: A List of Free, Online, Boredom-Busting Resources
  • Webinar on Homeschooling by Tamara Strijack

 

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