Happy Spring break!

I hope you are all settling into our break from school nicely.  The current situation leaves all of us with a lot of unknowns about the upcoming days and weeks. I really hope you are able to build some structure into your days to provide stability for the kids. I wanted to provide you with some links and ideas to keep your kids’ minds active over our break. Here are a few of my favourites:

Mystery science: This link will provide you with some great science activities and lessons. (copy and paste the site below)

https://mysteryscience.com/click?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmysteryscience.com%2Fschool-closure-planning&uuid=b1c78e8d-6519-4a90-aef0-17918a15b1c3

Reading A to Z: You can sign up for a free trial which will allow you access to hundreds of leveled readers. This is the site where I get our home reading books from so the students will be familiar with the format. Most books can be read online or printed.

www.readinga-z.com

Art for kids hub (youtube): Our class loves learning how to draw following these lessons. Thanks to Damian for introducing this site to us! My own kids love it too!

Gardening Project: Later in the Spring, our class will be learning about mason bees and their connection to the environment. Our class will be researching which plants are classified as “pollinators” to attract the bees.  If you have the opportunity to research which flowers attract bees and then plant pollinating seeds at home, this would give our pollinator garden a wonderful head start.  We would then plant the seedlings in our school garden when the weather improves.

Most of all, enjoy the sunshine!