The following are great resources to keep students engaged in their own learning.
Occasionally there will be activities assigned from here but students are welcome to explore and complete as many as they desire at any time.
While all sites are child friendly, be sure to visit each one with your child initially to ensure they are prepared to navigate it and are participating safely and respectfully online.
Websites
Symbaloo
A website that links to 50+ other educationally relevant sites in everything from writing to science to history and more. Many of those below can also be found here.
Khanacademy
Lessons and activities relating to math by grade and topic, grammar, reading comprehension and computer programming. Offering free support for parents and students, requires and email to sign up and save your progress.
Kids National Geographic
Environmental science based short informational videos, activities and games for kids, great place to start any research projects on animals.
CBC Kids Curio
CBC has create an online video platform created on a subscription basis for educators. They have temporarily made this platform available for free. It includes video content on art, social studies, technology, math, and science. This will require parental guidance and support as videos are posted with a suggested age for viewing beside each link.
Scratch
Lear to use basic block coding to create games, stories and animations to share with others. Requires an email to set up an account and save projects.
abcya
Offers online games and activities for grades K to 6 divided in to math, writing and strategy/logic. Free basic subscription offered, requires email to sign in and save work.
Educational Podcasts
Brain On
For the curious that love science. Co-hosted each week by kid scientists and reporters from public radio, we ask questions and go wherever the answers take us.
Forever Ago
For history lovers and those who like to understand where things come from. Every episode explores the origin of one thing – like sandwiches, video games and clocks – while teaching listeners to think critically about the past.
Smash Boom Best
For debate lovers. Every episode takes two cool things, smashes them together and let’s you decide which is best.
Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls
For historians. Biographies of powerful females through history told as oral stories. Also they are releasing a free digital version of our I Am A Rebel Girl journal as well as the step-by-step activities that are found at the end of our chapter books for free on this site.
Physical Fitness Resources
Yoga
Yoga with Adriene is a YouTube channel with 10 – 40 minute relaxing yoga classes. They can help release stress and refocus your mind while also improving your flexibility and balance.
Go Noodle
GoNoodle videos get kids moving to be their strongest, bravest, silliest, smartest, bestest selves. Over 14 million kids each month are dancing, stretching, running, jumping, deep breathing, and wiggling with GoNoodle.