A few ideas to keep you (and the children) busy whilst school is closed...
✅Virtual Field Trips
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SvIdgTx9djKO6SjyvPDsoGlkgE3iExmi3qh2KRRku_w/mobilebasic
✅Visit museums. Google Arts and Culture partnered with over 2,500 museums and galleries around the world to offer virtual tours of their spaces. Some of the options include New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum-
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en
✅The Louvre, based in Paris, is also offering its own virtual tour online for free-
https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
✅The San Diego Zoo has a live webcam for animals
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams
✅ Melbourne Zoo also has live webcams
https://www.zoo.org.au/animal-house
✅Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover
https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
✅The British Museum. This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies- https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/
✅National Geographic
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
✅Children’s books read by famous people
https://www.storylineonline.net/
✅Crafts and activities
https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/
✅Games, Recipes, Crafts Activities
https://www.highlightskids.com/
✅Online history classes for all ages preteen through adults- https://school.bighistoryproject.com/bhplive
✅Educational games
https://www.breakoutedu.com/funathome
✅Cultures and countries of the World
https://www.countryreports.org/
✅Illustrated Recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, maths and science
https://www.nomsterchef.com/nomster-recipe-library
✅Young Explorers is a magazine designed specifically for young children. Children can listen to the magazine being read to them as they follow along with the highlighted text- https://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/index.html
✅Historical Photographs - It’s a unique way to help children learn about history-
http://www.whatwasthere.com/
✅Appreciate the Arts by providing them with the opportunity to play games, conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art
https://artsology.com/
✅National Zoo and Smithsonian Learning Lab
https://www.si.edu/kids
✅NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals
https://climatekids.nasa.gov/
✅Kids Think Design explores careers in fashion design, graphic design, interior design, book design, product design, film and theatre, architecture, animation, and environmental design- http://www.kidsthinkdesign.org/
✅Movement and Mindfulness videos created by child development experts- https://www.gonoodle.com/
✅Kid-friendly workouts — choose from Strength for Kids, Agility for Kids, Flexibility and Balance for Kids, Warm-Up for Kids, Cooldown for Kids, Stand Up and Move for Kids, OR create your own custom kid workout
https://app.sworkit.com/collections/kids-workouts
✅Daily drawing lessons
https://youtu.be/MjaYnyCJDdU
✅Maths as a fun part of your daily family routine
http://bedtimemath.org/
✅Music is for everyone
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
✅Projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing- https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
✅Learn a language
https://www.duolingo.com/
✅Yoga and Mindfulness for kids-
https://youtu.be/0ImHIWzP49M
✅Online classes for kids
https://outschool.com/#abk7vott3k
✅Burning questions for children. There are vocabulary challenges and comprehension questions
http://wonderopolis.org/
✅Learn to code
https://www.codecademy.com/
✅Listen to astronauts read Story Time From Space
https://storytimefromspace.com/library/
✅Maths Games
https://gridclub.com/
✅Science experiments that you can do at home-
https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/
✅Work on the 8 parts of speech
https://www.grammaropolis.com/
✅Google Earth
https://www.google.com/earth/
✅Scratch teaches students all about coding
https://scratch.mit.edu/
✅World of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/
✅Tests kids’ geography skills. Using images from Google’s Street View, it plops players down in the middle of the street and asks them to figure out where they are- https://www.geoguessr.com/
✅Numbers that help kids explore complex math topics and make math more fun- https://www.numberphile.com/
✅Help kids learn to appreciate the arts by providing them with the opportunity to play games, conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art
https://artsology.com/
✅Play instruments online. Instruments include the guitar, piano, pan flute, drums, and bongos- https://www.virtualmusicalinstruments.com/
✅Fun songs to help teach pre-school children https://www.songsforteaching.com/preschoolkindergarten.htm
✅NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals
https://climatekids.nasa.gov/
✅Coding for ages 4-10
https://www.kodable.com/
✅Marine Biologists- take a deep dive into ocean life.
https://ocean.si.edu/
✅Science podcasts to listen to with your kids
https://medium.com/kidslisten/19-great-science-podcasts-you-can-listen-to-with-kids-6fe46ac506b8#.rb23iuaw6
✅Red Tent Art- step by step instructions on art projects including origami, Easter, 3D cards, clay pots, etc
https://www.youtube.com/user/redtedart
✅ABC- Educational resources
https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/home
✅Boost writing confidence with Storybird
http://storybird.com/
✅Kids numbers
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/
✅Maths Frame
http://www.mathsframe.co.uk/default.aspx
✅Make your own animated videos with Go animate
http://goanimate.com/
✅Prezi (make your presentations zoom)
http://prezi.com/
✅Create interactive avatars to showcase children’s learning
http://www.voki.com/
✅Go Geocatching
https://geocaching.com.au
✅The Kid Should See This
https://thekidshouldseethis.com
✅Electoral System of Australia
https://education.aec.gov.au/teacher-resources/
✅Kids News
https://education.aec.gov.au/teacher-resources/
✅ Carson Ellis' Art Club- Carson Ellis, author and illustrator will be posting art assignments on her Instagram page every weekday morning. They’ll be designed for kids and grownups alike. If you want to share them, you can use the hashtag #quarantineartclub. She’ll also provide individual hashtags for each exercise so everyone can see each other’s work. https://instagram.com/carsonellis?igshid=1urg2g0rg5r4b
✅Virtual dance sessions with one of Lady Gaga's backing dancers
https://instagram.com/mkik808?igshid=xp9gywx8gc02
✅And don’t forget to fly a kite! #24
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.mykidstime.com/things-to-do/101-things-to-do-with-kids-that-will-cost-nothing-but-time/amp/
