At Home Learning Resources

Hi all!

Oh man do we miss being in class!

Until we're able to be back in schools again, we thought we'd pass along some resources for learning at home. Parents, we know this is a difficult time as many of you are not only parenting/teaching but also working from home. So, we hope some of these resources help you during this time.

1. Scholastic- Learn at Home
This website has Grade level books and activities on various curriculum topics daily.

 https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

2. York Region District School Board website

The YRDSB has created a document that has countless links to free resources online. Each link tells you grade level and subject area. 

http://www.yrdsb.ca/Students/Pages/Online-Resources.aspx

3. Ministry of Education- Ontario

The Ministry has created a list of free resources available to families at home. 

https://www.ontario.ca/page/learn-at-home

4. Reading at Home for Parents

This website has video tutorials to help parents get their kids reading at home. They also have links to many free reading resources online.

https://www.thedailycafe.com/content/reading-home-parents

 5. Art for Kids Hub

This website has drawing tutorials. You can search topics on the website, which you can't do on YouTube. Their YouTube channel has many free drawing tutorials. 

https://www.artforkidshub.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub

6. Cincinnati Zoo

The zoo is doing live safaris each day at 3pm EST. You log in through Facebook to watch. 

http://cincinnatizoo.org/news-releases/cincinnati-zoo-is-bringing-the-zoo-to-you/

7. Audible

Audible has created a free list of books for young readers. 

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

8. Toronto Zoo

The Toronto Zoo has some resources for parents with links to activities as well as some live videos of animals.

http://www.torontozoo.com/zootoyou

9. Storyline Online

This YouTube channel is full of stories. There are videos of celebrities reading various books aloud.

https://www.youtube.com/user/StorylineOnline/videos

How to Talk About COVID-19 with your kids

There has been a lot of news out there that is overwhelming, confusing and downright scary. How do you talk about this with children, without scaring them?

I found this comic book created by Malaka Gharib  to help tell kids the story and to simplify it.
(Click here to go to the article).

You can download and print the image and turn it into a mini book. There is also a Chinese language version (click here).

Watch here for how to fold it. You can also use this video to make your own mini books at home!

Remember to stay home and wash your hands!