Learning Websites

If you are looking for something else to do, you can:


Technology:

Youtube Videos-

Jack Hartman

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVcQH8A634mauPrGbWs7QlQ

The Singing Walrus

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

LeapFrog Learning

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUkYs6PcR9UNB8jxEV6n31QMVNakvBaNm


Learning Games:

ABCya

https://www.abcya.com/grades/k

Starfall

https://www.starfall.com/h/index-kindergarten.php

Turtle Diary

https://www.turtlediary.com/games/kindergarten.html

Education.com

https://www.education.com/games/kindergarten/

Room Recess

https://www.roomrecess.com/pages/K1.html


Reading/Books:

Bookshelf

https://www.arcbookshelf.com/?schoolpace=true

Storyline Online

https://www.storylineonline.net/

Story Time With Ms. Becky

https://storytimewithmsbecky.com/

Wilbooks- Great books for students on 1Y-3Y

https://www.wilbooks.com/free-resources-free-online-books-kindergarten

If you have Netflix, they now have several full length LeapFrog Educational videos.

https://www.netflix.com

Math:

  • Practice counting to 100 by 1s and 10s

  • Practice counting forwards and backwards

  • Count from any number forwards and backwards (ex: start counting forward from 16 or backwards starting at 60)

  • 2D and 3D shape scavenger hunt inside or outside

  • Find things around the house that are taller than you and shorter than you or things that way more than you or less than you

  • Practice basic addition and subtraction facts

    • Make flashcards

    • Try to solve them without using your fingers

    • Use sidewalk chalk to practice basic facts

  • Practice writing your numbers 0-20

    • Use pencils, crayons, or markers

    • Use shaving cream and write numbers in the shaving cream using your finger

    • Use sidewalk chalk to write numbers

  • Play a boardgame that entails counting or math

  • Play a math game online from the technology list

Reading:

  • Read:

    • Read a book to a family member or pet

    • Have someone read a book to you

    • Discuss the book or answer questions about the book:

      • Name the parts of the book: front cover, back cover, title page and spine

      • Who was the main character?

      • Where did the story take place?

      • What was the problem and solution?

      • What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?

  • Practice your power words

  • Practice identifying letters and letter sounds

    • Play memory with letter

    • Write letter on paper and hang them around your house and go on a letter hunt

    • Write them on paper and have someone call one of the words out and jump on it

    • Practice writing your letters with sidewalk chalk

  • Practice spelling 3 letter words by tapping them out or spelling them

  • Practice fundations by saying the fundations chant- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MMiie4vNwk&t=1s


Writing:

  • Continue the May Writing calendar

  • Keep a journal

  • Look at a picture and write about it

  • Draw a picture and write about it

  • Write a book

  • Practice handwriting by writing numbers and letters


Have fun together!

  • Play indoor hide and seek.

  • Make decorations, curate a playlist, and throw a family dance party.

  • Try a new cookie or cake recipe. Bonus idea: Set up a camera or smartphone and film a cooking show!

  • Go camping in the living room.

  • Play board games.

  • Design and go on an indoor treasure hunt.

  • Plan a family garden.

  • Dress up in your best clothes and have a fancy dinner.

  • Have an indoor picnic.

  • Listen to an audiobook or podcast.

  • Try Cosmic Kids Yoga.

  • Create your own bingo cards and have a bingo tournament.

  • Create a family tree.

  • Learn and play a new card game.

  • Play with sidewalk chalk.

  • Play indoor volleyball or soccer with balloons.

  • Make paper airplanes and see whose plane flies the farthest.

  • Make your own popsicles.

  • Go in your backyard and look for four-leaf clovers.

  • Play “I Spy” inside or out the window.

  • Have breakfast in bed.

  • Have a tea party.

  • Create a nature scavenger hunt in your back yard.

  • Play “The Floor is Lava.”

  • Snuggle on the couch and read your favorite books.

  • Rearrange or redecorate your room.

  • Have a pillow fight.

  • Make an indoor obstacle course.

  • Have a family music night.

  • Build a giant fort out of blankets, chairs and pillows

  • Put on a puppet show.

  • Make a scrapbook.

  • Do a puzzle.

  • Create a new dessert.

  • Play 20 Questions.

  • Write letters to family and friends.

  • Play hangman or tic-tac-toe.

  • Make a time capsule! One day your kids can use it to tell their kids all about this craziness.

  • Skills a student needs to be successful when going to first grade:

    • Identify all letters and sounds

    • Count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s

    • Write the numbers 0-20

    • Identify 60 1G power words

    • Basic addition and subtraction facts to 5

    • Basic sentence structure

    • Tapping/sounding out 3 letter words (ex.: cat, dig, mud)

    • Basic geometry (2D and 3D shapes)

    • Sorting by color, shape, size, or other similar attributes

    • Composing and decomposing numbers

    • Reading comprehension:

-answer questions about a story

-retell a story

-know character, setting, problem, solution, beginning, middle, and end