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.
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
Play memory with your power words
Write your words on paper and hang them around your house and go on a power word hunt
Write them on paper and have someone call one of the words out and jump on it
Practice writing your words with sidewalk chalk
1G Power Words Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy_1rGenzkA
2G Power Words Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tGNNfUG5_Q
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