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Movement Activities
Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts
Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation for kids. Interactive adventures which build strength, balance and confidence - and get kids into yoga and mindfulness early!
Music Activities
Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments.
Help your children learn counting, numbers, reading and language skills, nursery rhymes, science, physical fitness, dance and movement.
Art & Craft Activities
Here you will find all kinds of art lessons for kids, including how to draw for kids, even painting and origami too!
Earth Day Promise
Have your child colour, paint or cut and glue from construction paper a round earth. Place a green hand print in the middle of the circle. Then brainstorm with your child ways to help take care of our earth. Students should write a couple sentences about their promise to our earth.
Please take a picture of your child with their finished product and send it to us!
Ice Cream Printmaking
Click HERE for the instructions. If you do not have any foam at home you could always try using a potato to make your print! This activity does not need to be done with ink, paint would work just fine. Send us a picture of your masterpiece!
Q-Tip Painting
Try your hand at some beginners Pointillism painting. Click HERE for the instructions.
Rock Art
Go on a nature walk and find different shaped rocks. Have some fun at home painting them in different colours and designs. Use different sized paint brushes, q-tips or toothpicks for spots and eyes.
Land Art
Go for a nature walk. Collect twigs, leaves, rocks etc. Create a beautiful masterpiece in your yard or neighborhood. HERE are some more ideas. Send us a picture of your creation!
Science Activities
Animal Homes
Some animals are domestic (people need to take care of them by feeding them and giving them a place to live) while some animals are wild (they find their own food and shelter) Watch this video about animals homes and then pick your own wild or domestic animal. Draw a picture of their habitat. You could also make a 3D diorama with an empty shoe box and construction paper, if you wanted!
Parts of a Plant
Watch this video to learn about the parts of a plant. Click HERE for a worksheet to show what you learned.
Celery Experiment
Want to learn how plants move water around inside them? Then try our amazing color-changing celery experiment,. You could even try this experiment with white flowers like carnations.
Plant Experiment
Watch the first video to see how to set up your experiment. Make a prediction about each seed. Do you think a plant can grow without sun, soil, or water? Plant your seeds and and observe what happens. You could keep your observations in a journal once or twice a week. Draw a picture and write a sentence about what each plant looks like. After you have observed your plant for 2-3 weeks watch the second video to see if you got the same results!
Click HERE for a printable observation sheet.
Watch this video to see how to set up your experiment.
Watch this video 2-3 weeks after you do the experiment to see if you got the same results!
How Seeds Grow
Watch these videos to learn more about planting and growing seeds. Check back next week for a plant growing experiment!
Peep Plants A Seed
Living vs. Non Living
Watch this video to learn the difference between living and non living things. HERE is an activity to test what you learned.
Spring is Here!
Watch this video about what happens in the Spring season.
Senses Scavenger Hunt
Have some fun with your family doing this scavenger hunt. Share a picture with us!
Can you guess what object goes with each clue?
Social Studies Activities
What is a Community?
Watch this video to see what makes a community a community.
Communities We Belong To
Watch this video with your child and talk about all of the communities that they belong to!
Then & Now
Watch this video and discuss how has the world changed over time.
STEM Challenges
Jelly Beans and Toothpicks
Build a flat creation
Create something with a 3D effect
Make the tallest jelly bean tower
Use the jelly beans to make letters or numbers
Build two structures and attempting to connect them (think bridges)
Click here for full directions.
Playdoh Tower
How tall can you make a tower using playdoh and buttons? Don't worry if you do not have buttons, be creative (coins, lego pieces, metal washers, etc.)
Build a Nest
Go out on a nature walk, and collect items that a bird might like to use to build a nest. Twigs, feathers, leaves, dried grass, pine needles and evergreen branches etc. Build a nest that a bird would like to use as a home. HERE are the full instructions
Click HERE for a project to make for your Dad or Grandpa!