MCS TECH

Technology Information for MCS Families

Resources for Parents and Students 

• 12 Free Learning Apps and Websites for Kids at Home This Summer

• Free At-Home Learning Library 

• Summer Reading Challenges to Hook Kids on Books

• Cybersecurity Awareness Program Toolkit 

Distance Learning Resources

Many great web sites available and there are more getting added every day. Here are links to resources for all grade levels:

• FIRST @ Home  - https://www.firstinspires.org/

• TEDEd (https://ed.ted.com)

• Khan Academy (https://khanacademy.org)

• NASA (https://nasa.gov/stem)

• Exploratorium (https://exploratorium.edu/explore/activities)

• Duolingo (https://duolingo.com) 

• Scholastic Learn at Home 

• Audubon Sugaring Season is here - Virtual Sugar on Snow Party

• Mystery Science-K-5 premium features are open

• Cosmic Kids Yoga- yoga & mindfulness

• Art for Kids- YouTube channel

• Morning Routine- songs for kids K-2

• Companies offering their resources for free-

• Distance Learning Jumpstart Guide to Using G-Suites

• Virtual Tours through museums 

• How to Create and Share Video Lessons via EDpuzzle

• At-Home Learning from Librarians 

• Virtual Field trips

• Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems

• But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

• The Best 25 Podcasts for Kids from Common Sense Media

• Book Creator (create up to 40 books with a free account)

• The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks is a new Google Arts & Culture exhibit 

• Free Online Audio Books

• Google CS First -   Computer science curriculum that makes coding fun to learn

  • MCS students log in with your school google account and continue your projects or make new ones

Resources for Parents

• learnathome.withyoutube.com - Channels for families with kids

• 53 Things to Do at Home - Compiled by the Hopkins Student Council 

• Parents Guide to Google Classroom

• Parents Guide to Google Meet

• Khan Academy Parent Quick Start Guide 

  • Khan Academy Kids for remote learning

• Cosmic Kids Yoga- yoga & mindfulness

• Scholastics- by grade level

• COKITOS- Free Games for kids by age level

• Art for Kids- YouTube channel

• At home learning, what a day can look like

• Photopea - Picture and PDF editor

• Virtual Field trips

• Lunch Doodles with Mo Williams- 1:00 PM ET weekdays

• 150+ Enrichment Activities for Children While Parents are Working Remotely

• BrainPOP- Coronavirus explained

• 150 Educational shows on Netflix

• Live Animal Cams-

Offline Activities:

• The ABCs of Screen-Free Time at Home

• 30 Day Lego Challenge

• FlipGrid - Free Student Video Recording 

• 100 ways to Seesaw