Edmonton Public School Home Activities During School Closures

Edmonton Public Schools recently came out with a list of activities for students in grade K-12 to do at home while schools are closed. These activities are great to do as a family and teach many real life skills.

https://www.epsbtogether.ca/activities/

Khan Academy

Sign up for a free account on Khan Academy. They provide videos and activities in a variety of subjects including math, science and engineering and arts and humanities. It's a great resource for all students K-12.

https://www.khanacademy.org/

Duolingo

Duolingo is a language learning website great for all students to learn and practice a second language including French, Spanish and many, many more!

https://www.duolingo.com/learn

Read Works

This website has a variety of reading comprehension texts and questions for all grade levels. You may have to create a free account.

www.readworks.org

Unite for Literacy

For our younger students, Unite for Literacy has a variety of books that can be read or narrated. This website is free to use without an account!

https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/

Storyline Online

This website provides videos of stories being read aloud by celebrities. This is ideal for Division 1 students.

https://www.storylineonline.net/

Prodigy

This math game website is ideal for students from K-8. You can sign up for a free account. This is a great educational way for students to practice their math skills.

https://www.prodigygame.com/

Mathantics

Math antics has a variety of videos about math! Keep in mind that some of the metrics may not be Canadian. This website is ideal for students in grade 3-8.

https://mathantics.com/

Scholastic

Scholastic is offering a variety of free resources during the months students in Canada are learning from home due to COVID-19. There are a variety of resources such as games, quizzes, activities and download-ables, discussion guides, videos and more. This resource is great for both kids and teens.

http://www.scholastic.ca/

Brain Pop

Brain pop has a variety of educational videos in science, social studies, math and more. You can create a free account to access. You can access the Junior website for younger children and the standard website for older children.

https://jr.brainpop.com/

https://www.brainpop.com/

The Canadian Encyclopedia

Want to learn more about Alberta? Check out this site!

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/alberta

National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids has a variety of videos, quizes and much more. You may need a library card to view some material. While libraries are closed, you can get a free library card online at www.epl.ca. Just click "get a card" on the right.

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Alberta's Regions

This websites allows you to zoom into the Alberta regions

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/sszi/en/index.html

12 Famous Museums

This blog leads to 12 famous Museums that allow you to take a virtual tour from your couch!

https://hellogiggles.com/news/museums-with-virtual-tours/?fbclid=IwAR1_Z5E9RC6VHAi8Fzxs1Tzh_7atFkhv9dPAkpGYXTakb_C0F4ktbgWVJ8M