๐ธ A book from home. Have a family member ask comprehension questions afterwards (e.g., What was the problem/solution).
๐ธ Raz-Kids https://www.raz-kids.com/ (*You need an account)
๐ธ Tumblebooks https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f (Login: TDPS, Password: TDPS)
๐ธ PebbleGo https://pebblego.com/ (free during school closures)
๐ธ Math Storytime http://mathstorytime.ca/en (free during school closures)
๐ธ Epic Books https://www.getepic.com/ (free during school closures)
๐ธ Scholastic Learn At Home https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html (free during School Closures)
๐ธ Starfall https://www.starfall.com/h/ (English, Learn to Read, It's Fun to Read, I'm Reading, Talking Library, Phonics)
๐ธ iTunes Audiobooks (e.g., Dr. Seuss books, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Goldilocks, Three Little Pigs, Peter Rabbit)
๐ธ YouTube also has read-alouds but you'd have to search by the title of the book you want to listen to.
๐ธ Watch and Read Along with Super Why Readers on Netflix
๐ธ If your child can read, you can always turn the sound off on the tv and have them read the subtitles.
๐ธ Play a game of Eye Spy A Letter/Word/Sound. You can even have your child search for a word with NO vowel. Once they have struggled enough, you can remind them that EVERY word needs a vowel and not to forget vowels when writing.
๐ธ Play a game of Bingo using homemade boards of Letters/Words/Sounds
๐ธ Poetry for Kids https://www.kidspoetryclub.com/kids-poems?gclid=Cj0KCQjw9tbzBRDVARIsAMBplx-irWDwIBBRQnDO9UPRC6IxnkzIr-TARonRucAGG5H1xgeMhgceNBoaAg-EEALw_wcB
๐ธ News for Kids (see Resources pages listing different sites).
๐ธ Read Jokes if you have a joke book, write some for your child to read, or find some online.
๐ธ EQAO Reading Comprehension Booklets from 2015-2019 https://www.eqao.com/en/assessments/primary-division/Pages/example-assessment-materials-current-year.aspx
๐ธ Me-Readers from Chapters , Costco, or Amazon.ca
๐ธ Write a letter, email or text to someone you love or miss.
๐ธ Write Word Families: https://www.carsondellosa.com/114117--word-families-chart-grade-k-6-114117/
๐ธ Writing Prompts for Grades 1-7: https://www.timvandevall.com/language-arts/writing-prompts-for-kids/
๐ธ Play Games like Scrabble, Boggle, Bananagrams, Hangman
๐ธ Write a Poem. Use an app called "Chatterpix" to publish your poem.
๐ธ Write your own Jokes. Use an app called "Chatterpix" to publish your joke.
๐ธ Write your own Tongue Twister. Use an app called "Chatterpix" to publish your Tongue Twister.
๐ธ Write a List (e.g., grocery list, list of family members, list of friends, list of your favourite things, list of things to do, list colours/animals/fruits/toys, list all the words you know, etc.).
๐ธ Write a Procedure (e.g., How to brush your teeth, How to build a snowman, How to Make a Sandwich, etc.). You can even publish your procedure using the PicCollage App.
๐ธ Practise your Typing Skills https://www.typingclub.com/sportal/program-3.game
๐ธ Learn Cursive Writing
๐ธ Pictures Prompts: http://seduc.csdecou.qc.ca/sec-anglais/files/2014/10/101-Picture-Prompts-to-Spark-Super-Writing.pdf
๐ธ Grades 2-4 Writing Prompts sorted by Types of Writing: https://www.nadams.k12.in.us/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=13&dataid=26&FileName=Writing%20Prompts%20for%20gr2-4_.pdf
๐ธ EQAO Language Booklets from 2015-2019 https://www.eqao.com/en/assessments/primary-division/Pages/example-assessment-materials-current-year.aspx
๐ธ Starfall English (e.g., nouns, pronouns, punctuation, capitalization, plurals, etc.) https://www.starfall.com/h/index-grades123.php?mg=g
๐ธ Starfall Workbooks https://store.starfall.com/practice-books (Appropriate for Grades K-Grade 2)
๐ธ Think of your own Spelling Words, practise them throughout the week and have a family member quiz you at the end of the week. See ways to practice your spelling words: https://www.google.com/search?q=spelling+word+practice+ideas&safe=active&rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA862CA863&sxsrf=ALeKk02UjFV4-BpI-4TN_Dhs7nVWCHs2Sg:1584795826025&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUsYHC0KvoAhXmQ98KHb_LCp4Q_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1440&bih=789#imgrc=FkKVOCjxIYCLCM
๐ธ Type on Google Docs or Word Perfect. Create a Narrative.
๐ธ Use the app called Book Creator. Depending on the age of your child, a story can be as simple as
๐ธ Choose a topic you are an expert at and create a Google Slides presentation.
Choose from the list of activities. Games and activities can be repeated.
๐ธ Math Storytime http://mathstorytime.ca/en (free during school closures)
๐ธ Starfall Math https://www.starfall.com/h/index.php
๐ธ TVO mPower https://mpower.tvo.org/#/signup/
๐ธ Prodigy website or app https://play.prodigygame.com/
๐ธ Steve Wyborney's Math Games: https://stevewyborney.com/
๐ธ MashUp Math Puzzles https://mashupmath.com/freemathpuzzles (Images can also be found on Google image search).
๐ธ Create Pixel Art using Google Sheets and count the area and perimeter of your image. Search your browser for 8-bit pixel art examples and get started using this Google Sheets template. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jhyB-HK9w_6riOrEUMeItkBtQRB1ajL65tsa7d8BWI8/edit?usp=sharing
"Fill Colour" in the boxes using the bucket icon. You may need to log in with your school or personal account.
๐ธ Barrier Games: One person secretly draws an image (e.g., using various shapes and colours). Then, with a barrier between you and another player, describe your image to the other player to replicate. For example, my images has a blue triangle in the top/left or north/west corner and three yellow circles directly below/south of that blue triangle. At the end, compare your images to see how you did!
๐ธ Use a deck of cards and create 3 digit numbers. Each person pulls 3 cards from the top of the deck and creates either the smallest or largest number possible. Keep track of the winner each round using tally marks. Links with Place Value. You could also replace the cards with three dice and play that way.
๐ธ Use a deck of cards and separate the cards by single or double digits and assign a value to the royals (e.g., Jack=10, Queen=11, King= 12). You can even assign the Joker and Ace numbers (e.g., 13, 14 or 1). Pull a card from each deck and add, subtract or multiply the numbers. You can also modify this game by removing all cards that aren't single digits and simplify the game.
๐ธ Print a hundreds chart https://classplayground.com/hundreds-chart/ and practise skip counting by 2, 5, 10 starting from even or odd numbers.
๐ธ Print a hundreds chart https://classplayground.com/hundreds-chart/ and use two dice to race to one-hundred with another family member. You can add, multiply, subtract or divide to get the desired number (e.g., You can't go beyond 100).
๐ธ Fill a jar with tiny objects and estimate how many are in there. Then count to see if you were close.
๐ธ Search for objects about 1 meter long/high around your house and draw or make a list of items you found. Measure to see if you were close!
๐ธ Make paper airplanes and measure the distance they fly. Record your answers using units (e.g, cm, m, feet, steps).
๐ธ Bake with your child and let them and measure the volume and capacity of ingredients. You can also bring measuring tools into the bathtub, sandbox or water table. You can ask questions like: How many cups of water fit inside this jug? Which container holds the least/most? Why?
๐ธ Practise telling time on a digital and analogue clock. You can work this into your routine by having them check the clock during routines such as breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime. You could even create a "drop everything and dance time." For example, if the chosen time is 1:30, family members shout out the time when it's spotted and get up and dance. It reinforces looking at the clock. The time can be adjusted based on what you want your child to learn (e.g., O'Clock, Half Past, Quarter-Past, Quarter-To).
๐ธ Play Tangrams or find a printable version online to practise spatial awareness and shape names. https://www.education.com/slideshow/tangrams/
๐ธ Create a structure/object using 3D solids around the house (e.g., toilet paper roll, Toblerone box, ball).
๐ธ Add and Subtract with play money. Play store with your child(ren). You can even put price tags on items so your child can practise writing the symbols. You could also play bingo to recognize coins. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:canadian%20money%20bingo You can play Bingo with any math concept! (e.g., shapes, etc.)
๐ธ Graph the colour of smarties/skittles, Graph the different marshmallows in Lucky Charms, etc.
๐ธ Survey the family. Have them vote on their favourite movie, dinner, game, etc. Keep track using tallies.
๐ธ Play Eye Spy and search the house for 2D shapes and 3D solids. Option to record your findings using drawings and/or words.
๐ธ Make patterns with lego, crayons, images, actions, sounds, etc. (e.g, clap, clap, stomp, clap, clap, stomp...)
๐ธ Sort object by shape, size, thickness, colour etc. (e.g., you can even create a Venn Diagram using Hoola Hoops, Rope or Chalk).
๐ธ Grade 3 EQAO Math Booklets from 2015-2019 https://www.eqao.com/en/assessments/primary-division/Pages/example-assessment-materials-current-year.aspx
๐ธ Make your own Water Cycle http://robolabz.org/water-cycle-in-a-zip-lock-bag/
๐ธ Use Pebble Go to learn about a topic of your choice (e.g., animals, plants). Extension: Create a Google Slide paraphrasing what you learned. https://pebblego.com/sites/default/files/files/Science.pdf
๐ธ Make Oobleck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw8KaHglokQ Is it a liquid or a solid? Why?
๐ธ Listen to songs on YouTube to learn the names of planets.
๐ธ Watch The Cat In the Hat Knows A Lot About That (Netflix), Fixies (YouTube), The Magic School Bus (YouTube)
๐ธ Plant a flower, from seed, and measure it's growth. You could also germinate a kidney bean before planting.
๐ธ Play Eye Spy, go on a Scavenger Hunt or Spring Walk to find: People-Made/Nature-Made things, Living Things/Non-Living things, Signs of Spring, etc.
๐ธ Create a structure using various fasteners.
๐ธ Describe your own/familyโs uses of energy (e.g., to operate lights, video games, cars, computers, etc.)
๐ธ Design and construct a device that uses energy to perform a task (e.g., a kite that flies using the wind; a musical instrument that uses human energy to make sound).
๐ธ Use salt and ice/water to demonstrate properties of liquids and solids (e.g., melt an ice cube with salt, dissolve salt in water, let the water evaporate to show the salt never really disappeared.
๐ธ How do animals and humans prepare and adapt for Winter? Spring? Fall?
๐ธ Investigate the life cycle of a variety of animals (e.g., butterflies, frogs, chickens)
๐ธ Identify, describe and sort major physical characteristics of different types of animals (e.g., insects, mammals, reptiles)
๐ธ Discuss how humans, plants and animals rely on one another.
๐ธ Explore how your toys move (e.g., turning, spinning, swinging, bouncing, vibrating, rolling) and identify simple machines around your house (eg., lever; inclined plane; pulley; wheel and axle, including gear; screw; and wedge).
๐ธ Explore different plants outside and identify the parts of the plant (e.g., seed, stem, fruit, flower, roots). Discuss the job each plant part has. Draw a labelled diagram identifying the plant parts.
๐ธ Look for parts of the plant we eat (e.g., sunflower seed, asparagus/celery stem, apple/fruit, broccoli flower, carrot root).
๐ธ Build a bridge that can hold your own weight. What does a strong and stable structure need?
๐ธ Identify and describe how different forces (e.g., magnetism, muscular force, gravitational force, friction) applied to an object at rest can cause the object to start, stop, attract, repel, or change direction.
๐ธ Make a balloon or elastic or magnet motorized car to explore wheels & axles (simple machines) as well as forces.
๐ธ Design different tinfoil boats to see which one is the most buoyant. Test your boats out by counting how many pennies, marbles, or items they hold.
๐ธ Explore static electricity using a balloon. Simply rub it on different objects. What happens when you put it near your arm or hair (without actually touching either one).
๐ธ How can you see gravity? (e.g., a ball falling) Is gravity the same on the moon?
๐ธ Rub your hands together really fast. What happens when you create friction? Friction helps things slow down. When/Where can you see friction working?
๐ธ Learn the types of soils through this simple experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeuQeAxJIjs. Repeat the experiment with soils from various locations (e.g., park, backyard, school yard, garden, pond, beach etc.)
๐ธ Use Pebble Go to research a topic of interest (e.g., Countries). Extension: Create a Google Slide paraphrasing what you learned. https://pebblego.com/sites/default/files/files/Social%20Studies.pdf
๐ธ Listen to songs on YouTube about the Provinces of Ontario to learn the Provinces.
๐ธ Play Eye Spy, go on a Scavenger Hunt or Walk to find Community Helpers. What tools, uniform, vehicles do they need?
๐ธ Create a family tree together.
๐ธ Practise or learn your last name, address, phone number, city name and country name.
๐ธ Create a map of your house, street, neighbourhood, or city, a local park, etc.
๐ธ Use the app called Explain Everything to share your new learnings.
๐ธ Create a timeline of when things were invented.
๐ธ Look at a map of the world and describe continents as being North, East, South or West of one another.
๐ธ Interview a family member or family friend who didn't always live in Canada. Ask them how their traditions have changed (if at all) over the years.
๐ธ Why do you think the first people in Canada settled near water? Describe ways in which they survived.
๐ธ List reasons why someone might choose to live in a city or countryside. Would you rather live in an urban or rural community? Why? Think of job opportunities, land use, recreation, commercial buildings, housing, natural resources, transportation, etc.
๐ธ Identify the major landform regions in Ontario (e.g., the Canadian Shield, the Great LakesโSt. Lawrence Lowlands, the Hudson Bay Lowlands), and describe the major characteristics that make each distinct Sample questions: โWhat makes the Canadian Shield different from the Great LakesโSt. Lawrence Lowlands?โ โWhat are the similarities between the Hudson Bay Lowlands and the Great LakesโSt. Lawrence Lowlands?โ
๐ธ What are the main differences between your day-to-day life and the life of a child living in Upper Canada in 1800? (e.g., housing, schooling, stores, clothing, how did they get food/water/heat/light?). Watch Little House on the Prairie on YouTube.
๐ธ Look up books on Epic to learn about different cultures and traditions.
๐ธ Exercise using Go Noodle https://family.gonoodle.com/
๐ธ Exercise using Just Dance Kids (on YouTube)
๐ธ Exercise using The Body Coach TV for Kids https://www.typingclub.com/sportal/
๐ธ Learn the food groups and practise healthy eating habits. Can you eat a rainbow of colours?
๐ธ Graph the foods you eat, categorizing them by food group. What food group did you eat the most? Least?
๐ธ Using a paper plate or paper, draw a healthy balanced meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner that include all food groups.
๐ธ Get outside: walk, hike, bike, skip, play ball, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, etc. *Using Social Distancing
๐ธ Create a timeline of your life describing milestones (e.g., birth, first tooth, learning to crawl, walking, biking, loosing first tooth, birth of sibling or cousin, etc.)
๐ธ Learn about the human body through watching The Cat In the Hat Knows A Lot About That (on Netflix), The Magic School Bus (on YouTube), Bill Nye the Science Guy (on YouTube), or BrainPOP.
๐ธ Read about Health topics of interest using Pebble Go: https://pebblego.com/sites/default/files/files/PebbleGo%20Health%20Content%20Map%202.2020.pdf
๐ธ Learn/practise your address in case of an emergency.
๐ธ Learn/practise your full name and family members' names (including spelling) in case of an emergency.
๐ธ Learn/practise your phone number in case of an emergency.
๐ธ Learn how to tie your shoes.
๐ธ Learn how to work zippers, buttons, and buckles.
๐ธ Learn how to bake.
๐ธ Learn how to cook or make a sandwich.
๐ธ Learn to sew, knit, and/or crochet.
๐ธ Learn how to set the table, clear the table, load the dishwasher & turn on the dishwasher or how to do the dishes.
๐ธ Learn how to sort, wash and fold laundry.
๐ธ Learn how to play an instrument or a new song if you already know how to play an instrument.
๐ธ Learn how to ride a bike.
๐ธ Learn how to identify plants including indigenous ones, poisonous ones and invasive ones.
๐ธ Learn how to read a map.
๐ธ Learn names of continents, countries and bodies of water.
๐ธ Learn how to skip or double dutch.
๐ธ Learn a new sport.
๐ธ Learn how to type.
๐ธ Learn how to read cursive (or write in cursive).
๐ธ Learn how to code.
๐ธ Teach someone a skill you are good at.
๐ธ Learn how to paint.
๐ธ Learn how to use a hammer and a saw (with parental permission and guidance)
๐ธ Art for Kids Hub https://www.artforkidshub.com/
๐ธ Subscribe to Art with Mati & Dada on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR2NlUr0yPuqRxZN_7ItHog?sub_confirmation=1
๐ธ Search Pinterest for ideas (e.g., art for kids)
๐ธ Get crafty with boxes with Box Yourself on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/boxyourself
๐ธ Use your search engine to look for "crafts for kids"
๐ธ Art Books https://docs.google.com/document/d/19bUrcb6H75qlY3CNeohJa14QJckgigS0DO0WIURi6QA/edit?usp=sharing (You can find some read-alouds of these books on YouTube if you sear