Elementary Grades
Each child will need a different amount of supervision, different balance of on-screen and off-screen time, different guidance in keeping a daily journal. Kindergarteners and 5th graders in general need very different levels of support in home-based learning, but the best resources for them are pretty much the same. You can find some possible ideas for weekly schedules for different ages levels here.
Getting Organized
Create a schedule at the beginning of each day.
Include time for: eating, physical activity, reading, cleaning and other chores, computer-free time, mindfulness time, and going outdoors
Check the fridge and pantry and plan your morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack
Keep a hand-written and drawn journal to remember and share your learning each day
The Basics
Decide on methods to keep up your basic math, punctuation/grammar, world language (if applicable) skills with well-known tools like
Khan Academy (well known for math, but many other subjects as well)
DreamBox (K-8 math - normally $, but 90-day free trial during school closure)
Teach Your Monster To Read (beginning reading practice)
Duolingo (World Languages)
Screen-free:
Broad Range of Subjects
Explore options for live virtual learning events, and schedule around those if desired!
One teacher's daily newsletter of live virtual learning events for that day
Take an Outschool live video classes (some free, some $)
Do 2 Digital Breakouts in your grade range
Play games at PBSKids
Play games at ABCYa
Check out eBooks, digital audiobooks, digital graphic novels, and other resources from your local public library
Do a backyard or neighborhood scavenger hunt. Examples: Nature Shapes or Literacy Scavenger Hunt.
Go Geocaching with an adult (bring hand sanitizer and a disinfecting wipe)
Arts&Humanities
Visit a museum, watch an opera, take a virtual field trip, or explore the world
or one of these virtual field trips. There are SO MANY.
Print pages from Jarrett Lerner’s (JL) creativity sheets, and complete
Listen to an author read from their own book or to a story on Storyline Online
Go for a walk and draw an illustrated map of your neighborhood
Choose an activity from this menu of art activities
Make a chalk mural
STEAM
Sign up for Skype A Scientist Live and attend a session
Join a Cincinnati Zoo Home Safari Live via Facebook live (weekdays 3pm Eastern)
Join iNaturalist or BudBurst and go on a walk to contribute your observations
Build a Cranky Contraption, or other Tinkering Studio project or Science Snack
Play a game at NASA Kid's Club or NASA Space Place
Complete an item from these K-5 Math Choice Menus
Do one of these at-home engineering challenges
Indoor Movement and Mindfulness
Try one of these 14 recess activities or 50 indoor activities
Do 2 of GoNoodle's movement and mindfulness videos
PE Choice Boards, Bingo, Monopoly, and other gamified activities
Fluency and Fitness videos that combine reading skills and movement
Big Life Journal's Mindset and Mindfulness printables (some free, some $ - 50% off with code STUCKHOME)
