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20 Best Sensory Activities Your Kids Will LoveSensory play is the magic formula for emotional regulation. It also builds cognitive, language, social and fine motor skills.

Five tips for keeping kids learning at homeAs some Australian states announce COVID-19 school closures, a University of Melbourne expert explains how to help keep your kids learning at home.

20 Homeschool Genealogy Ideas - BillionGraves BlogCOVID-19 has turned many parents into instant teachers! Discover 20 homeschool genealogy ideas to inspire you and your family as you learn together.

15 adorable and mesmerizing animal livestreams you can watch from homeWhile social distancing at home, you can feel comforted with virtual views of baby goats, snow leopard cubs, and sleeping koalas.

School's Closed! Now What?.pdf

It Turns Out, You Can Use LEGO Bricks to Teach All Kinds of Math ConceptsWe've pulled some of our favorite ideas.

50 Online Art and Music Resources to Help Kids Learn and Create from HomeEngaging in art and music builds creativity, academic skills, relationships & self-confidence. Here are some great online resources to inspire kids at home.

42 Fun Websites to Learn and Teach Social Studies From HomeSocial studies include history, geography, economics, civics and sociology. These are important concepts for being a good citizen.

Our Favorite Virtual P.E. Resources to Keep Kids Moving at HomeLet's get physical.

This Principal's List of Things to Do During COVID Closures Is Going Viral for All the Right ReasonsChoose one a day to get you through the next six weeks.

Things to do 1 - Virtual Tours

Links to Virtual tours

Things to do 2 - Offline

Things to do 3 - online and offline

Things to do 4 - Links to more things to do

25 Ways Kids Can Read Free eBooksStarting reading within minutes.

Why Learning at Home Should Be More Self-Directed—and Less StructuredOn March 18, 2020, Simone Kern tweeted that simply “recreating schools at home” passes up a golden opportunity to engage kids in authentic, self-directed learning.

From Paula Jamieson - @paulajamieson

Council offers online fitness classes to help keep you activeOur gyms may be shut but you can still take an exercise class with us.

Join the COVID Karaoke Facebook page - check out other clips or do your own!

Here is a template for a journal about your experience with this time in history - some great questions on here. See if you can keep this up each week.

Bear Grylls has 100 'indoor survival challenges' for kids under self-isolationParenting under self-isolation could become that a little bit easier as survival expert Bear Grylls introduces a new initiative called 'The Great Indoors'.

My journey to yo-yo masteryRemember the days you struggled just to make a yo-yo spin, and if you were really fancy, to “walk the dog”? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Japanese yo-yo world champion BLACK tells the inspiring story of finding his life's passion, and gives an awesome performance that will make you want to pull your yo-yo back out of the closet.

This site (with The Sunflower) is a great writing resource - Pobble365. It gives a picture each day and sentence ideas as well as story writing hints.

Click Happy Isolation ChallengeIt stinks. You are stuck at home. Feeling lots of different emotions. Your parent/s are

This is a photography challenge for age 7-17

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