The kids are at home for at least the next few weeks, and I’m so grateful that our school district sent out some resources and lesson plans over the weekend. I wanted to share some of the sites from that list as well as places my co-workers, friends and family have been sharing among ourselves.

If you have elementary age kids, I hope you find this list helpful:

Educational Sites

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – free learning activities and lessons, divided by grade bands

Scholastic – free learning activities and lessons, divided by grade bands

Thinkery – hands on Science activities

Duolingo – learn a new language

Tynker – coding for kids

Typing Club – free game to improve typing skills

Khan Academy – start with their online schedules for Parents – such a great resource

Pinna – ad-free audio streaming service, can get first 60 days free, a lot of our favorite podcasts are here

Filament Games – lots of options here, some geared more towards older kids

GoNoodle – our new PE class at home

National Geographic Kids – for the science/nature portion of the day

PBS Kids – games and activities

Prodigy – Math game

Skillshare – for art and creativity, free and paid class plans

NASA – more great S.T.E.M. activities for Gr. K- 4th

YouTube – when the parents need a break 😉 – but still lots of educational stuff on there as well

And through the school portal, we’ll be using:

May we all figure out our own Corona Curriculum. And if you have suggestions for other sites, please leave me a comment below. I’ve found this Facebook group has loads more specific resources – go check it out!