Kids Activities During School Closures – Here is a compiled list of kid’s activities resources during school closures to help you teach and entertain your children!

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Kids Activities During School Closures

Kids Activities During School Closures

Hi Everyone,

I crowd-sourced kid’s activities among my friends and family to put together a resource list of activities for kids who are at home due to school closures.

School Closures During the Covid-19 Pandemic

At the time of my writing this, my two children’s school has been closed now for 5 days.

For my eldest, we have an e-learning curriculum with many resources to choose from.

I find that in this new situation and environment of homeschooling, I need to be fluid in our schedule and break up the lessons throughout the day or we all get burnt out.

I am not a trained teacher, I am their mom and I have to learn how to teach on the fly.

I felt that it would be good to survey my friends and fellow parents what is working for them at home now.

It turns out there are so many creative resources to draw from which I can use to fill in as I prepare the next lesson or juggle the kid’s schedule while I check in with my own business work, home chores, and our family’s food prep and meals – just listing that list of things make me realize why I am so tired at the end of the day!

I am here to share this list with you that I will be updating as I find more resources.

I notice on Facebook/Instagram/Social Media that many artists, musical and visual are sharing free lessons during this time, so be on the look out for those learning opportunities as well!

List of Kids Activities

Zoos

Elmwood Park Zoo – they have livesteams of animals and demonstrations that you can watch for free

Educational

starfall.com
kids a-z – Great for phonics and reading
BrainPOP
Scholastic.com (for teachers)
49 Montessori-inspired ideas for indoor activities with your kids (sent to us by my son’s Montessori preschool)

YouTube

Musical Yoga Adventures on YouTube – Songs and yoga routine videos for children
GoNoodle
Blippi
Little Baby Bum – Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs – great for babies, younger preschool age children
Super Simple Songs – Kids Songs
Peppa Pig – Official Channel (maybe not the most education unless you want your kids to speak in an English accent but they certainly love it)

Music & Movement

Musical Yoga Adventures (website) – Routines combining music and yoga for children created by Linda Lara (full disclosure, by my mother-in-law). Music CDs available for purchase.

Other

The Teach at Home Mom on Facebook
Amazing Educational Resources on Facebook

I hope you find something helpful on this list. This list is still evolving as I gather more resources; please pin, bookmark and check back for updates.

If you think of something that is not on this list, please let me know in the comments below, so I can take a look at it.

Thank you for reading and following along! Stay safe everyone.