Online Resources

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Looking for online resources? I want you to be as excited as this stock photo dude so I’m compiling a big list for you. Check back often for updates!

Unruly Splats – Coding + Physical Activity = AWESOME! Get students up and moving using Splats in your classroom by choosing a game from their library of precoded games, or code your own! Teaching online? Try their virtual app to engage students in online or hybrid learning. Check out their website for lots of other helpful resources and tools including lesson plans, class challenges, membership information and more.

Scratch – Learn about block coding to create your own animations, scenes, video games and more. Find out some of the reasons I love using Scratch in my classroom here.

Micro:bit Virtual Simulator – If my students are any indication, then your kids will love programming Micro:bits, even if it’s just a simulator at home.

Code.org – Free access to lots of great coding activities, including my class’ personal favourite: Code Your Own Dance Party.

Scholastic Learn at Home – Scholastic has launched a free collection of learning resources to help deal with school closures. 20 days of learning resources based on 3 hours of work per day.

Curio.ca – An educational streaming platform from primary to post-secondary, including educational programs, documentaries, audio content and archival material from CBC/Radio-Canada is now offering free subscriptions.

Super Teacher Worksheets – I Know It (online math practice tool) available for FREE for 90 days

Education companies offering free subscriptions – Check out this awesome blog post from Kidsactivities.com listing free subscriptions due to school closings. Kidsactivities.com has collected a list of over 100 options! Please note many of these require a teacher to set up an account and set up access through their class. Definitely worth checking out though!

Free e-books, e-magazines, historical e-resources and more – Pictou Antigonish Regional Library

Nova Scotia Public Libraries digital collections – OverDrive

CampTFO en Famille – Idéllo is offering free French activities and educational content

Free Family or Teacher access to Brainpop – Animated educational site now offering free access to Teachers and Parents

List of Free Educational Websites – No sense in reinventing the wheel since Joy Novack Rosson has already created this list of Free Educational Websites on Google Docs. Don’t forget to connect with Joy Novack Rosson on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oktobewell  or https://www.facebook.com/joy.novackrosson

130+ Free Online Resources for Parents and Teachers – Thank you to WeAreTeachers.com for compiling this amazing list!

Free Music and Creative Art Lessons – Online Arts Academy is launching a series of free online arts lessons including music, art, drama, instruments, sewing, jewelry design, public speaking, creative writing, story-telling, songwriting, music production, graphic design and more. Stay tuned!

Free video content from National Film Board of Canada – There are over 4,000 titles available for streaming!

Theatre Games – Friend, former coworker, and generally awesome professional actress Sarah English has created this Google Doc full of theatre games that kids can do at home. Thanks for letting me share!

Reading Gives You Super Powers! – Dav Pilkey (Creator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man) has created a full week of activities available through Scholastic

Free Home Learning and School Closure Packs – Twinkl has created a series of free resources for parents and teachers including printable activities that can be downloaded and interactive resources. Don’t see what you’re looking for? Browse their site for other affordably priced learning resources.

Free 90 Day Trial – IXL is offering teachers a free 90 day trial membership.

Harry Potter at Home – J.K. Rowling, Audible, Bloomsbury, OverDrive, Pottermore Publishing and Scholastic have collaborated to create an online collection of activities and learning resources for children to access while schools are closed.

Free Access to Audible – Amazon has announced that as long as schools are closed access to Audible will be free. Students can listen to a massive collection of books online in 6 different languages.

Free Lorax Activity Guide – Earth Day is approaching and Random House has you all set to celebrate with Dr Seuss’ The Lorax.

PARL has free access to Tumblebooks – If you’re in Pictou or Antigonish you can now access Tumblebooks for free via the Pictou Antigonish Regional Library. All you need is your library card! Don’t have one? Sign up here.

150 Ideas for Sensory Home Learning – Thank you Special Education and Inclusive Learning for this great list to help support sensory learners at home while schools are closed.

Hogwarts Digital Escape Room – Available via Google Docs and created by Sydney Krawiec, Youth Services Librarian at Peters Township Public Library in McMurray, PA

Look! Another stock photo dude is so excited about what he sees online. This could be YOU!

French Children’s Stories – The French Experiment has lots of great French Children’s stories with slow audio.

Canadian children’s writers and illustrators reading their books online – Thank you CBC for sharing this list of Canadian authors and illustrators who are sharing videos of themselves reading their books online.

Josh Gad aka Olaf reading children’s books online via Twitter – Visit Chip & Co for access.

Facebook Live Drawing Tutorials with Ben Clanton aka Narwhal and Jelly – Check out the Narwhal and Jelly Facebook page for some Facebook Live drawing tutorials and other cool resources like colouring pages, mazes, etc.

#OperationStoryTime read alouds – (Cool) Progeny

Shark Story Hour – Atlantic White Shark Conservatory

Ripley’s Aquarium Live Cams – Now you can watch some sharks while humming the Jaws theme to yourself all day!

Cincinnati Zoo – Check out their Facebook Page for daily Facebook Live events featuring different animals

Zoos Victoria – several live streams including snow leopards, penguins, lions and giraffes

Art Tutorials – MAKE (art studio in Kentucky) is streaming daily art lessons via their Facebook Page

The Big List of Children’s Book Writers Doing Virtual Author Activities – Another great list compiled by WeAreTeachers.com

Daily Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems – Head over to the Kennedy Centre’s YouTube channel for daily lunch doodles with Mo Willems (author/illustrator of The Pigeon Will Go To School (and the other hilarious Piegeon books), The Elephant & Piggie books, and many more.) Check his website out too while you’re at it.

Neptune Theatre Kid 14 Day Challenge – Starting Monday, March 23 Neptune Theatre School will be sharing daily challenges that will help you create your own theatre kid SOLO SHOW on their Facebook page.

Free Virtual Field Trips – Can’t leave your home? That’s ok, you can still explore these virtual field trips! Thanks for the list, FreedomHomeschooling.com!

Celebrity Read Alouds – Storyline Online is a Youtube Channel featuring celebrity read alouds. Who knew how much you needed to see David Harbour from Stranger Things read you Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book)?

Marine Biology Camp – Oceans Initiative is offering a free Marine Biology Camp on their Facebook Page

Facebook Live Art Lessons with Young Studios – Young Studios hosted their first Facebook Live Art Lesson on Monday, March 30 and their second is coming up on Monday, April 6. Make sure you Like their Facebook Page to stay up to date with future lessons.

Virtual Field Trips from Home – A special thanks to Luke, Ben and their grandma Michele for sending me this awesome list of free virtual home trips to share with everyone! I appreciate your kindness, and know that others will enjoy this list too.

List of “The Best Kid Yoga Videos” – Get active and reduce stress by doing some yoga with your kids. There are lots of options in this list compiled by Preschool Inspriations.

Free resources, games and activities to keep kids moving – Check out BOKS Canada’s homepage for lots of great ideas and don’t forget to visit their Facebook page for free daily live-streamed workouts too!

Special Education resources and take home packets – care of Breezy Special Ed

Preschool to Grade 5 Relief Packs – care of Have Fun Teaching

Free Online Resources for French Teachers – A great compilation of free resources from For French Immersion (one of my favourite accounts on Teachers Pay Teachers – you should definitely sign up for the newsletter while you’re at it!)

Preschool and kinder resources – Kids Master Skills is offering free downloadable take-home packets including pencil control, scissor skills, yoga cards, letter formation, brain breaks, sight word practice, reading practice and writing practice if you sign up for their e-newsletter.

My Home Learning Activity Packet – care of Education to the Core

Free P-5 Work Packets – A variety of free downloadable work packets from students in grades Primary to 5.

Free Home Learning and School Closure Packs – Twinkl has created a series of free resources for parents and teachers including printable activities that can be downloaded and printed. There are also some interactive digital resources available as well.

Free Phonics Bundles – Free practice sheets from A Teachable Teacher blog.

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