As the pandemic hinders families from engaging in normal after school activites, it can be difficult to find ways to keep your kids occupied during the day. With school now in an online setting, you may also want additional resources for your kids to keep their minds sharp. Check out these 10 different educational resources to keep your kids busy and engage their brains!
#1: Scholastic Books- Learn At Home
Scholastic Books has created a place for parents to help their kids gain more knowledge on subjects of their interest.
#2: ABCmouse- Free 30-day trial
ABCmouse is an award winning program that helps your kids learn while playing games and reading books. ABCmouse is an awesome way to give your kids time to play games during some quiet time while stuck at home.
#3: NASA- Teachable Moments
NASA is offering many different experiences for children to explore and learn more about. You can learn about Mars, the galaxy, or even a hidden world. NASA also offers videos and projects that go with different lessons. This is a great program to help implement science into your child’s day to day activities while at home.
#4: Kids Science Experiments
Science Fun For Everyone is a great website that has many different science experiments with detailed instructions.
#5: Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Mo Willems is a children’s author and artist. Willems is hosting a drawing time every weekday at 1 pm ET, also available later on YouTube. This is something fun to do with your kids as Willems demonstrates how to draw one of his characters from his books!
#6: Explore the National Parks
This resource is the coolest one yet! The National Parks partnered with Google and made a virtual tour of some National Parks. This website it very interactive with a tour with a Park Ranger and options to move your screen around to see more about the park. This is a great option for a “field trip” during the school day!
#7: Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cams
These live cams of fish, penguins, and sharks is a fun and relaxing activity for curious kids. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is offering free live cams to see their animals while we are stuck at home. Check out these cool animals and see what they are up to!
#8: Check out Mars
Check out the real surface of Mars recorded by NASA’s Curiosity rover. This is very interactive and can provide many different lessons into space and science.
#9: Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute- Webcams
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo has implanted webcams so kids can enjoying watching some of their favorite animals. Watching animals is very calming and a fun thing to do especially during feeding time!
#10: Check out some famous artwork
Google Arts and Culture created a way for you to experience all kinds of famous artwork from various Art Museums. This is a great way to incorporate art into your child’s school work. You can click on an actual piece of artwork and it will give you a paragraph of information about the piece and the artist.
Having your children home for the rest of the school year can be stressful and add a lot of extra work on your plate. Here at Schola, we understand what you are going through. We hope these resources are helpful and you are able to use them to help your children learn more and occupy their curious minds!