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Tons of Resources for Schooling at Home

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There have been so many companies that have stepped up with free resources or discounted rates on services to help parents who unexpectedly have kids at home right now. Rather than try to list them all here, there’s an fantastic and regularly updated list at Amazing Educational Resources. There’s also a Facebook group with the same name if you need more information, resources or community right now.

Christie Megill has a Google Doc that is full of resources for educating from home including online learning sites, art, reading, STEM, podcasts and activity ideas.

Scholastic has great tips and activities for at-home learning for kids of all ages, which kids who get Scholastic readers at school in particular will enjoy. The Parent Tool Kit from Kiwi Crate has good tips on craft supplies you’ll want to have on hand, at-home schedules, tips from teachers, even TP roll crafts for those hoarders out there.

Let’s face it, kids are probably going to be getting more screen time while they are at home than they usually do, particularly if parents need to get work done, too. Homeschool Hideout has great recommendations for educational shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and YouTube.

And if you’re new to the whole homeschooling thing, worried about what your kids will actually learn while they are home, wondering how you’ll do it without going mad or the kids going feral, here’s your pep talk (with some cursing) from Australian mum and former home schooler Leonie Dawson. The short version: quarantines have happened throughout history and can be a catalyst to creativity, learning can happen everywhere, schedules are important.

Have you been using a great resource with your kids? We’d love to hear about it!

[Photo by klimkin viz Pixabay.]

Check out this article on the best STEM gifts for kids.

 

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Snow Globe Crafts for Kids

Whether you have snow where you live or are on the wrong side of the world for that, these snow glob crafts for kids are a lot of fun to put together at home or in the classroom.

If you want to keep it super basic, you can download some snow globe coloring pages from Monday Mandala and have kids drawn in their own images (or color in what is there for the ones that are already filled). This could be a fun way to play with different media, having kids paint in one, draw in another, or use crayons in one, colored pencils in another, etc.

Or you can add your kid (or a classroom full of kids) to snowglobes with this craft from Twitchetts. It’s easy to make and fun for kids to help with, too.

You can also make snow globes with paper plates pretty easily, and there are lots of different options out there that should give you some ideas. This one from In the Playroom uses blue glittery pompoms as the snow and has a snowman in the background (though you can use whatever you want).

Mas and Pas uses a clear plate on top of a regular plate to make its snow globe, and Daydream into Reality just uses a paper plate to make the snow globe shape but there’s no snow involved. Their template includes different images you can put in the snow globe, or draw your own.

If you want to make a snow globe without the watery (so potentially less mess) you can make a waterless snow globe out of a plastic cup with this tutorial from The Pragmatic Parent. It uses tiny foam balls as the snow. Tidy Mom’s version uses a real glass jar and fake snow to flurry around.

And if you’re OK with using liquids in your snow globe, which will allow the snow to flutter like in a real snow globe, check out this version from 123 Homeschool 4 Me, which uses water and baby oil.

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