Tons of Resources for Schooling at Home

March 18, 2020 by Sarah White 1 Comment

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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jackc101 says
April 14, 2020 at 3:43 am
This is great! Thanks for sharing! It will definitely help especially with whats going on in the world right now. Add https://alldigitalschool.com/ too! They have a great community and tons of resources that might be relevant to your article.

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Learn about Vikings for Leif Erikson Day

Leif Erikson Day is celebrated on Oct. 9, and it’s a great time to learn more about the Vikings and why we still remember Erikson all these years later.

If you don’t know about Leif Erikson (sometimes spelled Eriksson), he’s believed to have been born in Iceland, and is considered the first European to set foot on continental America, more than 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

123 Homeschool 4 Me has a printable mini book about Leif Erikson and the Vikings for kids to read and color. It talks about who the Vikings were, what kind of ships they used, how they got to America and more. It’s a good overview for younger kids to use.

A good unit study is available from Simple Living Creative Learning, which includes a page where kids can write what they know, what they want to learn and what they learned through the unit, as well as information on the Vikings, longships, helmets, clothing and more.

Get a printable Viking unit study with reading passages, comprehension questions and other activities aimed at grades 4-8 from Creative Classroom Core at Teachers Pay Teachers. (And see more Vikings content from TPT here.)

Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus has some great unit study ideas, too, including suggested books and videos. The post includes information about the Viking voyages, society, mythology and ships, as well as some vocabulary and a list of famous Vikings. While you’re over there also check out her free printable lapbook, which includes mini books on ships, a timeline, a Viking women coloring page, draw your own Vikings, geography, ancient runes and more.

Piqolo Kids has a lesson on Viking women with (available for purchase) worksheets about a day in the life of Viking women. Even if you don’t grab the printables there’s some good resources on that page and a link to a video on Viking women.

Learn how to draw a Viking ship with instructions from Drawing How to Draw, or grab Vikings coloring and labeling worksheets from Kids Puzzles and Games.

There’s a Leif Erikson Festival annually in Norway, Michigan, which you can learn more about here.

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