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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Games to Make with LEGO Bricks

When my daughter was younger she had a ton of LEGO bricks, and I’m honestly a little sad we got rid of most of them because there are so many fun things to do with LEGOs outside of the kits you bought them in.

I love seeing all the ideas people have for LEGO building challenges, and I have shared some ideas for LEGO games before, but I saw one on Pinterest the other day that I felt was worth a mention.

This one is for those ’80s and ’90s kids who spent sick days home from school watching “The Price is Right”: LEGO Plinko!

For those who don’t know about Plinko, the original was a giant peg board set up at an angle and the contestant would drop a flat disc at the top of the board. As it moved down the board it would hit the pegs and change the way it moved, and there would be different prizes in the slots at the bottom where the piece would land.

This version from Play Party Game works on the same principle, using LEGO bricks to make the game board and marbles in place of the Plinko disc since your game board isn’t flat.

You can really use whatever bricks you have for this build, and while it shows all the pegs the same size and evenly spaced, you can play with different configurations and see what happens. It’s engineering and a game!

And while you’re playing with your LEGOs, make sure to check out this post from Kids Craft Room that includes minute to win it style games you can do with LEGO. From speed sorting to tower building as fast as you can, these ideas are sure to get you thinking about different ways to play with LEGO.

And if you need even more ideas, check out my post with LEGO building challenges you can print out for kids (and adults!) to try.

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