Young kids don't know what it means to keep 6 feet away while social distancing. This article describes a hands-on activity parents can use.
This article shared by the University of Calgary contains age-appropriate ideas for talking with kids about COVID-19.
Researchers from UCalgary's Department of Psychology answer common questions from parents on talking to children about this timely topic. Some questions addressed include:
Will talking about COVID-19 increase my child's anxiety?
What is an age apporpiate age to talk to my kids about COVID-19?
Should I tell them what the symptoms are?
Are there any tips/tricks to promote handwashing?
Any recommendations for activities to do if we have to self-isolate?
"This high quality PBL unit – designed for English, math, and science – invites students and teachers to explore solutions for hunger and malnutrition around the world. For every piece of artwork submitted from the project, the Bezos Family Foundation will donate $3 (up to $700,000) to youth-focused nutrition programs."
You will have to provide your information to download the project.
You could use this project to participate in the Hunger Challenge. https://www.studentsrebuild.org/challenges/hunger
"Le monde est petit propose des capsules d’information adaptées pour les 8-10 ans. Des notions d’actualité sont expliqeées avec doigté et clarté pour aider les petits citoyens à mieux comprendre le monde. Le but : faire grandir le sentiment de compétence des enfants." - pour ceux de 8 à 15 ans
IDÉLLO is a Canadian French language platform with over 13,000 Prekindergarten to Grade 12 educational resources, including streaming videos, games, websites, applications and teaching tools. The resources are designed to meet the needs of teachers, educators, students and parents and are curated by experts.
Ideas to keep children busy while quarantined or social distancing.
Final projects can help students summarize and review content from the entire semester. Plus, they can create fantastic products with what they've learned!
Projects let students take what they’ve learned, put it all together and show off a little of their own creativity and personality.
Options include:
1. Create a website
2. Create a screencast video
3. Make a single multimedia webpage
4. Connect with a cause
5. Create an infographic
6. Create a series of podcasts
7. Do a genius hour-style project
8. Create an annotated collection
9. Tell it as a story
10. Make an explainer video
"Ignition: Digital Wellness and Safety is a digital literacy curriculum designed to provide students with the information they need to safely and confidently navigate the digital world.
Through six digital responsibility lessons, students take practical steps to protect their own privacy and safety online. By learning digital literacy skills including how to evaluate content for accuracy, perspective, and motive, Ignition’s digital literacy curriculum helps students acknowledge the benefits of digital communities and resources while guiding them to successfully navigate potential pitfalls in their digital lives."
This Course Covers
Connections and Community
Safety and Privacy
Screen Time vs. Offline Time
Technology and Data
Rights and Literacy
Evaluating Content
Grades 6-9
Ignition – Digital Literacy & Responsibility™ combines the power of cutting-edge instructional design, new media, and simulations to educate teens and empower them with the skill set to leverage technology safely and effectively. The four-hour curriculum, designed for students in grades 6 – 9—informs students about how technology works and provides an introduction to STEM careers. In addition to the modules, students apply their learning in virtual environments, demonstrating their mastery of issues such as privacy, security, cyberbullying, conducting online research, digital relationships, and the viral nature of the web.
Grades 6 to 9
This Course Covers
Digital Footprint
Internet Safety
Cyberbullying
Conducting Online Research
Digital Time Management
STEM Careers
This YouTube channel offers FREE educational videos of Science, Art, Health and More!
About immunization and vaccines, including vaccine-preventable diseases, schedules and Canada's vaccine safety network. Vaccines & pregnany, children, adults, travel, flu,influenza
This comprehensive site from North East School Division provides resources for:
*Elementary Students - Arts, Social Studies, ELA, Health, Science
*High School Students - Arts, Social Studies, Math, Health, Science, French, ELA, Drama, PAA, Psychology
*Multi-Age
*Adults & Teachers
*Legends
"These lesson plans relate to Indigenous ways of knowing and being through building relationships to the natural world and understanding the past in order to foster healing and resiliency. Some lessons demonstrate how Indigenous knowledge can support a deeper understanding of the land and the changes that are a result of climate change. Others are focused on remembering ancestors, understanding treaties and exploring culture through traditional land-based practices (such as hunting, gathering medicines, weaving, drumming, shelter building, tree tapping, etc.)."
*politics
*bison, butterflies, caribou
*interdependence
*drum, flute, elements of art, weaving
*creation stories
*Indigenous stories
*land learning
*land based education
*gum tea, spruce, maple syrup, salmon, medicine walk
*colonialism
*seasons
*coding
*elders
*Inuit naming, igloos
*resilience
*Sacred water
*circle
& More
Find safety information on baby slings, strollers, bottles and pacifiers. Also learn about infant nutrition.
What Is It?
INNER EXPLORER PRESENTS A MINDFULNESS APP FOR FAMILIES - Helping Parents Raise Mindful kids.
Inner Explorer is a free mindfulness app (for Apple and Android) from Inner Explorer. Hundreds of school districts use Inner Explorer's mindfulness program to help educators and students become socially-emotionally present and handle situations with calmness and resilience.
Inner Explorer @ Home is specifically designed for parents and caregivers to use with their children and features daily guided mindfulness practices for all age-groups.
THE BENEFITS AND 5 W's OF MINDFULNESS
1. What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness means paying attention to what’s happening right now with curiosity and kindness and without judgment.
2. Why Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is popular because it is very effective for reducing stress and for improving focus which helps learning.
3. When?
One can practice mindfulness any time. However, practicing mindfulness in the morning often sets the tone for a calm and lovely day.
4. Who?
Inner Explorer was designed for Pre K – 12th grade students. However, many adults utilize the program on a daily basis. Practicing as a family magnifies the benefits and creates calm and connection.
5. Where?
Practicing in as quiet a place as possible is always a good idea to minimize distractions.
This is a collection of inspirational TedTalks that every teacher should watch.
What Is It?
This checklist from Respectful Ways contains 14 activities for families to foster creativity, prompt discussion, expand children's imaginations, and cultivate social-emotional growth. Respectful Ways created these fun, interactive activities to guide family members through the process of recognizing and navigating negative feelings, understanding the origins of emotions, and help everyone cope with stress.
This is a great already pre made with slide transitions and animations if you are making study games, etc! All you need to do is plug in your own questions and content!
Free resources for teaching about International Women's Day.
Including:
*fact sheet
*assembly PPT
*inspiring women
*activity task cards
*gender role task cards
*examining stereotypes
*biographies
You will need to sign up for an account to access these free materials. There are also paid materials available, but there are many free as well!
This toolkit has been designed to promote positive mental health practices and perspectives within the school environment. The toolkit was developed for the Pan- Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health by Dr. Patricia Peterson and Dr. Bill Morrison of the University of New Brunswick. The JCSH wishes to acknowledge the many professionals from each Canadian province and territory who provided assistance by participating as key informants and reviewers.
In the second edition of the Positive Mental Health Toolkit, the resource has been divided into a series of online modules, presenting information and materials that are manageable and user friendly. It is not necessary that you implement all modules of the PMH Toolkit or that you complete them in the sequence they are presented. We encourage you to take the time to explore each module and its written and video components. The toolkit has been updated to reflect recent Canadian research, and to identify promising practices occurring in diverse contexts across the country. In addition, the PMH Toolkit provides a means of measuring positive mental health practices, with results generating a series of individualized strategies for enhancing healthy school environments for students, educators and staff members. These assessment measures can be used in conjunction with the JCSH Healthy School Planner as a means of evaluating overall school environments.