Included in this resource:
- Space activities and fun experiments to do in the classroom, with youth groups and at home.
- Curriculum-based learning activities on the Moon for Canadian youth and educators.
- Toolkits for educators and youth.
- Indigenous Moon stories and lunar cycle, resources for and about First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
- Digital games, e-book, quizzes, puzzle, podcasts, cutout, 3D printing models.
- Posters, infographics, paper game, models, colouring sheets to download and print.
- Resources for teachers, youth leaders, science centres, museums, community groups and parents.
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Speak & Translate is both voice and text translator that enables you to effectively navigate foreign language communication. Features offered include snap photos of a text and have it instantly translated, real-time voice recognition for quick translations, over 10 languages for text translations, over 50 languages for voice translations, language detection for text to text mode, iCloud integration, access to male and female voices, and many more.

Compatibility: iPhone/iPad / Price: Free, offers in-app purchases / Age: 4+

Free Online Spelling Training & Games for Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 based on spelling words you enter or choose from a list.

Nurture the Roots of Every Student with Sprig Language. Sprig Language uses a holistic approach to assessment and instruction that provides teachers and parents with personalized and curriculum aligned learning activities specific to each students’ strengths and abilities. Sign up for a free account.

At Starfall, children have fun while they learn.
Starfall.com® opened in September 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read. Since then it has expanded to include language arts and mathematics for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade. Starfall’s emphasis on phonemic awareness, systematic sequential phonics, and common sight words in conjunction with audiovisual interactivity has proven effective in teaching emergent readers. Starfall activities are research-based and align with Individual and Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics.
The program emphasizes exploration, play, and positive reinforcement—encouraging children to become confident and intrinsically motivated. Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children and is especially effective for special education, homeschooling, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). It is widely used in schools that serve children with special needs and learning difficulties.
Our low-cost membership program expands the free content to include animated songs, mathematics, and reading activities spanning K-3. Membership also supports the production of new interactive games, movies, and more for both the Starfall.com website and Starfall apps for mobile devices.

This free printable puts forth a series of questions and statements about dinosaurs playing baseball. (Silly, but kids love it!) Students must punctuate each correctly. Finally, kids are asked to create their own statement and question on the same topic.

This site offers tons of science experiments that can be done at home.

This site generates 274,400 story starters for kids to give them lots of opportunities to write!

“What you cannot imagine, you cannot do."

Now imagine Astronauts on the Space Station reading stories to and conducting science experiments for the children of Earth as the world rotates below.
Imagine no more…it’s Story Time from Space!

Have stories read to you from people in space! There are also science related videos.

There are great space related titles and others such as Rosie Revere Engineer.

Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. We curate artwork from illustrators and animators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images into fresh stories. It's a simple idea that has attracted millions of writers, readers, and artists to our platform. Families and friends, teachers and students, and amateurs and professionals have created more than 5 million stories—making Storybird one of the world's largest storytelling communities

Publish, print, and share your writing.
Order beautiful printed editions of your stories or publish online and get feedback from a community of 9 million readers, writers, and educators.*

Check this site out for fun videos of stories being read out loud.

A great way to motivate kids to read.

The stories are read by celebrities.

After you watch the video of the book being read, the parent or teacher can download the teacher guide. It provides questions to ask your little reader, projects to go along with the book and websites to help kids further explore the topic. You can even purchase your favorite books directly from the site.

Cross-curricular connections are also made!

Strong Minds make for Strong Kids
Strong Minds Strong Kids, Psychology Canada is committed to promoting the mental well-being of children and youth in Canada. We are dedicated to nurturing resilience in kids with the use of psychological science so they can manage, learn, and grow from the many challenges in life.

A great video writing prompt for being stuck at home from John Spencer.

FULL COURSES are available here for students.

Learn to make your own game, app, or computer drawing. (K-5)

Build real working apps, games and websites using blocks, JavaScript, CSS, HTML and more. (6-9)

Go beyond Code.org and take university courses online or learn a new programming language. (10-12)

Plus access to all the Hour of Code games/coding activities!

This site offers several online decodable books covering different letter sounds while introducing phonetic and sight words. Reading prompts and discussion points are imbedded throughout the book, with discussion questions at the end.

Some kids love all the free time summer brings, with plenty of opportunities to catch up on new books and old favorites. Other kids wouldn’t crack open a book from June to August if they had the choice, but it’s important to keep them reading!
Fortunately, this summer reading list for 2022 has something for every kind of reader—fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, romance, fantasy, adventure, and so much more. Even reluctant readers are sure to find page-turners they won’t be able to put down!

This school division developed handbook offers many reading strategies that are applicable for use in the content areas.

Sun West Student Learning Planner Template

It is not required that you stick to a strict schedule during at home learning. However, it is suggested that you keep a schedule for wake and bed times, meal times and chores. You can be flexible with what learning is done when, and give your children voice and choice in what one of the "6 Every Day Learning" activities they would like to tackle during learning times.

However, if you are looking for a template to support building a flexible schedule for your child(ren) while learning at home, please feel free to download the following template. You can click the link to the right side of this image to download your own printable planner.