This is a collection of resources to support learning at home for students in Kindergarten to Grade Three.
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The PLEA (Public Legal Education association of Saskatchewan)publication outlines the history behind the First Nation treaties in Canadian history and their relationship to the law.
This site offers Intriguing Times images stripped of their captions -- and an invitation to students to discuss them live. The same images could also be used as writing prompts as well.
White Rose Math is a teacher group which offers math training and resources, including lesson plans and ideas. The resources on the site are meant for parents and teachers. The content is organized by grade level based on the British system. The White Rose Maths Team has prepared a series of maths lessons for each year group from Year 1-8. Every lesson comes with an answer key and a short video showing the teacher or parent clearly and simply how to help the child to complete the activity successfully.
For students K-8.
Welcome to the best place to discover all the fascinating stories and amazing facts about trailblazers, legends, places, and events.
12 episodes are on Netflix – click on the "For Educators" tab to access episode guides and activities.
On the home page, scroll to the bottom to find downloadable activity sheets to add to the lesson and spark discussions.
There is a free app available at the iTunes store.
There is a surfeit of scientific research surrounding the benefits of cooking and baking with your children. Involving children in their own food preparation has been linked to a direct increase in food awareness, consumption, and personal confidence. Each of the lessons in the program has an in-depth examination of what's happening when the food is baking and why.
"Embrace the fun over winter break with these creative activity ideas. Cut out the cards and drop them into a jar for kids to choose from.
Challenge them to complete 10 before the New Year!"
Looking for fun things to do in winter that students will love? Discover activities to help reflect, recharge, and get moving!
Winter Fun activities for all ages - preschool, k-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12.
Includes challenges, videos, games and all kinds of engaging activities.
Check out this App (Apple and Android) to Support Your Child's Social Emotional Growth!
What Is It? "Wisdom: The World of Emotions" is the leading social-emotional learning interactive game for children ages four to eight.
Developed by Better Kids, this free game is designed to build SEL skills through play.
Parents and caregivers can play the game with their children and use Better Kids' supplemental hands-on activities to help their child practice healthy coping strategies and gratitude.
The app’s Parent Board offers printables and hands-on activities that help your child practice mindfulness, healthy coping strategies, gratitude and more, both independently and together with their caregiver.
Wisdom and their cat will appear into your home and coach your child through Augmented Reality breathing games: Breathing with Wisdom, Bubble Breathing and a calming Glitter Jar.
Access playful parenting tips in the Parent Board that will help you address common challenges.
The Wonderment is an ambitious global community that aims for public good through student engagement. Kids will love the creative challenges that force them to look, listen, think, and create. Sharing and seeing submissions from around the world builds understanding and empathy.
Students can search things that they want to make, people that they want to meet, topics they want to learn about, and changes they want to make in their lives and the world.
Free resources for students grades 1-12.
Explore. Imagine. Laugh. Share. Create. Learn. Smile. Grow.
"Welcome to Wonderopolis®, a place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages. Each day, we pose an intriguing question—the Wonder of the Day®—and explore it in a variety of ways.
Wonderopolis was created by the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) in 2010, and it has become one of the most popular education sites today."
Sign up to get the wonder of the day right to your inbox!
WorksheetWorks.com is an online resource used every day by thousands of teachers, students and parents. We hope that you find exactly what you need for your home or classroom!
Worksheets can be created for: Math, English, Geography, Puzzles & Misc.
A collection of printables for all subject areas for preschool to Grade 5!
Free digital stories in written and sign language in a variety of languages around the world. Enables communities to create content in local and national sign languages and share it in WAY’s open content digital library of folktales. The digital libraries are viewable from any web browser and can be remixed by anyone, including children, with simple text and video editing tools. The site enables learning about different cultures through stories.
For use with K-12.
World Atlas offers interactive maps, clocks, flags and videos. Find interactive maps on all of the continents as well as the countries within. Explore to discover the flags and information about all countries. Watch videos and view pictures on the environment, world facts, travel, geography and did you know facts. Other topics to explore include history, science, economics, politics and society.
If you're looking for ways to engage students in math-based conversations, and how to have students use math to justify their ideas, this is a great site!
Teachers can sign up for mini-workshop to learn about how to implement Would You Rather Math into your classroom routines. In the workshop you will explore some sentence frames, what happens when things don’t go as planned, how to use the prompts in a remote learning setting, and much more.
Find "Would You Rather" prompts for students K-12. Use the sample template provided or make your own.
This excellent has:
*A video to explain how to explicitly teach transitions
*Handouts/posters/writers' notebook pages with key transition phrases grouped by PURPOSE for K-2, 3-5, and 6-12.
You can find a collection of recorded workouts on the YThrive YouTube page to help you keep active. (Videos for families and kids.)
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One piece of art that all students should know is included for each week.
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This site offers news that is relevant for kids. Categories include:
World News
Science
Technology
Our Earth
History
Society/Arts
Although this is an American site, there are many resources for different ages including reading lists, guides, and activities.
Parents - note the "Money as you grow" section accessible on the right side of the page. https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/money-as-you-grow/