This is a collection of resources that parents may find useful.
Please note that ANY resources in The Sun West Resource Bank can be useful to parents as well. Items in this collection have been specifically marked as higher interest to parents.
If parents are searching for resources to support their child with his or her learning, they should complete the search. If they wish to, parents can use the filters on the left side of the screen and select "Primary User" and "Parent" to narrow their search if need.
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This article is directed towards parents and discusses how they can support their child through career exploration.
This amazing collection of activities includes boards for:
*Math
*Lego at home
*Cardboard STEAM
*Unplugged Coding
*Video call challenges
*Icebreakers
*ELA
*Mindfulness
*Rain day STEM
*Rock, paper, scissors
*STEAM challenges for home and school
*Outside STEAM
*Winter STEAM
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"A Wonderville quick tips video on computational thinking.
In this video, learn about how to introduce coding and programming into your class by first adopting computational thinking practices. Discover what computational thinking is, it's benefits for your students, and examples that can give them the opportunity to practice this mindset and skill through exact instructions activities.
For more STEM related videos, games, and activities, head to: http://wonderville.org
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Related exact instruction challenge videos found here :
How to put on winter clothes- https://youtu.be/LquWGTgRS7U
How to draw a butterfly- https://youtu.be/5ttqUx5KS9A "
"Even though vaping is less harmful than smoking, there are still consequences for you to consider. Vaping can expose you to chemicals that could harm your health. We’re here to give you the facts about vaping so you can make informed choices about your life."
This amazing video will clearly explain the PeBL philosophy at Sun West School Division. The who, what, when, where, why and how of PeBL are addressed and articluated clearly for the parent and community audience. Topics include the continuum of learning, transfer of responsibility, personalized learning, the three pillars of PeBL. This resource will clearly explain everything you need to know to get started embracing PeBL at home!
230 conversation starters to get the conversation rolling!
The starters are for various ages and maturity levels. As the parent, you know your child best and we will leave it to you to select appropriate starters.
-getting to know your child
-your relationship with your child
-family
-blended and adopted families
-values and character
-school and learning
-emotions
-friendships and peers
-bullying
-drugs and alcohol
-consent, love, marriage and sexual preference
-body image and gender roles
-spirituality
Tips and lessons for parents.
This resource from England provides math videos, math practice questions, and worksheets with answers.
There are a series of videos for movement, brain breaks, yoga, and energizing breaks with younger kids!
There are videos for:
Movement & Yoga
Mindfulness
Relaxation
Energy
Brain Breaks
Dancing
Crash Course Kids combines the same engaging lecture-style content delivery with animated graphics that focus on grade school science.
Topics include Earth Science, Physical Science, Biology, Geography, Engineering, and Astronomy.
These videos are amazing!
"Being a parent has never been easy, but it can be even more challenging once your kids are using the internet. Even if you're not up on the latest technologies and platforms, though, you have an important role — maybe the most important — in your kids' online lives. This guide will prepare you for the conversations you need to have with kids when they first start using digital devices, as they grow and their online activities change, and when things go wrong.
The guide is divided into three sections that each deal with a different aspect of digital citizenship, to teach your kids to Respect People's Feelings, to Respect Privacy and to Respect Property online."
Scroll to find online Digital Citizenship books for students including:
*Pause & Think Online (K-5)
*Your Rings of Responsibility (K-5)
*Heart's Online Friendships (K-5)
*Say Goodbye to Technology (K-2)
*The Words We Choose (3-5)
*Digital Drama Unplugged (6-8)
*Who Are You on Social Media? (9-12)
In 2022 Digital Citizenship Week is October 17-21.
"Introduce students in grades 6–8 to Digital Compass™ by Common Sense Education. The award-winning game is an innovative way to give students the freedom to explore how decisions made in their digital lives can affect their relationships and futures.
Through the suite of popular choose-your-own-path games, students play through the perspective of one of eight main characters, each of whom is facing a different digital citizenship dilemma. The varied story paths and multiple decision points encourage students to play repeatedly in order to explore alternative courses of action. Games are also available in Spanish."
Students will be able to:
• Find facts and gather data for conscientious decisions
• Synthesize information and evaluate options
• Assess situations in order to make informed judgments
• Reflect on decisions and determine alternative choices
• Build interpersonal empathy by role-playing and taking the perspective of others
• Develop skill-based competencies through game-based learning
• Apply learnings to real-world situations
Digital Nation is a new, open source PBS project that explores what it means to be human in an entirely new world -- a digital world. It consists of this Web site as well as a major FRONTLINE documentary to be broadcast on Feb. 2, 2010. Our production team is posting rough cuts and raw footage on the web, and gathering input, feedback and stories from users as we go.
This support from Microsoft has been designed specifically with parents in mind.
This resource from Ontario provides parents with information on how they can support Math learning and development at home.
The Healthy Kids Quest is a flexible program designed for grade 1 to 3 classes across the country. The program includes activity sheets and instructions on six themes, which have been split into sections to facilitate download.
Healthy Kids Quest introduction Includes an overview of the Healthy Kids Quest for teachers and group leaders, and the introduction documents to be sent home to parents/guardians
Program Kick-Off: Being Healthy Includes activities to help students understand how eating nutritious food and being physically active contribute to being healthy.
Topics Covered:
Water
Fruits and Vegetables
Whole Grains
Healthy Snacks
A Balanced Lunch Box
Physical Activity
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