This list has been updated for the fall of 2020.
With remote or part-time schools this fall to prevent the spread of coronavirus, you may end up with a small concert: a teacher.
Whether you’re transitioning to a full-time home school, using distance learning from your school, contemplating a micro-school or a “pandemic module,” or simply facing a few days a week at home, you might want more help. At home. COVID-19 pandemic.
If you’re new to homeschooling, you’re probably wondering how to locate a school program at home and how to help your kids learn. Is it imaginable to paint from home, teach your children, avoid wasting screen time for everyone and keep your head at peace?
“Remember, it’s new to everyone,” says Erin Girard, a home education specialist for Outschool. “Teachers will not do things right, nor will we as parents. Be prepared to be flexible and adaptable.
Here are some resources for you to figure out how to get to school at home or just add enrichment to your days.
A few weeks or months, one thing, but if you’re facing a full year of homeschooling or distance learning, it’s worth figuring out what your child’s curriculum includes.
Every state has for homeschooling. Discover your state’s school legislation, says Jamie Gaddy, editor-in-chief of Homeschool.com.
To get an idea of what your child learns, check out the TODAY Parent Guides, which were developed through NBC News Learn with the help of box experts and align with non-unusual state standards.
Related: Consultant of the home schooling program through experts. This is the home education program required for kindergarten in elementary, middle and high schools.
Many school Internet sites and online home education systems offer loose or discounted subscriptions during the coronavirus crisis. If your circle of family members wants advice, EPIC, Every Person Influence Children, has a helpline for families.
Outschool, which offers live online courses in small groups, offers loose courses to others affected by school closures.
Calvert Homeschool grants 30 days of school closures with loose systems.
Scholastic Learns at House has kindergarten lesson plans for nine-year-olds for about $5 a month.
Facebook organization Amazing Educational Resources has collected school resources at home on a public website. It has resources for reading, math, history, Chinese, coding, music and more.
Open Culture offers textbooks, videos and loose audiobooks as links to teacher-led on-hand online courses.
Khan Academy is a loose resource for educational videos on many topics.
Google has created a number of teacher-approved download apps.
The nonprofit First Book offers activities in English and Spanish from kindergarten through eighth grade.
Families with Alexa-enabled devices can take advantage of Bamboo Learning’s flexible educational programs, which add math, history, music, and stories. Just say “Alexa, open Bamboo Books”.
Beanstalk offers arts, science and more courses for preschoolers up to age 6.
Coaching company Hand2Mind has introduced a new home platform with streaming sessions for K-5 categories and downloadable STEM activities.
For students 7th grades up and up, the AskMo math tutoring program is free.
The nonprofit Love in a Big World offers a flexible socio-emotional program for children from kindergarten through eighth grade.
Prodigy Math, which is used in many school districts, provides a fluid learning of the mathematics of video game taste.
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The Duolingo language program offers loose online tools.
CK-12 offers age-appropriate courses in all subjects for other levels.
For children, Bright Horizons has created a library of loose resources for infants and school-age children.
For students in the best schools, Fiveable is a loose resource for Advanced Placement learning and check preparation.
Encantos Learning Hub has bilingual schooling equipment and geography.
Ed Helper supplies loose filing cabinets from kindergarten to high schools.
To find the right homeschooling technique for your family, think about your technique as an instructor and what motivates your child as a student, Gaddy says.
If you’re looking for something casual, features like dropping out of school. If you are more structured and like schedules, you will probably enjoy something more traditional. Homeschool.com has a tool to help parents find the most productive curriculum.
“Once you have a handful of options, ask them to drive,” Gaddy says. Make sure your child likes the program and is motivated to learn.
“Talk to your child and ask him open questions about what he likes about school and what he likes to learn,” Girard says. “Does your child not like math and still like it in the kitchen? He doesn’t like to read but does he like to tell stories? He can adapt his education to his herbal strengths.”
Looking for a daily schedule at home? You may need to check to stick to your child’s normal school schedule or a plan with a family reunion circle. These printable schedules allow you to plan your day.
Related: Moms and dads focus on rewards, that risks, refusing to participate.
Keep in mind that youth will likely only focus on one task for 10 to 15 minutes. Take a lot of breaks, sing songs and pass out when you can.
Also think about the physical area that suits your child. “Does your child like to stand up? Sit? Create a fort to work with?” Ask Girard. “Once again, you have the flexibility to create your own learning environment and your own schedule.”
Many libraries are closing, but online resources are available.
Check out Libby, Kanopy, SimplyE, and Hoopla for loose resources with your library card.
The epic! The reading app provides students with free access to distance learning at home, using a code of elegance from their teacher.
Google’s Rivet reading app is flexible and designed to keep third-grade kindergarten kids informed to read.
VOOKS, an online streaming library, offers loose school closures for a month, as well as resources and lesson plans.
Educational resource publisher Twinkl offers its library of more than 630,000 loose educational resources to U.S. residents. Simply enter the code USATWINKLHELPS.
Time for Kids also adds the crisis to your loose virtual library.
The new children’s magazine The Week Junior gives its first problems for free.
This is a fundamental component of elegance that you can have online without problems, through editors, authors and teachers who have published public videos.
Dolly Parton’s “Good Night with Dolly” videos show bedtime with her mind library.
Some of your children’s favorite authors will be offering to read aloud the crisis. This we Are Teachers readout list is full of resources, and Kidlit TV has a library of readings and activities aloud.
Mac Barnett (“Sam and Dave dig a hole”, “Mac B: Kid Spy”) has a read-back file on their Instagram page.
Kate Messner, from the new mid-level novel “Chirp” and the image e-book “The Next President” with Adam Rex, offers a number of other classes on her website.
Break has created “Operation Storytime” with reads aloud from a sufficient number of authors to fill a virtual library.
Authors who make plans, new readings aloud and new classes, focus their schedules on a Google document created through literacy advocate Olivia Van Ledtje, and others focus resources with the Twitter hashtag #kidlitquarantine.
The History Channel offers house history categories in history.com.
Jarret J. Krosoczka, from the “Lunch Lady” series of graphic novels and a finalist for the National Book Prize “Hey, Kiddo”, presents drawing webcasts on YouTube for all ages.
Author and illustrator Grace Lin (“Big Mooncake for Little Star”) publishes tutorials and readings on her YouTube channel.
Universal Pictures publishes tutorials of its animators, adding How to draw a minion or poppy from “Trolls”. (Universal Pictures and TODAY have the same parent company).
For preschool and school children, Kiddie Academy offers concepts to turn play time, mealtime and time into classes and arts activities.
Mystery Science offers school closures of loose scientific categories.
The nonprofit The Moth offers loose stories and classes twice a week.
TED-Ed teaches video and series classes through educators, remodeled into animated videos for kids.
Related: Explore zoos, parks and museums leaving the house.
NPR’s Ari Shapiro has a YouTube channel that discusses events.
And “Sesame Street” gives special resources to the crisis, adding a virtual embrace of Elmo and animations about washing hands and caring about others.
4-H offers a number of loose activities in 4-H at home, adding science and craft projects.
Snoopy and his friends in Peanuts.com have a new list of activity plans and loose house lessons developed through education experts.
Audible has announced a loose Audible Stories with audiobooks for young people of all ages. Everything on site is loose, no need for a connection or subscription.
Pinna’s audio streaming service gives families and teachers two months of free time for their audio streaming service for 3- to 12-year-olds. To activate it, go to Pinna and use the promotion code: PINNA4KIDS.
Learning Ally gives access to its audiobook database, particularly designed to help young people with learning issues.
There are many entertaining podcasts for kids, plus WOW in the World from NPR, Story Pirates and Brains On! Story Pirates has also created a creators’ club with loose virtual resources.
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The Story Seeds podcast shows the artistic process in real time, with young people and authors participating in story ideas.
Grim, Grimmer, Grimmest with Adam Gidwitz (“A Tale Dark and Grimm”) offers scary and exciting stories safely.
Educational toy corporate learning resources offer 2500 loose worksheets, printables, and activities for you to do for 2- to 8-year-olds.
Many young people’s e-books offer loose activity sheets on their websites. Jarrett Lerner of “Enginerds” creates new worksheets every few days that allow young people to finish a comedian eBook or finish a drawing with their own silly ideas.
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Editor Houghton Mifflin Harcourt offers loose sheets of activities for reading, math, and social and emotional learning.
Tinkeractive’s presentation company offers a downloadable loose folder page on its online page every day. And Dr. Seuss Seussville’s online page offers loose print activities and recipes.
Dictionary.com has created a new home learning center for all ages and is posting a word of the day for young people on social media.
Because children are more in-than-normal, don’t allow them enough time to move. Take out your pictures outdoors and let the young people dig or just practice nature. They can stick to what they see in a clinical notebook.
Cosmic Kids Yoga offers loose (and incredibly entertaining) yoga resources for young children.
Go Noodle offers short videos to move around.
The Kidz Bop YouTube channel offers dance videos.
A UK fitness teacher teaches “fitness with Joe” physical education classes. crisis.
Ballet Hispanico offers dance categories on Instagram.
Tinkergarten, the early learning program, provides Tinkergarten At Home families with concepts for weekly activities and other resources.
It is the best time to know an instrument, your artistic skills, play or cook. These resources can help.
For a bit of musical education, several children’s musicians present songs. Find a complete list of playlists. There is also a limited program of Concerts from Stay Home, Sing Together.
Carnegie Hall has its Musical Explorers program.
Disney Theatrical Productions offers its Lion King delight, offering an extensive course in writing, directing and more dramas for 8 years onwards.
Keri Smith, from the “Wreck This Journal” books, creates daily browsing activities on her website. The Rebel Girls team launches Rebel Girls at Home, adding a virtual download of their newspaper “I Am a Rebel Girl”, podcasts and activities from their books.
America’s Test Kitchen Kids offers recipes, activities and reports to children. Raddish Kids also offers resources and recipes for children and offers loose food kits.
Subscribe to the PBS Kids newsletter or the new Highlights – Home newsletter to see more activities to watch with kids.
National Geographic Kids offers contests, puzzles and games and NatGeo – Home, a commitment to educational resources. And Quizlet offers loose games and learning tools.
KiwiCo’s STEAM subscription service offers educational resources and loose crafts on your website, adding fun activities like making invisible ink or a pasta rocket.
The Cell Science Finder has created a search engine learning portal, with data for children ages 8 and up.
Or check out Pest World’s loose-class insect classes for kids.
If your children are watching TV, you can (or work). And there’s a lot of quality movies to spend at forty.
Commonsense media maintains a list of documentaries for children. The IMDB movie database has created a list of educational movies for families to read at home.
For a TV break for the whole family, the kitchen and screens can be smart crosses.
Amazon Prime has added dozens of loose children’s broadcasts, adding “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood”, “Arthur” and “Pete the Cat”.