In these crazy times parents are looking for, among other things, good ways to occupy their childrens’ time in a wholesome fashion. I didn’t want my childrens’ learning to just stop. To move the ball forward, at least a little, I have currated a list of education related resources to help in that process. My goal was to find things that are in the spirit of fun and learning. Nothing here is officially endorsed by me. I only provide these links because our family has found them helpful, I hope you do to. Stay safe, stay sane.
Biology
Zoo America - Zoo America features an animal (11:00AM daily)
Cincinnati Zoo - Cincinnati Zoo features an animal (3:00PM daily)
San Diego Zoo Live cams - Animal cams
Snapshot Safari - Crowdsourced projects to classify animals from nature cameras
Art
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems - A fun drawing time (1:00PM daily)
Draw every day with Jarett J. Krosoczka - A fun drawing time
Google Music Lab - Fun little music lab
Metropolitan Opera - Live performance every night from their catalog of recorded events.
Seattle Symphony Orchestra - Free live stream performances
Geography
Location Estimater - Guess the world location from Google-van images
GeoGuesser - Guess the world location from Google-van images (nice, but kind of naggy)
Language
Duolingo - Learn or practice another language
Hello Chinese - Learn Chinese
Audible - Audible provides a selection of free kids books
StorylineOnline - World’s best storytellers reading books aloud. Each video includes an activity guide with lessons for K-5 students
We Are Teachers - Math card games
Educational Games
Science
Skype a Scientist - Scientists cover wide variety of topics
Activities
Scholastic Daily - Activities/Articles/Videos
Discovery Education - Daily activies for kids
Misc
Lancaster Library Links - A nice list of more links
Free Subscriptions - Education companies offering free subscriptions during COVID-19