SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING AT HOME

DESCRIPTION:

Recording date:  April 24, 2020

While schools across the province are closed, children are at home and caregivers have had to take on many teacher responsibilities overnight. It's a challenging balance that may be creating stress and family conflict for you and your family. Join this session for suggestions on how best to support your child’s learning at home, including:

• Setting up routines
• Creating a space for learning
• Making a visual schedule
• Smooth transitions
• Keeping kids grounded
• Engaging reluctant learners
• Fun activities that are educational too!
• Self-care
• …and more!

Facilitators:

• Doug Hazlett, Lynwood Charlton Centre
• Kim Campanella, Lynwood Charlton Centre

Related resources:

• Presentation slides (pdf)
• Supporting your student at home during COVID-19 (School Mental Health Ontario)
• Visual schedules - Boardmaker
• Movement activities/videos - GoNoodle
• Inquiry/creativity:
  • Royal Botanical Gardens - videos about environment, plants, animals
  • Museum of Science and Industry Chicago - simple machines game (requires Flash)
  • National Geographic Kids - articles and videos
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Hamilton - virtual activities
  • FreeSchool - educational videos (YouTube)
• Virtual tours:
  • The Louvre
  • Smithsonian - National Museum of Natural History
  • Famous sites around the world
  • Toronto Zoo - online recources, YouTube channel
  • Ripley Aquariums - shark cam
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium - live cams
  • San Diego Zoo - meet the animals
  • World Zoos with virtual tours
• Online books:
  • Funbrain
  • Hamilton Public Library Kids - eBooks, audio books
  • TumbleBooks (30 day free account)
  • Epic Digital Library for kids under 12 (30 day free account)
• Read-a-louds:
  • Authors reading books (YouTube channel)
  • We Are Teachers - authors reading, virtual activities
• Math games:
  • Education.com
  • Prodigy
• 21st Century skills:
  • Typing Club - keyboarding skills
  • Code.org - coding from home projects
• Keeping busy:
  • 42 things to do while parents are working
  • 15 awesome and educational resources
• Arts and crafts:
  • 500 creative activities for children
  • Kidspot - art activities
  • 30 day Lego challenges (Pinterest)
• Self-care:
  • YourSpace sessions
  • Self-care 101 (for youth and for you!)