Bhubaneswar: Parents must be having a tough time engaging with the high energy levels of children during the lockdown. Here is a list of online material, which will entail fun and edutainment for children.
A list of some such tools are (some of these are collated from social media):
- Online resources:
- BrainPop
- Curiosity Stream
- Tynker
- Outschool
- Udemy
- iReady
- Beast Academy (Math)
- Khan Academy
- Creative Bug
- Discovery Education
- YouTube channels:
- Crash Course Kids
- Science Channel
- SciShow Kids
- National Geographic Kids
- Free School
- Geography Focus
- TheBrainScoop
- SciShow
- Kids Learning Tube
- Geeek Gurl Diaries
- Mike Likes Science
- Science Max
- SoulPancake
These include, lots of board games, library books (and Kindle), tinkering/upcycling with household junk, etc.
Other materials include:
- Scholastic has created a free learn-from-home site with 20+ days of learning and activities. https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
- Pretend to travel the world. Go on a virtual tour of these 12 famous museums. https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
- Awesome free curriculum. Everything from preschool activities to 12th grade is here! https://allinonehomeschool.com/
- List of thinking games by grade: https://allinonehomeschool.com/thinking/
- More awesome free learning websites that homeschooling experts use:
- https://www.starfall.com/h/
- https://www.abcya.com/
- https://www.funbrain.com/
- https://www.splashlearn.com/
- https://www.storylineonline.net/
- https://pbskids.org/
- https://www.highlightskids.com/
- https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
- https://www.coolmath4kids.com/
- http://www.mathgametime.com/
- https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
- http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp
- http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/
- https://www.switchzoo.com/
- https://www.seussville.com/
- https://www.turtlediary.com/
- https://www.e-learningforkids.org/
World Book Online has just made a collection of over 3,000 ebooks and audiobooks available for free for children to access at home. There are books suitable for all ages. https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/
Last but most excitingly for all those missing books and wanting to re-live the past. Someone has assimilated all comics and graphic novels collections into one! It contains the following –
- Asterix – All books
- Calvin & Hobbes – All strips
- Craig Thompson – All books
- Dilbert – 1994 to 2002
- Garfield – 1978 to 2008
- Guy Delisle – 2 books
- Joe Sacco – All books
- Sarah Andersen – 2 books
- Tintin – All books