For those of you quarantined in the home and suddenly homeschooling, you may be stressed about how to teach your kids (espcially the more difficult subjects). Thankfully there are a host of great online sources for you to peruse and choose from. We have compiled a list for you to click on and explore and will add to the list as more resources become available. Learning at home is fun; use this time as a bonding experience with your children.
Have fun!
3. Museums and Online Collections
7. Free lunchtime art class with Mo Willems
13. Scholastic: learn at home projects
14. Home Safari at the Cincinatti Zoo, everday at 3 pm EST
15. Free one month trial to The Great Courses Plus
1. Take 3 Free Scratch 3.0 Game Development Courses with CodaKid
Younger learners will love our Scratch courses, which teach absolute beginners how to make their own 2D video games which can be played with friends and family. Make an awesome Catch the Cat, Infinite Jumper, and Scratch Archery game, and learn important concepts such as variables, conditionals, and loops. These courses are given by some of the top kids coding academies in the world, and you get access to them for free. To access them please use the following instructions:
a) Go to https://my.codakid.com/product/home-fun/
b) Click Add to Cart
c)Look for “Have a coupon code?” field
d) Enter code HOME-FUN
e) Click Apply
f) Enjoy your FREE CodaKid Scratch 3.0 courses
(You should not have to enter any credit card info to gain access here. If you are prompted to enter a credit card, please retry the instructions again, as the cart should be taken to $0).
Activity Time: 3-4 hours
Recommended Ages: 7+
Device Needed: Chromebook, PC, Mac
2. Make an Obstacle (Obby) Game using Roblox Studio
We have put together a free guide that will get your son or daughter started with this super-fun and free activity. When they are done, they will have completed a professional quality Obby video game that they can play with friends and family online. Imagine learning how to make your own video game using the game engine used by tens of thousands of professional around the world! Super-fun and highly educational!
To take the tutorial visit: https://codakid.com/ultimate-guide-making-your-first-game-on-roblox-studio/
Activity Time: 3-4 hours
Recommended Ages: 9+
Device Needed: Mac or PC
3. Make a Custom Sword Mod for Minecraft
We created a fun written guide that will teach you how to create your own custom sword for Minecraft – and you don’t even need a retail version of Minecraft to do it! This project will be an excellent project for young techies ages 10+, or a terrific Father/Mother- Son/Daughter dual project for all ages. When you are done, you will have designed your own custom sword with special powers that you can play in the game. And even cooler is that you will learn the Java programming language on a professional text editor to bring your creation to life!
To take the free tutorial visit here: https://codakid.com/guide-to-minecraft-modding-with-java/
Activity Time: 4-5 hours
Recommended Ages: 10+
Device Needed: Mac or PC
4. Make your Own Free Minecraft Server
Our dev team created a super fun guide that will teach you how to build your own Minecraft server from scratch for FREE. Your child or teen will build valuable STEM skills and gain confidence setting up a server that can be used to play Minecraft with friends and family!
To take the tutorial visit here: https://codakid.com/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server/
Activity Time: 4-5 hours
Recommended Ages: 10+
Device Needed: Mac or PC
Subscription needed: You will need retail versions of Minecraft to play multiplayer with your friends.We hope that you enjoy these projects as much as we have enjoyed creating them!
17. someone else’s big list of resources
18. St. Patrick’s Day drawing with illustrator Ralph Masiello
20. Look at art in high resolution: Art Institute of Chicago
21. Astronauts read stories from space
22. 60 day free trial of audiobooks and podcasts for kids
24. Free Ranger Rick magazines
25. Watch penguins tour an aquarium
26. Interactive Math and Science Simulations
29. How-tos and recommendations for home learning
33. Educational games and videos
34. Learning site for jr. high/high school
36. For Fun: virtual Disney rides
37. Virtual Tour National Parks
39. Math and Science simulations
43. Free coloring pages from museum collections
44. Upper level math and computer studies
45. (NOT free, but pretty awesome anyway) Shakepearean plays at the Globe Theatre
46. How-to homeschool video workshop
47. Free Audiobook Streaming from Audible
48. Disney course “Imagineering in a Box” (you might also want to check out “The Imagineering Story” on Disney Plus
49. Kennedy Space Center science lessons
50. Harry Potter themed digital Escape Room
55. How to teach Nature Journaling
56. Inupiaq Indigenous Coloring Pages
58. Residential School Podcasts
59. Free Workbook pages: Math, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Writing
64. Indigenous educators teach short K-8 lessons
65. Homebound Online Conference March 23-27 with homeschool gurus Julie Bogart (Brave Writer) and Susan Wise Bauer (The Well-Trained Mind)
66. Livestream Reading of Shakespeare
67. Virtual Marine Biology Camp
69. Free and Reduced Rate Coding Class
75. Free Month Trial of Adventures in Odyssey Club
79. Virtual Dissections (some have a fee, others are free)
80. Free Digital Cooking Classes for Kids
82. Kids Discover Online (science and social studies)
83. 30 Day Trial of EPIC! Digital Library
86. Math Practice up to Algebra
87. Read-alouds done by famous people
90. Wide Variety Activities, Carmen Sandiego themed
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