Additional Support and Optional Home Learning
Please find below a list of links which may support your child’s learning at home. Many of these websites/apps are free long term or on a trial (at the time of publishing) but please check upon registration (if required).
Please note that the following link is the key resource from the Victorian Department of Education, for students learning at home during the COVID-19 outbreak: https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/pages/learningfromhome
Literacy
- Scholastic Magazines: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
- Storyline Online: https://www.storylineonline.net/
- Epic!: https://www.getepic.com/learn/ (you’ll require the parent email invitation from the teacher)
- Speld SA Phonic Books: https://www.speld-sa.org.au/services/phonic-books.html
- ABC Reading Eggs Learn to Read: https://readingeggs.com.au/
- Kids Academy: http://www.kidsacademy.com.au/
Numeracy
- Cool Math 4 Kids: https://www.coolmath4kids.com/
- Khan Academy Kids: https://learn.khanacademy.org/khan-academy-kids/
- Targeting Maths App: https://www.pascalpress.com.au/targeting-maths-apps/
- Quick Maths: https://www.educationalappstore.com/app/quick-maths-arithmetic-times-table-game
- Swift Playground: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/swift-playgrounds/id908519492
Inquiry / Mixed Resources
- NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/
- YouTube Kids: https://www.youtube.com/kids/
- Google Earth: https://www.google.com/earth/
- Brain Pop: https://www.brainpop.com/
- Study Ladder Basic: https://www.studyladder.com.au/
- ABC Behind the News: https://www.abc.net.au/btn/
- National Geographic Library: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/classroom-resources/
- Everyday Learning: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/everyday-learning/#.XnFTsagzZPY
- Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/
- Science Friday: https://www.sciencefriday.com/
- PBS Kids: https://pbskids.org/
- All Kids Network: https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/
- Breakout EDU: https://www.breakoutedu.com/funathome
- EdHelper: https://www.edhelper.com/teacher-education/Daily-Free-Learning-Workbooks-for-Teachers-to-Share-with-Parents-while-Schools-are-Closed-Kids-will-actually-do-these.htm
- Mystery Science: https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning
- ABC Children’s Podcast Imagine This: https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/imagine-this/
- ABC Children’s Podcast Short and Curly: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/shortandcurly/
- Blockly: https://blockly.games
- BBC Learning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
- Futurelearn: https://www.futurelearn.com
- Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
- Ted Ed: https://ed.ted.com
- National Geographic Kids: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
- The Kids Should See This: https://thekidshouldseethis.com
- Crash Course Kids: https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
- Tinkercad: https://www.tinkercad.com
- Prodigy Maths: https://www.prodigygame.com
- Cbeebies Radio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
- Nature Detectives: https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetect…/
- Oxford Owl for Home: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
- Geography Games: https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
- The Artful Parent: https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/
- Toy Theater: https://toytheater.com/
- Twinkl: https://www.twinkl.co.uk
Specialists
- Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/
- The Fable Cottage: https://www.thefablecottage.com/french
- MSO Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMSOrchestra (concerts will be live streamed)
Useful skills that families could teach children at home
- How to tie your shoes
- How to follow a recipe
- How to make a meal plan & grocery list on a budget
- How to look after the house (make your bed, weed the garden, sort the recycling)
- Build physical literacy (do yoga, play catch, play frisbee, kick a soccer ball, shoot hoops)
- Build Fine motor skills (use lego, draw, colour, knit , crochet, cross- stitch, sew, weave)
- Do a STEM challenge ( build a tower, boat, bridge) out of random materials around the house
Suggestions from our Willy families to support your child with understanding COVID-19
- Coronavirus For Kids, And The Science Of Soap (Podcast): Podcast for children about Coronavirus
- Coronavirus Comic for Kids: https://youtu.be/oERBAFiolpc
- A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus
- Cononavirus Social Story: https://www.flipsnack.com/KeshetChicago/coronavirus-social-story/full-view.html
- Cononavirus (Stile): www.stileapp.com
