Things for Kids
DIGITAL LINKS to TALK, READ, SING, RHYME, DRAW and PLAY EVERYDAY FROM HOME
Talk – Use these sites to describe, question, guess, compare, explain, marvel, choose
- Talk about all the exhibitions.
- What do they think the items are?
- Who might have used them and what could they have been used for?
- What colours can they see?
- Count and sort items in groups.
- Which are their favourites?
- Have they seen anything like it before? When? Where?
- What are the animals doing?
- Why do they think they might be doing that?
- What do they like to eat?
Don’t worry too much about facts. Let language flow and imaginations run wild.
EXPLORE THE WORLD with Virtual Excursions!
To places like museums, galleries, The White House, parks, Disney Land and many others
https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
The White House
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-white-house
The British Museum
https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/
The Louvre France
https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Google Arts & Culture
https://artsandculture.google.com/
https://www.familiesmagazine.com.au/museum-virtual-tours/
Disney World
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYyJUEtYv-ZW7BgjhP3UbTg
The San Diego Zoo
https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/
Yellowstone National Park!
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm
Melbourne Zoo
https://www.zoo.org.au/animal-house/
Taronga Zoo
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB4RSGRBhM670UlcG-oCxeA
READ BY YOURSELF OR WITH OTHERS
Great for relaxation and quiet time if you can find any of the books in hard copy to read along with that is even better!
Listen to an Astronaut read a story from space:
https://storytimefromspace.com
AUDIBLE’ has free audio books for children to listen to.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
SCHOLASTIC has some Ebooks and other resources (some of which are free)
http://scholastic.com/learnathome
Folktales from around the world
https://www.wbur.org/circleround
Classic Childrens Stories
http://storiespodcast.com/all-stories/
Stories written by Kids for Kids
https://www.storypirates.com/podcast
Favourite kids books read by famous people
https://www.storylineonline.net/
Oxford Owl
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
ABC Kids Listen
https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/programs/all-shows/
National Geographic Young Explorers
https://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/index.html
Baby Karaoke
https://raisingchildren.net.au/guides/baby-karaoke
Play, Make, Do & Learn
Science activities
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks
Play games and learn all about animals
https://switchzoo.com/
Math and Reading games
https://www.funbrain.com/
Fun games, recipes, crafts, activities
https://www.highlightskids.com/
Educational games K-12
https://www.breakoutedu.com/funathome
Daily free science or cooking experiment to do at home
http://www.clubscikidzmd.com/blog/
Explore the surface of Mars
https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
Geography and animals
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Cultures and countries of the world.
https://www.countryreports.org/
An interactive way to learn history
https://www.mission-us.org/
Helps kids learn to appreciate the arts
https://artsology.com/
National Zoo to the Smithsonian Learning Lab right to their screen https://www.si.edu/kids
National Geographic Games - https://www.natgeokids.com/au/category/play-and-win/games/
National Geographic Kids (Access with your library card) - https://natgeo.gale.com/natgeo/archive?p=NGMA&u=nambucca
Nasa
https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub
https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/activities
https://cmom.org/learn/cmom-at-home/
http://www.kidsthinkdesign.org/
SplashLearn –
https://www.splashlearn.com/
Ology –
https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology
Amazing Space –
https://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
How Stuff Works -
https://www.howstuffworks.com/
CrashCourse –
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
Smithsonian for Kids –
https://www.si.edu/kids
PBS Kids –
https://pbskids.org
ABC Education –
https://education.abc.net.au/home
Duolingo –
https://www.duolingo.com/learn
Disney Junior –
http://disneyjunior.disney.com.au/
Knowledge Adventure –
http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/#
Wonderopolis –
https://wonderopolis.org
ABCya –
https://www.abcya.com/
Brain POP –
https://www.brainpop.com/
TED Talks –
https://www.ted.com/talks
Hello Kids
http://www.hellokids.com/