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/