53 Online Activities for Kids

Need some inspiration for online learning activities? Take a look at a few helpful links below.

 

Stories / Books

• Maribyrnong Library will be hosting Story Time Online. Each Monday to Friday a new video will be loaded at 11am. Here’s a link to the first one to get you started.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtbFC4HBWDw
• Children’s books read by famous- people https://www.storylineonline.net/
• Young Explorers is a magazine designed specifically for young children. Children can listen to the magazine being read to them as they follow along with the highlighted text- https://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/index.html
• Listen to astronauts read stories from space- https://storytimefromspace.com/library/

 

Museums

• Visit museums. Google Arts and Culture partnered with over 2,500 museums and galleries around the world to offer virtual tours of their spaces. Some of the options include New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum- https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en
• The Louvre, based in Paris, is also offering its own virtual tour online for free- https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
• The British Museum- located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies- https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/

 

Zoos

• The San Diego Zoo has a live webcam for animals- https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams
• Melbourne Zoo also has live webcams https://www.zoo.org.au/animal-house
• Live video of the Smithsonian National Zoo and Smithsonian Learning Lab- https://www.si.edu/kids

 

General educational games / activities

• Educational games K-12- https://www.breakoutedu.com/funathome
• Projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing- https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/…/learnathome.html
• A large selection of fun songs to help teach preschool students- https://www.songsforteaching.com/preschoolkindergarten.htm
• ABC- Educational resources (primary school age)- https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/home
• ABC for Kids, games and videos for Preschoolers – https://www.abc.net.au/abckids/
• Boost writing confidence with Story bird (comics, pic books, poems etc)- http://storybird.com/
• The Kid Should See This- https://thekidshouldseethis.com

 

Geography

• Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover- https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
• Geography with National Geographic- https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
• This NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals- https://climatekids.nasa.gov/
• Google Earth. All sorts of incredible learning here- https://www.google.com/earth/

 

Art / craft

• Crafts and activities- https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/
• Fun games, recipes, crafts, activities- https://www.highlightskids.com/
• Red Tent Art- step by step instructions on art projects including origami, 3D cards, clay pots, etc- https://www.youtube.com/user/redtedart
• Mo Willems, the author of ‘Don’t let the Pigeon Stay up Late’ is uploading daily drawing lessons- https://youtu.be/MjaYnyCJDdU
• A wonderful detailed way to get kids engaged in the world of art- https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/

 

Maths

• Maths as a fun part of your daily family routine- http://bedtimemath.org/
• Maths games galore-  https://gridclub.com/
• Kids numbers- http://www.kidsnumbers.com/
• Maths Frame (gr 2 and up)- http://www.mathsframe.co.uk/default.aspx

 

Coding

• Scratch teaches students all about coding- https://scratch.mit.edu/(Ages 8-16)
• Coding for 4-10 year olds- https://www.kodable.com/(subscription required after free trial)

 

Science

• Lots of science experiments that you can do at home – https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/
• For budding Marine Biologists- take a deep dive into ocean life (primary school age). https://ocean.si.edu/
•  Science podcasts to listen to with your kids- https://medium.com/…/19-great-science-podcasts-you-can-list…

 

Movement

• Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts- https://www.gonoodle.com/
• Kid-friendly workouts — choose from Strength for Kids, Agility for Kids, Flexibility and Balance for Kids, Warm-Up for Kids, Cooldown for Kids, Stand Up and Move for Kids, OR create your own custom kid workout- https://app.sworkit.com/collections/kids-workouts
• Yoga and mindfulness for kids- https://youtu.be/0ImHIWzP49M
• Live PE lessons at 9am Monday to Friday on this YouTube channel for children of all ages. https://www.youtube.com/playlist…

 

Music

• Music is for everyone- https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
•  Let’s kids play instruments online. Instruments include the guitar, piano, pan flute, drums, and bongos- https://www.virtualmusicalinstruments.com/

 

Miscellaneous

• Learn a language-  https://www.duolingo.com/
• Create interactive avatars to showcase children’s learning- Voki: http://www.voki.com/
• Virtual Excursions- https://docs.google.com/…/1SvIdgTx9djKO6SjyvPDs…/mobilebasic
•  Go Geocatching- https://geocaching.com.au
• Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, maths and science- https://www.nomsterchef.com/nomster-recipe-library
• 101 free things to do with kids https://www.google.com.au/…/101-things-to-do-with-kids…/amp/

 

Coronavirus – scripts and stories for kids

• Coronavirus social story by Carol Grey –  https://carolgraysocialstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pandemics-and-the-Coronavirus.pdf?fbclid=IwAR03x6RvP70DYnvNd5EhsGZUHxiwMw1-nvB42QsBCh-HX3GrH2Xftz0z4I8
• Sue Larkey – https://suelarkey.com.au/social-scripts-for-students-with-autism-understand-coronavirus-2/
• Noah’s Ark – https://noahsarkinc.org.au/news-and-events/news/coronavirus-story-2020
• Covid-19 Return to School Story – A Social Story for Primary Aged Students

 

 

? TEACHING RESOURCES / SCHOOL AT HOME ?

• Twinkl – teaching resources, lots of great worksheets and ideas! To support you during this period, Twinkl is offering every teacher/parent in Australia access to all Twinkl resources with a One Month Ultimate Membership, totally free of charge. Setting this up is really easy to do – go to www.twinkl.co.uk/offerand enter the code AUSTRCODE
• FREE Coronavirus Relief Packs are now available for Preschool through 5th Grade. Each download includes worksheets, activities, songs, and videos for all subjects: https://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com?d=havefunteaching.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGF2ZWZ1bnRlYWNoaW5nLmNvbS9yZXNvdXJjZXMvcmVsaWVmLXBhY2tzLw==&e=cmViZWNjYS53aWxsaWFtc29uQG5vYWhzYXJraW5jLm9yZy5hdQ==&h=23e3fa74061f444193f53ba26678003f&t=MGt5VFQxS0hZSmNPeEN6NGo2OXpPY0d5d1BUclZaZjNlSjR4WnFrWHZEaz0=
  

IMPORTANT: The download is a .zip file.  You must be on a computer or laptop to save it.

• Sparklebox – ttps://www.sparklebox.co.uk/

 

Special thanks to Pippin Arabin for sharing these amazing links with us all!