The IRIS Center has created the following two free, downloadable tip sheets for parents supporting their children’s learning at home:

My child says she doesn’t like online learning. How can I help? - This tip sheet offers practical ideas and strategies for helping children adapt to some of the challenges and frustrations of learning in a virtual environment.
How can I help my elementary child stay focused during online learning? - Learning at home via a virtual environment can make it hard for younger children to remain focused. This tip sheet offers some ideas to help.

Resources to help with at home learning:

Team Building Activities and Games for Families (Part One)

Team Building Activities and Games for Families (Part Two)

OFA Virtual Library

Kid News a ready-to-go literacy resource for teachers, parents and kids.

The international children's digital library: This site makes the best in children's literature available online free of charge.

Storyline Online: A collection of favorite kids books read by famous people.

Scholastic Learning: This site offers four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families, or with their teachers. Just find your grade level and let the learning begin!

Read, Wonder, and Learn: This is a library of resources for kids, families, teachers, and librarians to make sure that reading & learning can happen anywhere this spring.

Kid Lit TV: Read alouds, crafts/activities, videos, and book trailers.

News ELA: This site provides all content at 5 reading levels. So every student can learn together regardless of their reading or learning level.

Epic: This site provides Ebooks, read-to-me books, how-to-videos, informational videos. Free for 30 days. (Your students should have a login with their classroom when your free trial expires.)

WEB RESOURCES - WSKG Learn at Home webpage for additional support materials - for both teachers and parents/caregivers.

Starfall: https://www.starfall.com/h/

StoryCorps: https://storycorps.org/ (this site does not require a login and contains many short videos and audio clips/podcasts of people telling their stories; the list is searchable by topic, location, year, etc.)

Listenwise (podcasts) https://listenwise.com/ (this is being made available for free during this time period, and it has a searchable-by-topic database of 3-6 minute stories)

Curriculum Associates: https://www.curriculumassociates.com/supporting-students-away-from-school (scroll down to find printable at-home activity packets for ELA for K-8th grades)

IXL for literacy: https://www.ixl.com/ (contains reading skills practice and comprehension/vocabulary development practice; no login required)

STEAM

PE Activities

Kid Yoga- Free yoga videos for young children
Learning and Movement
Go Noodle
Active Home

Virtual Field Trips

Parents Bill of Rights

Owego Apalachin Central School District