Resources to help families continue learning from home during the COVID-19 school closures.
Check back often for more ideas, activities and information.
Activities to Continue Learning at Home
- ALP Learning at Home Activity- Phonics Hopscotch
- ALP Learning at Home Activity- Rhyming Balls
- ALP Learning at Home Activity- Short Vowel Sounds
- Tips for Homework Success from an Occupational Therapist
- toytheater.com: A collection of interactive educational games for elementary students. They are all free and are designed to work on computers, tablets and mobiles devices.
Handwriting Help
- ALP Learning at Home Activity- Handwriting Skills
- Capital Letter Formation Chart
- Lower Case Letter Formation Chart
- Number Formation Chart
- Famous Faces Activity: practice writing skills and learn about someone
Actividades para continuar aprendiendo en casa en español
Things To Do at Home
Storytime
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- storylineonline.net: The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
- cmlibrary.org/storytime: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s new online storytime with online videos and you can also watch Family Storytime on Facebook Live.
- storytimefromspace.com: Story Time From Space: Children’s books read by astronauts at the International Space Station, a project of Global Space Education Foundation.
- kidlit.tv: Virtual library of free book read alouds, series, videos, podcasts, art, book trailers, and activities.
- thespanishexperiment.com: The Spanish Experiments has free Spanish children’s stories, online Spanish lessons and Spanish course reviews.
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Get up and move!
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- Free Online Karate Lessons
- GoNoodle: fun and engaging videos to get kids up and moving, also available as an App
- Cosmic Kids Yoga: More than a million kids do yoga, mindfulness and relaxation with Jaime on the Cosmic Kids YouTube Channel.
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Nature, Museums and Language
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- pbs.org/nature
- kidsgardening.org
- Virtual Museum Tours
- metopera.org: The Met will stream a title from its Live in HD series each night.
- Learn a new language: duolingo.com
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Art and Music
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- learnincolor.com: Educational hands-on activities you can do at home.
- jarrettlerner.com: Comic book making and activity sheets
- Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems: Children’s author Mo Willems hosts weekday Lunch Doodles centering on his famous characters and stories.
- Dav Pilkey at Home: Get creative and have fun with favorite characters from Dog Man and Captain Underpants. New activities, exciting videos and more posted on Fridays.
- At Home with Emily Arrow: Daily online learning, music, and stories. Daily lessons with music and mindfulness.
- You Can Play That: Live music classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:00am.
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Helpful Websites
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- PBS Charlotte: pbscharlotte.org/educationtoolkit
- Wilson Reading System’s free resources: Wilson Reading System Free Resources.
- 6seconds.org: Information on Emotional Intelligence and strategies for social and emotional learning while at home
- Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: To ensure that families with children birth to five years of age are fully equipped with the appropriate developmental tools and resources needed to promote the importance of early literacy.
- Charlotte Observer article: NC teacher: In the COVID-19 classroom, less is more
- Caribu: Caribu is an subscription app that makes video-calling unforgettable by making it interactive, educational, and entertaining! Including celebrity read alouds.
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Additional Local Resources for Students
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- CMS COVID-19 Information
- Read Charlotte has developed a list of online supplemental learning resources for families. This list is available at ReadCharlotte.org/KeepLearningCLT.
- For information on CMS meal distribution, click here.
- For those who would like to donate books to Promising Pages for distribution to students, please click Promising Pages.
- loavesandfishes.org: Providing groceries for neighbors in need at pantries located throughout Mecklenburg County
- secondharvestmetrolina.org: Providing a regional distribution warehouse & branches that supply food and grocery items to charitable agencies that assist people in need.
- Internet Access: Spectrum is providing free internet access to students impacted by Coronavirus who don’t already have access at home. Call 844-488-8395 to enroll.
Disclaimer: Augustine Literacy Project- Charlotte is not affiliated with the resources referenced in this document.