Resources for Parents and Caregivers

Skience has compiled a list of links for our friends and colleagues to some resources for fun activities and educational opportunities for those who have children at home.

Online Resources

Scholastic Learn at Home. http://bit.ly/Skience-scholastic

Kahn Academy has a great schedule for classes at all age levels: http://bit.ly/Skience-Kahn

Educational shows on Netflix: http://bit.ly/Skience-Netflix

Virtual story hour. Host your own book reading for friends and family in other locations via Zoom or FaceTime or, if you prefer to leave it to the professionals, Knufflebunny author Mo Willems and Frozen’s Olaf (Josh Gad) are also offering virtual story hours.

Additional readaloud resource: https://www.storylineonline.net/

Visit a zoo! The Cincinatti Zoo is offering a home safari daily on Facebook live: https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/.

Additional virtual field trips: http://bit.ly/Skience-VirtualFieldTrips

Science activities: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

Learn how to code. As a tech firm, we’d be remiss if we didn’t give you a resource for even younger kids to explore learning how to code: https://scratch.mit.edu/parents

Suggestions for Fun (Offline) Activities for Kids of All Ages

Read together. This is a great time to enjoy reading together in the evenings.

Board games. Provide an added incentive—winner gets to stay up a half-hour later!

Try a new exercise or workout together. Netflix and Amazon Prime have some good videos.

Go for a hike or bike ride. Get outdoors to reap the benefits of some time spent in nature.

Fly a kite. Take advantage of the March breezes to get outside and fly a kite!

Plan a garden. It might be too cold yet to plant, but you could do some pre-seeding indoors.