At Home Resources

This is a complied list of some (free!) online resources that are available to engage your child in learning at home. This list will continue to be updated as I scour the world wide web for great resources for you and your child.

Literacy Resources

Epic Books

Epic Books offers a variety of books and read alongs for all ages and all levels.

Your classroom teacher may have access to send invitations via email to give you unlimited and free access until June 30th. Please check with them.

RAZ-Kids

RAZ-Kids offers levelled reading for students where teachers can keep track of their progress.

This program requires your classroom teacher to sign the students up. It is a paid subscription.

Starfall

Starfall offers learning through online play and exploration. Students are able to engage with the text and learn to read at their own pace.

Authors' Read Alouds

Many children's books' authors have started doing read alouds for kids. Your child can follow along as they read.

Vooks

Richmond Public Library

Vooks offers animated stories as well as lesson plans that families can use at home.

Even though public libraries are closed at this time, it doesn't mean they don't have online resources.

You will need to have registered with the library in order to access its resources. Check your local library website for resources!

RPLBC YouTube Channel

The Richmond Public Library has created a YouTube channel where they record read alouds that you and your child can enjoy.

Open School BC

B.C. has created a page offering parents and caregivers ideas for learning from home, everyday learning activities, additional resources, and how to keep healthy with your child.

Sight Words

This website offers tons of resources and ideas for teaching sight words to your child.

I have also written a blog post on How To Teach Sight Words that summarizes their strategies and techniques.

Numeracy Resources

Cool Math 4 Kids

Cool Math 4 Kids has many different math related games for various math concepts.

Continuity of Learning

Janice Novakowski is an amazing Math Consultant in SD38. This page is shared with the public and other educators to help with the deveopment of numeracy at home.

FunBrain

FunBrain offers various math games to engage your child in learning different math concepts, such as shapes, measurement, and computation.

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks uses simple materials (e.g. dice, playing cards) to engage kids in learning mathematical concepts through games. During this time, they've put up a resource page on their website, offering teachers and parents math game ideas.

Math Playground

Explore hundreds of math games and puzzles at Math Playground.

Virtual Manipulatives

Didax offers user-friendly and easy to use virtual manipulatives to support your child's math learning at home. All you need is a device to drag the manipulatives to see math concepts come alive.

Social Emotional Well-being Resources

Heart-Mind Well-Being

Heart-Mind Well-Being offers research-informed information and activity ideas to support families in creating nurturing environments for children's social and emotional development.

Animal Live Cams

Animals provide comfort for many people during stressful times, and many zoos and aquariums have offered live cams of their animals. You can see these animals up close and personal from the comfort of your own house! There are penguins, polar bears, sharks, pandas, honeybees, and much more!

CASEL

The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is a trusted source for knowledge about high-quality, evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL). CASEL supports educators and policy leaders and enhances the experiences and outcomes for all PreK-12 students.

Left Brain Craft Brain

This website is full of nifty craft ideas to help your child bring out their inner engineer! It helps children explore and create, while incorporating learning into their fun, hands-on activities.