During the spread of the current Coronavirus Pandemic, schools in Hong Kong have been closed since January. Except for the daily zoom online classes, parents are lost as to what they can do to keep their children entertained whilst they work from home. With the overwhelming number of google search results for "Kindergarten learning resources", parents are lost. Have no fear! Our school has compiled a list of free English-language resources that we find helpful for our students:
1) Over 50 museums have opened up their collection to view online including Musée du Louvre, click the link to find out more! https://www.demotivateur.fr/article/visiter-des-musees-sans-bouger-de-son-canape-le-plan-parfait-pendant-la-quarantaine-19057

2) Starfall has been teaching children to read with phonics for well over a decade. Click to find out more:https://www.starfall.com/h/abcs/. You can also check out IXL for word work activities that are the just right for kindergartners. There are tons of activities—from identifying letters to learning vowel sounds and sight words.


3) Audible is now offering free audiobooks for kids staying at home for 30 days: stories.audible.com/discovery

4) National Geographic’s Kids is the perfect website for children that love animals. It has free home-friendly activities and beautifully made videos, we are watching the octopus one right now: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/. For animal lovers, there are live feeds of Grauer’s gorillas, animals in Africa, aquariums and polar bears. Get the list: https://www.weareteachers.com/best-nature-webcams/.

5) Scholastic Learn At Home offers daily courses for pre-K and kindergarten students. This week they are featuring rabbits, just in time for Easter: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-prek-k.html

6) Mystery Science offers its most popular hands-on science and engineering lessons for kindergarten kids to use for free. No account or login is needed: https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning

7) Develop fine motor skills at home with ideas from our school’s experts. Click here to find out more!

8) Interested in exciting sensory activities to do with your child at home? Subscribe to Hong Kong Kindergarten: Mighty Oaks idea of the month Youtube channel.


9) Word Workouts are quick excercise videos that help kids understand specific emotions through movement, so they can more effectively label and manage them. Each of the 40 available Word Workouts covers a specific emotion, like anger, pride, or calmness.

10) Epicis the leading digital library that gives you unlimited access to hundreds of high-quality books, audiobooks, videos, & more for kids 12 and under.

Do you know why it's good, even essential, to let your kids be bored? It develops their character, creativity and skills set in order to prepare them for adulthood. Read all about it here written by our Hong Kong Playgroup Specialist!

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