Distance Learning Activities
Ideas for home learning during a school closing
Activity Ideas
Here are some ideas for children of all ages. Engagement is key to reinforcement of thinking skills and strategies. Fighting boredom is crucial as well!
Pre-Kindergarten- 12 Online Learning Links that are free!
Math
- Funbrain PreK-8
- Prodigy Grades 1-8
- Math Playground Grades 1-6
- Splash Learn Grades K-5
- Math Game Time Grades K-7
- Khan Academy K-12
- IXL K-12
Social Studies K-8
Science Grades PreK-12
Other Grades PreK-12
Pre-Kindergarten - Grade 2 Learning Activities
- Matching
- Counting
- Prepositions
- Colors
- Shapes
- patterning
- Letters
- Numbers
- Describing: "I Spy"
- Ordering objects by size
- Rhyming
Pre-Kindergarten-12 Movement Ideas
- Dance Party
- Movement Songs (online)
- Create an Obstacle Course
- Exercises
- Any backyard or driveway athletic sports (i.e. soccer, hockey, baseball, softball, basketball, football etc...)
- Practice Yoga Poses
- Take a nature hike
- Walk, hop, skip, jump rope
Pre-Kindergarten -12 Craft Ideas
- Make a collage with magazine cut-outs, paper scraps and shapes
- Painting
- Sketching
- Clay Art
- Sticker Art
- Kinetic Sand
- Cardboard Box Creations
- Scrapbooking
- Sewing
- Beading
Free Play Ideas for Younger Children
- Legos
- Blocks
- Fort Building
- Puppet shows (use a sock as a puppet)
- Doll House
- Imaginary Play
- Playdough
Story Time
- Story Telling online
- Books on tape
- Picture Walks
- Felt Board Activities
- Story Retelling
- Create your own story
Cooking with Supervision as Needed
- Homemade Pizza
- Bake a cake
- Popsicle Making
- Make Cereal Bars
- Stovetop Popcorn Popping
- Make Salt Dough Playdough (not for eating)
- Make Slime (not for eating)
- Make Homemade Applesauce
- Make Jello
- Make Pudding
- Prepare a Fruit Salad
- Prepare a Green Salad
Games
- Puzzle Races
- Playing Cards
- Hide and Seek
- Board Games
- Charades
- Follow the Leader
- Simon Says
- Action Imitation
- I Spy
Outdoor Activities
- Bike Riding (wear your helmet)
- Scavenger Hunt
- Chalking
- Hopscotch
- Bubbles
- Jump Rope
- Sports/Races
- Tag
Non Screen Activities
- How many words can you make from the letters: LEARNING IS FUN
- Write a letter to a community helper thanking them
- Create your own secret code using shapes and symbols
- Start a nature diary
- Create a photo journal
- Do something kind for someone else
- Build a reading den
- Design a puppet with an old sock
- Make a list of:things that make you happy, things you are grateful for, things you are good at
- Create a story bag using objects you find around the house
- Write a play script
- Keep moving
- Read out loud to someone
- Ask someone to read out loud to you
- Write a song
- Sketch your view outside
- Draw a map of your house, your street, your neighborhood
- send your teacher a letter or email