Kids Educational Resources

Schools are closed, you’re working from home, the kids are getting antsy… don’t worry, we’ve got some ideas!

COVID-19 SPECIFIC

Children feel our struggles too. For some COVID-19 specific resources for our littles and to learn more about how we can help them understand the current state of things see below

• COVIDwithKIDS: a toolkit for coping with kids at home during the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Greater Victoria School District created a Snapshot series on Social and Emotional Wellness

• Laurie Bayly, an elementary counsellor created a slideshow story to help explain COVID-19 to children

Scholastic Free Classroom Materials

Scholastic has offered their PreK-9+ home schooling materials for free here

Colour it out!

Nanaimo Beacon has created a free dowloadable and printable colouring book available here

Open School BC

The BC Ministry of Education has offered a collection of resources to help support learning while families are home due to COVID-19

Creature Crafts

The Kratt Brothers (of Wild Kratts, Zaboomafoo and Kratts Creatures fame) have released a new YouTube series “Creature Crafts!”

Let them move!

There are a variety of YouTube channels that get kids moving such as Cosmic Kids Yoga and Go Noodle