Wondering How To Keep Your Child Engaged During Lockdown? Here’s How

Bhubaneswar: Parents must be having a tough time engaging with the high energy levels of children during the lockdown. Here is a list of online material, which will entail fun and edutainment for children.

A list of some such tools are (some of these are collated from social media):

• Online resources:
  • BrainPop
  • Curiosity Stream
  • Tynker
  • Outschool
  • Udemy
  • iReady
  • Beast Academy (Math)
  • Khan Academy
  • Creative Bug
  • Discovery Education

• YouTube channels:
  • Crash Course Kids
  • Science Channel
  • SciShow Kids
  • National  Geographic Kids
  • Free School
  • Geography Focus
  • TheBrainScoop
  • SciShow
  • Kids Learning Tube
  • Geeek Gurl Diaries
  • Mike Likes Science
  • Science Max
  • SoulPancake

These include, lots of board games, library books (and Kindle), tinkering/upcycling with household junk, etc. 

Other materials include: 

• Scholastic has created a free learn-from-home site with 20+ days of learning and activities. https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
• Pretend to travel the world. Go on a virtual tour of these 12 famous museums.  https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
• Awesome free curriculum. Everything from preschool activities to 12th grade is here! https://allinonehomeschool.com/
• List of thinking games by grade: https://allinonehomeschool.com/thinking/
• More awesome free learning websites that homeschooling experts use:
• https://www.starfall.com/h/
• https://www.abcya.com/
• https://www.funbrain.com/
• https://www.splashlearn.com/
• https://www.storylineonline.net/
• https://pbskids.org/
• https://www.highlightskids.com/
• https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
• https://www.coolmath4kids.com/
• http://www.mathgametime.com/
• https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
• http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp
• http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/
• https://www.switchzoo.com/
• https://www.seussville.com/
• https://www.turtlediary.com/
• https://www.e-learningforkids.org/

World Book Online has just made a collection of over 3,000 ebooks and audiobooks available for free for children to access at home. There are books suitable for all ages. https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/ 

Last but most excitingly for all those missing books and wanting to  re-live the past.  Someone has assimilated all comics and graphic novels collections into one! It contains the following – 

• Asterix – All books
• Calvin & Hobbes – All strips
• Craig Thompson – All books
• Dilbert – 1994 to 2002
• Garfield – 1978 to 2008
• Guy Delisle – 2 books
• Joe Sacco – All books
• Sarah Andersen – 2 books
• Tintin – All books

http://bit.ly/comicsandgraphics