Kindergarten to Grade 8 Resources
WokeKindergarten.org Woke Kindergarten is a global, abolitionist early learning community, creative expanse and consultancy supporting children, families, educators and organizations in their commitment to abolitionist early education and pro-Black liberation.
Adapted Mind creates a custom learning experience for your child in grades K-6.It is a learning experience that identifies your child’s strengths and weaknesses in reading and math, and delivers a curriculum and exercises that adapts to these needs.
ABC Mouse is for ages 2-8, where children can play games, watch videos and read books that will help develop their reading, math, science, art and colours.
SplashLearn creates a personalized learning path for your child in math support
StoryTime Anytime on YouTube has all your favourite children’s books read aloud so your child can follow along.
Getepic.com Epic is the world’s leading online children’s subscription book service offering immediate, on-demand access to over 40,000 high-quality illustrated books and chapter books for children ages 12 and under. Epic’s ever-expanding library also includes thousands of Read-to-Me books, Audiobooks, educational videos, and fun educational quizzes. Partnerships with leading publishers, including HarperCollins and National Geographic, bring age-appropriate, award-winning fiction and non-fiction books to your child’s fingertips.
Raz-kids.com is an award-winning teaching product that provides comprehensive leveled reading resources for students. Every eBook is available in online and mobile formats, and allows students to listen to, read at their own pace, and record themselves reading. There is a yearly subscription fee of $99.95
Scholastic.ca is your online one stop shop for all your child’s favourite books. Here you can find some of your child’s favourite book series, activities, downloadables, videos and more!
Owlkids.com A magazine subscription service for kids. Chirp magazine is for kids ages 3-6, Chickadee for ages 6-9, and Owl forages9-13. There are many educational YouTube videos, STEAM books, crafting ideas and more.
Another of our favourite is the Highlights magazine. I used to have a monthly subscription to this magazine as a kid, and loved when it arrived! There are different magazines (like Owlkids) that cater to different age groups. There is also an app that you can download to play games and learn on your device.
Many teachers are using Google Classroom, and this is a new learning tool for students and parents. Check out this link for a How-To Video how to navigate through and use Google Classroom
With students going online, a skill students will eventually need to learn is how to use the keyboard and type! A great site to check out is kidztype.com. It’s super easy to navigate through, you can choose level of difficulty, and what row on the keyboard you want to use.
This is an amazing site for learning all things digital literacies; from learning the basics to how to use a computer, and email, to how to apply for jobs and planning for your future! It is called edu.gcfglobal.org
Toronto Public Library has wonderful free online resources that you can access with your library card. You can reserve books, movies, music, magazines, newspapers comics and more!
