The new school year has begun for most of us. If you’re homeschooling or your kids have switched from in-person learning to distance learning, you may be looking for homeschool activities and resources to help enrich their education.

Here at ¹ú²úÂ鶹, we’re sharing a few of our favorite distance learning activities to help spark your student’s creativity, hone new skills, and allow them to explore new subjects outside of the classroom.

Start coding 

Code.org has a full for students in three groups: grades K-5, grades 6-12, and beyond. With code.org, kids as young as age four can start learning the fundamentals of computer science. Older students build on those concepts by creating their own art and stories, or begin learning about algorithms, conditionals, functions, and more.

If you want to keep coding lessons short and sweet for your kiddo, try an designed for all ages. Students can learn how to create their own app in Javascript or journey through Minecraft. They might program their own Star Wars droid or join Anna and Elsa on a Frozen adventure.

Take learning outside

When your child is learning at home, they lose out on regular daily recess and gym classes. Enjoy the fresh air and sunshine, get up and moving, and try a new educational activity outdoors. Try these outdoor learning activities:

• Create your own nature scavenger hunt
• Identify birds, butterflies, trees, or flowers
• Start a garden
• Fly a kite
• Identify constellations

Of course, you can always take your other learning activities outside, too! Let your kiddo read a book, work on homework, or study on their laptop outdoors.

Learn a second language

A language learning platform like Duolingo can help kids learn a new language through fun, game-like lessons. You might try , which is used as a companion resource for classrooms around the world. There’s also the app for iOS, which teaches young children Spanish, French, or English.

And of course, the regular platform works for kids, too!

Explore works of art

Traveling is pretty limited right now (we are writing this in August 2020), but thankfully, there are a ton of online resources that allow us to visit museums and cultural destinations all around the globe. is a nonprofit initiative that brings the world’s art and culture online for everyone.

One of the great things about Google Arts & Culture is how it’s organized. Thinking of a certain artist or museum? Find it in the Artists or Places category. Want to learn about a historic event or the evolution of art over a certain time period? You can tour the site that way, too. Kids who learn best visually will love this resource.

Read a book

Head to your local library, check out ebooks, or browse through tens of thousands of free books on for your child’s next read. Reading books is a fairly inexpensive and fun activity that kids of all ages can do. Plus, reading strengthens your brain and . It also makes you feel good by reducing stress and boosting your mood.

Along with textbooks and assigned reading, make sure you give your child plenty of opportunities to read for fun, too! Let them choose their own books from the library so they can really enjoy reading.

Make distance learning easier on your family

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Social distancing with kiddos and quarantine for however long means no playdates, no park visits, no visiting indoor play places, or any other activity where other people are gathered. All in an effort for our society to collectively slow the spread of Covid19. It’s going to be a trying time for many. Especially for those of you that have children that are of school age, or are used to weekly playdates, and daily outings. Don’t worry though, handling quarantine with children is possible!

To help you out, I am sharing my favorite resources to keep your young charges entertained and busy. And to help keep your sanity.

To begin with, I would highly recommend setting up an hourly schedule. Children thrive on routine. And with the normal routine having to be thrown out the window, creating a new one ASAP, will make days go much more smoothly. And it will create a sense of safety and familiarity with your child. 

Below is a sample daily schedule that can easily be adapted to suit your current needs.

Sample Daily Schedule (substitute activities based on your child’s age)

7-9 am

Wake up

Get Dressed

Breakfast

Dishes

Independent Play

9-11 am

Read book

At home school assignments

Arts/Crafts

Laundry

11- 1 pm

Lunch 

Educational Screen Time

If in a situation where people can be avoided, get outdoors

1–3 pm

Nap/ Rest Time

3-5 pm

Independent play

Dishes

Dance Party/ Exercise activity

5-7 pm

Dinner

Kitchen Clean up

Bath Time

Read Books

8 pm

Total House Tidy-Up

Bedtime

Indoor Activities (Toddler)

Indoor Activities (School Age)

While setting up organized, special activities are a great idea, including kids in the normal day to day activities can be a great boredom buster too!

Baking– Try a new cake or bread recipe. Depending on the age of the child, you can include them in most of the process. Let them pour the ingredients in a mixer or even measure out the ingredients. Make it a learning activity.

House work– Assign them household chores that have to be completed every day. Make a chart with stickers for younger children. Set a timer, and whoever finishes their chore before the timer goes off, gets extra screen time.

Yard work– Do you have leaves that need raking? A flower bed that needs weeding? Or a porch to be swept off? Let your children burn off energy in the sun by helping with those chores. Or another idea is to digitally connect with neighbors, and ask if you can bring the kids over to complete yard work for them if they are unable to at this time. Just make sure the neighbor stays indoors!

At home exercise routine– Since you aren’t going to the gym, workout at home with YouTube. And get your kids to workout right along with you. Teach them how to do push-ups, and burpees. Let them have a jumping jack competition. See who can stretch the most in Yoga. The possibilities are endless!

Get creative! This is a challenging and stressful time for all of us and kids sense it. But we can make the best of handling quarantine with children.

Make memories and strive to create an atmosphere of peace and calm.

Ease their fears and worries. Make this a time of fun for your child. And you too!

Also, don’t be afraid if you just need a day or two where you do nothing but sit in front of a screen. Let go of high expectations, and just be.

And drink an extra cup of coffee. Or two. You will probably need it.

Wash your hands, and stay safe friends!

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