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Looking for some ideas of how to make remote learning a bit easier for your child? The following age-based resources were put together by Tufts Medical Center’s Child Life Services team. 

Create a schedule for our day

Khan Academy helps parents and families create a recommended daily schedule for each developmental age, grade, and style of learning while offering periods of breaks. Write it out or make visuals and hang it up for children to be actively involved in transitioning throughout their day with you! View their schedule >

Preschool & Kindergarten 

Reading & Writing

• 20 days of watching a daily story, read the story, and do a following activity
• Online reading games and activities for early readers- Preschool + Kindergarten
• Free printable worksheets for working on letters of the alphabet and writing
• Free downloadable/printable worksheets for letters and tracing
• Reading games and storyline for early learners

Counting/Numbers 

• Popular online math website often used in schools with activities for each age group
• Downloadable apps with math, puzzles, maps, and more
• Free online numbers and counting games

Science: 

• Age appropriate videos from some of PBS Kid’s most popular TV shows (Nature Cat, Wild Kratts, and more) and interactive learning lessons
• Links to a variety of preschool science experiments that can be done indoors or in the backyard
• More at home science experiments

Arts/Music 

• Interactive music and rhythm videos&games
• Easy, educational and sensory art projects
• Free Crayola coloring pages

Physical Education

• The GoNoodle movement and mindfulness videos (dance parties, yoga, activities and games)
• www.kidsyogastories.com geared towards children ages 2-8 combines yoga poses with reading adventures 
• www.headspace.com for all ages stress less, move more, and sleep soundly
• Cosmic Kids Yoga videos
• PBS Learning videos

Play/Art 

• Children spend their whole day learning, and Boston Children’s Museum provides resources for families and educators to help support that continuous discovery
• Creative ideas to help promote fine and gross motor skills; educational play
• Creative sensory, fine and gross motor skill enhancing activities with objects found around the house
• Sign up for a free Sesame Street account with videos and resources for a variety of developmental milestones, empathy, counting, letters, socialization, emotions, problem solving and more

Elementary (1st-5th grade)

Reading/Writing/Language

• Free App to Download: Scholastic Home Base : an app for readers to dive into digital stories and games of the books you love. Series including “I survived” (history), “Goosebumps”, “Dogman”, and others that involve mysteries, fiction, fantasy, and more.
• Printable sight words for 1st to 2nd grade https://www.123homeschool4me.com/category/subjects/language-arts/sight-words 
• April calendar of writing prompts and guide for parents to help support their child’s grammar, speech, vocabulary, and imagination https://www.123homeschool4me.com/april-writing-prompts/ 

Math

• Math lessons for all grades including video tutorials, practice quizzes, and examples
• Popular online math website often used in schools with activities for each age group. Worksheets and games included
• Another popular online math website for each age group
• For children from kindergarten to 6th grade. Kids can work on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions through online math games, quizzes, manipulatives, and more

Science

• Watch, read, and explore history, science, people and places- Scholastic 
• Interactive learning lessons- PBS
• Browse all topics with reading and videos including life science, geography, animals, human anatomy, experiments, space, and more- Scholastic 
• Interactive videos and games to learn about space from NASA
• San Diego Zoo videos, activities, games, and more

Social Studies

• Watch, read, and explore history, science, people and places from Scholastic
• Interactive learning lessons from PBS
• Create an account for free to go on a journey to places all around the world
• Free history lessons, worksheets and quizzes

Arts/Music

• Creative art activities for a variety of ages with items found in the home and in the backyard
• Free Crayola coloring pages

Physical Education

• The GoNoodle movement and mindfulness videos (dance parties, yoga, activities and games)
• www.headspace.com for all ages stress less, move more, and sleep soundly
• Cosmic Kids Yoga videos
• P.E. with Joe weekly workouts , most without any equipment
• “Inner Explorer” free mindfulness app  5-10 minute audio-guided mindfulness practices. The program focuses on key areas of development, bringing mindfulness to education and helping students prepare for learning

Middle School (Grade 6-8)

Reading/Writing/English Language

• Free printable worksheets, reading comprehension
• Free printable worksheets navigating reading comprehension, short stories, identifying themes, conflicts, characterization, and more

Math

• Math lessons for all grades including video tutorials, practice quizzes, and examples- Khan Academy
• Popular online math website often used in schools with activities for each age group. Worksheets and games included
• Another popular online math website for each age group
• Math support, games, and lessons for ages 13+ includes algebra, calculus, and more

Science

• Watch, read, and explore science, people and places- Scholastic
• Browse all topics with reading and videos including life science, geography, animals, human anatomy, experiments, space, and more
• New England Aquarium offers virtual videos within their exhibits as well as interactive activities you can do at home to learn more about the variety of species

Social Studies

• Watch, read, and explore history, people and places- Scholastic
• Interactive learning lesson- PBS
• Free history lessons, worksheets and quizzes

Physical Education/Health

• P.E. with Joe - weekly workouts , most without any equipment 
• At home workouts for parents to do with their kids
• “Inner Explorer” free mindfulness app  5-10 minute audio-guided mindfulness practices. The program focuses on key areas of development, bringing mindfulness to education and helping students prepare for learning