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Fun Home Activities

Teaching at Home

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann

This book is currently available at Amazon.com: Click Here.

Here is a link to a page of videos to train parents and others in using Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons: https://startreading.com/videos-supplementary-material/

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ValuedByGod.com hosts a variety of faith-based video stories and teaching.

https://www.valuedbygod.com/web-app/

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Scholastic Learn at Home has 20 days of interactive learning lessons for PreK-9.

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/articles/resources/scholastic-learn-at-home--free-resources-for-school-closures.html#

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The Cade Museum created a page of fun at home science projects.

https://www.cademuseum.org/cade-at-home.html

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Literature

Alachua County Public Library Online does not require a library card until June 30th.

https://aclib.overdrive.com/

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Audible: Included among select free books read aloud on Audible are biographies in the 'Giants of Science' series (e.g. -- Marie Curie, Leanardo DaVinci,  and Isaac Newton), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, and Bambi.

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

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Oliver Jeffers (author/illustrator of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home.)  https://www.oliverjeffers.com/books#/abookaday/

 Scroll down to video of March 30, 2020, The Day the Crayons Quit, and to April 8 video of The Day the Crayons Came Home. 

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Art

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems, artist-in-residence at the Kennedy Center.

15 episodes can be found on YouTube:

Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmzjCPQv3y8

Episode 2:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30DCOgTGn_o

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Carson Ellis:  The Quarantine Art Club offers daily prompts and art lessons.

https://www.carsonellis.com/blog (e.g.--"QAC Assignment # 20--Honor Someone”

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Jarrett J Krosoczka drawing lessons https://www.youtube.com/studiojjk  (Vocabulary for gr. 3-8).

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Music

Vocal Training

Little Singers--Breathing Exercises [for children who can count to 15]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TjRELwUvA0

 

Medley of nearly 1500 years of worship music, by David Wesley:

https://youtu.be/2SaBhN2idbM

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Nature

Audubon Birdwatching for Kids:

https://www.audubon.org/get-outside/activities/audubon-for-kids

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For the value of nature and birdwatching, scroll down one-third of the way to the second article at this link: 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/11/magazine/quarantine-insanity.html?

which is “The Comfort of Common Creatures: Watching birds is a way of mobilizing attention, to turn it into a means of imaginative escape” by Helen Macdonald.

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Virtual Exhibits

Many zoos, museums, and national parks are offering special walkthroughs and livestreams!

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Shedd Aquarium (baby sea horses! penguins out exploring the other exhibits!) https://twitter.com/shedd_aquarium

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CNN also has a list in their Art and Culture Database

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Dallas Zoo #bringthezootoyou - https://www.instagram.com/dallaszoo/

Monterey Bay Aquarium Webcams - https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams

Yosemite National Park - https://www.virtualyosemite.org/about-virtual-yosemite/

Great Wall of China - https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china

Museum of National History - https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour

Yellowstone - https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.html

SistineChapel - http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/cappella-sistina/tour-virtuale.html

Nightly Opera Streams from the Metropolitan Opera - https://www.metopera.org/

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UF College of Education

The UF Literacy Institute has developed many resources that teachers, parents, and students can use to encourage literacy at home:​​

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More

For toddler learning, online & Instagram leads are available: 

Busy Toddler: https://www.busytoddler.com/instagram

Happy Toddler Playtime: https://www.happytoddlerplaytime.com/instagram

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