Online activities for kids

Need some inspiration for online learning activities? Take a look at a few helpful links below:

• RNZ | Storytime (New Zealand audiobooks, stories and music for kids of all ages)
• Maribyrnong Library | Story Time Online (each weekday, a new video will be loaded at 11am Australian time)
• Storyline Online (children’s books read by famous people)
• Story Time from Space (listen to astronauts read stories from space)

• Google Arts and Culture (virtual tours of over 2500 museums and galleries around the world, like New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum)
• Online Tours of the Louvre
• The British Museum Online (allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies)

• Live Cams | San Diego Zoo
• Zoos Victoria | Animals at Home
• Smithsonian National Zoo | Webcams

• Learning from Home (resources, guidance and information for parents, whānau, teachers and leaders from early learning to senior secondary)
• Breakout EDU | Fun at Home (educational games for years K-12 – note this is an Australian website)
• Scholastic Learn At Home (projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing)
• Songs for Teaching (a large selection of fun songs to help teach preschool students)
• Storybird (boost writing confidence)
• The Kid Should See This (smart videos for kids of all ages)
• Science Sparks | 40 Ideas for Learning With Lego

• Access Mars (explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover)
• Geography with National Geographic
• Climate Kids (a NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals)
• Google Earth

• All Kids Network (crafts and activities)
• Highlights Kids (fun games, recipes, crafts, activities)
• Red Tent Art (step by step instructions on art projects including origami, 3D cards, clay pots, etc)
• Lunch Doodles (Mo Willems, the author of ‘Don’t let the Pigeon Stay up Late’ is uploading daily drawing lessons)
• MetKids (a wonderful detailed way to get kids engaged in the world of art)
• DIY Joy | Paint Dandelions with Toilet Rolls (a quick and easy craft activity)

• Bedtime Math (maths as a fun part of your daily family routine)
• Grid Club (maths games galore)
• Education | Math Games
• Maths Frame (over 200 maths games and over 300 worksheets)

• Scratch (teaches students all about coding; ages 8-16)
• Kodable (coding for 4-10 year olds; subscription required after free trial)

• Steve Spangler Science | Experiment Library (lots of science experiments that you can do at home)
• Smithsonian | Ocean (for budding Marine Biologists: take a deep dive into ocean life; primary school age)
• Medium | Science podcasts to listen to with your kids

• GoNoodle (movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts)
• Sworkit Kid Workouts (kid-friendly workouts – choose from Strength for Kids, Agility for Kids, Flexibility and Balance for Kids, Warm-Up for Kids, Cooldown for Kids, Stand Up and Move for Kids, OR create your own custom kid workout)
• Cosmic Kids Yoga (yoga and mindfulness for kids)
• Kids Workouts to do at Home (PE lessons regularly uploaded on this YouTube channel for children of all ages)

• Virtual Musical Instruments (lets kids play instruments online; instruments include the guitar, piano, pan flute, drums, and bongos)
• Zombie by The Cranberries (guitar play-along)
• Shotgun by George Ezra (guitar play-along)
• Girls Like You by Maroon 5 (ukulele play-along)
• Surfin’ USA (ukulele play-along)

• Duolingo (learn a language)
  
• Voki (create interactive avatars to showcase children’s learning)
• Virtual Field Trips (Google doc with links to many different virtual “field trips”)
• The Nomster Recipe Library (illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook, recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, maths and science)
• My Kids Time | 101 Free Things to do with Kids
• Guided Mediation for Kids (a collection of guided meditation videos for children)

• The Spinoff | Covid-19 and Kids
• NPR | A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
• Sue Larkey | Helping Students With Autism Understand Coronavirus
  
• Noah’s Ark | Help with Communicating to Children about Coronavirus
• Time To Come in, Bear (video of a children’s story about social distancing)