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The University of Waterloo's Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing has developed 'CEMC at Home' to support teachers, students and parents. Visit their site for free courseware, math problems, lessons and games.
Nothing can replace the direct in-person education our CIS Ontario member schools and their dedicated educators provide. However, during the exceptional circumstances of the past COVID-19 state of emergency in Ontario our member school librarians gathered and shared the following openly accessible, high quality learning resources for anyone to use at home.
The University of Waterloo's Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing has developed 'CEMC at Home' to support teachers, students and parents. Visit their site for free courseware, math problems, lessons and games.
Elementary and secondary school interactive resources for learning science free of charge to parents, teachers and their students. To log in: Username: covid19 Password: edumedia.
Earth School is full of daily adventures and fascinating resources compiled by Earth experts that will help children understand and celebrate our natural world, while learning about how dependent we are on our planet.
Videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Oprah Winfrey, Chris Pine, Kristen Bell, Kevin Costner, Lily Tomlin, Sarah Silverman, Betty White, Wanda Sykes and more.
A free e-book for children explaining the Coronavirus, written and published by Nosy Crow and illustrated by Gruffalo artist, Axel Scheffler.
Access to watch favourite Shakespeare films, as well as videos from Behind the Scenes.
A new way to enjoy the Art Gallery of Ontario from your home, bringing you into the building virtually through unique access to stories and experiences.
To support parents and teachers, LSF is curating a weekly collection of activities, with a special emphasis on outdoor activities, vetted by teachers and connected to Canadian education outcomes, wherever you are.
A series of lockdown six-packs of resources for teachers, parents, students and athletes.
Explore the mysteries of nature with Earth Ranger Emma, wildlife biologist and roaming reporter for the Earth Rangers podcast.
Winnipeg dad, Tyler Walsh, has created a kid friendly LEGO version of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's message for Canadian children about how they can do their part in the fight against COVID-19.
Wide Open School is a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense Media.
This repository of guidance, recommendations, and resources are provided by child trauma experts at Child Trends and the Child Trauma Training Center at the University of Massachusetts.
Canada's National Ballet School (NBS) wants to share the power of dance and help you find creative ways to keep moving.
With the Overdrive app and a library card from a participating Ontario library, access a hundreds of ebooks and audiobooks for teens thanks to the Ontario Library Service Consortium.
With the Overdrive app and a library card from a participating Ontario library, access a hundreds of ebooks and audiobooks for kids thanks to the Ontario Library Service Consortium.
Created and produced by parents of young children, this is a podcast that adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 4 to 10.
A mystery adventure for the whole family. Pulled from the waters of Alaska with no memory of where she came from, Holiday soon begins to develop incredible abilities.
A video series to teach your child how to read by themselves for 30 minutes at a time.
Lucy Gray's list of potentially fun resources and activities for kids and adults that may help to bring the world into your home
Over 30 virtual field trips with links to take. Safe travels!
These student schedules from pre-school to grade 12 are meant to be templates that you could adopt as is or copy and modify to better suit the needs of your child(ren).
LivBits has compiled a list of author's reading books to kids online.
Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.
Author and illustrator, and Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence, Mo Willems invites you into his studio every day for a Lunch Doodle.