
Activity Ideas for Students
Browse through this list of ideas for activities with your student! Have something to add? Email Beth Mayr at bmayr@cmoq.org.
We encourage you to go through Coronavirus with Kids, a resource to help children understand this disease. This comic from NPR could help, too, as well as this YouTube video.
Also, consider decorating your house with hearts to show support for health care workers! If you do so, send photos to Beth Mayr at bmayr@cmoq.org and we'll share them on social media.
Activity | Organization | Link |
Animals | Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden | https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/ Daily at 3pm |
Animals | San Diego Zoo | https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/ |
Animals | Switch Zoo | https://switchzoo.com/ |
Art | Doodles | Recommendations here from Mo Willems (after Mo's art show ended) |
Art | National Gallery of Art | https://www.nga.gov/education/kids.html and https://www.nga.gov/education/digital-education-resources.html |
Art | Social Studio Baltimore | https://www.instagram.com/socialstudiobaltimore/ |
Dance | Go Noodle | https://www.gonoodle.com/ |
Design | Kids Think Design | http://www.kidsthinkdesign.org/ |
Digital Safety/ Literacy | Common Sense Media | https://scmoq.follettdestiny.c... - log in with your SCMOQ email |
Educational Activities | All Kids Network | https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/ |
Educational Activities | Brain Pop and Brain Pop Jr. | https://scmoq.follettdestiny.c... - log in with your SCMOQ email |
Educational Activities | Busy Toddlers | https://busytoddler.com/2020/0... |
Educational Activities | Brainscape | https://www.brainscape.com/ |
Educational Activities | (cool) progeny | https://www.facebook.com/coolprogeny/ Posted daily - don't need Facebook to see posts |
Educational Activities | Discovery Education | https://scmoq.follettdestiny.c... - log in with your SCMOQ email |
Educational Activities | Epic Live! | https://www.getepic.com/learn/epic-live!-upcoming-shows-and-past-episodes/ |
Educational Activities | Highlights Kids | https://www.highlightskids.com/ |
Educational Activities | PBS Kids | https://pbskids.org/ |
Educational Activities | PebbleGo & PebbleGo Next | https://scmoq.follettdestiny.c... - log in with your SCMOQ email |
ELA | Classroom Cereal | https://www.classroomcereal.com/ |
Exercise | Coppermine | https://www.copperminefieldhouse.com |
Faith | Catholic Icing | https://www.catholicicing.com/printable-palms-for-palm-sunday-free/ |
Faith | The Religion Teacher | https://www.thereligionteacher.com/coronavirus/ |
Faith | Teaching Catholic Kids | https://teachingcatholickids.com/sheltering-in-place-time-to-discover-the-liturgy-of-domestic-church-life/ |
Faith | Veggie Tales | https://www.veggietales.com/ |
Field Trip Virtually | various | https://www.titlemax.com/articles/road-trip-from-home-virtual-field-trips/ |
Finances / Money Management | Banzai | https://www.teachbanzai.com/ |
Finances | US Mint (Coin Collecting) | https://www.usmint.gov/learn/kids |
Foreign Language | Conjuguemos | https://conjuguemos.com/ |
Geography | National Geographic | https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ |
History | Big History Project | https://school.bighistoryproject.com/bhplive |
Math | ABCya | https://www.abcya.com/ |
Math | Arcademics | https://www.arcademics.com/ |
Math | Bedtime Math | http://bedtimemath.org/ |
Math | Boddle Learning | https://boddlelearning.com/ |
Math | Fun Brain | https://www.funbrain.com/ |
Math | Math Score | http://www.mathscore.com/ |
Museum | Louvre Museum | https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne |
Museum | Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture | https://lewismuseum.pastperfectonline.com/ |
Museum | Various | https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours |
Museum | Walters | https://art.thewalters.org/ |
Music | Chrome Music Lab | https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments |
Music | Theta Music Trainer | https://trainer.thetamusic.com... |
Nature webcams | various | https://www.weareteachers.com/best-nature-webcams/ |
Opera | Met Opera | https://www.metopera.org/nightly-opera-stream/ |
Reading | Dr. Seuss | https://www.seussville.com/ |
Reading | Follett Lightbox | https://scmoq.follettdestiny.c... - log in with your SCMOQ email |
Reading | Fun Brain | https://www.funbrain.com/ |
Reading | Harry Potter at Home | www.harrypotterathome.com |
Reading | PebbleGo Interactive | https://scmoq.follettdestiny.c... - log in with your SCMOQ email |
Reading | Reading A to Z | https://scmoq.follettdestiny.c... - log in with your SCMOQ email and teacher's class code |
Reading | Storyline Online | https://www.storylineonline.net/ |
Reading | Tumblebooks | https://scmoq.follettdestiny.c... - log in with your SCMOQ email |
Scavenger Hunt | -- | https://www.facebook.com/707869045/posts/10159541101869046 (don't need Facebook to view) |
Science | Backpack Sciences | https://www.backpacksciences.com/science-simplified |
Science | ClubSciKidz | http://www.clubscikidzmd.com/blog/ |
Science | FOX45 Weather School | https://www.facebook.com/FOXBaltimore/live_videos/ Daily at 11am |
Science | Explore Mars | https://accessmars.withgoogle.... |
Science | Inner Body | https://www.innerbody.com/htm/... |
Science | Mystery Science | https://mysteryscience.com/ |
Science | Science4Us | https://scmoq.follettdestiny.c... - log in with your SCMOQ email |
Science | Smithsonian Ocean | https://ocean.si.edu/ |
Science | Weather Wiz Kids | http://www.weatherwizkids.com/ |
Service | Baltimore Hunger Project | Notes of Encouragement - can be mailed or dropped off at the Padonia Road location or to Kristin Nicolini's house. More info: kenicolini@gmail.com |
Service | CARES Food Pantry | Consider shipping non-perishables right to them (5502 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21212 - deliver to the back of the building, the church rectory). |
Service | Johns Hopkins Hospital | The hospital is accepting artwork and inspirational cards of encouragement for staff and patients to be hung in the department.
Students may send to: Johns Hopkins Emergency Department Zayed Ground 1800 Orleans Street Baltimore, MD 21287 Attention: Fatime |
Service | Our Daily Bread - casseroles | https://www.cathedralofmary.org/news/casserole-information |
Social Studies | Country Reports | https://www.countryreports.org/ |
Theater | Baltimore Center Stage | https://www.centerstage.org/education/camp-at-home |
Theater | Broadway Musicals | http://filmedonstage.com/news/76-free-musicals-and-plays-you-can-now-stream-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak-updating-daily |
Virtual Field Trip | George Washington's Mt. Vernon | https://www.mountvernon.org/ |
Virtual Tour | Farm Food 360 | https://www.farmfood360.ca/ |
Virtual Tour | Great Wall of China | https://www.thechinaguide.com/... |
Virtual Tour | Yellowstone | https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn... |
Yoga | Briana Quinlan | https://zoom.us/j/190830049 Thursdays at 9:30am Attire: Pajamas, Sweats, Whatever you want Bring: A stuffed animal, pillow, yoga mat if you have one, your dance moves, water The first session is free and then we are suggesting a small donation of whatever families are comfortable with moving forward (Venmo, PayPal). |
Yoga | Cosmic Kids Yoga | https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga |
We also collected some tips for parents working from home:
- https://hbr.org/2020/03/a-guide-for-working-from-home-parents
- https://lifehacker.com/how-to-work-from-home-without-falling-into-a-pit-of-des-1830536117
- https://lifehacker.com/how-to-work-from-home-effectively-when-youre-short-on-s-1680417963
- https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-03-13/working-from-home-is-awesome-heres-how-to-excel-at-it