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We've been keeping an eye on all the great content that is being published and live-streamed online to keep your kids entertained during lockdown. We'll be publishing a full schedule each week for you on this page as well as adding some great content from our own team.
We hope you and your kids find it both educational and fun, and please feel free to share it with your friends and family. If you spot something online that you think should be added to our list, please email hello@mytamarin.com and we'll include it.
Daily Schedule
Here you'll find our schedule of activities that are running every day during the week so you can plan your days well in advance.
For Toddlers
9:00 am
Fitness with Captain Fantastic
10:00 am
Online Toddler Party with Captain Fantastic
Dazzle and Fizz Toddler and Baby Party
11:00 am
For Pre School
9:00 am
Fitness with Captain Fantastic
9:30 am
Set 3 Reading with Ruth Miskin
10:00 am
Set 2 Reading with Ruth Miskin
10:30 am
Set 1 Reading with Ruth Miskin
11:00 am
11:30 am
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
Daily lesson with Captain Fantastic
2:30 pm
Snow Princess Parties (Wed, Thu, Fri)
3:00 pm
Sing and Dance with Captain Fantastic
4:00 pm
For Early Years (5-8)
9:00 am
9:30 am
Set 3 Reading with Ruth Miskin
10:00 am
Set 2 Reading with Ruth Miskin
10:30 am
Set 1 Reading with Ruth Miskin
11:00 am
Mad Science Home Labs (Mon, Wed, Fri)
11:30 am
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
Daily lesson with Captain Fantastic
3:00 pm
Sing and Dance with Captain Fantastic
4:00 pm
For Older Kids (8+)
9:00 am
9:30 am
Set 3 Reading with Ruth Miskin
10:00 am
Set 2 Reading with Ruth Miskin
10:30 am
Set 1 Reading with Ruth Miskin
11:00 am
Mad Science Home Labs (Mon, Wed, Fri)
11:30 am
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
Daily lesson with Captain Fantastic
4:00 pm
5:30 pm
Keep Calm and Cook on with Jamie Oliver - Channel 4
We also have some great one off activities coming up this week:
Tuesday 31st March - 2:00 pm Itsy Bitsy Bakers Cooking Class
Wednesday 1st April - 6:30 pm Lullabies with Myleene Klass
Online Educational Resources
Freckle.com (free for parents and students for K-9, Math, ELA, Sci, SS)
Khan Academy (all ages) and Khan Academy Kids (ages 2-7)
List of educational resources being offered for free (K-12)
Twinkl - teacher created teaching materials for each age group
Amazing Education resources for kids at home (big list!)
Scholastic Learn at Home - projects organized by grade
Swing Education: 20 Online Learning Resources
E is for Enrich (woman of color owned program for preschool activities)
PBS kids resources by subject and age group (California)
Free printable math workbooks (K-5, US, Math Learning Center)
We are teachers now (Pilot's compiled list of resources of content and tools)
Free Activities for Kids
Screen-free ideas:
Outside ideas: biking, hiking, sidewalk chalk, fly kites
Giant list of (screen-free) ideas via Princess Awesome and Boy Wonder community
Make a book or journal: Take a few pages (staple, fold, compile into binder). Ask kids to design covers; give daily prompts to draw or write.
Pen pals - write letters / emails to their buddies
Set up a “work from home” station for kids to emulate parents working from home. Challenge them to draw, paint, color or “work” on play laptops with one another for the duration of a 30 minute call.
Legos! All ages
50+ would you rather questions (ages 6+)
20 Screen-free activities (Saved You a Spot)
Board games for kids (Wirecutter article)
Free online events and at home activities from Common Sense Media (incl virtual story times, art lessons, music lessons and more!)
Calendar of live kids activities by day and time (ET)
Camp Galileo Anywhere: Each week receive a week's worth of fun activities to ignite your child’s inner innovator. (FREE subscription)
Toddler and preschool
Busy Toddler https://busytoddler.com/
List from local parents' group
Toddlers find fun in simple things that we can forget are fascinating for them. They also love repetition so if you find something they like, do it again!
Everyday items… Empty boxes, spoons, a wall mirror, a door lock... what's in your house that they could explore for a bit?
Hide and seek, dance parties, calling out different animals for them to imitate, sensory play (eg water+ice)
Virtual tours / field trips
Home Safari with the Cincinnati Zoo (3pm EST daily)
Podcasts / stories
25 Best Podcasts for kids (Common Sense Media)
Storyline online - actors read children's stories
‘Stay at Home Story time’ with Oliver Jeffers via Instagram
But why? A podcast for curious kids
Wow in the World: A guide to the fascinating world around us
National Geographic Kids ‘Greeking Out’
STEM
STEM projects (ages 9-10)
Popfizz Computer Science Videos and CS courses
Fun Science (The Fab Lab)
Movement / Exercise
Yoga for kids (cosmic yoga)
Music and dance (GoNoodle)
5 minute kids workouts (The Body Coach - Joe Wicks)
Arts & more
Learn a new language (Duolingo, ages 10+)
SmartHistory (art history, ages 10+)
High school
Fiveable - Advanced Placement study (live reviews, trivia battles, guides)
Netflix Party - teens can watch a movie and chat together
100 things to do when stuck inside
Outschool - live, small group classes
Teachers pay teachers - tons of resources for all grades created by teachers
Sawyer - Marketplace of children’s activities across countries, now supporting online classes. Some free, some paid.
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