
I’m still waiting to hear from our kids’school about a formal plan for the coming weeks but after a week of letting the kids indulge in all the video games and YouTube videos they can stand (hey, it’s Spring Break!) I’m thinking next week will need a little more structure.
I’m tentatively considering some websites, books and documentaries that we have access to here at home that I can use for a lazy lesson plan. I figure if I can get them to spend at least 30 minutes a day on English, science, history, math and reading and then add in art, music and foreign language as needed… It will get us to lunch time? 🤣🤣🤣
Anyway here are some things I’ve found for said subjects:
History / Geography
- Great Greek myths series
- Online tours of US National Parks.
- Ken Burns’ American Lives documentary series
- Manifest Destiny is a comedic musical about Lewis and Clark.
- Felicity: An American Girl story that takes place during the Revolutionary War.
- Molly: An American Girl story takes place during World War II.
- Johnny Tremain movie based on the book that takes place during the Revolutionary War.
- Crash Course YouTube channel
Science
- The Monterey Bay Aquarium offers live cams of their sharks, otters, jellyfish and more
- Big Pacific documentary series
- Baby Planet documentary series about baby animals
- Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin
- Crash Course YouTube channel
- Videos from Space YouTube channel
English
- I honestly just plan to have them write stories and poetry.
Reading
- This is another easy one. Look two feet in any direction and they will find a book here. Maybe I’ll ask for book reviews?
Math
- Dan got a weird math calendar for Christmas.
- Crash Course YouTube channel
- I don’t know, their math books?
Art
- Online tours of the Louvre
- Street view tours of The Van Gogh Museum. For extra credit watch The Doctor Who episode, Vincent and The Doctor.
- Wild Free and Crafty YouTube channel
- Cartooning Club How to Draw YouTube channel
Music
- Um, there’s a new Taylor Swift “documentary on YouTube that I could make them watch with me.
- The Masked Singer is mid season.
- Jamie Foxx’s show Beat Shazam.
- Shut up.
Foreign Language
- I thought I’d get both kids set up on Duolingo. I’ve been using it for a couple years to learn German and brush up on my French.