Below are lists of resources for parents by parents at Northern. Please click on a section to see more and send in your own ideas too!
Academic Resources:
Parenting/Wellbeing
Keeping Healthy Amid COVID
How to keep groceries “clean”:
Creative Distractions
Music:
Visual:
Humour
Academic Resources:
- Reading - Audible is offering Free audiobooks for all ages of classic books
- All subjects - Khan Academy - Free resources for all ages (K-12), parent guides and live webinars for parents April 1-3
- Math - Thinkwell Homeschool - Free Access to Essential Review Courses in Math
- Virtual Fieldtrips
- Foreign Languages - Rosetta Stone for Students - offering 3 months of language learning for free
- French - Ecole Ouverte - a Government of Quebec site with activities & learning modules
Parenting/Wellbeing
- This is Not Homeschooling, it's Crisis Schooling
- That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief
- NYTimes: Well Family - Quaranteens
- National Geographic - Keeping up Kids' Mental Health During Coronavirus
Keeping Healthy Amid COVID
How to keep groceries “clean”:
- COVID-19 Food Safety Tips
- How to Disinfect Groceries from Corona Virus
- How to Shop Safely during Novel Corona Virus
Creative Distractions
Music:
- Nightly Met Opera Streams - a free series of encore Live in HD presentations streamed on the company website during the coronavirus closure
- Berliner Philharmoniker - Visit their virtual concert hall free of charge during COVID-19
- URGNT Concert Series Live Online in Toronto
Visual:
Humour
- A Parent’s Frustrations with Distance Learning
- "Stayin' Inside" - Bee Gees Stayin' Alive Re-imagined for Corona
- "Hello from the Inside" - Chris Mann's Parody of Adele's song Hello
- "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" musical parody by Daniel Matarazzo