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  • Home
  • About Us
    • School Council >
      • What We Do
      • Committees
      • Get Involved
    • Meetings & Minutes
    • Money Matters >
      • Fundraising
      • The Budget
      • Request Funds
    • Contact Us
  • What's On?
  • Inside NSS
    • Daily Schedules
    • Calendars
    • School Map
    • Parent Tips
  • Academic Support
    • Guidance & Extra Help
    • ARC / LD
    • GAC / Gifted
  • Wellness
  • Beyond NSS
    • Roehamption Residence
    • Education Changes

Parent Survival Chalkboard

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:
  • 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:
  • Cherry Blossoms Around the World
  • Museums and Galleries around the World
  • Canadian Museums
  • The Louvre

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
Email: nss.school.council@gmail.com