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The coronavirus pandemic has closed schools worldwide. Most schools are catering for home learning so that children can continue with their education despite the necessary measures. Let's take these difficult times as they come and try to focus on the positive rather than negative. Spending time at home allows you to spend some quality time with your children, which you may not have otherwise been able to have.

Below are some ideas of screen-free things you could do with your kids, during this time. Staying indoors to keep safe and healthy is imperative but it doesn't have to be boring or detrimental. After your children have finished with their e-learning tasks, read on to see what you could do with them.

1. Homemade gifts. Encourage your child to make a gift for someone or a greeting card. There are many ideas and instructions online, start searching!

2. Get baking. Bake some cakes or biscuits. Have them help you in the kitchen! Who doesn't need a great helper?

3. Reminisce. Sort through old photographs, make a scrapbook of memories. It might sound a bit old fashioned but it's so therapeutic and you get to spend quality time with your kids.

4. Organise. Get your child to sort through their belongings and throw out what they don't need. Ask them to organise their room.

5. Draw or create a family tree. Why don't you even make an art gallery at home and show of your child's artwork?

6. Chat. Let your child spend time with their friends on Skype or phone. Teenagers especially, truly feel isolated if their aren't in contact with their friends.

7. Treasure hunt. If you are lucky enough to have a garden create an exciting treasure hunt with clues and home-made treasures for your kids to find.

8. Get gardening. Show your child how to take care of plants and let them garden, too. If you live in apartment, go to your balcony plant some flowers in pots.

9. Movie time. Having a family 'film day' is a great way of spending time together watching favourite movies. To make it educational, ask your child to write a film review or draw a movie poster.

10. Show time. If your children like performing, go through carnival/halloween outfits and help them to put on a show for the family. They can even work on some literacy skills in a fun way by writing a play script and act it out.

11. Puppets. Make finger puppets and help them create their own puppet show. Make a theatre out of a box and get creative.

12. Read. Start a family book club. Discuss what your favourite characters and what part you liked best and why.

13. Picnic time. Have a family picnic indoors, on the balcony or in the garden.

14. Create. Make potato stamps, stamp paper or even a shirt.

15. Adventure time. Go camping in the garden or the living room.

16. Sports. Make your own mini-golf course in the living room. There are many online ideas you can easily recreate.

17. Homemade games. In the evenings get the kids to design a game that you can make the next day - give them ideas to keep it simple such as a paper boat race in the bath or homemade skittles using a tennis ball and empty toilet rolls.

18. Origami. All you need is paper and instructions which can be found online, will keeps kids amused and they will learn a new skill.

19. Theatre. Encourage the kids to put on a play or a magic show. They could even use the dress up with clothes and props from around the house. If you have a camera, you can even film it to watch later or for some great memories.

20. Games. Play board games and card games, I'm sure there are some lurking somewhere in the house.

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Field trip out of the question? Think again. Thanks to technology, it's now possible for kids to visit all kinds of places from the comfort of their classroom (or home!). We've compiled a list of the best virtual field trips for you, so enjoy your "visit"!

Note: For anyone who needs it, YouTube offers a closed captioning option. Just click CC button at the bottom righthand corner.

1. The Zoo

There are so many amazing online options when it comes to zoos that we couldn't narrow it down to just one. Most zoos have live webcams in some of their most popular exhibits, such as the Panda Cam at Zoo Atlanta. However, some zoos offer a more in-depth look. You'll definitely want to check out the San Diego Zoo. Their site for kids includes behind-the-scenes videos and stories, as well as a variety of printable activities and online games.

2. The Aquarium

It's a similar story with aquariums. You have your pick of live webcams, but our favorites are the Georgia Aquarium's Ocean Voyager webcam (wait for the whale shark!) and the "jellycam" at Monterey Bay Aquarium (so soothing). You can get a more traditional, "self-guided" virtual tour of the National Aquarium, whereas the Seattle Aquarium has a 30-minute video tour.

3. The Farm

The classic preschool field trip goes online! Farm Fresh 360 allows you to immerse yourself in Canadian farm and food tours-from raising pigs to making milk and cheese. We're also loving these virtual egg farm field trips from the American Egg Board.

4. A Planetarium

Through Star Atlas, kids can explore over 60,000 stars, locate planets, and watch sunrises and solar eclipses. If you enter your location, you can see all the constellations that are visible in the night sky in your corner of the world.

The U.S. Geological Survey monitors volcanoes in the United States. Their interactive map allows you to click on and learn about any volcano in the country.

The Nature Conservancy offers 11 virtual field trips that allow students to do everything from exploring a coastal rainforest while in a canoe to unlocking the secrets of coral reefs in the Dominican Republic. Each video is about 45 minutes long.

The first established National Park and popular vacation destination is now accessible to virtual travelers. The interactive maps are a great way to see the Mammoth Hot Springs and Mud Volcano, but we think kids will be psyched about the Old Faithful Geyser live-stream and the opportunity to make their own predictions for its next eruption.

This virtual field trip from Great Lakes Now has three components: coastal wetlands, algae, and lake sturgeon. Each video is a quick five minutes.

Discovery Education hosts a variety of virtual events -each with a companion guide with hands-on learning activities. Current offerings include Teaching with Testimony and NFL Play 60. Our pick? Tundra Connections (AKA fun with polar bears).

"Walk" through all three floors of the Boston Children's Museum on this virtual tour. Direct your kids to fun exhibits like Explore-a-Saurus and the Japanese House.

Kids can learn about the upcoming 2020 Census and how census data is collected and used. This virtual field trip also features interviews with subject matter experts and an interactive challenge.

The National Museum of Natural History's virtual experiences are self-guided, room-by-room tours of permanent, current, and past exhibits. Make sure to send kids to the second floor Bone Hall so they can take a look at all different kinds of skeletons.

Bring the iconic New York museum into your classroom or home! Experience The Met online with any of the 26 online galleries, including Christian Dior: Ball Gowns and The Art of Music Through Time.

A collaboration with over 1200 leading museums and archives, Google Arts & Culture is an incredible storehouse of monumental works of art. We recommend the Street View virtual tours as well as Art Zoom guided tours.

Boise State put together this fully interactive virtual field trip with text, photos, audio, and video. The four featured music locations are: Vienna, Austria; New Orleans, Louisiana; Cleveland, Ohio; and Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia.

The Museum of We The People, the Constitution Center serves as a "headquarters for civic education." Check out the Interactive Constitution section, and be sure to watch the virtual tour.

This living history museum provides a look into life in an early American community. The website offers eight different webcams, featuring areas such as the tavern, the armoury, and the market house.

Want to enhance a unit on immigration at the turn of the century? Look no further than this virtual field trip to Ellis Island, the former immigration inspection station in New York Harbor that is also home to the Statue of Liberty.

Boasting the world's largest collection of 360° images videos, 360 Cities provides kids with the opportunity to see stunning panoramas across the globe. Their video of black ants walking on the dirt is pretty amazing.

Everyone wants to go to Paris! But you don't need a passport to see at least some of the exhibits at the world's most famous art museum. Check out the current virtual tours: Egyptian antiquities, Galerie d'Apollon, and what we think will be the biggest hit with kids-the remains of the Louvre's moat!

See one of the wonders of the world with this amazing, thousands-year old fortification system known the world over. This virtual tour has three options for touring the ancient structure: Jinshaling to Simatai, watchtower, and winter.

Most of us recognize the giant stone statues of Easter Island, but what's the story behind them? Nova's online adventure "Secrets of Easter Island" delves into the mystery with a virtual tour.

National Geographic lets you explore the world's largest cave, located in Vietnam. Use the interactive map to enjoy the fully immersive experience (sound on!).

You don't need a time machine! Discovering Ancient Egypt has a ton of free resources, but it's the interactive pyramid map and 3D temple reconstructions that really give it a field trip feel.

No, really! You can absolutely "go" to the red planet. With Access Mars, you can see the actual surface of Mars, recorded by NASA's Curiosity rover. Trust us-don't skip the intro.
What are your favorite virtual field trips? Come share in our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook. Plus, Free Online Resources for Teaching Your Students Virtually.

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April 23rd 6pm

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Join the Port Phillip EcoCentre's Matt McArthur on an adventure to Antarctica!

Matt's fascination with Antarctica reaches back to a childhood informed by Weet-Bix cards, stamps and currency highlighting Australia's connection with the frozen continent. That fascination prompted career choices in marine science that eventually garnered his first invitation south, as part of a University of Otago research team operating at Scott Base, New Zealand's permanent presence in Antarctica.

'Diving with the Kiwis among the Penguins' recounts the experiences and insights arising in a marine biologist operating under the sea ice around Ross Island.

This session is the first of a suite of digital seminars provided by the Port Phillip EcoCentre in Autumn and Winter, 2020.

The EcoCentre acknowledges the Kulin Nations, including the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung language group, traditional owners of the land on which we are located. We pay respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Elder members of our multicultural community.

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EcoCentre Seminar Series - Diving with the Kiwis amongst the Penguins

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Join the Port Phillip EcoCentre's Matt McArthur on an adventure to Antarctica! Matt's fascination with Antarctica reaches back to a childhood informed by Weet-Bix cards, stamps and currency highlighting Australia's connection with the frozen continent.

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April 23rd 4pm

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A rare opportunity to snorkel in your own backyard... well, in our local patch of Port Phillip Bay. Alive Outside is a program for 12-25 year olds who live, work or play in City of Port Phillip. Suitable for beginners to experienced as we take you through all you need to know in order to have an amazing experience. Now that we can't physically get into the water together, we have taken snorkeling online!

Join the EcoCentre's Marine experts team with Fam Charco, Matt McArthur and Ben Francischelli and dive into the secrets of Port Phillip Bay. Find out what lies beneath in our blue backyard and ask questions you have always wanted to ask! Best of all, this session is free.

There are two steps in the registration process:

1. Ask your question(s) here and
2. Register, by clicking the register button. We will forward a zoom link several days before the event date.

Alive Outside is a program for 12-25 year olds who live, work or play in City of Port Phillip. Get ready to dive below the surface of Port Phillip Bay to really discover what incredible creatures are right here on our doorstep!

See you there!
Please note - this event is for youth aged 12-25 only.
Dr. Cecile van der Burgh
Education Manager and Host

The EcoCentre acknowledges the Kulin Nations, including the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung language group, traditional owners of the land on which we are located. We pay respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Elder members of our multicultural community.

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Alive Outside: Online Snorkeling Safari Q&A

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A rare opportunity to snorkel in your own backyard... well, in our local patch of Port Phillip Bay. Alive Outside is a program for 12-25 year olds who live, work or play in City of Port Phillip. Suitable for beginners to experienced as we take you through all you need to know in order to have an amazing experience.

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7th May 6pm

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Join the Port Phillip Baykeeper, Neil Blake OAM, on a journey along the Bay's shorelines, learning all about the amazing creepy-crawlies and their habitats that are so important to the health of our Port Phillip Bay.

Neil Blake will provide an overview on the health of our Port Phillip Bay, based on the research currently underway on the littlest creatures inhabiting our shorelines - molluscs! Shoreline shell surveys give us a great insight on exactly who lives just off our shores and why they're so important.

This session is the third of a suite of digital seminars provided by the Port Phillip EcoCentre in Autumn and Winter, 2020.

The EcoCentre acknowledges the Kulin Nations, including the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung language group, traditional owners of the land on which we are located. We pay respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Elder members of our multicultural community.

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EcoCentre Seminar Series - Baykeeper Citizen Science: Shoreline Shell Surveys, Molluscs and Beach Profiling

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Join the Port Phillip Baykeeper, Neil Blake OAM, on a journey along the Bay's shorelines, learning all about the amazing creepy-crawlies and their habitats that are so important to the health of our Port Phillip Bay.

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April 30th 6pm

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Welcome to Open Library's Student Library, a School Library designed for a k-12 audience.
For more student-friendly material, please visit our resource guides.

By Grade

By Reading Level

Photo credit: Mitchell Maher

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Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.

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You need to sign up for a free account to access the books here

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MagicBlox | Read Kid's Books Online for Free!

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MagicBlox | Read Kid's Books Online for Free!

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An online children's book library, where kids discover and read stories on a computer or tablet for free. It's also a self-publishing & marketing tool for authors & publishers.

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ICDL - International Children’s Digital Library

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Australian Government - Learning Potential

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Australian Government - Learning Potential

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Free resources to help parents support their child's learning.

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We're happy for you to reproduce text from Learning Potential articles in parent newsletters and resources. Just include the following attribution: 'This article is reproduced from Learning Potential, an app and website produced by the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment. For more articles visit www.learningpotential.gov.au.'

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Matt Glover's website which includes video clips of authors talking about their process. Also resources for parents.

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Students can learn about an author's craft by studying a stack of texts. An author's process can feel hidden since it isn't spelled out on the page. On this site I've collected links to video clips of authors talking about their process. These clips can be used as a part of any writing workshop unit of study, but they will be particularly helpful in supporting certain process studies. You'll find clips here related to five units: Finding Ideas, Using a Writer's Notebook, Planning, Peer Conferring and Revision. You'll notice that some of the clips can be used in more than one unit. For example, in the clip of Will Hillenbrand in the Peer Conferring section, he mentions how he finds ideas and uses his notebook as well as who he talks to about his writing.

I'll be adding links periodically- some already available online, and some from interviews I'm conducting, so check back often. Find me on Twitter @mattglover123 for updates. I've started with these units but hope to expand to include links related to additional units.

You can help add to the collection as well. If you know of a link/clip that could be added to this site, click on the link on the right under Want To Help. Also, if you are having an author or illustrator visit your school and would be willing to interview them and share the video (with their permission of course), click on the link on the right for possible interview questions. You might even have students interview the author (see the Nicola Davies clips.)

This site was sparked by my interest in the role of choice in increasing student engagement. My hope is that these clips help your students strengthen their identities as authors.

Matt
This website was created by Matt Glover with the support of Erik Wallace. You can see the services Erik provides

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Students can learn about an author's craft by studying a stack of texts. An author's process can feel hidden since it isn't spelled out on the page. On this site I've collected links to video clips of authors talking about their process. These clips can be used as a part of any writing workshop unit [...]