The past year has thrown a wrench into education. Whether you are a teacher now adapting to online teaching, a teacher having to implement new protocols in your classroom, a parent who finds yourself helping your child with online learning, or a homeschooler, these resources can help.
These are some amazing resources to help make teaching easier and more fun.
ProSchool Membership
The ProSchool Membership includes:
- 1000s of notebooking pages on 100s of specific topics
- access to the exclusive ProSchool page generator which allows you to create customized notebooking pages in less than a minute
- exclusive members-only resources and printables
- and more!
Notebooking pages were one of our favourite homeschooling tools. The kids remember what they are learning in a more concrete way when they create their own notebooking pages on the topic. They were always so proud to show them to their grandparents too.
Easy Math Games Bundle
Learning through play is the most effective way and these books are full of ideas for just that. These 3 eBooks offer over 100 card and dice games that work on teaching math skills.
Math in the Cards includes over 100 games and puzzles for grades K-8. These go over many math concepts and foundational skills.
Math Card Games for Kids is geared mainly for kids in grades 3-9. The games encourage critical thinking, problem solving, and logic. They work on a variety of math topics including whole number operations, fractions, decimals and percents, integers, number theory, and place value.
Math Dice Games for Kids includes instructions for 34 games as well as variations. These are designed for math concepts for grades 1-8. The concepts covered include number recognition and counting, addition & subtraction, multiplication, fractions, decimals, percents, and strategy and critical thinking skills.
Songs and Rhymes for Transition Times
Transitions between activities and places can be difficult for kids. Make this time easier and less stressful for them using songs and rhymes. The Songs & Rhymes for Transition Times eBook contains 150 transition ideas. It also includes ideas for brain breaks, crossing the midline, and beginning and end of the school day.
Periodic Table of Elements Bingo Game
This is another example of an opportunity to learn through play. Students can reinforce their memory of the elements through game play with this bingo and corresponding colouring sheets. Please note this is a PDF file. 
Sensory Science
The Sensory Science Volume 1 eBook provides sensory rich science experiments and activities to help kids better retain what they learn. It includes 15 hands-on activities in the themes of Colors, The Senses, and Nature. 
This ebook includes a supply list as well as step-by-step directions, activity adaptations and discussion points for each activity.
I hope these learning resources help you as much as they’ve helped me!
Biggest challenge is interaction and the willingness of my kids wanting to learn.
Biggest challenge: motivating middle school students to want to put in the effort!
Biggest challenge is to engage ALL the students!
I love the hands on activities. I try to include STEM activities everyday, but sometimes my imagination is running low.
This year the challenge is the extra steps for safety
The science and math resources look like so much fun!
This year’s biggest challenge is being remote. Distance learning is just not able to meet as many needs as we are in the classroom.
The transition song book and brain breaks look like a great tool
connectivity
It is difficult to teach kids without being there physically, especially as a COTA. A lot of parents in our district don’t have the means for someone to be sitting with their children ensuring they are engaged and participating. The more interactive and fun you can make sessions the more the students want to attend and put in the work and effort!
This is a lot of tools to engage our students which is really hard this school year with remote learning!
Biggest challenge is to keep a consistent schedule
Biggest challenge is keeping focus on tasks that aren’t his favourite things to do.
My biggest challenge this year is to be creative with virtual lessons each week.
Keeping them engaged and interested. I need more fun ideas to make it more fun while learning.
The biggest challenge is getting him to ignore distractions and concentrate on learning.
Building engagement would be a challenge.
Science and history would be our biggest challenge.
Biggest challenge is regulating emotions first to attend/focus on what is being taught.
My biggest challenge is getting those tough few to engage and take ownership of their learning!
Keeping learning play based without losing control. My class is mostly all boys and they’re immature and very impulsive. I feel like I’m herding cats all morning!