疫情期间，学校停课。北美至少有一百多家教育相关的公司免费开放了学习资源，提供给在家学习的孩子。
这么多资源，自己挑选也很麻烦。还好幼儿园老师没有闲着，精挑细选，推荐给我们14个学习网站和10个应用程序。并附上他的介绍。本文略作翻译。
另外我前些天也整理了一些帮助孩子学习的资源。见公众号内上篇文章。免费资源，请多转发给国内家长，希望对孩子学英语有所裨益。（建议把以下部分复制粘贴，在微信里发送，链接可以直接跳转到相关网站。）
Right now many sites are offering their pay services for free to parents having to teach at home during the covid-19 isolation. These resources should help kids the kids entertained and learning for the next little while.
现在受COVID-19疫情的影响，很多网站开始提供免费学习资源，供在家学习的孩子使用。
Many of these resources will help with basic number and letter recognition, which some of our jk’s may need a refresher on if they are going to be away from school for some time.
这些资源可以帮助不在学校的孩子们继续温习基础的数字和字母。（实际上每个网站都有不同年龄段的内容，也可以给高年级的学生使用）。
网站：
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– https://www.abcmouse.com/
(There are many excellent educational games for kindergarten kids, as well as higher grade levels for kids who like challenges.) （公众号内上篇文章已经做过介绍）
2
https://www.starfall.com/h/
(Includes kindergarten and higher grade level games)
这个我家孩子用过很久。免费版也很不错。
3
https://mysteryscience.com/
(this is a science site we watch every Monday. There are videos, follow up lessons and printable activities available. It is free right now. There are grade levels available. For lessons higher than kindergarten I always watch the episode first to make sure there isn’t anything a bit scary for kindergarten-age kids. The kids really like these lessons) 老师强力推荐这个。
4
https://mysterydoug.com/
(this is a science site thatis an offshoot of Mystery science. The kids like to see other kids call in withquestions for Doug. It is not always grade-levelled, so I always watch theepisode first to avoid anything scary for kindergarten-age kids. Our class always loves to vote on the next question to be answered by Doug.)
5
https://pbskids.org/
(includes videos and games, including the Wild kratts games the kids like)
Wild kratts 是一个有名的科普动画片。如有需要，可以关注公众号后，回复“科普”得到百度云下载链接
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https://www.education.com/
(good for parents teaching at home, has lesson plans and is currently free)
现在免费提供资源给在家教育的父母。
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https://www.turtlediary.com/
(good fun games with (often)different difficulty levels)
8
http://ww7.nationalgeographickids.com/
(good quizzes, games and information)
国家地理频道。其实还可以买他们为孩子专门定做的的杂志。定时送到家里给孩子看。https://www.nationalgeographic.com/subscribe/kids-magazines-bundle-1/
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https://www.funbrain.com/
(good games with grade-levelled challenges)
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https://www.babytv.com/
(has informative and educational kids shows with puppets and animated characters)
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http://spatulatta.com/
(teaches kids to cook. It’s better for slightly older kids but is something that adults can do with younger kids) 嗯，不错。
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https://makemegenius.com/
(good science and math site. Has some video in Hindi too)
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https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/home/
(has good science activities and experiments you can do at home. Also has some printable coloring pages)
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https://en.e-learningforkids.org/
(a very thorough site for kids to do lessons for math, science and many other subjects. Has different grade level lessons available.)
Apps: (Available on the app store. May not be available for PCs or laptops)
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– Agnitus kids (free within-app purchases if wanted. Standard to good educational games)
http://www.agnitus.com/
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– FarFaria (A reading app for kids)
https://www.farfaria.com/
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– Code spark academy (a fun computer coding game the kids absolutely love)
https://codespark.com/
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– iornament (A cool art program that uses mathematical algorithms to make art)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iornament-draw-mandala-art/id534529876
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– Finger paint (Another cool art program that makes beautiful pictures every time)
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– Fruit ninja (Not an educational game but very good for developing hand-eye coordination and fast decision-making skills)
https://fruitninja.com/
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– Teach monster (A very popular game in our class that teaches reading from learning letters up through making sentences)
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
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– Sentence maker (very good app for learning how to put words into sentences. This is a relatively easy program. I use it as a starting place for these skills in conjunction with the next program, “Sent builder”)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sentence-maker/id499150658?ign-mpt=uo%3D8
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– Sent Builder (a more advanced version of the precious app, it has two levels of difficulty and gives kids potential incorrect words for the sentence in order to test their understanding of sentence construction)
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– Jigsaw puzzle (the one we use is by “mobility ware”. It has a daily free puzzle and other free ones available. You can select the number of piecesto cut the picture into to make it more or, less challenging. Puzzles are good for logical thinking and spatial reasoning skills)
https://thejigsawpuzzles.com/
YouTube:
需要翻墙，不多介绍
There are loads of great videos for kids, and there is a new “YouTube Kids” app available as well. You can find cartoons for Curious George, Magic School Bus, Arthur, storybots, Peep and Chirp, Thomas the tank engine, and countless others. There are kids math, science and language videos available, but not are all of the same quality or usefulness. When in doubt watch the video before showing it to your kids.
Some we have found useful in our learning:
– storybots (a wide range of animated videos, very popular with our class)
– The letter factory (shows the sounds letters make, catchy tune for the kids)
– Jack Hartman videos (huge range of topics, but mostly language and numbers, all cheesy, silly and fun)
注：如需要Wild kratts 科普动画片。可公众号内回复“科普”得到下载链接
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