Below, please find resources that we have compiled to assist each of our families in their at-home virtual learning journey! They are grouped by subject to help you search - just click on the links below to head to your desired section or scroll through to see them all!
If you have any questions or suggestions on additions to this page please email ballantyneptacommunications@gmail.com
If you have any questions or suggestions on additions to this page please email ballantyneptacommunications@gmail.com
CMS Student Portal
Login to your child's student portal to see the list of various resources available to your student through CMS.
www.cms.k12.nc.us/pages/studentportal.aspx
www.cms.k12.nc.us/pages/studentportal.aspx
Arts & Crafts
- Happiness is Homemade - great resources for kid craft ideas - Click Here for 50 Easy Craft Ideas
- You can also sign up for their daily educational activity emails here - www.subscribepage.com/funfamilyideas
- McHarper Manor - www.mcharpermanor.com/blog/ - each day of the week, this crafting studio will be going live daily Monday through Friday at 1pm Eastern Time, with free art & craft tutorials to create at home with your kids! They have shopping lists (with links to the supplies you can order from Amazon) so you can have supplies on-hand to complete the projects!
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) - www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/
- Music Education - Chrome Music Lab - musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
- Specials - Our amazing teachers (art, media, music, & PE) are updating their Google site with resources they recommend for our students - https://sites.google.com/cms.k12.nc.us/besspecials/home
Fun Friday Links
These are posts from our PTA Facebook page that have fun and learning activities grouped by theme to add excitement to your at-home learning adventure!
- May 4th - Star Wars Day Special "Fun Monday" Activities
- Independence Day Patriotic Activities
- Disney "Stay-Cation" Activities
- SharkFest Marine Biology Activities
- National Moon Day Space Themed Activities
- July 31st - Harry Potter's Birthday Hogwarts Themed Activities
- August 7th - International Friendship Day
Math
- ABC Mouse (Pre-K to 2nd) is FREE right now with code SCHOOL5853
- Adventure Academy (3rd - 8th) is FREE right now with code SCHOOL5853
- Boddle Elementary Math - https://boddlelearning.com/
- BrainPop - https://www.brainpop.com (user: Ballantyne password: BESbears1)
- Cool Math 4 Kids - www.coolmath4kids.com and www.coolmath.com (for ages 13 and up)
- Fun Brain - www.funbrain.com
- Graphing Calculator Online (free!) - www.desmos.com
- Grid Club Math Games - gridclub.com/
- Instructabeats - teaching with music! www.youtube.com/channel/UCpwPpA7LpjUj9CICPf90TlQ
- IXL Math - www.ixl.com
- Khan Academy - www.khanacademy.org
- Math Score - www.mathscore.com
- Prodigy - play.prodigygame.com
- Need More - Here are 60 more sites that you can look through to meet your needs! www.weareteachers.com/best-math-websites
Physical Health & Education
Recommendations from our very own Ms. Sluder!
- The #1 Recommendation is to GO OUT AND PLAY! Getting fresh air with the recommended distance from others is always the best way to stay active!
- Boosterthon Character (character topics & fitness exercises) www.BoosterthonCharacter.com
- Access Code: AtHome
- Free to Register
- Brain Break Cards - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yhLZgfq53xDvO75wimImOsRLkinG5YCP
- Dancing - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DbB9VLFf1PW584BsipsLRNmUhr6AwcJi3Gkg057bEmo
- Exercise Bingo - https://drive.google.com/open?id=19XhyljQEUpg3Sl23dE_oL-sHSMMmwSrt
- Fitness Monopoly - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1A0jlyDXVYhf5Q-82_8-4984XnEPUxVfv
- Hero In Training - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1G72LaMJ9AwdMkGAkWqljP7e-UGZQa_L9hjnCPhK3Y6k/present?slide=id.g1b7467d697_0_22
- Learning and Movement Activities - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1e_wiOgOgfkIXpVLo-ST0hi2J-L2mf3BN
- Race to 100 - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zDWKlLs-L98rhvyBi2QAL2q1IiLJ87DT
- Specials - Our amazing teachers (art, media, music, & PE) are updating their Google site with resources they recommend for our students - https://sites.google.com/cms.k12.nc.us/besspecials/home
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- Yoga - https://www.cosmickids.com/
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Reading
- ABC Mouse (Pre-K to 2nd) is free right now with code SCHOOL5853
- Adventure Academy (3rd - 8th) and Reading IQ (Pre-K to 6th) are FREE right now with code SCHOOL5853
- NEW! - Audible Free Audio Books (for a limited time) - CLICK HERE
- BrainPop - https://www.brainpop.com (user: Ballantyne password: BESbears1)
- Fun Brain - www.funbrain.com
- Instructabeats - teaching with music! www.youtube.com/channel/UCpwPpA7LpjUj9CICPf90TlQ
- IXL Literacy Skills - www.ixl.com
- Magic Treehouse Books - website dedicated to expanding the information in each of the books through games and fact trackers - www.magictreehouse.com/
- PebbleGo (English & Spanish): Visit www.pebblego.com and click "Sign In
- Username: engaged
- Password: learning
- PebbleGo Next: Visit www.pebblegonext.com and click "Log In"
- Username: engaged
- Password: learning
- Capstone Interactive eBooks: Visit www.mycapstonelibrary.com and click "Log In"
- Username: continue
- Password: reading
- Project Gutenberg - online catalog of e-books for all ages - www.gutenberg.org
- Scholastic Learn At Home - www.scholastic.com/learnathome
- Seussville (Dr. Seuss reading & games) - www.seussville.com/
- Sora (online book library) - soraapp.com/library/cms
- Spelling City (free with code VSCFree90) - https://www.spellingcity.com/
- Spelling Practice (grades 1-4) - https://www.spellingtraining.com/
- Squiggle Park (reading comprehension and skills) - www.squigglepark.com
- Starfall (phonics for pre-k to 3rd grade) - www.starfall.com
- Storyline - www.storylineonline.net
Science
- BrainPop - https://www.brainpop.com (user: Ballantyne password: BESbears1)
- Coding for Kids with Scratch & MIT - scratch.mit.edu/
- Coding with Star Wars - code.org/starwars
- Earthquake Science - https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/
- Farmers Almanac for Kids (weather, moon phases, etc.) - https://www.almanac.com/kids
- Happy Scientist Experiments for Kids - thehappyscientist.com/
- Inner Body, Explore Body Systems - www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
- Mystery Doug - mysterydoug.com
- Mystery Science (science lessons by grade) - mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning
- National Geographic - kids.nationalgeographic.com
- PebbleGo (English & Spanish): Visit www.pebblego.com and click "Sign In
- Username: engaged
- Password: learning
- PebbleGo Next: Visit www.pebblegonext.com and click "Log In"
- Username: engaged
- Password: learning
- Capstone Interactive eBooks: Visit www.mycapstonelibrary.com and click "Log In"
- Username: continue
- Password: reading
- Periodic Table (interactive) - https://www.chemicool.com/
- Science Experiments to Do At Home - www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/
- Smithsonian Kids Page - www.si.edu/kids
- Smithsonian Explores the Ocean - ocean.si.edu/
- Space Science by NASA - https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
- Weather Wiz Kids - www.weatherwizkids.com/
- Weather - NASA Climate Kids - climatekids.nasa.gov
- Zoos & Other Virtual Field Trips Below
Social Studies
- BBC History for Kids - www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/
- BrainPop - https://www.brainpop.com (user: Ballantyne password: BESbears1)
- Geography Quizzes with Geoguessr - www.geoguessr.com/
- History for Kids - www.historyforkids.net
- Magic Treehouse Books - website dedicated to expanding the information in each of the books through games and fact trackers - www.magictreehouse.com/
- Mission US - interactive games to learn history - www.mission-us.org/
- National Geographic - kids.nationalgeographic.com
- PebbleGo (English & Spanish): Visit www.pebblego.com and click "Sign In
- Username: engaged
- Password: learning
- PebbleGo Next: Visit www.pebblegonext.com and click "Log In"
- Username: engaged
- Password: learning
- Capstone Interactive eBooks: Visit www.mycapstonelibrary.com and click "Log In"
- Username: continue
- Password: reading
- Smithsonian Kids Page - www.si.edu/kids
- US Government Studies with Benjamin Franklin - bensguide.gpo.gov/
- US Mint - History and Geography Lessons - www.usmint.gov/learn/kids
Virtual Field Trips
- Aquarium - Georgia Aquarium - www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam/
- Aquarium - Monterey Bay Aquarium - www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
- Discovery Education Field Trips - www.discoveryeducation.com/community/virtual-field-trips/
- Farm Tours with FarmFood 360 - www.farmfood360.ca/
- Great Wall of China - www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china
- Mars Curiosity Rover - accessmars.withgoogle.com/
- Museum - Boston Children's Museum - www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/museum-virtual-tour
- Museum - British Museum (London Museum of Antiquities) - britishmuseum.withgoogle.com
- Museum - The Louvre (Paris Art Museum) - www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
- Museum - Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) - www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/
- Museum - Smithsonian Kids Page - www.si.edu/kids
- Museum - Smithsonian Natural History Museum - naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour
- Museums - Other Links to Tours - www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
- Yellowstone National Park Tours - www.nps.gov/…/lea…/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm
- Zoo - Atlanta Zoo Panda Cam - zooatlanta.org/panda-cam/
- Zoo - Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Daily Facebook Live Educational Seminars - Click Here to a Learn More!
- Zoo - Cincinnati Zoo Daily Facebook Live Educational Seminars (3 pm daily) - Click Here to See the Cincinnati Zoo Facebook Page
- Zoo - Houston Zoo - www.houstonzoo.org/explore/webcams/
- Zoo - San Diego Zoo - kids.sandiegozoo.org/
Writing
- Cursive Writing Worksheets - www.kidzone.ws/cursive/
- New! - KidzType - https://www.kidztype.com
- Spelling City (free with code VSCFree90) - https://www.spellingcity.com/
- Spelling Practice (grades 1-4) - https://www.spellingtraining.com/
- Typing Club - www.typingclub.com
Other
Here are some other general resources you can browse through to get ideas for studying or brain breaks to enjoy your time at home with family!
- 123 Homeschool 4 Me - Free Printable Worksheets for All Ages - www.123homeschool4me.com/home-school-free-printables/
- All Kids Network - Free Printable Worksheets and Crafts - www.allkidsnetwork.com
- Happiness is Homemade - subscribe to a special school closure daily email with educational and crafty ideas that you can do with your kids to navigate at-home learning - www.subscribepage.com/funfamilyideas
- OT Toolbox - At Home Occupational or Physical Therapy resources - https://www.theottoolbox.com/
- PBS Kids - Many educational games and videos - www.pbskids.org
- Still need more - this Facebook post has so many links, we couldn't even click them all!
