How is homeschooling going for everyone right now? For us, it’s been touch and go most of the time. Some days we are on top of it and other days I just call it quits. Please tell me I’m not the only one! 🙁 So for all the now homeschooling families (including myself) I wanted to share some fun activities that my kids are loving plus some of my favorite resources from interactive videos, free printables, and everything in between. Many of these I have used back in my teaching days and I highly recommend checking them out. Hope you find these helpful!! 🙂

Activities
There are so many great fun and FREE resources out there, from read alounds on YouTube, fun songs (for dance breaks), and craft ideas, there really is plenty to keep your kids busy. Below are a couple of DIY activities and a workbook I’ve done myself that were a hit with my oldest daughter.
- Play Snow
- Homemade Playdough
- One-HauteMess FREE Workbook – My own free workbook printable with letters, numbers, daily calendar
1. Scavenger Hunt

2. Shadow Tracing

3. Frozen Toys

4. Side Walk Chalk Drawings
5. Obstacle Course
6. Make your Own Board Game
I wish I had a picture of this one!! We made one a while back and it turned out so cool. It was on a simple white poster board and we drew it out with marker, that’s it!! Super easy and super cheap. First we made a pathway with a starting point and a finish line. We added about 3 to 4 obstacles in the way and a couple of “go back” spaces. It’s a great way for them to be the artist and get creative. Having a theme helps too, ours was dinosaurs, so we had a mud pit as well as dino eggs all around. They can also make board game pieces with tiny toys or even painted rocks, which brings me to my next activity….
7. Painting Rocks
I love this idea!! It is something that they can completely create on their own with a fun message or saying. They can even give them to others or leave them around the neighborhood for a little uplifting note (we could all use that right about now). We put ours in our garden 🙂
To say we need to be resourceful during this time is an understatement. I can’t wait for this quarantine to be completely over and I know everyone feels the same, but until then I wanted to share some free resources you can check out. Kids everywhere are on screens more than ever right now, so lets at least make it educational. Here are some great YouTube channels, websites, and Instagram accounts to check out.
YouTube Channels
What did we ever do before YouTube? It’s the place we all go when we have a question, concern, or simply need to be entertained. These are fun and engaging channels from art lessons, PE, dance videos, and science experiments.
- Art for Kids Hub
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Free School
- Lunch Doodles with Mo
- Ms. Becky and Bear’s Story Time
- National Geographic Kids
- Peekaboo Kidz
- Science Mom
- SciShow Kids
- Harry Kindergaten Music
- Super Simple Songs
- Just Dance for Kids
- GoNoodle
- The Body Coach P.E. with Jo
Websites
There are so many great websites out there for all subjects and for all ages. From color by numbers, CVC word practices, to simple writing pages, you can find almost anything.
- ABC Mouse
- Amazing Space
- BrainPOP & BrainPOPjr. (All subjects with printables)
- Cool Math 4 Kids
- FunBrain (games, reading, math)
- Highlights Kids
- Hooked on Phonics
- Learning Dynamics
- Math Game Time
- Math Playground
- National Geographic Kids
- PBS Kids
- Prodigy (math)
- ReadWorks.org (reading)
- Seussville
- SplashLearn (math)
- Squiggle Park (reading)
- Starfall
- Storyline Online
- XtraMath (math)
- Crayola– Free Coloring Printables
- Teachers Pay Teachers – Soooo many free printable along with packets to buy for grades pre-k to 5th grade
- WorksheetFun.com
There are some great Instagram accounts out there that are full of great activities for kids. I’ve made a lot crafts in my day but I wouldn’t necessarily call myself crafty. I usually turn to the Pinterest or Instagram for inspiration. These accounts are filled with some amazing ideas for crafts or activities you can make with everyday household items.
Let me know how your handling homeschooling & what you have been using that helps?