Supporting Learning At Home
During lock down you can help your child’s learning every day, by supporting and encouraging them, and being excited by their learning. Here are some ideas to keep them developing their literacy and numeracy skills at home. Please see below for a range of sites and activities that can assist you with this.
Sites and Activities
Touch Typing
Dancemat typing is a great typing game to help teach children how to type correctly visit https://www.dancemattypingguide.com/
General Knowledge
Another website is freerice.com Each question answered correctly is one grain of rice given to a 3rd world country.
Learning Choice Boards
Click the buttons below for choice board activities you can do with your children
New Entrants
Home Learning Activities for new entrants:
Unitec Website
Range of activities for students in an NZ context
https://www.unitec.ac.nz/about-us/covid-19-activities-and-online-resources-for-kids
Information for Parents
Practical information about education for parents and carers from the Ministry of Education
https://parents.education.govt.nz/primary-school/learning-and-development-at-home/
Fun Learning for Kids
https://funlearningforkids.com/
Contact
Please remember you can contact your child's teacher during lockdown with any queries you may have.
Or contact myself (Aimee)
