My Dream STEAM Room

Tables and Chairs: Smaller and movable so floor space can easily be made available. Storage: Shelves with labeled bins that can easily be removed and returned. Pegboard: For tools and materials students should not have instant access to. Whiteboard: To the floor so students can easily write ideas or problems on it. Also magnetic so it can be used for materials such as marble runs. Sand/Sensory Table: For messier projects but a bonus if there is a projector that can turn a sand table into a topographic map. Green Screen Wall: Painted wall with green stools and other green materials for student use. Unfinished Project Table: Storage for works in progress as well as materials in need of electrical outlets like CriCuts or 3D Printers.

Makers Space Specific Materials 3D Printer Dash and Dot Makedo MakeyMakey Cubetto Rigamajig Cricut Bloxels Snap Circuts Ozobot Poraxy Motors Keva Planks

There are so many great learning websites out there that allow students at home learning,
but many of them require logins or for you to begin a trial. Some teachers may already
have logins, but for parents this may mean adding a credit card to the site during your
trial or just receiving a large amount of emails. If you are trying to avoid this, I created
a list of sites that students can use without logging in and organized them by subject.
These sites are great but remember to get offline and spend some time going outside,
playing board games, reading paper books and spending time away from a screen. 

Reading

Scholastic Learn at Home- Created to help with this new online learning with free online,
cross-curricular reading lessons.

Storyline Online- Another great resource for young kids that has actors reading storybooks
out loud.

ABCYa- K-12 games games for reading skills, as well as math games and other fun skills. 

Math

Funbrain-Math games for different concepts. 

Math Playground- More Math games.

Education Worksheets- Free downloadable and printable sheets for PreK-5

***Prodigy- Incredibly fun interactive RPG game that allows students to answer math questions
at their learning level.

(Prodigy does require students to sign up but I am keeping it because it is easy to sign up for
and so fun for kids. The emails are worth it).

Writing

My Story Book- Create an easy and fun interactive story book.

Storyboardthat- Create a 3 panel comic.

Education Games- Games that teach the fundamental aspects of writing.

Handwriting Heroes- Step-by-Step videos on letter formation, great from young students.

Science/Social Studies

Mystery Science- Created for closed schools, with lessons on many science concepts from
K-5 years old.

Kids National Geographic- Great games, videos and resources on animals, space, states,
landmasses and many other interests.

Exploratorium- Videos, articles and activities on history, chemistry, biology and many more.
Best for older students.

Kid Citizen- Interactive episodes that explore civics and government concepts.

Art
Art for Kids- Step-by-Step videos, mostly drawing but some painting, sculpting and even origami.

Mr. Printables- Free printable craft projects.

Cassie Stephens- Art teacher who creates online lessons.

Sculpey- Clay sculpting step-by-step.

Arts and Culture Museum- Virtual exploration of the Washington D.C. Art Museum.

Music
Chrome Music Lab- Learn music through experimenting with notes, tempo, different instruments
while creating your own music.

NyPhil Kids- Fun music games on instruments and composers.

Classics for kids- Listen to classical music and learn about the composers.

PBS kids Music Games- Fun music games for young kids.

Gym/Health

GoNoodle- Fun movement games and songs.

Cosmic Kids Yoga- Videos that walk students through fun Yoga moves (this is also an app). 

Active kids- Articles and advice on ways to stay active at home.

Health Powered Kids- Lessons with all directions and print outs for kids of all ages.

Technology

Tynker- Coding games for students from beginner to advanced.

Scratch- More advanced coding for older students but ScratchJr is available as an easy to use,
free app.

Hour of code- Practice creating codes with characters you love like Minecraft and Disney.

Typing Games- Keyboarding practice that helps students with faster typing skills.