School District Site – SD67

Link to SD67 continuity of learning information. Find it under Parents and Students in the District website and
choose ’67 Learns’

I tried most of the games and activities listed here.

1. Computer skills- we have covered a number of coding skills this year, so many of these activities have
been discussed and tried with different programs, so for example, the puzzle activity is very simple and
already practiced. I would recommend the students start with the Bee Sequence activity and the Artist
Sequence activity. They need to know North, South, East and West directions to have success. Possibly
drawing it out on a paper so they can refer to these directions would be helpful for some students.

2. Minecraft coding – fun and the characters should be familiar to the students.

3. Coding with Elsa- very simple coding directions with the characters from Frozen

4. Learning to Type – I like this! Once they understand the ‘enter’ or ‘continue’ key as it is labeled in the
activity they will be able to move through the practice sessions – they have to stretch their pinky finger
over from their hand placement on the home keys to reach the ‘enter’ key. Sometimes children have a
difficult time with typing at this age level because their hands are quite small. Just try to make them
complete the activities at a pace that allows them to keep their fingering correct. Eye-hand coordination
is stressed with some of the practice activities.

5. Coding with Scratch – all of the students have had a number of sessions in our computer classes to try out
the Scratch program. They should be quite familiar with this program and the coding of the ‘sprites’ and
how to change their background or ‘stage’.

6. Khan Academy – Java Script Language – this is where the programs become more for the intermediate or
secondary students. These are lessons in coding using Java Script language. Some students may be
interested but it is above the typical grades 2/3 student. Depending on experience though, some students
may be interested in just looking through the videos explaining how this language looks and is written to
create a desired outcome.

The rest of the sites listed are for the upper grades.

Other fun sites to explore with adult supervision are:

 CBC Kids – Videos, songs, games, and more

Several museum, historic and cultural heritage site tours – famous museums from
around the world offer virtual tours and an online experience for exploring historic
and cultural heritage sites:

 Virtual Museum Canada

 Google Arts & Culture
 National Geographic