LPS Student Home Resources

As we plan for the weeks that our schools will be closed following Governor Whitmer’s announcement, there are many opportunities for students to continue their learning at home. Knowing that the rich instruction that your child receives at school cannot be replicated with an on-line experience, these resources and activities simply provide opportunities for you and your child to engage in learning around reading, thinking and problem solving. The links below are organized into content areas. There are no requirements from the district or teachers for students to complete any of these activities. There will be no collection of work, grading or rewarding of any activities.

Please take some time to check out ech of these carefully selected resources and select those that are of most interest to your child. Be sure to bookmark those sites.

To help you determine how these resources can best be utilized, we've put together a sample "Day in the Life" that your child could use to guide the structure of a day using these sites. We believe this a good opportunity for students to focus on their learning, health and well-being in multiple ways.

Students, spend time each day taking care of YOU, YOUR MIND, YOUR BODY, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR COMMUNITY.

Here are some suggestions using the resource list and other easy-to-do ideas:

Taking care of your mind…

• CNN for daily news

• Youngzine

• Encyclopedia

• Math Literature

• Board games, such as yahtzee, connect four, sorry, checkers, puzzles - fine motor: moving pieces, social skills: coping, encouraging the other, taking turns, cognitive skills: attention, problem solving, memory and math

Taking care of your body…

• Fun and Functional Ways to Keep Moving

• Meal prepping cleaning produce, measuring ingredients, gathering necessary tools/ingredients - math skills, eye-hand coordination, visual scanning (finding objects in cupboard), and predicting needs

Taking care of your family…

• Go on a Virtual Field Trip:

  • Detroit Zoo

  • Bryce Canyon National Park

  • Hawaii's Volcano National Park

  Fun Family Activities

• Laundry, ironing, organizing clothes in closets, drawers, making the bed - safety with iron, practice creating a more organized environment which leads to more productivity and happiness

• Washing floors, mirrors, and windows - planning (use of necessary tools and products), safety with those products, hand-eye coordination, upper body exercise, family/ home citizenship

Taking care of your community…

• Write Letters to Soldiers

• Write letters to CS Mott Children’s Hospital

Taking care of YOU!

• Do something creative
  
Try one of the art projects on KinderART or Deep Space Sparkle

• Get enough sleep

• Talk about your feelings

• Eat Healthy

• Stay active

• Wash your hands

• Create a schedule for the day & week planning ahead, organization, time management

Breath Focus

While you do deep breathing, use a picture in your mind and a word or phrase to help you feel more relaxed.

1. Close your eyes if they're open.

2. Take a few big, deep breaths.

3. Breathe in. As you do that, imagine that the air is filled with a sense of peace and calm. Try to feel it throughout your body.

4. Breathe out. While you're doing it, imagine that the air leaves with your stress and tension.

5. Now use a word or phrase with your breath. As you breathe in, say in your mind, "I breathe in peace and calm."

6. As you breathe out, say in your mind, "I breathe out stress and tension."

7. Continue for 10 to 20 minutes.

Michigan eLibrary (mel.org) - a variety of digital texts by level and subject. Test preparation is also an option.

Scholastic Daily Activities for Reading and Thinking - Scholastic has created daily activities that are fun and age appropriate

Fun, Fluency and Fitness- fun learning and movement activities

10 Great Sites for Elementary Music

Apps and Sites for Elementary Music

GoNoodle

Kids Health - variety of topics and activities for all ages

LTP Weekly Plan

MOCI and ASD Take Home Plans

Garfield Take Home Plans

Duolingo A free site to learn English and many other languages.

Breaking News English - Current events and news from around the world, with each article written at several reading levels. The stories come with activities and quizzes for extra practice.

Many Things - Provides American English pronunciation practice for EL's

International Children's Digital Library - Online books for children. Includes books in several languages