E-Learning Resources
This page is designed to be a compilation of online learning resources during the COVID-19 pandemic at home learning time. Please check back here periodically for updates. Click the links below to be taken to that portion of the webpage.
Summer Work Links
Teacher Office Hours
Teacher Weekly Agendas
Suggested Time Per Day for Active Learning
Virtual Faith Opportunities
Social-Emotional Resources
Tech Tips
Family Field Day 2020
Additional Learning Opportunities:
- Library Activities
- Coding Activities
- WOSU (PBS) Classroom
- STEM activities
- The Arts
- Computing Activities
- Design & Technology Activities
- Garden activities
- Summer Reading Program
Summer Work Links
- Preschoool, PreK and K-prep reading and writing
- Preschool, PreK and K-prep math
- Kindergarten Letter
- Kindergarten Summer Reading Challenge
- 1st & 2nd Grade Letter
- 3rd & 4th Grade Letter
- 5th Grade Summer Learning
- 6th Grade Summer Learning
- 7th Grade Summer Learning
- Religion Activities (K-4)
- Additional Summer Religion Activities (Grades 3-6)
Teacher Office Hours
Click here to view quick response time office hours and contact info for each teacher.
Weekly Teacher Agendas
Click here to view each grade level’s weekly lesson plans.
Suggested Time Per Day For Active Learning
Based on each individual family’s circumstances, we acknowledge that it is difficult to replicate a day in the classroom. We will be asking students to complete assignments based on an overview of the week. This will allow families more flexibility while still giving teachers and students ample opportunities to teach and learn the standards.
Here is a suggested time amount for each grade band. Please also take into consideration your child’s ability to focus for long periods of time and offer active brain breaks.
Kindergarten – Grade 2: 1. 25 – 2.5 hours
3rd – 4th Grade: 1.5 – 2.5 hours
5th – 6th Grade: 2.0 – 3.5 hours
7th – 8th Grade: 2.5 – 4.0 hours
St. Brigid Virtual Faith Opportunities
St. Brigid of Kildare Masses are available on our live stream channels via our Facebook page or YouTube channel.
Weekly School Masses will be held on Thursdays at noon.
Daily Masses are held weekdays at noon.
Weekend Masses are held Saturdays at 5 PM and Sundays at 9:30 AM.
Click here for all parish virtual faith opportunities.
Daily St. Brigid of Kildare School Morning Prayer and Announcements:
Angelus Prayer
- Our school community prays the Angelus each Friday at noon. Click here to pray along.
Social-Emotional Resources
- “Mental Fitness During a Pandemic” is a podcast from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Dr. Mike Patrick. The latest podcast is It is available at pediacast.org
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital has some wonderful resources online including a video on “Activities to Support Distance Learning”and a blog. One of the entries is: “Tips for Working from Home with Young Children.”
- Welcome Warehouse brings the Dublin community TOGETHER to connect families with the resources they need to thrive.
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital Child Development Center has developed an educational session for families which can be accessed from the comfort of home. Click here to view the flyer with more info.
- Your Teen for Parents Magazine — a special COVID-19 issue
- Youth Yoga Sessions available on YouTube
- Drawing with Mr. J — students learn to identify and work through feelings with Ohio’s 2018 Teacher of the Year
- Caring For Each Other with Sesame Street
- Libby Steele LPCC psychotherapist and Matt Dunachik LPCC psychotherapist of Gestalt Columbus have both presented at P.E.R.C. presentations in the past. They have created videos with some helpful tips as you parent during this uncertain time of the covid-19 pandemic. Click here to view the videos.
- Finding Calm in the Chaos of Family Life
Tech Tips
Google Meet – just a few reminders about safety for Google Meet, a tool for video conferencing
- Please make sure your child’s device is physically situated so that the video “background” is safe for all viewers and protects your family’s privacy.
- Per the Diocese of Columbus’ Protecting God’s Children policy, all video conferences with teachers must be recorded unless at least two staff members are present on the call. The recordings will not be shared or made public.
- If you are not comfortable with your child video chatting but you would still like your child to participate in a group discussion, you can disable the video camera and/or the microphone in the Google Meet interface
Assistive Technology for Education Resources
Family Field Day 2020
Click here to view the slideshow of instructions.
Library Activities
E-Books:
- Out of books to read? Consider an eBook!! Click for the list that has been curated by Mrs.DeSocio! Access to eBook
Book of the Day: Magic Tree House Home Adventures!
- Author Mary Pope Osborn introduces this new program. The Magic Tree House books are a St.Brigid student favorite!! 🙂
Author Barb Rosenstock offers *History’s Hero’s For Today’s Kids*
- Great non-fiction books for young history fans (grades 2-4)
- https://barbrosenstock.com/
Coding Activities
Take a weekly Code Break. When you sign up, you’ll receive:
- A weekly interactive classroom featuring founder Hadi Partovi and special guests. Every Wednesday at 1pm ET – add to calendar. A new activity or challenge every week.
- Options for beginners, experienced students, and even students without computers.
Preschool: Super Silly Coding Activity with Chalk (No Screens!)
- This is a super fun (and silly!) activity to get kids thinking about the problem-solving skills needed to code. Preschoolers and early elementary school kids can start to apply the basic concepts of programming. This activity is great for kids age 4+!
Grades K-2: Getting Started in Coding
- Tynker offers a series of self-paced courses for kids ages 5+ with a variety of themes and characters.
Grades 6-8: Minecraft Tutorials
- Minecraft is back with a brand-new activity! Journey through Minecraft with code.
GET MOVING!
- Getting Loopy (Create Your Own Loop): This lesson introduces the programming concept of loops (repeated instructions) through a dance activity. Students will learn simple choreography, then be instructed to repeat it.
WOSU Classroom
Grades K-2: Making Bread
- Visit a bakery with Anthony from Between the Lions to learn how bread is made!
Grades 3-5: Peanut Butter Drop! | DragonFly TV Experiments
- Conduct a free-fall experiment with peanut butter on bread. Learn how inertia effects which side lands on the floor.
Grades 6-8: Slice-o-Scope | Exploratorium
- Examine the molecular structure of bread under 2x and 100x magnification in this interactive feature.
Parents: Helping Siblings Get Along When You Have to Stay Home
- “This enforced togetherness is going to get on everyone’s nerves no matter who you are or what age,” Markham said. She recommends that we model staying calm and naming feelings. For example, you can say, “I know you’re upset with your sister for writing on your drawing. I would be upset, too.”
- Science of learning for parents
- Join Paul Howard-Jones to explore what goes on in the brain when learning is taking place, and what that means for how you can support your child’s learning.
- Home learning survival guide
- Top tips on home learning, covering everything from making use of what you have around you to creating simple routines.
- Top tips on home learning, covering everything from making use of what you have around you to creating simple routines.
- Coping with coronavirus
- Tips, advice and guidance about home learning and supporting your child’s mental health and wellbeing during lockdown.
STEM Activities
Simple STEM activities to do at home
Easy But Powerful STEM Fun at Home
- Date and Time: May 1, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time (please adjust for your time zone)
- Grade Levels: 2 to 5 and 5 to 8
- Join STEM Educator Jackie Blumer as she demonstrates some easy but powerful STEM activities kids can do at home or class. The first half of the program will target elementary age children as they experiment with a Rainbow Density Tower. The program’s second half will target middle school students as they engage in a Catapult Engineering Challenge.
- Guest Expert: Jackie Blumer, 6th and 7th Grade Science Teacher and STL STEM Chair for American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The Arts
Kids Love Musicals! Explore and rehearse selections from musicals like Peter Pan, Wizard of OZ, etc.
Cleveland Museum of Art Drawing activities, virtual tour, lots for aspiring artists!
“Hamilton” History Program!! Exciting FREE program for Hamilton fans!
- Username: stbrigid
- Password: student
Explore Ohio Dept of Education Arts at Home Programs!
Computing Activities
Click here for a link to all these activities.
SCRATCH JUNIOR
Young children can program their own interactive stories.
AGE RANGE: 4-7
HOUR OF CODE
One hour hands-on tutorials for children of all ages.
AGE RANGE: 4-11
SCRATCH IDEAS
Fun scratch programming activities with built-in tutorials.
AGE RANGE: 7-11
CHILDNET E-SAFETY
Range of online safety resources, filter by key stage.
AGE RANGE: 7-11
INTERLAND
An adventure-packed online game that puts digital literacy into hands-on practice.
AGE RANGE: 7-11
INSIDE MY MOBILE
Ever wondered how mobile phones work? Here you can find out what is inside a mobile phone by building your own paper one and placing the components inside.
AGE RANGE: 5-7
Design & Technology Activities
Click here for a link to all these activities.
IET FARADAY
A collection of STEM challenges that require children to apply their existing knowledge of electrical circuits, forces, design and construction.
AGE RANGE: 4-11
ENGINEERING@HOME
A selection of practical engineering challenges to try at home.
AGE RANGE: 5-11
IMECHE ACTIVITIES
A collection of activities full of opportunities for children to design, make and improve.
AGE RANGE: 7-11
ROLLS-ROYCE SPIRIT OF INNOVATION
Explore a range of STEM activities based on the Rolls-Royce all-electric plane project.
AGE RANGE: 4-11
SPAGHETTI STRUCTURES
Engineers put pure scientific knowledge into practice – but their jobs often involve practical testing, problem-solving and teamwork too. This activity calls all of these skills into action, to help build a tall, strong tower using spaghetti and marshmallows.
AGE RANGE: 7-11
PREPARING AND COOKING FOOD
Ten activity ideas which involve preparing healthy foods for different meals within the day.
AGE RANGE: 4-11
PLASTICS CHALLENGE
A series of activities which are designed to extend students’ knowledge and understanding of plastics and plastic waste on a global scale.
AGE RANGE: 7-11
Garden Activities
Whole Kids Foundation offers a wide variety of “Kids Club Activities” and “Recipes for Healthy Snacks” on their website. Linking garden activities to their recipes helps to broaden the appeal.
Planting a Garden at Home this year?
- The growing season in Ohio is still a few weeks away (frost-free date in Columbus = 4/28), but planning should begin now! Here are some beginning steps:
- Garden Planning (offers a 7-day free trial)
- Small Spaces resource 1 and Small Spaces resource 2
- Raised beds
- When and what to plant
- Planting Seeds
- Garden videos
Our Human Resource:
- “Papa Jack” Jack Rekstis is available for all garden-related questions and conversations via phone (216-832-7666) or email: Jack@rekstismediation.com
Summer Reading Program
Columbus Library Summer Reading Program starts May 30th!
Scholastic Summer Read-a-Palooza!
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program!