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KSPS PBS At-Home Learning Newsletter
(PreK-6)
Week of May 16th, 2022
KSPS is here to support your at-home and distance learning needs with our weekly set of FREE educational resources.
FEATURED RESOURCES
Let's Eat Dinner | Everyday Learning
It’s fun to try new foods with a friend! This animation teaches students about friends and foods from other world cultures, helping them recognize that diversity exists and that people differ in language, dress, food, and more!
Simple Ways to Explore Animal Life With Your Child
What types of animal habitats exist around your neighborhood? Encourage your kids to head outdoors to learn all about local habitats and the animals that live in them with fun ideas from Wild Kratts.
Science Crafts for Kids: Moon Rock | Ready Jet Go!
On Ready Jet Go!, Jet and his friends learn about the planets and moons in our solar system. In this activity, you and your child can learn more about the Earth’s moon surface while painting a moon rock.
PBS KIDS APP OF THE WEEK
PBS KIDS ScratchJr
With PBS KIDS ScratchJr, kids can create their own interactive stories and games featuring their favorite PBS KIDS characters. The storytelling possibilities are endless with this creative coding app for children ages 5-8.
Math Lessons & Activities
Equivalent Fractions | Rise and Shine: Math Time
What are equivalent fractions? Join 2021 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, Susanna Post, as she teaches you about equivalent fractions and how to compare them using area models.
Super Bear: Comparing Mass
Think about the relationships between weight and size of similar objects. This interactive exercise focuses on using critical thinking skills and estimation skills to predict how many mini and regular gummy bears it takes to have the same mass as a super bear.
Real-World Ratio and Rate Reasoning: How to Power the Skate Park
The CyberSquad works with area to figure out how to power a skate park using solar panels in this interactive from WNET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students view and analyze a series of video clips from Cyberchase and complete an activity using area and ratio.