Columbus City Schools Closures: Keeping Grades 1–4 Learning at Home
Columbus City Schools Closures: Keeping Grades 1–4 Learning at Home
When a Columbus school building closes, whether for a snow day or for good at the end of this year, Grades 1–4 children can hold on to their reading and math with the Learning at Home Bundle. Parents get four guides with workbooks: reading for Grades 1–2, motivation in Grade 2, math in Grade 3 and English in Grade 4. Each guide explains how to help, so you do more than hand over pages.
Choose a parent guideCosting $79.99, the Learning at Home Bundle is four parent guides with workbooks: Learn to Read at Home for Grades 1–2, No More School Struggles on motivation in Grade 2, Math Made Easy for Grade 3, and English Made Easy for Grade 4. It is meant for parents supporting learning after school, during closures or while home schooling. It is not a Columbus City Schools program and has no Ohio-specific content.
The resources
Learning at Home Bundle, Grades 1–4
4 resources in one download: $79.99 instead of $119.96 bought separately.
Start with the first resource; the others are optional add-ons. Open any cover for the full contents and price.
Learning at Home Bundle | Parent Guides & Workbooks for Reading, Math, English & Motivation | Grades 1–4
Grades 1–6 Literacy Skills Curriculum | Grammar, Writing, Phonics & Reading Packs for Every Grade
Elementary Math Practice & Warm-Up Bundle | 7 Practice Packs + Warm-Up Bundle | Grades 1–4
Elementary Science Curriculum | Life, Earth & Physical Science | 11 Units | Grades 3–5
The real problem
Two kinds of closures Columbus families are dealing with
Columbus City Schools families in Grades 1–4 face closures of two different kinds this year. The first is permanent. The CCS board approved task force recommendations to close or consolidate schools, including Broadleigh Elementary, Buckeye Middle and Moler Elementary, with no closure allowed before the 2026–27 school year. Moler and Broadleigh are in their last year in their current buildings and close in the spring, and their families are taking part in a boundary process to decide where students attend next. For a child, that can mean a new building, new classmates and a new teacher next fall. The second kind is short and familiar: snow. Ohio districts schedule by instructional hours and must have online instruction plans that can cover up to three days of closures, including hazardous weather. Those plans come from the school. What families often want alongside them is something calm and offline for the rest of the day, and a way to keep a younger child's reading and math from slipping during a change of school. Parents also need to know how to help, because sitting next to a seven-year-old with a reading page is harder than it looks.
Why it fits
How the four guides help at home
Every guide comes with a child's workbook, and the guide half is written for you, so you are not guessing how to explain things.
- Parents of beginning readers in Grades 1–2 get a reading guide and workbook in Learn to Read at Home.
- No More School Struggles addresses motivation and school frustration in Grade 2, useful before a school change.
- Math Made Easy helps Grade 3 families practice math at home with a guide written for parents.
- Grade 4 English practice on closed days or after school comes from English Made Easy.
- All four print at home, so a snow day does not depend on a working laptop for every child.
- Families with children in two grades can use two guides at once from one purchase.
Getting started
Using the bundle through closures this year
A suggestion for families, especially those at Moler or Broadleigh. Fit it around whatever your school sends home.
- Read the guide for your child's gradeStart with the parent guide, not the workbook. Twenty minutes of reading tells you how to sit with your child, how to explain a step and what to watch for.
- Set a short daily slotPick a fixed time, such as after a snack, for fifteen minutes of workbook pages. Keeping the same slot every day makes the routine easier to hold on closure days too.
- On snow days, do the school's plan firstComplete whatever online work the district assigns for the day. Use the workbook afterward as calm, offline practice instead of more screen time in the afternoon.
- Use the motivation guide before a moveIf your child is changing schools next fall, the No More School Struggles guide can help with worries and frustration while the boundary decision settles.
- Bring the workbook to the new schoolKeep the finished pages and show them to the new teacher in the fall. They give a quick picture of where your child is in reading or math.
What to buy
Choosing the right home bundle
Buy the Learning at Home Bundle at $79.99 if what you need most is guidance on helping, beyond pages to print; the four guides bought separately cost $119.96. Parents who already feel confident and mainly want practice can take the Grades 1–6 Literacy Skills Curriculum ($49.99), with 24 grammar, writing, phonics and reading packs across grades. If math is the worry, the Elementary Math Practice & Warm-Up Bundle ($34.99) offers seven practice packs plus warm-ups for Grades 1–4. Families wanting science at home in Grades 3–5 can consider the Elementary Science Curriculum ($109.99).
Honest limits
Before you count on it
The guides are not written for Ohio or for Columbus City Schools and contain no Ohio standards codes, so compare them with what your child's class is doing under Ohio's Learning Standards. Each guide targets one grade, so check which guide fits your child. They do not replace the district's online instruction plan on closure days. You supply printing and paper. If the bundle is not useful for your family, you can exchange it within 7 days for store credit of equal value, not cash.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Does this follow Ohio's Learning Standards or the CCS curriculum?
No. The bundle is not aligned with, endorsed by or approved by Ohio or Columbus City Schools. It is a general set of parent guides for Grades 1–4. If you want it to support schoolwork, ask your child's teacher which skills the class is working on and use the matching guide.
Can it replace the work the school assigns on a snow day?
No. Ohio districts have their own online instruction plans for closure days, and that is the work that counts for school. Use the workbooks as extra, offline practice once the assigned work is done, or on afternoons when nothing is assigned and your child still needs something to do.
Our child is at Moler or Broadleigh. What should we do this spring?
Follow the boundary process and the information the district sends. At home, keep a steady reading and math routine so your child arrives at the new school with skills intact. The motivation guide can help if the change is making school harder for your child.
We are thinking about home schooling. Is this enough?
It is a support for reading, math and English, not a full home school program. Ohio's home education option requires written notification to the district superintendent and instruction in subjects including science, history and government. Check current rules with the state or a homeschool legal resource.
Which guide is right for my first grader?
Start with Learn to Read at Home, which is written for Grades 1–2. The other three guides target Grades 2, 3 and 4, which makes the bundle useful as your child moves up, or for an older sibling in the same house. Read the guide first yourself.
How do we get the guides?
They are digital downloads. You receive a link by email right after purchase, and the files also appear in your customer account under Orders. You can print the first guide the same day, which helps when a closure is announced the night before and you want something ready.
Have something ready before the next closure
The product page describes each of the four guides; match one to your child's grade and print it before the next closure notice.
Choose a parent guide