Please note that even more resources can be found on the Other Resources page. Those resources are suitable for both teachers and families.
Bedtime Math help kids love numbers so they can handle math in real life applications. They provide ideas for math at home as well as a nightly math question to discuss with your child. Sign up for the daily math question in the sidebar of their homepage!
Wonderopolis is an informational site that asks and answers interesting questions about the world. Every day, a new "Wonders of the Day" question is posted, and each is designed to get kids and families to think, talk, and find learning moments together in everyday life.
Visit this YouTube Channel for a wonderful selection of kid-friendly assisted drawing videos.
Story Time from Space is a project of the Global Space Education Foundation. They send children’s books to the International Space Station and astronauts record themselves reading these books to the children of Earth.
GoNoodle for Families is a fantastic site for movement and brain break activities. Both children and their families love the variety of video options, both for calming down, and for getting the wiggles out! Create a family account on their main page, or use the GoNoodle Families page for a smaller selections of videos (no login needed here).
Use the Explore tab from San Francisco's Exploratorium for an online collection of hands-on exhibits and projects for students to "Explore, Play, Discover.
In Prodigy, an adaptive math-practice game set in a fantasy role-playing universe, students customize colorful, anime-style avatars and send them off to the Wizard Academy to prepare for battle. Wizard spells are powered by math problems. As students progress in their math skills, so do their characters, learning new spells to use against enemies.
Play.ProdigyGame.com (Choose New Player if your child does not have a previous school account)
SciShow Kids is a YouTube Channel for children that explores all those curious topics that make us ask "why?" Jessi and her robot rat Squeaks answer kids' questions and explain fun, complex science concepts for young, curious minds.
Duolingo is a free, language-learning platform that guides students to learn up to 30 different foreign languages. Duolingo uses gamification to keep learning engaging.
During COVID-19, Audible has made children's stories free and instantly streamable. There is an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages.
YouTube has partnered with Khan Academy and other learning creators to bring families resources and activities to make the coming days as educational and fun as possible.
Channels for Families with Kids 5 and Up
Channels for Families with Preschoolers
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