Student sites
Weekly Reader
Everyday Math
This is a list of resources and websites that can help foster your child's interest in reading, keep their math skills sharp, and learn more about a ton of science topics. By taking advantage of these free resources, your child will be able to practice reading independently, have a new story read to them, practice number concepts, and discover jellyfish, the water cycle and more!
ABCya! http://www.abcya.com/
Children can listen to a story or read along with highlighted text using ABCya! There are also a variety of other other skills including counting, letter identification, addition & subtraction, puzzles, and much more!
You Tube - High Frequency Words (a.k.a Red Words) https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=Dfb6lY0TJCQ
This YouTube video reads the red words, we also refer to them as Club Words, that we will be learning over the course of the year. These words are not phonetic and therefore cannot be sounded out and must be learned and recognized by sight.
Storyline Online http://www.storylineonline.net/
Developed by the Screen Actor's Guild and features actors and actresses reading popular books.
National Geographic Young Explorers http://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/index.html
Created especially for Kindergarten and First graders, the magazine reads non-fiction topics with highlighted text so children can follow along.
Study Jams http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/index.htm
Scholastic's site, Study jams, has a large collection of math and science topics that students can explore. The math concepts are challenging.
We Give Books http://www.wegivebooks.org/
A Pearson Foundation Initiative, this site is unique in that each book read online results in a donated book to a charity for children. This site is for the parents or proficient reader since it is "Read to Self" (without narration).
Starfall http://starfall.com
A highly engaging site where children can have books read to them while following along. Starfall also gives an opportunity for kids to create their own story. While mostly free of charge, some of the features can be accessed by purchasing the premium version.
International Children's Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
This free site offers books from around the world. While the site does not narrate, parents can use this site to read and learn with their child.
Additional Links!
Science Experiments for kids! http://sciencemadefunkids.net/
High Touch High Tech Science has experiments Live every day on their Facebook page: High Touch High Tech - Science Made Fun! and BONUS if you can't make it live, they record the experiments and share them!
Mayo Performing Arts Center - A few sections that are relevant for your first grader and their siblings! When you visit the page feel free to explore the Music section (children's music), Authors and Speakers, and Visual Arts. https://www.mayoarts.org/virtual-arts
San Diego Zoo-Online: They have webcams of their animals and they have an extension on their website dedicated to kids that has animal videos, activities, games, and stories! You can check it out here: San Diego Zoo - Kids
Cincinnati Zoo Facebook page - Each day at 3:00 pm they are going LIVE and teaching about one of the animals in the zoo!
GoNoodle - Good Energy at Home: Movement activities from silly songs, yoga, and guided dance to help get your child moving.
ABCmouse and ReadingIQ have provided free access for young children during times of distance learning. To access these online services, please click HERE.
NJLA will be hosting a "Children's Story Hour" from 10-11 in the morning on their YouTube Channel (New Jersey Literacy Association). Their team intends to go live on Monday. For more information, please click HERE.
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Scholastic (different from Scholastic News) https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html