Learning Websites

SORA -Student online reading app. Use your school credentials (user name and password) and explore the shelves of e-books and audio books. Use the school link to start, and you will be directed to download the app on your own device. You will continue to use your school info and note that you may see "Ulster BOCES is my school" before you see the New Paltz option as you move along. (Ulster BOCES provides us with this service)

Storyline Online - Read alouds of some of your favorite books! Celebrities, politicians, and familiar faces read aloud some of their favorites. Just sit back, listen, and enjoy!

Storyworks Jr. -

RAZ Kids - Read and listen to books at your individual level! Log in information coming soon!

Lexia - Log in information coming soon!

Turtle Diary - language arts games to practice language, punctuation, and more!

Sheppard Software - This link takes you right to the language arts section

Penmanship Practice - printable pages for cursive writing practice

Mystery Science -A starter list of K-5 science lessons that are easy to do at home is now free; no sign-up or log-in required.

Mystery Doug- mysterydoug.com/ - Another great resource that has short videos that answer questions that kids have been asking. Again- sign-up is free. Only e-mail is necessary.

Very Simple Science Experiments - experiments you can try at home!

CultureGrams- Go through our library site to an excellent user-friendly resource for access to general and specific current information on all of the countries in the world. Customs, daily living, photographs/slideshows; create graphs for country comparisons.

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Kiddle - use this resource to find out more information about your topic.

Continents and Oceans - a clickable game to practice your way around the world!

Dance Mat Typing

Typing Club - If you finished Dance Mat Typing, you can try this one!

Code Monster offers interactive tutorials that get kids excited about programming. Play with code, build, and learn.

Code.Org

Brainpop

Sheppard Software - There's much more than math games! Take a look :)

Go Noodle - Remember there are activities for calming yourself, centering yourself, getting energy out, and getting yourself pumped!

Awake and Mindful - This blog lists 5 great yoga videos for kids that are available through Youtube (with parent permission of course!)

Tour some of the best museums, zoos, aquariums, and theme parks right from your home computer! This list has links to some of the best.

American Museum of Natural History: Explore three virtual exhibits at this New York City institution (yes, the one featured in Night At the Museum!). The exhibit “Highlights from the American Museum of Natural History,” shows off many of the museum’s most famous features.

SanDiego Zoo This zoo has a number of different live cams monitoring their furry and feathered friends, including penguins, pandas, koalas and elephants.

Smithsonian: Explore a self-guided tour of the D.C. museum’s National Museum of Natural History.

Houston Zoo: This Texas zoo has webcams focused on gorillas, giraffes, rhinos, elephants, leafcutter ants and more for your viewing pleasure.