Grades K-2
General and Cross Content Sites
Online research sites, learning games, and reading resources.
The research sites are:
Student-friendly
Provide text-to-speech and leveled reading options
Are checked for accuracy
Khan Academy offers math and science practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that allows learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.
To access Khan Academy students should sign in using their PHASD Google Sign-in.
Students use their PHASD Google sign-in.
District Bookmarks include:- Benchmark Universe (K-5)
- ThinkCentral (K-5)
- Starfall (K-2)
- MeL.org (K-12)
- BookFLIX (K-5)
- Discovery Education (K-12)
- Teachers may have additional resources bookmarked in their classroom portals.
Interactive content, including sing-along videos, TV series, games, virtual lessons and more.
You can also download their PBS Kids Video app for live-tv streaming.
At home users, visit our getting started guide to learn more about using BrainPOP at home.
Good through August:
Username: phschools
Password: learn2020
Wide Open School is a free collection of online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense. A group of more than 25 organizations came together and raised their hands to help, and many more are joining on a daily basis.
This collection of online learning resources covers pretty much every topic. Lessons include reading, activities, videos, and more to engage students.
There are also some free online textbooks.
An account would need to be created but all content is free.
Bookflix
Parents can access their child's school specific login details here.
Starfall
PK-K: https://www.starfall.com/h/index-kindergarten.php
1st - 3rd:
https://www.starfall.com/h/index-grades123.php
https://www.jumpstart.com/parents/activities/social-skills-activities
Practice Social Skills with JumpStart.
Fun learning games for all ages.
The Free Subscription option allows one device and requires and email to sign up.
Reading & Literacy Sites
Scholastic Learn at Home
(https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html?caching)
Provides 20 days worth of active learning designed to reinforce and sustain student learning during the school closure period.
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
PK and Kindergarten
A game format that includes letters, sound, and full sentences.
Provided by the Usborne Foundation.
Parents and guardians can create an account.
Many teachers already have an account for students to join.
- non-fiction and fiction passages.
- reading comprehension guides and questions
- offers some ebooks
- Text-to-speech for most items.
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
Unite online library provides free access to more than 400 original picture books, one fourth of them written in Spanish. The digital books provide audio narrations in more than 40 languages, spoken by native speakers in warm, expressive voices.
Junior Library Guild eBooks Platform
With JLG Gold Standard eBooks for Elementary, Middle School and High School students, now you and your readers can have unlimited online access from any device.Titles enter and exit the digital stream regularly, so there are always new picks available!
https://www.storylineonline.net/
Books read aloud by famous people around the US.
Suitable for PK and Kindergarten.
Digital learning library provided by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in North Carolina.
offering one month free for K-5 students
https://www.funbrain.com/pre-k-and-k-playground
Games, Reading, Vidoes, and Virtual Playground.
Math Sites
https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/resources/apps
Apps for MATH available in multiple options (web app, Apple iOS, Chrome, etc.)
https://xtramath.org/#/home/index
XtraMath provides fast paced practice for basic facts - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
https://www.mathplayground.com/
Solve logic puzzles, practice facts, and explore on Math Playground.
Premium games are currently free!
https://www.prodigygame.com/pages/parents/
Students can work through MATH topics based on their levels or you can assign specific skills for them to complete; all while they think they are playing a game!
https://www.weareteachers.com/math-card-games/
All you need is a deck of cards!
25 Math Games To Do At Home
https://matr.org/blog/fun-maths-games-activities-for-kids/?utm_medium=social
US Math Recovery Council Community Resource Hub
https://www.mathrecovery.org/resources
Free, public resources for educators and parents.
Math at Home Ideas
Draw with math and geometry tools like a compass, triangle and circle protractors and rulers.
Make a mobius strip. Cut it and see what happens. It’s not what you think.
Print some Dot-to-Dots . Or get down on the floor with a DIY giant dot to dot.
Explore the Golden Ratio in art. (via Craftwhack)
Kiddo loves KenKen (http://www.kenkenpuzzle.com/ ). Not only do these kind of number puzzles work logic and math skills but completing a puzzle gives a real sense of satisfaction.
Put together a DIY math puzzle game to show different ways of writing the same problem. (via Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational).
Read about Fibonacci and head out to the park to find math in nature.
Math in the Kitchen
Measure and fold hand pies for a practical application of geometry.
When using a timer, practice subtraction. For example, “We set the timer for 30 minutes. 20 minutes are left, how many minutes have the potatoes been in the oven?”
Find a kid friendly cookbook for recipes for further inspiration. (via KCEdventures)
Science and Social Studies
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPRCRM3JKm3sw55lB_427qg
View science videos on YouTube with Mystery Doug.
Fun science experiments, facts, online games and more!
PK-2 students may need parents support.
https://www.howstuffworks.com/
An articles based site providing interesting content about culture, science, money, technology, and more.
Games, quizzes, and videos are provided to supplement the articles.
https://www.exploratorium.edu/explore
This site offers a collection of websites, activites, apps, and more related to the arts and sciences.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Enjoy science experiments, animal watch cameras and activities about the natural world.
Newsela provides a large collection of student-friendly articles focussed on current events and news.
Most articles have the option to change the reading level difficulty and include comprehension questions.