ABDO - free access to e-books for K-12th until June 30, 2020.
Audible Stories - free library of streaming audiobooks from Audible, including Harry Potter #1!
Busy Toddler - play-based alphabet activities for pre-K students.
Epic! - e-book and audiobook platform best for preK-6th, always free to educators and currently free to everyone. Get login info from your school librarian or teacher!
Flyleaf Publishing - e-books for reading instruction
Into the Book - go "into the book" to play games that practice reading strategy.
Learning A-Z - a K-6 resource which is offering a 90 day free trial subscription to their online reading programs, Raz-Kids and Headsprout.
The New York Times Learning Network - updated weekly and provides a dozen new ways for students to practice reading, writing and thinking using Times journalism.
PebbleGo - emergent reader encyclopedia with topics including Animals, Biographies, Dinosaurs and more. Get login info from your school librarian.
Quindew - online reading program for grades 3-6, 6-9, high school, English language learners, and an intervention reading program.
Scholastic Learn at Home - a free resource that provides all students with 20* days’ worth of exciting learning journeys carefully created by their editors that span the content areas, to reinforce and sustain student learning should their buildings close. *Content will be added on a weekly basis until 20 days of learning are available.
Seussville - read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss characters.
Starfall Education - practice phonic skills with read-along stories (preK-3).
Story Time From Space - video read-alouds from astronauts in space!
When School Is Closed: Resources to Keep Kids Learning at Home - created by Reading Rockets, this page has links to activities, reading suggestions and more.
Otter Creek Academy - Leicester's site and Sudbury's site
OVUHS Online Library
Bill Nye the Science Guy Home Demos - provides experiments for students to do at home. The 'Episode Guide' also outlines what each episode of the show was about, and provides suggestions on books for further reading.
Coda Kid - top 13 simple science experiments for middle schoolers
Kids Discover - 30 days of free premium access to complete social studies/science - ELA integrated units, etc., is an easy platform for teachers and students, and complies with ESSA.
LabXchange - a free online platform that provides access to primarily high school level educational videos, simulations, assignments, and more.
National Geographic Kids - a free resource for kids that offers videos, games and informational slideshows on nature-related topics.
Steve Spangler Science - established by the Ellen show’s science guy Steve Spangler, this site features almost 400 science experiments kids can do from home.
Switch Zoo - animal themed games and videos.
Wide Open School by Common Sense Media - a very user-friendly resource with links to excellent resources for both parents and educators navigating school at home.
Vermont School Librarians have curated an exhaustive list of available resources, sorted by subject.
Distance Learning Resources - a Google doc with links to remote instruction resources, virtual museum tours and field trips, and schedule examples.
Kids Activities Blog - a list of free resources for younger grades and a list of all companies offering free subscriptions.
Paragraph Writing Templates - templates for writing.
COPS Editing Checklist - use this checklist as a guide when you edit your writing. Also, use it when you are ready to proofread your final draft.
Daily Writing Prompts (Grades 3+) - 300 seven minute writing prompts provided by literacy teacher leader Laura King.
Sentence Expanding: Helping Students Build Stronger Sentences - sentence expanding activities for K-8
Sharing Our Notebooks - Notebooking ideas.
Writing Prompts - over 1,000 writing prompts for students.
Writing Rope - a graphic from Joan Sedita showing the various skills required for writing, and suggests that you choose no more than 1 or 2 to address with your child/student each week.
The Math Learning Center - access to free apps, lessons and publications. They have also provided this document with further resources.
NAEYC - play-based math activities for pre-K students.
Num Fu Apps - fact fluency apps for building basic fact fluency.
Origo Education: Caty the Caterpillar - a free online book about time and sequencing events for students in Pre-K.
Origo Education: Hip Hop Hippos - a free online book about numbers for students in Kindergarten.
Origo Education: Mathmentals - sample exercises for students in grades 1 - 6.
Origo One - a YouTube channel with Math videos that provide professional learning in 1-minute episodes.
Code.org - a free resource that provides content for different age groups as full-length courses or one hour tutorials.
Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship Curriculum - remote learning is good time to talk about how to safely and responsibly use the internet. Sign up for a free educator's account to access this curriculum.
Scratch - a coding platform from MIT where users can create games, animations and stories.
Think about how you could use podcasts as a learning tool - there are so many amazing ones out there! Here's a great list of suggestions from Common Sense Media. Other podcasts that aren't on the Common Sense Media list:
But Why - a VPR podcast where the hosts answer questions asked by kids.
Kidnuz - a 5 minute daily news podcast for kids, with a quiz available.
Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian - a 13+ hour mystery/sci-fi story about an 8-year-old space explorer.
Noodleloaf - interactive, music-themed podcast.
ABCmouse (preK-2), Adventure Academy (3rd-8th) and Reading IQ (preK-6) - digital education programs from the award-winning company The Age of Learning, with subjects covered including reading and language arts, math, science, health, social studies, music, and art - sign up with a free trial by clicking the link above and using the code SCHOOL7713.
Brain Pop - a free resource for students, teachers, and parents which offers engaging learning games, animated movies, and activities combined with standards-aligned lessons.
Core Knowledge - provides open access to content-rich curriculum materials for preschool through grade 8, including the Core Knowledge Curriculum Series™, with many materials now available and many more in development.
Fluency and Fitness - 21 days of free access to reading and math topics, a video library with over 900 videos to review 365+ skills, and more.
Fun Brain - play games while practicing math and reading skills (preK-8).
Highlights Kids - read, play games, and conduct science experiments.
Khan Academy - a free resource for students, teachers, and parents which offers exercises, quizzes, and tests so students can practice and master skills, as well as instructional videos to help students learn or review material.
Vermont PBS At-Home Learning - Vermont Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and the Agency of Education (AOE) are partnering to support continuity of learning for our students and school communities. This partnership provides access to free educational programming through Vermont PBS At-Home Learning. The Main channel delivers PreK through grade 8 programming that is aligned to national standards and includes interactive lessons and suggested activities. PBS Plus (WGBH) is airing standards-aligned educational programming for grades 6-12.
We Are Teachers - provides a list of 60+ websites for teaching and learning math.
Khan Academy Schedules - free, non-commercial schedules which are meant to be templates that can be adopted or copied and modified to better suit the needs of your children, classroom or district. Khan Academy has self-paced, interactive content - exercises, videos and articles - for students in every grade and in most major subject areas.