Advice for Families

• How parents and caregivers can help their children learn to read (Grades K-2)

• Heart Words - A Better Way to Teach Sight Words (K-2)

• Reading Tips for Parents in multiple Language (K-3)

• Institute of Educational Sciences - Supporting Your Child’s Reading at Home (K-3) Tip: Use the purple Chapter Menu bar in the center to find specific activities.

• Techlearning.com Best Summer Learning Apps and Sites

Short texts on a variety of topics:

• Awesome Stories - Collections (Grades 3-8)

• CommonLit (Grades 3-8)

• DOGO News (Grades 3-8)

• NY Times in Plain English (Grades 6-8)

• PBS Learning Media - ELA (Grades K-8)

Free digital decodable texts:

• Decodable Books Written by Teachers - Genie Books (ALL Grades)

• Flyleaf E-Books for Students (ALL Grades)

• Moon Dogs at Home (ALL Grades) 

• Beyond Decodables (Grades K-2)

• Core Knowledge Decodable Readers (Grades K-2)

• Half Pint Kids - Online Materials (Grades K-2)

• Success for All (Grades K-2)

Educational Videos

• The Reading League’s Reading Buddies YouTube Channel (Grades K-2)

• Spelfabet YouTube Channel (Grades K-2)

• StoryBlocks - Songs and Rhymes that Build Readers - in multiple languages (Grade K)

• Storyline Online (Grades K-5)

• Read Aloud with Dusty and Dot (Grade K)

Mathematics

Advice for Families

• NYC Math Team's Tips on Helping Your Child with Math The document provides suggestions for what to do and not do when working with children.

• Ever Wonder What They’d Notice? Suggestions on how to talk with children about what they notice.

This video explains why it is important to figure out what children notice rather than simply answering their questions. The presenter offers examples of how she does this.

• Advice for Parents from Professor Jo Boaler Talking Math with Your Kids. Suggestions for families about how to work with children on math. 

• Talking Math with Your Kids Math Blog The site includes a blog, which discusses various ideas about how to work with and talk to your children about mathematics,.

Math Games

• PBS Kids math games and videos  Fun interactive math games and stories. Includes videos/cartoons about math at various grade levels.

• Math is Fun Website includes games, diagrams, and definitions to help with mathematics.

•  MathGames Useful math games for children to practice their math calculations

• Games for Young Minds  Math Games that develop conceptual understanding of mathematics

Math Manipulatives

• Didax Digital Manipulatives Useful math games for children to practice their math calculations

• Pearson Digital Manipulatives Pearson Math Tools Virtual Manipulatives to help children work on math. Tens Frames, counters, etc.

• 5 Simple Homemade Math Manipulatives Home made math manipulatives

This resource provides ideas for how to create math manipulatives from common materials. It is very helpful for parents who would like to create materials at home for their children can use to help them with their math work.

Educational Videos

• Khan Academy Videos and online resources to support mathematics learning

These videos give directions for how to complete math problems. It is an excellent resource to assist with recalling mathematical procedures to solve problems.

• Bagels arithmetic, money

• Cereal better buy

• Cookies and Cupcakes measurement conversions, proportional reasoning

• Cupcakes proportional reasoning

• Fingers, Eyes & Noses algebraic thinking, patterns, structure

• Reading on the Subway rates and ratios

• Riding the subway arithmetic, proportional reasoning

• Runaway Hamsters arithmetic, fractions

• Subway Advertisements  problem solving, identifying relevant information and posing questions

• Subway Shapes geometry, identifying shapes

Beat the Summer Slide with Healthy and Ready to Learn

5 Smart Summer Routines for kids with ADHD

Go Beyond Grades NYC  Talk to your teacher NOW before end of school! 

8 Summer Learning Activities for the Summer Before 4th Grade 

Brooklyn Public Library Summer Reading 

Be A Learning Hero  Summer Recharge 

Camp TV on PBS

Child Mind Institutes Set Up for Summer Success

Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media Education Apps to Engage all Summer

District 22 Academic Support Page

Edutopia Fun and Free Summer Resources

Fun and Free Summer Learning Resources

Growing Up NYC Summer Guide

Inside Schools Free Programs

Lessons for Little Ones

NYC Summer Guide

NYC Parks Summer Fun Guide

National Summer Reading Association Resources for Summer Learning

New York Public Library  Summer Resources

New York State Museum Education Resources

Parent to Parent Summer Reading Resources

RIF.org/Summer

Scholastic Creative Summer Learning Ideas

Sora Citywide Digital Library 

Summer Camp Toolkit for Kids who Learn and Think Differently

Summer Guide For Families from Understood.org

Summer Learning KQED Public Television

Summer Learning PBS Media

Summer Programs from NYC New York City Department of Parks & Recreation

Summer Remix from Be a Learning Hero

Summer Learning Resources

Summer Meals 

Summer Rising

Summer Rising Sites 2025  District 22 

Summer Survival Guide: Hacks to Help Your family Thrive

Virtual Field Trips