Awabe (Android) - Improves language listening skills.
Beelinguapp (iPhone and Android) - Learn languages with audiobooks.
Duolingo (iPhone and Android) - A language-learning website and app, as well as a digital language proficiency assessment exam.
Learning English Daily (Android) - Free application for learning to speak English. Gives special attention to English pronunciation and everyday language.
Voxy (iPhone and Android) - News and stories on various topics, and games for language practice quizzes to test comprehension.
Memrise (iPhone and Android) - Use some creative, fun ways to help you remember what words mean.
Google Translate (iPhone and Android) - Free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages.
iTranslate (iPhone and Android) - Use to listen, speak, read, and write in many languages.
TextGrabbers (iPhone and Android) - Read in many languages.
Microsoft Translator (iPhone and Android) - Texting and conversation
Reading Rockets - Research-based reading strategies and activities for parents and teachers.
National PTA (Parent Teacher Association) - They run the Family Reading Experience program to encourage families to foster a love of reading through access to books and literacy activities. It offers guidance and ready-to-go literacy resources for parents.
The Reading League - Provides extensive resources and guides for families and caregivers to support children’s literacy development at home, including evidence-based approaches and tools to collaborate effectively with schools.
Raising A Reader - Focuses on strengthening families through reading routines, building literacy skills, fostering social-emotional learning, and encouraging lifelong reading habits in children by partnering with parents and educators.
Learning Links (Links at Home – Reading program) - Offers a free, evidence-based online program to teach parents how to support their child’s reading with systematic phonics strategies, especially for young children struggling with reading.
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) - A national literacy organization that connects children with books and resources to inspire the joy of reading and promote reading proficiency.
Reading Rockets - A rich resource hub offering research-based strategies, tips, and activities for parents to help young children become skilled readers.
National Center on Improving Literacy (NCIL) - Provides practical resources, literacy skill checklists, and family support to improve early literacy at home.
Parents for Reading Justice - Empowers parent advocates to push for evidence-aligned reading instruction and supports parents in becoming literacy advocates in their communities and schools.
Jolly Learning / Jolly Phonics - A globally recognized program offering systematic synthetic phonics instruction with animated letter formation, blending, segmenting activities, and over 150 lessons. It is highly praised for its multi-sensory approach and has a digital platform with lesson plans and interactive games.
Phonics.com - A free online platform presenting phonics lessons focusing on the 42 English phonemes through engaging sound cards, practice activities, and games aligned with Common Core standards. It offers worksheets and resources suitable for kindergarten and up.
Kiz Phonics - Provides a structured synthetic phonics curriculum for preschool through 2nd grade, including phonics worksheets, interactive games, lesson videos, phonics stories, flashcards, and charts for at-home or classroom teaching.
Reading Eggs - An online reading program featuring hundreds of phonics lessons and games for children ages 2–13, designed to build foundational reading skills through interactive content.
Starfall - Offers fun and engaging phonics and reading activities such as games, movies, books, and songs targeting early learners through grade 5 to develop reading skills with a phonics focus.
Phonics Bloom - Features a variety of interactive phonics games for classroom and home use, helping children learn letter-sound relationships and literacy basics.
Teach Your Monster to Read - A popular gamified phonics teaching tool that supports early reading development in an entertaining format.
Logic of English and All About Reading - Highly regarded evidence-based phonics programs with online options, though they tend to be more costly and require some parent/teacher involvement beyond simple apps.
PhonicsPlay - A website with free and interactive phonics games and activities for parents and children, useful for practicing real and pseudo words
PBIS - Positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) at home on a daily basis.
SEL Center - Strategies to use at home to help students with trauma.
Be Strong Families - Workshops to help teach parents how to deal with stress or trauma.
PBS for Kids (Thirteen) - Offers activities for children ages 2-8 that support social-emotional growth alongside academic skills, free and easy for parents to use.
Child Mind Institute - Provides insights, tips, and advice on common social-emotional challenges families face, available in English and Spanish.
Common Sense Media - Engages families with practical tips and tools to support children's social-emotional development and overall well-being in the digital age.
Confident Parents Confident Kids - Focuses on prevention and skill-building for families to enhance social and emotional learning and strengthen relationships using teachable moments.
Move This World - Offers a Family Engagement Toolkit to help parents learn and practice SEL skills at home, supporting emotional intelligence and healthier family relationships.
Emotional ABCs - An evidence-based SEL curriculum for children ages 4–11 that parents can easily use at home; it builds emotional awareness, regulation, and decision-making skills with interactive lessons.
CASEL Parent Resources - Curated blogs, videos, and articles about the role of parents in fostering SEL at home, providing research-based guidance and practical strategies.
Peekapak - SEL integrated into literacy curriculum, with resources helping parents engage younger students in social-emotional skill-building.
National PTA and NBC Parent Toolkit - These provide a range of SEL resources, activities, and developmental guidance for parents to promote emotional and social skills.
HeyKiddo Huddle - Social-emotional curriculum designed for busy parents, offering activities that develop mindfulness, self-awareness, and other SEL competencies.
Child Development Institute - Helps parents promote healthy development such as discipline, homework help, child psychology, and more.
The Center for Parenting Education - Articles and book suggestions to help parents feel confident about their parenting.
Healthy Safe Children - Evidence-based training provides support programs and support to help parents advocate for their kids in schools and their communities.
National Parenting Center - An advocacy group for parents who need extensive guidance based on their child's age or stage of development.
The Parent Encouragement Program - An online parenting program to help support your child as they navigate through their teenage years.
Parents Anonymous - Offers support groups to help parents meet each other and work together to reach a common goal.
California PTA Toolkit - offers practical tips for parents on daily routines, homework support, literacy promotion, and staying engaged with schools.
PACER Center Family Engagement - Provides strategies beyond homework help, including meeting children's basic needs, fostering conversations, setting expectations, and more.
U.S. Department of Education Resources for Families - A comprehensive hub for parents with resources supporting at-home learning, SEL, and academic skills from birth to grade 12.
Be a Learning Hero - a bilingual site offering practical tips, videos, and tools to help parents understand what their child is learning, communicate with teachers, and set educational goals.
BookShark - Literature-based approach using fiction/non-fiction books across subjects.
Oak Meadow - Waldorf-inspired curriculum focusing on creativity, nature, and art integration.
Blossom and Root - Nature-focused curriculum blending STEM, art, and literature. Focuses on child-led exploration and critical thinking.
Wildwood Curriculum - Charlotte Mason-inspired Program using living books and nature studies. Free online resource with arts/humanities integration.
Time4Learning - Online platform with standard-aligned lessons for PreK-12.
Build Your Library - Literature-rich curriculum integrating history, science, and art through themed units.
Torchlight - Critical thinking-focused program using diverse books and project-based activities.
Study.com- Comprehensive online courses for multiple subjects for self-directed learners.
At Home Middle School - Free online education for students in grades 6-8 in various subjects.
CK-12 - a library of free online textbooks, videos, exercises, flashcards, and real-world applications.
Khan Academy - Nonprofit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere for grades Pre-k to 8th.
Zearn Math - Explore math through pictures, visual models, and real-life examples.