Kids - Learning
Home School Tips
The New York Times - Home-Schooling Tweens and Teens During Coronavirus .
MarketWatch - Coronavirus closing your kid’s school? One parent’s plan for Daddy School
Today - Teaching kids at home due to coronavirus? Homeschooling moms share their tips
Cincinnati.com - Teaching kids at home during coronavirus outbreak? Tips on homeschooling
Reason - School Canceled Because of Coronavirus? A Homeschooler Offers Some Tips
Homeschool.com - Coronavirus: Temporary Homeschool Solutions
Special Education Resources
Special Education and COVID-19 Questions and Answers: Special Education Instruction, Services and Programming - 3/19/20 Questions and answers regarding special education instruction, services and programming
Special Education and COVID-19 Questions and Answers: Due Process - 3/19/20 Responses based on federal guidance to date
Distance Learning Considerations for Infants, Toddlers and Preschool Children with Disabilities - 3/19/20 with activity matrix grid
Early Childhood Special Education and COVID-19 Questions and Answers: Special Education Instruction, Services and Programming - 3/19/20 Questions and answers regarding Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Part C and Part B/619 identification, evaluation and provision of services
Educational Resources
Adobe - Free access to Creative Cloud tools thru May
ABCYA - Free learning games. PreK-6
Age of Learning - Free access to ABC Mouse
Amazon Future Engineer - Free access to computer science courses. Grade 6-12
Amplify - Free access to language arts curriculum
BBC Bitesize - Free curriculum - PreK-12
Bill Nye the Science Guy - Free science resources
Boolean Girl - Free live instructor-led online series. Kids learn to Code, Build, Invent, and Animate. Each episode is age-appropriately tailored for ages 8 to 18.
BrainPop - Free learning resources. Science, social studies, English, art and music, health and sel, engineering and tech, and math
BrainPop Junior - Free learning resources. Reading and writing, art and technology, health, math and social studies. K-3
BreakoutEDU -Free digital learning games K-12
California Academy of Sciences - Free science resources
Carnegie Mellon - Free interactive high school computer science curriculum. Mentor or teacher account needed
Children's Museum Houston - Free database of activities PreK-5
Code.org - Free K-12 computer science curriculum
Codecademy - Scholarships for learning web development, mobile development and data skills. High school and college students
CommonLit - Free fiction and nonfiction books for grades 3-12
Curriculum Associates - Free printable at home activties. Grade K -8
DK Find Out! - Free - learn about children from around the world
Duolingo - Free language learning tools.
edHealper.com - Free access to free daily workbooks for students
Education Modified - Free resources for families and special needs students
Educational Companies - Free resources and Subscriptions
Educational Insights - Free access to free at-home worksheets for young learners
Encyclopaedia Britannica - Free access to LaunchPacks
Exploratorium - Free science activities
Frontiers for Young Minds - Free scientific articles geared for younger readers.
Gizmos - Free trial of math and science resources. Grade 3-12. 60 day trial
GoGuardian - Free access for the school year. At-home web filtering, classroom management, device management and student safety tools
Great Minds - Free recorded learning resources K-12
Greg Tang Math - Free online math games
hand2mind - Free math activities. K-8
How Stuff Works - Free YouTube videos
Imagineering - Free online course on Khan Academy about Disney Imagineers
IXL - Free PreK-12 Curriculum
JoVE - Free access to educational video content thru June 15, 2020
Kahoot! - Free access to game based learning software
Khan Academy - Free daily schedule and online resources. Grades PreK - College
Kinedu - Free science activities thru April 15
Learning Resources - Free daily activities for young learners
Legends of Learning - Free access to 2,000 math and science games for the school year
Libby App – Free app that allows you to check out library ebooks.
Listenwise - Free listening comprehension tools. Grades 2-12
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems! - Free YouTube videos. Learn to draw and doodle.
MIND Research Institute - Free access to ST Math thru June 30,2020
Minecraft - Minecraft Education Edition - Free coding lesson or trial the full version with your class.
Mystery Science - Free, easy science for remote learning
NASA STEM @ Home for Students - Free STEM for students K-12
National Constitution Center - Free 8 week daily live interactive courses.Middle and High School
National Geographic Kids Science Lab - Free science experiments, videos and articles
National Ocean Service (NOAA) Kids - Free science experiments, videos and articles
Nepris - Free online talks with industry professionals thru April
OpenStax - Free digital textbooks -core college and Advanced Placement subjects
Oxford Owl - Free learning activities. Age 5-11
PandaTree - Free daily story time in Spanish and Chinese. Age 2-17
PhET Interactive Simulations - Free interactive science simulations
Prodigy Math - Free math curriculum. Grades 1-8
Professor Egghead Science Academy - Free videos of science experimemts
Promethean - Free cloud based lesson plan and delivery software.
Quill.org - Free writing and grammar tools. K-12
Quizlet - Free games and flashcards
Raddish Kids - A Cooking Club for Kids - Free Kits to Parents During School Closures
RoboKind - Free virtual coding course. Elementary and middle school students thru June 30, 2020
Scholastic - Free Learn at Home digital platform. Available indefinitely
SciShow Kids - Free YouTube videos. Learn science
Scratch - Free website - create stories, games and animations. Ages 8-16
ScratchJr - Free coding for young children. Ages 5-7
Smart Music - Music Practice Transformed - Free access to music education tools thru June 30, 2020.
Studies Weekly - Free K-6 social studies and science curriculum. K-6
The Kid Should See This - Free videos - +4300 kid friendly videos. Subjects science, technology, space, animals, nature, food, DIY, music, art and animation
The Space Foundation Discovery Center - Free STEM lesson plans PreK-20
Typing.com - Free keyboarding, digital literacy and coding lessons and games
Wiley - Free access to WileyPLUS, and Knewton Alta available through the Spring 2020 term.
Wiley - zBooks - Free access to zBooks available through the Spring 2020 term.
Wonderopolis - Free 2000+ "wonders of the day"
XtraMath - Free math activities
Zearn - Free 400 hours of digital math lessons. K-5
Entertainment Ideas
Good Housekeeping - 50 Fun Activities for Kids - 50 Ways to Keep Kids Entertained
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Vogue - 9 Activities to Keep Your Kids Occupied While Everyone’s at Home
Global News - Home for coronavirus: What to do with your kids during the outbreak
PopSugar - Indoor Home Activities For Kids During Coronavirus Outbreak ...
BuzzFeed - Indoor Activities For Kids Stuck At Home Because Of The ...