Digital Resources
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Digital Resources:
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html Daily free activities for all grade levels!
ABCya - Math and reading games
Ask Dr. Universe - a science-education project from Washington State University. Kids can send Dr. Universe any question they may have about history, geography, plants, animals, technology, engineering, math, culture, and more.
Arcademics - Math and language games
Brainscape offers over a million flashcard decks for every subject, entrance exam, and certification imaginable
Click Schooling - ClickSchooling brings you daily recommendations by email for entertaining websites that help your kids learn.
Cool Kid Facts gives your child access to educational videos, pictures, quizzes, downloadable worksheets, and infographics. They can use these to learn about geography, history, science, animals, and even the human body.
Digital learning - content for preschool through high school
Free Printables - 300,000+ FREE printable worksheets from toddlers to teens
FunBrain - Math and Reading games
HippoCampus - 7,000 free videos in 13 subject areas
Izzit - Entertaining & educational videos for all levels and subjects
Keyboarding practice: Typing Club, Typing, Nitro Type
Kids activities blog - a list of education companies offering free subscriptions
Kids National Geographic - Geography and animals
PBS - PreK-12 digital media service with more than 30,000 learning materials
Science and math labs and simulations
Scholastic - Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.
ScootPad - Adaptive curriculum in Math and ELA for Grades K-8
StudyJams - Math & Science videos and with practice quizzes
Super Simple - Resource section includes free flashcards, coloring pages, worksheets, and other resources for children, teachers, and parents.
Turtle Diary - PreK - 5 games for all subjects
Literacy:
CommonLit - Reading passages for grades 3-12, with reading comprehension and discussion questions.
Dr. Seuss - Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss
Free Children Stories - Free stories online ages 3-12
Games - Games to get "into the book"
Grammar - Work on the 8 parts of speech
Magic Tree House - Interactive games based on the book series
Novel Effect - makes storytime a little more fun for kids (and grown-ups too!). As you read out loud from print books (or ebooks!) music, sound effects, and character voices play at just the right moment, adjusting and responding to your voice.
Paragraph Punch - Teaches students how to write a paragraph through interactive online tutorial
The Shurley English Program for grades K-8 provides a clear, logical, and concrete approach to language arts.
Spellingcity - free right now with code VSCFree90
Squiggle Park - Engaging reading game for grades 2-8 that combines strategy, engagement, and imaginative reading passages to create a fun, curriculum-aligned literacy game.
Storyline Online - Favorite kids books read by famous people
The Story Starter - Randomly generates 356,300,262,144 story starters
Wonderopolis - Short videos and readings that answer various burning questions for students. There are vocabulary challenges and comprehension questions.
Writing - Online curriculum that builds better writers.
Math:
Bedtime Math - Math as a fun part of your daily family routine
Boodle Learning - Elementary Math through 6th grade
Grid Club - Math games galore
MangaHigh - Website allows students to play basic games to reinforce math skills and compete against the computer or others
Math and logic problems for ages 5 and up to adult
Math Playground - Math Games, Logic Puzzles and Brain Builders
Math Score - Math practice from counting to algebra and geometry
Math Videos with lessons, real life uses of math, famous actors
Prodigy - Class Code: AC19C8
Zearn - K-5 curriculum that builds deep understanding and a love of learning math for all students
Coding:
Code Academy - Learn to code
Kodable - Coding for ages 4-10
Scratch draws students of all types into coding and lays a foundation for future learning.
Science:
Backpack Sciences - Hands on Elementary science videos
Cells - Learn all about cells
Cincinnati Zoo - join Home Safari at this site or on Facebook Live each weekday at 3pm EDT where they will highlight one of their amazing animals and include an activity you can do from home.
Earthquakes - Learn all about earthquakes
Earth Science - Interactive video earth science based curriculum supplement.
ElementalScience - 80+ do at home science activities
FarmFood 360 - 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs.
Farmer's Almanac for kids - Date, weather, moon phase, etc.
The Happy Scientist - Just explore, have fun, and learn some science along the way.
Human Body - A human visualization platform that allows students to explore the human body in really cool ways.
Innerbody explores the 11 bodily systems in depth. With interactive models and detailed explanations, this website will help them learn more about the internal mechanics of the amazing human body.
Mars - Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover.
Mystery Science - K-5th Science lessons
NASA Kids Club - Space science for kiddos
Ocean Life - hosted by the Smithsonian Museum takes a deep dive into ocean life.
National Zoo to the Smithsonian Learning Lab - No need to travel to one of the Smithsonian’s zoos or museums, just check out this awesome website!
The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour!
Science experiments that you can do at home
Science podcasts to listen to with your kids
Science projects that can be completed with or without Internet access
Super Charged Science - Daily lessons and educational activities that kids can do on their own
Switch Zoo - Play games and learn all about animals
Weather - This NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals.
Weather Wiz Kids - From rainbows to tornadoes and winter storms to tsunamis, meteorologist Crystal Wicker breaks down the fascinating world of weather.
Yellowstone National Park - take a tour
Social Studies / Read World:
Ben's Guide - This interactive website, hosted by the U.S. Government Publishing Office, allows your child to see the ins and outs of the U.S. government by taking a series of learning adventures with none other than Benjamin Franklin.
Banzai exposes students to real-world financial dilemmas to teach them the importance of smart money management.
British Museum - This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies.
Carmen Sandiego videos, stories, and lessons for all subject areas
Country Reports - 35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world.
GeoGuessR - Tests kids’ geography skills. Using images from Google’s Street View, it plops players down in the middle of the street and asks them to figure out where they are.
Google Earth - All sorts of learning here if you dig in
Great Wall of China - This virtual tour is beautiful and makes history come to life.
History - Digital archive of history
History - An interactive way to learn history
Kids Think Design explores careers in fashion design, graphic design, interior design, book design, product design, film and theatre, architecture, animation, and environmental design.
Life skills curriculum for students in grades K-12. Their resources include strategies for teaching social and emotional skills.
The Lourve - Travel to Paris, France to see amazing works of art at The Louvre with this virtual field trip.
Personal Finance - free resources, games, learning resources, and lesson plans for teaching personal finance
Project Explorer - Free videos from around the world from grade 3-12
STEM - A collection of hundreds of free K-12 STEM resources, from standalone models and simulations to short activities and week long sequences of curriculum materials.
Travel through time - Games, quizzes and fact sheets take kids on a journey through time.
US Mint - Your child can play games, learn fun facts, and find out how to turn coin collecting into a hobby.
What Was There - Allows students to type in any city, state, or country to view an archive of historical photographs and other documents. It’s a unique way to help them learn about history.
Youngzine - News and more for kids
Puzzles, Games, Projects, Art:
All Kids Network - Crafts, activities, mazes, dot to dot, etc,
Artsology - Helps kids learn to appreciate the arts by providing them with the opportunity to play games, conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art.
BreakOutedu - Educational games K-12
Cooking - Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook with their grown-ups. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, math, and science.
Cooking and Science - Daily free science or cooking experiment to do at home.
Color - Online digital coloring pages
Crazy Games - Tons and tons and tons of games some learning some just fun
Critical Thinking resources for K-6 students
Cryptography - Crack ciphers, discover secrets, and improve your math skills
Engineering challenges with things you have at home
Funology - Crafts, projects, science, recipes for young children
Gardening - Guide to gardening for kids
Highlights - Fun games, recipes, crafts, activities
Instructables - 3D printing projects and Coding projects, involving math and other K-12 subjects
KiwiCo - Quick & easy at home projects curated for kids 2 and up
3 Free Weeks of Maker Stations to keep your children creating at home! Each challenge includes simple instructions using materials around the house, QR code video resources, and a student recording sheet.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - A wonderful, endlessly detailed way to get kids engaged in the world of art.
NGAkids interactives offer an entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history.
Online photograph jigsaw puzzles - You can set the pieces from 6-1000+!
Physical Education:
GoNoodle - recess, dance, fun activities
Kid-friendly workouts — choose from Strength for Kids, Agility for Kids, Flexibility and Balance for Kids, Warm-Up for Kids, Cooldown for Kids, Stand Up and Move for Kids, OR create your own custom kid workout.
Yoga - Free at-home kids yoga lesson plans
Music:
MusicLab - Music is for everyone
Prodigies - a colorful music curriculum for kids 1-12 that will teach your kids how to play their first instrument, how to sing in tune & how to understand the language of music! 21 for free
QuaverMusic - offering free access to general music activities to all impacted schools, including free student access
SmartMusic - Music practice transformed
The Theta Music Trainer offers a series of online courses and games for ear training and music theory.
Virtual Musical Instruments - play instruments online, including the guitar, piano, pan flute, drums, and bongos.
Language Sites:
Chinese - Chinese learning activities
Conjuguemos - Vocabulary, grammar, listening activities and games in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Latin.
Memrise - 22 languages to learn
Spanish - Resources for Spanish practice
Spanish - Music Based Spanish Learning
Electronic-Free Ideas:
READ!
Solve math problems on a white board or scrap paper.
Brainstorm ways you use math in your every day life.
Practice math using dice or playing cards. You can add, subtract, multiply, and/or divide!
Make thank you cards for community members, such as first responders.
Make a nice hello card for someone at a retirement home (many are under quarantine and not allowed visitors right now).
Write and illustrate a story, graphic novel, or comic strip.
Do not forget that dancing makes for great exercise! Kids love music!
Cook or bake with your child. Bonus points if you find a way to include math!
Play card games, board games, and/or put together puzzles. LEGOS!
Create a collage on a topic you're learning about using magazines and/or illustrations.
Gather materials and enjoy arts and crafts. Extra cardboard boxes around the house? Have your child build something! Have your child create their name out of recycled materials.
Make a paper airplane. If several family members make one you can race and make adjustments and improvements as needed.
Build a fort using blankets and the furniture.
Create a treasure hunt with a map and clues. Or create a scavenger hunt for your family!
Study the clouds.
Make a chart and record the weather each day. Try to apply concepts we learned from class and add vocabulary when you can.
Birdwatch.
Build something using toothpicks or straws.
Paint rocks with encouraging words.
Kidsactivitesblog.com has shared 25 screen-free activities at this link.