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Educational Resources

A quick-start resource to help families plan for surviving at home with their kids during the pandemic. And for adults: let this be a time of slowing down and enjoying kids as they learn.

On this page: 

General Education

 

Physical Sciences

 

Math / Logic

Social Science

 

Language

 

Personal Development

 

Arts

 

Assessment

Moby Max. Find and fix learning gaps 

College Prep

BWS Education Consulting. Test Prep for SAT, ACT, etc.  

Curricula for Variety of Ages / Skill Levels

123 Homeschool 4 Me.  300,000+ FREE printable worksheets from toddlers to teens 

Age of Learning -- Schools, school districts, and caregivers can also visit to request free access for their students if they do not have it already.

Breakout Education. Educational games K-12 

CK12. Science, Math, Social Studies 

Classroom Magazines. Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.  

ClickSchooling.  Daily recommendations by email for entertaining websites that help your kids learn. 

Curriculum Associates. Free printable K-8 Reading and Math activity packs (available in English and Spanish) 

Curriki. Digital learning content for preschool through high school 

Great Course Plus. Classes for older teens or adults 

HippoCampus. 7,000 free videos in 13 subject areas  

DiscoveryK12. Online homeschool platform & curriculum for Pre-K to 12th grade.  All main subjects are covered, plus extra curriculum courses.  

Khan Academy. Online education program for toddler through high school.

Carmen Sandiego videos, stories, and lessons for all subject areas  

IZZ it. Entertaining & educational videos for all levels and subjects 

Teachers Pay Teachers. Free Printables for PreK-2nd Grade

Little Spark Company. Free printables library with activities for children 0-6 

Marco Learning. Resources for AP students 

Super Charged School. Daily lessons and educational activities that kids can do on their own  

Scoot Pad. Adaptive curriculum in Math and ELA for Grades K-8

A Better Way to Homeschool. Preschool through 8th grade 

All-In-One High School. Every course you could possibly want to homeschool for high school 

Ducksters. Education for kids all topics 

A Plus Click. Math and logic problems for ages 5 and up to adult

Funology. Crafts, projects, science, recipes for young children   

Super Simple. Resource section includes free flashcards, coloring pages, worksheets, and other resources for children, teachers, and parents.  

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.  

Brainscape offers over a million flashcard decks for every subject, entrance exam, and certification imaginable.   

PBS Learning Media. PreK-12 digital media service with more than 30,000 learning materials 

PebbleGo. Curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students.

Project Explorer. Free videos from around the world from grade 3-12

Good & Beautiful. Course sets (Levels 1–5) that combine and thoroughly cover phonics, reading, writing, spelling, literature, grammar, punctuation, art, and geography—all in one easy-to-use, beautiful course. 

Magic Tree House. Interactive games based on the book series

Alcumus is specifically designed to provide high-performing students with a challenging curriculum appropriate to their abilities 

Fiveable. Resources for AP students including live reviews, live trivia, and study guides! 

 

Brain Games

Jigsaw Explorer. Online photograph jigsaw puzzles  You can set the pieces from 6-1000+   

Fun Brain. Miscellaneous games for all subjects k-8 

 

Preschool

All-In-One Preschool. Every course you could possibly want to homeschool preschool - 8  

Busy Toddler -- Indoor Activities for busy toddlers 

KiwiCo. Quick & easy at home projects curated for kids 2 and up

PBS kids. Play with favorite show characters while learning

Preschool Inspirations. Toddler and preschool age ideas  

Preschool Express. Crafts, activities, bulletin board designs, and finger plays for early education teachers and parents to use with kids.

Turtle Diary. PreK - 5 games for all subjects 

  

AP / HP

Coursera. Tons of free classes from leading universities and companies 

Free Code Camp: Ivy League. 450 Ivy League courses that you can take

EXD. 2,500+ online courses from top institutions  

 

 

Free Subscriptions

List of Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions -- due to school closures

KidsActivitesBlog.com - list of education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closings.

Music

Chrome Experiments Music Lab. Music is for everyone 

Music Theory. Introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, exercises, ear trainers, and calculators.

Prodigies Music. Prodigies is 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 is offering free access to general music activities to all impacted schools, including free student access at-home 

Sight-reading Factory. Sight reading and sight singing practice exercises. 

Songs For Teaching. A large selection of fun songs to help teach preschool and kindergarten students 

SmartMusic Music practice transformed  

Theta Music Trainer offers a series of online courses and games for ear training and music theory. 

Virtual Musical Instruments. Lets kids play instruments online. Instruments include the guitar, piano, pan flute, drums, and bongos.

The Well. Poetry and music  

 

Industrial Arts

All Kids Network. Crafts, activities, mazes, dot to dot, etc.

Free Maker Stations. 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. 

Instructables. 3D printing projects and Coding projects, involving math and other K-12 subjects  

Highlights Kids. Fun games, recipes, crafts, activities  

Home School Scientist. Engineering challenges with things you have at home

Kids Think Design explores careers in fashion design, graphic design, interior design, book design, product design, film and theatre, architecture, animation, and environmental design. 

Fine Arts

The Color. Online digital coloring pages  

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.  

Louvre Museum of Art. Travel to Paris, France to see amazing works of art at The Louvre with this virtual field trip.  

Met Museum. 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. 

 

Geography & Geology

Country Reports. 35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world. 

Everyday Earth. Interactive video earth science based curriculum supplement. 

Geo Guess R. 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 

National Geographic. Geography and animals

National Geographic Young Explorers is a magazine designed specifically for kindergarten and first grade students.  Children can listen to the magazine being read to them as they follow along with the highlighted text.   

Yellowstone National Park Tour

USGS Earthquakes for Kids. Learn all about earthquakes 

 

 

 

 

Political Science & History

BBC History For Kids. Games, quizzes and fact sheets take kids on a journey through time.  

Big History Project. Online history classes for all ages preteen through adults  

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.  

Bunk History. Digital archive of history  

China Guide. This Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China is beautiful and makes history come to life.

Mission US. An interactive way to learn history  

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. 

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  

 

 

Phonics

Dog On a Log Books. Printable board games, activities and more for phonics and reading all using evidence-based methods. Can be customized to any student's needs including creating flashcards for other subjects. 

Fun Fonix. Phonics worksheets for kids  

Reading Eggs. Phonics and learning to read 

Seussville. Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss 

Starfall. Phonics skills 

 

Spelling, Grammar & Composition

Brain Box Games. Magic Spell is a carefully crafted spelling adventure.  

Classroom Cereal. Grammar practice for middle grades  

Grammaropolis. Work on the 8 parts of speech  

Noredink. Online curriculum that builds better writers.

Paragraph Punch. Teaches students how to write a paragraph through interactive online tutorial  

Spellingcity is free right now with code VSCFree90

Spelling Training. Spelling 1-4 grade

Story Starter. Randomly generates 356,300,262,144 story starters

  

 

Literature, Storytelling, Reading & Comprehension

Common Lit. Reading passages for grades 3-12, with reading comprehension and discussion questions.

Free Children's Stories. Free stories online ages 3-12  

Into the Book. Games to get "into the book" 

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.  

ReadWorks is an online resource of reading passages and lesson plans for students of all levels K-12.   

Rochester Public Library - eBooks

Storyline Online. Fave kids books read by famous people 

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. 

Wonderopolis. Short videos and readings that answer various burning questions for students. There are vocabulary challenges and comprehension questions. 

 

 

World Languages

Babbel. Learn world languages for free.

Chalk Academy. Chinese learning activities 

Conjuguemos. Vocabulary, grammar, listening activities and games in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Latin.  

Diffusion. Resources for Spanish practice 

DuoLingo. World languages  

Memrise. 22 languages to learn 

Rock-A-Lingua. Music Based Spanish Learning   

Sign Language 101. Learn sign language for free.

 

 

 

Other Literacy

ABCya. Math and reading games 

ABCmouse, as well as Adventure Academy and ReadingIQ are available free through your schools to use at home.

ARCademics. Math and language games 

Bamboo Learning. Voice based learning... learn through Alexa 

Facts 4 Me. A safe research site for elementary-level readers. They are offering -- free 24/7 access. USERNAME: read (case sensitive), PASSWORD: read (case sensitive)

Fun Brain. Math and reading games.  

Shurley. The Shurley English program for grades K-8 provides a clear, logical, and concrete approach to language arts.    

 

Basic Math

Bedtime Math. Math as a fun part of your daily family routine 

Boddle Learning. Elem Math through 6th grade 

Grid Club. Math games galore 

Manga High. Website allows students to play basic games to reinforce math skills and compete against the computer or others  

Math At Work. Math Videos with lessons, real life uses of math, famous actors 

MathChimp. Fractions practice 

Math Playground. Elem Math games, logic puzzles and educational resources, brain builders

Numberphile. Short videos about numbers that help kids explore complex math topics and make math more fun. 

XtraMath. Math practice  

Zearn. K-5 curriculum that builds deep understanding and a love of learning math for all students  

 

Advanced Math (Algebra / Geometry) 

MathScore. Math practice from counting to algebra and geometry 

Can Figure It. Geometry 

Delta Math. A wide range of math content from middle school through AP Calculus.  

Dream Box. K-8 online math program that looks at how a student is solving problems to adjust accordingly and build a unique learning path for them. 

Higher Level Math Videos. Online video series with detailed solutions to more than a thousand publicly-released College Board SAT Math, Subject Test Math Level 1, and Subject Test Math Level 2 problems.

Math Celebrity. Enter your math problem or search term, press the button, and they show you the step-by-step work and answer instantly.  2nd grade through college.  

MathScore. Math practice from counting to algebra and geometry 

Dragon Box App. Algebra games for kids 

 

Programming

Code.org Coding with Star Wars

CodeCademy. Learn to code   

Kodable. Coding for ages 4-10

MIT Scratch. Scratch draws students of all types into coding and lays a foundation for future learning.  

 

Physical Education / Movement

Fluency & Fitness. Educational brain breaks to help students review essential literacy and math skills, while getting in some exercise. Find over 900 videos to help your child keep learning at home and burn off some extra energy. Our site is best used for ages 4-8. 

Go Noodle. Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts.  

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.  

Little Twisters Yoga. Free at-home kids yoga lesson plans  

The OT Toolbox. At home OT, PT, and ST resources designed to build skills in children through movement and play. 

 

General Science

Ask Dr. Universe is 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. 

Back Pack Sciences. Hands on Elementary science videos 

Club Sci Kidz MD. Daily free science or cooking experiment to do at home.

Concord. A collection of hundreds of free K-12 STEM (science) resources, from standalone models and simulations to short activities and week long sequences of curriculum materials. 

CryptoClub. Immerse yourself in cryptography  

Elemental Science. 80+ do at home science activities 

The Happy Scientist. Just explore, have fun, and learn some science along the way.  

Medium. Science podcasts to listen to with your kids

Mystery Science. K-5th Science lessons 

Science Education for Public Understanding Program. Science simulations, scientist profiles, and other digital resources for middle school science and high school biology

Science Spot. Science projects that can be completed with or without Internet access

Steve Spangler Science. Tons of science experiments that you can do at home

TytoOnline. ext Generation Science video game focused on middle school where students directly engage in science phenomena as they solve problems. 

U of Colorado. Science and math labs and simulations  

 

Biology / Zoology

Alaska. Alaskan wildlife cams 

Biodigital Human. A human visualization platform that allows students to explore the human body in really cool ways. 

Biology Simulations. Just like it says!

Cells Alive. Learn all about cells  

FarmFood 360 offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs.  

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.

National Geographic. Geography and animals

Premeditated Leftovers. Amphibian unit studies

San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour! 

Smithsonian Zoo & Learning Lab. No need to travel to one of the Smithsonian’s zoos or museums — this website brings your child everything from live video of the National Zoo to the Smithsonian Learning Lab right to their screen 

SwitchZoo - Play games and learn all about animals

Smithsonian Museum Ocean. This educational website takes a deep dive into ocean life. 

 

Astronomy & Meterology

Access Mars. Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover. 

Farmer's almanac for kids...  Date, weather, moon phase, etc.  

NASA Climate Kids. This NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals.  

NASA Kids Club. Space science for kiddos  

Weather Wiz Kids. From rainbows to tornadoes and winter storms to tsunamis, meteorologist Crystal Wicker breaks down the fascinating world of weather.  

 

 

Chemistry & Physics

ACS. High school chemistry topics 

Chemicool. Learn all about the periodic table 

National Geographic. Geography and animals

Play Mad Games. Chemistry  

Positive Physics. An online physics problem and video bank designed for conceptual, standard, honors or AP1 physics.  

  

Home Economics

Banzai exposes students to real-world financial dilemmas to teach them the importance of smart money management. 

Next Gen Personal Finance. Scads of free resources, games, learning resources, and lesson plans for teaching personal finance  

Nomster Chef. Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook with their grown-ups. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, math, and science.

NitroType. Improve your typing skills while competing in fast-paced races with up to 5 typers from around the world. 

Typing Club. Keyboarding practice   

Typing. Keyboarding practice

U of Illinois First Garden. Guide to gardening for kids  

U.S. Mint.  Your child can play games, learn fun facts, and find out how to turn coin collecting into a hobby.

 

Personal Development

Overcoming Obstacles. Life skills curriculum for students in grades K-12. Their resources include strategies for teaching social and emotional skills.  

Quizlet. For students to practice and master whatever they are learning. 

My Think Scape. Critical Thinking resources for K-6 students 

  

 


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