LEARNING RESOURCES
LEARNING RESOURCES
Some resources to help with kids at home:
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Scholastic has created a free learn-from-home site with 20+ days of learning and activities: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
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Pretend to travel the world. Go on a virtual tour of these 12 famous museums: https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
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This is an awesome free curriculum - everything from preschool activities to 12th grade is here: https://allinonehomeschool.com/
Fun for the Whole Family
Coolmath Games:
Coolmath Games is a brain-training site for everyone! It is where logic & thinking meet fun & games. These games have no violence, or empty action - just a lot of challenges that will make you forget you're getting a mental workout! Trusted by 40m+ families worldwide, this is the ideal site to go to when you want to take a break! To play for free, visit the Site.
Parents & Teachers
FamilyEducation
FamilyEducation has been supporting parents with better parenting advice. From raising babies to keeping teens engaged, all is covered through activities, advice and learning articles.
To start exploring a host of fabulous free resources, visit the Site.
TeacherVision
TeacherVision provides teachers and parents with expertly curated teaching resources and printables across all subjects for grades pre-K to year 12. So if you are looking for worksheets, activities and printable resources, Teachervision is your site. TeacherVision freely available to teachers and parents until April 3, 2020. To start using your 999 free credits, click here to create your login!
The two sites have created a list of free online resource to help keep you and your kids focused, productive, and positive in this unprecedented scenario, sign up for daily checklists.
Kids (7 to 13 yrs.)
Poptropica
Poptropica is an adventure game where kids need to solve problems on different islands - like Greek Mythology Island where they need to find the stolen trident of Zeus!. The challenges put common subject topics like Mythology, History, and Science, into a playful environment that makes learning fun.
To play for free, visit the Site
Fact Monster
Fact Monster is a free homework help and reference site for kids in grades K-6. The site has an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, along with biographies, flashcards, and subject support for math, science, social studies, and language arts.
To start, visit the free Site.
Coolmath4Kids
Coolmath4Kids is an amusement park of math, games, and more, designed to teach math and make it FUN. To play for free, visit the Site.
Older Kids (13 yrs. +)
Coolmath.com
Coolmath.com offers math for ages 13-100! Explanations that are easy to grasp on topics like algebra, pre-calculus and more, to help people understand -- and even enjoy!.
To play for free, visit the Site.
Infoplease
Infoplease knows the value of having sources you can trust. Infoplease is a reference and learning site, combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs loaded with facts.
To explore for free, visit the Site
Kids (2 to 7 yrs.)
Hopster
Hopster is the app that helps kids learn through the shows they love, striking a balance between learning and fun. Hopster is free for 30 days! Email quoting ‘SANDBOX’ for your login details. Please note: you will receive your login by the following business day.
Curious World
Through the use of hundreds of educational games, books, videos, and activities; Curious World supports the development of 8 key life skills from math and literacy, to creativity, executive function and social and emotional skills! Currently only available for families in the US and the Middle East.
Funbrain
Funbrain is an online educational game site for kids of all ages, making core curriculum like math, grammar, science, spelling, and history fun!
To play for free, visit the Site.
To play for free, visit the Site.
Tinybop
Think of digital toys! Tinybop is a suite of 18 award-winning apps where kids can learn by exploring (science about the human body, machines, skyscrapers..) or creating (robots, games). Tinybop designs a playful learning experience to inspire creativity, curiosity and a love of learning.
To play, download from the App Store or Google Play
To play, download from the App Store or Google Play
Tinybop Schools
Tinybop Schools combines the Tinybop apps in one place for kids to play and you to check!
To start learning, click here, and select ‘try for free’!