Now that most of the world is at home for the foreseeable future, many parents are now faced with homeschooling their kids. A lot of schools have online learning already set up, but many of us do not. Technically, Mazzy and Harlow’s school is on spring break right now, so they announced that online learning will begin on March 30th. I’m not sure what that will entail exactly or how much time it will take up. I just know there are a lot of hours to fill in a day. Particularly when you need your kids occupied so you can work from home.
I’ve seen a lot of graphics going around with lists of online educational resources, so I thought it would be helpful to compile them all in one place, with links. If you know all these already, well then I am compiling this list for myself.
ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES – ALL SUBJECTS
Scholastic Classroom Free virtual learning resources for students in grades Pre-K – 9+
Khan Academy Resource Page Lessons in every subject for all ages, including both academic and more creative – Mazzy just discovered an imagineering class from Disney on there!
BrainPop Over 1,000 short animated educational movies for students in grades K-12, together with quizzes and related materials, covering all subjects (their app is really well done too)
Sheppard Software Free educational games for kids
Funbrain Reading and math games and videos
Mr. Nussbaum Various subjects, currently at 80% off
Clever Learner Science, reading, math and crafts
Turtle Diary Fun educational and online games for kids
Exploratorium Learning toolbox for older kids
MATH
The MIND Institute has made their K-8 ST Math program free
Cool Math Math games for kids
Prodigy Math games
Study Jams Interactive math and science activities
Math Games Free games and skill tests for 1st-8th grade
SCIENCE
Mystery Doug Science learning
National Geographic Kids Large collection of multimedia resources to teach kids about animals, habitats, countries, and cultures
Science Bob Experiments
The Happy Scientist Free science resources
READING/WRITING/STORIES
Audible kids books are free right now as long as schools are closed
Storybird Boost writing skills with 700+ lessons, quizzes, prompts and challenges created by educators and authors.
Operation Storytime Authors, illustrators, celebs and childhood educators perform their stories online
Storyline Celebrated actors read children’s books
Squiggle Park Reading Resource
ABC YA Practice math and reading skills through fun games
Vooks Ad-free streaming children’s library with animated storybooks which is offering a free month trial
Bilionasium Social reading community for kids, their friends, educators, and parents
CODING
Scratch (8-16yo) and Scratch Jr. (5-7yo) Learn to create interactive stories, games and animations through introductory programming language
SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/CURRENT EVENTS
History for Kids Social studies
Mission US Interactive way to learn history
DOGO News Kids news and current events
ART
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems Free daily drawing lesson (Harlow loved this, Mazzy felt it was too young for her)
Cassie Stephenz Live art projects for kids via Instagram
Draw Everyday with JJK Author Illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka is teaching basic illustration every day at 2pm on Youtube
Google Art & Culture Tour more than 9000 art collections from around the world, natural history museums, architecture and more
MUSIC
Mornings with Matt Daily Sing-a-longs
Laurie Berkner – Endless supply of preschool classics on her YouTube channel
EXERCISE
Cosmic Kids Yoga videos for Kids
FUN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES
Please let me know if you have any other options that you would recommend! I will continue adding to this list. I’m also going to be doing a complete list with Live online sessions being offered. There are so many talented people putting up great content for kids!
We’ve been loving the daily animal live video from the Cincinnati Zoo every day at 3pm (via Facebook live). If you miss the live show, the video is posted to YouTube a bit later
Fiveable is an amazing resource for high school students gearing up for AP exams. https://fiveable.me/
Thank you for sharing. I have been struggling with this and your resources have given me some direction!
We’re loving PE with Joe, he posts a new workout daily, about 30 min. long.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8
Thanks for sharing. We’ve been recently playing in 3D with https://www.vectary.com/ It works on son’s school Chromebook. It is maybe better for older kids.
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You should include iCivics for Social Studies and Government. This interactive game site is fantastic and free.
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