National Geographic Kids provides free access to activities, games, and articles for learning about animals, countries, environment, and science. They provide academic-based games and activities, as well as fun, “silly” activities and games. They have videos for learning in addition to reading.
National Geographic Young Explorer is providing free magazines for kids to explore, read, research, and enjoy while learning at home. Readers are able to listen to the text read aloud if needed while they follow along. There is great visual support through pictures and photographs in the magazines. For teachers, they provide interactive whiteboard lessons …
Outschool is a learning platform that provide teachers, students, and parents with a wide range of subjects to learn about, as well as live online classes for those subjects. It provides homeschooling families with the classes, resources, and teachers to meet their various needs. There are teachers for each subject, classes given during the week …
Scholastic is providing a ton of free reading resources for parents, students, and teachers during this time. They are trying to be a huge support for the “Learning At Home” experience. They have a letter for families that discusses Learning At Home and how they are trying to help.
Seesaw is a learning platform being used by grades K-12. It provides activities and lessons that are already setup for teachers and students. It provides sequential lessons, activities, journal entries, and skill mastery. It’s free for students through their teachers accounts, or for the basic account. You can upgrade your account for more resources and …
Scratch is a coding language and site developed by researchers at MIT for students aged 8 to 16. Students can use Scratch to easily build their own games and stories and to share those with others. The site is totally free, lets students design and build their own games, has tons of tutorials, and lets …
Audible is Amazon’s audio book platform. All books are professionally narrated and listeners can choose the speed at which they listen. Normally, everyone needs to purchase books or take books out from the library to use Audible, but they have a special Covid-19 deal for students. While schools are closed, all students in the United …
Learning Upgrade consists of Reading Upgrade, Comprehension Upgrade, and Math Upgrade. Both are sequential, educational video games. Reading Upgrade begins in level 1 with basic letter knowledge and by level 50 is having students work on complex passages. There are lessons on digraphs, blends, long vowels, and so on. There is also a Comprehension Upgrade …
This is a fantastic learning platform that can be used for providing sequential courses across content areas. It is free to create an account and provides access to courses and resources from preschool to college level. Students can practice skills without an account, but will not be able to save their work without creating an …
