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COVID-19 Temporary Distance Learning Plan Available Resources
Available Online Resources for Temporary Distance Learning Plans
The CORE Butte Community has been compiling resources that are currently available in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. These resources have been gleaned from a variety of sources including personal experience, social media, and individual email contacts with some of these companies. CORE does not guarantee that all resources will be available as stated nor does the school promote one of these resources over any other resource you may currently be using. This list is strictly a compilation of data and resources that have been made openly available to the general public during this trying time. This is a working document and will be added to as resources come to our attention. Navigate to subject matter content via the menu above or below. Homeschooling is a true joy. Enjoy the journey!
ELA
Storyline Online: Fave kids books read by famous people
Seussville: Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss
Into the Book: Games to get "into the book"
Classroom Cereal: Grammar practice for middle grades
Curriculum Associates: Free printable K-8 Reading and Math activity packs (available in English and Spanish)
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.
Brain Box: Magic Spell is a carefully crafted spelling adventure.
Novel Effect: 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.
Fun Fonix: Phonics worksheets for kids
Free Children Stories: Free stories online ages 3-12
National Geographic Young Explorers: 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.
Common Lit: Reading passages for grades 3-12, with reading comprehension and discussion questions.
No Red Ink: Online curriculum that builds better writers.
Paragraph Punch: Teaches students how to write a paragraph through interactive online tutorial
Scholastic Classroom Magazine: Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.
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.
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)
Shurley English Program: The Shurley English program for grades K-8 provides a clear, logical, and concrete approach to language arts.
Spelling Training: Spelling 1-4 grade
Wonderopolis: Short videos and readings that answer various burning questions for students. There are vocabulary challenges and comprehension questions.
Reading Eggs: Phonics and learning to read
The Story Starter: Randomly generates 356,300,262,144 story starters
Grammaropolis: Work on the 8 parts of speech
YouTube: books read aloud for free--
Read-Aloud and Listening
Stories read aloud by famous actors
ELA/ELD/Writing
ELA/ELD Resources from Around the State
Story Jumper (requires parent login)
Story Bird (requires parent login)
USA Learns - ESL for Adult Ed. and High School
iReady: Free, printable at-home activity packs designed to provide students with self-directed exercises and practice during extended absences from school. Designed to reinforce key concepts for a given grade, i-Ready’s online lessons can support at-home learning.
Myon: a student-centered, personalized literacy environment that gives students access to more than 6,000 enhanced digital books.
Starfall Reading: a free public service to teach children to read. Includes language arts and mathematics for TK-3rd Grade.
StoryKit: is a simple storybook creation app, with a private online sharing tool. Grades 1-4 and above. Provides opportunities to create stories, add pictures, and infuse recordings of their own voices.
Core Knowledge: provides open access to an exemplary curriculum for TK-8th Grade.
Open Culture: allows visitors to download hundreds of free audio books, mostly classics, to your MP3 player or computer. You'll find great works of fiction (Free Audio Books: Fiction & Literature), poetry (Free Audio Books: Poetry), and non-fiction (Free Audio Books: Non-Fiction), by such authors as Twain, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Orwell, Vonnegut, Nietzsche, Austen, Shakespeare, Asimov, HG Wells & more.
Librivox - Free Public Domain Audiobooks: features recordings of books in the public domain (Public Domain) read by volunteers from around the world.
Read Write Think: helps students engage in literacy learning using tablet devices. No internet connection is required once the apps are downloaded. Grades K-12.
ReadWorks: ReadWorks leverages cognitive-science research to create high-impact instructional materials and tools designed for immediate use within the practical realities of current U.S. classrooms.
Scholastic Story Starters: a creative writing prompt generator for children in grades K-6.
Independent Reading Response Ideas: a 2-page document with Independent Reading Response Questions.
The Learning Network (New York Times): Each week the Learning Network offers new ways for students to practice reading, writing, and thinking using Times journalism. Daily writing prompts and other activities for students are provided, as well as resources for teachers.
StoryBird: a storytelling platform to help students develop their writing.
Purdue Online Writing Lab: provides guidance for students writing academic papers, including guides for formatting, citations, analysis, and revising work.
Wilson Language Training: Recommendations for Fundations®, Just Words®, and Wilson Reading System® use
Celebrities That Read Aloud to Kids - Celebrity Read Alouds
MATH
Common Core-aligned high school mathematics assignments, by course and topic
Can Figure It Geometry: Proofs Simplified: Geometry
DreamBox: K-8 online math program evaluates how a student is solving problems to build a customized and unique learning path for them.
Bedtime Math: Math as a fun part of your daily family routine
Math Games With Cards (Grades K-2)
Boddle Learning: Elementary Math through 6th grade
MathScore: Math practice from counting to algebra and geometry
DeltaMath: A wide range of math content from middle school through AP Calculus.
Math@Work Web Series: Math Videos with lessons, real life uses of math, famous actors
Math Playground: Elementary Math games, logic puzzles and educational resources
Dr. Roger's Math Neighborhood: Higher level math. Online videos 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 a math problem or search term and watch the step-by-step work and answer instantly. Grades 2 - College.
Dragonbox Math: Algebra games for kids
Math Chimp: Fractions practice
A+Click Math: Math and logic problems for ages 5 and up to adult
Manga High: Website allows students to play basic games to reinforce math skills and compete against the computer or others
GridClub: Math games galore
Numberphile: Short videos about numbers that help kids explore complex math topics and make math more fun.
Robert Kaplinsky Math Lessons (K-12)
iReady Math: Printable at-home activity packs designed to provide students with valuable self-directed exercises and practice during extended absences from school. Each pack is designed to reinforce key concepts for a given grade.
Eureka Math: offers its curriculum as PDF downloads for free, non-commercial use. The curriculum is accompanied by a selection of instructional materials and support resources for teachers at no additional cost.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: provides access quality standards-based resources for teaching and learning mathematics, including interactive tools for students and instructional support for teachers.
National Association for the Education of Young Children: encourages mathematics learning at home.
Illustrated Mathematics Free Educational Resources and Videos
Singapore Math: Instructional lesson videos for students to access at home.
https://stevewyborney.com/ Splat, Cube Conversations, Esti-Mysteries, etc- awesome math resource.
SCIENCE
Playmada Games: Chemistry
Funology: Crafts, projects, science, recipes for young children
Science. Simplified.: Hands on elementary science videos
Access Mars: A WebVR Experiment: Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover.
Switch Zoo Animal Games: Play games and learn all about animals
Articles by Concept: High school chemistry topics
Biology Simulations: Biology
Club Sci Kidz: Daily free science or cooking experiment to do at home..
Birds: All about birds! Resource for all ages.
Everyday Earth - An Interactive, Online STEM Program: Interactive video earth science based curriculum supplement.
80+ Free Science Activities to Entertain your Kids
Tyto Online: Next Generation Science video game focused on middle school where students directly engage in science phenomena as they solve problems.
Positive Physics: An online physics problem and video bank designed for conceptual, standard, honors or AP1 physics.
Welcome to SEPUP: Science Education for Public Understanding Program: Science simulations, scientist profiles, and other digital resources for middle school science and high school biology
The Science Spot: Science projects that can be completed with or without Internet access
Earthquakes for Kids: Learn all about earthquakes
Periodic Table of Elements and Chemistry: Learn all about the periodic table
The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids: Date, weather, moon phase, etc.
My First Garden: Guide to gardening for kids
NASA Kids' Club: Space science for kiddos
Steve Spangler Science: Tons of science experiments that you can do at home
The Happy Scientist: Just explore, have fun, and learn some science along the way.
CELLS alive!: Learn all about cells
GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world!: 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.
Science podcasts to listen to with your kids
Human Anatomy and Disease in Interactive 3D: A human visualization platform that allows students to explore the human body in really cool ways. Innerbody explores the 11 bodily systems in depth.
Explore Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics: With interactive models and detailed explanations, this website helps students learn more about the internal mechanics of the amazing human body.
NASA Climate Kids: This NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals.
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.
Weather Wiz Kids: From rainbows to tornadoes and winter storms to tsunamis, meteorologist Crystal Wicker breaks down the fascinating world of weather.
Smithsonian Ocean: This educational website hosted by the Smithsonian Museum takes a deep dive into ocean life.
Paper Structures Engineering Challenge: Engineering challenges with things you have at home
Legends of Learning: provides educational games for Grades 3–8. These resources have been made available for free due to school closures.
National Science Teaching Association: resources from NSTA to help you support your child's learning in science at home and at school.
California Science Teachers Association Resources: a collection of resources for educators curated by CSTA.
MysteryScience: has made their resources free in response to the Coronavirus.
NASA Education Resources: (searchable by topic) provides informative educational materials that engage student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Teach Engineering: This collection aligns with state and/or national science, mathematics and technology educational standards, and uses engineering as the vehicle to integrate science and mathematics concepts for K-12 students.
US Department of Energy Education Resources: a partnership between the US Department of Energy and the National Energy Education Development Project (NEED) to create free energy education resources for classroom and educational use.
The Physics Classroom: a collection of online tutorials, concept builders, and interactive lessons for students.
Edutopia: Ten Websites for Science Teachers: offers summaries and links to ten websites covering topics such as the process of science, field research journals, evolution, PhET simulations, Earth exploration, EdHead interactives, plants, chemistry, scientists, and more.
California Academy of Sciences Educator Resources: provides lesson plans, science videos, and distance learning programs.
Bill Nye The Science Guy: offers a collection of episode guides and videos as well as directions for home demos that can be found under the “Learn” section and cover topics such as life science, physical science, and planetary science.
Discovery Education: An online K-12 learning platform providing multimedia, virtual activities and hands-on labs with model lessons in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Switcheroo Zoo: Kids learn about animals by playing games.
Exploratorium - Read, watch, experiment (all ages)
Academy of Science Webcams (all ages)
San DIego Zoo Webcams (all ages)
NOVA Wonders (6th - 12th)
Crash Course - Science and HSS (9th - 12th)
Virtual Field Trips- Monterey Bay Aquarium
Preschool
Build outdoors with Nature Play: Create with Nature
Investigate your favorite insect with What Would Happen?
Watch and sing 7,000 Kinds of Amphibians
Observe and imitate the Academy's Live Penguin Colony
Kindergarten
Connect with animal caretakers in Penguins, Will You Be My Valentine?
Question your environment with Notice and Wonder
Observe how you use different teeth with Chew, Bite, Chomp
1st Grade
Meet our birds in Penguins: Wings, Beaks, and Feathers, Oh My!
Sing a song and draw out your own Jungle Layers
2nd Grade
Count sections as your build a Fraction Penguin
Play Natural Resources Bingo as a family
Use Scientific Sketching for Observation in your notebook
3rd Grade
Watch and giggle about The Story of Poo
Design a Macroinvertebrate Manor in your own backyard
Draw with us in Art & Science: Nature as Your Muse
4th Grade
Carry out a Compost Scientific Investigation
Connect with experts to hear the difference between Weather & Climate
Build a Pocket Solar System to grasp astronomical scale
5th Grade
Connect and compare these Spooktacular Skulls
Learn how to Spot That Bird; then, do an outdoor Bird Count
Middle School
Watch Flipside Science and design your own solutions
Connect with astronomy experts in Tour of the Night Sky
Produce scale models with How Big is Big?
High School
Watch Academy Science videos to explore STEM careers
Complete our Biodiversity Course on Khan Academy
Meet a marine biologist in Nudibranchs, Colorful Creatures of the Sea
SOCIAL STUDIES / HISTORY
Stanford On-line Civic Reasoning Curriculum
High School History Teaching Units and Materials
Studies Weekly Online: (90-day free trial for Teachers to set up accounts)
National Geographic Kids: Geography and animals
Big History Project: Online history classes for all ages preteen through adults
CountryReports: Countries of the World: 35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world.
Bunk History: Digital archive of history
Mission US: An interactive way to learn history
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.
Ben's Guide To the US Government: 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.
Liberty’s Kids: First airing on PBS decades ago is a fantastic narrative account of the American Revolution, spread over 40 episodes, 23 minutes each
Extra Credits Extra History: Extra Credits started as a channel for gamers, especially those interested in historical war games, but its creators also now make videos about history itself
Let’s Go Luna - Travel the World
News Depth: (4-7th)
World Cultures: (PK-5th)
Above the Noise: (6th - 12th)
Crash Course - HSS: (9th-12th)
USA Learns: - Citizenship Course for Adult Ed. and High School
Teaching Tolerance: provides free resources for educators who work with children from Grades K-12. Lessons to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.
The Library of Congress: offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.
The Stanford History Education Group: An award-winning research and development group seeking to improve education by conducting research, working with school districts, and reaching directly into classrooms with free materials for teachers and students. Their Civic Online Reasoning curriculum to help students develop the skills needed to navigate our current digital landscape.
The Smithsonian:
Smithsonian Education: offers a wealth of resources and digital tools support inquiry-based learning and active engagement to spark creativity and curiosity.
The Smithsonian Learning Lab: allows you to create personal collections and individualized educational experiences.
Game Center of the Smithsonian Science Education Center: offers fun experiences for the young STEM learner.
Smithsonian's History Explorer: offers hundreds of free, innovative resources for learning about American history.
Many museums, cultural sites, and historical sites offer virtual tours and live streaming. A few are listed here but an internet search will reveal many others:
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
The Zinn Education Project: promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in classrooms across the country with free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme (Explore by Theme), time period (Explore by Time Period), and grade level. The teaching materials emphasize the role of working people, women, people of color, and organized social movements in shaping history.
World History For Us All: A national collaboration of K-12 teachers, collegiate instructors, and educational technology specialists.
Teaching California: Free online instructional materials to support the California History-Social Science Framework, with an emphasis on primary sources.
The Content, Literacy, Inquiry, and Citizenship (CLIC) Project: Resources for educators take an inquiry-based approach to learning about various topics including Armenian Genocide, the Bracero Program, Environmental Literacy, and approaches to civic learning.
California History-Social Science Project: Provides professional learning and free resources such as The History Blueprint and The Source.
BBC Bitesize History: The BBC's free online study support resource for school-age students in the United Kingdom. It is designed to aid students in both schoolwork and, for older students, exams.
Stanford History Education Group: Provides free History and Civic materials including lessons, curriculum, and assessments accessible to teachers and students:
Crash Course History Channel: High quality educational videos should be available to everyone for free. The Crash Course team has produced more than 15 courses to date, and these videos accompany high school and college level classes ranging from the humanities to the sciences. It has changed attitudes towards education by creating a community of learners who are looking for more than just help passing a test.
History For Kids: Games, quizzes and fact sheets take kids on a journey through time.
Oyez: A resource for teaching Supreme Court Cases that includes the case history, relevant precedent, arguments, and the Supreme Court Decision and applicable dissents:
National Archives: A website that is easy to navigate and includes lots of teacher resources. They feature a daily historical document relating to an event from that day in history. The online catalog can be searched using keywords, and 100 "milestone" documents are identified as significant to American history:
National Archives Elementary School Distance Learning Programs: Free, interactive programs that feature primary sources from the Distance Learning Programs. Each program aligns with National Social Studies Standards and Common Core State Standards. It also provides teacher guides with pre- and post-program lessons.
DocsTeach: Documents are organized by different periods in American history. If you're teaching "Civil War and Reconstruction" or "Revolution and the New Nation," just click on the topic to find hundreds of primary source documents. DocsTeach provides audio, video, charts, graphs, maps and more:
Spartacus Educational: A resource for global history with free encyclopedia entries that directly connect to primary source documents.
Internet History Sourcebooks: Fordham University is another resource for global history. It organizes primary sources into periods of American history, from the "Reformation" to "Post-World War II Religious Thought."
Avalon Project at Yale University: Broken down by time period then listed in alphabetical order, the Avalon Project at Yale University offers primary sources for global history teachers. This database starts with ancient and medieval documents and moves into present times. In addition to categories that address specific historical periods, the Avalon Project includes links to human rights documents as part of Project Diana.
US History: Free Online Textbooks provides high school courses for students, teachers, home-schoolers, and history lovers.
LIFE photo archive hosted by Google: Google and Life Magazine have a search engine that lets users search millions of images from the Life Magazine Photo Archive. Users can type in key terms to guide their searches, look through images organized by decade (1860s through 1970s), or significant people, places, events or sports topics.
Social Studies School Services: Digital platforms through the end of the school year.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Shape America: provides tips for creating distance learning that include resources to promote and track physical activity.
Six Apps to Kickstart Your PE Classroom and Keep Kids Motivated: (article) lists apps students can use at home to track and plan fitness.
PE Central’s Web Sites for Kids: provides links to resources to support remote and home instruction for physical education.
Online Physical Education for Homeschoolers: (article) provides guidance and resources for teaching P.E. remotely and at home.
PBS Learning: provides resources for Health and Physical Education.
Fluency and 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. Best used for ages 4-8.
40+ Best Indoor Activities from Busy Toddler
The PE Specialist – Inspiring Teachers to Inspire Students: (free w/ email sign up)
Adapted Physical Activity: (lots of activity ideas)
Motor Skills Learning: (for children under 6)
Welcome to OPEN – the Online Physical Education Network.
Pinterest-Physical Activity Ideas
GoNoodle: Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts.
The OT Toolbox: At home OT, PT, and ST resources designed to build skills in children through movement and play.
Sworkit Kid Workouts: 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.
PE: Fitness
Deck of Fitness: (all ages-change exercises for age as needed)
FITNESS UNO: (Grades 3-10)
Special Olympics Fit 5: (Grades K-12)
Open Ed Physical Education: (Grades K-12)
2-Week Physical Activity Log -English: (K-12)
Registro De Actividad Física De 2 Semanas: (K-12)
Kids workout 1 Beginners: (K-6)
Have a Blast With This Family Fun Cardio Workout!: (K-5)
ExerciseBuddy - Apps for Autism
Warm up games: (K-6)
PE: Dance
34 Minutes of KIDZ BOP Dance Along Videos: (K-12)
Whip/ Nae Nae Cardio dance: (K-12)
Just Dance Kids 2 I Am A Gummy Bear: (K-3)
TheLearningStation - Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes: (K-3 lots of different videos)
GoNoodle: (K-12 lots of differents videos)
PE: Yoga & Gymnastics
Cosmic Kids Yoga :(K-6) Videos with stories paired with yoga moves
5 Best Kids Yoga Videos on Youtube
Teach Your Kids Basic Gymnastic Moves at Home: (K-12) Basic Gymnastics skills and videos
Little Twisters Yoga: Free at-home kids yoga lesson plans
PE: Object Control (ball skills)
Basketball/bouncing | Fundamental PE Skills & Drills
Throwing & catching | Fundamental PE Skills & Drills
Soccer (football & kicking) | Fundamental PE Skills & Drills
Object Control Skills for Kids: (teaching skills)
Individual skill challenges: (K-3)
Sport Specific Skills / Fundamental PE Skills & Drills
Object Control Skills for Kids: (hand dribbling)
Catching :(Catching)
PE: Locomotor
Moving | Fundamental PE Skills & Drills
Hula hoop skills and lesson ideas
Teaching Jump Rope in PE Class - Tips and Activities
PE: Health and Fitness
https://media.specialolympics.org/resources/sports-essentials/fit-5/Fit-5-Guide.pdf: (Nutrition)
Fitness Plans for Home: (Activity Tracking)
FITT Principle Worksheets: (9-12)
K-12 Communicable Disease Health Education Lessons
Explaining the Coronavirus to Kids (a cartoon)
Talking to Teens and Tweens about the Coronavirus
How To Talk to Kids About the Coronavirus
COVIBOOK: (Social Story about the coronavirus available in English and Spanish)
PE Games
Physical Education Games Videos
PE E-Learning at Home: (K-12)
Card Sharks, Exercise Bingo, Fitness Monopoly by Rob Pohlner: (Games to play at home K-12)
Interactive Fitness Matching Game: (6-12)
Exercises for Home: (K-12)
OPEN at Home Activities and Games for kids
PE Concepts with Literature or Math
Brain Bites by Lynn Hefele- PE & Literature
Literature Enhanced Physical Education - Home
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Teachrock Distance Learning: - Collaboration and Communication Through Music - Online Resources integrated for All Subjects and Ages
All Kids Network: Kids Crafts, Kids Activities, Worksheets, Coloring Pages and More
Music Theory: Introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, exercises, ear trainers, and calculators.
Prodigies - Music Curriculum for Preschool and Primary School Children: 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!
Quaver: 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.
SmartMusic | Music Learning Software for Educators & Students
NGAkids: Interactives offer an entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history.
MetKids | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artsology | Art Games for Kids | Arts Education Resources for Teachers
Virtual Musical Instruments online: play the guitar, piano, drums and flute
Arts and Culture A list of museums and galleries located all across the globe that you can currently enjoy from the comfort of your own home.(Click on one of the museums or galleries to be rewarded with photos from various collections, while select locations allow you to take a virtual tour.)
Art School: (6th - 12th)
Spark - Short videos of artists: (various ages)
Sound Field - videos on all types of music: (6th-12th)
Learn about Classical Music: (1st-6th)
Websites for Kids from the Music Teachers National Association
Best Arts Education Apps and Websites | Common Sense Education
The National Gallery of Art (NGA) and MOMA provide resources for teachers, including lessons and interactives
NGA: https://www.nga.gov/education/teachers.html.
MOMA: https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/
PBS Learning Media Resources And Activities For Art Lesson Plans
Happy Hooligans - Crafts and Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers to Tweens
Opus You: Cinematic broadcast of musical works, lesson plans, and interactive online courses.
Davis Art: Access to digital resources
LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
Campus Difusión - Recursos digitales para profesores de español LE/L2: Resources for Spanish practice
CHALK Academy • Child-Led, Hands-On, Active Learning for Kids: Chinese learning activities
Memrise - Learn a language. Meet the world.: 22 languages to learn
Conjuguemos: Vocabulary, grammar, listening activities and games in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Latin.
Rockalingua: Spanish Lessons and Learning for Kids: Music Based Spanish Learning
PBS - Learning Spanish: (K-3)
PBS World Languages: PBS German, French, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish:
Duolingo for Schools: Duolingo is a free app and website-based system for learning and practicing world languages.
SPEECH / SOCIAL EMOTIONAL / OTHER SPECIAL NEED FOCUSED
GoNoodle: (many videos for instruction including Social Emotional)
Overcoming Obstacles: Life skills curriculum for students in Grades K-12. Their resources include strategies for teaching social and emotional skills.
USA Learns Free Online Learning for ESL Students: (Adult Ed. & High School)
CALM: Free meditations, stories, music, talks and more, all hand-picked to support your mental and emotional wellness
Character Lab: Activities and discussion to develop character (in the form of Playbooks by topic) Purpose: to develop strength of heart (harmonious relationships), mind (independent thinking), and will (goal achievement) Topics: creativity, curiosity, emotional intelligence, gratitude, grit, growth mindset, honesty, intellectual humility, kindness, proactivity, purpose, self-control, social intelligence
Resources from 6Seconds: Various resources for developing healthy mindsets in response to circumstances that are beyond one's control
CommonSense: A list of apps (with targeted age ranges from Pre-K through 12th grade) to encourage daily practice of emotional intelligence competencies
Articles from Confident Parents, Confident Kids:
"My Kid's School Is Closed, So Now What?" setting up success for time at home; creating a family "coping kit" (complete with a feelings wheel)
"Do You Have an Emotional Safety Plan?" developing and modeling a family plan for responding well to crises
Top 12 Websites For Children With Learning Disabilities
Special Student Services: Home (mod/severe)
The Daily SEL Challenge: The Daily Social/Emotional Challenge
Big Life Journal Kid’s Podcast: Big Life Kid’s podcast helps kids develop a GROWTH MINDSET
Youth Light: Social/Emotional Learning (SEL) Lessons for Home Learning
MULTI-SUBJECT
Free Access to University of California A-G Online High School Courses
National University Virtual High School: high school courses in all content areas free to all CA students, April – June, 2020
National University Virtual High School course list
Free Access to University of California A-G Online High School Courses(PDF)
Online Advanced Placement courses
Online high school courses and materials for all core subjects
TeacherspayTeachers (offering 3 weeks of instruction free in every subject area right now 3/13/2020)
Preschool Inspirations - The world is their playground: Toddler and preschool age ideas
Funbrain: Games, Videos, and Books for Kids: Math and Reading games
Vooks: (online books)
Discovery Education: (videos for older grades 3rd and up all subject areas)
Brain Pop: (request a free trial for school closure)
Free Online Textbooks, Flashcards, Adaptive Practice, Real World Examples, Simulations: Science, Math, Social Studies
Scholastic: (all subject areas)
ABCya! • Learning Games and Apps for Kids: Math and reading games
Arcademic Skill Builders - Math Games, Language Arts Games, and much more
Discovery K12 | Love to Learn: Online homeschool platform & curriculum for Pre-K to 12th grade. All main subjects are covered, plus extra curriculum courses.
Carmen San Diego: Videos, stories, and lessons for all subject areas
Izzit: Entertaining & educational videos for all levels and subjects
PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations
Mindful Poetry Moments: Poetry and music
HippoCampus - Homework and Study Help - Free help with your algebra, biology, environmental science, American government, US history, physics and religion homework: 7,000 free videos in 13 subject areas
EdgertonCenter's Projects: 3D printing projects and Coding projects, involving math and other K-12 subjects
ScootPad: Adaptive curriculum in Math and ELA for Grades K-8
The Good and the 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.
TurtleDiary: Kids Games - Educational Computer Games Online (Pre-K - 5)
Cool Kid Facts | Fun Facts For Kids: Access to educational videos, pictures, quizzes, downloadable worksheets, and infographics. Use these to learn about geography, history, science, animals, and even the human body.
Brainscape: The Best Flashcards App | Make Flashcards Online: Brainscape offers over a million flashcard decks for every subject, entrance exam, and certification imaginable.
Continuity of Learning: Additional Online ELA and Math Resources (some may not be free) (curated by Jason Borgen, Santa Cruz County Office of Education)
Teacher Vision: TeacherVision provides free resources for Pre-K in multiple subject areas and for many areas of interest, including art and music
Great Minds: Recorded daily lessons of Eureka Math, Wit & Wisdom, and PhD Science.
Kendall Hunt: Open Educational Resources for Illustrative Mathematics and OpenSciEd
Amplify: Access resources for using Amplify programs remotely.
Applied Educational Systems: Interactive lessons, ready to use projects, and automatically graded assessments.
Explore Learning: Access and information about all three of our online resources.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Information and resources to help continue teaching and learning during school closures.
Lincoln Learning: Videos, games, and samples.
Renaissance: Digital solutions to assist students and families learning from home
Scholastic: 20 days’ worth of exciting learning journeys.
Teacher Created Materials: Resources for at-home learning.
TCI: Resources for teachers to provide distance learning.
Twig Education: Students can access thousands of videos (in English/Spanish), lessons, activities, and visuals wherever they are.
Nessy YouTube Channel: Nessy’s YouTube offers an easy, engaging way to keep children learning during this difficult period. Contains help for reading, writing, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, math and keyboarding
Flocabulary: Rap songs like a music video for all educational topics.These are a fun way to learn facts and information if you enjoy a music beat.
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The ultimate kids' guide to the new coronavirus
San Diego Zoo Kids: The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour!
FarmFood 360: This Canadian site offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs.
Great Wall of China Travel Guide & Tours: This Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China is beautiful and makes history come to life.
Museum of the World: 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.
Next Gen Personal Finance: Scads of free resources, games, learning resources, and lesson plans for teaching personal finance
1 Million FREE Worksheets for Kids: 300,000+ FREE printable worksheets from toddlers to teens
Bamboo Learning: Voice based learning... learn through Alexa
Highlights Kids: Fun games, recipes, crafts, activities
ClickSchooling: Daily recommendations by email for entertaining websites that help your kids learn.
Fun at Home: Educational games K-12
BWS Education Consulting: Test Prep for SAT, ACT, etc.
Coursera | Build Skills with Online Courses from Top Institutions: Tons of free classes from leading universities and companies
Curriki | Inspiring Learning Everywhere: Digital learning content for preschool through high school
Supercharged School – Extraordinary Education for Everyone: Daily lessons and educational activities that kids can do on their own
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.
Classes for older teens or adults
Fiveable: Resources for AP students including live reviews, live trivia, and study guides!
Literacy with the Littles Teaching Resources: Free Printables for PreK-2nd Grade
Printables Library | Montessori Materials: Free printables library with activities for children 0-6
Marco Learning: AP ® Prep Courses & Materials: Resources for AP students
ProjectExplorer - videos & lessons to inspire global citizens: Free videos from around the world from grade 3-12
Quizlet: Learning tools & flashcards, for free: For students to practice and master whatever they are learning.
Thinkscape Marketplace: Critical Thinking resources for K-6 students
Vocabulary Words - Spelling Practice - Phonics Games for Kids: Spellingcity is free right now with code VSCFree90
STEM Resource Finder: 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.
Recipes for Kids | Fun food recipes for kids to make for healthy eating: Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook with their grown-ups. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, math, and science.
KiwiCo: Quick & easy at home projects curated for kids 2 and up
PBS LearningMedia | Teaching Resources For Students And Teachers: PreK-12 digital media service with more than 30,000 learning materials
Capstone Publishing Curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students. Resources available during school closures; userName = Engaged; Password = Learning
TypingClub: Learn Touch Typing Free: Keyboarding practice
Learn to Type | Free Typing Tutor - Typing.com: Keyboarding practice
Nitro Type | Competitive Typing Game | Race Your Friends: Keyboarding Practice...race up to 5 other typists
McHarper Manor (Arts and Crafts)
Learning at Home: Everything you need in one place: A quick start resource to help families pull together a plan for surviving the next 1-2 months at home with their kids, but it can also be a time of slowing down and enjoying kids as they learn (Pre K - 8)
Here are 450 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free
edX | Free Online Courses by Harvard, MIT, & more: 2,500+ online courses from top institutions
Codecademy: Learn to Code - for Free
Funbrain: Games, Videos, and Books for Kids (K-8)
Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool: Every course you could possibly want to homeschool TK - 8
Easy Peasy All-in-One High School: Every course you could possibly want to homeschool for high school
Youngzine: News and more for kids
CryptoClub: Immerse yourself in cryptography
Magic Tree House: Interactive games based on the book series
Google Earth: All sorts of learning here if you dig in
Scratch - Imagine, Program, Share: Scratch draws students of all types into coding and lays a foundation for future learning.
Preschool, Early Childhood, and Kindergarten Songs: A large selection of fun songs to help teach preschool and kindergarten students
Super Simple - Kids songs, shows, and free resources: Resource section includes free flashcards, coloring pages, worksheets, and other resources for children, teachers, and parents.
Kodable: Programming for Kids: Coding for ages 4-10
Fun Stuff for Kids and Teens: 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
US Mint Kids: Your child can play games, learn fun facts, and find out how to turn coin collecting into a hobby.
Kids Think Design: Explores careers in fashion design, graphic design, interior design, book design, product design, film and theatre, architecture, animation, and environmental design.
Banzai: Financial Literacy Software Online: Banzai exposes students to real-world financial dilemmas to teach them the importance of smart money management.
Alcumus: is specifically designed to provide high-performing students with a challenging curriculum appropriate to their abilities
Ducksters: Education for kids all topics
Crazy Games - Free Online Games on CrazyGames.com
Jigsaw Explorer – Online Jigsaw Puzzles: Online photograph jigsaw puzzles You can set the pieces from 6-1000+
List of online field trips (San Diego Zoo, Yellowstone, Mars, etc)
CalSnap special trial - CSL databases.pdf: Free Access to CalSNAP until April 30th for California K-12 Agencies
Premier licensed media content in CaliforniaStreaming PLUS a curated and growing collection of safe and vetted open K-12 visual resources, such as Khan Academy, Pics4Learning, Library of Congress, Common Sense Media, CK-12, and more.
Kahoot! - Online Challenges & Educational Games: Free access to Kahoot! Premium: Advanced reporting; School-wide educational games; Collaboration tools with other teachers
Free BrainPOP Access for Schools Closed Due to the Coronavirus
Visibility into the G Suite classroom | Hapara - Hapara: Free until June 30, 2020
Coronavirus School Curriculum & Solutions: Discovery Education
Digital Learning with Seesaw Using Google Classroom for Continuation of Learning: Santa Clara COE Digital Badges for Seesaw and Google Classroom (free)
Supporting Students Away From School: Free Printable Activity Packets for Parents
Oklahoma Department of Libraries (PK - 6th grade) provides free online resources for kids. Resources are organized by age and area of interest: Resources for Kids (PK-6th). The Kids Connections site lists additional resources here: Kids Connections
US Department of Education Early Childhood Learning Resources: includes guidance for parents and families to help them support pre-k learning and development
Jumpstart Preschool Activities - Fun Preschooler Learning: Free resources and activities appropriate for preschool
Sesame Street: English: Sesame Street Spanish: Sésamo - Juegos, Videos y Actividades para Niños
PBS Teaching Resources For Preschool Lessons
Helping you plan and continue instruction during the COVID-19 crisis: Newsela has made access to their full suite of products free for teachers through the end of this year to assist with their learning continuity plans. They are also offering frequent professional learning resources to help them develop their mastery of distance learning techniques. Newsela has also created this guide for planning for remote instruction: Edutopia: 6 Lesson Plans for Teaching Women's History Month (article with digital resources) George Lucas Educational Foundation offers free and easy-to-implement classroom resources to celebrate Women’s History Month in March: Women’s History Month: 6 Lesson Plan Resources for Teachers
Best News Websites for Students: A great website for kids. The editors have made it easy with their hand-picked lists of fun, age-appropriate kids' sites and online games. It's a big world on the web, but with lists like theirs, it can be a worthwhile one for your kids:
Edutopia: Six online resources for primary sources which allow students to read closely, make inferences, cite evidence, analyze arguments and interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text:
Learn Computer Science: Code.org offers a variety of no cost coding activities and courses for grades K-12
PBS LearningMedia | Teaching Resources For Students And Teachers: PBS Learning Media in conjunction with KVIE, has curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for California teachers.
Teaching Podcasting: A Curriculum Guide for Educators: National Public Radio’s guide for Teaching Podcasting provides step-by-step guidance to engage students in creating their own podcasts.
National Geographic Kids: A kid version of National Geographic online, with free games, videos, and educational resources for kids of all ages.
TED under 20: Talks by brilliant kids and teens: TED Under 20 offers TED talks from scientists, musicians, innovators, and activists who are all under the age of 20.
Shmoop: eLearning Resources For Students, Teachers, Schools & Districts
Common Sense Media: free, research-backed lesson plans in English and Spanish
WebQuest.org has a searchable collection of WebQuests that provide guidance for students as they research selected topics and questions online. Teachers can also create their own WebQuests using the site.
Google for Educators: The Best Features for Busy Teachers
How Teachers Can Navigate School Closures Due to the Coronavirus: PBS/KQED Resources for Teachers - Use these trusted resources to continue to provide meaningful learning experiences for students during school closures.
Noggin: An ever-expanding library of short-form videos developed by curriculum specialists. Please provide the information below to parents/caregivers so they can start their free Noggin subscription:
Step 1. Enter this unique URL into your browser: www.noggin.com/noggin-cares-first-book/
Step 2. Follow the steps to create a free account.
Step 3. Check your inbox for a verification email (and verify your account). Be sure to check your junk/spam folder if you don't see it right away.
Step 4. Download the Noggin app on your mobile device(s) through the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon App Store and/or Roku.
Step 5. Open the Noggin app and tap Sign In.
Step 6. Sign in using your Noggin account email and password.
OTHER COMPILED LISTS FOR REFERENCE
Go BOLD!: Jacob Carr’s Resource site
Spreadsheet of Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closings
Online Teaching Resources - Lucy Gray - Public: Comprehensive Lists of Free Online Teaching Resources
Continuation of Learning Resources
OER Commons: A searchable public digital library of free teaching and learning materials:
NCSSFL COVID19 Resource Bank: A repository of guidance and resources for K-12 educators, districts, and LEAs in an accessible Google Doc
Digital Promise’s Covid-19 Online Learning Resources and FAQ
Amazing Educational Resources (this is a huge list and might take time to look through)
Here's The Entire List of Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions Due to School Closings
NewSchools Venture Fund: This is an amazing, huge, long list of a great variety of resources
50+ Free SEL Resources: Social Emotional Learning Activities
Online Educational Resources is a crowdsourced master document of free resources that is being circulated amongst teachers and parents. It has not been vetted by the CDE, but it contains an extensive list of resources and how to access them for free:
TECHNOLOGY & ISP RESOURCES
ISPs Raise Speeds & Suspend Data Caps in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Internet Essentials from Comcast: Comcast Internet Essentials for $9.99 / mo. - Internet Essentials will increase speeds from 15/2 Mbps to 25/3 for all customers in response to emergency measures associated with Coronavirus (COVID-19). This speed increase will happen automatically - no action is required by customers. Customers also receive 2 months for free.
Xfinity WiFi Free For Everyone: Xfinity WiFi hotspots across the country will be available to anyone who needs them for free – including non-Xfinity Internet subscribers. For a map of Xfinity WiFi hotspots,visit www.xfinity.com/wifi Once at a hotspot, consumers should select the “xfinitywifi” network name in the list of available hotspots and then launch a browser.
Charter/Spectrum Communications - Free Access to WiFi for 60 days Charter/Spectrum - call 1 844 488 8398 CHARTER EXPANDS BROADBAND FOR STUDENTS FINAL.PDF
Zoom for Online Learning Updates: Expanded Access for Schools in Israel, Hong Kong: Free Zoom Licenses for K12 (by request)
Advanced capabilities with free access to audio and video conferencing tools: Unlimited number of video meetings with up to 100 participants; Breakout rooms; Collaboration tools with other teachers https://zoom.us/docs/ent/school-verification.html?zcid=1231&_ga=2.193487787.762808106.1583454157-487738468.1578421773
Google and Microsoft are giving away enterprise conferencing tools due to coronavirus: Free Microsoft and Google Video Conferencing Options
Free Access to Google Hangouts Meet: Free access through July 1 to advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing capabilities to all G-Suite & G-Suite for Education customers; Larger meetings - up to 250 participants per call; Live streaming up to 100,000 viewers; Record meetings and save to Google Drive
Cisco Webex Available Free in These Countries (COVID-19 Response): Free Webex Personal Account (Unlimited Usage, 100 Participants)
Free Webex access to additional features: Unlimited usage (no time restrictions); Supports up to 100 participants; Offers toll dial-in (in addition to existing VoIP capabilities Cisco Webex | Download (video conferencing and meet virtually)
Free LogMeIn Remote Work Kits:
Logmein Emergency Tool Kit.pdf
LogMeIn offers free “Emergency Remote Work Kits" following coronavirus
Free Emergency Remote Work Kits for 3 months: Solutions for meetings and video conferencing; Webinars and virtual events; IT support & management of remote devices and apps
Microsoft Teams - Office 365 E1
Free 6 month access to a premium tier of Office 365 E1 including Microsoft Teams
Google tools help schools impacted by COVID-19
Santa Clara COE Digital Badges for Seesaw and Google Classroom (free)
Digital Learning with Seesaw (Digital Learning with Seesaw) provides modules for learning what online learning and collaborations should look like and how to use Seesaw to provide these learning structures. Users must create an account to access the modules. While there is a core “Seesaw Free” service at no cost, some features require payment. Before creating an account to access the modules, educators should consider reading a review of the app by Common Sense Education (Seesaw: The Learning Journal Review for Teachers)
YouTube channels:
Kids Learning Tube
Free School
Homeschool Pop
StoryBots
Smithsonian Channel
The Brain Scoop
Word World PBS
TED-Ed
Sci Show Kids
National Geographic Kids
Story Time with Ms. Becky
Podcasts:
Brains On
Six Minutes
But Why a Podcast of curious kids
Story Pirates
Circle Round
Wow in the World
Read aloud Revival with Sarah Mackenzie
given that we’ll be cooking at home three meals a day, and cooped up 24/7—these are great shows to listen to together while doing chores. (Check out Common Sense Media
Stories of a famous woman from history—and some women who aren’t famous but should be: History Chicks
Geared directly at kids: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
From NPR, explores fun and fascinating topics in the world of science and technology at about a half an hour each: Wow in the World.
Award-winning science podcast with a big focus on interviewing scientists themselves: Tumble.
Apps:
RazKids
Epic
Vooks
Book Creator
Magnetic ABC
Ten Frames
Monster Math
Scratch Jr.
Starfall
Let’s Read