Extra Websites
- Scholastic Online
- https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html - articles & activities
- Amazon Future Engineer
Amazon Future Engineer is offering a virtual robotics program through partners CoderZ. The fully sequenced course accommodates age levels from second grade with block based coding to high school with text based coding. Amazon Future Engineer also is providing access to EarSketch, a free program that helps students learn to code through music. - BookCreater App
Boor Creator is now offering 90 days free use of real-time collaboration feature, a premium feature usually only available with a paid subscription. Additionally, it provides a list of ideas for using Book Creator for remote learning. - BrainPop
BrainPop is offering free, unlimited use of BrainPOP to any school closed due to the coronavirus during the period of their closure. BrainPOP offers animated movies, assessment resources, and creative tools for elearning, projects, homework and more. - Advertisement
- Epic!
Epic! provides online learning resources such as books, learning videos, quizzes & more. Free classroom access for all educators. - www.openschool.bc.ca/keeplearning - More for parents
- GoNoodle
GoNoodle® offers movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Available for free at school, home. - Handwriting Heroes
Handwriting Heroes is a multisensory handwriting curriculum that teaches children how to form their letters through animations, stories and song. iPad app is being offered free of charge. Letter formation videos – always free. - Khan Academy
- Khan Academy Kids
Khan Academy Kids is a free online education program for children ages 2 - 7. the mobile app was designed by child development experts at Stanford University and engages kids in core subjects like early literacy, reading, writing, language, and math, while encouraging creativity and building social-emotional skills. Always free, no ads, no subscriptions, with an offline version available for when internet access is difficult. - Kids Discover Online
Access Kids Discover's library of science and social studies material on any device, at any time, for one low price. The company is offering schools and school districts special access to Kids Discover Online through the end of June, 2020. - Kinderlab Robotics
Educators (or parents with kids at home) who want to teach building, engineering and design, and coding without an actual robot, KinderLab Robotics is offering its “No KIBO? No Problem!” booklet for free. - National Geographic Learning for K-12
National Geographic Learning (a Cengage company) is providing all U.S. K-12 teachers with free access to its learning platforms and eBooks, and training and support for educators transitioning to online teaching. - Phonics Hero
Phonics Hero teaches school-aged children to read and spell with systematic phonics. Using a step-by-step approach, the 850 games teach children the 44 sounds, the reading and spelling of words, and how to conquer sentences. Available on tablets and computers. 30 days full free access. - Prodigy
- Prodigies - Music
Prodigies is a colorful music curriculum for kids 1-12 that teaches kids how to play their first instrument, how to sing in tune & how to understand the language of music. 21 days free. - Starfall
Starfall.com uses animation and sound to engage children in the learning process. Always free. - StoryBoard
Free access until 4/15/2020. - Storyline Online
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creative illustrations. Always free. - Sumdog
Is offering free access to all of Sumdog for the duration of a school closure (up until the start of the summer vacation). - Times Tables Rock Stars
Offering affected schools free full access to Times Tables Rock Stars, its platform for multiplication and division – throughout any school closure.