Learning At Home

The Mega List - US Extras

Another awesome, but very long, list of resources shared by Joy Novack Rosson (mainly US)

A long list of remote learning resources created and shared by Joy Novack Rosson. These are mainly US focussed:

The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour! 

Tour Yellowstone National Park!

Access Mars – Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover. 

FarmFood 360 – This Canadian site FarmFood 360 offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs.  

Busy Toddler – Indoor Activities for busy toddlers 

Switch Zoo – Play games and learn all about animals

Pbs kids – Play with fave show characters and learn too 

Louvre – Travel to Paris, France to see amazing works of art at The Louvre with this virtual field trip.  

This Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China is beautiful and makes history come to life.

Fun Brain – Math and Reading games  

Star Fall – Phonics skills 

British Museum – 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.  

Dr. Seuss –  Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss 

123 homeschool – 300,000+ FREE printable worksheets from toddlers to teens

National Geographic – Geography and animals

Maths Score – Math practice from counting to algebra and geometry 

StoryLine – Fave kids books read by famous people 

All Kids Network – Crafts, activities, mazes, dot to dot, etc, 

High school chemistry topics 

ABC – Math and reading games 

Arc Academics – Math and language games 

Backpack Sciences – Hands on Elem science videos 

Voice based learning… learn through Alexa 

Highlights Kids – Fun games, recipes, crafts, activities  

ClickSchooling – brings you daily recommendations by email for entertaining websites that help your kids learn. 

Bedtime Maths – Math as a fun part of your daily family routine 

Games to get “into the book” 

Big History Project – Online history classes for all ages preteen through adults 

Biology Simulations

Boddle Learning – Elem Math through 6th grade 

Educational games K-12 

Bunk History – Digital archive of history 

Test Prep for SAT, ACT, etc. 

Can Figure It – Geometry

Difusion – Resources for Spanish practice

Chalk Academy – Chinese learning activities 

Music Lab – Music is for everyone

CK12 – Science, Math, Social Studies

Classroom Cereal – Grammar practice for middle grades 

Club Sci Kids – Daily free science or cooking experiment to do at home.

Play Mad Games – Chemistry 

Common Lit – Reading passages for grades 3-12, with reading comprehension and discussion questions.

Con Juguemos – Vocabulary, grammar, listening activities and games in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Latin.  

Country Reports – 35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world.

K-5th Science lessons 

Course RA – Tons of free classes from leading universities and companies 

Curriculum Associates – Free printable K-8 Reading and Math activity packs (available in English and Spanish)

Curri Ki – Digital learning content for preschool through high school

Delta Math – A wide range of math content from middle school through AP Calculus. 

Classroom magazines – Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing. 

Free 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

Discovery k12 – Online homeschool platform & curriculum for Pre-K to 12th grade.  All main subjects are covered, plus extra curriculum courses.

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.

Dream Box – K-8 online math program that looks at how a student is solving problems to adjust accordingly and build a unique learning path for them.

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.

Higher level math series… online video series 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.

Duo Lingo – Foreign languages 

Everyday Earth – Interactive video earth science based curriculum supplement.

Facts4me – A safe research site for elementary-level readers. They are offering — free 24/7 access

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Fiveable – Resources for AP students including live reviews, live trivia, and study guides!

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. Our site is best used for ages 4-8.

GoNoodle – Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. 

Hippo Campus – 7,000 free videos in 13 subject areas 

Carmen Sandiego – videos, stories, and lessons for all subject areas 

Math Videos with lessons, real life uses of math, famous actors

Izzit – Entertaining & educational videos for all levels and subjects 

Khan Academy – Online education program for toddler through high school… 

✅ Teachers Pay Teachers – Free Printables for PreK-2nd Grade

Little Spark Company – Free printables library with activities for children 0-6 

Little Twisters Yoga –  Free at-home kids yoga lesson plans  

Brain Box – Magic Spell is a carefully crafted spelling adventure. 

Macro learning – resources for AP students

Math Celebrity – Enter your math problem or search term, press the button, and they show you the step-by-step work and answer instantly.  2nd grade through college.

Math Playground – Elem Math games, logic puzzles and educational resources

The Well – Poetry and music 

Instructables – 3D printing projects and Coding projects, involving math and other K-12 subjects 

Music Theory – Introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, exercises, ear trainers, and calculators. 

NGPF – Scads of free resources, games, learning resources, and lesson plans for teaching personal finance 

Nitro Type – Improve your typing skills while competing in fast-paced races with up to 5 typers from around the world.

Nomster chef – Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook with their grown-ups. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, math, and science. 

No Red Ink – Online curriculum that builds better writers. 

Elemental Science – 80+ do at home science activities

Supercharged School – Daily lessons and educational activities that kids can do on their own 

Scoot pad – Adaptive curriculum in Math and ELA for Grades K-8

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. 

Kiwi Co – Quick & easy at home projects curated for kids 2 and up

Paragraph Punch – Teaches students how to write a paragraph through interactive online tutorial 

PBS learning – PreK-12 digital media service with more than 30,000 learning materials

Pebblego – Curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students.

Science and math labs and simulations 

Positive Physics – An online physics problem and video bank designed for conceptual, standard, honors or AP1 physics. 

Prodigies Music –  is 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! 21 for free 

Project Explorer – Free videos from around the world from grade 3-12

QuaverMusic – is offering free access to general music activities to all impacted schools, including free student access at-home

Quizlet – For students to practice and master whatever they are learning.

ReadWorks – is an online resource of reading passages and lesson plans for students of all levels K-12.  

My Think Space – Critical Thinking resources for K-6 students

Roackalingua – Music Based Spanish Learning 

Sepup – Science simulations, scientist profiles, and other digital resources for middle school science and high school biology

The Shurley English program – for grades K-8 provides a clear, logical, and concrete approach to language arts. 

Sight reading factory – Sight reading and sight singing practice exercises.

Smart Music – Music practice transformed 

Spellingcity –  is free right now with code VSCFree90

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. 

Concord – 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. 

Good and 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. 

The OT Toolbox  – At home OT, PT, and ST resources designed to build skills in children through movement and play.

Science Spot – Science projects that can be completed with or without Internet access 

Typing Club – Keyboarding practice   

Tyto Online  – Next Generation Science video game focused on middle school where students directly engage in science phenomena as they solve problems.