PRE K - K

YouTube playlists feature a variety of videos for ELA, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. The playlists will be continually updated to provide grade-appropriate material for the four main content areas.

Google Expeditions lets users explore virtual field trips.You can dive 20,000 leagues under the sea, travel to the North Pole, and more without leaving the website.

MATH

Bedtime Math provides a daily math problem for different age groups, generally pre-K, K–Grade 2, and Grade 2 and up, although specific ages aren't listed. The site's intent is to make math a regular occurrence for families.

HoodaMath.com is a free online math games site. Founded by a middle school math teacher, Hooda Math offers more than 500 free math games.

Zearn is an online math curriculum with tasks to be completed, including a variety of fluency warm-ups that promote general number sense and lesson-specific skills, as well as guided practice with interactive video lessons that feature enthusiastic human teachers and school-age children.

i-Ready Instruction provides students with lessons based on their individual skill level and needs, so your child can learn at a pace that is just right for them. These lessons are fun and interactive to keep your child engaged as they learn. grade k

READING AND WRITING

The comprehensive Footsteps2Brilliance curriculum contains over 1,000 interactive books, songs, and games that can be read in either English or Spanish.
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Well-known children's stories translated into Spanish and spoken by a native Spanish speaker. Great for kids... and adults too! Read along in Spanish or English.

A collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.

Story Time from Space is a project of the Global Space Education Foundation. We send children’s books to the International Space Station. While in space, astronauts are videotaping themselves reading these books to the children of Earth.

Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages.

WorldStories is a growing collection of stories from around the world. The collection includes retold traditional tales and new short stories in many languages.

The Read with Me eBooks instructional approach guides parents and teachers in ways to talk with children when they read storybooks together. The suggestions in these books help the children stay engaged and learn from the story.

Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.

Personalized reading comprehension exercises forK-12 and ESL students.

Students can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. Explore the collection, select a title and start listening.

Activities to build foundational reading skills.

KidLit TV has shows, radio, crafts and activities, book read-alongs for kids. Some of the TV shows include Storymakers, a talk show that highlights authors and illustrators, Read Out Loud, when the authors at KidLit TV do read-alongs, and Young at Art, where kids can learn art skills used in book illustrations.

Develop your child’s bilingual cognitive advantage through Jumpstart. Choose from a vast selection of songs, stories, and activities while learning vocabulary in both English and Spanish.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Every lesson begins with a mystery that hooks your students, and then a narrated unforgettable story told with stunning images and videos and punctuated with opportunities for discussion. Every lesson concludes with simple hands-on activities designed to use supplies you already have (or are easy to get).

National Geographic Education focuses heavily on science, world events, and history. It contains a vast amount of multimedia content -- including videos, photos, games, and at-home activity suggestions.

At home for a while with your kids? Don't want their brains to go stale? We've got you covered. Here are quizzes, videos, science experiments, and even at-home classroom resources.

The Exploratorium is a public learning laboratory exploring the world through science, art, and human perception. Our mission is to create inquiry-based experiences that transform learning worldwide.

PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

Code.org® is a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools and increasing participation by women and underrepresented youth. Our vision is that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science.

Let your creativity take flight with engineering activities, games, and even videos.

The world’s largest live nature cam network.

Instructional videos of simple science experiments you can do at home with your children. Complete with jokes and trivia!

HISTORY, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND CIVICS

The Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

GoNoodle helps teachers and parents get kids moving with short interactive activities. Desk-side movement helps kids achieve more by keeping them engaged and motivated throughout the day.

Although students have to forgo their school physical education classes for now, they can burn some energy at home using trainer Joe Wicks's virtual PE classes.

De-stress and do yoga… with the kids? It’s possible with Cosmic Kids Yoga! Have an enjoyable and relaxing time through easy-to-follow guides on poses and mindfulness.

OPEN has one mission: to improve the effectiveness of physical education for every child. We help all students by providing rigorous, outcomes-based curriculum tools.

MISCELLANEOUS / COMPILATIONS

Interactive lessons for remote learning that are self-contained and self-paced.

E-LEARNING FOR KIDS is an educational website with lessons organized by skill topic. A search engine allows kids to further sort lessons by popularity and grade levels from kindergarten through sixth grade. They select any lesson they wish and are guided through the lesson with visual and audio prompts.

Even when schools are closed, you can keep the learning going with these special cross-curricular journeys. Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families.

Engage. Empower. Inspire. Authentic journalism to motivate curious minds.

Search the extensive database for activities and videos to incorporate into your experience at home from the Children's Museum Houston

Take a journey around the globe, or around the block! Open your eyes to the majestic and magnificent world around you with a virtual field trip.

VFT's are topic based interactive and educationally rich experiences captured during real expeditions with scientists doing current research. Some are built with adaptive feedback and adaptive pathways. (Look for the designated icons). This adaptivity allows for non-linear experiences with varying pathways, as well as individual feedback, that is tailored to the users input and responses.

Enjoy the Museum from home and explore the digital resources.

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