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Children's Web Resources

Fun and free ways to learn from home.

Authors, Read Alouds and More

Facetime Live & Youtube Live events

Authors reading their stories and answering questions.

Drawing lessons from authors/illustrators

and more!

KidLit TV

a diverse group of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and award-winning filmmakers working together to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives. Featuring videos with read alouds, drawing lessons, studio tours and more.

Kids Ask Authors Podcast

Kids Ask Authors is a weekly 5-10 minute podcast where children’s book author/illustrator Grace Lin and a guest author answer one question from a child reader. Most episodes will end with a book review, poem, short story or a joke by kids!

Storyline Online

Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.Each book includes supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary educator, aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners.

Storytime from Sapce

While in space, astronauts are videotaping themselves reading these books to the children of Earth. These videos are being edited and placed on this Story Time From Space website.

COVID-19 Free eBooks

a collection of free eBooks in multiple languages for children about the Coronavirus / COVID-19

11 Virtual Field Trips

Virtual field trips are great options for students attending school from home, without the equipment usually available through the library. The opportunities here are entirely free and do not require any special technologies. These 11 engaging tours can closely connect to the curriculum, helping students to broaden their world from home.

Math, Reading & More

A variety of links for learning fun!

ABCya!

"ABCya! provides over 400 fun and educational games for grades PreK through 6. Games are categorized by grade and subject."

Camp Wonderopolis

"Keeping kids and their families learning together throughout the summer and out-of-school time, Camp Wonderopolis can help build vocabulary, background knowledge in science, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and other literacy skills along the way."

CoolMath4Kids

"Math lessons and fun games for kindergarten to sixth grade, plus quizzes, brain teasers and more."

FunBrain

"Created for kids in grades Pre-K through 8, it offers hundreds of games, books, comics, and videos that develop skills in math, reading, problem-solving and literacy."

Khan Academy

"Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more."

Math Game Time

"Our goal is to provide a fun, educational playground for students in Pre-K through 7th grade to excel in math."

XtraMath

"An interactive online tool that helps students practice and master basic arithmetic facts, it’s quick and easy to use"

Science

Links to websites to learn, play games and experiment with science!

Bill Nye Home Demos

"A range of engaging experiments with cheeky names, such as "A Slice of Apple Fly," "How the Time Flies," and "Merry Poppings." All can be done with supplies you'll likely have on hand and are geared to kids of all ages."

Cyberchase

"Kids can dive into the world of science with this online science themed shows. After learning, kids can do activities, play games, or read up on their topic of choice."

National Geographic Kids

"National Geographic’s site for young readers is one of the best resources for information on the Net about the world, its people, and its wildlife. Not only can you read the newest edition of this magazine on-line, you can check out the contests, polls, games and even virtual adventures."

Science Bob

"Great science experiments with instructions that you can do right at home."

Steve Spangler Science

"Lots of fun science experiments to try at home."

Wonderopolis

"A place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages. Each day, we pose an intriguing question—the Wonder of the Day®—and explore it in a variety of ways."

Technology

learn about internet safety, coding, typing and more.

Dance Mat Typing

"Dance Mat Typing will help your kids learn to type – or if they can type already, it’ll help them get better and better!"

Interland

"To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and safety so they can explore the online world with confidence."

Scratch

"With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community."

Language

Learn a new language!

Duolingo

"With our free mobile app or web and a few minutes a day, everyone can Duolingo. Learn 30+ languages online with bite-size lessons based on science."

Creativity

Check out these links for fun activities

Boston Children's Museum Home Edition

"26 activities families can do together."

Dav Pilkey Fun

Activity sheets from the creator of Dogman and Captain Underpants

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