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Kids home for an extended amount of time? While this prospect might sound daunting to you, let me assure you: YOU GOT THIS. Check out the list below of more than 50 FREE educational websites to take advantage of during this unexpected break.
So. The kids are home. For 2 weeks, maybe more. What’s a parent to do? While I’m sure that many of you are going to be receiving educational material and school work from your district, some of you will have to come up with activities on your own. Fortunately for you, you live in the AGE OF THE INTERNET! Online educational resources are just around every corner of the web and MANY of them are free.
Here are some of the most popular free educational websites for kids, plus a few just-for-fun sites tossed in as well. Enjoy learning activities, virtual tours and field trips, explore the National Parks, create art and music, check out the International Space Station and SO much more!
Don’t forget to print my family bucket list which has 50 ideas for stay-at-home activities for kids. You can also take advantage of the pages and pages of kid-friendly crafts and printables on my site!
This morning I posted this big list of our favorite educational games and toys, in case you wanted to grab any.
Not Free, but great resources offering FREE trials:
ABCMouse
FREE Educational Websites for Younger Kids (Pre-K)
Teach Your Monster How to Read (great for younger elementary kids, too)
Teachers Pay Teachers (lots of FREE resources, worksheets, etc.)
Walkabouts (K-2, active-enriched curriculum – see site for free account info through Sept 30)
Disney Junior
Starfall (site offers paid memberships but lots of free material too)
Cosmic Kids Yoga (great for movement!)
Storytime from SPACE (astronauts reading storybooks!)
FREE Educational Websites for Kids
Multi-Subject
Teachers Pay Teachers (lots of FREE resources, worksheets, etc.)
Fluency and Fitness (free for 21 days, during Covid19 quarantine)
Walkabouts (K-2, active-enriched curriculum – see site for free account info through Sept 30)
Starfall (site offers paid memberships but lots of free material too)
Discovery Education (free access for schools closed due to covid-19 outbreak)
Breakout Edu (free cross-curricular resources for K-2)
Reading
Storytime from SPACE (astronauts reading storybooks!)
Starfall (site offers paid memberships but lots of free material too)
Stories on Audible (FREE for the time being!)
Math
Bedtime Math (app-based for K-2)
US Mint (learn about money)
Art
Lunch Doodles with author/illustrator Mo Willems (every weekday at 1 pm est)
Art Hub for Kids (lots included in their free area!)
McHarper Manor (will be teaching online art/craft classes!)
Virtual Tours of Art Museums Around the World
National Gallery of Art for Kids
Virtual Tour – National Gallery in London
Virtual Tours – The Louvre in France
Liberty Hill House – free art history resources for kids
Deep Space Sparkle – free art lessons for kids
Civics
Coding
Music
Daria World – songs and learning about instruments
DSO Kids – all about music!
Science
American Chemical Society (chemistry resources for high school and above)
National Geographic Kids: Explore the National Parks
All about animals via San Diego Zoo Kids
Maker Stations (3 Weeks’ Worth of FREE printable projects!)
History
Virtual tour of Mount Vernon (George Washington’s Home)
Hamilton’s America (material for grades 4-12)
Virtual tour of the Statue of Liberty
Interactive Tour of Ellis Island
Animated Virtual Tour of the Titanic
Virtual tour of the Great Wall of China
Virtual field trips with World of Wonder Travel
NASA
STEM Learning and Activies for K-4
International Space Station Tour
Pin this awesome FREE educational websites for kids resource to pinterest!!
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