Online Activities/Resources
Links to various free online activities/resources to keep children engaged in the coming weeks.
- Museum Views
- Take a virtual tour of some of the world's greatest museums and heritage sites.
- Scholastic Learn at Home
- Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.
- Storyline Online
- Video series in which celebrated actors read aloud children's books.
- PBS Kids
- Features games and videos featuring all of your favorite PBS characters.
- Starfall
- Great site for helping younger children learn to read using games, phonics, and more.
- The Magic School Bus
- Based on the popular series of books, this site includes games, printables, and experiments to learn about science.
- Highlights Kids
- Features all of the fun activities that have delighted fans of Highlights magazine for decades. Games, crafts, activities, and more.
- National Geographic Kids
- Helps kids explore the world through videos, games, and more.
- Read, Wonder, and Learn!
- Read alouds from authors and illustrators.
- Wonderopolis
- A place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages.
- Smithsonian Online
- Learn with the Smithsonian--online games, learning lab, and videos.
- CoolMath
- Math games to strengthen math skills.
- Brightly
- Virtual storytimes
- Sesame Street
- Preschool games, videos, and coloring pages from Sesame Street.
- Nick Jr.
- Preschool games and video featuring favorite Nick Jr. characters.
- CircleTime
- Kids classes from home, for ages 0-6. Storytimes, yoga, singalongs, and more.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo Web Cams
- Web cams featuring animals from Smithsonian's National Zoo.
- San Diego Zoo Live Animal Web Cams
- Check in with the animals at the San Diego Zoo.
- Crash Course Kids
- Educational YouTube videos for elementary students , 5th grade and up, that focus on STEM topics.
- Crash Course
- Educational YouTube videos on a wide range of topics, geared toward middle school to high schoolers.
- PBS Learning Media Social Studies
- Explore the past and learn about the present with resources on government, history, economics, and more.
- GoNoodle
- Physical education lessons and activities.
- FunBrain
- Helps develop math, reading, and literacy skills--for preschool to Grade 8.
- Exploratorium
- From San Francisco's Exploratorium, this site teaches kids about science and art in new ways.
- Scholastic Activities and Printables
- Free printables for all ages that cover subjects like reading, writing, math and science.
- Jump Start
- Free worksheets for downloading and printing.
- Crayola
- Free coloring pages, including seasonal, words and letters, Disney, and more--from Crayola.