Our Top Recommendations
of Best Online Resources
Note that some of these resources are free
and others are not.
and others are not.
Monterey Bay Aquarium's "Jellycam”
Art for Kids Hub: A very popular (family-run) youtube channel which offers fun arts projects for children of any age. Visit their website or Youtube Channel. Harry Potter at Home and WizardingWorld (the home of Harry Potter). You can also now take classes at Hogwarts. Georgia Aquarium’s Ocean Voyager webcam: Wait for the whale shark! |
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Letter School: A handwriting app that helps children write their ABCs, with exciting animations. Free.
Reading Raven 1 and Reading Raven 2: primary reading with phonemic awareness, writing and games. Note: Reading Raven 1 costs $2.99 and Reading Raven 2 costs $1.99. Duolingo ABC app helps kids have fun while they practice reading and writing! Free. Duolingo app is a wonderful way to learn or practice languages. Free. |
Nora Gaydos decodable books are available in sets of 10. They are engaging and fun and include comprehension and rhyming questions. All our students love these books! There are several different levels of readers available depending on what phonics skill each child is working on. Each set of 10 books is now only 99 cents when downloaded on a Kindle app.
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We are building our online library of literacy tools, including video tutorials. We also offer online workshops for teachers, tutors and parents. Make sure to join our email list if you want new materials, tutorials, workshops invitations and links to resources like this page delivered straight to your inbox.
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Epic: A digital library for kids 12 and under, with 35,000 books and videos. Epic is free for elementary school teachers and school librarians in the United States and Canada. Families get a 30-day free trial and pay $7.99 per month thereafter.
Hoopla: A digital library connected to our local library. All you need is a library card. Teachers can use their own card and screen share books with students. Hoopla has a great selection of ebooks, audiobooks, graphic novels and comics too. Rivet: A free reading app with over 3500 free books for children. Overdrive: Ebooks and audiobooks which you can enjoy for free through your local public library or school. Bookshare: An online digital library which is free for U.S. students with print disabilities. Flyleaf Publishing: Free decodable books for students who are not yet fluent in reading. |
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Give your eyes a break and listen to these 8 great podcasts for kids including science podcasts (Tumble, The Show about Science, Shabam! and Brains On), Book Club for Kids, Short and Curly (an ethics podcast), But Why (a podcast about questions on children's minds), and Classics for Kids (a friendly intro to classical music).
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Khan Academy Kids: Free fun educational programs for children 2 to 7. "Children can learn reading, language, writing, math, social-emotional development, problem-solving skills, and motor development. Open-ended activities and games like drawing, storytelling, and coloring encourage creativity and self-expression. Khan Academy Kids is completely free, forever.
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Typetastic: A keyboarding curriculum in the form of an interactive, game-based program designed to help K–5 students build typing proficiency, one fun game at a time. There is a free version as well as paid plans.
Keyboarding Without Tears: a web-based curriculum for grades K–5 that teaches typing, general computer readiness, digital citizenship, and online test prep. Different costs for different programs. |
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Learning Without Tears provides developmentally appropriate instruction for handwriting and keyboarding in grades K-5 and preschool.
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![]() Story Time with M'aiana
M'aiana was inspired to read these books for kids whose parents "have to help people with Coronavirus or other viruses or sicknesses or broken bones and stuff so that they can have some light in their life again." Somewhere Over the Rainbow My Name is Not Isabella I'm a Unicorn
Storyline Online: "Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations." It is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, caregivers and educators worldwide. Each book includes supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary educator, aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners." Listening is free.
The Spanish Experiment: 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.
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