We know since you’re stuck at home thanks to COVID-19 you’re going to need a few activities and educational resources to help keep your amazing kiddos sharp and occupied during self-distancing. We’re here to help with our top 20 resources for continuing education outside of the classroom. These are not only great resources for the kids, it’s fun for the whole family!
Open Culture is offering a library of 1,000 free downloadable audio books and 800 free eBooks for various devices
Check out books available from the the International Children’s Digital Library featuring outstanding children's books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology designed in close partnership with children for children
National Geographic Kids has a ton of great educational content covering topics from polar bears to space exploration
50States.com is true to it’s name, offering a ton of fun facts about all 50 States
Ben’s Guide To the U.S. Government has age appropriate historical and political content
AAA Math has tons of great math content categorized by grade level
IXL is offering emergency learning plans to keep students learning from home
Classics For Kids will help you keep your kids exposed to music curriculum bringing classical music's great composers to life through music and stories with new features each week.
Cool Cosmos by Caltech has great space content like “Ask and Astronomer” that answer those hard hitting questions like, “Why doesn’t the moon fall down?”
Explore our universe with this interactive map from Chrome Experiments.
Built By Kids has tons of fun DIY projects you can get creative with
CELLS Alive! Get scientific with this great resource to see how cells divide and what various bacteria and microbes look like under a microscope
Thought Co. has loads of experiments you can do at home
NASA’s STEM website is also full of fun activities to do at home with kids
The American Museum of Natural History’s YouTube channel is full of interesting educational content.
BrainPOP app brings you free featured movie topics that rotate daily and tie in to current events, historical milestones and figures, holidays, and more!
Color Uncovered Now you can explore the surprising side of color with this interactive iPhone and iPad app that features fascinating illusions, articles, and videos tackling questions such as “How is Monet like a honeybee?” “What color is a whisper?” and “Why is it so hard to find your car in a lamp-lit parking lot?”
Sight Words app offers flash card style sight words for your kids for less than a dollar
Mystery Science is offering free science lessons during COVID-19 quarantine
Storybook Bingo is a FREE PDF download filled with ways to get your family moving, reading, and thinking in a creative way.
Additionally, here are a few other Coronavirus inspired social-distancing fun things you can take advantage of while stuck at home on self-quarantine:
Josh Gad (voice of Olaf in Disney’s Frozen movies) is reading to kids every night via Twitter Broadcast. Two other great story time options are children’s author Sally Lloyd-Jones: Storytime and Q&A, astronauts reading stories from space, and our very own Principal Yates has a reading of The Monster at The End of This Book that is a MUST-SEE!
For parents and kids alike, Ben Gibbard from Death Cab For Cutie is playing a live set every night for the next 2 weeks via the band’s Facebook page
A Dance Studio in Cleveland is offering free online dance classes for kids during Coronavirus quarantines
To keep kids active, there’s also Cosmic Kids Yoga: Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation for kids 3 and over, the always popular Go Noodle: kid-friendly videos to get your kids up and moving around, and Dr. Jean and Friends: Song about math, reading and more that your kids can sing and dance to.
And finally, virtual field trips from the San Diego Zoo, Georgia Aquarium, Polars Bear in the Tundra, Yellowstone National Park , the Louvre Museum in France, The Great Wall Of China, Metropolitan Opera in NYC, The Van Gough Museum in Amsterdam, historic home tours and even visit a dairy farm!
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