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Power My Learning gives parents, teachers, and students a way to find some of the best free learning activities online. By creating an account they can save activities and browse activities by standard. Users can also recommend activities to add to the site.
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Code.org has gained recognition with its Hour of Code initiative. The website offers free, easy lessons to help kids learn some of the basics of coding. The lessons also help teach critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
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Kidblog offers a simple, safe blogging platform for teacher. While there may be fancier systems out there, there’s something to be said for simplicity and Kidblog does its job well.
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FunBrain helps students learn through fun games related to math and reading. They’ll also find books and other entertaining resources.
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Scholastic has developed a reputation for its high-quality educational books and materials and its website does not disappoint, offering lesson plans, interactive activities, and articles designed to help teachers and parents.
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Gooru helps students take control of their own learning by providing them with information about how they learn best.
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Edutopia focuses on helping educators grow. From articles and blogs from those working in the field to informational videos and classroom guides, educators in all areas of education will stay on top of the latest trends and find tips to help them improve.
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DIY.org encourages kids to learn new skills. Teachers and parents can challenge them to set goals and complete tasks on the site.
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Edudemic helps teachers with technology. Both technology experts and those just getting started will find plenty of tips and resources on this site.
Reading
CommonLit contains a wealth of free fiction and non-fiction texts for use in the classroom. Texts are organized by grade-level and theme.
Reading
Media Literacy Clearinghouse introduces students to a new type of literacy – media literacy. With all of the new technology and messages appearing everyday, it’s important for kids to be media literate.
Reading
Awesome Stories uses non-traditional reading materials, such as biographies and primary source texts to get students learning through reading. Students can use the site to help with research and teachers can use the texts as part of lesson plans.
Reading
ReadWriteThink gets students to participate in critical thinking and reading activities through its lesson plans and student interactives.
Reading
Book Adventure is a free online reading program that provides students with incentives for reading.
Reading
Bookopolis is essentially a GoodReads for kids. The site allows students to read reviews written by their peers and helps them find the perfect book.
Writing
ToonDoo gives kids a place to create their own cartoons and store them online. It features tons of clipart and other artistic effects to make the comics visually appealing.
Writing
Voki features animated characters that students can customize and manipulate to speak their words. It’s a great tool to help with creative thinking, writing, and storytelling.
Writing
Grammar Bytes tests students’ knowledge of grammar through simple multiple-choice activities and rewards them with cheesy virtual prizes.
Writing
Purdue OWL is an online writing lab from Purdue University that provide students, particularly those in high school and college, with everything they need to know about writing a paper, including grammar advice and paper formats.
Social Studies
Chronas is a new history resource that seeks to give students’ a better understanding of history. It visually and chronologically organizes Wikipedia information to create a unique digital textbook of sorts.
Social Studies
GeoGuessr tests kids’ geography skills. Using images from Google’s Street View, it plops players down in the middle of the street and asks them to figure out where they are.
Social Studies
DocsTeach allows teachers to incorporate primary source documents and other historical texts into a variety of critical thinking and thought-mapping activities. Pre-made activities are also provided. Students can complete the activities online or through the DocsTeach app available for the iPad.
Social Studies
iCivics offers high-quality and engaging games for students to play and learn about civics. Lesson plans help teachers incorporate the games in the classroom.
Social Studies
HSTRY gives students the chance to create free interactive timelines and engage in collaborative learning.
Social Studies
What Was There? allows students to type in any city, state, or country to view an archive of historical photographs and other documents. It’s a unique way to help them learn about history.
Math
Math is Fun is full of math resources for kids and teachers. It also includes an illustrated dictionary of math terms to help students understand difficult concepts.
Math
Numberphile features short videos about numbers. They help kids explore complex math topics and make math more fun.
Math
Math Games offers a large collection of math games and questions organized by grade-level and skill. It also includes a progress-tracking feature so teachers and parents can see what kids know.
Math
AAA Math features online interactive math lessons for students in kindergarten through 8th grade.
Math
Yummy Math connects math with the real-world through timely new stories and other reading passages.
Math
Math Forum offers online professional development opportunities and other resources to help math teachers improve their skills.
Science
PhET features many engaging simulations to help kids learn difficult concepts in science and math.
Science
Wonderopolis shows kids a wonder of the day and then gives them a chance to test their knowledge or join in on a discussion related to that wonder. Kids will be surprised by all of the cool facts that they learn and they may spark some interesting discussions in the classroom.
Science
Molecular Workbench contains hundreds of simulations, curriculum models, and assessments designed to improve the teaching of science.
Science
Science Made Simple gives kids science experiment ideas and other science project topics, as well as help preparing for a science fair.
Science
The Science Spot offers lesson plans, activities, and student examples from one teacher’s science classroom, as well as daily science trivia challenges and daily science starters.
Science
BioDigital is a human visualization platform that allows students to explore the human body in really cool ways.
Art
Artsonia bills itself as the world’s largest kids art museum. All of the artwork has been created by kids and, while the site is free, parents can also purchase products featuring their kids’ artwork.
Art
Artsology helps kids learn to appreciate the arts by providing them with the opportunity to play games, conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art.
Art
The Artist’s Toolkit introduces kids to the tools and mediums artists use to create their works. They’ll even find videos of artists hard at work in their studios.
Art
NGAKids Art Zone allows kids to explore popular art movements, themes, and painters and offers guides to help teachers as well.
Art
Tate Kids gives kids a chance to explore famous works of art, play art-related games, and even create their own works of art to add to their online gallery.
Music
Andrew & Polly is an indie children’s music duo that has created a podcast called Ear Snacks designed to help kids learn through music, sound, and unique experiences.
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