Are you a homeschooling guardian or an educator teaching remotely? Do you need additional resources for your children or students? Let DK help take some of the pressure off with our fantastic range of downloadable content that makes learning fun.
Perfect to use as additional teaching resources, these digital activity packs help take children beyond the book, engaging with their imagination and creativity as they color, draw, play, and write.
NOTE: Activity Sheets correspond with DK Books but there are activities you can do without needing the book references
Noodle Loaf is an interactive podcast born from the brain of a music education specialist father and his goofball kids. For about 10 minutes at a time, Noodle Loaf invites the family to join together for some creative fun.
The show is geared for kids 3-9 years old but we’ve seen kids of all ages get into it.
There’s a new bad guy in town and his name is COVID-19, AKA, the novel Coronavirus. Although Coronavirus has already made many, many people around the world really sick, you don’t have to feel helpless. Information is power. On this special PSA for The Story Seeds Podcast, Jason Reynolds, National Book Award finalist and the 2020 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, inspires us to be everyday superheroes in the fight to stop the spread of Coronavirus. He shares eight simple things kids (and their grownups) can do to fight germs everyday … plus a recipe for home-made hand sanitizer.
Created and produced by parents of young children, WBUR’s Circle Round adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 4 to 10. Each 10- to 20-minute episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence and generosity. And each episode ends with an activity that inspires a deeper conversation between children and grown-ups.
Drawing, Singing and Do it Yourself Project fun
Hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz guide curious kids and their grown-ups on a journey into the wonders of the world around them. We’ll go inside our brains, out into space and deep into the coolest new stories in science and technology. Most podcasts under 10 minutes.
44 engineering and science challenges from the engineers at Dyson
How to keep children safe outdoors during the pandemic, plus 10 ideas for fresh-air fun
Advice for families on online learning from Media Power Youth, a non profit dedicated to teaching essential skills to empower smart, safe media choices.
Closed Facebook group for K-12 educators so that teachers can share their experiences with digital learning plans and support each other. We’re releasing a series of free online lessons through this platform that can be immediately distributed to students to ease the load on teachers and provide students with engaging content on media literacy. Our first lesson, Detecting Bias: Taking in the News From All Sides, is now available through the group’s page and will help students critically evaluate news coverage. We’ve released a lesson on what social distancing is and how to build a plan to thrive in a world that feels isolated. More to come in the weeks ahead.
Elementary curriculum top-rated by EdReports that unites hands-on instruction and immersive digital learning. Thanks to donations, our K-5 curriculum – including 400 hours of digital lessons with on-screen teachers and supportive remediation – is available for free during this time through no-cost individual accounts. Kids, teachers, parents, and caregivers can access all our top-rated content 24/7, including paper-based materials that can be used without a device.
Get your little ones moving with 20 play starters—simple ideas for play with a purpose. They can be done at any time and in any order.
4 weeks of Day by Day projects to keep kids learning, reading and growing. Topics include Animals, Space, Seasons, Weather, Music, Trash Collecting, Cleanliness, Kindness
Hip-hop videos and creativity tools give teachers new ways to captivate students while engaging them in academically rigorous content.
Topics include Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, Scientific Practice, Technology & Engineering, Robots, Coding, Space
Build vocabulary – Vocabulary is a building block of literacy and the foundation for every Flocabulary lesson
Develop 21st-century skills – Student creativity and collaboration are at the core of our platform
Hip-hop videos and creativity tools give teachers new ways to captivate students while engaging them in academically rigorous content.
Topics include: Geography, History, Economics, News
Build vocabulary – Vocabulary is a building block of literacy and the foundation for every Flocabulary lesson
Develop 21st-century skills – Student creativity and collaboration are at the core of our platform
Hip-hop videos and creativity tools give teachers new ways to captivate students while engaging them in academically rigorous content.
Topics include: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Geometry, Statistics, Ratios, Number and Operations, Expressions
Build vocabulary – Vocabulary is a building block of literacy and the foundation for every Flocabulary lesson
Develop 21st-century skills – Student creativity and collaboration are at the core of our platform
Hip-hop videos and creativity tools give teachers new ways to captivate students while engaging them in academically rigorous content.
Build vocabulary – Vocabulary is a building block of literacy and the foundation for every Flocabulary lesson
Develop 21st-century skills – Student creativity and collaboration are at the core of our platform
In order to continue to serve as a resource for parents, families, and the community during a period of time marked by public health curfews and quarantines, the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine launched a series of free, online educational programs today.
Learning to speak Spanish? Check out our free Spanish lessons and our children’s stories in Spanish (Good for adults too!) We’ve also got reviews of Spanish courses if you’re ready to get serious. Enjoy!
As more festivals, performances and concerts are canceled due to the coronavirus shutdown, musicians of all stripes and sizes are taking to social and streaming platforms to play live for their fans.
NPR Music is compiling a list of live audio and video streams from around the world, categorized by date and genre, with links out to streaming platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Some will require registration or a subscription, but most will be free, often with digital tip jars and opportunities to directly support artists by buying music and merchandise.
Google Form with Dates for Read Alouds, Art Lessons, Writing Tips from Authors and Illustrators
Read Aloud Stories, Fine Motor Skills, Vocabulary , Reading Comprehension
This is a Youtube Channel created and run by middle grade author Susan Tan, and made possible by an amazing community of children’s book writers and illustrators. We wanted to do something to offer relief for parents and kids during these long days at home. On this channel, you’ll find workshops, readings, activities, art projects, writing games, writing advice, and more. We hope that we can offer you some fun, some distraction, and a creative outlet for any feelings that might come up during this time.
Interactive Storytimes, crafts and activities to get your toddler moving!
Health emergency brings many changes and much uncertainty for young children and their families, but there are things we can do to face each day with optimism and hope. We can practice healthy habits like handwashing and coughing into the bend in our arm. We can offer comfort, connect with, and care for others safely. And we can keep learning and growing at home through everyday routines and simple activities. The resources on this page can help families cope during challenging times.
t’s hard to learn classroom material when you’re still trying to learn English. That’s why most English language learners (ELLs) struggle to keep up for a while. But when your child doesn’t progress the way she should, or has problems keeping up with her peers, she may not be getting the help she needs. Learn more about the unique challenges of ELLs with learning and thinking differences, and how you can help.
The coronavirus impacts everyone. But it creates added challenges for some people. That includes kids and adults with learning differences or disabilities.
We’ve created this resource to make the health crisis easier to manage. There are tools and information to help at home, at school, and at work. We’ll be providing updates on issues that impact learning, special education, talking with kids, and the workplace.
Running out of ideas that involve kids endlessly video-chatting with friends? Here are some ideas for deeper connections.
PUBLISHED April 2, 2020
maintaining relationships with others is important for children. “It supports their social emotional development and strengthens their social emotional skills,” says Melissa Brymer, director of the Terrorism and Disaster Program at UCLA / Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress in Los Angeles. The trick is to find creative ways to socialize from afar. Here are a few ways to do just that. Pa
Khan Academy is a free resource for students, teachers, and parents.
We offer free lessons in math, science and humanities from kindergarten through the early years of college. Students can use our exercises, quizzes, and instructional videos to learn and master skills. They will get immediate feedback and encouragement.
Resources to support you during school closures.
We are having daily (weekdays) 12 pm PT/3 EST live streams on Facebook and YouTube for students, parents, and teachers navigating school closures.
Resources for Virtual Field Trips to National Parks and Museums as well as outdoor projects
Laundry, Typing, Media Literacy, Health Eating lessons for 6th – 12th grade
Resource List for Parents and Teachers as well as Teacher Development Resources for English Language Learners
Shoe Tying, Washing Hands, Typing, Media Literacy, Goal Setting, and Fine Motor Skills
Learning with Duolingo is fun and addictive. Earn points for correct answers, race against the clock, and level up. Our bite-sized lessons are effective, and we have proof that it works.
Resources for supporting students with disabilities, especially those dealing school closures and distant learning situations
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, empowering approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel in just one month. For 30 wild, exciting, surprising days, you get to lock away your inner editor, let your imagination take over, and just create!
Our Young Writers Program supports under-18 writers and K-12 educators as they participate in our flagship event each November, and take part in smaller writing challenges year-round.
Things have changed quickly, and they will keep changing. We can’t be perfect, but we can teach our kids how to be flexible and resilient. Emphasizing family time, exploring the world around us, and adding movement breaks will help homeschooling go more smoothly and will naturally minimize screentime for young learners. By staying engaged with your child and their activities both on and off-line, you’ll be making memories that your kids will be talking about long after this health crisis has passed.
– Engage every learner with thousands of real-world texts that feature diverse perspectives and people all students can identify with
– Get visibility into usage and student performance with built-in activities and reporting
– Differentiate instruction easily with texts published at 5 reading levels
Helping you plan and continue instruction during the COVID-19 crisis. Start by initiating your complimentary access to Newsela ELA, Newsela Social Studies, Newsela Science, and The Newsela SEL Collection through the 2019/2020 school year.
We’ve aligned all our content to national and state standards, and it’s flexible enough to support your district’s unique curriculum.
Learning computer science when schools are closed. Interactive tutorials in 45 different languages. Express courses students can use to self teach as well as Code Break — a live, weekly interactive classroom where our team will teach your children at home while school is closed, and a weekly challenge to engage students of all abilities, even those without computers.
With Hopscotch, kids can create their own programs. They write their own code, code that controls characters, using the app’s drag-and-drop programming design. Kids can also add text to their programs. The character-based design of the app sets it apart from other apps. Created by the makers of Daisy the Dinosaur, Hopscotch is open-ended, meaning kids aren’t writing code for characters to do specific things, another aspect that makes this game different. Kids can create what they want.
A game-based learning platform that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive digital environment. Educators in more than 115 countries are using Minecraft: Education Edition across the curriculum! Through project-based lessons, students build critical 21st century skills like collaboration, creative problem solving and digital citizenship.
These are challenging times, and your friends at Sesame Street are here to help. Our new hub is filled with videos, playful learning activities, and ways to help families stay physically and mentally healthy. The Sesame Street Muppets are staying home, too, but still connecting with friends online—and each week we’ll post new videos, like Singalong with Elmo or Snack Time with Cookie Monster. Hope to see you there!
MSN Article on 12 world famous museums that are providing virtual tours and online exhibits.
Virtual Tours and Online exhibits for 500 Museums and Galleries compiled by Google.
A resources for Parents, with reading tips, printables, videos and book lists.
READ TOGETHER, BE TOGETHER
is a nationwide movement developed by Penguin Random House in partnership with Parents magazine that celebrates the importance, and power, of the shared reading experience between an adult and a child. Reading aloud regularly to babies and young children is one of the most effective ways to foster early literacy and is a key factor responsible for building language and social skills.
The name “Open Middle” might sound like a strange name for a website about math problems. However, it references a very specific type of problem we try to encourage here. Open middle problems generally require a higher Depth of Knowledge than most problems that assess procedural and conceptual understanding. They support the Common Core State Standards and provide students with opportunities for discussing their thinking.
The name “Open Middle” might sound like a strange name for a website about math problems. However, it references a very specific type of problem we try to encourage here. Open middle problems generally require a higher Depth of Knowledge than most problems that assess procedural and conceptual understanding. They support the Common Core State Standards and provide students with opportunities for discussing their thinking.
The name “Open Middle” might sound like a strange name for a website about math problems. However, it references a very specific type of problem we try to encourage here. Open middle problems generally require a higher Depth of Knowledge than most problems that assess procedural and conceptual understanding. They support the Common Core State Standards and provide students with opportunities for discussing their thinking.
The name “Open Middle” might sound like a strange name for a website about math problems. However, it references a very specific type of problem we try to encourage here. Open middle problems generally require a higher Depth of Knowledge than most problems that assess procedural and conceptual understanding. They support the Common Core State Standards and provide students with opportunities for discussing their thinking.
The name “Open Middle” might sound like a strange name for a website about math problems. However, it references a very specific type of problem we try to encourage here. Open middle problems generally require a higher Depth of Knowledge than most problems that assess procedural and conceptual understanding. They support the Common Core State Standards and provide students with opportunities for discussing their thinking.