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Websites for Instructors (to review for learners)

  • ¡Colorín coloradoǃ (https://www.colorincolorado.org/) – Targets for educators and families of English language learners. Site includes ELL basics, school support, and teaching ELLs. Site available in English and Spanish.
  • CPALMS (https://www.cpalms.org/Public/) – Use this online toolbox of information, vetted resources, and interactive tools to help students learn.  This resource is primarily free but requires a login account for non-Florida learners and educators.
  • Khan Academy Kids (https://learn.khanacademy.org/khan-academy-kids/ ) – Access free online education on a variety of subjects to help children in school.
  • PBS Learning Media (https://witf.pbslearningmedia.org/) – Offers free, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans. For pre-K to grade 12.
  • Scholastic Learn at home  (https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html) – Find daily projects for grades pre-K to grade 9. Also includes resources for parents and teachers.
  • Tech & Learning (https://www.techlearning.com) – Find remote teaching tips. Provides free e-learning resources for schools.
  • Various Education Companies (http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com) – Find free resources from education companies due to school closures.
  • Wide Open School (https://wideopenschool.org/) – Powered by Common Sense Media, this site provides a breadth of information, links, and websites for children pre-K to 5th grade and 6th to 12th grade. The site is geared to both educators and families and covers topics, including get started learning at home, access for all students, field trips, emotional well-being, special needs, virtual classroom setup, reading and writing, get moving, and English language learners.

Websites for Children (parents can do these with their children for Interactive Literacy Activities (ILA)

  • ABC Mouse Early Learning Academy (https://www.abcmouse.com/abt/homepage) – Engage in 30 days of  learning with a curriculum for children ages 2 to 8. Focus is reading, math, science, and art/colors.
  • ABCya.com (https://www.abcya.com/) – Provides over 400 fun and educational games for Pre-K through 6th grade. Activities are designed by parents and educators. 
  • Brainfuse Online Tutoring (http://home.brainfuse.com/) – Offers online tutoring for school-age and higher education individuals. There may be a fee for the tutoring.
  • Cool Kid Facts (https://www.coolkidfacts.com/) – Enjoy this free resource with fun facts on animals, plants, science, geography, and history. For 1st to 8th grade.
  • Cool Math (https://www.coolmath.com/) – NEW Discover an “amusement park of math and more” where children can play online math games.
  • Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems! (https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/)  - Learn to draw, doodle, and explore new ways of drawing/writing through Mo’s studio virtually once a day for the next few weeks. New episodes each weekday at 1:00 pm ET.
  • PBS Kids (https://pbskids.org/) – Play and learn with activities for children, including TV shows on PBS Kids, as well as skill development (i.e., literacy, science, reading, math, music, creativity), and learning “word of the week” (https://pbskids.org/apps/filter/episode/).
  • Readworks.org (https://www.readworks.org/) – Find free content, curriculum, and tools to assist teaching and learning from kindergarten to grade 12. Great for reading comprehension for adult and child learners.  Daily articles available and are pre-recorded so students can work on comprehension.
  • Sesame Street (https://www.sesamestreet.org/) – Access preschool games, videos and coloring pages.
  • Starfall (https://www.starfall.com/) –  Access a place to help children learn to read.  Targeted for children preschool to 3rd grade.
  • Special Education
    • Storyline online (https://www.storylineonline.net/) –  Find free videos of narrators reading children’s books aloud. Great for children with learning disabilities such as dyslexia.
    • Do2Learn (https://do2learn.com/) –  Access free pages with social skills and behavioral regulation activities and guidance, through songs and games, communication cards, and academic material, to name a few.
  • Squiggle Park (https://www.squigglepark.com//) – Access reading skill building activities for ages 3 to 8+ or access Dreamscape for grades 2 to 8.
  • Typing Club (https://www.typingclub.com/ ) – Learn to type for free.