For most, this week makes school back in session. More likely than not, this temporary home school will make you realize just how much you appreciate teachers! Teaching doesn’t come naturally to everybody, but we are here to help you with that. Here is a list of free, online resources that will help your child take advantage of learning from home.
Higher Education (Free Courses)
Educational (K-12)
- Scholastic Learn at Home: No matter the grade level, Scholastic is here to help. Find free teaching worksheets to be printed, educational articles about things your children will be interested in, and e-books.
- Free Textbooks: Textbooks can be expensive, or left at school before we realized how severe this situation was. Here is a list of free, online textbooks to reference.
- Physics Comic Books: We know that everybody learns differently, comic books may be the way to get your student to learn physics!
- Foreign Language Collection: Here are 48 languages to learn through itunes, audiobooks, textbooks and beyond. Why not come out of quarantine bilingual?
- WatchKnowLearn: Here is a collection of YouTube videos to help learn those extra languages! Learn Chinese, German, French, American Sign Language, and more!
- Crash Course: Crash Course is a YouTube channel filled with under 30-minute videos explaining anything you need! Videos cover all subjects and beyond.
- Ted Ed: Find your favorite Ted Talk, lessons worth sharing! There are videos about what is going on now, as well as short talks about anything you could ever be interested in.
- Schoolhouse Rock: Remember this? Schoolhouse Rock is still around! Show your kids, remind them of how a bill becomes a law and the Constitution’s Preamble
- National Geographic: Learn facts, photos, and more about countries around the world with games, videos and more.
- World Atlas: Here is an interactive version of the most famous Atlas.
- 50States.com: What do you want to know about the other 49 states? Find it here!
- A Biography of America: Find out about the history of America unit by unit.
- Liberty’s Kids: Are the kids watching too much TV? Have them learn a lesson at the same time with Liberty’s Kids cartoons.
- Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare can be hard for anyone to understand, break it down with Folger’s lessons for levels K-12.
- Shakespeare’s Plays Animated: Jump back in time with Shakespeare’s most famous plays.
- AAA Math: Master different math concepts by walking through AAA Math.
- IXL: Cover every subject in grades K-8 through IXL lessons.
- STEM From the Start: Find all types of fun science things to do through STEM from the Start
- 100,000 Stars: Interact with over than 100,000 stars
- Ask an Astronomer: What do you want to know about astronomy? Find out in these videos.
- Chemistry Activities for Kids: Occupy your students with these chemistry activities
- Dynamic Periodic Table: Here is an interactive layout of the periodic table
- Sick Science: Don’t have the tools for an experiment at home? Watch all types of experiments on Steve Spangler’s YouTube channel.
- SAT Practice: The College Board has put together the perfect way to practice for the biggest test of high school.
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Explore your interests at the Smithsonian museums.