Now that most of the world is at home for the foreseeable future, many parents are now faced with homeschooling their kids. A lot of schools have online learning already set up, but many of us do not. Technically, Mazzy and Harlow’s school is on spring break right now, so they announced that online learning will begin on March 30th. I’m not sure what that will entail exactly or how much time it will take up. I just know there are a lot of hours to fill in a day. Particularly when you need your kids occupied so you can work from home.

I’ve seen a lot of graphics going around with lists of online educational resources, so I thought it would be helpful to compile them all in one place, with links. If you know all these already, well then I am compiling this list for myself.

ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES – ALL SUBJECTS

Scholastic Classroom Free virtual learning resources for students in grades Pre-K – 9+

Khan Academy Resource Page Lessons in every subject for all ages, including both academic and more creative – Mazzy just discovered an imagineering class from Disney on there!

BrainPop Over 1,000 short animated educational movies for students in grades K-12, together with quizzes and related materials, covering all subjects (their app is really well done too)

Sheppard Software Free educational games for kids

Funbrain Reading and math games and videos

Mr. Nussbaum Various subjects, currently at 80% off

Clever Learner Science, reading, math and crafts

Teachers Pay Teachers

Turtle Diary Fun educational and online games for kids

Exploratorium Learning toolbox for older kids

MATH

The MIND Institute has made their K-8 ST Math program free

Cool Math Math games for kids

Prodigy Math games

Study Jams Interactive math and science activities

Math Games Free games and skill tests for 1st-8th grade

SCIENCE

Mystery Doug Science learning

National Geographic Kids  Large collection of multimedia resources to teach kids about animals, habitats, countries, and cultures

Cells Alive

Google Earth

Science Bob Experiments

The Happy Scientist Free science resources

NASA Kids Club

READING/WRITING/STORIES

Audible kids books are free right now as long as schools are closed

Storybird Boost writing skills with 700+ lessons, quizzes, prompts and challenges created by educators and authors.

Operation Storytime Authors, illustrators, celebs and childhood educators perform their stories online

Storyline Celebrated actors read children’s books

Squiggle Park Reading Resource

ABC YA Practice math and reading skills through fun games

Vooks Ad-free streaming children’s library with animated storybooks which is offering a free month trial

Bilionasium Social reading community for kids, their friends, educators, and parents

CODING

Scratch (8-16yo) and Scratch Jr. (5-7yo) Learn to create interactive stories, games and animations through introductory programming language

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/CURRENT EVENTS

History for Kids Social studies

Mission US Interactive way to learn history

DOGO News Kids news and current events

ART

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems Free daily drawing lesson (Harlow loved this, Mazzy felt it was too young for her)

Cassie Stephenz Live art projects for kids via Instagram

Draw Everyday with JJK Author Illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka is teaching basic illustration every day at 2pm on Youtube

Google Art & Culture Tour more than 9000 art collections from around the world, natural history museums, architecture and more

MUSIC

Mornings with Matt Daily Sing-a-longs

Laurie Berkner – Endless supply of preschool classics on her YouTube channel

EXERCISE

Cosmic Kids Yoga videos for Kids

FUN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES

PBS Kids

Highlights Kids

Sesame Street

Please let me know if you have any other options that you would recommend! I will continue adding to this list. I’m also going to be doing a complete list with Live online sessions being offered. There are so many talented people putting up great content for kids!