123 Homeschool for ME
https://www.123homeschool4me.com/home-school-free-printables/Free printable worksheets and educational activities to help making learning fun. Resources arranged by grade or subject.
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Free worksheets and activities
Caregivers
Active History
https://www.activehistory.co.uk/Amazing resources for history teachers by the British educator Russell Tarr including interactive simulations, quizzes, games that can easily be used for online learning.
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1 month free trial because of school closures upon request (contact form)
Actively Learn
https://www.activelylearn.com/post/remote-learningActively Learn is a web-based reading platform that helps students read deeply and think critically, with thousands of texts and associated instruction in ELA, Science, and Social Studies.
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Free
All Kids Network
https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/We offer FREE educational resources, worksheets, writing prompts, themed coloring pages, craft and snack ideas for parents, teachers & caregivers.
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FREE educational resources
AMAZE JR.
https://amaze.org/jr/Little kids have big questions. amaze jr. brings parents age-appropriate sex ed resources about talking to kids ages 4-9 and fun videos to share with your children.
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
https://americanarchive.orgThe American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the WGBH Educational Foundation to coordinate a national effort to preserve at-risk public media before its content is lost to posterity and provide a central web portal for access to the unique programming that public stations have aired over the past 70 years.
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Access to thousands of historic public television and radio programs.
American Chemistry Society
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/articles-by-topic.htmlThe American Chemical Society has ChemMatters magazines, targeted for high schoolers, available online. In addition to chemistry, there are articles that are biographies of chemists, and historical articles.
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Free All The Time
American Panorama
https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/Digital Atlas of America uses online GIS to explore and visualize data. Incredible interactive maps of major events, political movements, and cultural shifts throughout history help students deeply understand concepts in history, economics, government, and more.
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Free
Arcademics
https://www.arcademics.com/Boost student engagement & fact fluency with our free multiplayer educational games, math games, language arts games, and more!
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Always Free.
Artrageous with Nate
www.youtube.com/artrageouswithnateNotes:
Interactive videos meant to stimulate creativity and a hands-on activity at home.
Artusi
www.artusi.xyzArtusi is a suite of digital workbooks to help students learn the fundamental skills of music theory faster, better, and more accurately than before so they can spend more time pursuing the creative mission of music making and music study.
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All Artusi online services are free to affected schools, universities, and other institutions until June 30. Email support@artusi.xyz to be added.
Beanstalk
https://beanstalk.co/Beanstalk Interactive, a Denver-based interactive educational pre-school children’s content company, announced today that it will be offering free membership during the Coronavirus outbreak.
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Free membership!
Belouga
https://belouga.org/Belouga is a digital platform providing K-2,3-5,6-8,9-12 teachers and students with a personalized learning journey through connection, communication and collaboration with peers around the world.
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Always Free.
Biology Simulations
www.biologysimulations.comSimulations and virtual labs for biology topics including evolution, ecology, and cellular energetics.
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All materials are free
BiteScis
https://bitescis.org/BiteScis integrates current scientific research into NGSS-aligned lessons aimed at introductory high school level courses. Most lesson are easily modified for remote learning.
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Lesson plans and all corresponding materials are always free.
BlocksCAD builds math and computer science skills by using a specialized 3D CAD (computer-aided drafting) software. A block-based coding platform allows students to create and manipulate 3D objects while using geometry and computational thinking skills.
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We’d like to support teachers by offering anyone in a closed school the chance to have access to BlocksCAD for Education Premium for free until the end of the school year.
This site has wonderful and engaging content in nearly every content area PK-12. Whether you are a parent or teacher, you now have access to a free account!
Brainpop Jr.
https://jr.brainpop.com/Notes:
Free accounts available to parents and teachers due to COVID-19 school closures
Breakout Edu
https://www.breakoutedu.com/funathomeBusy Kids Do Piano
https://busykidsdopiano.com/membershipA flexible, fun and affordable approach to learning to play the piano.
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Free month of lessons with coupon code PIANOATHOME
CanFigureIt Geometry
https://www.canfigureit.com/Created by teachers, this highly interactive tool provides an easy-to-use workspace where students can practice proofs while exercising their deductive reasoning muscles.
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Always Free.
Cantonese for families
http://cantoneseforfamilies.com/Helping families teach Cantonese and Chinese to their children.
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Access to Hundreds of pages of free printables.
CHALK Academy
https://chalkacademy.com/Chinese learning activities, including printables
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Always Free.
CheckMath
http://www.checkmath.eu/Step by Step Checking
Upload your steps to any math problem and CheckMath tells you where you made the mistake.
Choices Program’s Teaching with the News
https://www.choices.edu/teaching-with-the-news/Teaching with the News: Free lessons connect your classroom to headlines in the news.
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Many two or three-day free lessons on breaking news stories.
Chrome Music Lab
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments.
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Free
CICI English
www.cicied.comOnline class and resource provider
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Free daily reading comprehension fiction and nonfiction worksheet for students in G2-7
Cignition
https://hubs.ly/H0nB_l10Cignition is providing all families free access to our game-based math program, FogStone Isle, a free 1-on-1 online tutoring session with a certified math teacher, and a deeply discounted month of at-home online math tutoring and support.
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FogStone Isle Game-Based Math Program, Free 1-on-1 Online Tutoring Session
CircleTime Fun
https://circletimefun.com/Learn and bond with your 0 – 6 year old. Follow and interact with an expert instructor.
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code: homefun1
ClassHook
http://www.blog.classhook.com/2020/03/06/support-for-schools-impacted-by-coronavirus-covid-19/Easily find educational videos from TV shows and movies to use in your lessons.
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Is your school closed or planning to close due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)? We’d like to support your school during this challenging time with access to ClassHook Premium.
Classroom Cereal
https://www.classroomcereal.com/Grammar practice in free, printable short stories.
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Always free
Classroom Secrets
https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk/Club OASIS
social.oasismatters.comA free online STE(A)M club for kids!
Notes:
We always free. We offer free STE(A)M classes, projects, and teaching resources for families and educators.
Club SciKidz MD
http://www.clubscikidzmd.com/blog/Daily free science or cooking experiment to do at home.
Notes:
Each day we will be posting a daily activity for parents and kids to do at home, mostly using things the already have at home. We’ll also include videos and other resources to extend the experiment.
CMU CS Academy
https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/splashWe provide a free, online, interactive textbook for high school and middle school teachers to use to teach computer science in their classrooms
Codecraft Works
Https://www.codecraftworks.comAre you looking for online activities for self-paced learning? Codecraftworks is perfect for home-school CS learning and provides a great way to integrate CS into your #coronavirus planning.
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Explore a community of projects, create something you love with code, gain experience in professional programming languages, and share your portfolio of digital projects
Collisons Chemistry
https://www.playmadagames.com/Collisions is a system of digital games, grounded in the rules of chemistry, that can be used to introduce, teach, and review key concepts in chemistry.
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Always free.
Coloring Nature
https://www.coloringnature.org/Coloring Nature is for children and adults. We have more than 675 FREE printable coloring pages . Our coloring categories include serious science: biomes, anatomy, animals, plants and more, plus some pure whimsy – just for fun.
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Always FREE
Conjugemos
https://conjuguemos.com/“Use without account” option has vocabulary, grammar, listening activities and games in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Latin.
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“Use without account” option has vocabulary, grammar, listening activities and games in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Latin.
CountryReports
https://www.CountryReports.orgCountryReports, online database on culture, countries and travel.
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Access to entire online database on culture, countries and travel.
Create & Learn
www.create-learn.usCreate & Learn is a Silicon Valley based company focusing on online computer science education. Our professionally trained instructors teach live classes using video conferencing on a wide range of topics such as coding (Scratch, Minecraft modding, Python), robotics, and AI. All curriculum was created by Stanford, Harvard graduates, and former tech leaders from Google, with collaborations with experts in top tech companies.
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We offer free introductory classes on 5 different subjects (Scratch, Minecraft Modding, AI, Data Science, and Python) with multiple options a day. Starting from March 16th, more free sessions will be added to serve more families during school closure.
Creating a Masterpiece
https://creatingamasterpiece.com/product/drawing-program-2/We are an award winning fine art training program for students 5 and up.
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First month of access to our award winning Drawing Program is free with the code: Corona2020
CreositySpace
https://www.creosityspace.com/spring2020.htmlCreositySpace is a unique inquiry-based, learner-directed science curriculum that connects ALL K-2,3-5 students to science and capitalizes on their creativity and curiosity at a time when they ask, “What do I want to do when I grow up?”
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CreositySpace is providing lessons from our Contagion Crushers, Water Watchers and Conscientious Chemists units at no cost to help support teachers—parents and guardians, too—to keep all kids engaged in science.
Curriculum Associates
https://www.curriculumassociates.com/supporting-students-away-from-schoolWhile we hope that extended school closings are never necessary, contingency plans to support our students away from school are a wise investment. But how can we keep our students learning if we need to close our schools for an extended period of time? i-Ready® and Ready® can play a valuable role in keeping the learning going, even when the classroom isn’t available
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Free printable K-2,3-5,6-8 Reading and Math activity packs (available in English and Spanish) and guidance for teachers and families to support learning at home
Data Classroom
https://about.dataclassroom.com/blog/flatten-the-curveDataClassroom is a web app that allows students in grades 6-8,9-12 to make pro-quality graphs (line, bar, box plots, dot plots, etc.) in seconds and do basic statistical analysis where all the math is explained with visuals. They have a few datasets available on coronavirus including this activity that uses data from the 1918 influenza pandemic to illustrate why schools are closing in an attempt to flatten the curve: https://about.dataclassroom.com/blog/flatten-the-curve
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Register a free password anytime. Start a free 90-day trial to create classes with student accounts. Company CEO Aaron Reedy says that teachers can email him directly to extend a trial longer than 90-days and he will be happy to personally take care of it.
Defined Learning
https://www.definedstem.com/elearning-projects/Our hands-on projects are based on situations in STEM careers to help learners discover their passions and choose a pathway to a promising future.
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A free real-world project at every grade-band.
DeltaMath
https://deltamath.com/overviewDelta Math is a free website for teachers and students covering a wide range of math content from middle school through AP Calculus.
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Always Free
Devie
https://deviecoach.com/A digital coach that supports parents to help their children grow in the early years. Devie understands parent hopes and challenges, explains relevant concepts in early childhood development, and recommends daily research-based activities parents can do at home with their little ones to keep them occupied, and support their learning.
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Because we are in beta, Devie is completely free
Did You Know That?! ASL
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwzFvhWOBTnUK5JXX5PHONAAlways educational videos in American Sign Language.
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During the closings, more ASL videos will be added with the addition of comprehension questions and other resources will be added to help ASL teachers.
Digital Learning Academy
https://schools.digitalmediaacademy.org/teachers/#signupteachersAn online learning platform with 32 STE(A)M courses that come with lesson plans, instructions, online materials, quizzes, worksheets, and more.
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Educators will receive full access to all of these courses at no cost during this global health crisis. Please visit the link below, and shoot an email to george@digitalmediaacademy.org so that I can manually provide the content.
Digital Theatre Plus
https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com/educationThree million students, at over 2,000 academic institutions, in 80+ countries have unlimited access to some of the world’s finest productions, unique backstage insights, practitioner interviews and written analysis.
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Free during this time
Discovery Education
https://www.discoveryeducation.com/coronavirus-response/Discovery Education Experience is an online K-2,3-5,6-8,9-12 service combining curated curriculum resources with on-demand teaching strategies. Its standards-aligned content is assignable and meets the varying needs of diverse student populations in a safe and secure environment.
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Discovery Education Experience
Discovery K12
http://discoveryk12.com/dk12/Discovery K12 provides a complete online curriculum for pre-k to 12th grade. All main subjects are covered, plus extra curriculum courses.
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All of the curriculum if free to use and it is available worldwide.
DOG ON A LOG Books
https://dogonalogbooks.com/printables/FREE Downloadable and Printable
Free Phonics and Dyslexia Printables for Learning to Read
Join Tup the dog as Jan and her friends take him on a rambling walk to the library where he will participate in “Read to a Dog.”
Flashcards for rhyming and sight words available now with more flashcards on their way. You can even download and print blank flashcards with the chicken, bat, or Tup image on the back so you can personalize the activities to your child.
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FREE Printable board games, activities and more for phonics and reading all using evidence-based methods. Can be customized to any student’s needs including creating flashcards for other subjects.
Doodles Academy
http://www.doodles-academy.orgDoodles Academy is a free art curriculum that is available virtually. It provides art projects that offer authentic art experiences for students — every student makes their own artistic decisions and walks away from the project with an artwork unique to them. Each project includes video tutorials and thorough lesson plans so that anyone can feel comfortable teaching art, regardless of their background or experience level.
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art curriculum, virtually available, with lesson plans and video demos
Dr. Roger’s Math Neighborhood
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQoCpvYRYRkRRvsObOPHaA?reload=9This is a free online video series with detailed solutions to more than a thousand publicly-released College Board SAT Math, Subject Test Math Level 1, and Subject Test Math Level 2 problems.
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Free all the time. No ads, now or ever. No paid product endorsements.
DreamBox Learning Math
www.dreambox.com/at-homeAward winning K-2,3-5,6-8 online math program that looks at how a student is solving problems to adjust accordingly and build a unique learning path for them.
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90 day free trial of DreamBox. Sign up by April 30th.
DreamScape
https://www.squigglepark.com/dreamscape/Engaging reading game for grades K-2,3-5,6-8 that combines strategy, engagement, and imaginative reading passages to create a fun, curriculum-aligned literacy game.
Notes:
Always free
Duolingo
https://www.duolingo.com/Foreign languages
Notes:
Always free (paid options, but base content always free)
Dylexia Academy
https://dyslexia-academy.learnworlds.com/Notes:
I have set all the best resources section to free to help as many schools as possible with new and updated resources being added all the time.
Dyslexia Gold
https://dyslexiagold.co.uk/supportforschoolsDyslexia Gold teaches children to read. Spelling Tutor teaches all children to spell.
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Free school license for Dyslexia Gold / Spelling Tutor
Non-Fiction Read Alouds for PreK-2,3-5,6-8,9-12th Graders
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Read Alouds w/Reading Tips
Ecree
https://www.ecree.com/Ecree provides unlimited, real-time, human quality feedback on the elements of foundational academy writing: argumentation, organization and analysis. Ecree provides the equivalent impact of an expert writing tutor.
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Free access to software
Workbooks
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Free Math Workbooks
Education Galaxy
https://educationgalaxy.com/Education Galaxy provides award-winning online assessment for students to help prepare them for state testing. Education Galaxy is built 100% to your state standards and provides a highly-engaging and amazingly effective way for students to master all their state standards. Education Galaxy is a great tier 1 solution for practice, instruction, and assessment.
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We are offering free services to any school who doesn’t have our program and is experiencing a closure. It will be valid for the remainder of the school year and into the summer.
EduCode Academy
educode.orgEduCode™ makes coding and computer science education accessible for kids of all learning styles and backgrounds, on a large scale, without the need for guidance from a teacher. Self-directed courses empower kids to learn coding independently. EduCode’s key difference resides in our video micro-lessons, which break down complex computer science concepts into fun and engaging exercises. Rich storylines provide context and motivation throughout the learning journey.
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On our website you will find we have a free trial account option which will allow users access to the beginning of all of our courses to give them a good feel for what the course can offer them. There is at least 30 minutes of work for each course available for free this way which can keep students very busy during any lost school days and for a nominal monthly fee they can upgrade to gain access to the full courses we offer if they and their parents want.
Epic!
https://www.getepic.com/Free online library of books and audiobooks
eSpark differentiates instruction in reading and math with activities kids love.
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Teachers can sign up for a free account of eSpark to use through the end of this year at https://www.esparklearning.com/. eSpark can be used at home and is a great way for students to continue to independently learn math and reading standards at a level that’s right for them, even if they’re not in the classroom.
Everydae SAT Prep
https://everydae.com/?utm_source=resource_sheet&utm_medium=spreadsheet&utm_campaign=school_closuresEverydae is the online SAT math prep program that teenagers actually want to use. 10-minute micro lessons match busy schedules. Built by industry experts. 17+ years industry experience.
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100% free while schools are closed! (normally $19/mo). Tell your students to use the code HOMEPREP and sign up through this link http://bit.ly/2xrVchc.
ExloreLearning Reflex
https://www.reflexmath.com/trialAdaptive and individualized for grades 2-6, Reflex is the most effective system for mastering basic math facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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Free 30-day trial. Schools impacted by COVID-19 may receive extended pilots for support during this time.
ExploreLearning Gizmos
https://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=Controller.dspFreeAccount&_ga=2.32190458.558305376.1569190470-443864285.1556293744Gizmos are online simulations that excite curiosity and invite interaction. We’ve got over 400 Gizmos in our library covering topics and concepts in math and science for grades 3-5,6-8,9-12. Gizmos help students dig deeper into subjects and really understand challenging concepts.
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Gizmos free accounts feature 30+ free Gizmos after your full-access trial is completed. Schools impacted by COVID-19 may receive extended pilots for support during this time.
ExploreLearning Science4Us
https://www.science4us.com/trial/Science4Us covers Inquiry, Physical Science, Life Science and Earth & Space Science with lessons specifically designed for K-2 students. The sessions have 1000’s of online and offline activities that can be completed in as little as ten minutes, and teach students using videos, interaction, poems, songs, and digital notebooks.
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Free 30-day trial. Schools impacted by COVID-19 may receive extended pilots for support during this time.
Exploring Nature Educational Resource
www.exploringnature.org¬¬ExploringNature.org is a science education website with more than 6,000 pages of illustrated Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, Biology, Anatomy, Ecology resources for K-2,3-5,6-8,9-12. Subscribers can access science content, activities, investigations, posters, diagrams, worksheets, testing and Next Generation Science Standard integration. Our science store also sells picture books, posters, flip charts, science kits, and downloadable bundles.
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Most resources can be accessed without a subscription, but email for a FREE 30-day trial any time as well.
FabuLingua
https://fabulingua.app.link/QZUnhPbxP4fun, interactive stories for kids to learn Spanish-English
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All of FabuLingua’s stories, games and sticker book are entirely free during this time.
Facing History
https://www.facinghistory.org/Collection of educator resources includes a wide range of flexible, multimedia materials, from primary sources and streaming videos to teaching strategies, lesson plans, and full units. There are resources that will support students’ learning, whether you are teaching a complex moment in history or addressing today’s breaking news.
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All resources free with creation of online account
Facts4Me
www.facts4me.comA safe research site for elementary-level readers
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They are offering — free 24/7 access to our site to ANYONE who may find it helpful.
www.facts4me.com
USERNAME: read (case sensitive)
PASSWORD: read (case sensitive)
Expiration date: 04/04/2020
Fiveable
https://app.fiveable.me/We have free resources for AP students including live reviews, live trivia, and study guides!
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Always free.
Flat
https://flat.io/eduFlat for Education is a cloud-based and easy-to-use music notation software.
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Free access to our full product until the end of school year
Fluency & Fitness
https://fluencyandfitness.com/register/school-closures/Fluency & Fitness® provides educational brain breaks to help students review essential literacy and math skills, while getting in some exercise. Find over 900 videos to help your child keep learning at home and burn off some extra energy. Our site is best used for ages 4-8.
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We are offering our subscription website FREE for parents to use at home during the school closures.
FluentKey helps language teachers make listening fun and meaningful by turning real-life videos into an interactive game. They have hundreds of authentic videos in Chinese, English, French, and Spanish. You can play FluentKey Live with your students in real time or create assignments for them to complete on their own time. Made by language teachers for language teachers
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FluentKey Pro for one month using the code StaySafe on fluentkey.com/plans
Fortune Cookie Mom
https://fortunecookiemom.com/chinese-resource-library/This is a FREE Chinese Resource Library that contains different Chinese Theme Packs, crafts, and printable for anyone to use.
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FREE Chinese & English Printable
Freckle
https://www.freckle.com/Notes:
Freckle.com has a free level access where students in K-2,3-5,6-8 can access Freckle for free.
Fun Based Learning
FunBasedLearning.comFormer math & science teacher makes story tutorials and fun games to teach the hard concepts. Can you pick the right (x,y) coordinate for Whack-A-Mole? Fly a dragon to get gems with y=mx+b? Or balance chemical equations? Used by teachers since 1995, 60 million pageviews.
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Algebra coordinate plane graphing (x,y) y=mx+b, balancing chemical equations, chemical elements and symbols. Math, science, chemistry.
GoNoodle
https://www.gonoodle.com/GoNoodle® engages 14 million kids every month with movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Available for free at school, home, and everywhere kids are!
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Always Free
Great Minds Knowledge on the Go
https://gm.greatminds.org/en-us/knowledgeonthegoOur teachers and teacher–writers know it’s important for students to build knowledge every day, even when schools are closed. That’s why we are providing knowledge-building resources here—written materials for math (Grades K–12) and daily instructional videos for English language arts (Grades K–8), math (Grades K-12), and science (Grades 3–5). We will post new video lessons and update our content daily.
Handwriting Heroes
https://appytherapy.com/handwriting-heroes/Handwriting Heroes is a multisensory handwriting curriculum that teaches children how to form their letters through animations, stories and song.
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iPad app is being offered free of charge. Letter formation videos – always free
Healthy & Fun Choices
www.healthyfunchoices.comA creative community to connect with others from all over the world, while getting to learn about topics that are important to our wellness (social, emotional, physical) through interactive experiences.
Heartfullness Project
https://lifeloveaction.com/free-download-2/Take some of the struggle out of disagreements, melt downs & fights with the “Problem Solving (made easy) Kit”. Teach children how to regulate their emotions, love themselves & yes, solve their own problems! The “Problem Solving (made easy) Kit” includes: • Kids music that doesn’t suck • Dance videos • Intuitive games & tools Teaching them the life skills you wish you were taught as a child!
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A free printable from our “Problem Solving Kit”: the Problem Solving Game Board, PLUS music to help bring some peace in these times and more!
Heifer International
https://www.heifer.org/what-you-can-do/get-involved/schools/home-school-activities.htmlFREE resources (downloadable books, mazes, word searches, and more) from Heifer International’s school programs — with topics in social studies (geography, economics), science, language arts.
HERE Meditation
www.hereglobalrelief.orgThe HERE mobile app is designed to help rapidly relieve stress & anxiety. It works by pairing interactive exercises (staring/swiping), with breathing, music and/or guided meditation to stimulate the relaxation response and promote executive functioning. This game-like approach can be used by the whole family, and may help calm cabin fever, or provide a mental break in between homeschool activities.
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The mobile app is entirely free and accessible for iOS and Android users
Khan Academy Kids
https://learn.khanacademy.org/khan-academy-kids/Khan Academy Kids is a free, award-winning online education program for children through 1st grade. Our mobile app was designed by child development experts at Stanford University and engages kids in core subjects like early literacy, reading, writing, language, and math, while encouraging creativity and building social-emotional skills. It is age-appropriate, personalized based on where your child is at, featuring interactive activities and games.
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App is available through the Apple Store, Google Play, and Amazon Appstore. Always free, no ads, no subscriptions, with an offline version available for when internet access is difficult.
Mango Languages – Mango Classroom
https://mangolanguages.com/find-mango/Start the conversation in your choice of over 70 world languages and dialects through courses crafted using conversational methodology. Every self-paced language course introduces the learner to cultural insights and grammatical nuances specific to their language of choice, delivered through native speaker dialogue, and created with each individual learner in mind.
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Parents may have free access to Mango through their local library or another local organization. Mango makes it easy to find libraries that offer free access–simply provide your zip code to find your library. Once you select your local library, you will be redirected to their website to log in with your library card. Accessible through desktop and mobile apps, and has offline availability. Note: Contact your local library if you do not yet have a library card, or are not sure if you have one. Libraries are working harder than ever to provide online resource access to patrons during this time. Some libraries offer eCard sign-up through their website for accessing online resources.
Mystery Science
https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planningTo help all these teachers during school closures, we at Mystery Science just finished going through all our lessons, pulling the easiest ones to do from home, and putting them all up for free on a page to make it easy. No signup required, no student login—we just want to help.
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Free Access
Prodigies – Music
https://prodigiesmusic.com/Prodigies is a colorful music curriculum for kids 1-12 that will teach your kids how to play their first instrument, how to sing in tune & how to understand the language of music!
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21 Days Free
Project Wayfinder
https://mailchi.mp/bcac7887247a/sharingresourcesImagine if adolescent education was designed for all students to develop lives of meaning and purpose. In 2015 Project Wayfinder was founded at the Stanford d.school to answer this call. We partner with educators to design innovative learning experiences that foster meaningful relationships and guide students to navigate their lives with purpose.
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Project Wayfinder is committed to providing the greater educational community with resources to navigate these times of uncertainty with purpose.
We will be proactively curating topical response tools from our existing programs and sharing them in virtual format, such as:
– Free lessons from our toolkits to download.
– Tips for managing meaningful distance learning.
– Regular Waybinar check-ins to counteract loneliness during this period of “social distancing.”
We are first providing a download to a lesson from our signature Purpose Toolkit: Sharing Resources to do yourself, with your students, or your colleagues!
Reading Eggs
https://www.3plearning.com/distance-teaching/Reading Eggspress
https://www.3plearning.com/distance-teaching/Readiwriter Spelling
https://www.3plearning.com/distance-teaching/StudyIB
https://studyib.net/Science and Mathematics revision for IB students
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Free courses in Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Maths Studies.
Engage your pupils with adaptive game-based maths, spelling and grammar practice. Aligned to the National Curriculum for ages 5 to 14, Sumdog is proven to accelerate progress. It encourages regular practice, high accuracy and builds fluency, using positive reinforcement to ensure pupils stay on task, learn more effectively, and are invested in their own success. Use it to consolidate your teaching and assign targeted practice for groups or individuals, either within game play, or as an online assessment.
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School closure offer: Free FULL access to Sumdog to aid home learning. Whether your school closes for a month or much longer, as a social business it’s our mission to support the ongoing education of children, so we are offering:
– Free access to all of Sumdog Maths, Spelling and Grammar for the duration of your closure (up until the start of the summer holidays)
– Online video guidance to support home learning
– Free access before the closure to ensure your classes are set up and teachers are prepared
– One-to-one remote walkthroughs, daily teacher webinars and telephone support
Kid-friendly workouts — choose from Strength for Kids, Agility for Kids, Flexibility and Balance for Kids, Warm-Up for Kids, Cooldown for Kids, Stand Up and Move for Kids, OR create your own custom kid workout.
Notes:
Sworkit Kids workouts are always free. A parent will need to help get the child registered after completing their first workout, but even without a Sworkit membership the Kid Workouts can be accessed at no cost. For older students, we also offer free access to Sworkit through our Sworkit Youth Initiative. A teacher simply needs to complete the form on this page and we will provide full, free access for the entire school: https://sworkit.com/youth-initiative
The OT Toolbox
https://www.theottoolbox.com/On The OT Toolbox, there are many free resources designed to build skills in children through movement and play. Many related services will be halted for children over the next weeks (occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, etc.) Parents are seeking resources and strategies to help their children move and play in a way that helps them achieve their goals.
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All of the resources are free. More are being added today.
ThinkIB
https://www.thinkib.net/IB teaching and learning resources
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Free trial of all subject sites for closed schools
Tyto Online
https://www.tytoonline.com/Next Generation Science video game focused on middle school where students directly engage in science phenomena as they solve problems.
Notes:
Free 60-day trial; if we need to extend longer for teachers impacted by COVID-19 school services, we’ll make sure it’s available throughout this school year.
Unlock Math
http://www.unlockmath.com/UnLock Math offers online math curriculum for grades 6-8,9-12.
Notes:
Anyone who signs up for our 14 day free trial due to school closures and emails us at matthew@unlockmath.com will have their trial extended to 3 weeks (possibly longer depending on circumstances). Families are free to sign up as many children as needed.
Unsilence
https://www.unsilence.org/Through storytelling, the arts, and serious games, Unsilence creates highly-interactive, research-based learning experiences that help communities learn about social injustice, human rights, and genocide. Our experiences help learners bridge perspectives, break down ingrained stigmas, and build collective empathy and understanding. Unsilence is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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Unsilence’s online interactive features are FREE to use and include choose-your-own-pathway stories, webquests, human rights poetry and stories, interactive exhibitions, and companion education resources.
Walkabouts
http://info.activedinc.com/covidActivEd, Inc. offers Walkabouts, web-based lessons for pre-K to second-grade students that integrate movement with language arts, math, and reading content and correlate to your state’s standards.
Notes:
To support your efforts to keep your students moving and learning outside of school due to closures related to COVID-19, we have decided to make the Walkabouts platform temporarily available at no cost to any classrooms impacted by school closures and remote learning needs.
Yabla Languages
www.yabla.com/freeFree extended trials to last to end of school year.
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Online language learning resource. Students work from home.
Zinc Reading Labs
https://www.zinclearninglabs.comZinc has a suite of online literacy tools for 6th-12th grade students. They offer differentiated authentic articles, vocabulary games, and close reading instruction. Their Reading Sprints are great for self-paced long-term assignments.
Notes:
Zinc is offering free use for all students and
teachers impacted by coronavirus closures. Licenses will go through
July 2020.