Finding Louisiana Home School Style : 04/05/20

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123 Homeschool 4 Me: 300,000+ free printable worksheets from toddlers to teens
A+ Click: math and logic problems
ABCya: math and reading games
Access Mars: explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover
Alaska Department of Fish and Game: wildlife cams
Alcumus: provides high‐performing students with a challenging curriculum
All Kids Network: crafts, activities, mazes, and more
American Chemical Society: high school chemistry topics
Arcademics: math and language games
The Artful Parent: good, free art activities
Artsology: help kids learn to appreciate the arts with games, investigations, and exploring different art forms
Ask Dr. Universe: kids can send any question about history, geography, plants, animals, technology, engineering, math, culture, and more
At-Home Scouting Activities: from Spirit of Adventure Council BSA
Bamboo: Voice-based learning through Alexa
Banzai: online financial literacy
BBC History: games, quizzes, and fact sheets take kids on a journey through time
Bedtime Math: math as a fun part of your daily family routine
Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government: series of learning adventures with Benjamin Franklin
Big History Project: aimed at secondary age, multi-disciplinary activities
Biodigital: explore the human body in really cool ways
Biology Simulations
Blockly: learn computer programming skills – fun and free
Boddle: math for first through sixth grade
Boys’ Life: in addition to a website full of activities and stories, Boys’ Life is currently offering a year’s worth of free issues through their app
Brainscape: over a million flashcard decks
Breakout EDU: educational games for K‐12
The British Museum: iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and
discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies
Building a Galaxy with Code: coding with Star Wars
Bunk: digital history archives
BWS Education Consulting: test prep for SAT, ACT, etc.
Can Figure It: geometry
Carmen Sandiego: Carmen Sandiego videos, stories, and lessons for all subject areas
CELLS alive!: learn about cells
Chalk Academy: multilingual hands-on active learning activities
Chemicool: learn about the periodic table
Chrome Music Lab: music for everyone
CK-12: personalized learning tools including science, math, and social studies
Classroom Cereal: grammar practice for middle grades
ClickSchooling: daily recommendations by email for entertaining websites that help your kids learn
Climate Kids: explore weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals with NASA
Club SciKidz: daily free science or cooking experiment to do at home
Codeacademy: learn to code
The Color: online digital coloring pages
CommonLit: reading passages for grades 3‐12, with reading comprehension and discussion questions
Completing Cub Scout Rank Adventures
The Concord Consortium: interactive STEM activities
Conjuguemos: vocabulary, grammar, listening activities, and games in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese,
Korean, and Latin
Cool Kid Facts: educational videos, pictures, quizzes, downloadable worksheets, and infographics
Country Reports: 35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world
Coursera: free classes from leading universities and companies
Crash Course: YouTube videos on many subjects
Crash Course Kids: as above for a younger audience
Crest Awards: science awards you can complete from home
Crypto Club: immerse yourself in cryptography
Curriki: digital learning content for preschool through high school
DeltaMath: A wide range of math content from middle school through AP Calculus.
Difusión: resources for Spanish practice
Discovery K12: online homeschool platform and curriculum
Dog on a Log Books: printable board games, activities, and more for phonics and reading
Dragonbox: algebra games for kids
Dreamscape: engaging reading game for grades 2‐8 that combines strategy, engagement, and imaginative reading
Ducksters: education for kids on all topics
Duolingo: learn languages for free
edX: 2,500+ online courses from top institutions
Farm Food 360: eleven virtual tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows to apples and eggs
Fiveable: resources for AP students including live reviews, live trivia, and study guides
Fluency and Fitness: educational brain breaks to help students review essential literacy and math skills, while getting in some exercise
Free Children Stories: free stories for ages 3‐12
FunBrain: miscellaneous games for all subjects k‐8
Fun Fonix: phonics worksheets for kids
Funology: crafts, projects, science, and recipes for young children
Futurelearn: free to access hundreds of courses; only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account)
Geography Games
GeoGuessr: tests kids’ geography skills
GoNoodle: movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts
The Good and the Beautiful: course sets that cover phonics, reading, writing, spelling, literature, grammar, punctuation, art, and geography
Grammaropolis: work on the parts of speech
Great Wall of China: this beautiful virtual tour brings history to life
GridClub: math games galore
The Happy Scientist: explore, have fun, and learn some science along the way
Highlights Kids: fun games, recipes, crafts, and activities
HippoCampus: 7,000 free videos in 13 subject areas
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: at-home learning resources
The Imagination Tree: creative art and craft activities for the very youngest
Innerbody: explore bodily systems in depth with interactive models and detailed explanations
Into the Book: Games for comprehensive reading
Izzit: entertaining & educational videos for all levels and subjects
Jigsaw Explorer: online jigsaw puzzles
Khan Academy: especially good for math and computing for all ages, but other subjects at secondary level
The Kids Should See This: wide range of cool educational videos
Kids Think Design: explore careers in design
Kodable: coding for ages 4‐10
Learn Computer Science
The Louvre: see amazing works of art from the famous Parisian museum
Magic Spell: a carefully crafted spelling adventure
Magic Tree House: interactive games based on the book series
Maker Station: three weeks of activities to keep children creating at home
Marco Learning: resources for AP students
Math Celebrity: automated online math tutor
Math Chimp: fractions practice
Math Playground: elementary math games, logic puzzles, and educational resources
MathScore: math practice from counting to algebra and geometry
MemRise: learn a language
MetKids: The Metropolitan Museum of Art resources for kids
MobyMax: find and fix learning gaps
MusicTheory: introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, exercises, ear trainers, and calculators
My First Garden: guide to gardening for kids
Mystery Science: free science lessons
NASA Kids’ Club: space science
National Environmental Education Foundation: tool kits and activity guides for environmental education
National Geographic Kids: activities and quizzes for younger kids
Next Gen Personal Finance: resources, games, and lesson plans for teaching personal finance
NGAkids Art Zone: entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history
Nitro Type: improve your typing skills while competing in fast‐paced races with typers from around the world
Nomster Chef: illustrated recipes designed to help kids ages 2‐12 cook with their grown‐ups
NoRedInk: online curriculum that builds better writers
Novel Effect: make storytime more fun with interactive and responsive voice applications
Numberphile: short videos about numbers that help kids explore complex math topics
The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids: dates, weather, moon phase, etc.
Openlearn: free taster courses aimed at those considering Open University but everyone can access it. Adult level, but some (e.g. nature and environment courses) could well be of interest to young people
The OT Toolbox: OT, PT, and ST resources designed to build skills in children through movement and play
Overcoming Obstacles: life skills curriculum for students in grades K‐12
Paragraph Punch: interactive paragraph writing tutorial
PBS Kids: play and learn with favorite PBS characters
Playmada Games: chemistry
Positive Physics: online physics problem and video bank designed for conceptual, standard, honors or AP1 physics
P.R.A.Y.: helping youth grow stronger in faith and in service to God
Preschool Express: crafts, activities, bulletin board designs, and finger plays for early education
Preschool Inspirations: toddler and preschool age ideas
Prodigies: colorful music curriculum for kids
Prodigy Math: good for elementary school ages
ProjectExplorer: free videos from around the world for grades 3‐12
Quizlet: learning tools and flashcards
Reading Eggs: phonics and learning to read
ReadWorks: online resource of reading passages and lesson plans for students of all levels K‐12
RedT: critical thinking resources for K‐6 students
Red Ted Art: easy arts and crafts for little ones
RockALingua: music based Spanish learning
The San Diego Zoo: amazing videos, activities, games, and a tour
The Science Spot: science projects that can be completed at home
ScootPad: adaptive curriculum in Math and ELA for Grades K‐8
Scouting at Home: from Atlanta Area Council BSA integrated with resources from Scoutbook
ScoutShare: from Seneca Waterways Council BSA, idea-sharing for remote Scouting
Scratch: creative computer programming
SEPUP: science simulations, scientist profiles, and other digital resources for middle school science and high school biology
Seussville: read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss
Shurley Instructional Materials: clear, logical, and concrete approach to language arts for grades K-8
Sight Reading Factory: sight reading and sight singing practice exercises
Smithsonian: everything from live videos of the National Zoo to the Smithsonian Learning Lab
Smithsonian Ocean: take a deep dive into ocean life
Songs for Teaching: large selection of fun songs
Spelling Training: spelling for grades 1-4
Starfall: phonics skills
STEM Simulators
Steve Spangler Science: tons of science experiments that you can do at home
Storyline Online: favorite children’s books read by famous people
The Story Starter: randomly generates 356,300,262,144 story starters
Supercharged School: daily lessons and educational activities
Super Simple: resource section includes free flashcards, coloring pages, worksheets, and other resources
Switch Zoo: play games and learn about animals
Ted Ed: all sorts of engaging educational videos
Tinkercad: all kinds of making
Toy Theater: educational online games
Turtle Diary: PreK ‐ 5 games for all subjects
Typing Club: keyboarding practice
Typing.com: foundations of technology
Tyto Online: next generation science video game
USGS: learn all about earthquakes
U.S. Mint for Kids: play games, learn fun facts, and find out how to turn coin collecting into a hobby
Virtual Musical Instruments: play instruments online
Weather Wiz Kids: from rainbows to tornadoes and winter storms to tsunamis, explore the world of weather
What Was There: allows students to type in any city, state, or country to view an archive of historical photographs and
other documents
Wonderopolis: short videos and readings that answer various burning questions for students
Xtra Math: math practice
Yellowstone National Park: virtual tour
Youngzine: news and more for kids
Zearn: K‐5 curriculum that builds deep understanding and a love of learning math

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