1-5 Star (*) rating reflects the ease of acquiring information and getting started with your child’s learning. This takes into account the time, effort, and prior knowledge a parent must have to utilize each site. No rating means there is no direct access to the information without a credit card subscription or district code.
Child-direct link for learning means the site is designed so that your child can lead themselves through their learning, making it hands-off for parents.
Prodigy
Prodigy is a game based, interactive play map for students to challenge their math and English skills. After customizing a character, students go through a storyline in a world of their choosing, where wizards battle and monsters are defeated through casting of spells and correct answers to age appropriate problems. Parents/teachers can track progress on a dashboard and reward their students with in-game prizes. Once an account is created this is a child-direct link for learning.
*****
Grades 1-8
Math
Starfall
Starfall is a child-friendly resource with many available example activities for all subjects and can be accessed directly by students. Videos, songs and interactive activities lead children through math, reading, science and seasonal lessons as they choose what to explore. This is a child-direct link for learning.
(Free partial access. Full access with paid subscription of $35/year)
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Preschool, K-3
All Subjects
Khan Academy Kids
Khan Academy Kids includes free educational interactive play-based activities, videos, games and books in a variety of subjects. “Engages kids in core subjects like early literacy, reading, writing, language, and math, while encouraging creativity and building social-emotional skills.” This is a child-direct link for learning once the app is installed.
****
Preschool, Ages 2-7
All Subjects
Reading Eggs
Reading Eggs Covid-19 Response offers free downloadable resources by grade level through various subjects including reading, writing and math. This part of the site is for parents to utilize and not a child-direct link for learning. Reading Eggs Home offers play-based assessment tools to help track your child’s reading abilities through interactive books, videos and activities, allowing parents to track their child’s growth and skills. It also includes access to MathSeeds. The subscription is a child-direct link for learning once an account is created.
(Free resources, plus 30 day free trial for more. Full access with paid subscription of $59/year or $10/month)
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Preschool, K-6
Reading & Math
Khan Academy
Khan Academy allows users to search for activities to support learning in Math, Science and Engineering, Arts and Humanities, test prep, Computing, Economics and Finance, college, careers and more. Progress can be tracked through mastery points and monitored to support individualized learning levels while suggesting next steps for focus in related subjects. This is a site for parents to manage, and may be a child-direct link for learning for independent readers.
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Preschool, K-12
All Subjects
Teach Your Monster to Read
Teach Your Monster to Read is an interactive experience. After signing up for a free account your child can create their very own virtual, friendly monster. Then, watch him hop in his spaceship and explore with him through a story-based learning adventure. As your child helps their monster identify letters and solve dilemmas they earn items for their success and progress through the map, learning reading along the way. This is a child-direct link for learning once an account is created.
*****
Preschool-K
Reading
Lalilo
Lalilo allows teachers/parents access to monitor and track student progress through play-based learning with a focus in phonics, sight-words, word-families and comprehension. An initial assessment directs students to level-appropriate interactive activities and games for learning reading skills. This is a child-direct link to learning once an account is created, as well as a site for parents to monitor.
****
Preschool, K-2
Reading
Word World
Word World offers apps, games, interactive stories and videos featured on PBS that teach beginning reading skills. The characters’ images are created out of words and storylines captivate viewers through problem solving and challenges. The videos page can be a child-direct link for learning for most students, and apps/games are child-direct links for learning once accessed by parents.
****
Preschool
Reading
SplashLearn
SplashLearn uses game-like visual assessments for measuring math skills at individual levels. It includes curriculum, reports and rewards the student earns along the way with a parent or teacher dashboard to track progress. There is a goal setting feature that will remind the student when to practice math and for how long, set up by the parent to help anticipate learning expectations. This is a child-direct link to learning once an account is created.
(Temporary free trial and then $7.99/month)
***
Grades K-5
Math
XtraMath
This website is designed to help students who already know math calculations in addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to improve on memory recall, reducing the time spent on calculating or counting to achieve answers. After an initial math assessment on skills, students can work through activities to improve their times. Once a parent/teacher account is created, students can log in to a child-direct link for learning.
***
Grades K-5
Math
Freckle
Freckle includes a guide for how to use the program to support your at-home learner, including a pre-test for placement. “Freckle... allows students to practice Math and English Language Arts at their own level. Freckle continuously adapts to each student’s individual skills, so each student is getting the appropriate challenge, whether they’re working at, above, or below grade level.” This is an assessment practice map for tracking individual abilities and is a child-direct link for learning once an account is created.
*****
Grades K-12
Reading & Math
PBS Kids
PBS Kids allows children to dive into fun and educational videos and games. Familiar TV characters lead the learning as students select what to do. Subjects like 123, Feelings, Vocabulary, Healthy Habits, Reading and Create Games and more can be searched for specific learning. This is a child-direct link to learning.
****
Preschool, K-3
All Subjects
Storyline Online
Storyline Online hosts a collection of stories read aloud by actors; “Each book includes supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary educator, aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners.” The activity guides include the stories’ theme, synopsis and activities broken down into reading, writing, science, technology, math, speech, art and various subjects aligned to standards. This site is designed for parents/teachers to utilize, and could be used as a child-direct link to learning.
****
Preschool, K-12
Reading
ABCya
ABCya offers grade level approaches to the subjects of letters, numbers, holiday, strategy, math, reading and skill with easy access to common core standards to help identify their learning goals. Interactive games can be played while mastering skills. This site is a child-direct link for independent readers, while younger students may need help navigating and selecting appropriate options for their learning abilities.
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Preschool, K-6
All Subjects