Explore some of these great resources!
Websites
– Hosted by Common Sense Media, this is a collection of learning opportunities for families and for teachers.
– Information, videos, and games
– Videos and games
– This is a free collection of 4,500+ kid-friendly videos, curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and at home.
– Free online documentaries and Omnimax films!
– Fun and games with Lego online!
– Build cities out of paper!
–100 activities to do at home; includes crafts and games
– Most of the site is accessible at no cost.
– Literacy and numeracy activities and games, plus free ebooks!
– Outdoor activities and crafts
– Games, videos, reading, playground, mathzone
– Astronauts read to you from space!
– Free audio stories right now
– Activities for all academic areas
– Articles, games, and cool science experiments
– Register here for Time’s online magazine for kids. It contains news, worksheets, and quizzes.
– Learning at home
– VIRL now has online library card requests. With your card you can unlock the ebook/audiobook collection as well as other digital resources. They are also offering free Wifi outside of their branches.
Free Videos
– The author of the popular Captain Underpants and Dogman books, invites kids to draw and have fun with him.
– Get moving with this Youtube series!
– Author Joel Alexander Sutherland is reading a story a day on his Youtube channel.
– Also available on , and other social media platforms.
– Science info and videos for K-5. Also available on
– Read-alongs in French
– A large collection stories read by celebrities. Also available as an app.
– Children’s book author/illustrator Mo Willems helps children be creative.
– Artist Rob Biddulph posts draw-along videos.
– Canadian children’s author Kenneth Oppel reads from his novels.
For more read-alouds by authors and celebrities, search #savewithstories on Instagram and #operationstorytime on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.
Subscription Videos
– Homeschool Hideout’s list
Virtual Field Trips & Live Cams
– Weekly virtual marine biology camps
– from the Vancouver Aquarium
– Subscribe to this free Youtube channel.
– The Hancock Wildlife Foundation’s eagle cams
Fine Arts
– Enjoy from your livingroom!
Fun
– A list of virtual rides
– Free virtual rides!
– Disney’s Youtube channel