Learning to Learn Online: Resources, Strategies, and Tips: Have Kids?

Disney animator Hyram Osmond shows with short animated videos what Olaf does when he's not helping Elsa and Anna

Free Live Gym Classes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday. K-3 11am, 4-6 11:45am. Older episodes are available

are a collection of read-aloud picture books and flip-along storytime books. The YouTube channel is split into categories by age, making it easy to find the right book for your child. (Forbes)

Sign-in to Instagram and After reading a book aloud, Dorothy will give children background on creators like Henri Matisse and Andy Warhol. (popsugar.com)

Author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Hey, Kiddo, Star Wars Jedi Academy) will be posting new drawing lessons each weekday, appropriate for all ages. (Pawling)

STEM which empowers kids to take interest in everything from science to engineering. You'll find weekly activities and coloring pages, as well as hands-on learning sessions that stream live on social media at 11 a.m. ET every day. (popsugar.com)

YouTube channel for the Highlights Magazine

Is a superstar recording artist for children, hosting concerts from her living room on weekday mornings! Join Laurie on Facebook Live at 10 am EST or catch up later.

New videos posted 1pm ET. Archive is available

Stories read every Tuesday and Thursday at 3pm ET. An archive of all previous episodes is also available.

At 3 PM every weekday on Instagram. He’ll read one of his many books.

Pete the Cat creator James Dean is live at 12:00 PM EST, weekdays. This is only available on tablets and mobile devices. You can watch previous episodes up to 24 hours after they were created by tapping on Pete’s profile picture!

Celebrities read popular storybooks. Age 4-7

Features classics as well as the “How To Catch” books written by Adam Wallace. The videos also include “Pig the Pug” books, superhero books highlighting some favorites like the Incredibles, Lego DC Super Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy and Black Panther. (Forbes)

Is a free app to teach children ages five to seven how to code. As they solve programs and design projects, your child will be able to program games and interactive stories. (Forbes)

Is used by millions of kids around the world both in and outside of school. With Scratch, you can code your own interactive stories, games, and animations, then share with your friends, classroom, or a global community of creators. (Scratch)

Encourages reading practice with the use of over 3,500 free books, which are designed for students in kindergarten through third grade.

Lets kids between the ages of 8 and 11 teach each other about the world through short videos. (sugarpop.com)

Brain building activities for children to 6yrs

Take those kids to Europe! "Classroom Europe" offers 400 quick, 3-5 minute clips taken from Rick Steve's Europe videos (100). Travel Europe virtually!

Learning material for students in Pre-K-ninth grade. Each day, students get a few new tasks, such as reading a book or article, watching a video and completing a few activities. (Forbes)

Helps children have fun while learning. You can either participate in the classes with your child or have them follow the expert instructor by themselves. Some of the options include storytime yoga, interactive storytime, sing-along and playing with colors. If you want to cook or bake with your child, CircleTime has classes that walk you through a few simple recipes. Age 0-6. (Forbes)

Lets you focus your children’s lessons on emotions and self-awareness, literacy, character, social skills, math, science and arts. Age 2-8 (Forbes). Navigate the bar at the top for active resources.

Helps kids feel like they are out of the house with these virtual field trips (Forbes)

Has free live cams of their animals, including polar bears, elephants, giraffes, apes (and their new baby!), koala bears, tigers, penguins and pandas. (Forbes)

features a full schedule curriculum with access to many educational sites.

Foreign language skills include free vocabulary, grammar, and listening activities in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Latin for students at all levels.(sugarpop.com)

Activities, Games, Jokes, Explore, Share and Listen to Highlights content

Always Free access to over 7,000 videos covering 13 different subjects

Free educational videos, games, and activities that center on wildlife and preservation for kids of all ages.(popsugar.com)

Ages 2 and older can watch educational videos on topics like how germs spread, and complete a mix of daily activities from yoga to sing-alongs.(popsugar.com)

Content covering science, math, language arts, and more

A free website designed by educators at MIT that's chock-full of dozens of interactive projects. (popsugar.com)

Math, Math and More Math with Spanish and biology courses available too. K-12

Dozen or so science-based videos that touch on concepts such as rainbows, jet streams, and how tides work. (sugarpop.com)

features animated eBooks and quizzes on math topics for Pre-K-6

Free for 30 days.Ages 2-8. 850 lessons, over 8,000 activities. Sign-up with your email address. Requires payment information for future automatic access if you do not cancel ($9.95 per month)

Conduct simple science experiments. Sign up is free with name and email account.

Free printable activities that are especially beneficial for children with special needs. 90 day Free trial to access all resources. There are a few that are free.

Lets children write and create their own books. 90 day free trial

Link to find out how to access all BeakOut EDU games. Free.

Access to 40,000 books, videos and quizzes for children age 12 & under. 30 day free trial.

Do you have a guitar at home? Get 3 months of free lessons

Financial Literacy

3 months free access for parents. Science and Social Studies

Now free access to K-5 resources. Lessons range from 15 to 90 minutes

Sign-up for free. Offering hundreds of classes in subjects ranging from fine arts to financial literacy. K-12

Free access through June 30 to resources for sight reading and sight singing music

15 day free trial for math 15 minutes a day. Age 4-14.

Free access with sign-up to age specific editions of Time for Kids

Helps make math learning fun through games that teach kids how to add, subtract, multiply, divide and use fractions. (Forbes)

Simply click one of the images to start your puzzle digitally from your phone or computer. Drag and drop the pieces to complete the puzzle.(Belmontcounty.com)

Has dozens of games that aim to improve your child's knowledge in math, geography, typing, spelling, and language arts. (popsugare.com)

Has ganes in science, math and language arts. See the link in Free Trial box for a video on how to sign-up and access all the games.

K-7

Always free teaches problem-solving, collaboration, and creativity.

helps children in pre-K through fourth grade learn the ins and outs of NASA's missions using hands-on educational games.

Spanish Learning games for Computers and Tablets

Games, Videos, Art

Games to improve typing/keyboard skills.

Weekly activities for Children and Families

Download the 44 page coloring book, compiled by 30 artists, to helps kids recognize some of the good and positive things that have happened in the world during these challenging times.

Has worksheets, color pages, hidden pictures, mazes, and dot to dot pictures available for free. Included on the site are more than 1000 craft ideas that you can do together (Forbes)

for older kids who want to practice their artistic skills. Jarrett Lerner has blank comic book pages, “Finish This Comic!” comics and drawing/writing prompts to get your child’s brain moving creatively. (Forbes)

Has every type of coloring page available for free download. Even popular TV and Disney characters!

The Kitchen Classroom offers weekly cooking activities. Previous weeks are also available.

Children 0-6 can watch videos that include sing-alongs, beginner yoga, and story time. (sugarpop.com)