Fun
The New Children's Museum
A new model of children’s museum designed to stimulate imagination, creativity and critical thinking in children and families through inventive and engaging experiences. Think, learn, play, create!
Audible Stories
Families everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.
TIME for Kids
Free access to a library of four grade-specific digital editions of TIME for Kids and Your $ financial literacy magazine.
Virtual Activities
Check out this list of virtual activities offered by children’s museums, which will be updated regularly!
SFS Kids
A fun, free introduction to classical music with the San Franciscan Symphony. There are fun games and interesting activities for kids to begin or deepen an interest in music.
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually every weekday. Grab some paper and pencils, pens, or crayons and join Mo to explore ways of writing and making together.
Harry Potter at Home
Bringing Hogwarts to you: a new website all about the world of Harry Potter, specifically designed for kids.
National Geographic Kids
Find amazing facts about animals, science, history and geography, along with fun competitions, games and more. National Geographic Kids is a fact-filled, fast-paced magazine created especially for ages 6 and up.
Adbo Digital Library
A free digital library for Pre-K–12th grade. Features both fiction and non-fiction.
Kids Ask Authors
Join author Grace Lin and an author guest each week for a new podcast episode as they answer questions submitted by kids.
New York Philharmonic: Kidzone
The New York Philharmonic Kidzone is a place for kids to come and learn about the New York Philharmonic and about the instruments, music, musicians, composers and conductors of symphony music.
Grace Lin
Read and doodle along with author Grace Lin on her Youtube channel.
Learn
Smithsonian Learning Lab
The Smithsonian Learning Lab is a major rethinking of how the digital resources from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, 9 major research centers, the National Zoo, and more, can be used together, for learning.
Tumble
Tumble is a science podcast for kids, to be enjoyed by the entire family. We tell stories about science discoveries, with the help of scientists! Join Lindsay and Marshall as they ask questions, share mysteries, and share what science is all about.
Abdo Zoom
A digital research library for young readers featuring STEAM, biographies, and animal topics.
PBS Digital Studios
PBS Digital Studios is a network of series that bring you fresh and insightful content through the familiar lens of PBS.
Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways offers downloads and streaming video, tools for teaching, and in-depth features. The initiative provides unparalleled accessibility to less-often heard voices of people from all over the world.
Learn to Code
Tinkercad
Tinkercad is a free online 3D design program perfect for beginners. Tinkercad is extremely intuitive and easy to use and has built-in Lessons to help you learn the ropes, making it one of the most popular classroom tools for 3D design, engineering and coding.
Scratch
With Scratch, kids can program their own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share their creations with others in the online community. Scratch helps kids learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
Blockly
Blockly Games is a series of educational games that teach programming. It is designed for children who have not had prior experience with computer programming. By the end of these games, players are ready to use conventional text-based languages.
Code Camp
Take a week-long coding crash course for beginners with Alishah Novin. Originally livestreamed, now recorded and available for viewing.
Learning Resources for Parents and Teachers
Khan Academy
For every student, every classroom. Real results. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
CK-12
The CK-12 Foundation was founded with the mission to enable everyone to learn in his or her own way. By pairing high quality content with the latest technologies, CK-12 equips students, teachers, and parents with everything they need, for free.
Kialo Edu
Kialo Edu is a free custom version of the world’s largest argument mapping and debate site, specifically designed for educators to use.
Prodigy Game
Math practice used to be a struggle — but not anymore. Prodigy, loved by over a million teachers and 50 million students around the world, is using game-based learning to transform education. Prodigy delivers a unique learning experience through an interactive math game.
PBS Learning Media
Bring the World to Your Classroom.
PBS Wisconsin and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for Wisconsin educators.
PBS Wisconsin and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for Wisconsin educators.
TEDEd
TED-Ed is TED’s youth and education initiative. Everything we do supports learning from producing a growing library of original animated videos , to providing an international platform for teachers to create their own interactive lessons.