Below are some links to online programs that you may not have heard of and that may support your child’s distance learning during school closures. Thanks to my Intervention Specialist colleagues for sharing many of these resources!
Items marked with as asterisk * are recommended resources.
Learning at Home
- Why Learning at Home Should be More Self-Directed and Less Structured
- Simone Kern, Edutopia, March 25, 2020
- At-Home Learning Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Resources and scheduling offered by our local Public Television Station
- GoNoodle
- Music and movement tied to social emotional learning and academic content; lots of mindfulness and calming videos, as well.
Free Trial from Learning AtoZ
Primary Grade Resources
- Alphabet Songs
- Songs About Rhyming
- Interactive Rhyming Music Video
- Song About Reading With Expression
- Stories Read Aloud by Celebrities
- Fluency Practice With Ms. V
- Jan Richardson Sight Words
- San Jose Public Library Wee Share Stories
- Starfall
- Early Reading, structured format
- PBS Kids
- a panoply of resources, with characters ad themes students recognize
- Bedtime Stories by Mrs. Brush
Upper Grade Resources
- Khan Academy
- Online teaching in most subject areas
- Free during school closures
- Kids Info Bits
- *National Geographic for Kids
- Time for Kids
- ReadWriteThink
- *MetKids
- Online art site
- Biblionasium
- Share book recommendations
- *Scratch
- practice your coding
- LearnZillion COVID-19 Resources
- Math and ELA
Resources for All Grades
- *Audible-Free Children’s Books read aloud, 6 languages
- *San Jose Public Library “Spring Into Reading“
- *Tumblebooks Library
- (temporary access – Username: tumble735 Password: books)
- *TumbleMath -K-6 Math ebooks
- (temporary open access – Username: tumble2020 Password: A3b5c6)
- Scholastic Learn at Home
- Username: Learning20
- Password: Clifford (case sensitive)
San Jose Public Library Resources
- **Application for Youth Library Card
- provides access to many of the library’s online resources
- works for 60 days
- Download books, movies, music, and magazines from the library’s e-catalog.
- ABC Mouse Home Checkout
- A to Z The USA
- Facts about all 50 states
- *Beanstack
- Book and app recommendations for children
- Brittanica School
- Encyclopedia for elementary, middle, and high school
- Explora for Elementary School Students
- Books, photos, images, videos, and flags for many topics
- Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center
- Mango Languages
- Choose from 70 languages!
- Missions of California eBooks
- NovelList K-8 Plus
- **Power Knowledge Science for Grades 3-6:
- Pronunciator
- Learn one (or more!) of 163 languages
- Scholastic Teachables
- “Easy to print lesson plans, worksheets, and activities on a wide variety of subjects for PreK – 8 educators.”
- School Center-Learning Express Library
- “Offers test preparation, homework help, and skill building for elementary, middle, and high school students.”
- Social Studies Fact Cards
- “Short, fact-filled articles for students in grades 4-8 about missions, explorers, ranch life, American Indians, and general history of the California area.”
- *Teaching Books
- “Original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, and resources on K–12 books to support reading and library activities for all grades and content areas.”
