Digital resources for kids of all ages
This is a list of digital resources, compiled by the Department of Communities, that might benefit families who have children at home during the term break. Enjoy!
Virtual Excursions
Visit museums
Google Arts and Culture partnered with over 2,500 museums and galleries around the world to offer virtual tours of their spaces. Some of the options include New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum
The Louvre, based in Paris, is also offering its own virtual tour online for free.
Visit zoos
The San Diego ZooMelbourne Zoo
Visit space
Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover
HASS Resources
Big History Project has online history classes for all ages preteen through adults
Country Report has 35,000 pages of online content on the different cultures and countries of the world
Young Explorers is a magazine designed specifically for young children. Children can listen to the magazine being read to them as they follow along with the highlighted text
What was there? allows you to type in any city, state, or country to view an archive of historical photographs and other documents. It’s a unique way to help children learn about history
GeoGuessr tests kids’ geography skills using images from Google’s Street View, it puts players down in the middle of the street and asks them to figure out where they are
Literacy, Writing and Grammar Resources
Storyline Online has children’s books read by famous people
Wonderopolis offers short videos and texts that answer various burning questions for children. There are vocabulary challenges and comprehension questions
Scholastic Learn at Home provides projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing
Storybird helps kids boost their writing confidence
Grammaropolis helps kids learn the 8 parts of speech
Listen to astronauts read stories from space at Storytime from Space
Arts, Crafts & Cooking
All Kids Network has arts and craft activities
Highlights Kids has fun games, recipes, crafts, activities
Nomster Chef has Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, maths and science
Kids Think Design explores careers in fashion design, graphic design, interior design, book design, product design, film and theatre, architecture, animation, and environmental design
Artsology helps children learn to appreciate the arts by providing them with the opportunity to play games, conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art
Daily drawing lessons with Mo Willems, the author of ‘Don’t let the Pigeon Stay up Late’
Carson Ellis' Art Club Carson Ellis, author and illustrator will be posting art assignments on her Instagram page every weekday morning. If you want to share them, you can use the hashtag #quarantineartclub. She’ll also provide individual hashtags for each exercise so everyone can see each other’s work.
Red Ted Art provides step by step instructions on art projects including origami, 3D cards, clay pots, etc
Go Animate allows kids to make their own animated videos
Voki will create interactive avatars to showcase children’s learning
Coding Resources
Learn to code with Code Academy
Scratch teaches students all about coding
Kodable coding for 4-10 year olds
Language Resources
Learn a language with Duolingo
Maths Resources
Bedtime Math makes maths a fun part of your daily family routine
Grid Club has maths games galore
Numberphile has short videos about numbers that help kids explore complex math topics and make math more fun-
Maths Frame offers maths resources for all ages
Maths games at Kids Numbers
Movement and Mindfulness
GoNoodle has videos on movement and mindfulness created by child development experts
Sworkit Kids Workouts allows parents to choose from Strength for Kids, Agility for Kids, Flexibility and Balance for Kids, Warm-Up for Kids, Cooldown for Kids, Stand Up and Move for Kids, OR create your own custom workout
Cosmic kids yoga and mindfulness for kids
The Body Coach offers live PE lessons at 9am Monday to Friday for children of all ages
Music Resources
Chrome Music Lab has music activities for everyone
Virtual Music Instruments lets kids play instruments online. Instruments include the guitar, piano, pan flute, drums, and bongos
Science Resources
Climate Kids is a NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals
Experiment Library offers science experiments that you can do at home
All sorts of incredible learning here on Google Earth
Budding Marine Biologists can take a deep dive into ocean life at Smithsonian Ocean 19 great science podcasts to listen to with your kids
General Educational Resources
Breakout EDU offers educational games for K-12
Outschool offers live online classes for kids Smithsonian Learning Lab offers many fun activities and learning resources ABC for educational resources
The Kid Should See This offers smart videos for curious minds
Kids News provides kid-appropriate news articles