If you are affected by school closure due to the ongoing emergency, you might be wondering: What in the world am I going to do with my child for the next few weeks (or months.) To help with this dilemma, we put together this list of FREE resources for homeschooling. Some of these resources are always free and some are only free to help parents deal with the situation. If you know of additional resources please email getbrainybox@gmail.com and we will add them to the list!
Asterisk (*) before the name means the school must sign up for free access – a parent can not do so individually.
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Free Homeschooling Resources For Families Affected by Novel Coronavirus
- 123 Homeschool for me (multiple subjects, ages 3 and up)
- ABC Mouse (multiple subjects, ages 4 and up)
- Adventure Academy (multiple subjects, ages 8 and up)
- Actively Learn (ELA, social studies, ages 9 and up)
- Alchemie (chemistry, ages 14 and up)
- Alephbeta (religious education, ages 3 and up)
- Amaze (sexual education, ages 6 and up)
- Amazon Prime (free e-books and educational programs included with a Prime membership)
- Archademics.com (ELA, math, ages 6 to 12)
- Audible Stories (multiple subjects, ages 3 and up)
- BrainPop(science, ages 3 to 12)
- Breakout.edu (math, literacy ages 5 to 8)
- (*) Big History Project (history, ages 6 and up)
- Brooklyn Public Library (literacy, ages 0 to 6)
- Bunk History (history, ages 10 and up)
- CircleTimeFun (ages 0 to 6)
- Curriculum Associates (math, ELA, ages 6 to 14)
- Curious Jane (science, technology, ages 8 and up)
- Dos Tomatillos (Spanish, ages 4 and up)
- FlexBooks.org (ages 6 and up)
- (*) CMU CS Academy (coding, ages 14 and up)
- Cincinnati Zoo (live-streamed safari presentations, ages 3 and up)
- CommonLit.org (reading, ages 6 and up)
- Conjuguemos.com (grammar and language, ages 6 and up)
- Cosmic Kids (yoga, ages 3 to 8)
- CK12 (multiple subjects, ages 5 and up)
- Data Nuggets (science, ages 10 and up)
- (*) DiscoveryEducation (science, stem, etc. ages 5 and up )
- (*) Digital Media Academy (STEM, ages 6 to 14)
- Digital Theater (art, ages 6 and up)
- Discovery k-12 (multiple subjects, ages 5 and up)
- Dr. Roger’s Math Neighborhood (math, ages 10 and up)
- Duolingo (foreign language, ages 6 and up)
- Edmentum (multiple subjects, ages 5 and up)
- (*) Emile-education.com (math, literacy, ages 6 through 10)
- Ecree (writing, ages 6 and up)
- FacingHistory.org (history, ages 14 and up)
- Flat.io (music, ages 6 and up)
- Fluency and Fitness (math, reading ages 5 to 8)
- GetBrainyBox.com use code 2020homeschool (science, ages 3 and up, all kits FREE)
- Go Noodle (indoor physical activity, ages 3 to 8)
- HippoCampus.org (many subjects, ages 5 and up)
- Hoopla.com (borrow resources with your library card)
- I can read (ELA, ages 4 and up)
- I Compute (coding, ages 3 to 11)
- Izzit.org (many subjects, ages 5 and up)
- IXL.com (many subjects, ages 5 and up)
- Jarrett Lerner (ELA, art, ages 6 and up)
- PBS learning (many subjects, ages 5 and up)
- Khan Academy (many subjects, ages 5 and up) (always free)
- Khan Academy Kids (many subjects, ages 2 to 8)
- Libby (borrow books for free from your library, download them to an e-reader or a pc)
- (*) Lightsailed (ELA, ages 6 and up)
- (*) Manga High (coding, ages 6 and up)
- MathCelebrity.com (math, ages 6 and up)
- MarkKistler.com (art, ages 10 and up)
- MysteryScience (science, ages 5 to 10)
- Minecraft.net (multiple subjects, ages 8 and up)
- Oversimplified (history, ages 8 and up)
- Parlay.com (multiple subjects, ages 5 and up)
- PenPalSchools.com (multiple subjects, ages 5 and up)
- ProdigyGame (math, ages 6 to 14)
- Reading IQ (literacy, ages 4 and up)
- Rockalingua (Spanish, ages 5 and up)
- Readworks.org (reading, ages 5 and up)
- Riseup (history, ages 14 and up)
- SAT Prep use code HOMEPREP (SAT, ages 14 and up)
- Scholastic.com (multiple subjects, ages 5 to 12)
- Seterra (Geography, ages 6 and up)
- Sepap (science, ages 10 and up)
- Storyline (reading, ages 3 to 10)
- Twinkl.com (multiple subjects, ages 5 to 10)
- Tynker (coding, ages 6 and up)
- Typing Club (typing, ages 6 and up)
- Vidcode (coding, ages 12 and up)
- Vooks (literacy, ages 5 to 10)
- Zearn (math, ages 5 to 10)
Update 3.14. Due to a large number of companies offering “free trials” or resources that may not be useful in the long run, I am only including the most helpful resources on this list. For our own homeschool, we are using Khan Academy, PBS Learning, Amazon Prime books, Brain Pop and Libby.
