Kids and Families
Resources for home instruction, virtual field trips, arts and crafts and more.
Home Instruction
Khan Academy
Created by experts, Khan Academy’s library of trusted, standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math K-12 through early college, grammar, science, history, AP®, SAT®, and more. Includes Covid 19 School Closure Resources, including guides for remote learning and daily schedules for students from ages 4 - 18. Smithsonian Science How
Live video webcasts in which Smithsonian experts and cover topics in the disciplines of Earth Science, Life Science, Paleontology, and Social Studies. Past presentations are available in the video archives Find NY Culture
Find organizations with learning resources and educational programs that fit your needs, including: museums, libraries, historical societies, science centers, parks, zoos, galleries and planetariums. |
Scholastic Learn at Home
Even when schools are closed, you can keep the learning going with these special cross-curricular journeys. Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families, or with their teachers. Just find your grade level and let the learning begin! Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions
Each of these websites will allow you to sign-up for FREE and help your child along with their education. Common Sense Media
Navigate social distancing and school closures with quality media and at-home learning opportunities for your kids. Mystery Science
Mystery Science has made their most popular lessons free for anyone to use. Short mini-lessons are completely digital. Full lessons include an activity designed to use simple supplies a parent will likely already have at home. K-5 |
Stories and Readalouds
Storytime Online
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more.
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DaybyDayNY Family Literacy Calendar
DaybyDayNY is a multimedia website that brings books, songs and rhymes to life for young children and their families. Each day features new content. En Espanol |
Authors and Illustrators Share Books and More
Author Kate Messner has collected a compilation of videos in which authors / illustrators read aloud from their works, give drawing lessons and share writing activities. |
Storytime from Space
What could be cooler than having a story read to you by an astronaut? |
