Virtual resources
Exercise & wellness
GoNoodle® engages 14 million kids every month with movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Available for free at school, home, and everywhere kids are!
More than a million kids do yoga, mindfulness and relaxation with Jaime on the Cosmic Kids YouTube Channel. Parents and teachers report significant improvements in self-regulation, focus and empathy. But the videos are BRILLIANT FUN so kids love doing them!
Fun indoor exercises for children. Simple ways for children to burn some energy.
Play the world's favorite dance video game without a video game console! All it takes to turn any room into a crazy dance-floor is an internet-connected screen and a smartphone to use as a controller!
15 mindfulness and relaxation apps for kids with anxiety.
MEDIA & VIRTUAL TRIPS
CampusTours builds video tours, photorealistic interactive campus maps, mobile walking tours and custom data-driven multimedia applications for education, non-profit and government clients worldwide.
Reviews for what your kids want to watch (before they watch it). Trusted ratings created with families in mind.
Experience the best 12 museums from London to Seoul in the comfort of your own home.
Ever wondered what it feels like to ride in a spaceship, or stand next to a full-size Tyrannosaurus Rex? Thanks to our country's incredible museums, science centers and other STEM outlets, you can find out!
STEAM
Lessons are designed to engage students, achieve learning outcomes, and be easy for teachers to use. All of the activities are designed to use simple supplies that families will likely already have at home.
Learn life, physical, and planetary science from the original Bill Nye The Science Guy series.
Get your kids informed about the world and how they can make it a better place. Includes amazing photos, fun games & educational stories.
Scratch is designed especially for ages 8 to 16 but is used by people of all ages. Learn to Code, Code to Learn - The ability to code computer programs is an important part of literacy in today’s society.
The National Museum of Mathematics is an award-winning museum that highlights the role of mathematics in illuminating the patterns and structures all around us.
LITERACY
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's award-winning children's literacy website streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books.
ABCmouse.com helps kids learn to read through phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more.
Story Time with Ms. Becky presents both kids and parents with Fun Educational Stories and Unboxing YouTube videos!
Around the world, people of all ages have joined Mo Willems in his studio for weekday LUNCH DOODLES.
FREE content, curriculum, and tools to power teaching and learning from Kindergarten to 12th Grade
While in space, astronauts are videotaping themselves reading books to the children of Earth. These videos are being edited and placed on this Story Time From Space website - look under the heading “Story Time Videos.”
These journal writing prompts will encourage kids to develop their composition skills
You’re about to discover being the boss is fun. Demanding. Aspirational. A lot of reading!
Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.
E-BOOKS
● Storyline Online (K-3)
● Vooks — Storybooks Brought to Life (K-3)
● Highlights Kids (K-3)
● Free with a public library card: SimplyE (All grades)
● Free with a public library card: Libby - an app for library ebooks & audiobooks (All grades)
● Free with a public library card: Kanopy - Downloading ebooks & audiobooks (All grades)
● Teaching Remotely for Grades K-12: Free Resources & Strategies (All grades)
● Squiggle Park | Level up your early readers (All grades)
● Oxford Owl for Home: help your child learn at home (All grades)
● Free Online Tutoring and More with Brainfuse (All grades)
educational GAMES
Make new animals, play animal games, solve animal puzzles, take a guided tour, and join a zoo quest.
talking about racism
View YouTube video on systemic racism.
“‘Racism is a public health crisis,’ according to a May 2020 statement from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). This means that racism — whether unintentional, unconsciously, or concealed — has affected Black Americans’ access to equal and ‘culturally competent’ health care.” —Excerpt from Sunshine Behavioral Health. Read more.
“I love all of Ezra Jack Keats’s books about Peter, because they show a black boy in the city and the stories are just about his curiosity, his bravery and his being a kid. They are beautiful meditations on the interiority of black childhood without trauma while still feeling very black.” —Kaitlyn Greenidge
“This book is pure joy. A mom and her daughter, Ava, always look forward to Saturdays because it’s the one day of the week they get to spend together without school or work. On this particular Saturday, though, they experience a series of disappointments. Nothing seems to be going as planned. Still, thanks to Ava they figure out a way to enjoy their time together. A quiet yet profound picture book.” —Matt de la Peña
Written by a former N.F.L. wide receiver and now an Oscar-winning short film, ‘Hair Love’ tells the story of a black father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time and the special bond they share.” —Meena Harris
“A new girl, Maya, shows up at school, and the whole class, including Chloe, our main character, shuns her because she’s shabbily dressed and seems different. This goes on for a while, and then Maya is suddenly gone, and Chloe realizes she’s missed her chance to be kind. This is a powerful picture book that bravely ends with regret.” —Matt de la Peña
“It’s one of the more shocking and little-known stories of the civil rights movement: In 1963, the City of Birmingham jailed hundreds of kids for joining the Children’s March. Among them was 9-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks, taken from her family to spend a week behind bars, eating ‘oily grits’ and sleeping on a bare mattress. Levinson and Newton keep her story bright and snappy, emphasizing the girl’s eagerness to make a difference and her proud place in her community.” —Maria Russo
35 profiles of ordinary people who rose up against tyranny and injustice. “Chambers, who is the senior editor of special projects here at The Times, has pulled together 35 inspiring stories from the past 500 years of history, each with a lesson for our kids about how to fight injustice in their own lives.” —Jessica Grose
“An honest explanation about how power and privilege factor into the lives of white children, at the expense of other groups, and how they can help seek justice.” —Meena Harris
“This is a brilliant look at the effects of police brutality from the perspective of two teen boys: one white and one black. We get inside both of their minds and watch them grapple with the weight of something that is way too familiar in our country.” —Matt de la Peña
“Reynolds and Kendi have created a book that slyly draws attention to the page itself. ‘Uh-oh. The R-word,’ they write. The word that ‘for many of us still feels Rated R. Or can be matched only with the other R word — run. But don’t. Let’s all just take a deep breath. Inhale. Hold it. Exhale and breathe out’ — and here, the text breaks apart to give us the dangerous word — ‘race.’” —Kaitlyn Greenidge
Empowering teachers & students to think critically about history & to understand the impact of their choices.
“When COVID-19 hit, the program did everything they could to keep kids and families engaged. I know that whatever my child needs, NIA will take care of it.”
