*Please understand that these free, at-home resources are completely VOLUNTARY and are here to support students’ education and parents during this unusual time.
*Please be reminded that the online resources that students regularly use during school are listed under the “Parents & Students” tab and the “Resources” tab from the district website (uasdraiders.org).
| Grade Level | Topic | Site | Description |
| K-5 | All | PBSkids.org | The website for children’s programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. |
| 6-12 | Social Studies | The Great Courses | Experiencing America: A Smithsonian Tour through American History. Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian Institute’s Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large, offers this 12-hour video course at The Great Courses, which you can access with a free trial. |
| K-6 | Science Social Studies |
National Geographic for Kids | National Geographic Kids. Child-focused resources about animals, science, history, people, and places around the world from The National Geographic Society. |
| K-6 | Arts and Crafts | Colorations | Educational craft ideas. This website features hundreds of educational and grade-appropriate craft ideas that you can do at home. |
| K-6 | Reading | Story Time From Space | Videos of astronauts reading STEM-themed books from the International Space Station brought to you by the nonprofit Storytime From Space. |
| K-6 | Science | Steve Spanglers Science | Steve Spangler Science experiments you can do at home. This is a site established by science guy Steve Spangler, who’s been on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” over 20 times, with close to 400 science experiments you can do at home. |
| K-6 | English Language Arts Reading |
The Great Courses ~ A children’s guide to folklore and wondertales | A Children’s Guide to Folklore and Wonder Tales. Dr. Hannah Blevins Harvey treats you to dynamic, theatrical, and engaging tellings of cherished tales from around the world through this 12-hour video course at The Great Courses, which you can access with a free trial. |
| K-6 | Various | Really Good Stuff | Really Good Stuff student activity printables. There are about 40 free printable student activities on this page, which you can do at home, especially if you have limited resources. |
| K-2 | Reading Language Math Science Heatlh Social Studies |
ABCmouse | Digital education appropriate for children. This is a digital education program from the award-winning company The Age of Learning, covering subjects including reading and language arts, math, science, health, social studies, music, and art. You can sign up for a free.
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| K-8 | Math Spelling Grammar |
Sumdog | We want to help lighten the mood for children. So if you’ve never experienced premium Sumdog before, then your students are going to be in for a treat. They will have access to over 20 fun games that will motivate them to practice math, spelling and grammar. You can also set and monitor work remotely. |
| K-12 | Math (K-12) English (K-8) Science (3-5) |
Knowledge on the Go | We are providing knowledge-building resources here—written materials for math (Grades K–12) and daily instructional videos for English language arts (Grades K–8), math (Grades K-12), and science (Grades 3–5). We will post new video lessons and update our content daily. Continue checking this page for more free resources as we refresh our content. |
| K-5 | Math Facts | Required Fluencies in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics | Math facts are important to all higher-level math. This list lets you know what math facts your child should be fluent with by what grade. |
| K-5 | Math Facts | Reflex Math | Adaptive and individualized, ExploreLearning Reflex is the most effective system for mastering basic facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 60-day trial |
| K-2 | STEM | Science 4 Us | Give your students a head-start in STEM with a free 30-day trial! Specially designed for K-2 students Hundreds of short lessons for use with whole group, small group or 1:1 |
| K-5 | STEM | STEM and SEL @ Home Resources | Activities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math |
| 3-12 | Math and Science | Gizmos ~ Online Simulations | Gizmos are interactive math and science simulations for grades 3-12. Over 400 Gizmos aligned to the latest standards help educators bring powerful new learning experiences to the classroom. |
| K-12 | Coping | Common Sense Media Resources for Families | For all parents, grandparents, caregivers, here are some quality resources for your family and ways to cope, here is a link to the Common Sense Media site that shares ways to help kids understand the pandemic. Also great tips for movies, book and game ideas. |
| K-12 | Coping | Down Dog App | If you are looking for some exercise/mindfulness activities for you and your kids the Downdog App is free until July 1 for educators and students.
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Additional Resources:
- ABCya.com
- Sheppardsoftware.com
- Turtlediary.com
- Roomrecess.com
- Starfall.com
- Mathfacts.com
- Khanacademy.org
- Mathplayground.com
- Funbrain.com
- Hoodamath.com
- Coolmath4kids.com