Common Sense

Commonsense.org is an amazing site dedicated to educating families on social media, websites, movies, curriculum and other resources that kids manage to click on everyday. This site can help you and your family make better, more informed decisions about what your child has access to at home. As a parent, I feel more comfortable knowing my child can browse a site safely, thanks to information I learned from commonsense.org. 

My Favorite

Tired of watching BLUEY for the millionth time? Kidding. Blue is great… but sometimes, we need something a little more stimulating. Ted Talks are a great way to start an indepth conversation between you and your child that might surprise even a talking dog.

More options listed on https://mumlyfe.com.au/16-inspiring-ted-talks-for-kids/

TEDx is one of my favorites to listen to during the long car ride or while waiting for a practice to be over. The talks include incredible discussions, thought provoking ideas, but listen with care- this is for high school and/or parents only depending on content.

Questions & Answers

Here to help when you don’t have the answer, this website is ready for you and your child!

Educational Videos

The Crash Course team has produced more than 45 courses on a wide variety of subjects, including organic chemistry, literature, world history, biology, philosophy, theater, ecology, and many more!

Literature

Scholastic Home Base is a safe, free, 3D interactive world that celebrates favorite stories through book-based games, live author events, and a large community of readers

Math

Math playground is a fun website to practice math. It includes a wide variety of math topics, mathematical art, real-world math, and games that include geometry and graphing, money and time, addition, multiplication, and fractions.

Artist

Encourage the creative side in your budding artist! 

Science

NASA wants to educate your student! Let your kids peruse this educational extension from non other than NASA during their free time. You won’t want to miss out on this and neither will they!

Science & History

National Geographic is a classic and now offers all of their content online! Search through historical timlines, facts, important people and places. Take a look into foreign countries, cultures, exploring the land and creatures that live there. There’s so much to learn and even more fun to have!

History

Enter ancient worlds, meet famous people and discover fascinating facts by exploring a wide selection of historical games and activities.

I love this site for introducing the kids to ancient history including the greeks, romans, egyptians, vikings and life in the iron-age.

Bilingual Support

This website will assist English language learners or bilingual students and their families, as well as eduators, beginning their eduational career. This website has information on policy, law, tools to assist teacher and students in the classroom and ideas for extending support to the ELL community. 

Foreign Language

This free, fun and effective way to learn a foreign language from the comfort of your own home. Take a look and try it out, you just might surprise yourself!

Code

Student interested in coding? CHECK THIS OUT. Plus, it’s free!

Parents or older siblings intersted in coding? This site https://www.codecademy.com/catalog shows where you can check on FREE (and some paid) courses to further your career!

DEGREE SEEKERS

This website was launched on the premise that every student deserves a first class education. Here, students can search free videos and lectures from some of the top leading experts in all the world, in a plethora of subjects, all for free. Explore the free online college courses that help you get further in your field!