• Additional Reading Web Apps

    This is the perfect time to explore eBooks, and there are a lot of options. Our school district has made the myON collection available, and our school purchases the BookFlix and Tumblebooks eBook libraries every year. You can access all three of these digital libraries through ClassLink.

    The Leon County Public Library has a whole web page dedicated to the services they subscribe to – free if you have a library card! Click Online Library Card Registration to sign up for a library card if you don't already have one. Then, download the Libby app on your phone or tablet to start reading books from the public library.

    Epic! Books is another great resource that offers a 30 Day free trial for families. Your teacher may set up an account and invite you, which will extend your free access through June 30.

    There’s even a free eBook for kids about the Coronavirus! Books can really help kids understand what’s happening in the world around them.

    If you’ve exhausted all of your eBook options, you might want to try searching YouTube for read-alouds (many show the book text, so the student can read along), or even listening to a kid-friendly podcast as a family, which will build important listening comprehension skills. (Pay attention to the age ranges at that podcast link.) StorylineOnline.net is a good curator of read-alouds.

    Our third-fifth grade teachers use SpellingCity to make practicing spelling words more engaging. Log in through ClassLink.

    Additional Math Web Apps

    XtraMath gives students flash-card-like practice with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. It works best on a computer with a number keypad. It’d be great for students to keep up their daily practice with their math facts.

    Khan Academy is a popular source for math and science concept explainer videos (among other subjects). Its content ranges from early math to multivariable calculus, and math concepts are organized by grade level and easily searchable.

    Code.org has some great logical reasoning activities that build foundational skills for computer programming.

    Other Resources

    Gale Kids InfoBits is a kids’ research database of nonfiction book and magazine articles. It would be a great source for a text-based writing activity or research project. Our school subscription is accessible through ClassLink. There is similar content available for free at National Geographic Kids.

    PBSLearningMedia.org has a huge collection of curated educational videos, from Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood segments to crash courses in Physics. All of the PBS content is freely available here. WFSU, our local PBS TV affiliate, has overhauled their daily schedule to include curriculum-related programming that is tailored to our students. They have sectioned off parts of the day for each age group. It’s worth taking a look and maybe building your routine around when you can just turn on the TV and find something perfect to watch each day.

    DTES Art YouTube is a playlist of guest artists who have delivered lessons to our students in the past. You can have full-fledged art lessons at home! Another popular art resource is Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems, the beloved children’s book author and illustrator.

    The GoNoodle app (available on all Smart TV platforms and on the web) offers some fun dances and skits to get kids up and moving, even when they can’t go outside.