Student Enrichment Websites
Websites
Student Enrichment Websites
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Listed here are great websites for learning, reading, and educational play.
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DK Find Out! | A free encyclopedia jam-packed with amazing photos and illustrations from publisher DK. |
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Stimola Live |
Stimola Live is a website of live stream events for kids, tweens, and teens by professional authors and illustrators represented by Stimola Literary Studio. Events will be streamed live from a variety of platforms and archived on the Stimola Live YouTube Channel. |
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Science News for Students | Award-winning online publication that provides topical science news to learners, parents, and educators. |
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Youngzine | Presents current events devoid of bias, and sensationalism for young people of the world. |
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Snappy Words | Snappywords.com is a popular resource for everything you need to know about the English language. |
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TweenTribune | Lexile news articles perfect for the classroom. Brought to you by the Smithsonian Institute. |
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Google Advanced Image Search | Under Safe Search, select "Filter Explicit Results" and Under Usage Rights, change to "Free to Use or share". |
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Pics4Learning | Free, copyright-friendly images for education. |
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Photos for Class | Properly attributed, creative commons licensed images for education. |
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The Story Home | Original and classic children's audio stories. Note: This is strictly audio and no illustrations accompany the story. |
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Mrs. Lodge's Library Shelver Game | Shelve library books in this game meant to help students better understand library shelving systems. |
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National Geographic Kids | Explore this site for interesting and fun information, videos, quizzes, and more about animals and traveling the world. |
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PBS Kids | Videos, games, cartoon studio, drawing contests, and content related to PBS kids programming. |
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GuysRead.com | A site founded by author Jon Scieszka and meant to help guys find great books to read, and helping boys become motivated, life-long readers along the way. Includes author interviews and lots of other guy stuff. |
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Read Kiddo Read | The biggest get-your-kid-reading movement on the web. Brought to you by the famed author, James Patterson. |
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KidLit TV | Helping parents and educators explore the world of children's literature. |
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Khan Academy | Practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard. Includes content for K-8 math. |
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Storyline Online | Watch videos of well-known actors reading children's books. Brought to you by the Screen Actor's Guild. |
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Story Place | A library of activities and ebooks specifically meant for preschool aged children. |
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Code.org | Learn computer programming and how to code through games and puzzles. Tutorials for advanced programmers are also available. |
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SCRATCH |
Students can create stories, animations, and games all through coding! Created by MIT. |
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Arcademics | Multiplayer educational games for math and language arts skills. |
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Reading Bear | Watch videos or slideshows to help develop children's reading skills. Reading Bear media teaches beginning readers vocabulary, concepts, and phonetic patterns. |
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Peep and the Big Wide World.com | Watch videos and play games with three birds who learn about science and discovery. |
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Fun Brain | Free educational games, online books, and comics. |
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My Garbology | Learn about the science of waste with this online tool from NatureBridge, an organization from the West Coast dedicated to teaching environmental science to children and teens. |
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Tar Heel Reader | Provides free, easy-to-read, accessible books on a wide range of topics. Alternative access methods are available. You can even write your own book! |