Great Websites for Kids!: Homework Help

My Weird School author Dan Gutman reads from one of his books here every weekday at 2pm east coast time, and he'll keep doing it until the kids go back to school!

A series of videos highlighting Grace's books and “how to draw…”

Join the HarperKids team each day at 12PM (EDT) for story times and read-alouds, activities, fun content, and pure entertainment! We’ll have appearances from your favorite authors and illustrators, our own employees, and special guests, and we’ll be posting suggestions for activities, and more!

Stories and Drawing Instruction

Hear Jennifer read “Henry and the Chalk Dragon.” Start with video for Week 7 for Chapter 1.

Levar Burton reads children's books live on Twitter each Monday at noon!

Mo Willems invites you into his studio everyday to draw, doodle and write with him.

Activities and videos from the New York Times bestselling author of How I Became a Pirate and other amazing books.

Virtual storytime with various celebrities and authors!

Parents Magazine and Penguin Random House publishers promote reading with reading and book lists, videos and printables that reinforce a love of reading.

Activities, crafts, recipes, printables, guides, themes and games all featuring Dr. Seuss books and characters.

Live storytime with a different author each week!

Storyline Online®, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Oprah Winfrey, Chris Pine, Kristen Bell, Rita Moreno, Viola Davis, Jaime Camil, Kevin Costner, Lily Tomlin, Sarah Silverman, Betty White, Wanda Sykes and dozens more.

Learning system to help students master standards in Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and Life Skills. Vocabulary is incorporated into every subject. Free trial available and pricing ranges from individual basic teacher rate to full access for districts.

Play games and practice reading skills with some of your favorite characters from PBS Kids. Learn about letters, stories, vocabulary and spelling or try making your own comics, learning spanish or playing matching games.

Multisensory, interactive games that support Common Core curriculum in English language arts and math. Free or low-cost membership options. Especially effective for special education students and English language learners

General interest site with fun facts, quizzes, games and activities on a wide variety of topics from DK publishers. Layout resembles an interactive encyclopedia for kids.

Essential reference materials, fun facts and features, and homework help for kids. Content includes an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, a homework center, and educational games.

Essays on thousands of topics and links to sites of interest to children arranged by subject. Reference materials, story hour books read aloud, science fair ideas and much more available for free

The zoo employees share information and videos about the animals living at the zoo almost every day!

STEM and STEAM activities in categories such as: animals, astronomy, colors, electricity, engineering, physics, plants and weather

Fun learning games, kid crafts, science experiments and busy bags (reusable, portable activities kids can do themselves)

Intrepid's virtual programs are now being offered for free!

Tune into Liberty Science Center's "LSC In the House" live streaming events - science trivia, animal spotlights and simple experiments!

Check out National Geographic for quizzes, science experiments, videos, and more!

Explore the world from the comfort of your home!

Learn to make your own games, apps and computer drawings. Get introduced to programming languages and skills.

A site for teachers to teach students coding, no experience necessary. Free lesson plans from introductory to advanced coding and integration with other subjects. Paid version includes student account management, custom art and self-paced tutorials.

Free online coding platform for students (10 years old and up) who want to learn to code!

Bedtime Math has instructions for math games and activities that can be done at home that don’t involve screen time for kids.

Free, printable math worksheets!

Learn math skills through interactive games with rewards to motivate students organized by skills and grade level. Free for parents and teachers to sign up and track their children’s learning.

Get a 30 day free trial!

Worksheets and games for all subjects!

Learning games, animated movies and activities in subjects like STEM, social studies, reading/writing, health and arts. Also https://www.brainpop.com/ for upper elementary and middle school students and https://ell.brainpop.com/ for English language learners.

Daily camp schedule with cooking, exercise, crafts, and more!

Activity sheets based on books from Chronicle!

General interest site with fun facts, quizzes, games and activities on a wide variety of topics. An interactive encyclopedia for kids!

Free books and math games by grade level!

Homeschool lessons and activities!

Personalized, self-paced learning in math, ELA, science, social studies and Spanish. Subscription required for full access but many skills are free to practice. Fun interactive questions with awards built in.

Free courses giving personalized help in dozens of subjects including math, science, arts & humanities, test prep, economics, careers and more. Many courses by grade level and aligned to standards.

Learn at home with Scholastic!

Helps kids be savvy tech users.