FREE Kids Learning Activities & Educational Resources

With so many students learning from home over the next several weeks, we wanted to share a compilation of free learning resources and fun educational/literacy activities parents can share with their kids. Leave a comment if you know of more that we can add to the list!

Free Children's Stories Audiobooks
Audible has opened their collection of children's stories for kids everywhere to stream for free on any desktop, phone, laptop, or tablet. Explore their vast collection of stories (including titles available in six different languages) and incorporate them into daily learning or family reading time! Learn more >

30 Virtual Field Trips for Kids
Museums, national parks, famous landmarks, zoos, even space . . . there are so many places your kids can go right from the comfort of home. Check out this awesome list of 30 virtual field trips from The Educators Spin On It that your kids can take today. Learn more

Mo Willems Lunch Doodle
The popular author of much-loved kids books like Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus is hosting a shared doodle time on Youtube every Monday (videos release at 1 p.m. ET). Learn more

Storyline Online
Upgrade story time with some of your favorite celebrity friends! The award-winning children's literacy website from the SAG-AFTRA Foundation allows kids and parents to stream famous and celebrated actors reading popular children's books with accompanying illustrations. Learn more

Virtual Book Club for Kids
Do you have little ones who adore construction stuff, space, or pirates? Right now, Virtual Book Club for Kids is offering these select activity books for FREE (until Apr. 30, 2020). You can also find free weekly learning activity plans for a range of other subjects including gardening, rainbows, colors, and more. Learn more

The Learning Network (Ages 13+)
The New York Times is giving middle and high school students a unique way to practice reading, writing, comprehension, and critical thinking. Every week, The Learning Network provides new writing prompts surround a variety of issues (based on Times articles, videos, photographs, graphs, and, illustrations). Learn more

Scholastic Learn at Home
Choose from a variety of at-home learning activities for kids from Pre-K to 6th grade and up in Scholastic's free Learn at Home program. Kids can engage in fun and educational lessons about everything from animals to plants, life science, social studies, and more. Learn more

ReadWorks.org Reading & Comprehension Activities
Parents can access reading passages and all the instructional materials that go with them (i.e., comprehension questions) for free from ReadWorks.org. Choose by grade, topic, difficulty level and more.  Learn more

Free Coloring Pages from Asheville Art Museum
Check out Asheville Art Museum's "Color Our Art" campaign featuring free coloring pages celebrating the works of one of their featured artists, Lorna Blaine Halper who studies at Black Mountain College from summer 1945 through the spring term of 1948. Check it out

Story Time from Space
Looking for an "out of this world" idea to get your kids excited about reading? Then tune in to NASA's Story Time from Space, a project from the Global Space Education Foundation, where astronauts aboard the International Space Station read engaging stories (with follow-along text and pictures). Check it out

Free Blank Comic Book Pages
Artist and author of the EngiNerds book series, Jared Lerner, is creating free downloadable comic book pages for kids to draw and write on to tell their own unique story. Great for little artists and fans of books series like EngiNerds, Dog Man, and Lunch Lady! Check it out

Additional Lists of FREE Educational Resources and Learning Activities:
10 Great Free Websites for Elementary School (via Common Sense Education)
10 Free Online Educational Game Sites (via Mindshift KQED)
36 Free Education Websites Parents Can Access While Schools Are Closed (via PopSugar)
For older students & parents: 450 Free Online Ivy League Courses (via Free Code Camp)

*Note: Spectrum is offering free internet for qualified households (including a free internet modem and no contract). Learn more