References

Common Sense Media Best Documentaries
Explore cultures, issues, and stories that will inspire you in this list of family-friendly documentaries broken down by age groups 5-13+.
Jarrett J. Krosoczka—author & illustrator
NY Times best-selling author and illustrator teaches children stuck inside an introduction to illustration and family-friendly cartoon drawing.

Find Your School or Library
Search for your school and library. Learn the number of books your library has and the number of people who visit it.
Funbrain
Free worksheets, videos, and games for grades pre-K –8.
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
A fun, colorful picture dictionary of hundreds of words. Also offered in Spanish, French, German, and Japanese.
National Geographic Kids
Find fun fill in the blanks for your children to create their own stories! This Nat Geo site provides quizzes, amazing animal videos, science experiments, and educational explorations like US states, science, and space.
PBS Kids
Bold and bright curriculum-based entertainment for your little ones in elementary school. Free educational games, videos, and stories.
Scholastic Learn at Home
Scholastic is helping you take things one day at a time with daily lessons, and thought-provoking activities and articles, among other resources for grades pre-K-9.
Sesame Street
Sesame Street saves the day with family fun activities, games, videos, story time, sing-alongs, and coloring worksheets.
tinkergarten
At-home weekly activities to promote active learning, thinking, and social and emotional skills for kids zero to eight.
Word Central
The word-spelling robot hosts the latest amazing word game and challenges spellers of all ages.

Biblionasium
A safe, fun, free social reading community for ages 6-13; think book club for kids (but better).
Read-Write-Think
Age-appropriate after school, classroom, and parent resources geared towards reading and language arts.

Bedtime Math
Engaging math activities to keep your kids learning and active at home.
Math Games
Test your children’s math skills with free, interactive games, and worksheets made for each elementary grade level.

Crash Course Kids
Fifth-grade science videos gone virtual (and viral).
Metropolitan Museum of Art Kids
Explore 5,000 years of art around the world. Find hidden treasures, fun facts, Q & A videos, and hop in the time machine to learn geography and art from different eras.
Mystery Science
Full and mini science lessons for your elementary school-aged children. Digital and hands-on activities for grades K -5. Topics range from “why do woodpeckers peck wood to “How do things glow in the dark?”

Calm
Children ages 3-17 can learn meditation techniques to help keep them calm.
Cosmic Kids Yoga
Your young ones can learn yoga and mindfulness while going on interactive adventures for an indoor workout.