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You are here: Home / freebies / Best Fun and Free Educational Sites for Kids: Dozens of Links to Keep Your Kids Learning

Best Fun and Free Educational Sites for Kids: Dozens of Links to Keep Your Kids Learning

By Teresa

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Last updated on June 2nd, 2024 at 09:46 am

There’s a lot to wade through when it comes to free educational sites for kids, so we’ve done the work for you. Here are the top picks when it comes to free online learning for children!

free educational sites for kids

Many of us attempted homeschooling for the first time at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. And, for some of us, it was challenging to keep our kids interested and engaged.

Luckily, there are lots of online resources available to keep children busy and learning. We’ve scoured the internet to find the best free educational sites for kids. Following is your go-to resource for free online learning. Let’s get started!

Free Educational Sites for Kids

Access the New York Public Library (books, research materials, and more) from anywhere, anytime. Details here.

We also like these free educational sites:

Math:
play.prodigygame.com  
khanacademy.org  
coolmath.com  
xtramath.org

Reading:
Author JK Rowling has launched an online Harry Potter hub. Listen to the audio book version of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” read articles, do puzzles, watch videos, and more.
squigglepark.com  
growingbookbybook.com/online-literacy-resources/
storylineonline.net — Storyline Online features videos of celebrated actors reading childrenโ€™s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
Audible Stories — For as long as schools are closed, kids can stream a large collection of stories, in six different languages. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.

Science:
Cincinnati Zoo is hosting a Home Safari Facebook Live every weekday at 3 pm Eastern time. They will highlight one of their animals and include an activity children can do from home.
STEM activities from NASA’s JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratories).
Live Animal Cams: San Diego Zoo, Houston Zoo, Smithsonian Zoo Elephants, Georgia Aquarium Beluga Whales 
mysterydoug.com
kids.nationalgeographic.com
The Happy Scientist Robert Krampt has earth science fun and videos.
Mystery Science (Mystery Science is free while school is closed)
Great Lakes Science Center — Every weekday, the science center will post new STEM content to its YouTube channel.

Writing: typingclub.com 

Social Studies/History:
Ancestry.com is offering free lesson plans and printables for grades K through 12
historyforkids.net 
BBC History for Kids  
Thank you to Wilkening Consulting for curating this collection of American History resources. We’re happy to share these additional fun learning opportunities below:

  • Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum (Seminole)
  • Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
  • Historic New England
    • Family Ties Online
  • Litchfield Historical Society
  • Monticello (Thomas Jefferson)
    • Digital Classroom (searchable by grade)
    • Slavery at Monticello (mobile app; includes videos, audio, and visuals)
  • Mount Vernon (George Washington)
    • Be Washington (app-based game)
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • โ€‹National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution)
    • *Our Story: American History Stories and Activities You Can Do Together!
    • Kids: Things To Do At Home
  • National Museum of the American Indian
    • โ€‹Americans – Dialogue Toolkit (grades 4 – 12)
    • Online resources)
  • National Park Service
    • Teaching with Historic Places
  • Newport Historical Society (RI)
    • Lesson plans and resources
    • Virtual tour
  • Ohio History Connection (searchable by grade; updated daily)
  • Smithsonian Institution
    • History Explorer (searchable by grade)โ€‹
  • โ€‹Tenement Museum (searchable by grade)

Best Fun and Free Educational Sites for Kids: Dozens of Links to Keep Your Kids Learning 

Virtual Field Trips:

Over 30 Virtual Field Trips are linked in this document. 
Statue of Liberty field trip
15 virtual field trips including the White House, NASA Mount Everest, and The National Gallery of Art.
More virtual field trips are here.

150+ Enrichment Activities for Children

More Free Educational Sites:
Kidsโ€™ Money — Kids can learn how to save, earn, spend, share, and everything else about money.
FirstPalette.com — Arts and Crafts with free printables
TwistyNoodle — free coloring pages and worksheets
CrayolaExperience is offering free activities to do at home.
Watch “Snack Chat” with Cookie Monster every Tuesday on YouTube and Facebook. Kids will learn about eating healthy, and washing their hands!
MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)
Denver Art Museum Creativity Resource
Norman Rockwell Museum (grades K – 12) โ€‹
Boston Childrenโ€™s Museum’s Museum at Home
Outschool.com — Live online classes for ages three to 18 are now free.
Lunch Doodles with Kennedy Center Artist-in-Residence Mo Willems is happening daily!
Printables from Carson Dellosa Education — reading, language arts, math, social studies, science, and more.
GreatSchools.org printable worksheets
starfall.com
abcya.com
PBSKids.org 
KidsDiscover.com
highlightskids.com 
Funbrain.com 
wonderopolis.org  
Smithsonian for Kids 
The Smithsonian Institution has access to millions of digital resources from across the Smithsonianโ€™s museums, research centers, libraries, archives, and more.
The Smithsonian Learning Lab has pre-packaged collections that contain lessons, activities, and recommended resources made by Smithsonian educators

abcmouse.com (ABCMouse is free for 30 days)

Have we missed anything? Feel free to leave a comment if you know of any free educational sites for kids that should be on our list.

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