Free resources for families, teachers, and caregivers at home with tweens and teens:
Amazing Educational Resources: An incredibly comprehensive collection of links for homeschooling, organized by grades and topics.
Smithsonian Distance Learning: A huge list of resources for every subject and grade level, including SPANISH-language materials.
ART & CREATIVITY
San Francisco Museum of Art Teacher Resources: Well-designed activities & discussion questions (by grade, subject & theme) on modern and classic works of art.
CAREERS
Fire Science & Public Service: Educate yourself on Fire Science, Homeland Security, Forestry, Public Administration, Cyber Security, Emergency Management, Criminal Justice, and Paramedic degrees. A host of resources for online training, scholarships, Associate and Bachelor’s Degrees and more.
MATH & SCIENCE
Boeing Academy for STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics activities for grades 6-12. Scroll down to see programs by age.
DOGO News: Short and appealing current events in science, social studies, sports and more. Toggle between SPANISH & ENGLISH at the top of the screen, both print and audio. Photos, videos, learning games, and more. Fun for all ages from the WA State Library.
Eureka Math: Connects math to the real world in ways that take the fear out of math and build student confidence—helping students achieve true understanding lesson by lesson and year after year.
Khan Academy: A site for any and all grades. It is amazing with tutorials and can be done all online and instantly assessed and leveled.
All About Birds: This Cornell University site includes bird identification resources, video and audio files, live cams, K-12 Educator Resources, Learning Games, eBird (how to submit your own observations to a citizen science site), and more.
Amaze.org: Sexual Education resources for parents, teachers and kids of all ages.
National Geographic @ Home: Inspiring Family Exploration with science experiments, videos, quizzes and more.
SeaDoc society’s Junior SeaDoctors: This site is filled with marine science videos and activities that you can easily do from your own home.
TEDEd@Home: Expert educators and TED speakers throughout the world create and share high-quality, interactive, video-based lessons on a daily basis, for free.
Wonderopolis: Explore wonders, ask your own questions, attend a virtual Camp Wonderopolis (music, engineering, health, science). What are you wondering?
READING & WRITING
Audible.com: For as long as schools are closed, audible.com is open. Kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages (including SPANISH) that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.
The Hub: Your Connection to Teen Collections. The American Library Association’s teen resources page.
NaNoWriMo Young Writer’s Project: National Novel Writing Month guides under 18 writers to create an original work in 30 days. Lock away your inner editor, let your imagination take over, and just create!
New York Times Learning Network: Teach and Learn With The Times: Resources for Bringing the World Into Your Classroom. Includes Current Events, Student Opinions, Country of the Week, and much more.
Spanish Experiment: SPANISH children’s stories read slowly by a native Spanish speaker for learners (great for all ages!) plus free Spanish lessons.
WA Anytime Library TEENS: Use your 14 digit library card number and password to login and checkout eBooks and Audiobooks.
TECHNOLOGY
Common Sense Media: Reviews (of books, movies, apps & games) for what your kids want (before they dive in!).
Tips for Parents: Families & Tech During Covid-19: Different ways to socialize with Tech.