So many hours, but also so many things you can do. There were already a lot of free activities and online learning fun. But during this time even more attractions and companies are offering free courses, webcams, TV, and much more. Enjoy this list. It will be updated as I find more stuff.
Don’t worry about duplicates, on my “larger” list, I am working on adding categories to make it easier to find information.
| Web Site Name/Link | Description |
|---|---|
| New This Week | |
| Animal Bytes | Each byte is a one-page fact sheet specifically designed to help you quickly find information about some of the interesting creatures found in the animal kingdom. Most species files include scientific classification, basic physical traits, fun facts, and conservation/ecological value. Developed by SeaWorld/Busch Gardens. |
| Animal Info Books | Information about animal habitats, behavior and scientific classification. Developed by SeaWorld/Busch Gardens. |
| Animal Sounds | SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Sounds Library. Developed by SeaWorld/Busch Gardens. |
| Creativebug | Free 60 day trial of online art and craft classes. Unlimited access to thousands of online art and craft video classes. Downloadable patterns, templates and recipes. |
| Disney | Online site of Disney at home activities, games, and printables. |
| Google Arts and Culture | Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more |
| Google Arts and Culture | Get lost online exploring museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more |
| Lego | Online site for Lego at home activities, games, and printables. Sorted by Lego themes (Harry Potter, DC Super Heroes, Leo Movie, Lego City, etc.) |
| Make A Crossword | Create and assign an online crossword or word search with just one click. Student puzzles are automatically organized and scored for easy review. |
| Make A Wordsearch | Create and assign an online crossword or word search with just one click. Student puzzles are automatically organized and scored for easy review. |
| My WorkSheet Maker | Make worksheets like Fill in the Blank, Handwriting Practice, Matching, Multiple Choice, Word Scrambles, and more. Basic worksheets are free to make and you can save them as a PDF or print at home. |
| RB Digital | RBDigital is a digital service offered by your local public library that allows you to borrow magazines. |
| SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Educational Resources | Dive deeper into the animal kingdom with resources and activities. Learn about these incredible animals with videos, educational activities, coloring pages, and other free resources. |
| SJPL Telephone Tales | Anyone can call our phone lines 24/7 to hear stories, songs, rhymes, and more in English, Spanish, or Vietnamese. The stories are selected and read by our amazing library staff. Telephone Tales offers a great selection of stories for children birth through 5. You can listen as many times as you want! Call back every Friday to hear a new story and bring that storytime experience home. |
| Storyline Online | Storyline Online Listen to celebrities read wonderful books and find activities to support learning. |
| Tropical Pacific Coral Reef, Cam – Georgia Aquarium | Visit the animals via webcam. |
| Word Club | Students can now play in-app spelling and vocabulary games with all 450 words from the 2020 School Spelling Bee Study List for free! This list includes words at all three difficulty levels, making it a perfect educational tool for students in first through eighth grade. |
| Map of locations for Kid’s Meal Distribution | Listing of meals site for kids 0-18. |
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| ABC Mouse* | ABCmouse.com is designed to help young children (ages 2 to 8+) build a strong foundation for future academic success with 9,000+ learning activities across all major subject areas: reading, math, science, social studies, art, & music. |
| African Penguin Cam – Georgia Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Amazon Prime | Free children’s shows on Amazon.com, including some PBS shows. You must have an Amazon account (not Prime, just an Amazon account). |
| Animal Bytes | Each byte is a one-page fact sheet specifically designed to help you quickly find information about some of the interesting creatures found in the animal kingdom. Most species files include scientific classification, basic physical traits, fun facts, and conservation/ecological value. Developed by SeaWorld/Busch Gardens. |
| Animal Info Books | Information about animal habitats, behavior and scientific classification. Developed by SeaWorld/Busch Gardens. |
| Animal Sounds | SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Sounds Library. Developed by SeaWorld/Busch Gardens. |
| Ape Cam – San Diego Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Aviary Cam – Monterey Bay Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Baboon Cam – San Diego Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Beluga Whale Cam – Georgia Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government* | Designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government using learning adventures, glossary terms, and fun games. |
| Big Fish Games | Free mobile games to play. No code needed. |
| Black Bears Cam – Oakland Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Braille Bug | Explore kid-friendly lessons about braille, Secret Games and Messages, and learn about Louis Braille & Helen Keller. |
| BrainScape | Brainscape helps students to make flash cards. But they also have a library of pre-made flash cards for use in several subjects. For high school, college and professionals. |
| California Sea Lion Cam – Georgia Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Cheapass Games | Free board and card games. These games can be played anywhere using the instructions and materials printed from Cheapassgames.com. A repository of old free games, old PDF editions, and old rulebooks, complete with any broken rules and typos included in the original versions. |
| Chimp Window Cam – Houston Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Condor Cam – San Diego Zoo Safari Park | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Coral Reef Cam – Monterey Bay Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Cram | CRAM helps students to make flash cards. But they also have a library of pre-made flash cards for use in several subjects. |
| Creativebug | Free 60 day trial of online art and craft classes. Unlimited access to thousands of online art and craft video classes. Downloadable patterns, templates and recipes. |
| Dictionary.com | Quizzes and Word Games |
| Dictionary.com | Dictionary.com’s Learning Activities for Every Grade. Teacher-reviewed daily learning activities for every grade level to keep kids on track for academic success. Including “How to Write College Essays,” writing prompts and a Disney Movie Word Challenge. Sign up for their newsletter to get kids’ activities sent to your inbox. |
| Disney | Online site of Disney at home activities, games, and printables. |
| Elephant Cam – National Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Elephant Cam – San Diego Zoo Safari Park | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Elephant Yard Cam – Houston Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Elephants Cam – Oakland Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Farallon Islands Cam – Cal Academy of Sciences | |
| Giant Panda Cam – National Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Giraffe Cam – Houston Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Giraffe Cam – San Diego Zoo Safari Park | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Google Arts and Culture | Get lost online exploring museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more. |
| Gorilla Habitat Cam – Houston Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Great Wall Of China | Virtual Tour |
| Hammermill Family Activities | Coloring and easy DIY crafts activities. |
| Hoopla* | Hoopla is a digital service offered by your local public library that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV. |
| Icivics | Icivics is designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. Learn about the branches of government, how to become a citizen, laws, and rights. |
| Jelly Cam – Monterey Bay Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Kelp Forest Cam – Monterey Bay Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Koala Cam – San Diego Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| LA Theater Works | LATW offers free access to state-of-the-art recordings of both contemporary and classic plays, each performed by leading actors of stage and screen. This link will take you to LATW’s Relativity Series, over 30 science-themed plays. Click on the Listen Now link or support LATW by purchasing the digital recording. along with broadcasts from previous weeks. |
| LA Theater Works | LATW’s Setting the Stage for Learning brings free audio recordings of important stage plays to middle and high schools around the world. Free educational resources for English, Social Studies, Science, Drama, and Elective classes. Kids and families listening to these plays and books will recognize the voices of today’s popular actors. |
| Leafcutter Ant Cam – Houston Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Lego | Online site for Lego at home activities, games, and printables. Sorted by Lego themes (Harry Potter, DC Super Heroes, Leo Movie, Lego City, etc.) |
| Lion Cam – – National Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Make A Crossword | Create and assign an online crossword or word search with just one click. Student puzzles are automatically organized and scored for easy review. |
| Make A Wordsearch | Create and assign an online crossword or word search with just one click. Student puzzles are automatically organized and scored for easy review. |
| Math Drills | Math-Drills.com includes over 50 thousand free math worksheets that may be used to help students learn math. Best part, Math-Drills has both the worksheet and answer sheet. |
| Microsoft Family Learning Center | Engage your family for an hour or more with these safe and simple, family-led learning experiences for ages 3 to 12. This collection of free activities, curated out of educational resources from around the world, encourages families to Learn, Do and Share. Microsoft Family Learning Center has links to 25+ other activity and lesson sites. Well worth the visit. |
| MINECRAFT: EDUCATION EDITION | A game-based learning platform that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive digital environment. Educators in more than 115 countries are using Minecraft: Education Edition across the curriculum! |
| Moon Jelly Cam – Monterey Bay Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| My WorkSheet Maker | Make worksheets like Fill in the Blank, Handwriting Practice, Matching, Multiple Choice, Word Scrambles, and more. Basic worksheets are free to make and you can save them as a PDF or print at home. |
| Naked Mole-Rat Cam – National Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| National Inventors Hall of Fame | STEM activities, printable resources, inventor quizzes, and virtual field trips. |
| Ocean Voyager Cam – Georgia Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Open Sea Cam – Monterey Bay Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Panda Cam – San Diego Zoo | This is an archive of past video of the pandas at San Deigo Zoo. |
| PBS for Parents | PBS parents’ portal contains activities, printables, and fun. Find stuff to do with your kids. |
| PBS Learning Portal | PBS and your local station have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for teachers like you. |
| Penguin Cam – Cal Academy of Sciences | |
| Penguin Cam – Monterey Bay Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Penguin Cam – San Diego Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Philippine Coral Reef Cam – Cal Academy of Sciences | |
| Piranha Cam – Georgia Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Pluralsight | PluralSight is online learning platform. Get free access to 7,000+ expert-led video courses and more all month long. |
| Polar Bear Cam – San Diego Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Puffin Cam – Georgia Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Quizlet | Quizlet helps students to make flash cards. But they also have a library of pre-made flash cards for use in several subjects. |
| Raddish Kids | Raddish is a cooking club, culinary lesson, and mealtime solution. Suddenly Homeschooling contains recipes and cooking activities for kids of all ages. |
| RB Digital | RBDigital is a digital service offered by your local public library that allows you to borrow magazines. |
| Reef Lagoon Cam – Cal Academy of Sciences | |
| Rhino Yard Cam – Houston Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| San Jose Peregrine Falcons | Congrats Grace and Hopper. Their first egg!!! |
| Map of locations for Kid’s Meal Distribution | Listing of meals site for kids 0-18. |
| Santa Clara County Office of Education | Information and resources for parents, teachers, and kids. |
| Sea Otter Cam – Monterey Bay Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Educational Resources | Dive deeper into the animal kingdom with resources and activities. Learn about these incredible animals with videos, educational activities, coloring pages, and other free resources. |
| Shark Cam – Monterey Bay Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| SJPL Telephone Tales | Anyone can call our phone lines 24/7 to hear stories, songs, rhymes, and more in English, Spanish, or Vietnamese. The stories are selected and read by our amazing library staff. Telephone Tales offers a great selection of stories for children birth through 5. You can listen as many times as you want! Call back every Friday to hear a new story and bring that storytime experience home. |
| Storyline Online | Storyline Online Listen to celebrities read wonderful books and find activities to support learning. |
| Sun Bears Cam – Oakland Zoo | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Tate Kids | Play free games and quizzes, find art activities, explore homework help and share your art with Tate Kids. |
| Tiger Cam – San Diego Zoo Safari Park | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Tropical Pacific Coral Reef, Cam – Georgia Aquarium | Visit the animals via web cam. |
| Tumble Book Library* | TumbleBookLibrary has a selection of children’s favorite storybooks. |
| Udemy | Udemy Free Resource Center — a curated collection of more than 150 free Udemy courses to help students adapt to working from home, search for a job, maintain balance, and more. Udemy is an online learning portal. Subjects cover a wide range of subjects such as Coding for Kids, Web Development, Animation, and Leadership. |
| Word Club | Students can now play in-app spelling and vocabulary games with all 450 words from the 2020 School Spelling Bee Study List for free! This list includes words at all three difficulty levels, making it a perfect educational tool for students in first through eighth grade. |
| Yosemite National Park | Virtual Yosemite allows online visitors to experience over 200 different locations within Yosemite and its surrounding areas, in all seasons. |
| * requires a library card. | |