Educational Resources
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YouVersion for Kids – Bible App for Kids is specifically designed to engage children with Bible stories on an age-appropriate level. The Bible App for Kids is a free app for Android, Apple, and Kindle devices, available in over 50 languages, and is already installed on over 35 million unique devices.
LifeWay Kid’s at Home – Free Family Bible Study for Churches Postponing Services
Complete Online Kid’s Services by Life Church – If your physical church building is closed, we’ll have complete plug-and-play videos for ages two through 6th grade ready for you each week, at least through Easter. There are full-length service videos for our popular Bible App for Kids units, Konnect, and Loop age groups, and we created them to be completely generic—no Life.Church branding was included and only license-free music was used.
All Star Kids Club – Free Kids TV streaming platform.
Kid’s Church Lessons – Free online Kid’s Church Service for Churches who have had to cancel public gatherings.
SEEDS Family Worship – Free Resources To Have Church At Home With Your Family
Video Bible Stories – Resources for Kid’s Ministry, parents, and students.
Bible Based Crafts Ideas – Download easy Bible Crafts to do at home.
Bible Courses for Home School - A free and complete all in one resource for families.
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All Subjects & Activities:
Belton School District Resources
Lot’s of Resources –alldigitalschool.com
PBSkids.org - PBS Kids offers various resources, apps, and games for students to explore different concepts and devise solutions to real-world problems.
ABCya.com - Educational games for grades PreK through 6 that will keep kids engaged and having fun. Topics include math, reading, typing, just-for-fun logic games, and thematic activities
GoNoodle.com - GoNoodle® engages 14 million kids every month with movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts.
MIT K-12 - MIT K-12 offers videos in most content areas and caters to different grade levels to explore topics and help students apply their learning.
PhET Simulations - The University of Colorado provides simulations to explore concepts in mathematics and science geared towards students in certain grade levels.
Time for Kids - Access age-appropriate articles for students (organized by grade level) on a wide range of topics, including animals, art, history, etc.
Math:
Prodigy Game - Engages students in 1st to 8th grade with a self-paced math practice.
XtraMatch.org - This is a free math fact practice site.
Khan Academy – Math - Students can access practice exercises and instructional videos on a variety of topics and subjects. The link provided sends you to the subject of mathematics. All levels of mathematics are available.
Math Score - If you like to practice math facts this is the site for you. This link takes you to the free portion of the site.
Reading:
Squgglepark.com - Reading skill building games for elementary students!
Independent Reading Parent Resources:
KindergartenGrade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4/5Spelling City - Access to phonics games to practice spelling and word knowledge. Enter the code VSCFree90 when registering to get free access to this resource.
Read Works - Recommended by many of our librarians, be sure to check out this free resource.
Storyline Online - Access 100s of stories read aloud by celebrities. Each story is accompanied with an activity guide.
WilBooks - Many books for K-3 students to read.
Storytime with Ryan and Craig - Storytime with Ryan & Craig is a free, short-form reading show for children, parents & educators. Every week, Ryan and Craig read aloud a new children’s book
Unite for Literacy - Unite online library provides free access to more than 400 original picture books, one fourth of them written in Spanish. The digital books provide audio narrations in more than 40 languages, spoken by native speakers in warm, expressive voices.
Free Rice - Free Rice is an online vocabulary game where students answer questions about vocabulary words to bolster their knowledge while they earn “rice” which will be genuinely donated to communities in need. Students can learn and serve the community at the same time!
Teach Your Monster to Read - Help children learn to read with the free, award-winning reading and phonics game. Free in web browser only.
Free Kids Books - This site allows students of all ages to read stories online or download as a .pdf.
Just Books Read Aloud - Primarily for younger students, this site offers a variety of books read aloud.
Think Written - 300 Fun Writing prompts for kids: Story starters, journal prompts and ideas!
Science:
STEM Design Challenges - Use this site to generate building designs you can do with the items you already have at home!
Kid’s National Geographic - National Geographic’s immense collection of articles, maps, videos, etc. searchable by grade level, content type, and subject.
Social Studies:
Cincinnati Zoo - Organized by grade level, the Cincinnati Zoo offers lessons and activities related to their animals, ecosystems, and wildlife that include various content areas.
EDSITEment – The Best of the Humanities on the Web K-12 Humanities-based education materials in the areas of social studies, literature, foreign languages, arts, and culture. Student activities are searchable by topic and grade level.
Online Learning Games
Keyboard Jump - Our exclusive typing games are a great way to improve typing speed and accuracy and can be tailored to current typing abilities. Plus, they’re a ton of fun!Typing Club - Typing club is an effective way to learn typing that is web based!
Gym/Hiking:
Fluency and Fitness - This site helps students review K-2 math and reading topics while providing movement breaks! They are offering 3 weeks of free activities.
Virtual Field Trips
Travel and Leisure - 12 famous museums are offering virtual field trips!
9 Virtual Field Trips - Travel virtually to places such as museums, zoos, ancient landmarks, and even outer space!
World Languages
Duolingo - Students can access an online and app based online learning platform that is accessible K-12 on a wide variety of languages.
Seneca - Online courses for High School students to explore with learning paths and video resources.
Quizlet - World Language Teachers often use Quizlet to practice vocabulary.
MindSnacks - MindSnacks is an app-based game in Spanish, German, and Chinese where students can learn entry level vocabulary and sentences through their playing.
BBC Languages - BBC Languages provides activities, lessons, and games for a variety of languages like Spanish, German, Chinese, and many more.
Computer Science
CodeHS - CodeHS is a comprehensive teaching platform for helping schools teach computer science.
Code.org - Code.org expands access to computer science in schools and increases participation by women and underrepresented youth. Our vision is that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science.
CodeCombat - CodeCombat is a computer-science opportunity for kids to practice and enhance their understanding of computer science.
Scratch - Scratch is a computer-science opportunity for kids to practice and enhance their understanding of computer science.
Code Monster - Code Monster is a computer-science opportunity for kids to practice and enhance their understanding of computer science.
CrashCourses - CrashCourses is a YouTube channel with engaging and student-centered videos on a number of topics from artificial intelligence, engineering, science, drama, literature, history, and more.
General Resources
Best Websites for Learning (CommonSenseMedia.org) (Broken down by age from preschool to teen)
300 Online Digital and Virtual Museums
EdX – provides access to 1000s of MOOCs- many are self-paced and FREE
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Women in Computer Science & STEM
This overview highlights the historical contributions of women in computer science and other STEM fields, from early pioneers to modern leaders. It explains the ongoing underrepresentation of women in computing, explores social and educational barriers they face, and outlines strategies for encouraging and supporting girls and women to pursue and succeed in STEM careers. The piece underscores the importance of diversity in technology and provides context on why expanding opportunities for women benefits the field as a whole.
www.snappywords.com/knowledge/women-in-computer-science-stem