At-Home Resources for Elementary Students
The Michigan Education Association is here to our assist the students, parents, and educators of Michigan during this unique time. The following is a list of resources that has been compiled by our members for you to utilize at home; however we are not endorsing any particular website or program. Please check back next week as we expand our resources to include middle school students.
Reading & Math:
Into the Book
Play games that practice reading strategies
Seussville
Read, play games, and learn about Dr. Seuss & friends
ABC YA
Practice math and reading skills
Fun Brain
Play games that practice math and reading skills
StarFall
Practice phonics with read along stories
Storyline Online
Listen to favorite stories read aloud by movie stars
Scholastic
20 days of exctiging articles, videos and learning
Watch & Learn Videos
Watch short videos, learn vocabulary, complete think sheets/quizzes
Flipgrid
Interact with other students and create videos to respond to resources and texts
Readworks
Listen to both nonfiction and fiction texts while working on comprehension and fluency
Kahoot
Take part and quizzes and challenges created by teachers and students across the world!
Prodigy
1,500+ math activities that adapt as your students play – Grades 1-8
Refex Math
Adaptive and individualized, Reflex is the most effective system for mastering basic facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division for grades 2+
Accelerated Reader 360
builds on the personalized, book reading experience by adding a collection of nonfiction articles with embedded skills practice.
Moby Max
Fluency Games, Whiteboard Activities, and Interactive Lessons.
Make Beliefs Comix
writing practice through the creation of graphic stories
Shape Tool
create any geometric shape imaginable. Squares, triangles, rhombi, trapezoids and hexagons can be created, colored, enlarged, shrunk, rotated, reflected, sliced, and glued together.
Freckle
Freckle empowers teachers to differentiate instruction across Math, ELA, Social Studies and Science.
Science, Social Studies & Other Interests:
Time For Kids
Online articles and activites for all ages
Switcharoo Zoo
Play games and learn about different animals
Kids
Learn about geography & animals
Wonderpolis
Learn and explore different wonders of the world
Brain Pop
Educational videos and activiites on a wide range of topics
Cosmic Kids Yoga
Great for brain breaks and relaxing
Coding & Technology
Provides games and resources for that child who sees a future on coding and technology
Space
Pictures that Nasa has released
Spanish
Basic lessons & reading for the early Spanish speaker
Science at home
Provided by Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry – multiple hands-on lessons, videos and resources for science
Scratch
program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.
Mr. N 365
Interactive history maps
Temporarily Free to Parents – Many Free to Teachers:
EPIC
Free books online.
RazKids
Reading & comprehension questions. Game format.
Write About
Website for writing activities
Scholastic Magazines
Free Magazines PreK-9th grade with activitities
ScootPad
Free online learning for the remainder of the school year
1,000+ free, standards-aligned and textbook-mapped adaptive learning paths in Math and ELA for Grades K-8.
General Resources
BBC Teach
Thousands of free curriculum-mapped videos, arranged by age-group and subject.