Library, Reading and Home School Activities

Learning begins in wonder. 

Here are some ways children can explore activities

and enrich learning while schools are not in session. 

Library and Reading:

• Novel Effect – Interactive storytelling app which plays music and sound effects as you you read along with the story –  for Iphones/Ipads and Androids – (ages pre-K to 5th) 
• Access to the San Jose public library hosts multiple apps. All you need is a library card.
• The Santa Clara County Library hosts online resources available for free with only your library card.
• Storyline – Stories to read online (Pre-K to 3rd grade)
• Time for Kids – (interesting articles for young people, grades K-12) 
• Dreamscape – Reading game (Reading grades 2-8)
• [NEW] Audible for Kids – stories online for kids of all ages
• Booklicious.net resource for books, literacy & grammar

FAMILY FUN 

• Use this link to get ideas for what you and your family can do while inside. 
• Chill out by making homemade slushies
• Quarantine with Kids – 100 things to do during COVID-19 
• [NEW] Spy Kids – games from the CIA for kids such as Break the Code, Aerial Analysis and Photo Analysis (For kids grades 4 and up)
• Make an informative COVID-19 comic book
• Recipes, simple for kids to make
• Ideas and activities while sheltering in place

SCHOOL AT HOME

• Temporary Homeschool Solutions
• Wide Open School  helps make learning from home an experience that inspires kids, supports teachers, relieves families, and restores community.
• Homeschooling Resources
• Nat Geo for Kids – Explore and learn – (All subjects – Pre-K to 8th) 
• From learning about why zebras have stripes to math lessons based on K-Pop stars, Scholastic's learning plans cover all the subjects your student would be taking at school. 
• 37 free online resources for schools shifting online during  – (All subjects – all ages) – resources for teachers, students and parents  – includes Tynker, Vidcode, Shmoop, Elementari, Seterra, 25Mash and more!
• PBS Learning Media – (All subjects – grades K-12)
• Scholastic Learn at home – (All subjects – pre-K to grade 6)
• Brain Pop Jr – (All subjects – grades K-3)
• Brain Pop – (All subjects – grades 4-8) 
• Khan Academy – online and fun lessons on subjects for kids K-12
• Khan Academy Kids  – app for Android or Apple phones/tablets
• ABCYA – educational games that meet Common Core standards (All subjects grades K-6)
• Boom Learning – educational games – free accounts for those impacted by school closure – for students, parents and teachers
• Starfall – educational games (All subjects – pre-K to grade 3)
• [NEW] GrowNextGen – educational Reading, Science and Social Studies games to learn about agriculture for grades 3-5