These tools and programs offer a wide array of learning material and resources for any subject and grade. Have a look around and find what suits your educational needs and curiosities just right!
Coronavirus is posing unprecedented challenges to public schools around the country. To help ensure the continuity of special education services during remote instruction and to spotlight best practice approaches for schools and educators, an alliance of national education organizations has come together to ensure equity for all learners. EducatingAllLearners.org creates a hub of curated tools, strategies, tips and best practices for supporting students with disabilities online. Our goal is to both curate and creates special education resources for educators to serve students who learn differently during this time of challenge.
Check out their online events and webinars here. Have a look at their Resource Library here, offering resources and guidance, technology tools and access, and voices from the field.
Braining Camp provides virtual math manipulatives for grades K-6 to support learning and problem-solving through a free 30-day trial. Braining Camp has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
Platforms available: Website, iOS App
Dyslexia Gold teaches children to read. Spelling Tutor teaches all children to spell. They offer a free school license for Dyslexia Gold / Spelling Tutor
Platforms available: All programs available on most browsers. Some programs are not available on tablets or iPads.
Dyslexia Gold has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
Fun Brain is a free educational website with exciting arcade games. Children with learning disabilities in grades K-8 can watch lesson videos and practice their skills in attention-grabbing games like Penguin Drop. Game directions are conveniently illustrated to assist struggling readers too. Fun Brain has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
Platforms available: Website
Artusi offers digital, interactive music theory workbooks. This resource is currently free.
Platforms available: Website
Artusi has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
Ascend Math is a K-12 math instructional resource that offers award-winning math instruction that provides an individual study plan for each student. Ascend Math's study plans are unique to each student, prescriptive, adaptive, and automatically assigned. Teachers also have the ability to assign standards to an entire class or grade to meet pacing guidelines. Ascend Math has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
Free through 4/6.
Platforms available: Website
Delta Math is a free website that provides math problems and activities with step-by-step directions and unlimited examples. Activities are targeted toward grades 6-12. Delta Math has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
Platforms available: Website
Everfi offers real-world learning in the areas of financial education, STEM & career readiness, social & emotional learning, health & wellness, and cultural literacy for grades 9-12. Everfi has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
Platforms available: Website
Fiveable offers resources for AP classes in grades 9-12. It is freely available on its website. Fiveable has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
Nomster Chef offers illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook with their grown-ups. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, math, and science. It is freely available on its website.
Nomster Chef has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
Math is Fun provides free Pre K-12 math worksheets, visual dictionaries, games, and other activities. All features are free.
Platforms available: Website
Math is Fun has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
ActivEd, Inc. offers Walkabouts, web-based lessons for pre-K to second-grade students that integrate movement with language arts, math, and reading content and correlate to your state's standards. To support your efforts to keep your students moving and learning outside of school due to closures related to COVID-19, the Walkabouts platform is temporarily available at no cost to any classrooms impacted by school closures and remote learning needs.
Platforms available: Website
ActivEd, Inc., has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
Into the Book provides free, engaging reading comprehension activities in English and Spanish for grades K-3. Elementary children with learning disabilities will benefit from dissecting books, such as The Wolf Who Cried Boy and A Pirate’s Life. Short 15-minute videos are included to teach important reading strategies such as visualization and summarizing. Into the Book has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
Platforms available: Website
Arcademic Skill Builders is a free, online educational video games hub. Free multi-player games are available for engaging students in K-6 content from spelling to algebra and geography. Children with learning disabilities can compete for top scores while boosting their fact fluency. Plus, teachers or parents can access data tracking reports. Arcademic Skill Builders has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
Platforms available: Available on most platforms.
3PLearning is a suite of learning resources designed for schools and families, covering mathematics, spelling, and literacy. Programs include Mathletics, Readiwriter, Stemscopes Science, and more. 3PLearning offers resources for students in grades 2-8. Free 4-week trial.
Platforms available: Available on most platforms
3PLearning has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
Collisions helps high school students visualize and interact with chemistry concepts through fun and challenging games that integrate with your curriculum. This tool is freely available on its website and offers resources for grades 9-12.
Collisions has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
Doodles Academy offers online art projects and art literacy curricula for K-5. It is freely available on its website.
Doodles Academy has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
Facing History offers online resources for the study of history for grades 6-12. By integrating the study of history, literature, and human behavior with ethical decision making and innovative teaching strategies, our program enables secondary school teachers to promote students’ historical understanding, critical thinking, and social-emotional learning. As students explore the complexities of history, and make connections to current events, they reflect on the choices they confront today and consider how they can make a difference. It is freely available on its website. Facing History has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
BrainPop and BrainPopJr is a K-8 learning resource with core and fundamental subjects. Includes videos, games, activities. They offer a free 30-day for families or as long as schools are closed. BrainPop has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
Platforms available: Available on most platforms.
Use the Boardmaker Online Editor (for grades Pre K-12) to create new print and interactive activities from a template or from scratch. Edit your existing Boardmaker activities from previous versions of Boardmaker, or activities you've found in the Boardmaker Community. Get immediate access to over 30,000 Picture Communication Symbols with more added automatically every two weeks. Free 30-day trial. Boardmaker Online has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
Platforms available: Available on most platforms.
Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project that offers a wealth of research-based reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers in grades K-3 to build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. This resource is free.
Platforms available: Website
Reading Rockets has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
AMAZE takes the awkward out of sex ed. Real info in fun animated videos that give students (grades 6-12) all the answers they actually want to know about sex, their body and relationships. This resource is free to use.
Platforms available: Website
Amaze has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
BiteScis sparks interest in scientific research by connecting what students learn in the classroom to the questions scientists are currently pursuing, whether in the lab or the field, through a microscope, telescope, or the circuits of a supercomputer. Fully editable, classroom-tested, and tied to the Common Core State Standards. For grades 9-12. Free.
Platform available: Website
BiteScis has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
With CLEAN, you can find Climate Literacy and Awareness Network educational resources for grades 6-12. They are freely available on its website.
CLEAN has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
Carone Learning offers online PE, Health, and Career Courses for Grades K-12. The resources are freely available on its website.
Carone Learning has not currently pledged compliance with the Connecticut Student Data Privacy law. Please contact in-district personnel to set up the Data Privacy Pledge with this company.
Lalilo offers adaptive exercises in phonics, word recognition, and comprehension for grades K-2. It is freely available on most platforms. Lalilo has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.
MusicFirst Classroom is the only comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 music education. This LMS works seamlessly with powerful integrated software to help you monitor your students' progress, make lesson plans, and create assignments. It is freely available during school closure on its website. MusicFirst Classroom has also pledged compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy law.