A Comprehensive List Of Over 75+ Learning Websites For Kids

This is an unpredictable time of life and suddenly homeschooling has become the only option for schooling for many. And even if you have been homeschooling for a while, suddenly not being able to go on field trips and places like libraries for resources can make many homeschooling parents feel frustrated or unsure how to continue. 

Whatever your situation is, remember that we are in this together. That is why I have compiled a list of all the best homeschooling resources available online including Free Resources, Paid Resources and Online Homeschool Programs.

Must Haves For Kids Learning At Home

In order to make your kids learning at home as fun and easy as possible, you’ll need a few things to ensure that your kids have everything they need such as:

• Writing Supplies
• Art Supplies
• Laptop (this is the specific one my kids have)
• Other must haves

Free Homeschool Resources 

Resources For Parents

Learning at Home Resources to help families pull together a plan for surviving the next 1-2 months at home with their kids. Preschool through 8th grade

Click Schooling is a great resource to have as it brings you daily recommendations by email for entertaining websites that help your kids learn.   

Homeschooling Resources Over half a dozen professionals in the education industry came together and wrote an article for moms with tips, advice and encouragement. 

Multiple Resources

Brain POP has resources in many subjects including, math, social studies, music and more! For every subject it gives problems to solve, learning games, videos, fun learning activities and  more. It also has resources for parents on how to incorporate BrainPOP into s regular homeschool routine.

Khan Academy is a non-profit organization that has tons of free online classes for kids from 2-18 and resources for teachers and parents. Their goal is to make quality education available to everyone around the globe

Easy Peasy is a great free curriculum that we use all the time. Every subject from preschool to beyond is on this sight. It also includes multiple learning games and is definitely one of our favorite favorites!  ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Star Fall Starfall Education Foundation is a publicly supported nonprofit organization. The website is full of free and low-cost resources helping children successfully learn through exploration and if for children K-2nd grade.

ABC Ya offers over 400 fun educational games for grades K-6. The website is free for computer use and can be upgraded for use on cell phones.

Fun Brain is for grades PreK – 8th. It includes videos, games and books for children to read. The website is easy to use and makes learning fun and exciting. 

PBS kids is a fun website with learning games based off of beloved children’s shows on the PBS channel.

123 Homeschool 4 Me This website includes 300,000+ FREE printable worksheets from toddlers to teens in multiple subjects. The website also includes homeschooling resources for parents.

Bamboo Learning Voice based learning through Alexa! (Technology is getting so cool now!) The teaching and learning progresses at the speed your child learns, helping you know where your child’s real academic level is. 

Breakout This website was created to help kids continue to learn during the covid-19 school shutdown with educational games for grades K-12.

CK12 This website not only teaches science, math, and social studies, but it also teaches photography!

Coursera Tons of free classes from leading universities and companies, perfect for highschool kids and those preparing to go to college.

Curriki Digital learning content on all subjects for preschool through high school along with career/technical education classes.

Discovery K12 Online homeschool platform & curriculum for Pre-K to 12th grade. All main subjects are covered, plus extra curriculum courses.  

Facts 4 Me A safe research site for elementary-level readers. They are offering — free 24/7 access. They do more than just have traditional categories. They have categories for First Ladies, Wonders of the World, Lewis and Clark animals, and so much more!

Fiveable Resources for AP students including live reviews, live trivia, and study guides in almost every subject you could think of.

Hippo Campus 7,000 free videos, animations and simulations on general education subjects for middle-school and high-school students.

Carmen San Diego Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Videos, stories, and lessons for all subject areas featuring Carmen Sandiego herself.

Teachers Pay Teachers A great variety of free and lost cost Printables for PreK-2nd Grade. It’s also a great way to show your support to teachers who work hard to make good education readily available for children.

Brainbox Games Magic Spell is a carefully crafted spelling adventure, for all witches and wizards. Also check out there Dino Times Table and there math filled Epic Space Adventure   

Nomster Chef Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook with their parents. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, math, and science.  

Quaver Music QuaverMusic is offering free access, including free student access at-home, to all schools impacted by the effects of Covid-19.

Learn Concord A collection of hundreds of free K-12 STEM resources, from standalone models and simulations to short activities and week long sequences of curriculum materials.  

Brain Scape Brainscape offers over a million flashcard decks for every subject, entrance exam, and certification imaginable.  

Art of Problem Solving Alcumus is specifically designed to provide high-performing students with a challenging curriculum appropriate to their abilities   

Scholastic News Is a monthly non-fiction magazine subscription with different magazines for children of all ages. Scholastic is usually a paid monthly subscription but because of school closer they are now offering free resources.

Ducksters Education website for young kids.

Moby Max Parents can find and fix learning gaps in their children.

Religion

Life Church For Christian families, this website has Bible story resources, videos, age-specific lessons, and activities, for children PreK – 6th grade

Math

Splash Learn is a math resource for k-5th grades. These website games are perfect for children who need to catch up. It also can help kids find a new love of learning through play. 

Math Score  Math practice from counting to algebra and geometry. This site is simple to use and makes math understandable for all ages and grade levels 

Bed Time Math Most children function better with normal daily routines. So Why not add math as a fun part of your daily family routine? This website will help you do just that! 

BoddleLearning This elementary through 6th grade math website makes it easy to track your child’s project through graphs and charts while they learn with fun learning games.  

Can Figure It This website helps children learn geometry by breaking down problems and encouraging understand through more traditional ways 

Dream Box K-8 online math program that looks at how a student is solving problems to adjust accordingly and build a unique learning path for them. 

Math @ Work Real life uses of math for grade levels PreK-12 featuring famous actors. The Math@Work web series has industry leaders work with real students to demonstrate the importance of learning math

Math Celebrity Enter your math problem or search term, press the button, and they show you the step-by-step work and answer instantly. For 2nd grade through college.  

Xtra Math This site is great for helping kids learn and understand the basics of math. It also has great resources for parents as well.

Zean Math is a K-5 curriculum that builds deep understanding and a love of learning math for all students.

Manga High This website allows students to play basic games to reinforce math skills and compete against the computer or others in fun interactive ways  

Math Playground This website is full of games, logic puzzles and brain builders for 1st-6th graders.

Grid Club Math games galore! This fun website has hundreds of fun math games for all ages. Make sure you have Adobe Flash Player installed as you need it to play the games 

Cool Kid Facts gives your child access to educational videos, pictures, quizzes, downloadable worksheets, and infographics. They can use these to learn about geography, history, science, animals, and even the human body. 

Number Phile Short videos about numbers that help kids explore complex math topics and make math more fun.  

FunBrain. Math and Reading can be daunting, but these games will help encourage kids to learn without being intimidated. 

Curriculum Associate Free printable K-8 Reading and Math activity packs (available in English and Spanish) is perfect for kids who learn better when their hands are busy.

Fluency and Fitness Educational brain breaks to help students review essential literacy and math skills, while getting in some exercise. Find videos to help your child keep learning at home and burn off some extra energy. Our site is best used for ages 4-8. 

Math Seeds Teaches kids aged 3-9 the core math and problem solving skills needed to be successful at school with fun, highly interactive and rewarding lessons.

Coding 

Instructables One of the funnest ways to learn math is through 3D printing projects and Coding projects. This website includes those and many other math resources for grades K-12 subjects.

Coding with Star Wars A fun way to teach kids in middle school and up how to code. Non-profit organization whose goal is to make coding readily available to every child just like math and science. 

Crypto Club Learn the art of solving or writing codes while learning math by immersing yourself into this fun cryptography website  

Scratch draws students of all types into coding and lays a foundation for future learning.  

Bitsbox Is a coding subcription box that teaches kids as young as 5 years old how to code on their own.

iDTech Offers virtual coding camps for kids 7+. Roblox and Minecraft are some of the most popular.

Reading and Writing

Story Line streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. This website is perfect for young children who love stories.

Starfall This is great for learning phonics skills by teaching how to hear, identify and manipulate phonemes.

Seussville Dr. Seuss is an iconic children’s writer loved by many! On this web site you can read, play and hangout with Dr. Seuss all while learning. 

Reading Ecb Help elementary age children learn reading comprehension with games that help them get “into the book”.

Common Lit This website helps with reading comprehension and has discussion questions for grades 3-12. 

Classroom Magazines Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing for grades all the way up till 9th grade. 

Dogonalogbooks Printable board games, activities and more for phonics and reading all using evidence-based methods. Can be customized to any student’s needs including creating flashcards for other subjects.

Squiggle Park Engaging reading game for grades 2-8 that combines strategy, engagement, and imaginative reading passages to create a fun, curriculum-aligned literacy game. 

NitroType Typing is used in every industry nowadays. So help your children Improve their typing skills while competing in fast-paced races with up to 5 typers from around the world. 

Novel Effect Ever had a kid who could never sit still while you read them a book? Makes storytime a little more fun for kids (and grown-ups too!)with Novela Effect. As you read out loud from print books music, sound effects, and character voices play at just the right moment, adjusting and responding to your voice.  

Classroom Cereal Grammar is hard for almost everyone. This website has resources to help middle school ages practice. 

Spelling Training This is a great website created by a dad trying to help his daughter study for her spelling test. It teaches spelling and typing skills with simple tutorials and fun games.  Grades 1st-4th.

Grammaropolis This sight for working on the 8 parts of speech for elementary age children .

Reading Eggs Makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids, with great online reading games and activities.

Science 

ACS High school students can be intimidating to teach, especially when it comes to chemistry! This website makes learning chemistry easy to learn at home. 

Backpack Sciences This website includes hands-on elementary level science videos and ready to go lessons. 

Country Reports Filled with over 35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world.

Club Sci Kidz Daily free science and cooking experiment to do at home. Plus articles focusing on STEM subjects for elementary age kids  

Play Mada Games Chemistry can be fun if you have the right tools and this website might be just what you need with fun games made for teens  

Mystery Science Fun and intriguing science lessons, for grades K-5th, planned and ready to go! This makes teaching the taunting subject of science so much easier!

Chemicool Learn all about the periodic table, and all the elements on it, with this basic and super easy to use website.  

CellSalive Learn all about cells through study guides, games, interactive cell models and more. For Junior high and highschool students 

Ask Dr. Universe is a science-education project from Washington State University. Kids can send Dr. Universe any question they may have about history, geography, plants, animals, technology, engineering, math, culture, and more. 

Astronomy 

NASAKidsClub Space science simplified for kids. Learn all about astronomy through fun games, printables and other resources. It also gives kids different ways they can get involved.  

Biology

Innerbody explores the 11 bodily systems in depth. With interactive models and detailed explanations, this website will help them learn more about the internal mechanics of the amazing human body.

Biology Simulations  is for highschool students trying to learn the complicated subject of biology. Projects can be designed for children to do alone or in groups.  

Innerbody explores the 11 bodily systems in depth. With interactive models and detailed explanations, this website will help them learn more about the internal mechanics of the amazing human body.

Human Biodigital A human visualization platform that allows students to explore the human body in really cool ways.

Geology / Geography

Kids National Geographic Geography can be one of the hardest subjects to teach. But this website makes it easy and fun for kids of all ages.

Weather Wiz Kids From rainbows to tornadoes and winter storms to tsunamis, meteorologist Crystal Wicker breaks down the fascinating world of weather.  

Ocean.si This educational website hosted by the Smithsonian Museum takes a deep dive into ocean life.

Switch Zoo. Animal loving children will enjoy playing the learning games that focus on different animals commonly found at zoos. 

Earthquakes Learn all about earthquakes with their fun animations, project ideas and more.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids This website teaches all about the date, weather, moon phases, animal facts and so much more in simple and fun ways.  

My First Garden Learn how to grow a garden inside an old boot! This website teaches kids all about gardening and how food grows with this cute and easy to use website.  

Adfg Alaska See the alaskan wildlife with trail cams that watch and record the animals in a natural habitat. 

Premeditated Leftovers Learn all about amphibians with these unit studies, lesson plans, crafts  and experiments.

Climate Kids NASA This NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals. 

Geography

Geoguessr Tests kids’ geography skills. Using images from Google’s Street View, it plops players down in the middle of the street and asks them to figure out where they are.

History

Big History Project Online history classes for middle school and highschool students. These free online classes help narrow the gap between the past, present and future. 

Bunk History Digital archive of American history. Use this website to explore the multi-dimensional connections between past and present.    

BBC: History For Kids Take your kids on a journey through time with these fun history games, quizzes and fact sheets.

Mission-US An interactive way to learn history through games that send you on missions throughout time

What Was There Allows students to type in any city, state, or country to view an archive of historical photographs and other documents. It’s a unique way to help them learn about history. 

Foreign Language 

Conjuguemos This is a great website for children to learn other languages. They have vocabulary, grammar, listening activities and games in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Latin. 

Duolingo More foreign language learning options with courses in almost every language ever spoken. The website includes personalized learning lessons and encourages motivation with rewards. 

Memrise Is a fun and fast way to learn a new language and offers 22 languages with multiple skill levels

Crafts and Activities 

A few things to remember, this is a PERFECT time to make memories with your children and learn things beyond “normal” math and reading.

Little Spark Company You must subscribe to this website before you can you the printables  but this website a great collection of free printables with activities for children 0-6  

Little Twisters Yoga Help kids stay healthy, while stuck at home, with these free at-home kids yoga lesson plans. It’s also a fun way for parents and kids to spend time together.

Explore & More  This website is a fun place to find learning activities, kid friendly recipes and discovery videos and is perfect for younger children. The website also includes many helpful resources and articles for parents.

Busy Toddler is perfect for Indoor Activities for restless toddlers (and let’s be honest, all of us are getting restless right now) 

All Kid Network This website is full of crafts, activities, mazes, dot to dot, and so much more for moms and kids to learn and play together 

Go Noodle Get the wiggles out with these movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts.  

Sworkit Another way to keep your kids healthy is with these kid-friendly workouts. You can choose different workout videos like Strength, Agility, Flexibility and Balance, Warm-Up, Cooldown, Stand Up and Move, or create your own custom kid workout.  

Free Maker Stations 3 Free Weeks of Maker Stations to keep your children creating at home! Each challenge includes simple instructions using materials around the house, QR code video resources, and a student recording sheet. 

Magic Tree House Join the kids club and play interactive mission and problem solving games based on the book series.

Preschool Express Crafts, activities, bulletin board designs, and finger plays for early education teachers and parents to use with kids.

Songs for Teaching A large selection of fun songs to help teach preschool and kindergarten students.

Crazy Games Tons and tons and tons of games some learning some just fun including puzzle games, sports games, typing games and more.    

Jigsaw Explorer Online photograph jigsaw puzzles that are perfect for any age.  You can set the pieces from 6-1000+  and it is a fun activity that children can do by themselves or with a parent.

Us Mint Your child can play games, learn fun facts, and find out how to turn coin collecting into a hobby.  

Make – Offers free weekly art lessons for kids.

Kennedy Center Daily lunch hour doodles with Mo Willems.

Advanced Learning

Free Code has a list of 450 Ivy League courses that you can take for free. These courses were made by professors from some of the top Ivy Leagues around the world. 

Art of Problem Solving Alcumus is specifically designed to provide high-performing students with a challenging curriculum appropriate to their abilities.

Education Consulting Even with the school closer, SAT and ACT test art still looming in the near future for many teens. This website helps prep for SAT, ACT and other tests.  

Paid Homeschool Resources

There are plenty of awesome free homeschool resources as listed above, but if you are looking for more, then you’ll love these resources that you need to pay for as well.

All Subjects

Curiosity Stream Has hundreds of great award-winning documentaries for grades K-12. The documentaries cover many topics including History, Society and Nature. It also can be streamed on a computer, laptop, TV, i-pads and phones. It can also be streamed offline with tablets and phones.  CuriosityStream is also 40% off right now!

Outschool  is a great resource for all age groups. Outschool has online live video chat classes, taught by education professionals. It includes thousands of class options and is free to join with classes costing as low as $5  .

Udemy is an online website filled with thousands of courses for kids in 3rd grade all the way up through college. It also includes classes on how to be a Montessori teacher and other ways to teach. The courses can vary in price but you keep them for a lifetime. You can also check out the Udemy Facebook page for free and discounted courses.

iReady software package delivers student instruction, performance diagnostics and progress reports based on K-12 Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in Mathematics and Reading. iReady is frequently used in public schools and can be used at home for $6 per course a semester.

The questions and assignments done on iReady adjusts to the child’s capability by recording the child’s correct and incorrect answers. Teachers and parents can also log in and see their child’s progress and where their child may need extra guidance.  

Math and Coding

Tynker is great for all kids 5+ to learn coding. Coding is a big skill more and more jobs are looking for and a very enjoyable way for kids to use math in a practical and fun way. With Tynker your kids can create games, learn how to control robots, explore STEM subjects and more. You can also get 20% off.

Beast Academy is a complete math centered curriculum that includes books, printables, games, placement tests for kids ages 8-13 and planning guides for adults.  

Arts and Crafts

Creative Bug is a fun way for kids to learn arts and crafts with their thousands of online tutorials. It also includes thousands of patterns printables and recipes and adds new tutorials everyday! Right now CreativeBug is teaming up with JoAnns and is giving the first two months for free.

Advanced Learning

Edx offers 2,500+ online courses from top institutions including Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The HongKong Polytechnic University, and more.

Extracurricular Activities

This is a great time to really help your child dig in and spend hours doing or learning something that they love or are passionate about.

Financial Learning

Ngpf Money is something kids love to spend but very few are taught personal finance, other what they see their parents doing. And most children don’t see the money their parents are saving or investing, just money being spent. This website has multiple free resources, games, and lesson plans for teaching personal finance. Great for kids and adults  

Teach Banzi Banzai exposes students to real-world financial dilemmas to teach them the importance of smart money management. 

Business Books For Kids Is a comprehensive list of business books and how to teach your kids about money is very helpful.

Design and Art

Kids Think Design Kids Think Design explores careers in fashion design, graphic design, interior design, book design, product design, film and theatre, architecture, animation, and environmental design. 

Music and Arts

Chrome Music Lab This website teaches music music theory and learning for all ages in a bright and fun way 

Music Theory Introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, exercises, ear trainers, and calculators. Perfect for any age child who loves music.

Prodigies Music Prodigies is a colorful music curriculum for kids 1-12 that will teach your kids how to play their first instrument, how to sing in tune & how to understand the language of music!.

Mindful Poetry Moments Help your children learn traditional poetry and music with this fun website focused for children ages 8 and up.

Trainer The Theta Music Trainer offers a series of online courses and games for ear training and music theory. 

Met Museum A wonderful, endlessly detailed way to get kids engaged in the world of art.  

Artsology Helps kids learn to appreciate the arts by providing them with the opportunity to play games, conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art.  

Virtual Musical Instruments Lets kids play instruments online. Instruments include the guitar, piano, pan flute, drums, and bongos. 

Government and News

YoungZine This fun news site is designed for junior high and highschool kids but still covers important topics from around the world. 

Creative Writing

StoryStarters Randomly generates story starters and ideas for all ages to learn how to write creatively.

Bens Guide This interactive website, hosted by the U.S. Government Publishing Office, allows your child to see the ins and outs of the U.S. government by taking a series of learning adventures with none other than Benjamin Franklin. 

Travel / Virtual Tours

Discovery Education offers virtual field trips so you and your children can go explore the world without getting off the couch. Each field trip also comes with educational packets for children. Discovery Education is a public school resource but because of the effects of Covid-19 parents can now request access to the website for personal use. 

Travel + Leisure is a travel website. Sites like this are fun to look at with children. Afterwards encourage your children to write a story, create a game or just spend the afternoon doing imaginary play with them.  Find a fun trip you would like to go on and then pretend to go on that trip and/or study about those destinations. 

The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. 

Yellowstone National Park! Another great field trip on the couch. Watch it outside to help you feel like you are actually there or set up a picnic in your house.

Smithsonian No need to travel to one of the Smithsonian’s zoos or museums — this website brings your child everything from live video of the National Zoo to the Smithsonian Learning Lab right to their screen.

AccessMars allows kids to explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover. Perfect for children who love science and space exploration.

Louvre Travel the world and see amazing works of art with this virtual “couch” trip. Fun for all creative minds.  

Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China is beautiful and fun and makes history come to life, helping children to have a desire to learn and understand more. 

Farm Food is for children that love animals. This website is perfect! With Virtual Tours of all types of farms from cows to apples to mink. Anything and everything you could ever think to grow on a farm.

British Museum Visit iconic locations in the heart of London. Tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies.  

YouTube

YouTube is one of the best resources around when it comes to free classes and learning. You can learn all levels of learning for any subject you can think of.

My favorite learning YouTube channels for kids are:

Crash Course Kids a bi-weekly show focusing on grade school science. 

Science Channel Learn about outer space, leading scientific exploration, new technology, earth science basics, & more with these fun science videos.

SciShow Kids is focused more on younger children but is fun and engaging for all ages. Every Tuesday and Thursday, Jessi and her robot rat Squeaks talk about complex science concepts in a fun and simple way

National Geographic Kids is perfect for kids of all ages and has hundred of videos focusing on animals, science and more and has many fun and engaging videos.

Free School Focuses on art, music, children’s literature and more and is perfect for children of all ages. 

GEOgraphy Focus focuses on maps, flags, culture, languages, and travel. It also includes profiles of countries and regions, descriptions of important landmarks and geographical features, and discussion of international issues.

TheBrainScoop was made by Chief Curiosity Correspondent of The Field Museum in Chicago. She creates intriguing videos going to depth about things you might find in a museum. These videos are great when you can’t visit a museum in person!  

SciShow explores the “unexpected” with each day of the week adding a new video focusing on the subjects like Wonders of the World, What’s New in Science, and more.

Kids Learning Tube educates kids through music and animation in a fun and unique approach to learning.

Geek Gurl Diaries where us girls discuss, create, demo and interview all things “geek”. The coolest part is if your daughter has an idea for videos or tutorials, she could  be interviewed!

Mike Likes Science This channel is a unique way to learn as all these science videos are done as music videos! Definitely one to check out! 

Science Max This channel is for anyone who has ever done a science experiment and wondered “What would this be like if it were HUGE?”

SoulPancake focuses on the many ways people seek connection, love, hope, truth and purpose. SoulPancakes goal is to help everyone positively change the world by learning how to see the good.

Dr. Roger’s Math Neighborhood  Higher level math series… online video series with detailed solutions to more than a thousand publicly-released College Board SAT Math, Subject Test Math Level 1, and Subject Test Math Level 2 problems.

Chloe Flowers – Beginner piano lessons.

Facebook Pages and Websites to Follow

Emergency Homeschool A facebook page dedicated to helping parents who have been thrown into homeschooling thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Milestone Mom Created by a Pediatric Developmental Therapist, this blog is full of articles filled with parenting tips and sensory play learning activity ideas. The blog also has lots of fun printables!

Travel & Leisure Free virtual tours you can take from your home.

I hope all these websites above are helpful as you navigate teaching your children!

Are there any I forgot to mention? Leave a comment below!