Summer is a great time to strengthen your child’s skills and fight off the summer learning loss.
New educational technology resources come online every day. You might think that these resources are only for teachers, but in some cases they can be really helpful for at-home learning. Summer is a great time to strengthen your child’s skills and fight off the summer learning loss. Here are some resources… and they’re completely free!
TenMarks
TenMarks, recently acquired by Amazon, offers free standards-aligned math lessons and activities under their Summer Learning Program.
DIY.org
Bring the maker movement home with this website full of kids sharing do-it-yourself creation ideas, everything from circuitry to cooking.
New York Times Learning Network
The Times has organized activities built around current events. Non-fiction reading is big in the next generation standards.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Science games and activities that also serve as a virtual field trip to the renowned science center.
National WWII Museum
For the older kids, World War II will play a big part in upcoming AP History classes. The museum has put together a great collection of resources for in-depth study.
Duolingo (app)
Duolingo is a free foreign language-learning app that moves at the student’s own pace. The list of languages is extensive and the lessons are engaging.
DigitalCompass.org
DigitalCompass is a brand new website and app that features a choose-your-own-adventure story built to give students some lessons in digital citizenship and online decision making.
Code.org
Perhaps the most comprehensive coding resource, where games help form a foundation that can translate easily to accepted code languages and more advanced engineering.
MIT App Inventor
Along the same lines, MIT has created this site to help students build their own mobile apps. All they need is the idea.
Youth Voices
An online community of student writing. Perhaps your child will get inspired enough to contribute their own work.