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items We've been homeschooling, using charter schools and private online schools for 12+ years. Here is my round-up of resources for those getting started! Secular Educational Curriculum, Pre K- 12 Learning Resources, Educational Subscription Companies. Screen Time You'll Feel Good About!
Backed by research and powered by play, the begin approach is the key to capable, confident kids! Educational apps, and hands on play kits resources. Learn with Sesame Street, Homer, Little Passports & Codespark !
Begin | Award-Winning Learning Products for Kids 2-10
Learn with Sesame Street - The Beginner Stage, where you can fuel their future!
Learn With Sesame Street powered by Begin
ABCYa has been a favorite in our house for years! Our kids love it, and I love that it has so many grade levels and printables available! Screen time you can feel good about!
ABCya! • Educational Computer Games and Apps for Kids
Programming has become a critical skill for children as we progress into using technology in education. CODEMONKEY uses Python and self-guided game based language learning.
Coding for Kids | Game-Based Programming | CodeMonkey
We've used IXL over the past several years, and I LOVE it! You can set it up by how many kid accounts you'd like and add Math, Language Arts , Science & Social Studies! Our testing scores have gone through the roof!
IXL - Family membership
PUZZLE READY lets you enjoy puzzles anywhere! If you love puzzles like us, you need to check them out!
Puzzle Ready - Puzzle Products for Puzzle People
Develop problem solving skill and confidence while having so much fun, they won't realize they're learning! STEM kits that are beginner friendly!
DIY STEM Kits for Kids | CircuitMess
Screen time you'll feel good about! My kids ask to use this collection of reading apps all the time! We love the sight word portion, it's great!
Teach Your Monster to Read
PBS Kids is such a great FREE resource! All of their shows offer kids games. We love the additional parent resources and newsletter!
New Games | PBS KIDS
Kids section of BBC, from Bluey, Sarah & Duck, Hey Duggee, it's all right here! We love that it has a "make" section for each show with fun crafts! CBeebies is literally the cutest!
CBeebies | Enjoy Games, Activities, Videos & More
We love ABC Mouse! We used it with each of our kids when they were early readers, and it helped so much! The learning paths are individualized and the games are very cute! If you have a preschooler, I highly recommend you try it out! They have a FREE trial!
ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy
If you have a kid that likes comics or texting, this app is for you! This app has AMAZING features, you can ask it to change languages, rephrase things and you can even have it change voices to aliens/monsters/etc.!
Literal App for Educators
Disney Jr has Disney Now for all the shows your kids love. We LOVE the NatGeo Kids Games!
Disney Channel, Disney XD & Disney Junior Games | DisneyNOW
We have tried so many language learning apps, and we keep coming back to the owl! There are so many languages available. I love the characters and how they react when you get a question right! It's FREE - why not try it!
Duolingo
Khan academy is one of the most useful resources you need in your teacher/parent toolbelt! The Khan Kids website has so many pintables and videos, and the section for older kids, is just something I cannot do without!
Khan Academy
This isn't just a magazine anymore, it's a wealth of knowledge! We love the magazines, but also the games and videos!
National Geographic Kids
Their Black History & Women's History alone is reason enough to start a FREE trial. Their conflict resolution and coding will blow your mind! Not to mention they have all the usual school subjects! CHECK THEM OUT!
BrainPop
Mel Science and Curiosity Box, both by VSauce! Engineering knowledge is gift you need to give your kids!
The Curiosity Box – The Subscription for Thinkers
Crunch Labs with MARK ROBER, if your kids love engineering, and NASA, look no further than Mark Rober. Not only does he have a hit YouTube channel but he also has subscription engineering boxes and videos of him to follow along with!
CrunchLabs: Where Kids Learn to Think like Engineers
Science & History Curriculum direct from the publishers! Secular curriculum available direct from the creators!
Pandia Press | Science Books | History Books | History Odyssey ...
Super smart games and resources for super smart kids!
Mensa for Kids
National Science Foundation, science app for kids!
National Science Foundation
For space loving kiddos, this is a resource you need in your toolbox!
NASA Kids' Club
Learn First Aid & CPR Resources
American Heart Association CPR & First Aid
Online homeschool classes, secular model, available teachers.
Next Level Homeschool – Online homeschool classes
Science Resources for Kids, helping to create critical thinkers.
Big Think
Science Show streaming now on CBS ! Science Resource for teens and kids!
Mission Unstoppable
Coding learning robots for kiddos! These mats are so easy to use and the car is so much fun to play with! Our kids played with this for hours!
Screenless Coding & Learning Robot for Kids | indi Robot Car
Interactive Science Learning Library, a resource I keep and use over and over!
LabXchange.org
Teach your kids to code, a skill the next generation will no doubt use!
Codingville
Teach your kids to code, a needed skill for kids of this generation!
Hour of Code
One of the easiest apps to teach coding to your children with. We've used it over and over with each of ours! It's beginner friendly!
Scratch - Imagine, Program, Share
We have used Outschool for over a year, and we LOVE it! You can use code "NEWSEPT" to get up to $20 off your first class when you book by Oct 29th.
Get affordable online classes and tutoring for kids at Outschool
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gives away one book a month, every month, up to children under 5. These are delivered to your home. Check to see if your state/country is available!
United States
We subscribed last year, and let me tell you our teens love this! They have learned so much! I love that they can learn from industry experts! It's a perfect gift for the holidays coming up!
MasterClass Online Classes
Evidence based science curriculum. This also has options on TPT to print out!
Secular Science Curriculum Options for Homeschoolers | Hummingbird Homeschool