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Learn Something New

Take free classes from leading universities and companies: Coursera
Expand your mind and learn new job skills with free online courses from Ivy League colleges: Class Central – Ivy League Courses
Explore online courses to continue studying, build professional skills, and connect with experts: FutureLearn
Learn how to sight read music and sight sing: Sight Reading Factory
Learn to code: Codecademy
Learn a new language: Duolingo

All of our library patrons have free access to eBooks, including the latest best-sellers through our eReading service: Cloud Library
Amazon Kindle books can be read on most devices with their free app: Kindle Shop
Barnes & Noble books can be read on most devices with their free app: Nook Books
Download thousands of free classic books in many eBook formats with: Project Gutenberg
Get access to over a million free eBooks: Open Library

Find casual games free to play online on your computer and for Android and Apple devices: Big Fish Games
Find weekly deals on the hottest new PC video games as well as Free to Play games that you can enjoy with friends near and far: Steam

Yellowstone National Park
The Surface of Mars with the Curiosity Rover
11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs: Farm Food 360
Travel to Paris, France to see amazing works of art at The Louvre with this virtual field trip: The Louvre
This Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China is beautiful and makes history come to life: The Great Wall of China
Tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies at: The British Museum
Alaskan Wildlife cams: Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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Online education programs for toddlers through high school: Khan Academy
Animated educational site for kids: BrainPOP
Math and reading games: ABCya
Miscellaneous games for all subjects K-8: Fun Brain
Carmen Sandiego videos, stories, and lessons for all subject areas: Carmen Sandiego
Day-by-day projects to keep kids from Pre-K through 9^th Grade reading, thinking, and growing: Scholastic Learn at Home
Daily lessons and educational activities that kids can do on their own: Supercharged School
For students to practice and master whatever they are learning: Quizlet
Resource section includes free flashcards, coloring pages, worksheets, and other resources for children, teachers, and parents: Super Simple
Life skills curriculum for students in grades K-12. Their resources include strategies for teaching social and emotional skills: Overcoming Obstacles

Geography and animals: National Geographic Kids
This educational website hosted by the Smithsonian Museum takes a deep dive into ocean life: Smithsonian Ocean
Children can 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: What Was There
NGA Kids interactives offer an entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history: National Gallery of Art – Kids

Space science for kids: NASA Kids Club
Coding with Star Wars: Code.org – Star Wars
A Beginner’s Glossary of Coding and Programming Terms: Qualtrics.com (Thank you to Annie and Willow for the suggestion!)
The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour! San Diego Zoo Kids
Quick & easy at home projects curated for kids 2 and up: KiwiCo
From rainbows to tornadoes and winter storms to tsunamis, meteorologist Crystal Wicker breaks down the fascinating world of weather: Weather Wiz Kids
Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook with their grown-ups. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, math, and science: Nomster Chef
Crafts, projects, science, recipes for young children: Funology
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: Ask Dr. Universe

Mo Willems, bestselling author and illustrator, is teaching kids how to draw every day with his YouTube series: Lunch Doodles
Play with favorite show characters and learn too: PBS Kids
Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss: Seussville
Interactive games based on the popular book series: Magic Treehouse
From the makers of the beloved magazine; fun games, recipes, crafts, and activities: Highlights Kids
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: Smithsonian
Online digital coloring pages: TheColor.com
News and more for kids: Youngzine
Your child can play games, learn fun facts, and find out how to turn coin collecting into a hobby: U.S. Mint Kids
Tons and tons and tons of games; some are educational, some are just fun: Crazy Games
Online photograph jigsaw puzzles; you can set the pieces from 6-1000+ Jigsaw Explorer
Let kids play instruments online. Instruments include the guitar, piano, pan flute, drums, and bongos: Virtual Musical Instruments

Favorite kids’ books read by famous people: Storyline Online
Free stories online ages 3-12: Free Children Stories
Read, download, and print Children’s stories online for free, with stories available in many languages: Ririro.com
Novel Effect makes story time a little more fun for kids (and grown-ups too!) As you read out loud from print books (or eBooks!) music, sound effects, and character voices play at just the right moment, adjusting and responding to your voice: Novel Effect

Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts: GoNoodle
Free at-home kids yoga lesson plans: Little Twisters Yoga
Educational brain breaks to help students review essential literacy and math skills, while getting in some exercise. Find over 900 videos to help your child keep learning at home and burn off some extra energy. Recommended for ages 4-8: Fluency and Fitness
At home Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy resources designed to build skills in children through movement and play: The OT Toolbox