Read! Children need to read or be read to every day. This includes reading to learn as well as reading for enjoyment. Reading should be no less than 20 minutes a day. If you are home all day, a few 20 minute sessions would be great. The Resource Bank has plenty of audio books, story times and online reading available if you are short on books at home.
Write! Your child should do a bit of writing (this includes typing) every day. They can respond to what they read, write a journal or poem, work on a story or essay, or write a "how-to" manual. Kids could even watch one of our live animal cams and write an observation or story based on their expereince. The possibilities are endless.
If you find there are too many resources to sort through, you can filter the results using the “Filter Resources” area on the left side of the screen. Select “Education Level” to narrow your results to a specific education level. (Please note - for the purposes of this site these "Education Levels" are used when filtering - Lower Primary = K-2, Upper Primary=3-5, Middle Years=6-8, High School=9-12)
More Than 500 Study Guides and Counting.
Literature study guides for classic literature.
Your source for help with Shakespeare and English literature, plus history, math, biology, and more.
Free Online Spelling Training & Games for Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 based on spelling words you enter or choose from a list.
Nurture the Roots of Every Student with Sprig Language. Sprig Language uses a holistic approach to assessment and instruction that provides teachers and parents with personalized and curriculum aligned learning activities specific to each students’ strengths and abilities. Sign up for a free account.
At Starfall, children have fun while they learn.
Starfall.com® opened in September 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read. Since then it has expanded to include language arts and mathematics for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade. Starfall’s emphasis on phonemic awareness, systematic sequential phonics, and common sight words in conjunction with audiovisual interactivity has proven effective in teaching emergent readers. Starfall activities are research-based and align with Individual and Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics.
The program emphasizes exploration, play, and positive reinforcement—encouraging children to become confident and intrinsically motivated. Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children and is especially effective for special education, homeschooling, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). It is widely used in schools that serve children with special needs and learning difficulties.
Our low-cost membership program expands the free content to include animated songs, mathematics, and reading activities spanning K-3. Membership also supports the production of new interactive games, movies, and more for both the Starfall.com website and Starfall apps for mobile devices.
Start with a Book: summer reading and learning -- books and activities in science, social studies, arts and literature.
There are 3 ways to enjoy this site:
- Choose a topic to explore: Do you know any young detectives, artists, or inventors? Or children fascinated by dinosaurs, planes, bugs, birds, the night sky, or music? You'll find 24 topics to dive into for a summer full of learning!
- Find great kids’ books: Reading with kids sparks curiosity and conversation. We’ve carefully matched each topic with a wide range of awesome fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and graphic novels to encourage more summer reading.
- Keep the adventure going! Browse our curated collection of topic-related activities, ideas for writing, educational apps, and websites for inquisitive kids — to build background knowledge and deepen summer learning.
This free printable puts forth a series of questions and statements about dinosaurs playing baseball. (Silly, but kids love it!) Students must punctuate each correctly. Finally, kids are asked to create their own statement and question on the same topic.
7 steps to teaching persuasive or argumentative writing!
This site offers free original stories online for children ages 3-12 including MY novels.
“What you cannot imagine, you cannot do."
Now imagine Astronauts on the Space Station reading stories to and conducting science experiments for the children of Earth as the world rotates below.
Imagine no more…it’s Story Time from Space!
Have stories read to you from people in space! There are also science related videos.
There are great space related titles and others such as Rosie Revere Engineer.
Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. We curate artwork from illustrators and animators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images into fresh stories. It's a simple idea that has attracted millions of writers, readers, and artists to our platform. Families and friends, teachers and students, and amateurs and professionals have created more than 5 million stories—making Storybird one of the world's largest storytelling communities
Publish, print, and share your writing.
Order beautiful printed editions of your stories or publish online and get feedback from a community of 9 million readers, writers, and educators.*
If you are going to use this site for children to read books - we suggest you preview them first!
Check this site out for fun videos of stories being read out loud.
A great way to motivate kids to read.
The stories are read by celebrities.
After you watch the video of the book being read, the parent or teacher can download the teacher guide. It provides questions to ask your little reader, projects to go along with the book and websites to help kids further explore the topic. You can even purchase your favorite books directly from the site.
Cross-curricular connections are also made!
A great video writing prompt for being stuck at home from John Spencer.
This resource is a handout for students with tips, tricks and steps with writing a formal essay.
This site offers several online decodable books covering different letter sounds while introducing phonetic and sight words. Reading prompts and discussion points are imbedded throughout the book, with discussion questions at the end.
Some kids love all the free time summer brings, with plenty of opportunities to catch up on new books and old favorites. Other kids wouldn’t crack open a book from June to August if they had the choice, but it’s important to keep them reading!
Fortunately, this summer reading list for 2022 has something for every kind of reader—fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, romance, fantasy, adventure, and so much more. Even reluctant readers are sure to find page-turners they won’t be able to put down!
Readworks has tremendous resources to keep your children reading over the summer with their Summer Reading Program.
Find resources for Grade 1 through to high school, including both fiction and non-fiction articles for enjoyable summer reading. All articles are accompanied by an answer packet to extend the learning.
Just sign up for an account to access the resources for summer reading. Check out the sign up details and see what’s available at https://about.readworks.org/share-families.html.
This school division developed handbook offers many reading strategies that are applicable for use in the content areas.
This site offers kids songs, shows, crafts, recipes, activities, resources for teachers & parents. The resource section (Free Printables tab) includes free flashcards, coloring pages, worksheets, and other resources for children, teachers, and parents.
Daily lessons and educational activities that kids can do on their own . Topics include reading, writing, science and math, health, language, art, music, fun and games.