Resources for Kids & Families

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Code.org

Learn how to code for free! Try making your own games, apps, and computer drawings.

Hilltown Families

An award-winning community-based education network, serving the four counties of Western Massachusetts. Suggested resources and learning opportunities posted weekly.

Khan Academy

A non-profit educational organization created to provide “a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.” Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard. They tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.

The Kennedy Center: Interactive Media

Featured content and media for students of all ages.

The Kid Should See This

This blog aggregates interesting, kid-friendly videos focusing on science, art, technology, and more. The videos weren’t necessarily made for kids, but kids can get a lot out of them. That’s the premise of the site.

The Learning Network: Activities for Students by the New York Times

Teach and Learn with The Times. Resources for bringing the world into your classroom.

MetKids by the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Explore the Map. Hop in the Time Machine. Watch Videos. Made for, with, and by kids.

Nature Lab by the Nature Conservancy

Nature Lab gives teachers, students and families everything they need to start exploring and understanding nature around the globe alongside Conservancy scientists. Our interactive lesson plans align to standards and can be customized for each classroom.

PBS Learning Media

Inspire students with thousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games aligned to state and national standards. PBS Learning Media resources span disciplines for grades PreK-12, are aligned to national and state standards, and include videos, comprehensive lessons, and other activities.

Ranger Rick Magazine

With schools and daycares closing across the country, Ranger Rick wants to help your family stay entertained and engaged in the natural world. They are making all digital editions of their magazines free to the public.

ReadWriteThink

At ReadWriteThink, the mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials.

Scratch

With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.

Smithsonian: Fun Stuff for Kids and Teens

Learn with Smithsonian. Includes activities and games for “Art, History, and Culture” and “Science and Nature”, as well as “Art Meets Science in the Collections”, “Art, History, and Culture in the Collections” and “Science and Nature in the Collections” categories.

STEM lesson plans with Snoopy

With downloadable lesson plans, the Space Foundation supports PreK through 20 students with standards-based curriculum that uses space principles to integrate science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) into all content areas.

Ted-Ex

TedEd aims to spark and celebrate the ideas and knowledge-sharing of teachers and students around the world. Additionally, you can sign up for their daily newsletter TedEd@Home for lesson plans, insights and tips.

WGBH Distance Learning Center

As schools and students, families and educators adapt to the current health crisis, WGBH — in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and WGBY/New England Public Media — is supporting them by gathering some of our free, trusted digital resources from PBS LearningMedia and our award-winning educational preschool programming.

What We Do All Day

A parenting resource for children’s books, easy indoor kids’ activities, play and learning ideas.