Learning Links
Combined Content Learning Resources
Instructional Services / i-Ready At-Home Access
Focused on skill mastery Khan Academy offers exercises, videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.
Prepare students for the next grade beginning with a readiness check to assess how their kids are doing with key math and reading skills.
Over 300 fun and educational games categorized by grade and subject.
Virtual Interactive
PBS KIDS provides “curriculum-based entertainment… to nurture a child’s total well-being… by leveraging the full spectrum of media and technology to build knowledge, critical thinking, imagination and curiosity.”
With engaging learning games, activities, and videos, BrainPOP ELL encourages curiosity in our youngest learners.
With engaging learning games, activities, and videos, BrainPOP engages learners across various content areas.
Student Home age | PBS LearningMedia offers free educational resources for students that support learning with digital media.
Reading Resources
Summer Reading Program | Public Library | City of San Diego Official Website
“San Diego residents of all ages are encouraged to sign up for this event and use their voices to share their stories, express themselves, and spark change. Complete a combination of 10 books, hours of reading or activities to claim your prizes. Sign-up begins June 1st and the program will last through August 31st.”
Learning Together at Home | Colorín Colorado
Research-based tools for adults to support English Learners (ELs) including Summer Learning Resources for Parents in both English and Spanish
Storyline Online “streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations”
Digital Content Portal (DCP) provides curated informational resources…providing engaging online content…informational text, and streaming video.
Available to all K-6 SBSD students (requires school code to log-in)
“Epic is a digital reading platform…with high-quality books…that fuels curiosity and reading confidence for kids 12 and under.”
Requires signup for a 7 day free trial
Newsela offers curated and leveled news articles with new current events posted daily.
Requires students to sign-in with school Google email and password
“TIME for Kids nurtures today’s learners and tomorrow’s leaders with authentic news and the critical-thinking skills that shape active global citizens.”
Math Resources
https://play.dreambox.com/login/rdew
“Adaptive math learning with supplemental curriculum that supports students, at every level”
Accessible to all Kindergarten through grade two SBSD students
Youcubed at Home Archives offers students creative and rich mathematics tasks to keep them motivated and engaged year round.
Challenge Math Workbooks with Critical Thinking
Math worksheets, puzzles, and activities designed to challenge students and keep engagement high.
Skills Review Math Handbook: Grades K through 8
“Math Musicals a storybook and music series designed to engage K-5 students to explore math topics in a fun, memorable way.
Other Resources
Explore - MetKids - The Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring a virtual time machine that kids can use to explore art, culture, and inventions from different periods in history and a collection of videos including fun do-it-yourself art, craft, and invention ideas!
Junior Ranger Online (U.S. National Park Service)
“Find your park online with interactive and printable activities. View special places within parks from your living room. Watch wildlife, geyers, and other activity in real time. Discover your favorite subjects or search for your favorite places.”
App
“Take your nature knowledge up a notch with Seek! Use the power of image recognition technology to identify the plants and animals all around you.”
STEM Resources
Hands-on Experiments
Family Friendly Snacks | Exploratorium bring explorations of natural phenomena…that are safe and easy to do with things around the house.”
NASA for Students in Kindergarten to 4th Grade “If you like to play games, do puzzles, color, and make things…”NASA has all these and more!
"Simple activities, serious learning. Check out these ideas, most of which can be created with common materials at home…”
Virtual Interactives
Explore videos, games, activities, and more, learn about plants and animals, and gain deeper knowledge about how to protect wildlife.
Digital Science Content Lessons
Junior Ranger Spaceflight Explorer Activity Guide
“Play word and number puzzles while you learn about the Moon, space vehicles that will take humans to the Moon and to Mars, and national parks across the United States.”
STEM Resources
Coding
“With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games.”
“App Inventor is a free, cloud-based service that allows you to make your own mobile apps using a blocks-based programming language.”
Tynker is the fun way to learn programming and develop problem-solving & critical thinking skills.
“Tinkercad is a free web app for 3D design, electronics, and coding…”
DO Try This at Home! | Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
“Want to be inventive at home or in the classroom? Try your hand at these fun activities!”