Educational apps & websites

Free tutoring is available through Tutor.com and connects your student to live tutors. ALSO check out Mango Languages which offers over 70 languages on desktop or mobile app, free to access with library card, or by using your UCS student ID as your card number. 

Download a flyer with these recommendations

READING

Star Fall: www.starfall.com Practice phonics skills with read-along stories.

Teach Your Monster To Read: www.teachyourmonstertoread.com Fun games learning letter recognition for beginning readers.

Read Works: www.readworks.org World-class literacy curriculum and guidance.

Story Nory: www.storynory.com Free audio stories- available as an app.

PBS kids: www.PBSkids.org Great games and activities to play. Also available as an app.

Into the Book: www.reading.ecb.org Go “into the book” to play games that practice reading strategies.

Seussville: www.seussville.com Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss and his friends.

Story Jumper: www.storyjumper.com Read and listen to stories or create your own!

MeL for Kids: www.mel.org/kids Mel offers a wide variety of reading for students of all ages with Britannica, ebook, explora, NoveList, Pebble Go and much more! (Requires a valid library card.)

MATH & READING

Mr Nussbaum: www.mrnussbaum.com A range of learning activities in many topic areas.

Fun 4 the Brain: www.fun4thebrain.com Play games for math and reading.

ABC Ya: www.abcya.com Games for math and reading.

MATH 

Math Is Fun: www.mathisfun.com Math games for every topic

Cool Math 4 Kids: www.coolmath4kids.com Fun math games and puzzles for Grades K-6

Math Playground: www.mathplayground.com Games, puzzles and much more for Grades 1-6

I Know It: www.iknowit.com Elementary interactive math practice.

SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES

Mystery Science: www.mysteryscience.com Ready to go lessons that match ccss curriculum

Nat Geo for Kids: www.kids.nationalgeographic.com: Explore a wide range of science fun

Code Academy: www.codeacademy.com Learn to code

Smithsonian for Kids: www.si.edu/kids Explore history, science and activities

Who Was?: Who was? Adventure App Penguin Group USA (Apple only) Trivia games based off of the best-selling book series.

MULTI-SUBJECT

Khan Academy: www.khanacademy.org This teacher trusted and kid favorite site offers fun learning of all topics Grades K-12

Kahoot: www.kahoot.com This is a kid favorite game-based learning resource for all subjects.

Turtle Diary: www.turtlediary.com Games for literacy, math, science and puzzles for Grades k-5

Time for Kids: www.timeforkids.com Fun kid appropriate news articles on various subjects.