Education Resources
- Comcast Internet Essentials is offering qualifying students and parents 60 days of free internet during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Charter Communications is offering 60 days of free broadband and Wi-Fi access for households with K-12 and/or college students who don't already have a Spectrum broadband subscription.
Austin ISD Learning at Home: Austin ISD has compiled optional online enrichment activities for grades Pre-K to 12th as well as resources for families.
- Scholastic Learn at Home: Scholastic is offering free learn at home activities for grades Pre-K to 6+.
- BrainPOP: Online learning in English and Spanish in literacy, STEM, arts, health and SEL, and social studies.
- Learning Collections from the American Federation of Teachers: Collections of learning at home activities for Pre-K through high school from the American Federation of Teachers.
- Grade-Based Toolkits from Great Schools: org has toolkits including worksheets and books and booklists for grades Kindergarten to 12.
- HomeSchool Resources (K-12): offers a list of anti-oppressive/anti-racist home learning options.
- Khan Academy Kids: Khan Academy Kids has learning games for ages 2-7 via its always free app.
- Age of Learning: Provides schools closed due to the coronavirus with free home access for all affected families to leading digital education programs ABCmouse, Adventure Academy, and ReadingIQ. Programs serve students in preschool/Pre-K, elementary school, and middle school.
- ABCya offers learning games for grades Pre-K through 6+.
- Austin Public Library: Although the physical libraries are closed, the virtual library is open with e-books and e-learning materials.
- Storytime from Space: Have a real astronaut in space read you a story about science.
- PBS Kids Spanish: Games in Spanish featuring some of the public's favorite PBS KIDS characters.
- Spanish Read-Aloud Stories: Well-known children's stories translated into Spanish and spoken by a native Spanish speaker. Great for kids and adults. Read along in Spanish or English.
- Rockalingua: Spanish learning through songs.
- Bartolo: Spanish reading and comprehension games.
- Scratch Coding: Learn coding by creating stories, games, and animations.
- Imagineering in a Box: Disney and Khan Academy's partnership. Helps you and your children explore the different aspects of theme park design, from characters to ride development.
- NASA Space Exploration: Learn all about space with NASA's online activities, e-books, podcasts and other content.
- National Geographic Kids: Kids can dive into the website to learn about their favorite animals, outer space, and different cultures.
- Mystery Science: Mini or extended lessons for elementary students to do science activities at home.
- Prodigy: Math Learning Platform: Zero cost math learning platform for grades 1-8.
- Virtual Field Trips with Google: Google Arts and Culture has virtual museum tours, walks around historic cities, deep dives into artists and more.
- Virtual National Park Tours: Visit 33 natural parks virtually thanks to Google Earth.
- Farm Food 360: Learn where our food comes from on these virtual farm and food tours.
