Remote Learning Resources

Students nationwide and around the globe are home from school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving many parents wondering about what this will mean for their child’s education. While many schools are able to provide remote learning experiences for their students, this is not a feasible reality for all schools. To help families supplement their children’s learning while at home, we have compiled a list of various online, educational resources that are available at little or no cost.

Duolingo
Duolingo is an online and mobile app program that turns learning a language into a game. Lessons are divided into skills, which makes it easy to learn a new language without taking too much time out of your schedule. The lessons keep you engaged by providing immediate feedback, awarding points for completed lessons, allowing you to unlock new levels as you successfully move through the skills, and showing you how your fluency score improves as you practice. There are currently 36 languages offered, including Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic. Game of Thrones and Star Trek fans can even learn High Valyrian and Klingon.

Cost: Free with a paid upgrade option to remove ads and give you more lives

Scholastic Learn at Home
Scholastic Learn at Home is a 10-day learning program that provides daily reading materials, videos, and activities to keep kids learning while they’re home from school. Programs are available to students in PreK to 9th grade. Scholastic also offers additional resources for families and teachers.

Cost: Free

Outschool
Outschool is a collection of online courses for K-12 learners. There are over 10,000+ unique classes that range from a single art lesson to a multi-week algebra course. Teachers include certified teachers, artists, scientists, and other experts. Classes are held via group video conference so that students can interact with their teachers and classmates from around the world.

Cost: Classes start at as little as $5. Outschool is currently offering free classes for families in need affected by U.S. public school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

NYC Department of Education
The New York City Department of Education has opened up their learning resources to families outside of their school district. They provide learning activities for students in grades K-12. They also provide suggested daily schedules, guides for instructional activities, and recommended educational TV shows and websites.

Cost: Free

Storyline Online
Storyline Online was founded by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation as a children’s literacy website. The site includes a collection of hundreds of children’s books read aloud by various actors including Viola Davis, Chris Pine, and Betty White. Accompanying each book are lessons developed by certified elementary school teachers.

Cost: Free

Prodigy Math
Prodigy Math is a curriculum-aligned math platform for students in grades 1-8. The game-based lessons keep students engaged while helping them practice targeted math skills and concepts.

Cost: Free with a paid upgrade option to expand the library of games

Test Innovators Quizlet
Test Innovators has 134 study sets available on Quizlet. These learning sets consist of flashcards to help students learn root words, analogies, positive tone words, negative tone words, figurative language and literary devices, SSAT & ISEE words to know, core vocabulary words, square numbers, metric conversions, and math concepts and formulas. The sets are geared towards SSAT and ISEE practice but are beneficial for all students in various grade levels.

Cost: Free