Free Resources for Families & Teachers

All K12 - Resources

Florida Department of Education

This document was prepared by the subject area specialists from the Bureau of Standards and Instructional Support (BSIS) at the Florida Department of Education to provide a list of some of the resources available online to consider during disruptions to daily brick and mortar instruction.

CHARACTER COUNTS!

CHARACTER COUNTS! is providing free online character development resources for parents and educators that are age specific for elementary, middle school, and high school. The online lesson plans include a search function by grade level and topical focus. These lesson plans help teachers continue developing the character of their students, while also providing simple writing prompts and other online activities. The Family Guides are available for grades K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Family Guides are a great resource to share with families who are in need of learning activities to do with their students while at home.

Dads Worksheets

DadsWorksheets.com has been one of the web’s top ranked sources of free math learning materials since 2008. Repetition is the path to mastery, and so the logic goes with timed math drills. Maybe you’re home schooling, or maybe you’re in a district that’s gone full speed into Mad Minutes, Rocket Math or some other type of timed testing. Either way, your kid needs practice and lots of it. Nobody learns math by osmosis. You learn math by burning up pencils and paper.

WFSU Public Media

WFSU Public Media is partnering with PBS Learning Media to provide links to free videos, lessons, interactives and tools to help keep your children learning while at home. All resources are FREE and aligned to Florida standards.

Floridastudents.org

More than 800 free original tutorials aligned to Florida’s standards support student learning in language arts, mathematics, science, civics and U.S. History.

Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere to encourage continued education. Khan Academy is largely the #1 free resource during this time for students, teachers, districts and parents.

NASA

NASA has made their entire Media Library of over 140,000 photos and resources accessible to the public and copyright free. Click here to access the library.

Shmoop

Shmoop is offering access to a full library of online content and resources to the entire state of Florida for free by providing greater access to premium content and resources to support continuity of learning remotely. Resources include, college test prep, over 10,000 videos on 1,000’s of learning guides, over 400 online courses and much more!

TEDEd

TED is working with expert educators and TED speakers to create and share daily virtual lessons on a widespread of subjects for elementary level students all the way up to college students. Click here to sign up for a free daily newsletter.

University of Florida Lastinger Center

As innovators in technology-based educational supports, the Lastinger Center at the University of Florida has a suite of free and readily available online resources for students, educators and caregivers. These distance learning resources cover a variety of subject areas for all grades including math, literacy, social emotional well-being, and virtual instruction.

WFSU Public Media

All K12 – Literacy Resources

Audible

Kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.

CommonLit

CommonLit offers a free online library of digital fiction and nonfiction texts for 3-12 grade students.

Florida Electronic Library

Florida Electronic Library offers access to the online database of magazines, books, newspapers and other resources to the public.

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress offers online resources with unlimited opportunities to discover something new for families, educators, researchers and anyone curious enough to join. Below are a few highlighted programs the Library of Congress if offering:

Read Theory

Read Theory (www.readtheory.org) provides personalized reading comprehension exercises for K-12 and ESL students. It is a completely free, adaptive tool for assessing and tracking student reading performance. For more information about Read Theory, click here.

Storyline Online

Provides stories being read aloud by actors, as well as book-related activities for children.

All K12 – Special Areas (Art, P.E., Music)

BeepBox

BeepBox is a free music platform where students can create their own instrumental songs and melodies.

Diamond Piano Method

Diamond Family Piano Academy is offering an entire free curriculum to help students to continue to learn about music. Go to DiamondPiano.com and click the login button in the upper right-hand corner. Login as a student with the username FreeStudent and a password of UseFree1. (Be sure to make the username and password one word and to get the capital letters in there.) Go to DiamondPiano.com and click “join our online academy”. Follow the steps to create an administrative and then student account in Diamond Piano’s online academy. Be sure to use the coupon code FREEMONTH when creating your administrative account.

North American Scholastic Esports Federation

North American Scholastic Esports Federation launched free daily “Community Club” sessions for students. These are interactive online gatherings to provide activities, socialization (without physical contact), development of game skills, and insights into the careers and lives of professionals working in the esports industry.

Pencil Madness

Pencil Madness is a free online sketching tool for students to practice visual arts online.

Walkabouts

Walkabouts ActivEd is making the Walkabouts platform available temporarily for free to any students forced to learn from home in response to the COVID-19 related school closings. Given these stressful and less than ideal circumstances, our team recognizes the importance of a resource for standards-based movement and physical activity. In addition to the general student logins being distributed by our team now, we are also offering significant accommodations and discounts to regions and districts who wish to license our platform at the enterprise level for their specific state standards. View additional free resources to help with kids at home during school closures.

Elementary – English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics

eSpark Learning

eSpark offers free targeted instruction in reading and math for K-5 students based on their current needs.

Family Math Card Game Booklet

Math Card Game Book is designed to help children ages Pre-K to Grade 2 learn important math skills using only a regular deck of playing cards. The booklet may be particularly helpful in the current situation when so many parents are required to home school their children. The booklet was developed in a three-year research project at the Boston College Lynch School of Education, funded by the Heising-Simons Foundation, awarded to Beth Casey, Ph.D. and Eric Dearing, Ph.D., Boston College Professors. The Family Math Games Booklet is offered free of charge and linked here.

Florida PBS

Florida PBS stations are banding together to support at-home learning for students by delivering a new weekday television schedule of educational programs. These programs are aligned to state standards, and are free and accessible from home. Click here for a listing of at-home learning programming supplied through local PBS stations (PDF).

Florida Power and Light Company

The Florida Power and Light Company has created the Changing the Current curriculum, providing free supplemental curriculum in Science, Languages Arts and Math for 4th, 5th and 6th grade educators that align with the Next Generation Science Sunshine State Standards. These cross-curriculum materials provide robust content for topics that are often challenging to teach and allow students to have a deeper understanding of all types of energy.

Flyleaf Publishing

Flyleaf Publishing offers a free resource to help facilitate online reading instruction and learning during this challenging time of school closures due to the Coronavirus outbreak. There are two areas of the site, one for Students and one for Instructors.

Great Minds

Great Minds provides knowledge-building resources from Eureka Math® (for Grades K–12), our English language arts curriculum Wit & Wisdom® (K–8), and PhD Science™ (3–5). Customized by grade and module, these consistent and coherent video lessons, delivered by our experienced teachers, are viewable on any device. Let’s keep inspiring greatness and building knowledge together during these uncertain times. Look for new video lessons and updated content daily.

Hand2Mind

Hand2mind has created free access to K-5 lessons for math/science/literacy content for five days a week instruction.

Imagine Learning

Imagine Learning offers online language development lessons for K-8 students, including Math and Literacy Programs, geared towards keeping students, parents and educators engaged in academics and language development during this time.

Learning Without Tears

Learning Without Tears can help teachers and families continue their student’s handwriting (cursive and print), keyboarding, and pre-kindergarten development from a distance. In addition to digital instruction, our resources also include At-Home Learning Packets which provide materials for use during school closures regardless of children’s access to a device or the internet. They are available by grade, and in English and Spanish.

Zearn Math

Zearn Math is providing math lessons for K-5 students free. Kids, teachers, parents, and caregivers can directly access online and paper-based materials at www.zearn.org.

Elementary – Science and STEM

Carolina

Carolina Biological Supply Company is committed to support parents, teachers, and school districts with learn-from-home resources during this challenging time. Explore the resources below for elementary and middle school students from Carolina’s Building Blocks of Science 3D, Innovators in Science, and Smithsonian Programs.

Code.Org

The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching students in 180+ countries. Anyone, anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event or try any of the over 500+ one-hour tutorials, available in over 45 languages.

Dyson

Dyson created 44 engineering and science activities for children in the form of YouTube videos and downloadable Challenge Cards.

Explore.org

Explore.org has compiled a list of educational resources and lesson plans from animal experts and researchers to help connect your child and/or student to nature. View updates and resources here!

Florida Power and Light Company

The Florida Power and Light Company has created the Changing the Current curriculum, providing free supplemental curriculum in Science, Languages Arts and Math for 4th, 5th and 6th grade educators that align with the Next Generation Science Sunshine State Standards. These cross-curriculum materials provide robust content for topics that are often challenging to teach and allow students to have a deeper understanding of all types of energy.

Hand2Mind

Hand2mind has created free access to K-5 lessons for math/science/literacy content for five days a week instruction.

Mouse

Mouse Open Projects has selected projects that students can work on at home without an account, educator guidance, or materials. Have students choose a project and get started! Each project has a lesson plan and step by step instructions, so students can work by themselves or with an adult.

National Inventors Hall of Fame

The National Inventors Hall of Fame provides online STEM and invention education lesson plans and activities to encourage continued learning, including STEM activity blogs and a STEM activity guide.

PhET Interactive Simulations

PhET Interactive Simulations offers 158 free interactive Math & Science simulations for students where students are able to explore through a game-like environment.

Project Learning Tree

Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an environmental education program that engages children in learning—both outside and indoors. Try these (free!) PLT family activities that you can do at home—both inside and close-by in a safe space outside—to keep kids engaged through active participation as they learn about nature. Activities are suitable for children ages 3—15 years; some activities are work better for younger children, others are more suited for older children.

Primary Playground

Primary Playground offers free online activities and ideas to support teachers and parents in engaging Elementary level students in educational and innovative ways.

ST Math

ST Math is offering free access to parents and educators to their interactive math curriculum geared towards K-8 grade level students through June 30, 2020.

Tynker

Tynker teaches kids to code with block-based and text-based programming courses and activities. Educators can sign up for free access to the complete Tynker School PreK-12 curriculum. Parents and kids learning from home can access Tynker's premium coding program, Tynker for Home, for free during school closures.

WeatherSTEM

WeatherSTEM project has created a vast amount of high quality weather education resources that are all aligned to our state’s education standards.

Elementary – Social Studies

iCivics

iCivics offers free online Civics Lessons and virtual games to engage and inform students in an age appropriate way about America’s government and history.

The Florida Historical Society

The Florida Historical Society is offering free access to their Florida Frontiers archive, each episode focusing on an aspect of Florida history and culture. New episodes are added approximately every eight weeks, but as of April 3, 2020 there are 35+ episodes offered on their website.

Middle and High School – English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics

The Get It Guide

The Get It Guide is a free math resource for students and families. Click here to learn more about The Get It Guide!

Imagine Learning

Math Nation

The Lastinger Center at University of Florida is opening up digital access to Math Nation to any district in the country free of charge through December 31, 2020; https://mathnation.com/learnmore/.

Omni Calculator

Omni Calculator offers hundreds of free custom-built calculators. Each of them solves a real-life problem: Should I buy or rent? What's my ideal calorie intake? Can I afford to take this loan? How many lemonades do I need to sell in order to break even?

Middle and High School – Science and STEM

Carolina

Carolina Biological Supply Company is committed to supporting parents, teachers, and school districts during this educational disruption with learn-from-home resources for middle school. You will find free science activities for teachers and students that are safe and require minimal materials. In addition, you will find parent resources and links to activities that can be purchased and used safely and productively at home with middle-school-aged kids.

Great Minds

Great Minds offers free access to “Knowledge on the Go” lessons in Math, Language Arts and Science for K-8 students and high school level math courses. These courses will be available through August 31, 2020.

North America Scholastic Esports Federation

The North America Scholastic Esports Federation provides free scholastic esports curriculum, competitions, and professional development so that all students have the opportunity to use esports as a platform to acquire critical communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills needed to thrive in work and in life. Through a lens of diversity and equity, we use scholastic esports to engage students in STEM and STEAM careers and provide the professional tools and opportunities that are relevant to their passions and to their futures. Our curriculum is evidence-based, standards-aligned to CTE, NGSS, CASEL, ISTE and UC-approved, with over 15 CTE tracks. Learn more at NASEF.org, and learn how to start a free esports club with NASEF’s full support here.

TGR EDU

Use these interactive resources, designed for grades 6-12, to develop problem-solving and decision-making skills with real-world applications in college access and STEM learning.

Middle and High School – Social Studies

Finance Your Future

These online courses strive to be a comprehensive, yet simple overview of various financial topics like banking, budgeting and saving, credit and debt, insurance and financial frauds and scams. These courses are designed for middle and high school students as well as parents, teachers and other adults. This program is approved by the Department of Education as meeting the Financial literacy standards and contains modules, assessments and an instructor portal to assist teachers with implementation of this program.

Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)

FEE has a plethora of resources available online for free to teach economics to students at home through our free online courses as well as our educational videos.

iCivics

iCivics offers free online Civics Lessons and virtual games to engage and inform students in an age appropriate way about America’s government and history.

Interactive Constitution

The Peer-to-Peer Classroom Exchange program connects middle and high school students across the United States for virtual conversations about the Constitution.

Middle and High School – Test Prep

ACT Information

ACT has announced new testing dates for Fall 2020.

ACT will continue to offer fall testing for states and school districts across the U.S., as it has for the past four years.
Students can take the ACT on campuses of hundreds of participating colleges with the ACT On-Campus solution.
ACT will be offering its new individual section retest option this fall for those students who wish to retake only one portion of the exam.

During this difficult time, ACT is also providing free digital learning and workforce resources to assist students, teachers, schools and workers impacted by COVID-19.

SAT Information

This year, many schools and test centers will have reduced capacity because of social distancing guidelines, and they may encounter unexpected closures. Because of public health restrictions and high demand, there is limited seating capacity for students testing in certain areas. While College Board can't directly control capacity and test center availability, we're working to ensure that as many students as possible are able to test safely. Get the latest SAT test center capacity updates.

Upcoming SAT Weekend Administrations, Including Health and Safety Requirements

College Board is providing weekend SAT or SAT Subject Test administrations every month through the end of the calendar year, beginning in August. This includes a new SAT administration on September 26, and the previously scheduled tests on August 29, October 3, November 7 (domestic SAT, international Subject Tests), and December 5. Please note that as the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic continues to evolve, we will continue to monitor the situation and will let you know if circumstances change closer to the test dates.

For more information about the SAT, click here.

Fall 2020 SAT Dates

October 3
November 7
December 5

Eligible students can register with a fee waiver.

For each administration, we’re preparing to significantly expand our capacity for students to take the SAT once schools reopen. We’re calling on our member schools and colleges, as well as local communities, to provide additional test center capacity so every student who wants to take the SAT can do so.

Students can get early access to register for August, September, and October if they’re:

Already registered for June
In the high school class of 2021 and don’t have SAT scores

Shmoop

Middle and High School – Secondary and Post-Secondary Career and Technical Education (CTE)

CoAEMSP

The Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP) understands that institutions, program directors, medical directors, faculty, and State Offices of EMS are working diligently to find ways to continue the education of students during this extraordinary time. The CoAEMSP continues to find alternative pathways to assure excellence in education while maintaining compliance with the CAAHEP Standards. Read the full update here.

Florida Association for Career and Technical Education (FACTE)

FDOE and FACTE are coordinating to provide online resource repositories through google drive to share information. You do not need a google account to access these sites.

They may be accessed at:

North America Scholastic Esports Federation

Health - General

Dairy Council of Florida

The Dairy Council of Florida partners with schools throughout the state to create a culture of health and wellness for students, teachers and families by providing a comprehensive approach to support healthy school environments with free resources to teachers and students including recipes, digital content, Mooga (cow inspired yoga), Dairy 101 curriculum and much more.

GoNoodle

Provides free Exercise and Mindfulness videos for children.

Make the Most of your Time at Home

Eatright.org offers ideas on how to get your kids involved with preparing family meals at home!

Teaching Strategies

The Healthy at Home Toolkit resource provides access to bilingual content created in partnership with pediatricians and mental health experts on prevention and care, and activities that promote emotional well-being and learning at home.

Health – COVID-19

Centers For Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering an interim list of Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations for facilities of those who have had suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19. This resource outlines recommendations of how and when to clean and disinfect surfaces, what Personal Protective Equipment to wear and other considerations employers should be aware of. To access the list of guidelines, click here.

ChatterHigh

ChatterHigh has created online Mental Health and Florida COVID-19 Awareness and Prevention modules to better inform and guide students and educators.

Committee for Children

Committee for Children developed a host of social-emotional resources to help children cope with the events associated with the coronavirus; these resources are intended for educators and families and offer free learning activities for young people ages 5-13, adaptable for remote learning or for families to do with their children.

Coronavirus and Me - Storybook

Patrick Barney wrote and illustrated Coronavirus and Me, an activity book with a story, mazes, word searches, and color-in pages that is free to the public.

Crisis Prevention Institute

Crisis Prevention Institute shares proven verbal de-escalation tips during time of increased tension across U.S. and world. Click HERE for a detailed list of resources and tips of how to reduce anxiety and stress during a heightened situation.

Discovery Education

Discovery Education created a Viruses and Outbreak Channel on their Discovery Education Experience for educators to have access to digital content to discuss and inform their students about COVID-19.

ExcelinEd

ExcelinEd has created a State-by-State snapshot of actions that are taking place in each state education system to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Click here for access to the map.

Florida Blue and New Directions Behavioral Health

Florida Blue and New Directions Behavioral Health have teamed up to offer a hotline to help Floridians deal with their anxiety over the COVID-19 crisis. Specially trained behavioral health counselors will answer the phone 24-hours a day and offer assistance in both English and Spanish. To receive assistance, please call 833-848-1762.

LobbyTools Local and State COVID-19 Responses and Orders

LobbyTools has compiled a database of state and local government responses to the COVID-19 crisis. This is a public list, and we encourage sharing this link with friends and family.

Meet The Helpers

Meet The Helpers offers several videos to support parents on how to inform their kids about the cause and prevention of COVID-19, as well as age appropriate videos for children to learn more about the virus.

Nearpod

Nearpod is offering online lessons for students to stay informed about COVID-19 and how to manage stress.

PBS

Click here to see math behind what makes pandemics like COVID-19 spread like wildfire, and how significant measures in the early days–before most of us know anyone who's sick–could make all the difference. Stay calm, stay cautious, and listen to doctors and scientists.

Scholastic

Click here for resources to help provide age-appropriate lessons to inform students about the spread of COVID-10 and to help ease their fears.

Tobacco Free Florida

Tobacco Free Florida has new materials available to educate the public on the impact of smoking to people who become infected with COVID-19. Click here to learn more about Tobacco Free Florida.

U.S. Department of Education (DOE)

The White House, the Department of Education, and other federal agencies continue to release and update a significant amount of guidance to support schools, educators, and families regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus). For updated information, please visit Coronavirus.gov, CDC.gov/coronavirus, and USA.gov/coronavirus.
For education-related information, the Department has established a dedicated Coronavirus webpage (ed.gov/coronavirus), which includes resources for institutions of higher education and for K-12. This information is continually updated so please check back for the latest.

The website includes information from Federal Student Aid (FSA) for students, borrowers, and parents.
The Office of Postsecondary Education has issued guidance, including an FAQ, for interruptions of study related to COVID-19.
The CDC has issued guidance for administrators of US Institutions of Higher Education to plan, prepare and respond to COVID-19.
Also, see a letter from the Office for Civil Rights that addresses potential discrimination associated with coronavirus.

The Department has provided additional information for families and communities including:

At-home activities for students and parents to continue learning while not in school;
Information regarding certain flexibilities under the Every Student Succeeds Act, or “ESSA;”
Information regarding services to children with disabilities;
A fact sheet from our Office for Civil Rights on the risk of Coronavirus in schools while protecting the civil rights of students; and a short webinar on Online Education and Website Accessibility;
Information on the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, or “FERPA,” including a webinar, as it pertains to K-12 and higher education students;
Information for Accrediting Agencies Regarding Temporary Flexibilities Provided to Coronavirus Impacted Institutions or Accrediting Agencies.

The Department will continue to update its website, ed.gov/coronavirus. Please direct education related questions to COVID-19@ed.gov.

Health - Mental

American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association has provided resources and information for the public including self-care resources, behavioral and public health, parenting and care giving and stress, anxiety and grief.

Can Do U

Can Do U has created a free classroom that will give any high school in the state free access to easy-to-use, zero-teacher prep SEL videos, self-grading quizzes and discussion guides through November 2020, a free 90-day enrollment.

Florida Department of Children and Families

The Florida Department of Children and Families Substance Abuse and Mental Health has created a resource to Find Local Services by county in the State of Florida. You can click on a drop down menu and select the county of residence- this will take you to a page with resources such as the managing entity, the CAT team, FACT team and mobile response team.

Florida Department of Health

The Florida Department of Health has compiled a list of resources for supporting the mental and emotional health needs of children and families before, during, and after a disaster.

Money & Mental Health – Practical Financial Skills to Manage Money

Finty has created a guide focusing on how financial debt and money worries impact people’s mental health, the importance of practical financial skills and how it helps with mental health, including expert advice on combating debt, knowing why people overspend, and how to manage the effects of money pressures, as well as practical and useful tips and advice such as how to do a budget, analyzing spending habits, where to save on household expenses, and how to deal with debt, and how to make money management a habit.

QuaverEd SEL PK-5

No matter how, or where, school starts - QuaverEd SEL resources are available for all Florida educators through December 31, 2020. Resources support learning and engagement for grades PK-5 in the traditional-school setting, virtual or hybrid models. The timely 4 week back-to-school scope and sequence is easy-to-follow and implement. Educators can also explore all lessons and modules in this CASEL and ASCA aligned curriculum resources. Learn more and create your account here.

Southern Region Educational Board

The Southern Region Educational Board is dedicated to helping educators and policy leaders work through the challenges from COVID-19, sharing resources to continue to deliver teaching and learning, from elementary through graduate school. They have compiled a multitude of state and national resources, some of which is targeted for school counseling and mental health.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is providing guidance and resources to assist individuals, providers, communities, and states across the country, including media guidelines to prevent bullying.

Special Populations – English Language Learners

Achieve3000

Achieve3000 está abriendo el acceso a sus soluciones de aprendizaje en línea de eficacia comprobada para educadores, estudiantes y padres. Hay soluciones disponibles para estudiantes en grados PreK-12 con y sin acceso a internet, y también para aquellos que necesitan contenido en español.

The Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR)

The Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR) Covid-19 page provides links to multilingual resources to help families talk to their children about the coronavirus. They have updated and reorganized this page to include additional resources, including a list of resources that are available in other languages.

Colorín Colorado

Colorín Colorado provides a broad range of information and resources to support English learners during school closures, including advice for families of English learners and for educators to help schools and communities partner more effectively with multilingual families. The website is available in both English and Spanish. Fact sheets in multiple languages are also available.

Ellevation Distance Learning

Ellevation Education has developed free, research-based activities in English and Spanish to support K-12 English learners in a distance learning environment. This resource also includes videos, podcasts, and additional resources to help EL educators stay informed and inspired.

Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC)

MAEC curated a list of resources for teachers to address students’ language learning needs, provide instruction online, and ensure equity for English learners during COVID-19 school closures. MAEC also curated information and resources for parents to help children with language learning needs.

The National Association of English Learner Program Administrators (NAELPA)

NAELPA Executive Board is collecting resources on online instruction for educators working with ELs. Resources include guidance from USED, consortia and national associations, and other distance learning resources. The site will be continually updated as new information and resources become available.

The National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL)

NNELL compiled free resources and platforms for early language learning, with resources applicable to multiple languages.

Reading Tips for Parents in Multiple Languages

Reading tips for families that speak languages other than English for families.

TESOL

TESOL is compiling resources and information for schools and teachers serving English Learners, including articles, information sheets, and strategies for virtual instruction. The hub also includes equity considerations for schools and districts along with resources for dealing with coronavirus-related racism and xenophobia.

Translation Services

Translation Services has translated COVID-19 prevention fliers into 30+ languages so they're available to people around the world.

WIDA

WIDA released guidance on opportunities and challenges of teaching multilingual learners in online environments based on the 2019 WIDA Guiding Principles of English Learning. The guidance includes resources and recommendations for teachers of multilingual learners. For families of young children ages 2-7 years, WIDA Early Years also has developed two free, downloadable activity booklets in both English and Spanish.

Below are a list of resources by grade level specific to ELL’s.

Elementary

Middle/High School

ELL Organization Support

Learning Other Languages

Special Populations – Recursos en español

Achieve3000

Consejo de Directores de Oficiales Escolares Estatales (CCSSO)

Si está buscando por recursos educativos para compartir con los padres y familias en sus estados, Learning Heroes y GreatSchools.org organizaron un seminario web esta semana, Supporting Learning at Home, que destacó los recursos sociales, emocionales y académicos digitales e impresos gratuitos disponibles para padres y maestros, incluyendo The Learning Hero Roadmap y herramientas de aprendizaje grado por grado, tanto en inglés como en español. Para una lista de recursos, haga clic aquí.

Ellevation aprendizaje a distancia

Ellevation Education ha desarrollado actividades gratuitas basadas en la investigación en inglés y español para apoyar a los aprendices de inglés K-12 en un entorno de aprendizaje a distancia. Este recurso también incluye videos, podcasts y recursos adicionales para ayudar a los educadores EL ha mantenerse informados e inspirados.

Florida Blue y New Directions Behavioral Health

Florida Blue y New Directions Behavioral Health se han unido para ofrecer una línea directa para ayudar a los floridanos a lidiar con su ansiedad por la crisis de COVID-19. Los consejeros de salud conductual especialmente capacitados contestarán el teléfono 24 horas al día y ofrecerán asistencia en inglés y español. Para recibir asistencia, por favor llame al 833-848-1762.

Recursos para estudiantes del idioma inglés (ELL)

La Asociación Nacional de Administradores del Programa de Aprendices de Inglés (NAELPA)

La Junta Ejecutiva de NAELPA está recopilando recursos sobre instrucción en línea para educadores que trabajan con EL. Los recursos incluyen orientación de USED, consorcios y asociaciones nacionales, y otros recursos de aprendizaje a distancia. El sitio se actualizará continuamente a medida que haya nueva información y recursos disponibles.

Colorín Colorado

Colorín Colorado proporciona una amplia gama de información y recursos para apoyar a los aprendices de inglés durante el cierre de las escuelas, incluyendo consejos para familias de aprendices de inglés y educadores para ayudar a las escuelas y comunidades a asociarse más eficazmente con familias multilingües. El sitio web está disponible en inglés y español. Hojas informativas en varios idiomas también están disponibles.

El Centro de Información y Recursos para Padres (CPIR)

La página COVID-19 del Centro de Información y Recursos para Padres (CPIR) proporciona enlaces a recursos plurilingües para ayudar a las familias hablar con sus niños sobre el coronavirus. Han actualizado y reorganizado esta página para incluir recursos adicionales, incluyendo una lista de recursos que están disponibles en otros idiomas.

Escuela de Graduados de Educación de la Universidad de Stanford

La Escuela de Graduados de la Universidad de Stanford publicó cursos en línea gratuitos para educadores de EL (hasta el 30 de junio de 2020). Los cursos se centran en “mejorar la capacidad de educadores (maestros, entrenadores de instrucción y administradores) a planificar, implementar y reflexionar sobre lecciones de alto desafío/ alto apoyo que simultáneamente desarrollan la comprensión del contenido de sus estudiantes, el uso académico del lenguaje y las habilidades analíticas.”

Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium(MAEC)

MAEC seleccionó una lista de recursos para que los maestros aborden las necesidades de aprendizaje de idiomas de sus estudiantes, brinden instrucción en línea y garanticen la equidad para los aprendices de inglés durante el cierre de las escuelas de COVID-19. MAEC también seleccionó información y recursos para padres para ayudar a sus niños con necesidades de aprendizaje de idiomas.

La Red Nacional para el Aprendizaje Temprano de Idiomas (NNELL)

La NNELL compiló recursos y plataformas gratuitos para el aprendizaje temprano de idiomas, con recursos aplicables disponibles en varios idiomas.

TESOL

TESOL está compilando recursos e información para escuelas y maestros que sirven a los aprendices de inglés, incluyendo artículos, hojas de información y estrategias de instrucción virtual. El centro también incluye consideraciones de equidad para escuelas y distritos junto con recursos para tratar el racismo y la xenofobia relacionados con el coronavirus.

TNTP

TNTP desarrolló una guía para apoyar a estudiantes multilingües y aprendices de inglés con educación a distancia durante el cierre de escuelas relacionadas con el COVID-19. El documento proporciona una lista de herramientas y recursos tecnológicos para que los maestros y familias promuevan el desarrollo continuo de la alfabetización y el lenguaje de los estudiantes. Los materiales se clasifican por el nivel de dominio del idioma inglés y nivel de grado e incluyen orientación sobre su uso.

WIDA

WIDA publicó una guía sobre las oportunidades y desafíos de enseñar a los estudiantes multilingües en entornos en línea basados en los Principios Rectores del Aprendizaje de Inglés de WIDA 2019. La guía incluye recursos y recomendaciones para maestros de estudiantes multilingües. Para las familias de niños pequeños de 2 a 7 años, WIDA Early Years también ha desarrollado dos folletos de actividades descargables gratuitos en inglés y español.

A continuación hay una lista de recursos por nivel de grado específico para ELL.

Primaria

Escuela intermedia/secundaria

ELL Organization Support

Learning Other Languages

Special Populations – Students with Disabilities

Microsoft

Resources to offer accessibility, special education, and online learning: supporting equity in a remote learning environment.

Product Diggers

Product Diggers has published an extensive guide on Designing the Perfect Home Playroom for Children with Autism which has helpful information and tips on how to design an ideal play space in your home for children with autism. Click here to learn more about Product Diggers!

U.S. Department of Education (DOE)

The Department stands ready to offer guidance, technical assistance, and information on any available flexibility, within the confines of the law, to ensure that all students, including students with disabilities, continue receiving excellent education during this difficult time.

General Resources

250+ Educational Content on Netflix

ScreenBinge blog site includes more than 250 latest Educational content with proper descriptions, IMDB ratings and visuals.

Amazing Educational Resources

http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/ provides an extensive list of available educational offers to help families who are staying in their homes at this time.

Education Development Center (EDC)

EDC is offering resources and ideas for parents and teachers that have been contributed by EDC staff around the world. Stay up-to-date with new resources from EDC.

GoPeer

With GoPeer, an online tutor offers the same face-to-face personalized tutoring experience as an in-person tutor, but uses our state-of-the-art live learning platform to meet with you over the Internet. GoPeer is giving 1,000 free hours of tutoring to students in the area (two free hours per family so many students can benefit). Click here and enter the code FREE120 (*use all capital letters) when creating your free parent or student account.

Here For You: Free Tutoring

Here For You: Free Tutoring is providing FREE online tutoring for students K-12. The goal of this initiative is to help students, educators, and families through this difficult time and beyond without the burden of cost. All of the tutors are undergraduate college students who are passionate about helping students succeed and helping out families and educators. Along with assistance in classes, we also provide lessons on specific subjects upon request, and ACT and SAT tutoring. To learn more about our mission and team, please visit our Facebook page linked here.

Learn With Us!

As schools have gone online as a result of the pandemic, we as students want to continue the journey of learning for ourselves and others. Our primary aim is to help as many students as we can, and at the same time offer relief to parents who are multitasking with working from home and managing their children’s learning. We offer free online group sessions and personalized individual tutoring sessions that will keep young students engaged in learning.

Springboard

Our mission is to close the reading achievement gap for every child. To do that, we need your help. Whether you’re a parent that wants to become a better coach for their child, a teacher looking to improve your practice or a school looking to partner with us, this page includes resources to get you started.

General Resources - Internet

AT&T

Access from AT&T – We offer internet access for qualifying limited income households at $10 a month or less through our Access from AT&T program. For a limited time, Access from AT&T customers at locations with available AT&T Internet speeds above 10 Mbps may be eligible for a speed upgrade up to 25 Mbps. We’ve also temporarily expanded eligibility to the program to households participating in the National School Lunch Program and Head Start.

AT&T has expanded eligibility for its low-cost internet program & new customers get 2 months of free service. In addition to SNAP recipients, the expansion covers households participating in the National School Lunch Program & Head Start. Learn more - https://m.att.com/shopmobile/internet/access/

Comcast/Xfinity

Comcast is offering free Wi-Fi, postponing service cutoff for coronavirus crisis. A map of Xfinity WiFi hotspots is available at www.xfinity.com/wifi. For those with school-age students at home, Comcast created new educational collections for all grade levels in partnership with Common Sense Media. Customers say “education” into their X1 or Flex voice remote to use. Xfinity will not be charging late fees to for customers that are unable to pay their bill due to impact from COVID-19.

Xfinity WiFi hotspots across the country will be available to anyone who needs them for free – including non-Xfinity Internet subscribers. View a map of available hotspots, here. Once at a hotspot, consumers should select the “xfinitywifi” network name in the list of available hotspots, and then launch a browser.

General – College Resources

GRE Information

The GRE® Subject Test administrations scheduled for September 12 and October 17 have been canceled. ETS launched the GRE® General Test at home to meet the needs of students affected by test center closures. It's the same valid and reliable GRE General Test, delivered to test takers at home.

Ivy League Courses Online

Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, Columbia universities, and the University of Pennsylvania are offering over 400 online courses ranging in categories from Computer Science, Humanities, Business to Engineering, Math and many more. Browse available courses here.

Teaching Degrees

Access to teaching degree programs by state. Includes recently updated Education & Teaching Guides to help job seekers, professionals, and students understand the changing landscapes of these programs and their impact on careers and employment.

TOEFL Information

ETS launched the TOEFL iBT® Special Home Edition test to meet the needs of students affected by test center closures. It's the same valid and reliable TOEFL iBT test, delivered to test takers at home.

General Resources - Food

FoodFinder

FoodFinder is a national nonprofit with a website, www.foodfinder.us, and mobile app (“FoodFinder – Fighting Hunger”) that shows low-income families when and where to get nutritious free food from their closest food pantry. Organizations that would like to be included as a resource on this platform should also visit www.foodfinder.us.

USDA

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a series of flexibilities to make it easier for children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities to get food during the COVID-19 national emergency and remove administrative roadblocks for the dedicated local staff who serve them. USDA is now allowing states to permit parents or guardians to take meals home to their children. It has also issued waivers on the times meals may be served (to make meal pick-up easier), the requirement that meals be served in group settings (to support non-congregate social distancing), and the requirement that afterschool meals and snacks served through certain programs be accompanied by educational activities (to minimize exposure to the novel coronavirus).