Central Kitsap School District

Math At Home

This collection of activities, organized by mathematical content, uses familiar routines that can be used by students, families, and teachers in a variety of settings. 

Open Middle

Enrichment math problems to think flexibly about math. Organized by grade level and concept. Enjoy problem solving with your student as you manipulate numbers and stretch your brain!

YouCubed

• Tasks and games to play and do organized by grade level or concept.
• Weekly Inspiration - Create a playlist of growth mindset videos and activities to build your math brain!
• Free online math course to teach students about the flexibility of numbers and growth mindset.
• Algebra for all grade levels, Lesson plans for 4 weeks of algebra activities.

Math Playground

Free games to practice math skills up to 6th grade math. 

Use this resource to sharpen your math fluency and basic math skills that you will need in future math classes. 

Bedtime Math

Keep your kids' math skills sharp - without screen time!

Khan Academy

Free videos and practice with all math topics, sorted by grade level and concept.

Use this to practice skills at your grade level

Math IXL

Mathantics

Number Rocks

Breakout EDU

Breakout room style learning activities.  Students can click on any game and start playing! 

Conversation Journal

Provide a blank notebook and fun pencils or pens, and start a simple conversation with your child, in writing. For example, you may write, “What would you like for dinner tonight? Write the menu down for me.” You can have different family members write notes in it too! 

Journal Buddies

Find journaling and writing prompts by grade and age group.

Story Time in Space

Astronauts on the International Space Station reading stories to the children of Earth as the world rotates below.

 

Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR)

(Grades K-5)
Free reading and writing game-like activities to help students practice critical reading skills.

Activities and games are appropriate for children from Kindergarten to 5th grade.

Khan Academy ELA Beta 

(Grades 2-8)
We all know that Khan Academy has great math resources. This is the new English Language Arts site. It is not as extensive as their math work just yet, but has some wonderful reading and writing lessons available.

ABCya

(Grades K-5) Practice games by grade level. Free to play, no need to join.

Better Lesson

(Grades K-12)
Free English Language Arts lessons written by teachers and instructional leaders. 

Storyline Online

(Grades K-5)
Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.

ReadWriteThink

(Grades K-12)

Starfall

PBS Kids

CKSD Digital Library (Overdrive)

Smarter Balanced

Sample SBA questions and practice tests allow students to experience the testing platform.

Breakout EDU

Breakout room style learning activities.  Students can click on any game and start playing! 

Scholastic Learn at Home

Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.

K-2 Science Resources

Online Science Enrichment Resources

See a list of interactive science resources including topics like the weather, animals,  and plants.  

Pacific Science Center: Curiosity at Home

Ignite your curiosity at home with streaming live science shows, hands-on STEM activities, tutorials, interviews, and more. These educational activities and resources are for all ages of learners and are meant to inspire and excite all people about science.

Scholastic Learn at Home 

Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.

Recycling 

Explore how things are the same and how they are different as you compare and contrast information with videos and text (and a slimy snail!) Play recycling games, read secret ‘snail trail’ messages, and learn why we must reduce our landfills. 

Clouds 

Ready, set, soar! Soar high in the clouds with a sleepy condor who wants to help you learn about the water cycle, how it works and how clouds are formed. 

Worms at Work 

Get close-up and grossed-out as you learn about the wonderful way worms work in our environment. Learn vermicomposting, and dig into how an author may write text to support his or her point of view. 

Magnets! 

Meet a clingy red-eyed tree frog with a magnetic personality as you learn about magnets, magnetic forces and how magnets make things move! Use main ideas and key phrases to help you read. Then, invent your own amazing magnet technology for the future!

SciShow Kids 

SciShow Kids explores all those curious topics that make us ask "why?" Every Tuesday and Thursday, Jessi and her robot rat Squeaks answer your questions and explain fun, complex science concepts for young, curious minds. 
Whether conducting experiments, researching new questions, or talking with experts, there's always something new to discover with SciShow Kids, no matter what your age!

The Quirkles 

Breakout EDU 

Breakout room style learning activities.  Students can click on any game and start playing! 

3-5 Science Resources

Online Science Enrichment Resources

See a list of interactive science resources including topics like the weather, animals,  and plants.  

Pacific Science Center: Curiosity at Home

Ignite your curiosity at home with streaming live science shows, hands-on STEM activities, tutorials, interviews, and more. These educational activities and resources are for all ages of learners and are meant to inspire and excite all people about science.

Ways of Watersheds

Listen up! Take this sound safari with a roaring lion for your guide. Make your own musical sounds, experiment with hearing and seeing sound waves, and learn to use text features: illustration, diagram, photo and chart.

Rock Your World 

Travel to the Grand Canyon with gophers and learn that if rocks can tell stories, so can YOU! Practice using two different kinds of questions: comparative and descriptive, and learn that during reading time, there is no such thing as a bad question!

Ooh, Oobleck

Jump in with both feet as you watch oobleck videos and learn about three states of matter: solids, liquids and gases. Learn to use captions and charts to make reading comprehension less messy and loads of fun.

Seeing Sounds

Listen up!  Take this sound safari with a roaring lion for your guide.  Make your own musical sounds, experiment with hearing and seeing sounds waves, and learn to use text features: illustration, diagram, photo, and chart.

 

Crash Course Kids

Welcome to Crash Course Kids! This bi-weekly show from the producers of Crash Course is all about gradeschool science. We'll look at Earth, Habitats, Space, Chemical Reactions, Engineering, and much much more with host Sabrina Cruz. So, join us every Tuesday and Thursday for new uploads.This series is beginning with 5th grade science, so we'll be delving into Earth Science, Physical Science, Biology, Geography, Engineering, and Astronomy. Have a look at our playlists on each subject!

Sci Girls

SciGirls is a PBS series for kids ages 8-12 that showcases bright, curious real tween girls putting science and engineering to work in their everyday lives. Each half-hour episode follows a different group of middle school girls, whose eagerness to find answers to their questions will inspire your children to explore the world around them and discover that science and technology are everywhere!

NASA Channel

NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.

To do that,  we have worked around the world -- and off it -- for more than 50 years, searching for answers to fundamental questions about our place in the universe. We're exploring space and discovering Earth. Join us for this exciting and important journey.

Bill Nye the Science

This is the Official Bill Nye the Science Guy Youtube Page! Check out full length clips from each of the 100 shows on some very interesting topics.

Breakout EDU

Breakout room style learning activities.  Students can click on any game and start playing! 

 

Scholastic Learn at Home

Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.

 

Time for Kids 

Engage. Empower. Inspire. Authentic journalism to motivate curious minds.

Washington State History

The Washington State Council for the Social Studies is a nonprofit/volunteer organization led by Social Studies teachers throughout Washington State.

PBS Learning Media 

Explore the past and learn about the present with resources on government, history, economics, and more.

Eyewitness to History

History through the eyes of those who lived it.  This site offers readings, images, videos, and audio of events throughout history.

Smithsonian’s History Explorer

Smithsonian's History Explorer was developed by the National Museum of American History in partnership with the Verizon Foundation to offer hundreds of free, innovative online resources for teaching and learning American history.
The site is designed for use by K-12 teachers and students, after-school program providers, families, and individuals interested in lifelong learning.

History Explorer's resources focus on learning history by "reading" objects for the stories they hold about the nation and its many peoples. Learning activities feature artifacts selected from over 3 million items in the Museum's collections, and draw on the expertise of the Museum's renowned curatorial staff.

Google Arts and Culture

The British Museum and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

(Grade 5)
This site uses objects to tell a history of the world. 100 objects from the British Museum and hundreds more from museums and people across the UK. Objects are from 2 million years ago to the present day and are connected to a timeline. Interactive site holds video, text, and beautiful photographs of objects for all over the world and in different times.

The History World

(Grade 5)
The aim of History World is to make world history more easily accessible through interactive narratives and timelines.

Newsela

News articles that can be adjusted by reading level.

Breakout EDU

Breakout room style learning activities.  Students can click on any game and start playing!

Seterra Geography

Become a geography expert and have fun at the same time! Seterra is an entertaining and educational geography game that gives you access to over 300 customizable quizzes. Seterra will challenge you with quizzes about countries, capitals, flags, oceans, lakes and more!

Code.org 

Free - Learn to make your own game, app, or computer drawing.   

Get Active at Home

Choose from a list of activities to get you moving at home.

Go Noodle

GoNoodle provides ways for kids and families to move and learn together.

OPEN (Open Physical Education Network): Tools for Creating an Active Home

Resources for parents and families to make their home an active home.  Check out fun activities like Deck of Fitness and Slam Ball!

Cosmic Kids Yoga (YouTube)

Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation for kids. 
Interactive adventures which build strength, balance and confidence - and get kids into yoga and mindfulness early!

KidzBop Kids: Dance Along (YouTube)

Dance along with this playlist of KidzBop tunes!

10 At-Home Learning and Movement Activities

10 worksheets with movement activities

Seattle Symphony

As our community comes together in this time of crisis, the Seattle Symphony will continue sharing performances that provide strength, comfort and joy. The musicians of the Seattle Symphony have generously volunteered to share free broadcasts with everyone during this time of uncertainty. All broadcasts can be streamed through the Symphony’s social media channels on YouTube and Facebook.

Go Noodle: Good Energy at Home

GoNoodle: Good Energy at Home provides ways for kids and families to move and learn together.

Music Enrichment Activities

Activities include making an opera, creating a new dance, and music interviews.

Soundtrack to My Life

(Grades 4-12)
In this activity, children create a soundtrack for meaningful moments in their lives.  This offline/online activity integrates music, language arts, and art.

Art Enrichment Activity Ideas

Choose from a list of offline art activities.  Make binoculars with toilet paper rolls, draw a portrait of a family member, or play the squiggle game!  

Virtual School Activities

Welcome to Virtual School Activities!  A collection of sites to live webcams, virtual tours/trips, and other miscellaneous fun academic sites. 

K-5 Social Emotional Learning Resources

View a list of Social Emotional Learning Resources for Grade K-5 students.

Virtual Nerd Videos

Free videos that teach the standards on all standards for grades 6-12.

Use these to prelearn or review standards for your math courses.

Math Playground

Free games to practice math skills up to 6th grade math. 

Use this resource to sharpen your math fluency and basic math skills that you will need in future math classes.  (warning pop up ads)

Khan Academy

Breakout EDU

Breakout room style learning activities.  Students can click on any game and start playing! 

Open Middle

Enrichment math problems to think flexibly about math. Organized by grade level and concept. Enjoy problem solving with your student as you manipulate numbers and stretch your brain!

YouCubed

• Tasks and games to play and do organized by grade level or concept.
• Weekly Inspiration - Create a playlist of growth mindset videos and activities to build your math brain!
• Free online math course to teach students about the flexibility of numbers and growth mindset.
• Algebra for all grade levels, Lesson plans for 4 weeks of algebra activities.

Virtual Nerd Videos

Free videos that teach the standards on all standards for grades 6-12.

 Use these to prelearn or review standards for your math courses.

Khan Academy

Breakout EDU

Breakout room style learning activities.  Students can click on any game and start playing! 

Open Middle

Enrichment math problems to think flexibly about math. Organized by grade level and concept. Enjoy problem solving with your student as you manipulate numbers and stretch your brain!

YouCubed

• Tasks and games to play and do organized by grade level or concept.
• Weekly Inspiration - Create a playlist of growth mindset videos and activities to build your math brain!
• Free online math course to teach students about the flexibility of numbers and growth mindset.
• Algebra for all grade levels, Lesson plans for 4 weeks of algebra activities.

Building Deeper Readers & Writers

Articles on a variety of topics that help to build on students prior knowledge.

Journal Buddies

Find journaling and writing prompts by grade and age group.

OSPI English Language Arts - Open Educational Resources

Discover open educational resources ranging from topics like developing a growth mindset, a hero's journey, and connected reading in a digital world.

CKSD Digital Library (Overdrive)

OverDrive is a free service offered by libraries or schools that lets you borrow digital content (like ebooks and audiobooks) anytime, anywhere.

Be a Historian

Your stories and the stories of the people around you are valuable & unique and they deserve to be shared with others. Everyday memories of everyday people, not just the rich and famous, have importance. Collect and preserve those memories through interviews and storytelling. Ask those with you about their lives, childhoods, etc. You can find ideas for questions on StoryCorp's website (When you were my age, what did you do for fun?, Did you cook with your family?  What was your favorite meal? etc.)  

Smarter Balanced

Sample SBA questions and practice tests allow students to experience the testing platform. 

Breakout EDU

Breakout room style learning activities.  Students can click on any game and start playing! 

Purdue OWL

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material.  Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.

Excelsior Online Writing Lab

The Excelsior OWL is designed to provide support for writers as they begin the process of writing for college and as they transition to writing outside of their introductory writing classes or programs.

TED Ed

TED-Ed’s mission is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world.

 

Khan Academy

SciShow

Science News for Students

Science Journal for Teens

Frontiers for Young Minds

HHMI BioInteractive

PHET Interactives

Breakout EDU

Breakout room style learning activities.  Students can click on any game and start playing! 

CrashCourse 

At Crash Course, we believe that high quality educational videos should be available to everyone for free. The Crash Course team has produced more than 15 courses to date, and these videos accompany high school and college level classes ranging from the humanities to the sciences. Crash Course transforms the traditional textbook model by presenting information in a fast-paced format, enhancing the learning experience.

ProCon.org

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit nonpartisan public charity, ProCon.org uses professional researchers and rigorous editorial standards to explore more than 80 controversial issues from gun control and death penalty to illegal immigration and alternative energy.

Smithsonian TweenTribune

Featuring reading-leveled texts and critical thinking questions.

Washington State Historical Society

Founded in 1891 and now into its second century of service, the Washington State Historical Society is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and vividly presenting Washington's rich and storied history.

Washington State History

The Washington State Council for the Social Studies is a nonprofit/volunteer organization led by Social Studies teachers throughout Washington State.

Wonderopolis

Each day, we pose an intriguing question—the Wonder of the Day®—and explore it in a variety of ways. Helping kids be safe, confident explorers of the online world. 

Densho

A grassroots organization dedicated to preserving, educating, and sharing the story of World War II-era incarceration of Japanese Americans in order to deepen understandings of American history and inspire action for equity.

Smithsonian “History Explorer”

History Explorer is the online portal for free, standards-based K12 resources including lesson plans, interactives, videos, and artifacts from the National Museum of American History.

Newsela

News articles that can be adjusted by reading level.

NMAI Native Knowledge 360

Inquiries with accompanying student and student materials, videos, etc. focused on Treaties through a number of topics including the Fort Laramie Treaty, Food Sovereignty, etc.

Geographic Big Ideas

Interactive textbook on regional geography based on Big Ideas.

Code.org 

Free! Build real working apps, games and websites using blocks, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and more.

Khan Academy

Breakout EDU

Breakout room style learning activities.  Students can click on any game and start playing! 

ACIS: Spanish Cultural Resources

Use these resources from both ACIS and the broader Spanish-speaking world to
help accomplish your classroom goals!

ACIS: French Cultural Resources

Use these resources from both ACIS and the French-speaking world to help accomplish your classroom goals!

ACIS: Perdido en Madrid - Episodes 1 and 2

Shot on location in Madrid, our two-part video lesson plan was created by Spanish language educators to put vocabulary into action.

ACIS: Voyage, Voyage! - Episodes 1 and 2

Created by French language educators and native speakers, the videos and accompanying exercise packets put essential French language skills into practice in a funny, relatable format.

ACIS: Spanish Lyrics and Learning

Bring music into the Spanish classroom!  Using the lyrics of contemporary Spanish songs, students will practice vocabulary and learn cultural nuances between Spanish-speaking countries.

Conjuguemos

Practice in grammar, vocabulary, verb conjugations, and listening activities.  Activities for Spanish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, and Latin.  You don't need a log in to access content.

Click the arrow next to "Browse Activities" to change the language.

Languages Online

Grammar and vocabulary activities for French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Latin. Immediate feedback while also connecting to what they have been learning in the classroom.  Pick a language from the menu on the left and you'll be taken to activities for that language.

World Language Resources from Georgia Virtual Learning

This resource from Georgia Virtual Learning includes activities for French 1-AP, Spanish 1-AP, and Japanese 1-2.  This website also features German and Latin languages.

Seattle Art Museum Digital Collection

The Seattle Art Museum’s growing collection contains nearly 25,000 works of art from around the world. Dating from antiquity to the present, the permanent collection represents a wide range of global cultures and historical perspectives.

Tacoma Art Museum Digital Collection

Browse through Tacoma Art Museum's prints and paintings.

The Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera will stream encore presentations from the award-winning Live in HD series of cinema transmissions on the company website.

Great Performances

Great Performances brings the best in the performing arts from across America and around the world to a US television audience. It presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Soundtrack for My Life

In this activity children create a soundtrack for meaningful moments in their lives.  This offline/online activity integrates music, language arts, and art.

Secondary Art Enrichment

Visit popular art museums virtually, view contemporary artists and their work, and explore art theory.

The Kennedy Center: Resource Collections

Explore content from a variety of topics including African-American History, Ancient Civilizations, and Native & Indigenous Cultures.

The Kennedy Center: Media and Interactives

View over 100+ collections including Abraham Lincoln and his taste of music to the connection between space and art/music.

Blitz Books Music Theory Resources

BlitzBooks has more than 40 titles covering beginners music theory, sight reading, sight singing, general knowledge, theory and musicianship, and even music games!

EarMaster: Learn Music Intervals

Learn music intervals from a collection of YouTube videos.

Virtual School Activities

Welcome to Virtual School Activities!  A collection of sites to live webcams, virtual tours/trips, and other miscellaneous fun academic sites. 

6-8 Social Emotional Learning Resources

View a list of Social Emotional Learning resources for Grades 6-8 students.