Educational Websites

Information & Websites for Education at Home

General Resources

(See also our Educational Crafts section below)
Family Education - includes articles, message board and activity ideas for parents of infants to 18 year olds
PBS Parents - section of pbs.org that includes education resources
Raising Our Kids - articles for parents & teachers, printable activities & coloring pages, free online games & stories & Rhymes
Somerset County Library System - free resource area for learning and fun activities for children, middle schoolers and High Schoolers

Courses

iTunes U - accessed via the iTunes store; free audio and video podcasts from top universities
OER Commons - with free course materials - from lecture notes to audio and video lectures - for kindergarten to college; you can search by subject area and grade level
Academic Earth - variety of subjects in video format for viewing online

Educational Crafts, Projects & Activities

DLTK's Growing Together - lots of crafts, coloring pages & activities organized by theme including holidays & countries & culture
Crafty Corner - ParenthoodNJ's crafts for kids
Learning Planet - educational activities for preschool & kindergarten, grades 1-3 and grades 4-6 & up
Enchanted Learning - free printables of alphabet activities, animal coloring pages, connect the dots, crafts and more
KinderArt - art lessons, crafts, printables & a preschool section
KidsKnowIt - online network of interactive websites for children on a variety of subjects including dinosaurs, outer space, math, biology, history
A to Z with Moose & Zee - Nick Jr's characters offer printable puzzles, printable activity packs for each letter & printable awards

Using Techn0logy for Learning

Online & Computer - list of websites & suggestions for online & computer learning games & activities
Learning on the Go - apps for iPhone & iTouch users
Learning with the TV - list of TV programs, suggested DVD series and more

Toddlers & Preschoolers

Learning Activities for Toddlers - activities in various categories including reading, math, social studies & learning responsibility
Alphabet Fun - tips & ideas compiled by ParenthoodNJ for fun ways to learn the alphabet
Counting Games for Toddlers - ideas from Parents.com
Mrs Alphabet - tons of ideas, activities and free printable learning sheets to help teach the alphabet
First School - preschool activities & crafts, including alphabet printables
Everything Preschool - various learning themes with songs, crafts & other activities
Preschool Education - activities, printable coloring pages, projects & more organized by theme

Reading & Writing

Storyline Online - sponsored by the Screen Actors Guild, this site features actors reading children's books & your child can follow along
Begin Reading - a phonics based beginning reading program that includes free worksheets
Learn to Write - a page offering links to several sites with printable writing lessons including: gallery of every letter which offers multiple tracings for practice; free printables that allow kids to trace shapes and build their early writing skills; more printable activity sheets for letter tracing