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2020 Summer Resources: TK - 12
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Resource Description
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TK - 2nd GradeReading and English Language Arts
Reading RocketsBooks and activities for summer reading and learning by Reading Rockets.
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Tumblebooks Animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.
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PBS Learning MediaVideo recorded lessons and activities for grades K – 12.
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Magic Tree HouseIf students like The Magic Tree House series, they may like The Magic Tree House website. Students climb up the tree and enter the tree house to find some puzzles, fun games and quizzes on any of the 45+ MTH books.
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Read, Write, Think Printing PressStudents can create a booklet, flyer, brochure or newspaper. There is a guide that walks you through the process, and the focus is on writing.
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Story JumperStory Jumper is a wonderful site that allows children to create their very own books. You can create cover pages, add text, upload drawings or photos to illustrate your story, and you can use the Story Jumper clipart gallery, too.
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iXLIXL Language provides practice with phonics, reading comprehension, writing skills and more. Student accounts can be found in "classlinks".
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Poetry Writing ResourcesThis site is the poetry playground of children’s author Kenn Nesbitt. Here you will find lots of funny poems for kids, classic children’s poems, games, poetry lessons and activities, plus a rhyming dictionary, videos, author visit information, and lots more.
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Math
DreamboxDreamBox is an online math program that is engaging and can help your child practice math skills. Students in K-2nd grade can find their Dreambox account on “classlinks” or ask their teacher for assistance signing in.
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Khan AcademyThis site offers mini lessons on math concepts by grade level. Quizzes are offered after lessons to check for understanding.
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Illustrative MathDownloadable Activities for K- 12. Supported by the California Department of Education.
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ScratchScratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.
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iXLIXL helps students master essential math skills at their own pace through fun and interactive questions. Student accounts can be found in "classlinks".
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G-Fletchy MathWebsite for grades K-6 with progression videos and 3-Act Tasks.
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Science
iXL ScienceFREE Account (2nd - 8th grade)- IXL Science helps students build lasting critical thinking abilities. With IXL, students can analyze data, build new vocabulary, and deepen their understanding of the world around them.
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PBS Learning MediaVideo recorded lessons and activities for grades K – 12.
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Catch the Science BugThis site was developed in New England to increase science literacy.
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Science With MeScience With Me has hands-in fun science projects. You'll also find science movies, songs, coloring sheets, worksheets and stories to help kids learn scientific principles and science in a fun way.
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Social Studies
iXL Social StudiesFREE Account (2nd -8th grade) - Learners dive deeper by evaluating primary sources and drawing connections between historical events and the world today.
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ToporopaLearn all about the geographical, political, historical and economical aspects of our wonderful continent.
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Performing and Visual Arts/Music
Metropolitan Museum of Art: MetKidsExplore the Metropolitan Museum of Art using the interactive map, watch videos, and travel through more than 500o years of art in the time machine
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Little Kids RockFun Summer Music Resources
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VAPA Music Choice BoardChoose one fun music activity to do daily or weekly.
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DuolingoThis is a FREE resource to learn a new language or practice a language currently being learned. Begin with a simple placement test and start learning!
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PBS Learning MediaVideo recorded dance, music, visual arts, and theater lessons and activities for grades K – 12.
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Virtual Summer Camps
Common Sense Media Online Summer CampsOnline camps to fill kids' summer with learning and adventures.
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Camp PBSFill your days with creativity, exploration, and fun with the whole family.
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SpatulattaCooking for Kids!
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Camp WonderopolisA free online summer-learning destination full of interactive STEM and literacy building topics boosted by Maker experiments.
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3rd - 5th GradeReading and English Language Arts
Reading RocketsBooks and activities for summer reading and learning by Reading Rockets.
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JK Rowling SiteFun family read-along books from J.K. Rowling
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PBS Learning MediaVideo recorded lessons and activities for grades K – 12.
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Magic Tree HouseIf students like The Magic Tree House series, they may like The Magic Tree House website. Students climb up the tree and enter the tree house to find some puzzles, fun games and quizzes on any of the 45+ MTH books.
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Read, Write, Think Printing PressStudents can create a booklet, flyer, brochure or newspaper. There is a guide that walks you through the process, and the focus is on writing.
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Story JumperStory Jumper is a wonderful site that allows children to create their very own books. You can create cover pages, add text, upload drawings or photos to illustrate your story, and you can use the Story Jumper clipart gallery, too.
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Merriam-Webster Word GamesMerriam-Webster Word Games is a nice collection of games that gets students thinking and improving their lexicon. There are crosswords, cryptograms, word searches, jumbles and a plethora of other brainy games.
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iXLIXL Language provides practice with phonics, reading comprehension, writing skills and more. Student accounts can be found in "classlinks".
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Poetry Writing ResourcesThis site is the poetry playground of children’s author Kenn Nesbitt. Here you will find lots of funny poems for kids, classic children’s poems, games, poetry lessons and activities, plus a rhyming dictionary, videos, author visit information, and lots more.
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Math
DreamboxDreamBox is an online math program that is engaging and can help your child practice math skills. Students in K-2nd grade can find their Dreambox account on “classlinks” or ask their teacher for assistance signing in.
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Khan AcademyThis site offers mini lessons on math concepts by grade level. Quizzes are offered after lessons to check for understanding.
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Learn Your TablesThis interactive site allows students to practice their multiplication times tables.
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Math LiveThis site offers upper elementary students math tutorials on subjects like fractions, multiplication, area and perimeter, tessellations, probability, and a variety of other topics.
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Number GossipNumber Gossip is a simple search box where you enter any number and receive back "everything you wanted to know about the number but were afraid to ask."
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Illustrative MathDownloadable Activities for K- 12. Supported by the California Department of Education.
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MathTVMath TV is a collection of how-to videos in a variety of math subjects. This site is free, but it does require you to register to be able to view the videos.
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ScratchScratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.
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iXLIXL helps students master essential math skills at their own pace through fun and interactive questions. Student accounts can be found in "classlinks".
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G-Fletchy MathWebsite for grades K-6 with progression videos and 3-Act Tasks.
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Science
iXL ScienceFREE Account (2nd - 8th grade)- IXL Science helps students build lasting critical thinking abilities. With IXL, students can analyze data, build new vocabulary, and deepen their understanding of the world around them.
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PBS Learning MediaVideo recorded lessons and activities for grades K – 12.
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Social Studies
iXL Social StudiesFREE Account (2nd -8th grade) - Learners dive deeper by evaluating primary sources and drawing connections between historical events and the world today.
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PBS Learning MediaVideo recorded lessons and activities for grades K – 12.
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ToporopaLearn all about the geographical, political, historical and economical aspects of our wonderful continent.
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Performing and Visual Arts/MusicGoogle Arts & CultureFeatured and trending content
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: MetKidsExplore the Metropolitan Museum of Art using the interactive map, watch videos, and travel through more than 500o years of art in the time machine
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Little Kids RockFun Summer Music Resources
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VAPA Music Choice BoardChoose one fun music activity to do daily or weekly.
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Art and MusicThis site offers several YouTube videos with step-by-step directions for learning to draw or learning about music.
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PBS Learning MediaVideo recorded dance, music, visual arts, and theater lessons and activities for grades K – 12.
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DuolingoThis is a FREE resource to learn a new language or practice a language currently being learned. Begin with a simple placement test and start learning!
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Metropolitan OperaFree student streams, Met opera global summer camp, and more.
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Dallas Museum of ArtOnline Collection
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Virtual Summer Camps
Common Sense Media Online Summer CampsOnline camps to fill kids' summer with learning and adventures.
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SpatulattaCooking for Kids!
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Camp WonderopolisA free online summer-learning destination full of interactive STEM and literacy building topics boosted by Maker experiments.
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6th - 8th GradeReading and English Language Arts
Cool Summer Reading and Learning for Middle School Kids Author Susan Curtis highlights some useful websites, ideas, and strategies for helping middle school students stay active readers during the summer. Included are links to reading lists, online reading contests, and ideas for practicing reading with tech tools.
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JK Rowling SiteFun family read-along books from J.K. Rowling
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PBS Learning MediaVideo recorded lessons and activities for grades K – 12.
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Read, Write, Think Printing PressStudents can create a booklet, flyer, brochure or newspaper. There is a guide that walks you through the process, and the focus is on writing.
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Story JumperStory Jumper is a wonderful site that allows children to create their very own books. You can create cover pages, add text, upload drawings or photos to illustrate your story, and you can use the Story Jumper clipart gallery, too.
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ShelfariShelfari is a book review site. It is dubbed the "premiere site for people who love books," and the concept is to create a virtual bookshelf of all the books you've read or are reading. You can then add a rating (one to five stars) as well as a written review of the book and when you are done. And Shelfari gives suggestions on what you might want to read next.
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Merriam-Webster Word GamesMerriam-Webster Word Games is a nice collection of games that gets students thinking and improving their lexicon. There are crosswords, cryptograms, word searches, jumbles and a plethora of other brainy games.
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VocabaheadVocab Ahead is a collection of short videos that give definitions, usage and pictures associated with interesting vocabulary words. You can subscribe to receive a vocab video of the day, and there is also a section of videos by students.
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iXLIXL Language provides practice with phonics, reading comprehension, writing skills and more. Student accounts can be found in "classlinks".
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Peotry FunPoetry Workshops from Scholastic
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Math
CK-12 Flex Your Brain This Summer: MathThis site is designed to provide students with math practice before the next school year begins!
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DreamboxDreamBox is an online math program that is engaging and can help your child practice math skills. Students in K-2nd grade can find their Dreambox account on “classlinks” or ask their teacher for assistance signing in.
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Khan AcademyThis site offers mini lessons on math concepts by grade level. Quizzes are offered after lessons to check for understanding.
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Illustrative MathDownloadable Activities for K- 12. Supported by the California Department of Education.
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MathTVMath TV is a collection of how-to videos in a variety of math subjects. This site is free, but it does require you to register to be able to view the videos.
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ScratchScratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.
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iXLIXL helps students master essential math skills at their own pace through fun and interactive questions. Student accounts can be found in "classlinks".
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Number GossipNumber Gossip is a simple search box where you enter any number and receive back "everything you wanted to know about the number but were afraid to ask."
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Science
CK-12 Flex Your Brain This Summer: ScienceThis site is designed to provide students with math practice before the next school year begins!
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iXL ScienceFREE Account (2nd - 8th grade)- IXL Science helps students build lasting critical thinking abilities. With IXL, students can analyze data, build new vocabulary, and deepen their understanding of the world around them.
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PBS Learning MediaVideo recorded lessons and activities for grades K – 12.
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Social Studies
iXL Social StudiesFREE Account (2nd -8th grade) - Learners dive deeper by evaluating primary sources and drawing connections between historical events and the world today.
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PBS Learning MediaVideo recorded lessons and activities for grades K – 12.
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ToporopaLearn all about the geographical, political, historical and economical aspects of our wonderful continent.
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Performing and Visual Arts/Music
Smart HistorySmarthistory unlocks the expertise of hundreds of scholars, making the history of art accessible and engaging to more people, in more places, than any other publisher.
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Dallas Museum of ArtOnline Collection
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Art and MusicThis site offers several YouTube videos with step-by-step directions for learning to draw or learning about music.
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PBS Learning MediaVideo recorded dance, music, visual arts, and theater lessons and activities for grades K – 12.
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DuolingoThis is a FREE resource to learn a new language or practice a language currently being learned. Begin with a simple placement test and start learning!
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Metropolitan OperaFree student streams, Met opera global summer camp, and more.