5 Online Learning Resources For Classrooms or Homeschooling
Over the past two years, we have tried a variety of online learning resources for homeschooling. There are some really wonderful resources out there! You can find a variety of games and activities for free or ones with annual or monthly fees.
Today I’m sharing our favorite online learning resources that we use on a regular basis. Before I share, I will note that right now I have boys ages 6, 9, and 11.
First up, is our favorite online library…Epic! We use this daily! I love it especially right now because we can’t go to our library, due to the pandemic. Epic! is awesome because we can read ALL sorts of books, fiction or nonfiction, at our fingertips.
They are basically the Netflix of books for children with over 40,000 digital books, including e-books and audiobooks, and read-along books. They have a variety of fiction and non-fiction books. You can use this subscription on a phone, tablet, or computer.
As a side note, Epic! does have a free subscription for teachers and librarians. Check that out here.
We use Mystery Science frequently for science lessons. Last year, we didn’t have a strong science curriculum, so I ended up using a lot of videos and hands-on activities from Mystery Science.
Doug has the most engaging, cool videos! And his activities are wonderful for either classrooms or homeschool families. He makes it incredibly easy, and most of the supplies are ones you’d have around the house.
One of my kids struggles with spelling, so we’ve been using a great program called Spelling City, which is going to be renamed Vocabulary City. There are so many fun games in this program that work on phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and more! All three of my boys love this program.
For this program, you pay an annual fee ($69.95) that allows you to use it for up to 25 students. As a teacher, you can see your child’s progress and also assign different lists and activities to them.
A new program to us this year is Boom Learning. After using this and learning how to make Boom Cards, I fell in love with this program!
Boom Cards are activities kids complete on their own. They are self-checking, which means they will know if they got the answer right or wrong. If it is wrong, they can correct it. Many of the activities include audio (including directions), which makes it really great for young children who can’t read yet.
Boom uses a point system to purchase activities. So if you wanted to buy an activity, which can be used on a computer, tablet, or phone, you would first have to purchase points. For example, 225 points cost $3. They do have some free activities, too! You can check out their activities here.
If you’re new to Boom Learning, check out my tutorials here.
Lastly, we’ve used ABCmouse for many years. When my oldest was in preschool, we started using this program. I really like it because it contains over 850 lessons and 9,000 learning activities! It covers literacy, math, science, art, music, and more! Your child will never run out of things to do on this program because they are constantly adding more activities. This is a great curriculum to use with children ages 2-8.
I love that they don’t have any advertisements and I don’t have to worry about what they will see or hear on this program because it’s safe! I wrote more about why I love this program in this post.
What other online resources do you like? I know there are a lot out there, so I’d love to hear your thoughts!
For today’s giveaway, I will be giving away one of the following. The winner gets to choose which prize they’d like!
- 1 year of ABCmouse.com
- 1 year of Epic!
- 5,000 points to use for Boom Cards
All you have to do is enter below! This giveaway is open to anyone worldwide.
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Boom cards looks neat for my son
Not having a school budget, this would help so much in home schooling. I appreciate your generosity by sharing these materials.
ABC mouse would be great to help fill in the areas of homeschool that need a little bit more fun learning
ABC mouse rocks would love it for my students
I would LOVE LOVE Boom Card points! I teach students with special needs, and they love the free items I’ve assigned to them. I love all 3 of your suggestions! We use them all in my classroom. Thanks so much for keeping me current with great teaching ideas!
I would love to have any of these resources for my classroom!! We don’t have internet for the students so the non digital would be best for me.
We would love Boom Cards!
I’ve been wanting to explore boom cards for a while. This would be so great for my remote learners. Thanks!
We love Epic! I would really like to try ABCmouse.
I love the tips I have read so far?
Thank you so much for sharing all these opportunities! All are awesome !!
These all sound fabulous! I can’t wait to check them out! My oldest son’s teacher just sent a note about Epic this week, so we’ll check that one out first. The science site will definitely be a big hit, too.
Thank you so much for all of your wonderful resources, they are so adaptable and user friendly, and many can be used in so many different ways! I have spent the past few months becoming familiar with Boom Cards, and 5000 points would be an amazing boost to my library!!!! What a great gift! thanks so much!
Thank you so much, Karen!!
Khan Academy Kids is an amazing app (tablets and smart phones only as they require a touch screen) for kids ages 2-8. And it’s completely free!
Awesome! I need to check that out!
So nice of you to share all those great resources with us . I am interested in Boom learning
Ooooo! I would LOVE a subscription to EPIC!!
Thanks for your review. It helps to know what to try. I will have to look into BOOM. With three kids, 10, 8, and 4, it helps to think about multi-use activities.
ABC mouse would also be useful for my preschooler as she is often left behind with games for older ones.
Take care
Thank you so much for putting these giveaways together!
What great resources! Thanks for sharing. I’d only heard of ABC Mouse before.
would love ABC Mouse
I love the option of online resources!
Everything sounds awesome. Thanks so much for offering. Have a great day.
Awesome! Online subscriptions have saved me this year!
All are great choices! Thanks for taking the time and effort
Online Learning is amazing because it can be mobile.
Love EPIC!! It’s great for road trips!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Boom Cards!! Thank you!
I would love any of these!! THankYOU!!!
My son enjoys reading aloud books! Hopefully we can win epic. Thanks
I love all of the virtual materials that I can get my hands on this year! Teaching is one thing with young students in the classroom, but trying to engage them through a screen is incredibly difficult! I appreciate everything that you do and share1
Ooh this is another great giveaway! 💜
my children love abc mouse!
We had a temp subscription to abc mouse and all 3 of my kids enjoyed it. My daughter used to use Boom cards and they always thought it was fun in school last year. My oldest uses Epic through his school and I’d love to have access for my other 2 so I’d be thrilled with any of the online resources! We have missed some of these since we switched to home schooling this year.
Awesome
I think my 6 year old would love ABC Mouse!
All of these sound AHHHHMAZING! Thank you so much!
Boom Cards would be great to make learning more interactive!
I would love the Boom Cards Points!!
i WOULD LOVE TO WIN EPIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Absolutely love all these online subscriptions, especially Boom Card Learning!!
Online resources are great! Especially in these times where a lot of us are vi
Would love to have any of those resources.
These are GREAT resources!
Any of these would be great while teaching virtual kindergarten!
Sounds amazing, would love to win anything!
I love how many books epic has.
Thank you for these online resource opportunities.
Boom cards! Awesome!
Fantastic resources!
Thanks for sharing these resources with me! Some of them are just perfect for things I need. Thanks again!
Any of these would be great! These are awesome resources!!!
I’d love ALL of these, but especially boom card points because I use those with my virtual students!!!! 🙂
Love using online resources especially for those at home learners
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing these resources!! I will check out the ones that I have not used in the past.
Excited about this giveaway! My daughter has been wanting me to get a subscription to Epic for a while now. And thank you for the science link! We’ll be checking that out today. 🙂
I would love to share Boom cards with my students!
These would be great additions!!
I have used Boom Cards so much during Distance Learning with my Preschool Class!
I love Epic, but have not had a chance to try out ABC mouse or Boom card.
Any of these resources would be great!
These subscriptions sound great for my boys!
Boom cards are a great resource for learning! We use similar activities in the class and with online learning heading our way-what a great way to make learning interactive and fun for our students with ASD
I love online resources! Boom cards are amazing!
thanks so much
thank you so much
Your site has been so helpful. I feel honored to be able to use it.
I would love ABC mouse for my classroom! Thank you so much for what you do
Any of these would be good
Love online subscriptions! Thank you!
Online resources would be wonderful!
Thank you!
Ohhh I’ve wanted to do abcmouse for my 4yo!
Oh! Online subscriptions are awesome! Thanks for all you do!