Student Resources

Chicago Children’s Museum

Chicago Children’s Museum Web site includes a virtual tour of their exhibits, interactive games, and lots of links for kids.

A. Pintura Art Detective

This clever site uses a Dashiell Hammett detective style to help children explore the world of art.

Peter Rabbit

Read about Beatrix Potter’s life, art and the characters she created in her timeless children’s picture books.

The U.S.A. Quiz

This is an interactive quiz that tests kids’ knowledge of where the states are on an outlined map of the United States. This site also connects to quizzes about Africa, Canada, Europe and the entire World.

Edible ExperimentsIf you want to get a real “taste” for science experiments, check this site out.

National Geographic KidsOne of the best resources for information on the Net about the world, its people, and its wildlife!

Astronomy For KidsA great place to learn all about the stars and planets!

NASA for KidsLearn about space, rockets, astronauts and more!

Kids PlanetAre you interested in finding out about endangered species?  Then, this is the place for you!  Here, you will find information about these animals and what is being done to help them.

Science News for Kids: Cool STEM articles make for fun, informative reading.

AAA MathA great math website for kids ages 5-10 - or anyone interested in fine-tuning their math skills!

Bridge BuildingHave you ever wanted to build a bridge? Well, here is your chance!

Cool Math 4 KidsThis is a great site with math games, trivia, and brain teasers all in one!

Funbrain.comAn “edutainment” site for kids. Kids will like Math baseball, Change Maker and Spell Check games.

Lemonade LarryThe classic summer kid biztakes a high-tech twist at this site. Your budding business kids are quizzed on basic multiplication facts as they determine what to charge their virtual customers.

Math CatsA magic chalkboard takes you to math art gallery and lots of playful, open-ended activities for exploring math concepts.

Math By DesignHas short video clips that show you how to use math in the real world.
Math Pickle Iridescent beetles, LEGO gunships, gnomes in trouble - math has never been more fun.  This is a site that employs these and other kid-friendly elements to teach various math concepts from K to 12.

Money FlashcardsThe perfect place to practice your money counting skills!

Between the Lions
The perfect place to read books online.

Building Language for Literacy
From naming letters to practicing rhyming...the perfect place to practice reading!

Dav Pilkey’s Website ‘O Fun
The award-winning author and illustrator gets silly (and serious) in a site designed to encourage creativity and fun.

International Children’s Digital Library
A collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children’s literature from the world community.

Lil’ Fingers
Lil’ Fingers is a computer storybook, game, activity and coloring site perfect for kids ages 3-7.

Magic Tree House
Learn all about Mary Pope Osborne’s Magic Tree Housebooks, ask her a question, or write a book review.

Starfall
This is the web site for the emerging reader!  Each vowel sound, diagraph, and word family has an animated story and a little book that goes with it.  The book can be downloaded and printed as well!

Unite For Literacy
A picture book oasis for building literacy skills! Multiple audio languages make this a great fit for ELL and primary students.

Sports Illustrated for Kids
A busy, colorful site with articles about sports figures from Jackie Robinson to Jackie Joyner-Kersee, league standings, games and more.

Dogo newsCalls itself the “leading source for current events, news and non-fictional articles for kids and teachers."  Key vocabulary words in articles are linked to dictionary entries.  Articles often end with comprehension questions with critical thinking challenges. 

Global Voices A website written, translated and curated by more than 800 citizen journalists and media experts.  This offers an excellent resource offering local and often underreported, stories. Searchable by topic or region, the site is available in 43 languages. 

KidpostKid-centric news site could use more comprehensive, timely content.

NewselaA great place to find current events that are leveled for all readers.

New York Times Learning Network 
This site is perfect for fifth-grade students who are looking for news headlines or information on the most up to date current events.

Tween TribuneA daily news site for tweens. Each day they post links to the day's most compelling news from a tweens perspective. Stories chosen for TweenTribune are selected by tweens working closely with professional journalists. Tweens can submit links to stories they'd like to share, submit their own stories and photos, and comment on the stories they read.

Washington Post for Kids Ever seen your parents reading the Washington Post and wish you could too?  Well, now you can!

YoungzineWritten for upper elementary through high school readers, covers current events around the world.

DK Findout  This is basically a FREE site that rivals Pebble Go - but it's about almost EVERYTHING!

Scratch A perfect place to code!

Code.org Another perfect place to code!

Typing.comUse this to hone your typing skills!

Games with Your Favorite CharactersThe perfect place to play games, win contests and have fun with your favorite book characters, authors, and series!

SeussvilleIn case you couldn’t tell by the title, this is the place to go to explore and learn with many of Dr. Seuss’s characters!