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Frontiers for Young Minds

Science articles reviewed by scientists and edited with help from children, covering space, nature, health, and the world around us.

Website
8–15 · Free94
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Wonderpip

A calm browser-based learning space with early maths, reading, science, art, music, stories, and puzzles.

Website
3–8 · Free93
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Science Journal for Kids and Teens

Free science articles written for students and approved by scientists, with topics spanning biology, health, climate, and the environment.

WebsiteDownloadable
8–16 · Free93
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LearnEnglish Kids

Free songs, stories, games, videos, grammar activities, and printable ideas from the British Council for children learning English.

WebsiteDownloadable
5–12 · Free93
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National Archives Education

Primary sources, civics activities, document-based lessons, and student learning resources from the U.S. National Archives.

WebsiteDownloadable
8–18 · Free93
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BBC Bitesize

Free curriculum-linked lessons, games, quizzes, and study support for children and teenagers.

WebsiteAndroid app
3–16 · Free92
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Reading Rockets

Evidence-based reading strategies, children’s book guidance, videos, and classroom tools for families and educators.

WebsiteDownloadable
3–10 · Free92
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Learning Adventures

Free, no-sign-up games and interactive storybooks for grades K-5 across math, science, English, history, and mixed skills.

Website
5–11 · Free92
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Book Dash

Free African storybooks that children and families can read, download, print, translate, and share with credit.

WebsiteDownloadable
2–8 · Free92
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National Archives Discovery Center

An interactive museum learning experience where children explore American democracy through games, documents, stories, and hands-on activities.

WebsitePhysical place
4–12 · Free with paid admission92
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Library of Congress Education

Primary sources, family learning, classroom materials, and reading resources from the Library of Congress.

WebsiteDownloadable
5–18 · Free92
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Te Papa Discovery Centres

Free museum discovery spaces with games, books, art activities, and hands-on learning for children and families.

WebsitePhysical placeDownloadable
0–12 · Free with paid options92
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

A book-gifting programme that mails a free, age-appropriate book each month to enrolled children in participating communities.

Website
0–5 · Free where available92
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ALA 2026 Summer Reading Lists

The American Library Association’s 2026 Summer Reading Lists offer free downloadable book and digital-media recommendations for birth–preschool, grades K–2, 3–5, and 6–8.

WebsiteDownloadable
Birth through grade 8 · Free92
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Go All In: National Year of Reading 2026 Resources

The UK National Year of Reading 2026 resource portal offers family, school, library, early-years, and accessible reading guides, activity packs, and downloadable materials.

WebsiteDownloadable
0–18 by resource; some adult-facing guidance · Free public resources92
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Library of Congress NLS Resources for Children

The Library of Congress National Library Service provides accessible braille and audio books, catalogs, magazines, and children’s reading lists for young readers with print disabilities.

WebsiteDownloadable
Under 18; preschool through young adult · Free for eligible NLS patrons92
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Storyline Online

Award-winning actors read children’s books aloud with activity guides.

WebsiteYouTube channelAndroid app
4–10 · Free91
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Duolingo ABC

A playful early-literacy app with phonics, handwriting, sight words, vocabulary, and interactive stories.

WebsiteAndroid appiOS app
3–8 · Free91
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Khan Academy

A broad free learning platform with practice and lessons across math, science, computing, reading, and more.

Website
4–18 · Free91
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Library of Congress Kids

Children’s books, author talks, writing inspiration, classic stories, and literacy activities from the Library of Congress.

WebsiteDownloadable
6–14 · Free91
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InquiryMind

Free primary learning with read-aloud lessons, science and maths simulations, games, practice questions, and worksheets for kindergarten through Grade 5.

Website
5–11 · Free91
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British Library Learning

Family activities, school resources, digital collections, and creative learning from the British Library.

WebsiteDownloadable
0–16 · Free with paid options91
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Open Learning Labs

Free video lessons, browser games, and learning puzzles in math, science, reading, and social studies for children ages 5-11.

WebsiteYouTube channel
5–11 · Free91
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Phonicademy

A structured phonics learning site with 44 sounds, browser games, decodable printables, parent guides, and companion mobile apps.

WebsiteAndroid appiOS app
2–6 · Free with paid options91
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Read Along by Google

A free reading companion that listens as children read aloud and provides pronunciation support, stories, badges, and practice in multiple languages.

WebsiteAndroid app
5–12 · Free91
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The Fable Cottage

Bilingual stories with text, audio, and video that help children and families enjoy language learning through folktales.

Website
5–12 · Free with paid options91
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BBC 500 Words

A children's story-writing project for ages 5-11 with prompts, classroom resources, story inspiration, and annual submissions.

Website
5–11 · Free91
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Royal Museums Greenwich Learning Resources

Free astronomy, science, maths, geography, history, literacy, and early-years resources from the Royal Observatory and National Maritime Museum.

Website
4–18 · Free91
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Reading Rockets Activities

Reading and writing activities for children, parents, teachers, and preschool educators from Reading Rockets.

WebsiteDownloadable
0–12 · Free91
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RIF Literacy Central

Reading activities, book resources, and literacy support from Reading Is Fundamental.

Website
3–12 · Free91
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World Book Day

Official World Book Day videos, author content, reading inspiration, and book-related activities for children and families.

YouTube channelWebsite
4–14 · Free with paid options91
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Khan Academy Kids YouTube

Khan Academy Kids videos support early literacy, math, social-emotional learning, stories, songs, and school readiness for young children.

YouTube channelWebsite
2–7 · Free91
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Oxford Owl Free eBook Library

Oxford Owl’s free eBook library helps children practise reading with phonics, fiction, and non-fiction books organized by age, series, and Oxford reading level.

Website
3–11 · Free with registration91
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Library of Congress NLS Summer Reading Program

The U.S. National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled summer reading page provides the Unearth a Story programme, kids programming, activities, and accessible reading support.

WebsiteDownloadable
Children and teens; programme-specific · Free; NLS eligibility and library enrollment apply to some services91
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National Literacy Trust

The National Literacy Trust offers school and early-years literacy resources, family support, programmes, training, and The Joy of Books podcast.

WebsitePodcast
Early years through secondary; resource-specific · Free public resources; membership and training vary91
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ALA Día Free Resources 2026

The Association for Library Service to Children provides free 2026 Día children’s reading and celebration resources in English and Spanish.

Website
Children and families · Free public resources91
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The Reading Room

The Reading Room is a nonprofit digital library app bringing free children’s books to communities in Haiti and elsewhere, including Haitian Creole, French, English, and Spanish collections.

Website
3–14 · Free91
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National Archives DocsTeach

Primary-source history activities that help students investigate documents, photographs, maps, and other records from the past.

WebsiteDownloadable
10–18 · Free90
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Start with a Book

Book-based activities, reading lists, and learning ideas that help children explore science, arts, history, and the world around them.

WebsiteDownloadable
4–12 · Free90
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Leap into Science

Open-ended science activities paired with children’s books for young learners and families from The Franklin Institute.

WebsiteDownloadable
3–10 · Free90
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National Center on Improving Literacy

Free evidence-based literacy resources for families and educators covering phonics, dyslexia, fluency, comprehension, and learning to read and write.

WebsiteDownloadable
4–18 · Free90
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Knowledge Kids

Commercial-free children’s videos, games, live TV, and shows from Knowledge Network for children ages two to eight.

WebsiteAndroid appiOS app
2–8 · Free90
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New York Public Library Learning

Storytimes, STEAM kits, reading recommendations, family activities, and free learning programs from NYPL.

WebsiteDownloadable
0–18 · Free90
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Worldreader

A global literacy nonprofit with BookSmart, a free digital reading app for children ages 0–8 and the families who read with them.

Website
0–8 · Free90
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Peabody Learning Games

A free browser arcade for kindergarten through grade 8, with reading, math, science, typing, building, and puzzle games.

Website
5–14 · Free90
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Play It My Way

Forty-nine hand-built learning games for ages 2-14, covering early learning, literacy, math, geography, coding, science, and logic.

Website
2–14 · Free90
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Boopaboo

A free tap-and-play collection for ages 2–5 covering sounds, colors, shapes, counting, letters, and early patterns.

Website
2–5 · Free90
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Spark & Anvil

A large free collection of browser learning apps, stories, books, and puzzles for children and teens ages 3–18.

Website
3–18 · Free90
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Level One Reading

A free phonics program for ages 4–6 with systematic synthetic phonics, decodable books, sounds, blending, and tricky words.

Website
4–6 · Free90
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Phonics Lessons

A free browser phonics path for ages 3–6 with letter sounds, decodable stories, sound missions, games, and printables.

Website
3–6 · Free with paid options90
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Poetry Foundation Children's Poems

A curated collection of children's poems, classics, nursery rhymes, and poetry learning material from the Poetry Foundation.

Website
5–14 · Free90
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BBC School Radio

Audio, video, and downloadable primary-school resources covering music, dance, drama, history, literacy, maths, and assemblies.

Website
3–11 · Free90
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BBC Super Movers

Curriculum-linked songs, movement videos, and active learning resources for children across maths, English, sport, and wellbeing.

Website
5–11 · Free90
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London Museum Schools Resources

History activities, downloadable classroom resources, and museum learning ideas for early years through secondary students.

Website
5–18 · Free90
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Cape Town Museum of Childhood

An interactive museum where children and adults explore childhood heritage, oral history, memory, and community through exhibitions and stories.

WebsitePhysical place
3–12 · Free90
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London Museum Schools and Communities

History learning resources, curriculum-led sessions, school visits, and community programmes from London Museum.

WebsitePhysical place
5–18 · Free with paid options90
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PBS KIDS YouTube

The official PBS KIDS YouTube channel with clips, songs, stories, and educational video series for young children and families.

YouTube channelWebsite
3–8 · Free90
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Sesame Street YouTube

The official Sesame Street channel with songs, stories, social-emotional learning, early literacy, and playful preschool videos.

YouTube channelWebsite
2–7 · Free90
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Denver Public Library Welcome to Reading Kits

Free Denver Public Library kits pair books, activities, and targeted tips for developing readers, with English and Spanish support across background knowledge, decoding, fluency, and comprehension.

WebsiteDownloadable
4–9 · Free with library access90
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eRead Kids Digital Library

Georgia Public Library Service’s digital library gives children access to more than 45,000 English and Spanish ebooks and audiobooks, from picture books and basic readers to graphic novels and chapter books.

WebsiteAndroid app
3–10 · Free with library card90
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PBS KIDS Podcasts

PBS KIDS Podcasts brings family listening off-screen with story, music, problem-solving, and educational series including Arthur, Molly of Denali, Odd Squad, and Work It Out Wombats.

WebsiteSpotify
2–8 · Free90
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Dino Kids

Dino Kids is a free, offline-friendly learning app with drawing, handwriting, phonics, early math, music, stories, and language activities in five languages.

WebsiteiOS appAndroid app
3–8 · Free; no ads or in-app purchases90
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NSW Supporting Early Literacy at Home

The NSW Government’s early-literacy guide helps families support communication, speech, language, reading, singing, word games, and creative play from birth. It also links to translated family factsheets and related public resources.

WebsiteDownloadable
0–5 · Free public web guide90
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AlifLaila Kids’ Digital Library

A multilingual children’s digital library created to widen access to reading through Urdu, English, and Arabic stories, with guest and offline access described by UNESCO.

Website
Young learners · Free access; guest and offline modes described90
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Summer Reading Challenge

The UK Reading Agency programme encourages children to read independently over the summer through a themed challenge, library participation, rewards, and family reading activities.

Website
4–11 · Free through participating UK libraries90
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Library of Congress Braille Literacy for Children, Teens, and Adults

The Library of Congress NLS guide curates braille-literacy resources, early-learning programs, accessible materials, and age-specific support for children and teens.

WebsiteDownloadable
Children through teens; adult learner resources also included · Free public guide; linked materials vary90
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World Literacy Foundation Global Children’s Library

The World Literacy Foundation’s Sun Books Global Children’s Library connects children with digital stories and interactive books in 137 languages.

WebsiteDownloadable
Children; activity-specific · Free public library access90
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OpenBookshelf by Fedu.AI

OpenBookshelf is a free multilingual children’s reading platform from Fedu.AI and Texas A&M International University, with native-language and foreign-language collections.

Website
4–14 · Free90
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Highlights Kids

Stories, puzzles, crafts, jokes, games, and creative activities from Highlights for children.

WebsiteiOS appAndroid app
6–12 · Free with paid options89
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PBS LearningMedia

A free library of curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and discussion prompts for teachers and learners from pre-K through high school.

Website
4–18 · Free89
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Science News Explores

Accessible science news, explainers, experiments, and stories for readers from middle school onward.

Website
11–18 · Free89
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BookTrust

Children’s reading charity with book recommendations, family reading tips, reading activities, and support for schools and families.

WebsiteDownloadable
0–14 · Free89
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Teach the UN

K–12 teaching guides, games, activities, and child-friendly resources about peace, human rights, sustainability, and the United Nations.

WebsiteDownloadable
5–18 · Free89
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iCivics Games

Free civic-learning games that let students explore government, law, elections, and public decision making through play.

WebsiteDownloadable
10–18 · Free89
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The National Archives Education

Primary-source history resources, enquiry activities, and online sessions for schools, families, and young learners.

WebsiteDownloadable
7–18 · Free89
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Delrita Pryce Foundation

Free animated literacy and money-skills programs, printable activities, and a learning app for young children.

WebsiteDownloadable
2–5 · Free89
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The Story Museum

A family museum in Oxford with immersive story spaces, picture-book play, exhibitions, and story-led events for children.

WebsitePhysical place
0–12 · Paid89
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NFB Education

Canadian film-based learning resources, playlists, study guides, and digital storytelling activities for classrooms and curious learners.

WebsiteiOS appAndroid app
5–18 · Free with paid options89
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Diffy

A calm, ad-free learning world with short browser games and illustrated books for math, science, coding, geography, and reading.

Website
6–16 · Free89
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epotli

Free browser games for ages 3-8 covering math, reading, phonics, alphabet, geography, memory, and money sense.

Website
3–8 · Free89
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games.family

Free browser games for young children, with simple puzzles, words, numbers, colors, and matching play.

Website
2–6 · Free89
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Clickaroo

Open-and-play browser games for toddlers and young children covering letters, words, colors, numbers, shapes, memory, and puzzles.

Website
1–5 · Free89
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LearnToReadStories.com

A free, no-login reading path for early readers with phonics, sight words, printable stories, coloring pages, and parent guidance.

Website
3–8 · Free89
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PBS North Carolina Education

Public-media learning resources for young children, families, and educators, including PBS KIDS activities, literacy, STEM, and educational video.

Website
2–12 · Free89
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Trace Quest

A free browser detective game where children trace online information, evaluate sources, and practice spotting misinformation through a timed mystery.

Website
6–12 · Free; no account or student data collection89
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NASA Earth Observatory for Kids

A NASA digital magazine collection for young learners aged 9–14, combining Earth-observation stories with downloadable hands-on activities about satellites, climate, land, water, and weather.

Website
9–14 · Free89
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Oliver Wolcott Library Early Literacy

Oliver Wolcott Library’s early-literacy service combines reading guidance, book collections, phonics-based instruction, a reading specialist, and family reading-habit advice.

Website
0–12 · Free library service; local appointment availability89
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Library of Congress Historical Children’s Books Digital Collections

The Library of Congress research guide links to free digitized historical children’s books and related primary-source collections.

WebsiteDownloadable
Children and families; historical content varies · Free public collections89
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Tutor-For-All

Tutor-For-All pairs K–5 students from low-income families with free online one-to-one high-school and college tutors for maths and reading.

Website
K–5 · Free for eligible families89
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Warmnest

Warmnest is a children’s audio library with short stories, narrated learning series, and simple games led by animal characters. The official page describes a small, curated catalog for ages 2–8.

Website
2–8 · Free; official page states no ads89
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Oxford Owl

Expert reading guidance, educational activities, and a free eBook library for children learning at home.

WebsiteDownloadable
3–11 · Free with registration88
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Teach Your Monster to Read

A phonics adventure game that takes children from first letter sounds through early sentences and little books.

WebsiteAndroid appiOS app
3–6 · Free with paid options88
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Unite for Literacy

A free digital library of picture books with narration options in many languages.

Website
2–8 · Free88
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Storynory

Free audio stories, fairy tales, myths, poems, and original adventures for children and families.

WebsitePodcastYouTube channel
3–12 · Free88
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Sesame Street

Public-media stories, videos, games, and activities supporting early learning and social-emotional development.

Website
2–8 · Free88
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StoryWeaver

An open digital library of children’s stories in many Indian and global languages.

Website
3–12 · Free88
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Epic Kids

A digital library for kids with books, audiobooks, videos, and reading discovery for children through age 12.

WebsiteiOS appAndroid app
0–12 · Free with paid options88
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Reading Is Fundamental

Reading motivation, literacy resources, and family and educator support from the United States literacy nonprofit RIF.

WebsiteDownloadable
3–12 · Free88
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Story Time From Space

Children’s books and science videos read and demonstrated from space, connecting literacy with real space exploration.

Website
4–12 · Free with paid options88
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CellieKids

Free educational videos, games, songs, activities, and printables for children ages 2-9.

WebsiteYouTube channel
2–9 · Free88
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ABC Education

Free Australian curriculum-linked videos, games, lessons, and classroom resources for children, families, and teachers.

WebsiteDownloadable
5–18 · Free88
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National WWII Museum Education

K–12 history, STEM, lesson plans, classroom guides, virtual field trips, and student experiences from the National WWII Museum.

WebsiteDownloadable
8–18 · Free with registration88
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BrainPOP Jr.

Animated lessons, activities, and learning resources for young learners across science, math, reading, health, social studies, and the arts.

WebsiteDownloadable
5–9 · Free with paid options88
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Small Fry Games

Free browser games for curious children, with playful practice in early learning, reading, addition, science, and observation.

Website
3–10 · Free88
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The Children’s Poetry Archive

A free audio poetry library for children, with poems read aloud, age groups, themes, glossary terms, and teaching resources.

Website
3–16 · Free88
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Discovery Quest

Free human-reviewed learning quests for math, English, space science, and logic, with no ads or tracking of children.

Website
5–11 · Free88
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ReadWriteThink Interactives

Free literacy interactives for children and classrooms, including story maps, plot diagrams, word sorts, and reading tools.

Website
5–18 · Free88
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Microsoft Reading Coach

A free reading practice tool with AI-powered stories, personalized word practice, educator guidance, and multilingual reading support.

WebsiteDesktop app
6–18 · Free88
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Bookshare

An accessible digital library with children's books, teen titles, reading tools, and support for learners with reading barriers.

Website
5–18 · Free with registration88
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Royal Shakespeare Company Learning

Creative Shakespeare and theatre learning for young people, schools, teachers, and families, with curriculum resources and youth programmes.

Website
7–18 · Free with paid options88
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Natural Inquirer

USDA Forest Service science readers, activity books, lesson material, and virtual learning adventures for PreK through grade 12.

WebsiteYouTube channelDownloadable
4–18 · Free88
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Islam Museum Learn

A free, open museum learning experience with age-based paths, stories, quests, teacher materials, and family activities for ages 4-18.

Website
4–18 · Free88
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TIME for Kids

Current-events stories, age-banded news, and classroom-friendly reading for children and families.

Website
6–14 · Free with paid options88
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PBS KIDS for Parents

Family activities, games, printable ideas, and learning guidance from PBS KIDS for parents and caregivers.

Website
2–8 · Free88
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StoryWeaver Audio Adventures

StoryWeaver offers a curated library of imaginative audio stories for young listeners, with age labels, free monthly listening, family profiles, and optional premium listening and story creation.

WebsiteiOS app
3–8 · Free with paid options88
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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

A public-library early-literacy program for children from birth to kindergarten that supports reading logs, family reading routines, and English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole resources.

WebsiteDownloadable
0–5 · Free88
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Naperville Public Library Children’s Digital Library

A public-library digital collection with children’s ebooks, audiobooks, animated storybooks, read-alongs, movies, language resources, and kid-focused streaming platforms.

WebsiteYouTube channel
0–12 · Free with library card88
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Reach Out and Read Is On the Air

Reach Out and Read’s official podcast connects childhood health, early literacy, books, and family relationships through conversations with pediatricians, librarians, and other experts.

WebsiteApple PodcastsSpotify
0–8 · Free podcast88
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Michigan Learning Channel

Michigan Learning Channel provides on-demand educational programs, family learning resources, literacy and math shows, DIY science videos, and selected Spanish and Arabic content through its website and YouTube channel.

WebsiteYouTube channel
3–12 · Free88
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In It Podcast

Understood’s podcast about supporting kids who learn and think differently, with conversations about reading, math, focus, ADHD, dyslexia, school support, and family life.

WebsiteApple PodcastsSpotify
6–18 · Free podcast88
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StoryKind

StoryKind is a free children’s literacy podcast hosted by authors Kelly Yang and Kate DiCamillo, with storytelling advice, young-reader questions, author perspectives, and new episodes for kids ages 8 and up.

WebsiteSpotifyApple Podcasts
8–14 · Free podcast88
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JayDay

JayDay is a free browser tutor for newcomer children ages 6–12, combining English learning with school mathematics, language, and science explained in a choice of home languages.

Website
6–12 · Free; no ads or child accounts88
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Karim and Jana Words Journey

This official Qatar Reading Foundation app supports Arabic literacy for young children through a playful words journey with no ads or subscriptions.

WebsiteAndroid appiOS app
4–7 · Free; no ads or subscriptions88
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Literacy LIFTER

The Iowa Reading Research Center’s free LIFTER tool supports handwriting and early reading with evidence-based letter instruction, videos, assessments, and English/Spanish worksheets.

WebsiteDownloadableYouTube channel
3–8 · Free88
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Kkomi

Kkomi is a browser-based AI read-aloud companion from LEADKIDS: children read picture books aloud, receive reading support and questions, and guardians can follow reading and thinking reports.

WebsiteiOS app
6–12 · Free web beta; iPhone app beta via TestFlight88
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Let’s Learn

THIRTEEN PBS’s Let’s Learn offers free educational videos and printables for young children, including storybooks, reading and writing, math, science, arts, social studies, movement, and STEM clips.

Website
4–7 · Free88
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Storyboat

A bedtime story app for ages 3–8 with original illustrated stories, read-aloud narration, and highlighted words.

WebsiteiOS appAndroid app
3–8 · Free stories; subscription for full library88
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Truth Runners

A free fact-checking game with elementary, middle-school, and high-school paths that trains source verification and misinformation detection under pressure.

Website
8–14 · Free; no account or student data collection88
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AI Safety and Ethics Guide

A grade-banded AI safety and ethics module covering responsible use, deepfakes, misinformation, privacy, and digital judgment with interactive checks and printable guidance.

WebsiteDownloadable
5–18 · Free online curriculum88
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Digital Guardian

An age-banded K–12 online-safety curriculum with practical lessons and challenges for privacy, game chat, cyberbullying, AI, and what to do when something feels wrong online.

WebsiteDownloadable
5–18 · Free online curriculum88
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AI Literacy

A free five-unit AI literacy module for K–12 families and students covering how AI works, deepfakes, privacy, ethics, and family rules with age-scaled explanations and knowledge checks.

Website
5–18 · Free online module88
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QuillQuest

A free spelling, times-tables, division, and touch-typing practice adventure for grades 3–8, with browser play and separate mobile apps.

WebsiteiOS appAndroid app
8–14 · Free; no ads, in-app purchases, tracking, or account88
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TypePets

A browser typing tutor for children with finger-placement guidance, games, reading practice, and a virtual-pet loop. The official page presents it as a classroom-ready resource without login, ads, or tracking.

Website
7–12 · Free; no login, ads, or premium tier88
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Look, Talk, Play!

Look, Talk, Play! uses Smithsonian objects and everyday materials to help young learners build literacy, creativity, and communication through family activities.

WebsiteDownloadable
5–11 · Free downloadable family activity88
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REL Reading Comprehension Family Activities

The U.S. Department of Education’s Regional Educational Laboratory toolkit provides family activities for engaging with reading, inferencing, predicting, retelling, and visualizing.

WebsiteDownloadable
5–10 · Free public toolkit88
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Surrey Libraries Kids & Families

Surrey Libraries’ Kids & Families page connects families with storytimes, early-literacy programs, reading support, book lists, coding kits, digital resources, and children’s media.

WebsiteDownloadable
0–18 · Library access and digital-resource terms vary88
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BBC Bitesize Primary

BBC’s primary-school learning hub for ages 3–11 with subject and year-group activities, videos, games, and topic packs across UK curricula.

Website
3–11 · Free88
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Take One Picture

Take One Picture is the National Gallery’s national primary-school programme, using one artwork from the collection to inspire cross-curricular classroom work, project stages, teacher learning, and exhibitions.

Website
5–11 · Free website resources; some professional learning is scheduled88
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Meet the Children of the Getty: A Set of 8 Activities

The Getty Museum’s Meet the Children of the Getty activity set uses works of art to help lower-elementary learners make connections across children, places, and time through drawing, writing, observation, and discussion.

Website
5–8 · Free downloadable activities88
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One Book, OWWL Kids

One Book, OWWL Kids is a community-read program for children and caregivers across four New York counties, pairing a shared picture book with participating-library celebrations and early-literacy support.

Website
4–10 · Free program; local event details vary88
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British Library Discovering Children’s Books

The British Library’s Discovering Children’s Books collection provides primary-school reading, writing, book-making, illustration, author, and creative activities developed with authors and illustrators.

Website
Primary school; especially KS2 · Free digital resources88
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New Hampshire State Library Kids’ Books & Teachers

The New Hampshire State Library explains how young readers with blindness or print disabilities can access audio and braille books, NLS catalogs, BARD, and teacher bibliographies.

WebsiteDownloadable
Preschool through young adult · Free for eligible readers through NLS services88
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NASA Knows Stories for Students in Grades K-4 and 5-8

NASA’s official student story collection explains space and science topics including black holes, the International Space Station, aerodynamics, Artemis, and more by elementary and middle-school grade bands.

Website
Grades K-4 and 5–8 · Free public resource88
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Go All In: National Year of Reading 2026

Go All In is the official National Year of Reading 2026 campaign hub, with family guides, educator resources, events, and reading-for-pleasure support for children and young people across the UK.

Website
0–18 · Free88
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Seattle Children’s Museum Programs

Seattle Children’s Museum’s official learning page gathers daily Story Time, Silly Science, Creative Corner, PNW Nature Walk, camps, classes, and family events.

Website
0–12 · Admission or membership required88
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LOTE4Kids at State Library of Western Australia

The State Library of Western Australia’s LOTE4Kids access page connects children with thousands of picture books and audiobooks in world languages through a library-supported web service and mobile apps.

WebsiteiOS appAndroid app
5–12 · Library card access required88
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Science Central TOTS

Science Central’s TOTS program introduces children ages 3–6 to monthly STEM themes through hands-on activities, storytime, and museum exploration.

Website
3–6 · US$15 per child plus adult fees88
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BookCloud Multilingual Children’s Library

BookCloud is a free children’s library app with illustrated stories that families can switch between languages and read aloud together.

Website
3–10 · Free88
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Ehon Plus

Ehon Plus is a picture-book app for children ages 0–6 with bundled stories, age filters, offline reading, and a multilingual interface.

Website
0–6 · Free88
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Stoopkid Stories

Stoopkid Stories is a children’s story podcast and live-storytelling project following young Black characters through friendship, family, school, and community adventures that invite social-emotional conversations.

WebsitePodcast
5+ · Free podcast; live events and partnerships vary88
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NABU

NABU is a multilingual children’s literacy publisher creating culturally responsive mother-tongue books and making them available to children, families, and teachers.

Website
5–12 · Free for children, families, and teachers88
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Pitara Kids

Pitara Kids offers interactive bilingual stories with read-along narration and quizzes, plus screen-free audio stories for children and families.

Website
3–13 · Free web stories; paid app options may apply88
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Book Creator

A multimedia authoring tool for making digital books with text, images, drawings, audio, and video.

Website
5–18 · Free with paid options87
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Colorín Colorado

Bilingual family and educator resources that support English-language learners and literacy development.

Website
3–18 · Free87
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TIME for Kids

Current-events articles, science stories, and age-leveled reading for children in kindergarten through grade 6.

WebsiteDownloadable
5–12 · Free with paid options87
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Boston Children’s Museum Online Games

Free online games from Boston Children’s Museum that invite children to create stories, build a museum, and practise memory.

Website
4–12 · Free87
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Scholastic Kids

A kid-facing library of book discoveries, series pages, and new releases from Scholastic.

Website
5–13 · Free87
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Blue Brick School

A free, open-source learning platform with more than 300 activities and books, designed for children and educators and available online or offline on Android.

Website
5–12 · Free87
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Ranger Rick Kids Nature

Wildlife magazines, nature stories, animal facts, games, and family activities that help children explore the natural world.

WebsiteDownloadable
4–14 · Free with paid options87
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PlayWorks™ — Children’s Museum of Manhattan

A birth-to-four learning space combining music, movement, stories, sensory art, puzzles, engineering, and pretend play through daily programs.

WebsitePhysical place
0–4 · Paid museum admission87
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North Vancouver City Library Children’s Community Hub

A public-library children’s hub with storytimes, take-and-make kits, kid-friendly meditation, homework help, digital picture books, and family programs.

WebsiteYouTube channel
0–12 · Free with library access87
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Rolling Meadows Library Storytime at Home

A public-library storytime hub with free read-alongs, interactive storybooks, recommended storytime channels, Spanish options, and direct links to children’s reading platforms.

WebsiteYouTube channel
2–10 · Free online; some library services require access87
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Literacy for Kids

Literacy for Kids is a free, open-source collection of practical lessons for ages 8–12 covering computer, money, media, civic, legal, health, environmental, emotional, and social literacy through short activities and shared toolkits.

Website
8–12 · Free and open source87
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Milwaukee Public Museum Early Learning Virtual Resources

Milwaukee Public Museum’s Early Learning collection gives PreK–K learners science, literacy, math, art, music, movement, and at-home activities organized around animals, dinosaurs, bugs, ecosystems, and neighborhoods.

WebsiteYouTube channel
3–6 · Free87
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Kids Listen Podcast Directory

Kids Listen is a nonprofit community and directory that helps families, librarians, and educators discover high-quality podcasts and screen-free audio programming for children.

Website
2–14 · Free87
Screenshot of Oak Park Public Library Digital Library for Kids & Families

Oak Park Public Library Digital Library for Kids & Families

Oak Park Public Library’s digital library guide curates early-learning videos, at-home activities, homework help, kid-friendly streaming, library apps, and research tools for children and families.

Website
2–14 · Free; some services require a library card87
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NC Literacy at Home

North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction Literacy at Home hub provides grade-level family activities from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade covering phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and oral language.

WebsiteDownloadableYouTube channel
3–11 · Free87
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Skybrary

Skybrary by Reading Is Fundamental is an ad-free reading app for children ages 3–9 with more than 1,000 ebooks and virtual field-trip videos designed to build reading enjoyment and discovery.

Website
3–9 · Free books; subscription and school access options87
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DoodleBeez

DoodleBeez is an ad-free learning app for ages 3–10 combining read-aloud picture books, step-by-step drawing, games, kindness and money stories, printables, and spoken support in nine languages.

WebsiteYouTube channel
3–10 · Free plan; paid plans with expanded library and activities87
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Their First Typing

A free, ad-free browser typing course for beginners learning useful words and phrases across nine language courses.

Website
6–14 · Free; no ads or account required87
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Word Quest

A free word adventure that builds vocabulary, spelling, and reading comprehension through a short browser game with no account.

Website
5–10 · Free; no account or student data collection87
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Provenance Academy Free Games

A free collection of browser-based digital-safety games for K–12 students, including media literacy, fact-checking, vocabulary, and focus activities with no login or student data collection.

Website
5–18 · Free; no login or purchase required87
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Wondermaths

A playful browser learning world for ages 3–10 combining early maths, drawing, reading, listening, reusable pages, and guided adventures.

Website
3–10 · Free; no account required87
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Gimble Gaming

A browser game library with educational music, physics, chemistry, spelling, science, and puzzle games, each labeled with a recommended age.

Website
4–10 · Free; no ads, purchases, chat, or accounts87
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Stackadoo

A browser-based educational building game where children in grades 2–5 solve maths, reading, spelling, and grammar challenges to earn blocks and build 3D worlds.

WebsiteYouTube channel
7–11 · Free during closed testing; no account required to start87
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Phonic Book

A free offline phonics reader for ages 3–6 with 13 talking A-to-Z stories. Children tap words to hear them read aloud, tap pictures for letter sounds, and earn a sticker after each story.

Website
3–6 · Free; no signup, ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases87
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Minnesota Families READ Toolkit

Minnesota’s Families READ Toolkit gives caregivers playful ways to support emergent readers, choose books, and help children develop language and reading skills.

WebsiteDownloadable
0–9 · Free public toolkit87
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Literacy Quebec Family Literacy Toolkit

Literacy Quebec’s Family Literacy page explains intergenerational literacy and provides a toolkit with practical reading tips, family activities, and guidance for building literacy habits together.

WebsiteDownloadable
0–12 · Free public toolkit87
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NYC Literacy Resources for Families

New York City Public Schools’ literacy-resources page gathers family-oriented guidance and activities to support children’s reading and literacy development at home.

WebsiteDownloadable
3–12 · Free public resources; linked access varies87
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Shikshalay

Shikshalay is a free multilingual early-learning app for roughly ages 5–8, with Bengali, English, and Hindi lessons in alphabet, reading, maths, science, drawing, games, and everyday skills.

Website
5–8 · Free; no sign-up87
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OC Public Libraries In-N-Out Cover to Cover Club

Orange County Public Libraries’ 2026 Cover to Cover Club encourages children ages 4–12 to read five books or 300 minutes, track progress with a reading log, and earn an achievement award.

Website
4–12 · Free through participating Orange County libraries87
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iREAD Summer 2026: Plant a Seed, Read

iREAD’s 2026 library reading programme uses a farm-to-table theme to connect stories with culture, history, science, health and human connection, with children, teen, early-literacy and family activities.

WebsiteDownloadable
Children, teens, early literacy and families; activity-specific · Paid resource guide; some state-library partners distribute it directly87
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National Literacy Trust National Year of Reading 2026

The National Literacy Trust’s official campaign page supports schools, early-years settings, libraries, and families taking part in the UK National Year of Reading 2026.

WebsiteDownloadable
Children and young people; activity-specific · Free public campaign information and linked resources87
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Go All In Families: Ages 0–5

This official National Year of Reading 2026 family guide gives parents and carers practical early-literacy ideas for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, including shared stories, songs, books, and everyday reading.

Website
0–5 · Free87
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Go All In Families: Ages 5–11

This official National Year of Reading 2026 guide supports primary-age children with reading-for-pleasure ideas, book formats, comics, audiobooks, affordability tips, and library access.

Website
5–11 · Free87
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Go All In Families: Ages 11+

This official National Year of Reading 2026 guide is for older children and teens, with reading-for-pleasure ideas spanning fiction, graphic novels, nonfiction, podcasts, wellbeing, and digital library resources.

Website
11–18 · Free87
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Brisbane Libraries

Brisbane City Council’s library service gives families access to free library membership, children’s stories and learning programmes, ebooks, audiobooks, online games, digital resources, and a library app.

Website
0–18 · Free membership for eligible users87
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Nebula Multilingual Stories

Nebula offers picture books for multilingual families, designed for ages 0–5 and intended for shared reading in the languages children call home.

Website
0–5 · Free during early access; optional paid family library may vary87
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Unuhi

Unuhi is a bilingual children’s book app with read-along audio, stories in two chosen languages, flashcards, and a broad multilingual catalog for young readers.

Website
3–8+ · First book/free trial; paid catalog options vary87
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Lumo

Lumo is an adaptive browser learning path for English, maths, and 11+ reasoning, with offline use, read-aloud support, and gentle practice for children.

Website
4–11 · Free; no account needed87
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Funbrain

A broad library of games, books, videos, and math activities organized for learners from pre-K through grade 8.

Website
4–14 · Free86
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Bedtime Math

Short family math stories and questions designed to make everyday number talk easy to share.

Website
3–12 · Free86
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Global Digital Library

Free early-grade books and reading materials in multiple languages for children and families.

Website
3–10 · Free86
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ReadWorks

Free reading passages, comprehension lessons, and educator tools for elementary and middle school.

Website
5–14 · Free with registration86
Screenshot of Animal Fact Guide

Animal Fact Guide

A colorful animal reference with species facts, quizzes, wildlife articles, and age-friendly nature learning.

Website
5–12 · Free86
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Teaching Kids News

Free, readable current-events articles written by professional journalists for children, families, and classrooms.

Website
8–14 · Free86
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Digital Museum of Learning

A free online museum for children and educators with interactive exhibitions, stories, resources, and playful quizzes about learning.

Website
7–12 · Free86
Screenshot of National D-Day Memorial Education Resources

National D-Day Memorial Education Resources

Free lesson plans, activities, and virtual offerings that help students learn about D-Day and World War II history.

WebsiteDownloadable
8–18 · Free86
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Duck English Phonics Games

Free browser games for practicing letter sounds, listening, blending, and early English phonics with a class or family.

Website
4–10 · Free86
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USU Children’s Digital Library

A free public library of open-access books, audiobooks, activities, primary sources, and multilingual discovery paths for young readers and families.

Website
5–18 · Free86
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Loving2Read

A free digital library with more than 1,000 children’s books, reading levels, printables, streaks, achievements, and classroom-friendly browsing.

Website
3–10 · Free with paid options86
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Poetry4Kids

A free poetry library with funny poems, writing lessons, poetry activities, and performance ideas created for children and teachers.

WebsiteDownloadable
6–14 · Free86
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My World Quest

A free learning world for children ages 4–15 with a 36-week journey across maths, science, English, history, geography, art, music, coding, stories, games, and creative activities.

Website
4–15 · Free86
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Mighty Little Monkey

Mighty Little Monkey is a bilingual read-along app retelling Journey to the West in fifty picture books with word-by-word narration, quizzes, vocabulary, two reading levels, and twelve language options.

WebsiteiOS appAndroid app
3–12 · Book 1 free; one-off paid season passes86
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NSW Learning Every Day Through Play Podcasts

The NSW Department of Education’s family podcast series explains how children learn through play and everyday routines, with episodes on early learning frameworks, play-based learning, family support, and letting children lead.

WebsitePodcast
0–8 · Free86
Screenshot of San Francisco Public Library Virtual Library for Kids

San Francisco Public Library Virtual Library for Kids

San Francisco Public Library’s virtual library for kids brings together ebooks, audiobooks, streaming media, homework help, STEM resources, language learning, storytimes, and family learning links for children and caregivers.

WebsiteYouTube channel
0–14 · Free; some services require a library card86
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District of Columbia Public Library Kids

DC Public Library’s kids hub connects families to digital books, audiobooks, read-alongs, Kanopy Kids, science and homework databases, reading lists, Books from Birth, and educator support.

WebsiteYouTube channelPodcast
2–14 · Free; many databases require a library card86
Screenshot of Cuyahoga County Public Library Learning Resources & Activities

Cuyahoga County Public Library Learning Resources & Activities

Cuyahoga County Public Library’s K–12 guide brings together free or library-card learning services including reading, math, science, art, music, book video pairings, and printable materials.

Website
2–18 · Free with library card for some services86
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Open & Go Phonics

Open & Go Phonics provides free, no-prep phonics lessons for ages 4–8 with letter sounds, word audio, blend practice, games, flashcards, lesson plans, and printable PDFs.

Website
4–8 · Free; no sign-up86
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Chimple Learning

Chimple is a free, game-based learning app for early reading, writing, and mathematics, designed for self-directed use on low-resource devices and without continuous internet access.

Website
3–8 · Free86
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Project Sahitya

Project Sahitya provides a free literacy toolkit with lessons, songs, flashcards, and worksheets designed for early reading support.

WebsiteDownloadableInstagram
4–10 · Free; no login required86
Screenshot of Nebraska Family and Early Literacy Resources

Nebraska Family and Early Literacy Resources

Nebraska Department of Education’s family literacy hub collects read-aloud guidance, food-themed literacy toolkits, bilingual family resources, videos, and downloadable reading plans.

WebsiteDownloadableYouTube channel
3–12 · Free86
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Lantern Learn

Lantern Learn offers free online courses in coding, science, math, reading, engineering, and AI from kindergarten through high school, organized by grade and course series.

Website
5–18 · Free; account required for saved progress86
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OELP Digital Resource Centre

OELP’s Digital Resource Centre offers freely available evidence-based practical tools for young children, families, and educators covering school readiness, early literacy, numeracy, and higher-order thinking.

WebsiteDownloadable
3–7 · Free downloads86
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Toronto Public Library Ready for Reading: Playing

Toronto Public Library’s Playing collection gives caregivers simple games, letter hunts, sound hunts, rhymes, fingerplays, and sorting activities that build early language and reading readiness through play.

Website
0–5 with adult · Free86
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Museum of the American Revolution At-Home Activities

The Museum of the American Revolution’s at-home collection combines a virtual museum tour, historical timeline, children’s readings, crafts, coloring pages, virtual field trips, and family-friendly history resources.

WebsiteDownloadableYouTube channel
6–16 · Free86
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Luminova Kids

Luminova Kids is a volunteer project offering open English lessons, interactive exercises, audio, reading, listening, games, and worksheets for Ukrainian children in grades 1–7.

WebsiteDownloadable
6–13 · Free86
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KindLearn Kids Zone

KindLearn is a free browser language-learning app with a Kids Zone for ages 4–12, offering 30-day beginner courses, listening practice, quizzes, and read-aloud word cards across 13 languages.

Website
4–12 · Free; no subscription or ads86
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Learning App for Kids

Free bilingual English-Urdu learning for playgroup through Grade 5 with maths, language, science, and world topics.

WebsiteAndroid app
3–10 · Free; optional parent account86
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Fablo Kids

Short, teacher-checked stories for ages 6–10 that use real maths and science ideas to solve each adventure, with English and Arabic series.

Website
6–10 · Free forever86
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Pageling

A picture-book reading app with phonics, adaptive levels, and read-aloud narration that highlights words as they are read.

Website
3–8 · Free library86
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Kiddo Games

A free collection of browser games for kids, including educational activities for maths, reading, science, and logic alongside creative and arcade play.

Website
5–10 · Free; no ads, downloads, or signup86
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Tastenflow

An accessible browser touch-typing trainer designed for pupils, with support for screen readers, magnification, audio, and braille-oriented access alongside class practice features.

Website
7+ · Free; no account needed to start86
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Show Me Where

A free reading-inference game for ages 6+ with short passages, a question about what the text implies, and a second question asking children to identify the evidence line that supports the answer.

Website
6+ · Free; no account, download, or in-game adverts86
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Children’s Museum Houston FLIP

Children’s Museum Houston’s Family Literacy Involvement Program (FLIP) is an outreach program that supports family literacy through museum-led learning and community connections.

Website
3–8 · Program availability varies86
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ABC4Kids

A free multilingual browser app for ages 3–6 with playful alphabet, number, phonics, counting, and letter-tracing games.

Website
3–6 · Free86
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LearningCave

An offline-capable learning adventure combining maths, reading, spelling, science, geography, simulations, and grade-banded practice.

Website
6–14 · Free86
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Spell Trail

A free spelling practice game with age-banded word trails from Grades 1–8, audio repetition, no timer, and optional parent word lists.

Website
6–14 · Free86
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NASA StarChild

A NASA Goddard learning center for young astronomers ages 5–13, with Level 1 and Level 2 explorations of the solar system, universe, space science, and a glossary.

Website
5–13 · Free86
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NASA Kids Solar System

A NASA Kids Science solar-system learning page about planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, with an age-appropriate overview and links to related NASA kids exploration.

Website
6–14 · Free86
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WasiLearn

A browser library of 44 ad-free learning games and a home-learning plan for ages 2–6, covering early letters, numbers, rhymes, feelings, focus, and school readiness.

Website
2–6 · Free through 20 November 2026; registration required for progress86
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Squishee Academy

Squishee Academy offers free browser learning games from pre-K through grade 4 across number sense, operations, measurement, geometry, phonics, spelling, and early reading in seven languages.

Website
4–10 · Free; no ads or accounts86
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KidSpin

KidSpin is a free Android preschool learning app for ages 3–7 with English phonics and tracing, Urdu qaida, counting, maths, stories, and optional Islamic learning modules in English and Urdu.

WebsiteAndroid app
3–7 · Free core app; optional one-time Bonus Pack86
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Go All In National Year of Reading — Libraries

The Go All In libraries page provides free toolkit materials, reading ideas, book-club guidance, and campaign support for libraries serving children and families in the UK.

Website
Children, families, and library communities · Free public resources86
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What Is the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope? (Grades 5-8)

NASA’s middle-school explainer introduces the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and how it will help astronomers study dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, and more.

Website
Grades 5–8 · Free public article86
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Curious: Science for Curious Minds

The Australian Academy of Science’s Curious site presents accessible science stories and explanations for curious young people and families.

Website
Children and teens; preview by topic · Free public resource86
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Word Wonders: Free Early Literacy Curriculum

Zero to Three’s Word Wonders is a free early-literacy curriculum with playful language, reading, and caregiver activities for young children.

Website
0–5; activity-specific · Free86
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Guggenheim Bilbao Learning Online

Guggenheim Bilbao’s Learning Online collection provides museum-led art courses, artist workshops, child-focused art videos, and English storytelling for creative learning at home.

Website
3–18 · Free online materials; some courses may be paid86
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Faithfully Explore!

Faithfully Explore! is an educator-hosted podcast for ages 5–12 exploring religions, cultures, traditional stories, inspiring people, and big ideas with classroom-ready learning companions.

WebsitePodcast
5–12 · Free episodes; optional paid learning companions86
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Potli

Potli combines children’s audio stories, games, and daily vocabulary practice to support early learning across Indian family languages.

Website
3–8 · Free to start with subscription options86
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The Book of Inara

The Book of Inara is a free collection of illustrated and narrated stories for young children, with gentle social-emotional themes and browser reading.

Website
2–7 · Free; no account86
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Wugi Wogo

Wugi Wogo is a multilingual story platform for children with narrated stories, listening activities, and language exposure across several languages.

Website
4–9 · Free preview; paid options may apply86
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PlatkyKutti

PlatkyKutti is a multilingual learning world for children with stories, language and grammar, math, maps, brain games, art, coding, and life-skills activities.

Website
3–12 · Free account; provider terms apply86
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Learning With Momo

Learning With Momo is a multilingual web app with picture decks, pronunciation audio, games, and age modes from Little Explorer through Big Kid.

Website
2–12+ · 90-day free trial; paid plans planned86
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English for Fun

English for Fun is a set of browser games for children learning first English through picture vocabulary, early sentences, letters, numbers, shapes, colours, and early maths.

Website
4–6 · Free first islands; one-time full access86
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Topmarks

A long-running collection of educational games, interactives, maths worksheets, apps, and subject resources organized by age and topic.

Website
3–11 · Free85
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Pagine

A free digital library with picture books, early readers, chapter books, audiobooks, and public-domain classics in more than 150 languages.

WebsiteAndroid appiOS app
2–18 · Free with paid options85
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TheMiniKid

A free K–8 learning app with math, reading, science videos, interactive books, quizzes, and achievement rewards for children and families.

Website
5–14 · Free85
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Plymouth Public Library Digital Learning for Children

Plymouth Public Library’s children’s digital learning page gathers multimedia youth books, printables, lessons, mini-books, reading challenges, ebooks, audiobooks, and research tools.

Website
3–14 · Free; some resources require a library card85
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Southeast Arkansas Regional Library Kids Activities

Southeast Arkansas Regional Library’s kids hub combines ready-to-go activity packets, digital literacy and learning links, story resources, reading apps, and family library services.

WebsiteYouTube channel
0–14 · Free; some digital services require a library card85
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Rusty Learning

Rusty is a parent-managed learning adventure for children ages 4–12, combining reading and math practice with a playful world and family controls.

Website
4–12 · Free; optional paid features may apply85
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Samio Learning

Samio Learning is an adaptive app for ages 4–12 covering reading, math, coding, grammar, time-telling, and creative work through seven research-based stages.

WebsiteiOS appAndroid app
4–12 · Free to download; plan varies85
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Small Universe

Small Universe is a free browser English-learning game with 102 short lessons, mini-games, read-along fairy tales, and age-banded practice for children from age 3 and families.

Website
3–10+ · Free; no account needed85
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Oplaland

Free child-friendly learning games, typing practice, colouring activities, and printable worksheets with accessibility settings.

Website
3–12 · Free85
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BibyGames

Free American-English preschool games for ages 3–7 covering alphabet, numbers, tracing, and early recognition.

Website
3–7 · Free85
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Kids Story Book

Interactive rhymes, storybooks, counting, shapes, pre-writing activities, and games for young children.

WebsiteYouTube channel
3–8 · Free85
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Critter Quest

A free no-ad maths and literacy practice game for kindergarten through sixth grade, with short question sets and collectible animal cards.

Website
5–12 · Free forever; no account85
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Dad4Kids

A free, ad-free browser library of learning games for children, organised around early maths, reading, Spanish, STEM, logic, and U.S. grade levels.

Website
3–11 · Free; no ads and no account needed to play85
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Storytime Builder

A free set of browser activities for letter recognition, tracing, first words, counting, ten-frames, and addition, with a storybook studio in development.

Website
3–7 · Free; no signup or ads85
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TypePup

A browser typing and letter-learning app for young children, with keyboard practice, alphabet activities, and a child-friendly interface designed for short independent sessions.

Website
3–7 · Free core features; optional premium packs85
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aliensbrain kids

An official hub for two child-focused learning apps: Phonic Book for early reading and Olympiad Practice Hall for school practice across maths, English, science, cyber safety, and general knowledge.

Website
3–16 · Free; ad-free, offline, and no signup85
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OC Public Libraries Kids & Family

Orange County Public Libraries’ kids and family hub offers library services, reading and learning links, children’s programming, and digital resources for young patrons.

Website
2–14 · Free to browse; some digital services require a library card85
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RIF Back-to-School Reading Tools

Reading Is Fundamental’s Back-to-School page provides families and educators with free reading tools, book ideas, and literacy activities for children.

Website
3–12; resource-specific · Free public resources85
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Nubi

Nubi is a hand-illustrated storybook app for children ages 3–6, with stories in six languages and read-together features for families.

Website
3–6 · Free download with optional paid stories or membership85
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Bash & Mila

Bash & Mila is a bilingual Spanish-English story podcast for young children, built around short everyday adventures that support connection, curiosity, empathy, and natural language exposure.

WebsitePodcast
0–8+ · Free podcast85
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Semillita

Semillita is a children’s story platform offering free online stories, guides, and a multilingual reading experience for young children and families.

Website
2–8 · Free core stories; account and optional features to check85
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Dreamtime Stories

Dreamtime Stories is a multilingual bedtime app with read-along narration, highlighted words, and calm stories designed for young children and bilingual families.

Website
3–8 · Free download with premium trial/options85
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Vunali

Vunali is a multilingual story app for children ages 2–8 with short bedtime stories, offline reading, and a growing library labeled by age and length.

Website
2–8 · Subscription with free stories85
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Glazer Children’s Museum

Glazer Children’s Museum is a hands-on learning museum where children and families explore play-based exhibits, storytime, camps, field trips, and STEAM programs.

WebsitePhysical place
Young children and families · Paid admission and membership; programs vary85
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Toy Theater

Free educational games and virtual tools for elementary learners across math, literacy, art, music, puzzles, and classroom play.

WebsiteDownloadable
5–12 · Free84
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Amoeba Sisters

Friendly biology videos, handouts, and study resources for learners exploring life science.

Website
11–18 · Free with paid options84
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Reading Bear

A free phonics and vocabulary library with narrated presentations, quizzes, and early-reading practice for young learners.

Website
4–8 · Free84
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CommonLit

Digital reading lessons, text sets, and discussion tools for building comprehension and literacy.

Website
8–18 · Free with registration84
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ReadWriteThink

Classroom-tested reading and language arts resources with interactive activities, lesson plans, and student tools from the National Council of Teachers of English.

Website
5–18 · Free84
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Earth.Org Kids

Environmental news and stories that help children explore endangered animals, climate, sustainability, and the natural world.

Website
8–15 · Free84
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International Children's Digital Library

A global digital library of children's books organized by language, genre, format, character, color, and more.

Website
3–13 · Free84
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The Free Reading Program

A nonprofit online reading, language, grammar, and spelling program with Level K–6 activities for children, families, and schools.

Website
5–12 · Free84
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One Word Reading Initiative

A nonprofit reading initiative that provides culturally relevant books and family reading resources to children and communities.

WebsiteDownloadable
3–12 · Free84
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Education.com

A broad library of printable worksheets, games, activities, and lesson materials organized around school subjects and grade levels.

Website
3–12 · Free with paid options84
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Roy the Zebra

Interactive reading games, guided stories, songs, and worksheets that help emerging readers practise phonics, vocabulary, and early literacy.

Website
4–8 · Free with paid options84
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HighScope At Home

Downloadable toddler, preschool, and mixed-age activities covering early math, discovery, literacy, art, movement, engineering, science, and technology.

Website
2–6 · Free84
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ZigZu

A reading coach for children ages 4–8 that listens as they read levelled storybooks aloud and provides real-time pronunciation and phonics support.

WebsiteAndroid appiOS app
4–8 · Paid with free trial84
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Lumi

A free voice-first reading tutor for children ages 5–9, with adaptive phonics practice, spoken instructions, and short sessions.

Website
5–9 · Free84
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MiniQuestKids

A free learning site combining phonics, decodable stories, early math games, worksheets, life-skills stories, and Hindi vocabulary practice.

Website
3–8 · Free84
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TernQuest

A K–5 learning app with games, narrated picture books, reading, math, science, coding, social studies, and a parent progress dashboard.

Website
4–11 · Free with paid options84
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StoryBeam Kids

A closed-catalog story app and website with short audio stories, transcripts, printable discussion guides, and age labels for family listening.

WebsiteiOS app
3–8 · Free84
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Geni

A playful learning app for children with math and reading practice, interactive activities, and a parent-oriented learning experience.

Website
5–10 · Pricing not stated84
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Wonder.io

An interactive reading website with choice-driven stories, read-aloud support, and playful comprehension activities for developing readers.

Website
4–12 · Free84
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EduChild Quest

A quest-based learning website for children ages 4–12, with coding, math, English, science, and life-skills maps organised by school year.

Website
4–12 · Free84
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GameForKidz

A free collection of browser games and learning-center activities for children, spanning puzzles, numbers, words, memory, and printable worksheets.

WebsiteDownloadable
3–12 · Free with paid options84
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Mochi

A playful personal tutor for children ages 4–12 that teaches math and reading out loud through lessons built around each child’s interests.

Website
4–12 · Free early access84
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Livermore Public Library Fun & Games

A public-library collection of family activities including neighborhood bingo, book-title scavenger hunts, secret messages, and Creative Kids at Home videos.

WebsiteYouTube channel
4–12 · Free84
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Cambridge Public Library Online Resources for Kids

A public-library guide to children’s learning and reading resources, including Britannica Fundamentals, Craftsy, Encyclopedia Britannica, PebbleGo, Hoopla, digital collections, and family games.

Website
5–18 · Free with library access84
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ALSC Digital Media Resources

The Association for Library Service to Children curates a regularly revised guide to children’s digital media, early literacy, digital citizenship, coding, apps, gaming, audio, and healthy family technology choices.

Website
3–18 · Free online guide84
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Idaho Early Learning eGuidelines

Idaho’s official early-learning guidance explains children’s development and learning from birth through age eight, with domains covering approaches to learning, physical well-being, communication, and cognition.

Website
0–8 · Free84
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Kavelu Learning

Kavelu is a browser-based primary learning app with math and additional language, reading, and science content for grades 1 to 4.

Website
6–10 · Free with paid options84
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iSmartKid

iSmartKid is a multisubject learning platform for ages 3–14 with more than 500 lessons spanning coding, math, science, reading, languages, and creative activities.

Website
3–14 · Free with paid options84
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Phonics.com

Phonics.com is a free early-reading program with soundcards, audio, worksheets, ebooks, printable literacy games, and lessons aligned to foundational reading skills.

Website
4–8 · Free84
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FUNetix

FUNetix is a free reading app and browser module for children ages 5–9, using a game-like 12-hour curriculum to move from alphabet knowledge toward an approximate second-grade reading level.

WebsiteiOS appYouTube channel
5–9 · Free basic curriculum84
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The Learning Press

The Learning Press provides K–5 literacy and math resources, including phonics, reading, writing, grammar, and illustrative-math-aligned practice materials with free samples and paid classroom downloads.

Website
5–11 · Free samples; paid digital downloads84
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CoolFamilyGames Kids Corner

A family-friendly collection of maths, English, science, and fun-facts games organised for young age bands.

Website
3–12 · Free84
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Timber

An iPhone and iPad reader that turns webpages, PDFs, books, and printed pages into spoken audio in many languages.

WebsiteiOS app
6–18 · Free core reader; optional Pro84
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LingoStories

A free interactive story platform for language learners with simple graded stories, audio, translations, and choices.

Website
8–18 · Free; no account84
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Prolaud Free Learning Games & Tools

A free browser shelf of learning tools including Abacus Quest and printable abacus worksheets for ages 4–12, plus additional English practice games.

Website
4–12 · Free; no account or ads84
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KiDly

A free-to-watch, ad-free catalog of short educational cartoons for ages 3–8 that pause to ask a question, with web, mobile, tablet, and TV access.

Website
3–8 · Free to watch; no account needed84
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KidMindPath

A free collection of five ad-free browser games for young children covering early reading, English vocabulary, memory, early maths, attention, painting, and problem solving.

Website
2–7 · Free; no account or ads84
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KidsOnline

A free browser library of small games across math, reading, science, logic, geography, and early learning for ages 2–12; children can play without signing up.

Website
2–12 · Free; no ads or paywalls; no account needed to play84
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Curious Reader

A free Android literacy app from Curious Learning Org with games and stories that help children recognise letters, spell, and begin reading.

WebsiteAndroid app
4–8 · Free; Google Play app84
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ECforALL Curriculum

Free, year-long elementary computing curricula designed to support language and literacy development, computational thinking, and AI literacy. The official site presents scaffolded acts and classroom-ready lessons for educators.

Website
5–12 · Free curriculum84
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Kawartha Lakes Kids Digital Library

Kawartha Lakes Public Library’s children’s digital library page gathers e-books, audiobooks, databases, online learning, and kid-friendly library services in one starting point.

Website
4–14 · Free to browse; many services require a library card84
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Are We There Yet?

A free browser game collection covering memory, arithmetic, spelling, word play, logic, and world geography for ages 4–16.

Website
4–16 · Free84
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Brainland

A Singapore-built browser learning world for Primary 1–6 with free gamified zones for maths, English, science, geography, art, coding, and puzzles.

Website
7–12 · Free84
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Dexplorers

Dexplorers is a screen-free history adventure podcast for children and families, using mystery stories, real historical settings, short episodes, and free colouring pages.

WebsitePodcastYouTube channel
7–12 · Free to listen; optional donations and merchandise84
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Quill

Quill is a nonprofit literacy platform with free interactive activities for reading comprehension, writing, grammar, and language skills, including evidence-based writing prompts and teacher tools.

Website
8–18 · Free core activities; premium reporting optional84
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Patchwork Speech

Patchwork Speech is a free speech and language practice library created by an SLP, with word lists, picture cards, printable materials, early-reading activities, and browser games for families and speech-language professionals.

Website
3–10 · Free; no sign-up or email84
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Toondemy Kids Learning App

Toondemy is an iPhone and iPad early-learning app with phonics, literacy, numeracy, discovery, motor skills, creative expression, and cognitive-development activities for ages 3–10.

WebsiteiOS app
3–10 · Free with in-app purchases84
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White House Summer Reading Challenge 2026

The White House Summer Reading Challenge encouraged children entering kindergarten through eighth grade to read 12 books, track them in an official log, and submit their progress for certificates, bookmarks, and prize eligibility.

WebsiteDownloadableYouTube channel
Entering kindergarten through grade 8 · Free; USPS address eligibility; 2026 challenge closed84
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University of Utah Kids Links

The University of Utah Student Parent Support Center curates a broad set of children’s links for general interest, math, reading, science, and safe search, with short descriptions of the learning value of each site.

Website
Children; activity-specific · Free public directory; linked-provider terms vary84
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Spark Reading

Pearson Canada’s Spark Reading is a K–6 digital library with more than 900 titles, Canadian and Indigenous content, audio, highlighting, activities, and teacher tools.

Website
K–6 · 30-day trial; paid school access84
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LumiTales

LumiTales publishes illustrated bedtime stories for children, with a new story each day and a multilingual interface for family reading.

Website
3–8 · Free with optional premium features84
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LuniMuni

LuniMuni creates personalized children’s stories from a child’s photo, voice, text, or idea, with a multilingual story experience designed for shared family reading.

Website
3–8 · Free to start with paid terms to verify84
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Dinoo

Dinoo offers short multilingual and multicultural stories for young children, with themes around identity, life skills, and discovering different cultures.

Website
3–6 · Free to listen84
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Whylo

Whylo creates personalized educational stories for children, combining curiosity-led learning with age-aware storytelling in English and Spanish.

Website
3–9 · Free to start; paid terms to verify84
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Storyland Classics

Storyland Classics is a free library of classic children’s stories, poems, and nursery rhymes read aloud with vintage-style illustrations and full text.

Website
3–8 · Free84
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BedtimeStory.kids

BedtimeStory.kids is a free browser library of read-aloud bedtime stories organized by age, theme, and reading time, with questions and vocabulary after each story.

Website
1–12 · Free with unobtrusive advertising84
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Lamplighter Kids Stories

Lamplighter Kids is a calm storytelling world with original audio adventures, songs, storybook-style animation, family discussion questions, and printable activities for children and families.

WebsitePodcastDownloadable
3–9 · Public podcast and YouTube stories free; optional Kids Club84
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Austin Public Library KidSpeak

KidSpeak is an Austin Public Library digital language-learning resource with more than 40 activities, puzzles, songs, and practice experiences for children learning languages.

Website
6+ · Library or institution access84
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Mitch & Chlo: Make It Up

Mitch & Chlo’s Make It Up is a weekly children’s podcast and video show where submitted story ideas become playful audio adventures for young listeners.

WebsitePodcastYouTube
6–8 · Free public podcast and videos84
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iReadify

iReadify is a digital literacy platform where children read and listen to culturally relevant stories, tap for word support, practice vocabulary and comprehension, and express ideas through writing.

Website
K–8 · Access and pricing vary by family or organization84
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Yomi

Yomi is a child-focused reading companion featuring a little cat that listens to children read and offers support across three reading levels.

Website
Child companion; exact age not stated · App access; current pricing not stated84
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KOBI

KOBI is a multilingual reading coach with stories, reading-together features, word games, progress insights, and classroom support for families and educators.

Website
Children; exact range not stated · App access; current pricing unknown84
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Mzanzi Kids

Mzanzi Kids is a multilingual early-learning app for South African children, using visual, speech, and pre-literacy activities across everyday themes.

WebsiteiOS app
2–6 · Four themes free; full app paid84
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Fun With Learning

Fun With Learning combines visual math games, science and comprehension activities, live-action video quests, story time, and short interactive sessions for young children.

Website
3–11 · Free while growing; no account stated84
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MIMI Smart Kids

MIMI Smart Kids is an offline Android learning app with math, phonics, spelling, world facts, riddles, stories, and age-banded games.

Website
4–16 · Free; no ads, tracking, or in-app purchases84
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Education.com Games

Educational games and interactive practice for math, reading, language, science, logic, typing, and early learning.

Website
4–14 · Free with paid options83
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Education World

Educator-focused lesson plans, worksheets, teaching ideas, technology guidance, and classroom resources across school subjects.

Website
5–18 · Free83
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LittleActivity Reading

Structured free reading lessons from preschool through Grade 10 with phonics, sight words, comprehension, fluency, and short progressive practice.

Website
3–16 · Free with paid options83
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Build Learning

A family of early-learning apps that teaches reading, math, and writing through small guided steps, voice support, read-along sentences, and creative practice.

Website
5–12 · Free during early access83
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Tigzi

A personalized literacy app with read-aloud stories and practice designed to support phonics, sight words, and independent reading.

Website
5–13 · Free83
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Baboo Stories

A parent-led story app with short gentle stories for bedtime and quiet reading, including free stories and optional subscription content.

WebsiteiOS appAndroid app
2–8 · Free stories with optional subscription83
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Loving2Learn

Loving2Learn is a free collection of hands-on activities, sing-along videos, stories, and printables across early learning, reading, maths, science, music, crafts, and family routines.

Website
4–10 · Free; sign-up optional83
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Lulululu

Lulululu is a bedtime audio-story service for young children with a multilingual library and a screen-free listening routine.

Website
2–8 · Free stories with optional paid access; terms vary83
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Bookie

Bookie is a child-focused story app and website offering illustrated stories for young readers with a multilingual family experience.

Website
3–12 · Free access shown; exact plan terms to verify83
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Evertale

Evertale turns classic children’s literature into illustrated listening experiences, with free titles available on the web and YouTube and additional editions planned.

Website
5–12 · Free titles with paid editions planned83
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Super Great Kids’ Stories

Super Great Kids’ Stories is a podcast of traditional tales from storytellers around the world, curated for family listening and described by the provider as suitable from age 5 upward.

WebsitePodcast
5–105 · Free podcast; optional support83
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Duolingo

Game-like language lessons with short practice sessions, listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities.

Website
8–18 · Free with paid options82
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World Book Kids

Child-friendly encyclopedia articles, media, activities, and research tools, often accessed through libraries.

Website
6–12 · Library or institution access82
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Starfall

Early-learning activities in reading, phonics, math, music, and seasonal themes for young children.

Website
3–9 · Free with paid options82
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Kids World Travel Guide

A country-by-country travel and geography guide written for children, with facts about places, cultures, landmarks, animals, food, and maps.

Website
8–15 · Free82
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Newsela

Differentiated nonfiction articles and quizzes designed for classroom reading practice.

Website
7–18 · Free with paid options82
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Turtle Diary

Interactive educational games, videos, quizzes, worksheets, experiments, and activities for preschool through grade 5.

Website
4–12 · Free with paid options82
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Reading With Power

Free read-aloud videos, live reading sessions, and family guidance designed to make children’s reading more accessible.

WebsiteYouTube channel
3–10 · Free82
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StarKid

A playful early-learning app and website for ages 2-10 with reading, math, everyday skills, feelings, games, and printable worksheets.

Website
2–10 · Free with registration82
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Anga Reading

A reading app where children tap words to hear them, practice with short stories, and create private family stories with a grown-up.

WebsiteAndroid appiOS app
4–10 · Free with paid options82
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Alec

A game-based learning platform with more than 110 math and English mini-games, animated worlds, family progress tools, and school dashboards.

Website
4–12 · Pricing not stated82
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Quick Slick Stories

Short read-aloud and video stories that turn science, nature, space, and everyday questions into memorable adventures for young children.

Website
3–9 · Free82
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Kiddo Stories

A family reading app that supports dialogic reading, storytelling, and early literacy through shared stories and parent-guided conversation.

Website
0–9 · Free82
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CodingMarble Kids

A free early-learning website for children ages 2–6 with picture-and-audio games, early literacy and math, science experiments, crafts, printables, and Hindi-English learning.

Website
2–6 · Free with ads82
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Andy Warhol Word Find

A printable word-find activity built around Andy Warhol's art and vocabulary, including Pop Art, Campbell's Soup Cans, Brillo Boxes, and screen printing.

WebsiteDownloadable
7–14 · Free printable PDF82
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Famous Artist Crossword

A printable crossword puzzle about famous artists, with clues connected to artists and artworks including the Mona Lisa, Campbell’s Soup Cans, drip painting, and Surrealism.

WebsiteDownloadable
8–14 · Free printable PDF82
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BrightBound Adventures

A free browser learning adventure with curriculum-aligned questions across literacy, numeracy, logic, storytelling, and motor-skills worlds.

Website
4–10 · Free; no account82
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AnyOneCanRead

AnyOneCanRead is a free online reading program combining phonics, sound-outs, read-alongs, vocabulary, broad subject content, and educator guidance for kindergarten through upper elementary learners.

Website
5–10 · Free; no sign-up to start82
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Lumasha

Lumasha offers playful flashcards, stories, games, and printable activities designed to help young children learn and keep using family languages.

Website
2–8 · Free and paid products; app and shop terms vary82
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Kalimo

Kalimo is a children’s story app with illustrated read-aloud stories and a family-friendly reading experience in English and German.

Website
3–10 · Free first story with paid Plus or Family options82
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Pufimo

Pufimo offers gentle bedtime stories for young children, with a multilingual listening experience and a simple family bedtime focus.

Website
3–7 · First three stories free; subscription terms vary82
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Duotale

Duotale provides short audio stories in one or two languages, helping children listen together while building language confidence through everyday storytelling.

Website
3–8 · Free beta; future pricing to verify82
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KindyAI

KindyAI is a shared reading practice companion for children ages 4–7, with short stories, read-aloud help, word practice, spelling activities, and optional personalized books.

Website
4–7 · Free starter content; paid parent and teacher plans82
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Kvasi

Kvasi is a beta learning world that turns reading, maths, geography, biology, art, health, physics, chemistry, and philosophy into themed realms.

Website
4–10 · Free in beta; paid plan stated for later82
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DOGO News

Current-events articles for children covering science, social studies, civics, world news, culture, and the environment.

Website
8–14 · Free with paid options81
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EnglishForEveryone.org

Printable English worksheets covering reading comprehension, phonics, vocabulary, grammar, writing, and language practice.

Website
7–18 · Free81
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OpenLearn

Free learning materials and short courses from The Open University, with science, society, arts, and study-skills topics suitable for older learners.

Website
14–18 · Free81
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BrightSteps Kids

BrightSteps Kids offers short adaptive math and English practice with teacher-designed skills, voice support, rewards, and a parent progress view.

Website
6–19 stated by provider · Free; no-signup mini-lesson81
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Kids Discover

Visual nonfiction articles and interactive lessons covering science, history, geography, and social studies.

Website
6–14 · Free with paid options80
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Ducksters

Readable reference pages for children covering history, geography, science, biographies, animals, and educational games.

Website
7–14 · Free with paid options80
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StoryPlace

Interactive stories and early-literacy activities from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.

Website
3–8 · Free80
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Printable worksheets and activity pages for children covering letters, numbers, shapes, colors, reading, writing, and early learning.

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AmblesideOnline

A free homeschool curriculum and resource guide organized by year, subject, books, and Charlotte Mason-inspired learning plans.

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EarlyActivity

EarlyActivity provides printable worksheets, colouring pages, puzzles, stories, science activities, and browser-based worksheet makers for children ages 2–12, families, and classrooms.

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