COVID-19 Social Isolation Resources
Pre-K and Elementary
Free Online Resources:
- Scholastic Learn at Home
- HarperKids Books – Live storytime streams at noon everyday, plus fun at home activity downloads.
- Brain Pop – Offering Free Subscriptions
- Barefoot Books – Free Activity Kits, Sing-a-longs, and Storytime Videos
- Storyline Online
- Art Lessons with Jarrett J. Krosoczka – Everyday at 2:00 pm a New Lesson is Added
- ABDO Digital – Elementary Digital Bookshelf Pre-K through 8th Grade
- ABDO Zoom – Online Research for Beginning Readers
- Open Mouse Technology Projects
- Prodigy – Math Skills K-8
- Khan Academy
- Miss Humblebee’s Academy – Interactive Kindergarten Readiness Program for Ages 4-6
- Kids Infobits
- Mystery Doug
- National Geographic Kids
- Typing Club
- Squiggle Park – Reading for 3-15+
- History for Kids
- Virtual Museum Tours
- Chrome Music Lab
- Breakout EDU Online – Digital Escape Rooms
- Kate Messner Read Alouds
- GoNoodle – Movement and Mindfulness Videos
- Novel Effect – Add Fun Sound Effects to your Storytimes
- The Spanish Experiment – Spanish Children’s Stories read by Native Spanish Speakers
- Think Indigenous – Short live educational videos from Indigenous educators, aimed at K-8th grade.
- PBS Learning Media
- Center for Puppetry Arts – Free Workshops, Museum Tours, and Puppet Shows
- Goodnight with Dolly – Join Dolly Parton Live as she Reads Imagination Library Bedtime Stories
- Tennessee Aquarium Live Cams – Visit Chattanooga’s Tennessee Aquarium Virtually
- Scratch – Learn the Basics of Computer Coding
- Tinkercad – Learn the Basics of CAD Software and Create your own 3D Prints
- Amazing Educational Resources – Crowd Sourced Document with Hundreds of Website Suggestions
- All Digital School – an online education resource platform that curates lesson plans, materials, and educational tech with the sole goal of helping educators and parents create better learning experiences for students
Free Library Resources:
- Tennessee READS – Free eBooks, Digital Audiobooks, Digital Magazines, and Streaming Video. Overdrive & Libby apps available for Phones and Tablets.
- Audio Book Cloud – all ages audio book database
- Tumblebooks – Animated Talking Picture Books, Graphic Novels, eBooks, and Videos
- Tumblebooks Math – K-6 math ebook database
- TEL – TEL databases include full-text magazine articles from general interest, health, business, Spanish, children’s and literary criticism publications. It also includes reference books.
- TEL4U – Connect kids grades K-5 to safe, educational and entertaining resources.
- Creative Bug – Thousands of Award-Winning Art & Craft Video Classes
- RBDigital – Free Digital Magazines
- Hoopla – Coming Soon!
Teen/College/Adult
Free Online Resources:
- Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall
- Met Opera Stream – Nightly Opera Streaming
- Virtual Museum Tours
- ABDO Digital – Secondary Digital Bookshelf 5th through 12th Grades
- Gale in Context: Middle School – Reference Content for Students in Middle Grades
- Gale in Context: High School – Grades 9th–12th content aligned to national and state curriculum standards
- Gale in Context: College – Interdisciplinary content for Undergraduate Students
- GCF Learn Free – Offers 7,000+ Free Lessons Covering more than 200 Topics, including Technology, Reading, and Math
- Live Virtual Concerts – NPR’s Compiled List of Live Virtual concerts during the Corona Virus Shutdown
- Yoga with Adriene – Over 500 Free Yoga Classes
- Serenity Knoll Farm – Live stream cooking classes
- Online Writing Class for Teens – NYT Best-selling Author Kelly Yang is hosting live Writing Workshops MWF 3:00-3:30 pm EST
- Amazing Educational Resources – Crowd Sourced Document with Hundreds of Website Suggestions
- Museum of Modern Art – Free Online Art Courses
- All Digital School – an online education resource platform that curates lesson plans, materials, and educational tech with the sole goal of helping educators and parents create better learning experiences for students
Free Library Resources:
- Tennessee READS – Free eBooks, Digital Audiobooks, Digital Magazines, and Streaming Video. Overdrive & Libby apps available for Phones and Tablets.
- TeenBook Cloud – Graphic Novels, eBooks, and Videos
- Audio Book Cloud – All Ages Audiobook Database
- Romance Book Cloud – Collection of steamy Romance novels for the older crowd!
- TEL – TEL databases include full-text magazine articles from general interest, health, business, Spanish, children’s and literary criticism publications. It also includes reference books.
- Transparent Languages – Free Language Learning
- Creative Bug – Thousands of Award-Winning Art & Craft Video Classes
- RBDigital – Free Digital Magazines
- Hoopla – Coming Soon!
