Learning Resources




Educational Freeware.com
http://www.educational-freeware.com/
Links and reviews of high-quality free educational software and websites - mostly for kids, but also for grown-ups.


Khan Academy
A non-profit educational website created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan, a graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School. The stated mission is to provide 'a free world-class education for anyone anywhere'.
The website features thousands of educational resources, including a personalized learning dashboard, over 100,000 exercise problems, and over 4000 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube teaching mathematics, history, healthcare, medicine, finance, physics, general chemistry, biology, astronomy, economics, cosmology, organic chemistry, American civics, art history, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and computer science. All resources are available for free to anyone around the world. KhanAcademy reaches about 10,000,000 students per month and has delivered over 300,000,000 lessons




BrainPOP
a group of educational websites with over 1,000[1] short animated movies for students in grades K-12 (ages 6 to 17), together with quizzes, supplemental information and related materials, covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, mathematics, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music. BrainPop is used in more than 25% of U.S. schools and also offers subscriptions for families and homeschoolers.



Youtube EDU
YouTube EDU brings learners and educators together in a global video classroom. On YouTube EDU, you have access to a broad set of educational videos that range from academic lectures to inspirational speeches and everything in between.
Come here for quick lessons from top teachers around the world, course lectures from top-tier universities, or inspiring videos to spark your imagination.





Starfall
http://www.starfall.com/





First In Math
Fun games that teach math.





Raz Kids
Reading program - read and listen to books, then answer questions about them.




Spelling City






ixl: Math and English program





Flocabulary
Flocabulary is a publishing company that produces educational hip hop music and accompanying books for use in the classroom. Founded in 2004 by Blake Harrison and Alex Rappaport, the company takes a nontraditional approach to teaching vocabulary and United States history by integrating content into recorded raps. Flocabulary products bundle teacher lesson plans, student workbooks, and accompanying recorded music. A number of hip hop artists have collaborated with Flocabulary, including Grammy Award-winner 9th Wonder





Scholasic



Teachers Pay Teachers
An open online marketplace where teachers sell their original lesson plans and other course materials to other teachers, and also share for free. By June 2013, the site has attracted over 1,930,000 registered users and 600,000+ original teaching resources, and many teachers are earning significant supplemental income on the site




Super Teacher Worksheets:
A website with thousands of free printable worksheets




Teacher Vision:
vast online library of lesson plans, graphic organizers, printables, email newsletters, quizzes, and printable books.
https://www.teachervision.com/


The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM)
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis).




Learn to be Healthy (teens & Kids)
Online health education center that has been designed to help educators, teachers, parents, families and the community communicate physical and mental health science education concepts to students K-12 through health educational resources such as games, activities, and lesson plans.
http://www.learntobehealthy.org/teens/






Adolecent Literacy
Information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers.
http://www.adlit.org/




LD online
Website on learning disabilities and ADHD
http://www.ldonline.org/index.php
Learning Store
Educational products
http://www.learningstore.org/


Colorín Colorado
Bilingual site for families and educators of English language learners (ELLs). This website is a free service that provides information, activities and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs).
http://www.colorincolorado.org/index.php?langswitch=en


Reading Rockets
Iinform and inspire parents, teachers, childcare providers, administrators, and others who touch the life of a child by providing accurate, accessible information on how to teach kids to read and help those who struggle.
http://www.readingrockets.org/










Wikipedia -




MOOCS
A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user fora that help build a community for students, professors, and teaching assistants (TAs). MOOCs are a recent development in distance education.
A list of MOOCS: offered by the best universities and entities.
- http://www.mooc-list.com/

Nice MOOCS site with MIT and Harvard classes for you and your kids!
https://www.edx.org/course-list/allschools/allsubjects/allcourses



Your public library
- get in the habbit of going once a week, reserve books ahead of time to get award winning books.



Music resources:
Making Music Fun
Free sheet music, worksheets, and other music resources for all instruments
http://makingmusicfun.net/







GMajor
Free sheet music, worksheets, and other music resources.
http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/




Museum Free Days
http://houstonmuseumdistrict.org/free-admission-times/
http://museumfreedays.com/?city=Houston


Open Space - parks and recreation
http://www.houstontx.gov/parks/




Miller Outdoor Theater
Free performances over the summer.
http://milleroutdoortheatre.com/






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