Student Enrichment Websites

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Stimola Live is a website of live stream events for kids, tweens, and teens by professional authors and illustrators represented by Stimola Literary Studio.

Events will be streamed live from a variety of platforms and archived on the Stimola Live YouTube Channel.

Listed here are great websites for learning, reading, and educational play.

Link to Resource	Title	Description
	KidRex Search Engine	A search Engine that emphasizes kid-related websites. Powered by Google SafeSearch technology.
	DK Find Out!	A free encyclopedia jam-packed with amazing photos and illustrations from publisher DK.
	Science News for Students	Award-winning online publication that provides topical science news to learners, parents, and educators.
	Youngzine	Presents current events devoid of bias, and sensationalism for young people of the world.
	Wonderopolis	Encourages children to learn through natural exploration and curiosity.
	TweenTribune	Lexile news articles perfect for the classroom. Brought to you by the Smithsonian Institute.
	Google Advanced Image Search	Under Safe Search, select "Filter Explicit Results" and Under Usage Rights, change to "Free to Use or share".
	Pics4Learning	Free, copyright-friendly images for education.
	Photos for Class	Properly attributed, creative commons licensed images for education.
	The Story Home	Original and classic children's audio stories. Note: This is strictly audio and no illustrations accompany the story.
	Mrs. Lodge's Library Shelver Game	Shelve library books in this game meant to help students better understand library shelving systems.
	National Geographic Kids	Explore this site for interesting and fun information, videos, quizzes, and more about animals and traveling the world.
	PBS Kids	Videos, games, cartoon studio, drawing contests, and content related to PBS kids programming.
	Juvenile  Series & Sequels Database	Find the order of books in a series or the sequel to the book you're reading. From the Mid-Continent Public Library in Missouri.
	GuysRead.com	A site founded by author Jon Scieszka and meant to help guys find great books to read, and helping boys become motivated, life-long readers along the way. Includes author interviews and lots of other guy stuff.
	Read Kiddo Read	The biggest get-your-kid-reading movement on the web. Brought to you by the famed author, James Patterson.
	KidLit TV	Helping parents and educators explore the world of children's literature.
	Sound Bible	Thousands of free sound effects for anyone to use.
	Khan Academy	Practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard. Includes content for K-8 math.
	Storyline Online	Watch videos of well-known actors reading children's books. Brought to you by the Screen Actor's Guild.
	Story Place	A library of activities and ebooks specifically meant for preschool aged children.
	Code.org	Learn computer programming and how to code through games and puzzles. Tutorials for advanced programmers are also available.
	SCRATCH	Students can create stories, animations, and games all through coding! Created by MIT.
	Arcademics	Multiplayer educational games for math and language arts skills.
	Reading Bear	Watch videos or slideshows to help develop children's reading skills. Reading Bear media teaches beginning readers vocabulary, concepts, and phonetic patterns.
	Peep and the Big Wide World.com	Watch videos and play games with three birds who learn about science and discovery.
	My Story Maker	Create your own stories using this website from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
	Fun Brain	Free educational games, online books, and comics.
	My Garbology	Learn about the science of waste with this online tool from NatureBridge, an organization from the West Coast dedicated to teaching environmental science to children and teens.
	Tar Heel Reader	Provides free, easy-to-read, accessible books on a wide range of topics. Alternative access methods are available. You can even write your own book!