Websites for Kids, Parents, and Teachers

Accelerated Reader Bookfinder

Need to know which books are on the Accelerated Reader (AR) lists?

Award-Winning Books and Media

Including the Newbery and Caldecott Awards, from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).

Common Sense Media

Reviews of movies, TV shows, games, books, and more.

CSI: The Experience

Learn Forensic Science and Apply Your Knowledge.

Engineer Girl

Website is designed to bring national attention to the exciting opportunities that engineering represents for girls and women.

Exploratorium

The Exploratorium isn't like other museums. Here, visitors of all ages can tinker, test, notice, and play with more than 600 interactive exhibits.

Explore NASA STEM

NASA’s vision is to immerse students in NASA's work, enhance STEM literacy, and inspire the next generation to explore.

Fun at Home with Kids

Focuses on open-ended play that encourages creativity and imaginative at home play that is simple, easy, and affordable.

Hour of Code

Code.org® is an education innovation nonprofit dedicated to the vision that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science as part of their core K-12 education.

How Stuff Works

Provides factual, unbiased content that’s fun to read.

LEGO Education

Explore up to 400+ lessons with everything you need from what sets are required to building instructions.

NASA Space Place

NASA Space Place's mission is to inspire and enrich upper-elementary-aged kids' learning of Space and Earth Science online through fun games, hands-on activities, informative articles, and engaging short videos.

National Geographic Kids

Focuses on all the subjects of most interest to kids ages 6 to 14.

NOVA

A free digital platform that engages teens and lifelong learners in games and interactives that foster authentic scientific exploration.

PBS Kids

Educational games and videos from Curious George, Wild Kratts and other PBS KIDS shows!

Scholastic Reading Counts

Find books that are part of the Scholastic Reading Counts (SRC) program

Smithsonian Learning Lab

The Lab is a free, interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian's expansive community of knowledge and learning.

STEM Works

A resource for teachers, mentors, parents, STEM professionals, volunteers, and everyone passionate about getting children eager to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math.

Think Fun

ThinkFun is the world's leader in addictively fun games that ignites young minds and gives children an early learning advantage.

Tinker Lab

Easy and fun art activities that children and adults love – all in the spirit of exploration, experimentation, and play.