National Online Learning Day focuses on how we can grow and learn through online education and learning opportunities regardless of our age and stage in life. This national day of awareness celebrates the growing community and the future of online education.
Online learning provides you with the ability to learn at a convenient pace that meets your needs. From preschool to personal development technology can help each of us reach new levels and meet our goals in a personalized setting and comfortable environment. Opportunities include obtaining a diploma, learning a new language, research and in-depth study of unlimited topics, completing a certification, working with a mentor, preparing for school, test prep, tutoring, and more.
Online Learning Las Vegas
In Southern Nevada, students have the opportunity to obtain their education through one of several online public charter schools.
Online Learning – Las Vegas Charter Schools
Many children who are home-educated also take advantage of online learning as part of their total experience.
There’s so much more to explore. Here is a list of our favorite sites for children and families that provide education and enrichment opportunities online.
Reading
ABC Mouse
Reading Eggs
Project Gutenberg offers more than 50,000 free e-books
Starfall
Sight Word Soldiers
Mrs. Alphabet
ABCYa
PBS Kids
Book It Program
Highlights Kids
Suessville
Spelling City
Book Adventure
Storyline Online
Speakaboos
Blue Bonkers Nursery Rhyme Quiz Coloring Pages
Reading Bear teaches 1,200 vocabulary items with 50 presentations that cover all the main phonics rules.
Read Aloud Revival
Writing & Grammar
Daily Grammar
Easy Bib is a free bibliography and citation maker.
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides research and citation sources.
Math
Splash Math
Math Fact Cafe
Illuminations
Zearn
Sum Dog
Xtra Math
http://patrickjmt.com
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives computer-based mathematical manipulatives and learning tools.
Calculation Nation
Science
National Geographic Kids
Science Facts
Kid’s Biology
Kid’s Planet
Switch Zoo
Animal Fact Guide
Magic School Bus
Wild Kratts Videos
Earth Rangers
Fact Monster
Brain Pop
Kids Click
All About Birds
Kids Astronomy
Virtual Frog Dissection
Computer Science & Technical Arts
Scratch program your own interactive stories, games, and animation
W3Schools is a web developers site, with tutorials and references on web development languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, and Bootstrap, covering most aspects of web programming.
Webucator offers more than 15,000 online, self-paced courses. Courses are free for home-educated students if you contact the company, the details are here.
Teen Tech Arts Studio through the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
Multiple Subjects
Khan Academy
Fun Brain
Scoot Pad
Typing
Learning Planet
Knowledge Adventure
Primary Games
Jam hosts unique online courses for kids ages 8 years and older.
Arcademics has mutli-player games including math and language arts.
IXL provides math, language arts, science, and social studies for all grade levels
e-learning for kids provides fun and free coursework for kids ages 5-12 in reading, math, science, and keyboarding.
K5 Learning is reading and math enrichment from Kindergarten through grade 5.
BrainChase
Maps 4 Kids
Little Learning Labs
Go Social Studies Go
Peer 2 Peer University
Crash Course is a You Tube channel with an incredible library of video tutorials.
Hippos Campus has 5700 free videos in 13 subject areas for kids in middle school and above.
Free Rice has learning programs in various subjects and for each answer your get right 1o grains of rice is donated to help end hunger.
Acellus
My Teaching Station
Jump Start
Explore the World & Take Virtual Trips
The Smithsonian
Google Arts & Culture allows you to explore stories from around the world.
This virtual tour site provides hundreds of links to online tours of museums, exhibits, cities, and more.
Web Rangers is the National Park Service’s site for kids.
Maggie’s Earth Adventures is a free program for children in grades 1 -7.
4H Virtual Farm
The Louvre offers virtual tours of exhibits
National Gallery of Art
More virtual museum tours and exhibits
And even more museum tours and virtual field trips
The National Arboretum
Visit the Moon with Google Earth.
Planet in Action allows you to interact with Google Earth in really cool ways.
An awe-inspiring list of online field trips
Curricula for home school or enrichment
Ambleside Online
Time4Learning
Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool
Discovery K12 Online Homeschool
MobyMax – a K-8 Curriculum
For Older Students & Adults
Lynda.com offers more than 4,000 courses in business, technology, and creative skills taught by industry experts. There is a free 10 day trial.
Coursera allows you to take the world’s best courses, online.
Audible.com allows you to download and listen to books from any device on the go.
Don’t forget all the online learning opportunities our libraries provide us for FREE.
