Favorite Educational Websites for Kids
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Educational websites for kids are a fun way to keep children happily learning. All you need is access to a computer and headphones and your child can review skills without any help from you.
My kids both have chrome books and they have been perfect for our family. They are relatively inexpensive and are not particularly delicate, so I don’t worry about them getting damaged.
Educational websites for kids have a few benefits:
- Review skills
- Screen time parents can feel good about
- Teaches skills in a fresh way
Here are my favorite educational websites for kids!
Favorite Educational Websites for Kids
Starfall
Starfall.com is a website that I used when I was a public school kindergarten teacher. This was one of my favorite educational websites for kids in my classroom.
It offers phonics-based reading practice. Kids can listen to audio stories, play games, and read books.
A large part of Starfall is free, but there is an upgrade for $35/year. The upgrade features a few math games and extra reading practice. Personally, we have always just used the free portion of the site.
The target audience is pre-k through 3rd grade.
Abcya
Abcya.com offers practice on language arts and math skills. This is Hannah and Ben’s favorite place to practice math. I like that there is a good variety of skills reinforced in a multitude of games
There are a ton of free games on Abcya.com, but you can pay for more games with no advertisements. The cost is $5.83+/month for a family membership.
The target audience is pre-k through 6th grade.
Usborne Quicklinks
Usborne-quicklinks.com connects you with other educational websites for kids about a selected topic. It is an excellent free resource for science and history. Many Usborne books include internet links, but the books are not necessary to use the website.
Just click on one of the provided subjects or type in a search word. Select one of the Usborne books and multiple other website selections will pop up. The suggested websites will include activities, kid-friendly YouTube clips, and games.
I use usborne-quicklinks in my lesson plan weekly.
The target audience is pre-k through 8th grade.
BBC Dance Mat
BBC Dance Mat is an excellent free typing educational website for kids. Beginning typers start at level 1 by learning the home row. They can progress at their own pace through level 4, where they learn how to hold two keys at once to make capital letters.
I use BBC Dance Mat in my lesson plans weekly, alternating with handwriting.
The target audience is 1st grade – 8th grade.
Magic Treehouse
MagicTreehouse.com correlates with the Magic Treehouse book series, so if you have Jack and Annie fans, be sure to check this out! Kids can read samples of books, answer quizzes about books, and go on their own magic treehouse mission.
The target audience is 1st through 4th grade.
Funbrain
Funbrain.com is a free website featuring a ton of educational games. There are math, reading, and problem-solving games. I love assigning games that reinforce our lessons.
The target audience is pre-k through 8th grade.
NASA Kids Club
The NASA Kids Club provides a safe space online for kids to learn about space missions and play space-themed logic games. They can also drive a Mars rover, color, and find hidden objects.
The target audience is pre-k through 4th grade.
Brainpop
Brainpop.com provides high quality educational videos. The cartoon format captures kids attention, while the lessons are full of facts. Brainpop covers a large amount of content – science, history, math, language arts, art, music, health, and engineering.
Each section contains a few free selections, but Brainpop is largely a paid site. A family subscription is $129 per year. There is a homeschool subscription that offers you the ability to assign work to up to 4 kids, but that option is absurdly more expensive than the family option.
The target audience is 3rd through 8th grade
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids is one of my favorite educational websites for kids who love nature. The website provides accurate educational information about a wide variety of animals. There are also games and quizzes to entertain kids.
The target audience is 2nd grade – 8th grade.
Raz-kids
Raz-kids.com is a paid site that partners with ReadingA-Z.com Each child can easily find and read books that are at the appropriate reading level. The kids must then answer a few questions to demonstrate comprehension. I like that I can log in and assign reading assignments and view progress. It is currently the only site we pay to use.
The target audience is K – 5th grade.
A Raz-kids annual subscription costs $118 per family per year. We use it as part of our reading program.
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