BrainPOP is a group of educational websites with over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K-12 (ages 6 to 17), together with quizzes 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 20% of U.S. schools and also offers subscriptions for families and homeschoolers. It is also used in schools in Mexico, France, Spain, Israel, and several other countries, where it offers videos in local languages that are designed for students in those countries. BrainPOP is available by subscription but has some free content, including a movie of the day, several free movies from each topic area, educators materials, including lesson plans, and an extensive library of educational games called GameUp. Its free smartphone and tablet application accesses BrainPop’s free and subscription content.
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IXL primarily offers educational practice for K-12th graders. The company also provides analytical tools to track student performance and identify areas for academic improvement. IXL Learning offers practice skills for math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish. Learn More
Reading Eggs makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids, with great online reading games and activities. Children love the games, songs, golden eggs and other rewards which, along with feeling proud of their reading, really motivate children to keep exploring and learning. Appropriate for ages 3-7. Learn More
Reading Eggspress makes reading real books, improving spelling skills and building reading comprehension highly engaging for kids aged 7 to 13. The online reading program is packed with hundreds of interactive reading activities, online children’s books, and literacy games.
Lexia‘s literacy programs provide explicit, systematic, personalized learning on critical reading and language skills, and deliver real-time performance data without stopping to administer a test. This research-proven, technology-based approach accelerates reading skills development and provides teachers data-driven action plans to help differentiate instruction for each student. For students of all abilities in grades Pre-K–5
Lexia Powerup is for struggling and non-proficient readers in grades 6 and above
Tales2go makes it easy to surround students with spoken sophisticated words by streaming over 7,500 audiobook titles from leading publishers to devices. Students love listening to a good story, well told by a professional narrator.
Tales2go is used as a literacy tool to develop vocabulary, fluency and comprehension skills.
Oral language drives vocabulary acquisition and retention, which is a key component of reading proficiency. Yet most students lack repeated exposure to sophisticated spoken words. As a result, most students do not have a large enough vocabulary to be proficient readers.
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Starfall emphasizes exploration, play, and positive reinforcement—encouraging children to become confident and intrinsically motivated. Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children. Grade K-3. Learn More
Raz-Kids is an award-winning teaching product that provides comprehensive leveled reading resources for students. With hundreds of eBooks offered at 29 different levels of reading difficulty, it’s easy to put the right content in every student’s hands.
Kids access their leveled text through an interactive learning portal designed to keep them motivated and engaged. Every eBook is available in online and mobile formats, and allows students to listen to, read at their own pace, and record themselves reading. Students then take a corresponding eQuiz complete with an extended answer response to test comprehension and determine future instruction needs. Once a child has read ten or more of the leveled eBooks and passed each of the corresponding eQuizzes, they advance on to the next reading level where they have access to lengthier and more difficult text.
MobyMax finds and fixes learning gaps with adaptive, differentiated learning in K-8 subjects. Learn More
ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn’t know in a course. ALEKS then instructs the student on the topics she is most ready to learn. As a student works through a course, ALEKS periodically reassesses the student to ensure that topics learned are also retained. ALEKS courses are very complete in their topic coverage and ALEKS avoids multiple-choice questions. A student who shows a high level of mastery of an ALEKS course will be successful in the actual course she is taking. K-12 Learn More
Dreambox is an adaptive, personalized instruction. K-8 Learn More
Notes: Not a complete curriculum, but a fun supplement. Lots of games. Can be difficult to transfer skills to paper.
Mathseeds teaches kids aged 3-9 the core math and problem-solving skills needed to be successful at school with fun, highly interactive and rewarding lessons. Mathseeds combines highly structured lessons with fun motivational elements that keep children engaged and keen to learn. Your kids can start learning with Mathseeds anytime and anywhere there is a computer or tablet. Learn More
Notes: Best when used with a paper curriculum.
Typing Pal is a simple and effective web-based program for beginners and intermediates who want to touch type at full speed. 3rd grade and up. Learn More
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Prodigy is FREE. You don’t need to order through us. With a diagnostic test to place students in the correct grade, embedded assessments, and automatic differentiation, Prodigy ensures that each one of your students succeed at their own pace. Learn More
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Learn American Sign Language online. Offering ASL dictionary, grammar, lessons…
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