FREE Online Learning Websites for Kids

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Discover the best educational websites for kids. Let your children learn about everything from anatomy to phonics with these free online learning websites. These are great website apps to use during summer months or breaks in school. 

Free Online Learning Websites For Kids

Have you ever wondered what are the best Free Online learning websites for kids? So many websites claim to be the best, but require you to sign up and pay for services. Let’s face it, we are all frugal and looking for the best for less.

Technology is becoming more and more regular for children. Criticism surrounds technology for children, but technology is here to stay, and in moderation, can be a very good tool to aid children’s learning.

There are so many Educational Websites and apps are available, but how do you know which ones are the best? 

I have compiled this list of some of the best Free Online Learning Websites for Kids that you will want to check out! If you have little ones most of these are compatible with iPads or in my case android compatible touchpad.

Just make sure you have a good case and then let your kids browse these sites where they can have fun and learn all at the same time.

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These are great Online Learning Websites & apps to use during summer months or breaks in school. My kids like to use them during the school year too.

Free Online Learning Websites

ABC Ya

This website contains everything from Counting Games, to Graphing, Patterns and more. Great for learning early math skills.

This is one of my kids’ Favorite Free Websites!

Plus, I hear them say they get to play on this site during computer lab time. (teacher approved)

Cool Math

CoolMath calls itself “an amusement park of math and more.” Children can play online math games that help them with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, money, and more.

CoolMath is geared for the older kids (13 and up)

Fun Brain

Reading, Math, Tic Tac Toe and more are all a part of FunBrain.com!

Explore tons of new games for kids and learn as you go. They even have fun Mad Libs to help with reading!

Highlights Kids

My kids LOVE Highlights Magazines, and the website is just as great!

There are games, books, crafts, and of course, Hidden Pictures.

National Geographic for Kids

This is a great site for exploring our world and learning all you can about the Ocean, Animals, Geography, and more! There is a TON of information on this site and also some great videos, Puzzles, and quizzes

PBS Kids

This is a great site for kids of all ages featuring all of your kids’ favorite characters from PBS!

Sesame Street’s Online Home 

Your kids can choose from hundreds of the show’s video clips and play games that help them learn letters, animal sounds, rhymes, colors and more.

Star Fall

 This is a great website for learning to read. Starfall takes your kids all the way from ABC’s to Learning to Read!

There are some fun games and more that surround Phonics, Sounds and putting sounds together in words! This is great for preschoolers learning to read!

The Kidz Page

This site has more than 5,000 pages of learning games and activities.

Online coloring pages, jigsaw puzzles, and word games are just a few sections of this massive site. Each holiday also has its own section of activities and games to enjoy with your children.

Important – Keeping Your Kids Safe on The Internet

Plus be sure to check out Kids Internet Guide. A fun, entertaining guide that will help your kids and yourself understand how the internet works.

FREE Online Learning Websites

The way children are learning is changing. It’s amazing how much children can learn with technology. It is hard to believe that when I was the same age as my kids; we were not nearly tech-savvy. In fact, they know so much more than I ever did at that age.

If you have been worried about all the technology your kids are facing, here is a nice article from Purdue University called “GROWING UP WITH TECHNOLOGY“.

It is a nice read and goes into further detail about the benefits.

Extra Activities

Don’t want your kids spending their entire day in front of a screen? Here is a great resource for free online printable math worksheets, games & puzzles. These are completely portable… Long car ride? Print a worksheet.

Print them here. 

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