18 Free Online Learning Resources for Kids

July 17, 2026

Hands up if you’re the worst makeshift homeschool teacher but also fear the summer learning loss!

Us too. But don’t worry, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favourite free resources that will help keep the kids busy, entertained and learning while schools are closed.

Websites:

ABCya.com

Educational Games for Kids PreK – Grade 6. Topics on ABCya.com include math, reading, typing, logic games, and more. Free subscribers get access to regular games on desktop, videos, six mobile games, and three ‘favourite” games per week on one device.

Gonoodle.com

Cabin fever anyone? GoNoodle gets kids up and moving with fun, engaging content including dance parties, yoga sessions, mindfulness activities and games.

Khanacademy.org

Created by experts, Khan Academy is a library of trusted, standards-aligned practices and lessons, covering math K-12, science, grammar, history and more. Free for learners and teachers.

Mysteryscience.com

During the pandemic, Mystery Science collected its most popular K-5 science lessons and is offering them for free, no login required. All lessons are expertly designed to engage students, achieve learning outcomes and for ease of use.

Mystery Doug

How is a rainbow made? Could a turtle live outside its shell? If these are mysteries your kids would like to explore, Mystery Doug gives you free videos exploring hundreds of fascinating questions.

Raz-Kids

Raz-Kids is an award-winning website for students K-5 to improve their reading skills. Enter your email address for access to a library of free interactive ebooks, or enter a little more information and get access to a free 14-day trial of additional resources.

Scholastic Learn at Home

Scholastic Learn at Home offers day-by-day projects for elementary-aged kids to keep them reading, thinking and growing. Each day includes four separate learning experiences built around a meaningful story or video. Little learners can discover things like why Zebras have stripes, or take a trip back in time to the American Revolution via virtual tour.

STMath.com

Now available at no cost to anyone affected by school closures, ST Math is a PreK-8 visual instruction program with a unique, patented approach that allows students to learn through challenging puzzles, non-routine problem solving and informative feedback.

Typing Club

Typing Club is a ‘masterfully designed’ typing and keyboarding website with lessons and incentives to help kids learn to touch type (ie. using all fingers without looking at the keyboard.)

Xtramath.org

Xtramath is a free program that helps students master the building blocks of math education – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division – to help prepare them for more advanced work in fractions, decimals and higher-level math. Sign-up is quick and easy and includes instructional videos to help kids and parents get started.

Free Apps & Apps with Free Trials

ABCmouse

ABCmouse is an award-winning learning program for kids age 2-8 that covers reading, music, math, art and more. Created by teachers and education experts, ABCmouse offers more than 10,000 learning activities for kids at all levels and has been proven to significantly increase reading skills with as little as 45-minutes a week. Free 30-day trial.

Epic!

Epic! offers unlimited access to 35,000 of the best children’s books and videos from leading publishers like National Geographic, Smithsonian and more. $7.25/month after a 30-day free trial.

Libby

Libby is a free app that will allow kids and parents to borrow ebooks and digital audiobooks from their public library. Stream with wifi or mobile data or download for offline use.

Lightbot: Code Hour

Lightbot: Code Hour is a short teaser meant to introduce kids to coding and get them hooked, even without any experience. Appropriate for K-12. It’s free with no in-app purchases.

The Four

The Four is a math app for kids age 7 and older, The Four offers kids simple and fun games and activities to help with math fundamentals. Kids can compete to see who gets the highest score.

Free Printables

Education.com

At Education.com, enter your email address and create a password to unlock access to hundreds of free worksheets and printables for kids.

123Homeschool4me

You don’t need to be a homeschooler to appreciate 123Homeschool4me! Access more than 300,000 free printable worksheets for kids up to Grade 12 in subjects like math, language arts, alphabet letters, history, geography and more.

For comic books, drawing prompts and much more check out these terrific free printables from jarrettlerner.com

Virtual Tours

The Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian Museum of Nature both offer virtual tours if you’re looking to explore without planning a day trip.

And if international travel is not on the cards for the immediate future, you can visit some of the world’s most famous museums from the comfort of your own laptop: