At-Home Education & Activities
Find resources to complement your classroom, supplement your child's school work, or build your own curriculum.
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Education Kits (jumps to new page)
Homework Help for Students (jumps to new page)
Local Resources & Homeschooling in MA (jumps to a new page)
Cross-Curricular
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math)
Movement & Exercise
Literacy
Growing Up & Puberty
Podcasts
Materials Request Form
Education Kits (jumps to new page)
Homework Help for Students (jumps to new page)
Local Resources & Homeschooling in MA (jumps to a new page)
Cross-Curricular
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math)
Movement & Exercise
Literacy
Growing Up & Puberty
Podcasts
Materials Request Form
Education Kits
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These kits contain a variety of educational tools that you can borrow and use at home. Some kits come with instructions or experiments while others are open-ended! Each is designed to help your child learn more through STEM, creativity, critical thinking, or problem solving.
Visit the AT-HOME EDUCATION KIT page here. |
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Cross-Curricular
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Kanopy
Thoughtful entertainment for children aged preschool and up. Kanopy Kids highlights films and TV series that inspire and inform, helping children develop empathy, mindfulness, and self-esteem through entertaining and educational videos. |
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Scholastic Teachables
Scholastic Teachables offers unlimited access to thousands of downloadables and printables. Save hours of prep time with this database that offers 25,000+ ready-to-go lessons and activities for every subject and skill level. |
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Beyond the Chalkboard
Hundreds of activities and guides created by the Boston Children's Museum in science, literacy, culture, art, health, math, and engineering. |
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Khan Academy
Expert-created and always-free content for every level (pre-K to college). Students practice at their own pace, first filling in gaps in their understanding and then accelerating their learning. |
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Learn with Smithsonian
Smithsonian offers digital tools, activities, and lesson plans support inquiry-based learning and active engagement to spark creativity and curiosity in science, history, art, and more. Not sure where to start? Smithsonian has Education Guides for grades pre-K - 5 and grades 6 - 12. |
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Super Sleuths with Carmen Sandiego
Help your kids become expert super-sleuths with Carmen Sandiego™ games and guides with subjects including writing, geography, art, and more. |
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Wonderopolis
Each day, Wonderopolis poses an intriguing question and explores the answer in variety of ways, including text, images, videos, and quizzes, to inspire conversation, build vocabulary, and encourage exploration |
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STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, & Math)
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Bedtime Math
This website and app works to make math part of the family routine. Caregivers can sign up by email, on the website, and on the free app. Whether it’s flamingos, ninjas or pillow forts, kids can see the math in their favorite topics. Activities are geared towards kids in grades K - 5. |
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Explore with NASA
NASA is ready to engage the next generation of explorers! Try at-home building projects and experiments, download lessons, explore the universe and the surface of Mars, and more. |
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MoS At Home was built by the Boston Museum of Science with the theme of "science never stops." Scroll through their page to find STEM live stream sessions, downloadable activities, podcasts, and more!
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Nomster Chef
Find healthy recipes that kids can help make with their grown-ups. Each recipe includes tips for teaching, substitutions for dietary restrictions, and more. |
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Movement & Exercise
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Cosmic Kids Yoga offers interactive adventures which build strength, balance and confidence through yoga and mindfulness exercises.
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GoNoodle: Good Energy at Home
Teachers often use GoNoodle to get the wiggles out between lessons. This site now provides ways for kids and families to move and learn together at home with videos and activities featuring yoga, dancing, and more. |
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Literacy
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BookWizard - Find Books at Your Reading Level
Find books that fit your child's Grade Level Equivalent, Accelerated Reader, DRA, Guided Reading, or Lexile level. |
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NoveList K-8 Plus
Books and authors for young readers with recommendations by topic, reading level, previous favorites, and more. Have your Pembroke Library Card ready. |
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Puppets, Theatre, and Fairy Tales
Craft and paint your own puppet theatre, make puppets, and write your own skits. Find instructions for a simple cardboard puppet theatre or just duck under a table. Adapt a classic folk or fairy tale for your script or make up your own stories. Your puppets can be paper, fabric, pipe cleaners, foam, or almost anything. Have fun and get creative! |
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Growing Up & Puberty
KidsHealth offers articles and videos geared towards kids to help them understand their changing body.
Scarleteen offers a gender-inclusive guide to puberty with articles and an extensive glossary for curious readers.
Podcasts for ages 2-14
- KidNuz: News to Grow On: Five minutes of today’s top stories, current events, politics, science, entertainment, sports and more — all nonpartisan and age-appropriate.
- Ear Snacks:* Science, art, and culture served up with catchy songs and kid participation. The award-winning children’s musicians connect ordinary things with extraordinary ideas. (Ages 2–5)
- Little Stories for Tiny People:*Original tales featuring animal characters tackle topics from school to new siblings. Warm, funny, and pitch-perfect. (Ages 2–5)
- April Eight:* Songs and fairy tales for kids of all ages that also feature family-friendly crafts and recipes. (Ages 3+)
- Circle Round: *The stellar host curates global folktales in this podcast from WBUR: Boston’s NPR news station. (Ages 3–10)
- Story Pirates:* Actors perform kid-written sketches that are weird, funny, and original. (Ages 4–10)
- Buttons & Figs:* Nonsense literature, from jokes to tongue twisters, helps kids make sense of the world around them and create nonsense of their own. (Ages 5–10)
- "What if" World:* The narrator spins comic tales out of kid questions, like “What if Santa were an elephant?” or “What if sharks had legs?” (Ages 5–10)
- Peace Out:* Perfect for getting kids to relax and breathe while sneaking in mindfulness lessons. A great way for kids to wind down. (Ages 5–12)
- Tumble:* Crack science reporting and interviews with experts on new scientific discoveries, from biofuels to black holes. (Ages 6—12)
- Short and Curly:* An Australian podcast examines serious ethical questions (“Would you donate your kidney to a stranger?”) with plenty of time for students to interact and share views. (Ages 6–12)
- The Past and the Curious:* History with a side of fun, this features stories about such figures as Nellie Bly and Henry “Box” Brown. (Ages 6+)
- The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel:* Middle grade kids script and voice this mystery show in a high-quality cross between The Goonies and Stranger Things. (Ages 8–12)
- The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian:* Sci-fi adventures starring an eight-year-old on a space station who explores the galaxy with friends. (Ages 8–13)
- Brains On!:*Kids submit questions; scientists answer them. Music, wisecracks, and decoding a mystery sound every episode keep things lively. (Ages 9+)
- Book Club For Kids:* Middle schoolers discuss books and sometimes hear a celebrity read or answer questions. (Ages 10–14)
Need something else?
The Library can help you find materials that will suit your students and subject. Please complete the form below so that we can compile a list or place Holds on materials for your home or classroom.
