Online Resources for K-12 Students, Educators, and Families: Resources for Families of K-12 Students

Provides links to educational resources categorized by grade level, from coding to crafts and math to music.

Khan Academy, begun by Salman Khan as a way to help a family member study math, is a collection of educational readings, videos, and activities across academic fields and dealing with various topics.

A searchable collection of art lesson plans, primarily for K-12 students.

A collection of reading, writing, and literacy lesson plans.

Lesson plans about various historical subjects, intended for students in grades 3-12.

Lesson plans for health and physical education, arts, language arts and literature, math, science, and social studies.

Links to different educational resources related to various scientific topics.

Includes lesson plans about art and culture, history and social studies, and literature and language arts.

Videos, interactive lessons, lesson plans, and other resources related to science and scientific topics.

Videos, interactive lessons, lesson plans, and other resources related to math.

Videos, interactive lessons, lesson plans, and other resources related to science and scientific topics.

Videos, interactive lessons, lesson plans, and other resources related to the arts.

A collection of science lesson plans for students of various ages.

This initiative allows parents and students to park near buildings with wireless internet access (wi-fi) in order to complete school activities that require internet access. This page includes a map of study-from-car locations.

A collection of databases about various topics, available to all Maine residents. Includes databases specifically for K-12 students as well as online dictionaries, encyclopedias, articles, and language learning tools (please see "Resources for K-12 Students" tab for more details). To use the Digital Maine Library databases, you will need to be able to show that you live in Maine. This can be done several ways, including having a Maine IP address, Maine residential address, or valid Maine library card. For more information, visit Getting Started with Digital Maine Library.

Provides access to electronic books and audiobooks. Users must have a library card from a participating Maine library; library content can be accessed through a web browser or the CloudLibrary app on smartphones/tablets.

A list of potential ideas for at-home learning for kids from pre-K to 2nd grade.

A list of potential ideas for at-home learning for kids in the upper levels of elementary school.

Resources to educational resources as well as information about how to set routines for learning at home and related resources.

Includes videos with read-aloud children’s books, audio recordings such as author interviews, activities and lessons, about children’s and young adult books. Geared to teachers, pre-service education students in K-12, and some are appropriate for parents and kids at home.