Learning opportunities are all around us, not just in boring textbooks and not just in links on a page. Here is some inspiration:
Younger Kids
National Wildlife Federation
Toad Haven – The World is Our Classroom
NASA Play & Learn, For Students, Informal Education, Kids Club, Nasa Klass etc.
Cuisenaire Rods
National Geographic Kids and Little Kids
Discovery Education
Watch Know
Kids Kreate
Learning Treasures
Sounds Like Fun
Stanford K-12 eLearning Courses
Museum Day
Ideas to strew in their paths
Notable Children’s Books (booklist includes Caldecott & Newbery Medal)
Audobon – Just for Kids
Highlights
History for Kids – BBC
National Children’s Museum Projects
Deep Space Sparkle (Art)
Pocket Full of Tales Theatre Company
Kids Learn Out Loud
Books Should be Free (audio books)
Starfall
Family Fun: Cooking with Kids
Geography Songs
UNICEF Youth
ABCmouse.com
No Time For Flash Cards
They Might Be Giants – Here Come the ABC’s
PBS Kids and Cyberchase
Molly Katzen (Cooking)
Yoga for Kids
Readers Theater
International Children’s Digital Library
ChildCraft – The How & Why Library (beginning readers)
Dick Blick Art Projects
Arcademic Skill Builders
Go Apple or Berry Picking and Fruit Festivals
Choose and cut your own Christmas tree
Bloomers – Know & Grow (gardening, nature and ecology)
ARKive
Volunteering
National Parks
State Parks
Flea Markets
Animal Shelters
Peep and the Big Wide World (science and math activities)
Poisson Rouge (Red Fish Soup)
Ethnic Grocery Store
Older Kids
Toad Haven – The World is Our Classroom
NASA Play & Learn, For Students, Informal Education, Kids Club, etc.
Magnetic Poetry
Geocaching
Deb Lewis’ List of Things to Do
Jane Goodall Institute
National Geographic Kids
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Discovery Channel School
Adventure Learning Foundation
Watch Know
Eric Nagler Makes Music
UNICEF Videos
Organic Learning (click the subject links)
Project Happy Child
Do It Yourself Science
Make a Terrarium
Stanford K-12 eLearning Courses
Smithsonian
Scrambled States of America Game
Museum Day
Ideas to strew in their paths
Audubon Society
Tinkering School
Top Documentary Films
Documentary – Educational Resources
GamesGames.com
I Know That
World Wide Words
Visual Astronomy
Free ‘Teaching’ Materials
Reeko’s Mad Scientist Lab
Astronomy for Kids Online
Tour de Turtles
Junior Rangers: National Park Service
Think!
YouTube EDU
Learn Out Loud and Kids Learn Out Loud
LEGO Engineering
Ology
Stellarium
Alice
Fantastic Contraption
Drawminos
Books Should be Free (audio books)
PhunLand
The Happy Scientist
Learning Languages
How Stuff Works
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Weather Wiz Kids
Dr. Karl (science)
Young Eagles
Xtra Normal
Your House as a Museum
UNICEF Youth
Science With Me
Mankato Homeschooling Examiner Articles
Story Starters
The People Speak
LizardPoint.com – Math & Geography
Lego Interactive Website
Howard Hughes Medical Institute – Cool Science
Yes! Magazine
LingQ (languages)
MAKE Magazine and MAKE Blog and Young Makers
Manataka – American Indian Council
Building an Incubator
4-H Programs & 4-H Youth Resources
Fyrebug (make your own video games)
Geography – Name the States
Daylight Map
Notable Children’s Books (booklist includes Caldecott & Newbery Medal)
Explore Mars Now
Google Mars
Yoga for Kids
Readers Theater
Let’s Play Math
Living Math
MindWare
International Children’s Digital Library (English, Russian and other languages)
BrainPop
Family Adventure Game
Dance Mat Typing
Library of Books, Links & More
Explore.org
Timez Attack (multiplication)
Internet Archive – Universal Access to All Knowledge
Flat World Knowledge
Education 2.0 – WiZiQ
Zeus on the Loose
Khan Academy
The Periodic Table of Videos
MangaHigh.com – math games
Dick Blick Art Projects
All About Birds
Fish and Wildlife Service – Neighborhood Explorers (4-11)
Google Body
Insect Lore
Ocean Oasis
World Book
Virtual Skies – Free NASA Aviation Technology and Air Traffic Management courses for high school age.
ARKive
M.I.T. – free high school courses in Math, Science & Humanities (see also: for teachers)
Math Monsters
College Age
Self Made Scholar
Stanford Aurora Forum
Open Yale Courses
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
iTunes U
Google Scholar
Public Library of Science
Cornell University arXiv.org
Academic Earth
Southern California Learning Resources
reDiscover
Ballona Wetlands
Earth Roots Field School
Amy’s Farm
Skirball Cultural Center
Del Rey Music Together
Toyota Symphonies for Youth
Summer Sounds at the Hollywood Bowl
Bixby Marshland in Carson
Albinger Archeological Museum
Ventura Harbor Ecological Preserve
Star Eco Station
Placerita Canyon
Center for Marine Studies
L.A. Arboretum
California Science Center
Flower Market Mon-Sat 8-12
LA Audubon
Natural History Museum
Aquarium of the Pacific
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
LA Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Norton Simon Museum
Hannah Carter Japanese Gardens
Local Architecture
Heritage Square Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art
Japanese American National Museum (see the events & festivals)
LACMA and NexGen Kids Programs
La Brea Tar Pits
Architecture + Design Museum
Children’s Museum
Museum of Tolerance
La Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
Craft and Folk Art Museum
California’s Important Bird Areas
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Museum of Latin American Art
Free Museum Day
San Diego Air & Space Museum
Audobon Center at Debs Park
Star Ranch Sanctuary
Planes of Fame
NASA Exhibits
Santa Monica Museum of Art
The Getty Villa
Hammer Museum
Fowler Museum
The Getty Center
The Paley Center for Media
Los Angeles Art Association
Zimmer Children’s Museum
Autrey National Center
Pasadena Museum of California Art
Chinese American Museum
Museum of Neon Art
Museum of Contemporary Art
FIDM Museum and Galleries
The Grammy Museum at L.A. Live
Watts Towers Arts Center & Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center
Palos Verdes Art Center
Point Fermin Lighthouse
Museum of Latin American Art
Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum
Fullerton Museum Center
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
Bowers Museum of Cultural Art
Dr. Willella Howe-Waffle House and Medical Museum
American Museum of Ceramic Art
Riverside Metropolitan Museum
Laguna Art Museum
Historic Mission San Juan Capistrano
11 Most Endangered Sites Near Your Zip Code
Visit Santa Barbara
Griffith Observatory and Planetarium
UCLA Planetarium and Telescope Shows
State Parks
The Shakespeare Center
Riverside Dickens Festival
Renaissance Faire
Civil War Reenactments
Columbia Memorial Space Center
Homeschool Days at Disneyland and Disney Schooling Yahoo Group
Children’s Museum at La Habra
Adventure Playground Irvine
Adventure Playground Huntington Beach
Leo Carillo State Park (and tide pools)
Tide Pools
Pretend City
Scribble Press
Coast Live Oak
Fun Places to Go with Kids in Southern California
Dig It! The Fossil Workshop
Tree People
Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Mount Wilson Observatory
Northern California
I started this geographical resource list, but then I came across THIS ONE… so I stopped.
Aerospace Museum
TheDiscovery.org
Discovery Science & Space Center
The California Museum
Hiller Aviation Museum
The Gentle Barn
Machine Project
Sand Dune Park
Port of Hueneme (8+)
SilverHorse.org
Richardson Bay Audobon Center
Adventure Playground in Berkeley
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