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Reading Eggs makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids, with great online reading games and activities.
Digital library for kids. Sign up for free 30 day trial.
Fun and engaging game that teaches early reading skills.
Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking and growing.
Vooks is a streaming library of kid-safe animated storybooks for children 1-8 years old. Parents can get one month of free access.
Streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books.
Children can listen to the magazine being read to them as they follow along with the highlighted text.
Unite online library provides free access to more than 400 original picture books.
The digital books provide audio narrations in more than 40 different languages.
Audio streaming of more than 600 books.
A place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages.
Each day, an intriguing question is posed and explored in a variety of ways.
Ministry of Education Support
Distance learning support during the COVID-19 event from the Ministry of Education.
Maths
Bring the love of learning home with the most engaging online mathematics program in the world.
Ideas for how you can raise awareness and share mathematics using everyday experiences and resources found around your home.
Motivate students at all levels with Prodigy Math Game’s adaptive learning platform. All in-game math content is free for students and schools.
A fun and engaging game where students learn and practice maths skills. Some classes have login details. Please check your home learning pack.
Online mathematics and English learning tool.
The Arts
Introduce your child to classical music.
Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments
Art lessons at home -blog.
Stop motion studio is a great app where you can make your own stop motion movies… perfect for working with lego etc.
Government Support
The Ministry of Education gives ideas to help support reading writing and maths at home.
Health & PE
Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Families can sign in for a free
Fitness video routines for kids. The focus is on movement in the classroom, but the videos can be done at home, as well.
Videos that children can follow along with. This site focuses mostly on yoga and flexibility.
Science
Explore New Zealand’s fascinating underwater world.
Explore our amazing Earth!
Fun Science and Technology for kids.
A science Podcast for kids. Featuring Nano Girl.
Social Science
New Zealand based current affair site for kids.
Fun articles for kids on current events, science, sports, and more.
Animated Educational Site for Kids – Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology.
Information Technology
Learn computer science -change the world!
An educational game for kids that introduces several principles of programming.