As of today, school has closed for nearly 30 million children across the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though this reality poses severe challenges for families, free digital resources such as Wonderopolis® and Camp Wonderopolis® can help learning continue at home in fun and engaging ways.
A digital property of the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL), Wonderopolis.org is a free online learning resource visited by 13 million students, teachers, and parents annually. Each day, the site invites visitors to explore an intriguing question about the world around us and includes activities that reinforce the content learned while building background knowledge and vocabulary skills. So, whether you’re curious about whales, Blackbeard, or artificial intelligence, we’ve got you covered! And with Microsoft’s Immersive Reader, Wonderopolis’ content is translatable into more than 60 languages and includes language-specific accents, line focusing, text resizing, syllable breakdown, parts of speech identification, and a picture dictionary. Take a quick tour of the website here.
Camp Wonderopolis builds upon this rich content by offering interactive STEM and literacy-building topics boosted by Maker experiments that are easy to do at home using household items families already have lying around. Both Wonderopolis and Camp Wonderopolis are completely free. During this out-of-school time, keep your student engaged with these brain-building resources.
