Free, Fun and Educational Online Resources To Do At Home

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Free online games, activities, ideas for craftworks, fun facts, and much more to keep your kids entertained while they’re stuck indoors!

Imagine, the dishes are piling up, the laundry basket is overflowing and your kids are nagging at you to go out and play but you can’t do that because you need to stay home to do all this housework. How are you going to survive?

For you, here’s a list of links that will help you to continue making memories with your little ones at home, allow them to pick up a new skill or knowledge and keep them occupied while you finish your chores! Best of all, most of the activities are free!

• 1:1 online reading tutoring that builds confidence through personalized, interactive lessons for kids in grades K–12
  

  Brighterly – Reading Program

• Carefully curated, age-appropriate and educational games for families. *Free access from 5 to 13 Sep 2026 
  Greenhouse Games 
  

• Draw a Butterfly with your fingers and watch it come alive
  Butterfly Paint (Best on Mobile, draw with a finger and shake your mobile to see if come alive!)

• The Deep Sea - What Can You Find In The Deep Sea
  Scroll and Discover Sea Creatures Under The Deep Sea

• Indoor Activities for the bored toddler
  40+ Best Indoor Activities from Busy Toddler
  
  
• Easy-to-do science experiments
  7 Cool Science Experiments to Try at Home with Your Tots
  
  
• Online Resources from Sesame Street for your Little Ones
  Caring for Each Other
  
  
• Play games and learn about animals and their habitat
  Switch Zoo – Make and Play
  
  
• Over 300 children's audiobooks available for free
  Me Books - 10,000 Promo Codes to Redeem

PBS Kids – Monster Foodie Truck Game/Source: PBS Kids

• Play PBS show-inspired games and learn with well-loved characters
  PBS Kids – Games
  
  
• Swing by Seussville to play games and watch videos with Dr Seuss
  Seussville
  
  
• Thousands of free printable worksheets for kids of different ages, from tots to teens
  123Homeschool4me – Free Worksheets
  
  
• Learn about geography and animals with videos, games and articles
  National Geographic Kids
  
  
• Listen to free online stories narrated by famous people
  Storyline Online
  
  
• Craft ideas as well as printable activity pages and worksheets
  All Kids Network

Arcademics – Grand Prix Multiplication/Source: Arcademics

• Math, Language and Geography games
  Arcademics
  
  
• Games, crafts, recipes, experiments, and interesting facts
  Highlights Kids
  
  
• Simple Recipes to try at home
  7 Immunity-Boosting Ingredients and Recipes to Prepare with the Kids at Home
  
  
• Games on Google Search
  6 Google Search Games to Amuse Your Little Ones
  
  
• Virtual tours of attractions around the world
  Stay Home and Visit the World | Virtual Tours to Help The Family Explore Beyond Your Home

Chrome Music Lab – Rhythm/Source: Rhythym  

• Explore music through hands-on digital experiments
  Chrome Music Lab
  
  
• Daily Science/cooking experiments to conduct at home
  Club SciKidz
  
  
• Learn Portuguese, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Korean, and Latin through fun activities and games
  Conjuguemos
  
  
• Learn a new language for free
  Duolingo
  
  
• Movement and mindfulness video games created by child development experts
  GoNoodle
  
  
• Free printables library featuring a variety of activities for little kids
  Little Spark Company – Printables Library
  
  
• Printable kids yoga lesson plans (free at the moment)
  Little Twisters Yoga & Emotional Wellness
  
  
• Adventurous spelling game (Math game coming soon)
  Brainbox Games
  
  
• Music theory lessons, exercises and calculators
  musictheory.net
  
  
• Compete in fast-paced races by typing
  Nitro Type

Source: Nomster Chef

• Library of illustrated recipes for kids
  Nomster Chef - The Nomster Recipe Library
  
  
• Over 80 free science activities to do at home
  80+ Free Science Activities to Entertain Your Kiddos
  
  
• Become part of the story with read-aloud books
  Novel Effect
  
  
• Quick and easy at-home projects for kids from 2 years and up
  KiwiCo
  
  
• Free workout plans for kids
  Sworkit Kids Workouts
  
  
• Short videos and articles answering an array of questions on arts, science and other categories
  Wonderopolis
  
  
• Interactive lessons teaching kids to read
  ABC Reading Eggs
  
  
• Free online coloring pages
  The Color

The Journey of the Marbill/Source: Stories for Kids

• Free original online stories for kids
  Stories for Kids  
  
  
• Explore fun facts about the weather, moon, animals, nature, and much more
  The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids
  
  
• A guide to gardening for kids
  My First Garden
  
  
• Games and activities for children to learn all about NASA and its missions
  NASA Kids’ Club
  
  
• Learn cryptography through different challenges and games and improve math
  CryptoClub
  
  
• Hundreds of free science experiments to conduct at home
• Steve Sprangler Science – Experiment Library

Source: Magic Tree House Kids

• Interactive games based on the Magic Tree House book series
  Magic Tree House Kids
  
  
• Learn and create music using virtual musical instruments such as guitar, piano and drums
  Virtual Musical Instruments
  
  
• Games, activities, videos, and answers to questions about the climate, atmosphere, energy, and animals, among others
  NASA Climate Kids
  
  
• Craft projects, science experiments, recipes, games, and magic tricks for kids
  Funology
  
  
• Activity sheets for toddlers
  Activity Sheets for Babies, Toddlers and Kids | Keeping Boredom at Bay
  
  
• Free steaming of a collection of audiobooks for kids
  Audible Stories

Now you and your little ones can stay home and they will have lots of options to learn and play from home too!