Edutainment for Youth and Adult Kids
Games and Resources for Educational Fun
Gamification
Games for fun and learning!
Youth Media
Educational Books & Videos!
ChessKid.com is the scholastic extension of Chess.com, the #1 online chess site, and serves more than 3 million kids around the globe with lessons offered in English, Spanish, French, Korean and other languages.
Chess Kid
Learn to play chess with this beginner-friendly app! Enjoy free chess games online and offline. Play with friends or challenge the chess bots and play chess against a computer!
Chess Kid Adventure
ChessKid Adventure is a fun, safe, and educational world where kids can embark on quests to learn chess, defeat the main boss, and gather the loot. It’s the classical game of chess, but wrapped in a magical world that kids will love.
Word Force
Reading games designed by literacy experts and baked with fun. Download WORD Force for free and help your child become a stronger reader.
This game can assist your child with these skills and more…
Beginning and ending sounds
This game will help children gain confidence in identifying words that have the same beginning or ending sound.
Rhyming
This game will help children feel confident in identifying rhyming pairs.
Letter sounds
This game will help children gain confidence in matching sounds with their letter representations.
Vocabulary
This game will help children develop knowledge of Tier II vocabulary words by being taught new words and then matching the new vocabulary words to appropriate pictorial representations of the words.
Scholastic's Home Base
Scholastic’s Home Base is a free 3D virtual world where kids can interact with their favorite book characters, go on quests and missions, play games, and hang out with other kids in a safe, moderated environment.
PC and Mac users can access this site with this link, https://kids.scholastic.com/kid/homebase/play/
In Home Base, kids can:
• Explore beloved stories, interact with favorite characters, and discover their next must-reads
• Play games inspired by popular books
• Reinforce skills like geography, astronomy, physics, spelling, writing, and more!
• Meet Scholastic authors in live digital events
• Express creativity through writing stories and creating comics
• Connect with other readers via filtered chat
KidLit TV
Storytime from Space
Ever wonder what it would look like if you went to storytime in zero gravity? Wonder no more! NASA astronauts share storytime from space
TinkerCast
🚀 Heya, Future Tinkerer! Dive into Tinkercast: The Ultimate Fun Podcast World! 🚀
Ever wished for a universe filled with mind-blowing stories, funny facts, and a sprinkle of magic? Let these podcasts add some WOW to your day.
🎉 What’s Inside Tinkercast’s Treasure Box? 🎉
📻 Tune In & Wonder Out: Listen to ‘Wow in the World’, our star podcast packed with wild tales and giggles. It’s a journey of wonders, right in your ears!
📖 Adventure Reads: Dive into books that are bursting with amazing stories. It’s like holding a piece of another world in your hands!
🎈 Epic Events: Imagine a party with the funniest scientists and creative minds! That’s Tinkercast’s live events for you.
🎥 Magic Videos: Lights, camera, WOW! Dive into videos that make learning feel like a movie treat.
🖌 DIY the Fun: Get your hands on playful projects and turn your cool thoughts into masterpieces!