Community Resources and Family Fun During COVID-19
We know these are unprecedented and difficult times, so we wanted to share with our alumni and friends free online resources for our Bronchos and future Bronchos. These resources, compiled by our very own Director of Alumni Relations Lauri Monetti, vary from virtual museum tours to community resources. We hope this list will help during this time of social distancing.
With the increased use of virtual platforms like Zoom, show off your Broncho pride with these UCO-Themed Zoom Backgrounds!
With more downtime at home, check out these coloring sheets ready to download.
Resources for Bronchos
Emergency Resources
211 Heartline Community Resources
Community Health Charities COVID Resources
Infant Crisis Services
Providing food, formula and diapers.
Metro Family Magazine
Grab & Go School Lunches and food pantries families and school-age children.
Childcare Resources
Spontaneity Kids
Spontaneity Kids Care is waiving their usual membership fee.
YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City
Providing emergency childcar services for essential employees. At-home activities, virtual workouts and other resources.
Employment Resources
Oklahoma Works
Texas Workforce Commission
Indeed
Glassdoor
Educational, Entertainment & Health Resources
UCO Wellness Center Virtual Classes
New York Public Library
To gain access, NYPL's free e-reader app, SimplyE, can be downloaded for iPhone or Android.
Alaskan Wildlife
Alaskan Wildlife cams virtual viewing.
Duolingo
Learn a foreign language.
Coursera
Tons of free classes from leading universities and companies.
National Gallery of Art
Daily virtual tours.
The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems.
NASA
Explore NASA's online activities, e-books, podcasts and other content. The universe is waiting.
Yellowstone National Park
Virtual tours available.
The Louvre
Travel to Paris, France, to see amazing works of art at The Louvre with this virtual field trip.
Great Wall of China
This Virtual Tour is beautiful and makes history come to life.
British Museum
This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies.
Jigsaw Explorer
Online photograph jigsaw puzzles You can set the pieces from 6 to more than 1,000!
Houston Zoo
Follow the Houston Zoo’s animals.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Virtual 360 degree tour of the museum.
DoYogaWithMe
Free online yoga classes.
YogaDownload
Free online yoga classes.
FitnessBlender
Free online fitness classes.
UCO-Themed Zoom Backgrounds
Be the envy of your next Zoom call.
Resources for Future Bronchos
NASA Kids’ Club
Make
Live daily art classes for children.
The San Diego Zoo
Website just for kids with amazing videos, activities and games. Enjoy the tour!
Yellowstone National Park
FarmFood 360
Offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs.
Starfall
Phonics skills.
Fun Brain
Math and reading game.
National Geographic Kids
Learn about geography and animals.
Math Score
Math practice from counting to algebra and geometry.
All Kids Network
Crafts, activities, mazes, dot-to-dot, and more!
Back Pack Sciences
Hands-on elementary science videos.
Highlights Kids
Fun games, recipes, crafts and activities.
Big History Project
Online history classes for all ages.
Biology
Boddle Learning
Elementary math through sixth grade.
Breakout
Educational games for K-12.
Bunk History
Digital archive of history.
BWS Education Consulting
Test prep for SAT, ACT and more.
CanFigureIt
Geometry.
Difusion
Resources for Spanish practice.
Chalk Academy
Chinese learning activities.
Music Lab
Music is for everyone.
CK12
Science, math and social studies.
Classroom Cereal
Grammar practice for middle schoolers.
ClubSci Kidz
Daily free science or cooking experiments to do at home.
PlayMada Games
Chemistry.
Conjuguemos
Vocabulary, grammar, listening activities and games in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Latin.
Country Reports
35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world.
Mystery Science
K-5th science lessons.
Curriculum Associates
Free printable K-8 reading and math activity packs (available in English and Spanish).
Curriki
Digital learning content for preschool through high school.
Delta Math
A wide range of math content from middle school through AP Calculus.
Scholastic Classroom Magazines
Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking and growing.
Dog on a Log Books
Printable board games, activities and more for phonics and reading all using evidence-based methods. Can be customized to any student's needs including creating flashcards for other subjects.
Dreamscape
Engaging reading game for grades 2-8 that combines strategy, engagement, and imaginative reading passages to create a fun, curriculum-aligned literacy game.
Everyday Earth
Interactive video and earth science-based curriculum supplement.
Fluency and Fitness
Educational brain breaks to help students review essential literacy and math skills, while getting in some exercise. Find over 900 videos to help your child keep learning at home and burn off some extra energy. Our site is best used for ages 4-8.
GoNoodle
Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts.
HippoCampus
7,000 free videos in 13 subject areas.
Carmen Sandiego
Carmen Sandiego videos, stories and lessons for all subject areas.
Math @ Work
Math videos with lessons and real-life uses of math featuring famous actors.
!zzit
Entertaining and educational videos for all levels and subjects.
Khan Academy
Online education program for toddler through high school.
Teachers Pay Teachers
Free printables for Pre-K through second grade.
Little Spark Company
Free printables library with activities for children up to 6 years old.
Little Twisters Yoga & Emotional Wellness
Free at-home kid's yoga lesson plans.
Macro Learning
Resources for AP students.
Math Playground
Elementary math games, logic puzzles and educational resources.
Music Theory
Introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, exercises, ear trainers and calculators.
Next Gen Personal Finance
Tons of free resources, games, learning resources and lesson plans for teaching personal finance.
Nitro Type
Improve your typing skills while competing in fast-paced races with up to five typers from around the world.
Nomster Chef
Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook with grown-ups. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, math and science.
NoRedInk
Online curriculum that builds better writers.
Elemental Science
80+ do-at-home science activities.
Super Charged Science
Daily lessons and educational activities that kids can do on their own.
ScootPad
Adaptive curriculum in math and ELA for grades K-8.
Novel Effect
Novel Effect makes storytime a little more fun for kids (and grown-ups, too!). As you read out loud from ebooks, music, sound effects, and character voices play at just the right moment, adjusting and responding to your voice.
KiwiCo
Quick and easy at-home projects curated for kids 2 and up.
PBS Learning Media
Pre-K through 12 digital media service with more than 30,000 learning materials.
PhET Interactive Simulations
Science and math labs and simulations.
Positive Physics
An online physics problem and video bank designed for conceptual, standard, honors or AP physics.
Project Explorer
Free videos from around the world from grade 3-12.
Quaver Music
QuaverMusic is offering free access to general music activities to all schools, including free student access at home.
ReadWorks
ReadWorks is an online resource of reading passages and lesson plans for students K-12.
RockAlingua
Music-based Spanish learning.
Shurley Instructional Materials
The Shurley English program for grades K-8 provides a clear, logical and concrete approach to language arts.
Sight Reading Factory
Sight reading and sight singing practice exercises.
SmartMusic
Music practice transformed.
SpellingCity
Spellingcity is free right now with code VSCFree90. Offer valid during spring 2020.
The Concord Consortium
A collection of hundreds of free K-12 STEM resources, from standalone models and simulations to short activities and weeklong sequences of curriculum materials.
The Good and the Beautiful
Course sets (Levels 1–5) that combine and thoroughly cover phonics, reading, writing, spelling, literature, grammar, punctuation, art, and geography—all in one easy-to-use course.
National Geographic Young Explorers
National Geographic Young Explorers is a magazine designed specifically for kindergarten and first-grade students. Children can listen to the magazine being read to them as they follow along with the highlighted text.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A wonderful, endlessly detailed way to get kids engaged in the world of art.
The United States Mint
Your child can play games, learn fun facts, and find out how to turn coin collecting into a hobby.