Welcome

Access your student's class and assignment information through Schoology. Step by step instructions on how to activate a student e-mail and login to Schoology for the first time can be found here. You can access a video tutorial here. You can also access a video on how to use Schoology here.

LAUSD contracts PAPER to provide free tutoring for all K-8 students.  You will have access to 24/7 academic coaches who provide 1:1 support on after-school assignments.  Click here to find out more. 

Every Kester student is automatically issued a Student Success Card (SSC) through the Los Angeles Public Library. It offers a lot of wonderful resources including homework tutoring, free computer time, access to digital media, etc.

Don't know your SSC number? Fill out this form and a librarian will get back to you with the information.

Some of Kester's teachers may use Google Classroom to post assignments online. Students can also use Google Classroom to login to some of the websites listed in the resources below. Students should use their @mymail.lausd.net e-mail address to access Google Classroom. Click here to login.

Install the Kami app extension to use with Schoology or Google Classroom.  

• Google Classroom Installation Guide [Spanish]
• Schoology Installation Guide [Spanish]
• Video tutorial on how to use Kami (Google Classroom)
• Video tutorial on how to use Kami (Schoology)

Are you wondering how to download apps, navigate your student's chromebook: scrolling and switching between windows, or connect to a printer? We've created a collection of video tutorials & guides to help you with all of this. Check out this video tutorial of chromebook basics.

Starfall is well-known site contains a number of activities for learning ABCs, reading, online stories, and more. (Grades K-3)

Use your class code to log on and do reading assignments.

Arranged by grade level, ABC ya contains a great set of computer based activities for grades K-5 th. K & 1st grade have oral direction options. Holiday-oriented choices are included in each grade level.

From the BBC, BBC Games provides a number of interactive game options including rhyming words, phonics, ABC order, pronouns, punctuation, and more. Note: audio has British accent.

BrainPop is a group of children's educational websites that hosts over 1,000 short animated movies geared towards students in grades K-5.  Together with quizzes and related materials, it covers the subjects of science, social studies, English, math, engineering and technology, health, arts and music. 

Login with Clever or student's LASUD email and password.

LearnZillion has ELA instructional videos: WriteAlong and more. Select your grade level then the topic and lesson you would like to learn more about.

Your library card gives you access to audiobooks at the Los Angeles Public Library website.

From the SAG (Screen Actors Guild), over 20 books are read by actors at Storyline Online. Each title includes the video where the story is read and a set of activity ideas.

Need an idea for writing journal, choose one of these writing prompts.

TIME for Kids

From the publishers of TIME magazine, TIME for Kids is loaded with interesting articles, photos, and videos. Politics, the environment, entertainment, sports, and health are just some of the topics covered. TIME for Kids isn't as interactive as most of the other website on this list of educational websites for kids, but the site does tackle subjects that are in the news now while being written for an audience of children. (Grades 2 – 5) 

Select your grade level and practice your math skills as you learn alongside the videos at Khan Academy.

Use your class code to log on and practice your facts.

Helping With Math is for anyone who needs help with math or who wants to help others with math at the K-8 level. It provides math resources that help students to practice what they are learning at home and at school.

Light Up Your Brain 

The brainteaser games and audio stories featured on Light Up Your Brain help students hone their problem-solving, reading, color-matching, math, and fine motor skills. For example, your child can test his or her understanding of physics in “Successful Experiment” by using different-sized balls to move an object to a designated spot.

Practice your math skills while playing online games!

Practice your math facts online!

Multiplication.com helps students review multiplication tables as well as addition and subtraction facts. It has interactive games, classroom games, and worksheets that can be downloaded. (Grades 2 – 5)

Prongo  offers free games, e-cards, jokes, downloads, brainteasers, and links for most major academic subjects. You can also create interactive quizzes for your student using the Quiz Station. (Grades K–

Parents can sign up for a free 90 day trial to practice your math facts & skills/

BrainPop is a group of children's educational websites that hosts over 1,000 short animated movies geared towards students in grades K-5.  Together with quizzes and related materials, it covers the subjects of science, social studies, English, math, engineering and technology, health, arts and music. 

Login with Clever or student's LASUD email and password.

Discovery Kids Why do we need trees? Are jellyfish fish? Who travels with the president? These are just a few of the facts your kids can learn on the ​Discovery Channel's site for children. Games, puzzles, activities, and quizzes get kids involved in learning something new without it feeling like work. (Grades PK – 2) 

How Stuff Works When your child wants to know why the sky is blue, how a tornado forms, or any number of other questions she can come up with on a daily basis, head on over to How Stuff Works. The articles break down subjects like autos, culture, entertainment, science, money, technology and more. Games, quizzes, and videos also round out your children's learning experience. (Grades 3 – 5) 

Open-and-go lessons that will inspire kids to love science! Mystery Science has put together lessons for K-5 during school closure.

Students can login with Google Classroom to access Scholastic News online.

Learn more about space with NASA!

Learn more about some of your favorite animals at National Geographic.

Try out some of these fun STEM activities at home!

This page has a few more STEM Toys and Games.

FREE online classes with one of our Computerwisekids Instructors through video conferencing.  The classes are for Grades 1-5, and they cover: coding, art, digital media etc.

(see class schedule at top of list)

Online resources for independent learning:  math, English language arts games & coding.

Typing tutor to practice typing.

For forgotten grade key/passwords, contact info@kesterelementary.org.

Your whole family will enjoy moving to these fun videos. Show your family your favorite one!

Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually once a day for the next few weeks. New episodes will be posted each weekday at 10:00 am and then remain online to be streamed afterwards.

Follow along withe each step as you learn how to draw like an artist!

Art Projects to do at home or in the classroom.

Sesame Street Younger children will love everything about Sesame Street's online home. They can choose from hundreds of the show's video clips and play games that help them learn letters, animal sounds, rhymes, colors, and more. (Grades PK – 2) 

Highlights The magazine for kids that's been around for more than 60 years now offers online ways to play, read and craft with your children. Matching games, art activities, animated stories and science experiments are just a few ways kids can learn while having fun on the Highlights for Kids website. (Grades 1 – 5) 

PBS Kids Each of the educational shows your children watch on PBS has its own learning section through PBSKids.org. Try sing-a-long songs, sorting and counting games, watch videos, and more. (Grades PK – 3) 

There are lots of great ways to get out there and explore with virtual field trips. 

Monterey Bay Aquarium

San Diego Zoo

Top 12 Museum Tours

Here's another great collection of virtual field trips.