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Grades: 3-6

Subject: Global Studies/Social Studies

Cost: Free

Rationale: UNICEF Kid Power encourages students to participate in activities that contribute to real-world humanitarian projects, promoting responsibility and empathy. This supports Erikson’s industry stage by allowing students to contribute positively to global issues, fostering a sense of purpose and global responsibility. |

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Harness Purpose and Philanthropy with UNICEF Kid Power on Seesaw

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Grades: K-5

Subject: Art/Drama/Character Building

Cost: Free

Rationale: This site offers kindness challenges, activities, and resources, promoting a compassionate classroom environment. Rooted in Kohlberg’s moral development theory, it encourages students to consider the impacts of their actions on others, cultivating empathy and ethical understanding through culturally inclusive kindness activities. |

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Grade: K - 3rd Grade

Subject: Advisory/Play/Reading Class

Cost: $13

Rationale: Interactive storybook that promotes moral development by presenting choices and consequences, supporting diverse ways to explore ethical decision-making. This aligns with Kohlberg’s stages of moral development by letting children practice ethical reasoning in a safe way.

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Grade: 2nd - 5th Grade

Subject: STEM (Problem Solving)

Cost: $30

Rationale: This game develops logic, planning, and spatial reasoning, offering multiple pathways for engaging in cognitive skills through interactive play. This aligns with Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, which emphasizes the importance of concrete operational tasks in developing logical thinking and planning skills in children.

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Grade: 3rd - 5th Grade

Subject: Math/Critical Thinking

Cost: $10

Rationale: This puzzle game promotes cognitive skills like spatial reasoning and problem-solving, allowing students to engage individually and at their own pace. This is consistent with Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development, as students can solve increasingly complex puzzles with limited assistance, scaffolding their understanding.

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Grade: Pre-K - 1st Grade

Subject: Memory Skills

Cost: $2 for printing

Rationale: Locally made memory cards with shapes, colors, and animals encourage memory retention, visual recognition, and cognitive engagement in young children. This aligns with Piaget’s sensory-motor stage as children explore, recognize, and categorize objects in their environment.

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Memory Game for Children, Cards with Transport Objects Stock Vector - Illustration of activity, motorbike: 93684022

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Grade: 2nd - 5th Grade

Subject: Advisory session

Cost: $27

Rationale: Guided journal encourages self-reflection and resilience, supporting emotional growth by allowing students to work independently and explore emotions safely. This aligns with Erikson’s psychosocial development theory, supporting identity formation and autonomy as students express themselves and explore their emotions.

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DIY Montessori Language Nomenclature Cards 

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Grade/Age: Ages 4-8

Cost: Free

Subject: English/Vocabulary Development

Teachers Pay Teachers offers free Rationale: Montessori-inspired nomenclature cards on various topics, allowing children to connect words with images meaningfully. These cards support Montessori’s use of real-life imagery for vocabulary learning, reinforcing understanding through self-paced, hands-on exploration.

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Grade: 4-6

Subject: Social Studies

Cost: Free

Rationale: This site provides multimedia stories and lesson plans centered on diverse cultures, values, and challenges, fostering empathy and understanding of global perspectives. Erikson’s stage of industry is supported here, as students develop an understanding of others' experiences, building social and cultural awareness. |

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Stories and lessons for growing minds

We are a free multimedia platform for educators and students. Through our immersive storytelling and curricula, we aim to plant seeds of empathy, interconnectedness, and a sacred relationship with our planet. Use our award-winning films, photo essays, and essays to learn about social, cultural, and environmental issues from individuals and communities worldwide. For grades 3-12, our stories and lessons encourage students to broaden their perspectives and worldviews while fostering universal human values and respect for the living world. We aim to bring universal values into the lives of educators and students.

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Celebrating Student Artwork: New Student Gallery

Encourage thoughtful and meaningful conversations in the classroom with our student gallery. Use the gallery as a tool to foster curiosity, observation skills, and perspective-taking.

The gallery encourages students to learn from each other's perspectives. How are students witnessing and engaging with the world in new ways since the start of Covid-19? Search by theme, previous Global Oneness Project contests, or from locations around the world. The gallery is accompanied by an image analysis activity, including a Visible Thinking Routine from Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Grade: K-5 Grade

Subject: Physical Education

Cost: Free Youtube Videos

Rationale: Move to Learn offers videos and instructions on various cultural dances, allowing students to experience movement while learning about different cultures. This supports Erikson’s psychosocial stage of industry vs. inferiority by encouraging students to try new activities and build motor skills through fun and culturally diverse dances.

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Grades: 1-6

Subject: Social Studies and Communication

Cost: Free

Rationale: Empatico connects classrooms globally to foster empathy and understanding by facilitating live exchanges between students from different cultures. This aligns with Vygotsky’s emphasis on social interaction for cognitive growth, as students build friendships and communication skills with peers worldwide

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Grade: Pre-K - 2nd Grade

Subject: Reading and Phonics

Cost: $35/year

Rationale: Starfall offers interactive stories, phonics games, and read-aloud books aimed at helping Pre-K to 2nd-grade students develop reading skills. These tools engage young readers through animations, sound, and hands-on activities, making literacy learning interactive and accessible. This aligns with Vygotsky's theory of language as a social tool, where shared activities and feedback help build literacy skills.

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Starfall Education: Kids Games, Movies, Books & Music for K-5 and above

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At Starfall, children have fun while they learn - specializing in reading, phonics & math - educational games, movies, books, songs, and more for children K-5 and above.

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Grade: Pre-K - 1st

Subject: Play, Fine Motor Skills, Coordination

Cost: $26

Rationale: Helps young learners practice hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills by using safe, realistic tools to “cut” food items, supporting Piaget’s theory of concrete manipulation to develop motor control and Erikson’s autonomy stage, as children practice independence through role play.

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Grade: 6th Grade

Subject: Art Class/ Communication Skills, Teamwork

Cost: $10

Rationale: Allows students to create characters and communicate stories collaboratively, fostering teamwork and developing social confidence through performance. his aligns with Vygotsky’s theory of social interaction as a vehicle for learning, as students collaborate and negotiate roles.

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Grade: Pre-K - 3rd Grade

Subject: Gross Motor Skills/Play Time/ Recess

Cost: $15

Rationale: This locally crafted bamboo swing develops core strength and balance, allowing students to experience traditional play that builds physical awareness. It supports Erikson’s initiative vs. guilt stage, as children explore physical skills, gaining confidence, and Piaget’s concrete operational stage, as they understand movement’s effects on the body.

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Grade/Age: Ages 5-10

Subject: Vocabulary/Advisory

Cost: $2/peice

Rationale: My Mood Monster uses interactive monsters to help children identify and label their emotions. Children can explore scenarios and vocabulary to express feelings effectively. This activity supports emotional intelligence by teaching language skills through relatable, engaging characters that children can associate with specific emotions.

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Grades: 3-5

Subject: Literacy and Moral Education Cost: Free

Rationale: CommonLit provides stories and texts that explore moral dilemmas, social justice, and historical events from diverse perspectives. This supports Kohlberg’s moral development stages by challenging students to think critically about ethical issues and consider multiple viewpoints.

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CommonLit | Free Online Reading Passages and Literacy Resources

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“Story Stones” (DIY Kit) (Story Stones Guide)

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“Story Stones” (DIY Kit) (Story Stones Guide)

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Grade: Pre-K - 2nd Grade

Cost: Approximately $10 for craft materials

Rationale: A DIY project where children paint or use stickers on stones to represent different objects, characters, or emotions. Kids then create stories by arranging the stones, encouraging narrative skills and vocabulary building. Supports social interaction and storytelling in pairs or groups, facilitating language acquisition within the Zone of Proximal Development. Piaget: Encourages symbolic thinking in the preoperational stage as children use stones to represent ideas.

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Inspire Creative Storytelling With “Story Stones”

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Learn how to make DIY story stones to enjoy imaginative storytelling with your child.