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Overview
Discovery Education’s library of vetted, high-quality content contains a wide variety of resources to support teaching and learning in the Primary Classroom. Discovery Education’s resources provide engaging alternatives to consider when designing learning experiences.
Discovery Education’s curriculum experts have curated these resources into channels to provide quick and easy access to support planning engaging learning experiences. Many of our channels organize the content into grade-bands to ensure the content is appropriate for your students.
Complete a keyword search for your topic and find channels to best suit your needs! Don’t forget to subscribe to your favorite channels to add them to your My DE homepage.
Channels
- Early Learning: A child's early years are integral to their linguistic, social, and personal development. A high-quality early learning experience has positive implications for students' future academic success and graduation rates. In this channel, unearth a holistic collection of resources that will jumpstart the first steps of a young learner's scholastic journey. Find videos, reading passages, and channels that support both educator instruction and children's social-emotional growth.
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Magic School Bus: Buckle your seat belt and travel along with Ms. Frizzle and her class on a variety of sensational and educational field trips. This channel is also available in Spanish.
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Weston Woods: See children's picture books come to life with Weston Woods. By seeking the best books from all over the world and adapting them to preserve the integrity of the original, Weston Woods helps children discover the riches that are trapped between the covers of the books and motivates them to want to read for themselves. This channel includes resources in Spanish, French, Mandarin Japanese, and Chinese.
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Kenny the Shark: There is never a dull moment when the family pet is a tiger shark named Kenny. Being a shark, Kenny's instincts often make him try to eat the neighbor's dog or the occasional pizza delivery boy, but Kenny tries hard to curb his natural instincts so he can stay with his best bud, Kat.
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Liberty’s Kids: Travel back in time to witness and discover the birth of democracy in America through the eyes of James and Sarah, two teenage apprentices who worked in Benjamin Franklin's print shop.
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Sid the Science Kid: Meet Sid, an inquisitive preschooler who uses scientific principles to help satisfy his curiosity about the world around him.
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Animated Hero Classics: Journey through history with Animated Hero Classics, a series of biographies of scientists, inventors, explorers, and social champions from around Europe, North America, and the Middle East. This channel is also available in Spanish.
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Earth To Luna!: Follows Luna, her brother Jupiter, and pet ferret Clyde on real-life and imaginary adventures to explore life, physical, and earth and space science concepts. Luna sparks children’s curiosity about science and encourages them to wonder and investigate how the world works. This channel is also available in Spanish.
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Discovery Science Alliance: Join students at the Discovery Science Alliance Academy, an elite academy where recruits learn to think things through, examine the data, apply the tools, master the skills, and become a team called the Discovery Science Alliance.
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Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids: Discovery Education and Jackson Charitable Foundation are proud to present Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids! This partnership amplifies this engaging and fun financial literacy program, extending its impact to schools and homes across America. Join the Cha-Ching band as they prepare kids grades K-6 with the knowledge, tools, and practice they need to make informed decisions to reach their goals and dreams.
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The Fixies: Follow the comical misadventures of Tom Thomas and his secret friendship with Simka and Nolik, the children of the Fixie family that lives in his apartment. There's just no end to the troubles Tom Thomas and his Fixie friends get themselves into with all the gadgets and appliances around them! This channel is also available in Spanish.
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WordGirl: Follow the adventures of WordGirl as she fights off evil villains with superhuman powers and learns new vocabulary words every day. This channel is also available in Spanish.
Strategies & Activities
Discovery Education’s SOS Instructional Strategies are research-based strategies for integrating digital curriculum resources in meaningful, effective, and practical ways. Get started with our Top 10 SOS Strategies for Primary (Canadian Subscribers).
Discovery Education contains over 1,000 grab-and-go activities – including many Studio Boards for quick implementation in your classroom. Learn more about Studio and explore boards made for the Primary Classroom.