Educational YouTube Channels for Kids

Looking for some Educational YouTube Channels for kids? They’re great for distance learning, classroom learning, and at-home learning!

Here are some mom/teacher-tested channels for several subject areas. Feel free to add your favorite educational channels in the comments!

It’s no secret that videos can be a fantastic teaching tool to help your learners experience things they would not experience in the classroom or at home.

Of course, the best way to experience things first-hand is to go on field trips. But if you happen to be stuck at home {because a terrible virus takes over the world}, you can’t. That’s why I’m sharing some educational YouTube channels you can use with many subject areas.

Educational YouTube Channels for Kids

Please note: No matter how “safe” you or I feel about these channels, I DO NOT recommend allowing your child watch YouTube without supervision. It’s simply too unpredictable.

Click on the links below to check out the YouTube channels mentioned in the lists. Some channels have an explanation beside them, while most do not. Please know that I have visited each of these channels before adding them to the list, but I have not viewed all the videos in their playlists.

Preschool YouTube Channels

• Super Simple Songs – THIS was the channel we lived off of when my kids were younger.
• Play to Learn Preschool’s Virtual Preschool
• Dr. Jean and Friends
• Blue’s Clues & You!
• Gigglebellys
• Netflix Jr. {LOVE Storybots}
• Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel
• The Learning Station
• Brain Candy TV
• Teeter Taught Animation

Language Arts YouTube Channels {Reading, Writing, Grammar, etc.}

• Grandma’s House – Read Alouds
• Ms Becky and Bear’s Story Time – Read Alouds
• Storytime with Ryan & Craig – FUNNY Read Alouds
• Learning Time Fun – videos for sight words
• Disney Educational Products – We like the Schoolhouse Rocks videos for grammar.
• Teaching without Frills – I love how quick and simple her videos are!
• Grammaropolis
• Susan Jones Teaching – She has videos for several subjects and some great ones for phonics and writing.
• This Reading Mama – 6 Syllable Types – These are geared more for teachers, but kids could watch, too.
• Flocabulary

Math YouTube Channels

• Tiny Tunes
• Susan Jones Teaching – She has videos for several subjects and some great ones for lower grade math.
• Math & Learning Videos 4 Kids {great for younger kids}
• Kids Educational Games
• Brain POP
• ViHart
• Numberphile
• Math Antics
• Kahn Academy – This is their playlist for math.
• Video Math Tutor
• Mathademics
• Math Mammoth
• Rise Over Run Math {older kids}
• TabletClass Math {for middle/high school}

Science / STEM YouTube Channels

• National Geographic Kids
• TED-Ed
• Science Max – I think we’ve officially watched ALL of these episodes!
• Science Mom
• SciShow Kids
• Sick Science!
• ExpeRimental
• The Backyard Scientist
• PeekaBoo Kidz
• ScienceBob
• Learning Junction
• It’s Okay to Be Smart
• Bill Nye the Science Guy – While he and I don’t see eye-to-eye with our core values, his older videos are well-done. He doesn’t have full episodes on his channel, but you can search for him in the search bar and find full episodes if you want.
• Smarter Every Day
• Mark Rober

Social Studies & History YouTube Channels

• Kids Academy
• Homeschool Pop – lots of subjects, but some good ones for social studies, too
• Mr. Betts Class for History – funny history videos
• Simple History
• Virtual Field Trips

Arts & Crafts Channels

• Art Hub for Kids
• Red Ted Art
• Doodles with Mo Willems {created specifically during COVID-19}
• Make Anything – related to 3D printing

Channels for ANY Subject

• Scratch Garden
• Kids Learning Tube – Their songs will seriously get stuck in your head!
• Brain POP Jr.
• Flocabulary
• Homeschool Pop
• Mr. DeMaio – Warning! These are silly. My kids love them though.
• Crash Course Kids SciShow – started as history and science, but has expanded to many subjects
• What Do We Do All Day?
• Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel

Foreign Language Channels

• Miss Panda Chinese
• Basho & Friends – Spanish
• Dialect 101 – LOADS of different languages

Wiggle Break Channels

• Go Noodle
• Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel

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