Learning Commons for Families

Curriculum Picks Curriculum Picks provide just one suggestion for each of the core subjects for ...

This page contains free and paid app suggestions in a variety of subject areas and grade levels. ...

Overview We’ve curated dozens of educational resources available for free online. These sites of...

The Learning Commons welcomes donations of gently used curriculum (e.g., no rips or marks on page...

The Search Portal is the place to access Learning Commons resources such as physical books and ki...

This video is a visual walkthrough of using the search features in the Search Portal. You can use...

This video is a visual walkthrough of how to book items in the Search Portal. You can use the tim...

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Step 1: Go to https://soraapp.com/library/heritageca and click on "Heritage Christian Online Scho...

There are three main book formats in Sora: eBooks, audiobooks, and read-along books. eBooks eBo...

Users can set up their Sora profile to add personalization and collect badge rewards. Go to http...

Different fonts and formatting styles are available to meet many reading needs.  OpenDyslexic O...

The standard load period in Sora is 14 days, however, there are options for 7, 21, and 28 days. S...

You can use Sora to access eBooks, audiobooks, and read-along books through HCOS and your local p...

Discovering Reading and Learning Success (November 2023) Sora: A Treasure of Digital Resources...

Subscriptions cover a wide range of valuable content in various subject areas and grade levels. A...

4Canoes magazine (K-Grade 12) has articles vetted by the Indigenous communities about which they ...

Axis (Grades 5-12) is geared toward building lifelong faith by helping parents and caring adults ...

BC ExamBank (K-Grade 12) allows students to write online practice exams in core subject areas. Th...

BrainPOP (K-Grade 8) is an educational platform with animated videos and engaging resources in va...

BrainPOP Science (Grades 6-8) empowers students to do, discuss, and analyze scientific ideas thro...

The Canadian Reader (Grades 3-5) is a current events resource that combines current Canadian even...

These Canadian Social Studies Subscription resources (Grades 3-12) and learning tools feature wee...

The Discovery Education online video library (K-Grade 12) contains over 5,000 full-length educati...

Enchanted Learning (K-Grade 5) provides crafts and activities to capture the imagination while ma...

EVERFI (K-Grade 12) covers digital citizenship, STEM, financial literacy, health education, and c...

Explora Canada (Grades 8-12) supports student research with rich, reliable content and easy-to-us...

Flipster Magazines (K-Grade 12) is an innovative digital magazine platform that allows easy brows...

Focused Education Resources (K-Grade 12) is a consortium of BC public school districts and indepe...

Gale Databases (Grades 8-12) is one of the world leaders in research and educational publishing. ...

Gizmos (Grades 3-12) is an interactive math and science simulation library. There are over 475 Gi...

HearBuilder (K-Grade 8) is an online literacy program that provides systematic instruction in bas...

KnowBC (K-Grade 12) is BC's leading general reference site. It combines many resources, including...

Learn360 (K-Grade 12) is the ultimate streaming multimedia resource. Users can access 200,000 med...

Live It Earth (K-Grade 8) features new cross-curricular activities and challenges throughout the ...

Matific (K-Grade 6) is a game-based platform for building specific mathematical concepts and skil...

MyBlueprint (Grades 7-12) is a Career Education planner. The platform is a great asset as our stu...

Mystery Science (K-Grade 5) contains hands-on, low-prep, easy-to-use activities to engage student...

The NFB Education (K- Grade 12) includes creative documentaries, animation, interactive stories, ...

National Geographic Kids (K-Grade 7) is a children's magazine published by the National Geographi...

PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next (K-Grade 5) are searchable databases covering animals, science, biogra...

ProQuest (Historical BC newspapers) (Grades 8-12) includes over 365 million pages of world-class ...

Reading Eggs (K-Grade 7) focuses on a core phonics and sight words curriculum using skills and st...

RightNow Media (K-Grade 12) is a video library of Bible study topics for students of all ages, in...

TeachingBooks (K-Grade12) is an online database that explores children’s books and young adult li...

Touch-type Read and Spell (TTRS) (Grades 3-12) is a typing course that is a highly accessible, mu...

Twig Science (Grades 6-10) is an interactive science program that immerses students in the exciti...

Twig Science Reporter (K - 8) is a weekly science news service. The brainchild of Twig Education ...

Tynker (K-Grade 10) teaches coding as students create games and animated projects. Students gain ...

What in the World? (Grades 5-10) is a current events resource that enhances understanding of curr...

World Book (K-Grade 12) is the leading online encyclopedia. The website is accessed through Focus...

World Watch News (Grades 7-12) contains current news stories from Christian journalists through e...