It's time to go back to school and whether your child is heading into Pre-K or their senior year, this time of year brings big emotions, exciting milestones, and plenty of opportunities for joyful learning.

At GPB, we’re here to help make the transition into the school year a little smoother and a lot more fun for you and your child. With trusted tools, thoughtful activities, and expert guidance, you can start the school year with confidence, calm, and curiosity.

Tips For Younger Learners

Feeling prepared can ease those back-to-school butterflies for both kids and grown-ups. The PBS KIDS Back-to-School checklist and first week of school planner are designed for young learners and their families. These simple tools help take the guesswork out of the first days, so you can focus on creating a calm, positive start to the year.

Looking to establish a rhythm that works for your family? This creating routines collection will make mornings smoother and evenings more peaceful. When kids know what to expect, they feel more secure and that makes a world of difference.

New teachers, new friends, and new routines are all very exciting, and they can also feel overwhelming. That’s totally normal! This collection of parent-friendly articles and resources offers simple, reassuring strategies to help your child work through those first-day jitters and build emotional resilience from the start.

Whether it’s practicing goodbye routines or learning how to talk about feelings, you’ll find gentle ways to help your child build self-awareness, confidence, and positive relationships so they can walk into school with courage.

For more tips, tools, and ideas to help your child start the school year with confidence, visit PBS KIDS for Parents Back to School collection.

Resources for All Grades and Subjects

Whether you're a teacher planning your curriculum, a student eager to excel, or a parent supporting your child's learning journey, these free tools from GPB make this back-to-school season easy breezy! Find everything at gpb.org/education. 

1. NEW! GASHA GO! World Story Builder

Grades: PreK-3

Welcome to the world of GASHA GO!, where kids learn math, literacy, and computer science skills through games, songs, and animated videos! Available online and on an app, GASHA GO! provides hours of play, featuring 13 unique games (leveled and sandbox), eight animated videos, original songs, and a cast of friendly, curious Gashling characters that kids will love spending time with. From choreographing dance routines, making toys, fixing machines, and cooking with recipes, young learners will pick up valuable skills that give them a head start in school. AND new for this school year...just launched GASHA GO! World Story Builder game! 

2. NEW! Computer Science in Action

Instructional support for all grades

In each episode, educators demonstrate engaging, standards-based lessons while sharing key concepts, teaching strategies, and free resources you can use. Whether you're new to computer science or looking to enhance your instruction, this series offers inspiration and practical tools to bring computer science to life.

3. Let's Go Enviro

Grades: 9-12

Let’s Go Enviro is a digital video series that teaches environmental science through phenomena, project-based learning, and Georgia’s diverse ecosystems. The video library consists of six units. Units 1-5 include videos that invite students to become environmental stewards in their own communities, while Unit 6 introduces students to a wide range of careers in the industry. All videos are aligned to the Georgia Standards of Excellence for high school environmental science.

Each unit includes teacher and student support materials and resources that can be used in the classroom. 

4. GPB Games

All grades

GASHA GO! World (K-2 CS, Math, Literacy), Georgia Race Through Time ( 6-12 GA History), Start It Up (6-12 entrepreneurship), Lights, Camera, Budget! (6-12 financial literacy), Make That Paper! (9-12 employability skills), Georgia Farmcraft (3-12 CS, STEAM, AgED)

5. Classroom Conversations 

Instructional support for all grades

Classroom Conversations is the place for teachers to share and learn. The award-winning podcast is presented by the Georgia Department of Education and Georgia Public Broadcasting. Each episode features Georgia educators who are teaching and reaching students in innovative and impactful ways. Check out new discussion guides to facilitate reflection and dialogue. 

6. Instrument Quest 

Grades: K-5

Do you love music but you're not sure what instrument you want to play? You're on a quest! Join host Sarah Zaslaw and teen musicians to learn about different instruments and their sounds. Discover how the instruments are played and what musicians love most about their instrument of choice. 

7. Georgia Studies Collection 

Grades: 3-8

GPB’s Georgia Studies digital collection brings an innovative, interactive experience to telling the story of Georgia’s history, culture, and geography. The collection includes the Georgia Studies digital course, nearly forty virtual field trips, the Georgia Race Through Time adventure game, and the video series Fast Forward, Georgia Stories, Peach State Politics, and Things Explained.

8. Virtual Learning Journeys 

Grades: 3-12

Explore Georgia's rich history and culture without leaving the classroom with this virtual field trip collection from GPB. Explore Georgia's forests, uncover stories from the civil rights movements, discover the state's natural resources, and more! 

9. Econ Express

Grades: 9-12

Econ Express is a unique online resource that helps teachers and students learn, practice, and assess basic economic concepts in a creative and engaging way. Covering 51 concepts, Econ Express serves as a general overview of the content typically taught in a high school Intro to Economics course. It’s all here: from the basics of scarcity and productive resources to more intricate topics like comparative advantage and monetary policy, Econ Express provides an overview to economics that is accessible and easy to use.

10. Live Explorations 

Grades: 3-8

Take your students on rich and immersive learning experiences without ever leaving the walls of your classroom. GPB’s Emmy Award-winning Live Explorations are fun, educational, and free - no permission slips required!

11. Start It Up

Grades: 9-12

Do you have what it takes to succeed in business? Are you ready to put your brilliant ideas and management skills to the test? Welcome to Start It Up, where you get to launch and run your own fictional venture - and see how well you would fare in the stressful and exciting world of entrepreneurship. 

12. Physics in Motion

Grades: 9-12

Physics in Motion is a video series that is comprised of seven units of study divided into segments. Under each segment are support materials designed to provide practice and reinforce concepts. 

13. Georgia Classroom

Grades: K-12

The Georgia Classroom is a robust collection of free support resources for educators and parents. It includes professional learning and leadership resources, videos that support literacy and mathematics, K-12 learning plans, and SO much more! 

14. Lights, Camera, Budget!

Grades: 6-12

Lights, Camera, Budget! is an online game designed to help secondary students learn, study, and review financial literacy topics while also practicing their budgeting skills. In the game, students are positioned as movie producers who have been given $100 million to produce a movie. To get the movie produced, they must prove they have good personal finance skills to keep their budget on track.

15. Tiny Mic, Big Designs 

Grades: K-12

Innovation meets inspiration in the exciting new digital series, "Tiny Mic, Big Designs," hosted by the dynamic Ashley Mengwasser. This series shines a spotlight on the incredible creativity and ingenuity of student inventors participating in Georgia Tech's K-12 InVenture Prize.

16. Chemistry Matters

Grades: 9-12

Chemistry Matters is a digital video series that is aligned to standards for high school chemistry. Each video includes support materials, like labs, experiments, and assignments, that are designed to enhance student understanding. 

17. Make That Paper

Grades: 9-12

Make That Paper: Careers in Forestry is an online game designed to help high school students learn about the forestry industry and career employability skills. In the game, students are managers in three varied forestry career pathways, hiring personnel, solving industry-related problems, and making sound business decisions. To attain their goal of sustainable, efficient, and successful management of the forest and production of forest products, they must use best practices in hiring and staff management while using the resources and information provided by industry experts.

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