Espresso Elementary

Cross-curricular library of standards based video and interactive materials for PK-5

Overview

Espresso Elementary is a large online library of over 5000resources for teachers of grades preK through 5th to pull relevant videos,news articles, materials, and interactive white board lessons. Created by aBritish company, the service – called Espresso Primary abroad – purports to be alignedwith state and Common Core standards. Teachers can browse by topic or standardto access related content, and can also access simple lessons that giveteachers ideas on how to use and extend the content in the classroom. Its weekly newsroundup seems to be one of the more unique features, culling timely andkid-friendly news articles and videos in partnership with USA Today.

Still,product pricing is steep considering the wide variety of sophisticated free andinexpensive content available on the Web: a one-year, one-building subscriptionto Espresso costs $1595. An iPad version is in the works but some tablet-friendlyactivities are already available.