Movies Turned into Learning

Best Movies for Kids

This is a very passionate an opinionated topic, but here are the top suggestions from parents around the world.

All picks available on streaming platforms. 

We use Amazon Prime

• Charlotte’s Web
• Finding Nemo
• Wall-E
• The Sound of Music
• Anne of Green Gables
• The Greatest Showman
• The Indian in the Cupboard
• The Princess Bride
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Toy Story
• Hidden Figures
• October Sky
• Remember the Titans
• Tangled
• Second Hand Lions
• Spiderman, into the Universe
• My neighbor Toroto
• Mary Poppins

Turn Movies into Learning Opportunities

Looking for a fun, open ended way to assess what a student learns during a movie? These movie response worksheets help your student respond to and interact about any video or movie!

Use these printables to help your student pull the core of the message from the movie.

Choose your focus:

• Movie: free write/ response
• Movie: comprehension questions
• Movie: vocabulary development
• Movie: setting
• Movie: plot
• Movie: characters
• and more.

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Educational Shows

• Stand and Deliver
• Mc Farland
• Freedom Writers
• Ruby Bridges
• Paper Clips
• Coach Carter
• The March of the Penguins
• Growing Up Wild
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Make your movie extra special

• Make your own tickets
• Make fantastic popcorn
• Make a fort