With homeschool being a hot topic of conversation with the closure of UK schools tomorrow, in the next of our homeschool series, we wanted to share a list of homeschool resources as recommended to us by Homeschool Guru and from word of mouth recommendations from across our networks. So here goes!
Subject books
The Life of Fred Mathematics Series
The Story of the World
Usbourne Encyclopedias
Maths? No Problem! Teach Your Own
AE Publications
Podcasts
David Walliams’ Marvellous Musical Podcast
Websites
Scholastic Learn At Home programme
Stage Academy
Magazines
You Tube channels
General
Maths
Science
Geography and the world
Other
Coronavirus Homeschooling Facebook group & Homeschooling during Coronavirus Facebook group
Coronavirus Home Learning Support for Teachers and Parents
Virtual museum, aquarium and zoo tours
I would recommend spending some time going through the above list and seeing what you think resonates with you and your children and then making a note of them as your favourite homeschool resources. For us already, there are some clear favourites we will be including as we embark on our homeschooling journey but as with all things in parenting, there will be a lot of trial and error!
If you have any other homeschool resources you would like to recommend in addition to those listed above, please do let us know what they are in a comment below. Happy homeschooling!
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SO many great resources! My son is in preschool so no real “need” to educate him at home any differently to how I usually would. But I see this as a great opportunity to work on some skills with him and will making use of all the great resources available
We have been love bbc bitesize for my 5 year old, the teach your monster to read app for my 3 year old and Disney+ as an essential for downtime!
Twinkl is brilliant it has been a complete life safer! Great list here, thank you for sharing, I wasn’t aware of these x
Twinkl is always fantastic and I use this at work (school) the BBC Bitesize stuff this week has been fab for my son.
Twinkl as it provides instant access to a complete range of teacher created, engaging and inspiring teaching materials.
Perfect for helping my 4 year old granddaughter
I honestly don’t know any but reading other comments I’ll be looking for Twinkl
i hadnt heard of this but I will certainly check it out
My kids have had lessons sent to them via video links and also work sent out by post. They also follow Jow Wicks on You Tube for their PE lessons!
we have been doing the work that the school has sent and doing lessons via Zoom, not sure of all the other resources but know Usborne books have been used
We have brilliant schools in Sunderland, we have been given homeschooling packs, they have placed classes on line, and teachers have been dropping off packs weekly.
The Joe Wickes and Carol Vorderman websites have been a Godsend, but I’ve also found a hundred square to be good
The Oak National Academy lessons have been fab and saved my sanity.
we have been using ixl and maths khan x
I have found the BBC Bitesize site really useful for homework
Luckily local teachers have been doing online lessons which have saved my sisters sanity!@
We’ve been offline mostly, playing board games like yahtzee to learn maths and reading and writing book reviews xx
I’m fortunate enough to have a garden so learning about nature,especially graden birds,has figured strongly.
My daughter is in high school so she uses podcasts, along with online work from her teachers. She is also cooking meals for her cooking, DIY by fixing her wardrobe and astronomy…looking at the stars this past week with her telescope.
My little boy is too young for school, but during the lockdown he has been learning through books, play, and being out in the countryside! We try to make everything fun and implement learning in to most things we do
All these supermums and dads homeschooling! You are all so fab and I think it must be so hard
youtube is such a good resource, and perfect for when the kids need a break too
We love twinkl and also use resources from our local children’s centre
BBC Bitesize, great mix of videos and text
These would be a great help for my grandchildren!
I read a bedtime story to my granddaughter via facetime every night
My children all used bitesize right up to age 16 unfortunately I don’t know what my grandson uses as I haven’t seen him for 2 months but will mention Twinkl to his mum
Thanks for all the links. I shall go through them and then send my daughter a list of resources to use with my granddaughter.
Although it’s not a formal resource, I’ve loved using Ryans World magazine with 4 year old Leo. I’m not a huge fan of Ryans world generally, but Leo loves it and the magazine has lots of things (eg word searches) that have really kept his interest.
I’ve joined in the Joe Wicks PE and my daughters also have ballet lessons via Zoom
Definitely Websites, the access to varied resources is incredible during this time
with children with autism we have a sheet showing now and next in a scheduled day which helps keep a calm and relaxed home enviroment 🙂
Usborne encyclopaedias are amazing. My son is obsessed with them. They are fun and interesting
I have loved Twinkl. So many great resources for all ages.
BBC Bitesize is a very useful tool, great resources for kids of all ages
My grandchildren have been using Twinkl. It sounds brilliant. The school has also gone all out to provide education on line. They have been working to make sure that the children have all the help they can possibly give. I think they all deserve a medal at the end of this (teachers and parents)
My favourite resources have been online lessons run by generous teachers!
We have been using Twinkl, First News, Joe Wicks and school have been sending links for work to do via google classroom
BBC bitesize is great weve enjoyed using that
Reading Eggs/Maths Seeds are phenomenal – my 5 year old has progressed faster at reading & maths using those for 2 months than school could achieve!