Now that our kids are at home we’re all looking for ways to keep them busy. Don’t worry we’re going to have lots of ideas coming your way over the next weeks.
In the meantime here is a list of online resources for you. We’ve done our best to divide it up into different educational stages, but please note some of them cross.
Pre-Primary
CBeebies Radio
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
Listening activities for the younger ones.
Twinkl
https://www.twinkl.co.uk
This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they’re offering a month of free access to parents.
Sign up and use the promo code UKTWINKLHELPS to get your free one-month subscription. They may possibly extend this depending on the length of school closures.
The Imagination Tree
https://theimaginationtree.com
Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.
Red Ted Art
https://www.redtedart.com
Easy arts and crafts for little ones
Primary
Toy Theater
https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games
National Geographic Kids
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
The Artful Parent
https://artfulparent.com/
Good, free art activities.
Prodigy Maths
https://www.prodigygame.com
This is in U.S. grades, but good for Botswana Primary age.
Mystery Science
https://mysteryscience.com
Free science lessons.
Oxford Owl for Home
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Lots of free resources for Primary age.
Crash Course
https://thecrashcourse.com
YouTube videos on many subjects.
Crash Course Kids
https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
Same as above but for a younger audience.
DK Find Out
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/?fbclid=IwAR2wJdpSJSeITf4do6aPhff8A3tAktnmpaxqZbkgudD49l71ep8-sjXmrac
Activities and quizzes.
Secondary
Futurelearn
https://www.futurelearn.com
Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).
Big History Project
https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Aimed at Secondary age. Multi-disciplinary activities.
Seneca
https://www.senecalearning.com
For those revising at GCSE or A level. Tons of free revision content. Paid access to higher-level material.
Geography Games
https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming.
Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming
Ages 8-16.
All Ages
Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org
Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but mostly it’s common materials.
TedEd
https://ed.ted.com
All sorts of engaging educational videos
BBC Learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
This site is old and no longer updated and yet there’s so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No UK TV license is required except for content on BBC iPlayer.
The Kids Should See This
https://thekidshouldseethis.com
This offers a wide range of cool educational videos
Crest Awards
https://www.crestawards.org
Science awards you can complete from home.
Ages 5-18.
iDEA Awards
https://idea.org.uk
Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.
Tinkercad
https://www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making.
British Council
https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Resources for English language learning.
Learn A language
Duolingo
https://www.duolingo.com
Learn languages for free. Web or app.
As we find more websites for learning we’ll add them to our list of online resources. Please SHARE this story with your friends and help them out too.
**Thanks to REWA for helping us discover a lot of these resources**
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