I can advise if your child is out of school

[lloe7]

Hello,
I am a home educator- my son is only 5 at the moment but I was home educated myself almost my whole life. If anyone is having to temporarily home educate due to school closure/isolation and is not sure what to do with their children please feel free to ask any questions about how to keep them entertained or focused for exams etc. Scary times, but we are all in this together!

That's a great idea.

My DD is off for two weeks following (what I think is just) a regular seasonal cold, but the cough was so bad last night she was retching and almost bringing stuff up. So I kept her off today (not much sleep for either of us) and they want her off for two weeks...

She's only Reception and she's doing well so I'm not worried about keeping up.
Today we were watching numberblocks then we did some numbers, she is a good reader and writer so I'm lucky that she'll keep practising those while we're off.

I bought an Usborne activity book and hid it, so we've got that for a day or two.
And we've got some half finished Collins workbooks DH bought her when she was younger, she likes to go through those too.

Any other tips much appreciated.
Following for other years out of interest too.

My HE top tip is a way to keep track of what you're wanting to do with them. I'm a total scatterbrain so find it very useful to keep an A4 notebook for each child where I write down all their work for the day so they (& I) know what they need to do each day. It also means that they can tick off things as they go, can choose what order to do things in & know how much they've got left to do. It gives them an element of control while reassuring me that they're at least covering a few basic things each day.

Eldest is 8yo & I never set them more than about 45 minutes worth of sitting down work, at the most, & once it's done they're free to choose what they want to do. Usually it's Lego, drawing or reading. At the moment DC1 is obsessed with all things ocean related so I'm having to admire many, many Lego boats/subs/assorted sea creatures most days... I'm mostly hoping they don't close the library - I'll start to struggle if we can't get books, it's about the only thing that keeps them quiet for any length of time!

This list is doing the rounds:

FREE online education resources
A non-exhaustive list that might help those affected by school closures due to coronavirus, compiled by home educators.
Feel free to share.

Khan Academy
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 it's mostly common material.
BBC Learning
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 TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.
Futurelearn
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).
Seneca
www.senecalearning.com
For those revising at GCSE or A level. Tons of free revision content. Paid access to higher level material.
Openlearn
www.open.edu/openlearn/
Free taster courses aimed at those considering Open University but everyone can access it. Adult level, but some e.g. nature and environment courses could well be of interest to young people.
Blockly
blockly.games
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.
Scratch
scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming
Ted Ed
ed.ted.com
All sorts of engaging educational videos
National Geographic Kids
www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
Duolingo
www.duolingo.com
Learn languages for free. Web or app.
Mystery Science
mysteryscience.com
Free science lessons
The Kids Should See This
thekidshouldseethis.com
Wide range of cool educational videos
Crash Course
thecrashcourse.com
You Tube videos on many subjects
Crash Course Kids
m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
As above for a younger audience
Crest Awards
www.crestawards.org
Science awards you can complete from home.
iDEA Awards
idea.org.uk
Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.
Paw Print Badges
www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.
Tinkercad
www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making.
Prodigy Maths
www.prodigygame.com
Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age.
Cbeebies Radio
www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
Listening activities for the younger ones.
Nature Detectives
naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetect…/
A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!
British Council
www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Resources for English language learning
Oxford Owl for Home
www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Lots of free resources for Primary age
Big History Project
www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.
Geography Games
world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming!
Blue Peter Badges
www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.
The Artful Parent
www.facebook.com/artfulparent/
Good, free art activities linked to from this Facebook page
Red Ted Art
www.redtedart.com
Easy arts and crafts for little ones
The Imagination Tree
theimaginationtree.com
Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.
Toy Theater
toytheater.com/
Educational online games
DK Find Out
www.dkfindout.com/uk/…
Activities and quizzes
Twinkl
www.twinkl.co.uk
This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures.

Son who is TA in an autistic provision also recommending www.twinkl.co.uk/ and again mentioning free access if schools closed .

That is some list Barbara ! Must have taken you ages to post !

@lloe7 brilliant thread .

Sorry, should've been more clear - I didn't write the list. Not sure who did but have seen it posted on a variety of Facebook groups with an encouragement to share, so I did!