Equivalent to old cd rom learning style

[Sunshine802]

Hi,

Started home educating daughter 12, I know there are lots of online free resources and sites but they are hard to navigate and/or need printing out.

When doing my GCSEs years ago I had the cd roms for learning for each subject and it ticked off which bits you'd learnt etc nice and clear no extra cost other than the cds.

Is there a similar equivalent to this style of learning that anyone is aware of?
Lots of sites seem to want £££ monthly for each subject.

Taken out of school as she has autism, recently diagnosed and not enough support on offer. Just started long journey of trying for ehcp but been told it'll be hard to get so will do my best for her at home in the meantime.

Grateful for any suggestions. Thanks.

Khan Academy is really good and free. Twinkl, although subscription, has good secondary resources and interactive activities rather than only worksheets.

It's not quite what you're after but BBC Bitesize might be a good start, and if you're up for making your own quizzes etc, maybe with your daughter as a learning activity, then you might find some useful links at https://toptools4learning.com/

This is a fairly complex question because different subjects need different approaches and also every child who is home educated will cover different content depending on a) your educational aims and b) their potential attainment level and c) their natural interests. There is no single source for 'what should I teach' because as a home educator you set the curriculum for yourself.

When home educating you need to decide what you are aiming to achieve overall. What would you hope she could achieve at 16? Then work back from that.

Do you feel like you want to stick to the basic national curriculum? If so a useful resource can be the subject guides you can buy in regular bookshops as these will give you a list to tick off (examples here for Key Stage 3 English https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/secondary-books/ks3/english) and also the government's curriculum guidance for each subject - Key Stage 3 is listed on this page: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-secondary-curriculum. However lots of home ed parents focus more specifically on their children's strengths, which can also work well.

If you have just started home schooling, have you considered a period of unschooling at all? This concept is covered by the main home ed charities/organisations. You might want to read up on that.

Also, will you be joing any home ed networks? If so there will be people there who will be able to advise or share resources.

Sorry if all of this has been answered in your own head, I was not sure from what was in your OP.

Thank you everyone, I will have a look through your suggestions over the weekend 😀

Your best bet is the IGCSE text books I think