[Closed] Home Schooling Resources

I'm sure these have a US bias so may not be suitable but Bill Gates on Reddit suggested:

https://khanacademy.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040167432-How-can-Khan-Academy-be-used-for-remote-learning-during-school-closures-

https://www.commonlit.org/

https://www.illustrativemathematics.org/

https://www.zearn.org/

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

5 years old? Plasticene and finger painting.

And how to skin a rabbit and light a fire. Life skills.

twinkl.co.uk

(as used by actual schools)

List someone at my work forwarded, so no idea how good each is or how suitable and for what age:

- BrainPop
- Curiosity Stream
- Tynker
- Outschool
- Udemy
- iReady
- Beast Academy (Math)
- Khan Academy
- Creative Bug
- Discovery Education

YouTube Channels:
- Crash Course Kids
- Science Channel
- SciShow Kids
- National Geographic Kids
- Free School
- Geography Focus
- TheBrainScoop
- SciShow
- Kids Learning Tube
- Geeek Gurl Diaries
- Mike Likes Science
- Science Max
- SoulPancake

Check out facebook groups too. Plenty of teacher focussed groups, so they will be able to tell you what to focus on and may give resources.

If you have time... look at NC https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum#programmes-of-study-by-subject

TES website is a good resources for teachers, they will be classroom based bits mostly, but you'll find other activities to do, (a fair few rubbish bits too, but you should find something useful)

Once you have looked at areas you want to teach, pinterest is your friend for creative ideas.

If your child is at school the school should be advising and helping you out with this.
I just got an 'large' e-mail full of resource and advice from the head of my child's school. This in Aberdeenshire so will probably be different elsewhere.
Although the schools are closed the teachers are still on-line and are giving daily work to do and you can upload the results as and when or if it is done. They are there to help and advise. They have even advised on how to structure the day. This included getting out for a walk or riding your bike. I'll try to remember paste in some of the links later. It was all encouraging stuff.
There's a few proviso's in all this to remember.
1. you are not nor expected to be their teacher.
2. not everyone will have access to technology or the environment to make the best of this.
3. parents have other responsibilities and work to do as well.
4. this is all such a monumental situation and everyone is learning as we go.

imho teaching a 5 year old need not be difficult.
Teaching your child to read is fairly straightforward and once they can it should keep them occupied.
Basic maths can be taught. Counting up, counting down, counting up in 2’s, 3’s etc, number bonds...
Drawing and painting.
Building things with bricks or lego.
Playing games with them.
Cooking with them.
Answering their constant questions and developing their language skills.

For a 5 year old, I’d be surprised if technology was the answer, your time is what they need.

Reading eggs and math seeds are good. Not free, and you need a tablet, etc. They do have a level setting feature so your child starts in the right lesson.

I've been working flat out this week to develop lots for us.
We are a national outdoor learning and play charity. We're still getting children outdoors and connecting with nature, even with social distancing.

Please join up - we've lots of great things about to be shared.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/2947052738685771/?ref=pages_profile_groups_tab

If your child is at school the school should be advising and helping you out with this.

This surely? Ours came home on Wednesday with a folder full of stuff for the interim as they try to get a longer-term plan in.

For a 5 year old - reading and phonics.
You read a bit, they read a bit.
Maths would be counting up and down and then number bonds

They need to play too. And make things.
Lego and baking ingredients are your friends for the afternoon. Get outside too.

Practice drawing, colouring in inside the lines, letter and number formation, holding the pencil right, and do some finger work like beads, string threading (called funky fingers on our school)

BBC iPlayer has programs like numberblocks and alphablocks that are about the right level

Their bitesize KS1 website could be useful too.

I’m a teacher, my mate who is also a teacher has put this Together https://1drv.ms/f/s!AplTf_5smuXB4WlZHsEamAYs85Ok

Great for older kids and might help adults too.

https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch