Home schooling resources for parents, teachers and SENCos
There are lots of resources and activity ideas available for parents/carers to occupy their young child or children at home. We have listed some below as a helpful starting point.
Early Years
- Dr Ranj of ‘Get well Soon’ - an episode around coronavirus for children
- The National Literacy Trust Website: Small Talk - This gives practical ways in which you can support your child through “chat” “Play” and “Read” activities. This is also broken into appropriate activities to support your child depending on their age.
- Learning 4 Kids - lots of ideas of practical, hands on things you can do at home for 3-4 year olds
- How to make play dough
- Twinkl Early Years Home Learning Hub - a wealth of home learning activities and resources
- Fun learning for kids - super fun activities for children to do indoors
- Oxford Owl- lots of fun ideas to help your children learn
- Teach your child to read website.
- Lift Lessons - offering free resources to parents and schools and they’re amazing for science vocabulary
General education resources
- STEM learning - free home learning resources for primary to post 16.
- BBC Bitesize - the BBC Learning suite of activity sites with links to much more (pre-school to Post 16)
- Audible - free Audio books
- Twinkl Home Learning Hub - home school resources, printables, book readings, live lessons, positive news updated daily
Maths
- The Maths Factor - Carol Vorderman's Maths Factor for 4-12 year olds. No longer free. Now £4.99 per month
- Maths third space learning -resources for home learning primary maths
- STEM learning - free family activities for primary to post 16
Science
- Lift Lessons - offering free resources to parents and schools and they’re amazing for science vocabulary.
SEN resources
- Do2Learn - resources for learning at home including fine motor skill development, language development and visual discrimination
- SEN Teacher - teaching resources that are free to share and use at school and at home
- Books beyond - support for reading for all SEN
- Simultaneous Oral spelling (Word document) - multi-sensory spelling techniques
- Spelling Support Strategies (PDF) - synthetic phonics approach to spelling
Sports and drama
- Cosmic Kids - offering yoga, mindfulness and relaxation designed especially for kids aged 3+, used in schools and homes all over the world
- Joe Wickes Body Coach - workouts for all ages at home
- Drama Geezers - drama games every day
Social stories
- Swindon Speech and language therapy - resources for specific activities to do at home
- Carol Grey Social Stories -the best resource for free social stories – sign up for free
Mental health and well-being
- Nip in the Bud - short films and fact sheets to help parents, primary school teachers and others caring for and working with children to recognise potential mental health conditions
- Anna Freud - 7 ways to support children and young people who are worried (PDF)
- Anna Freud website - supporting young people's mental health
- MindEd - a free learning resource about the mental health of children, young people and older adults
General parental resources
- Balancing home schooling and working
- Home of Family Links - excellent support for families of all ages. Free downloads for parents to download on choices & consequences, making family rules, time to calm down and active ignoring. They also have activities to do and printable kindness charts.
- Parents and carers CEOP Education - helps parents, carers, teachers and others keep children safe from sexual abuse, offering learning activities, advice and support for children and young people aged 4-18 and their families.
