BBC BiteSize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education BBC BiteSize has small, useful clips and info about curriculum topics. There’s quite wide coverage, but the clips are quite short. This is a useful top-up to other learning, not an education programme by itself. Also, some of the clips can feel a little patronizing. But overall, this has great visualisation tools to…
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TableTop
WARNING: Not all episodes suitable for children, watch them first!!! Link: http://geekandsundry.com/shows/tabletop/ TableTop is a web series about board games. It does include some bad language, but it’s mostly bleeped. The series includes ‘TableTop After Dark’ episodes which are very much *not* suitable for children, including games like Cards Against Humanity. So watch first, before showing…
Forest Schools
Forest School Association: http://www.forestschoolassociation.org/what-is-forest-school/ Forest Schools are great, but you may sometimes struggle to find one locally. If you get a chance, I’d really recommend going along. It gives kids a chance to play outdoors in a mostly unstructured way, but also to try things that might be seen as ‘risky’, with oversight from a qualified…
LingLing Learn Spanish (Android app)
LingLing Learn Spanish: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hepilabs.lingling.spanish Good for: fun word-learning app for primary age children. We’ve tried several apps for learning Spanish, as well as one website. They all have different strengths and weaknesses, but this one ended up as our favourite. (Well, my son’s favourite. I didn’t really get a say). The characters are fun, and you…
Whizz Pop Bang – magazine (paper)
Whizz Pop Bang is a paper magazine (yeah, I know – old school, right? 🙂 ). It’s great for younger kids, probably 7-11 age range (but that will depend on your child). It has different themes each issue, and includes suggestions for experiments and things to do. My son, who really isn’t keen on reading…
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