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…

Code Kingdoms

Code Kingdoms deliver courses where your child can write Minecraft mods. They’ll be learning to code, but then they get to actually play the mods. It’s a great idea. You pay a monthly subscription, and you get access to all the courses. Depending on how patient your child is, and how much programming they already…

Crash Course World History – curriculum

Crash Course make great videos. World History was one of their earlier courses, and my son has watched it all the way through. Some of it shot over his head, some he really got, all of it he enjoyed. Now Crash Course have branched out a little and created a curriculum to go with the…

IXL Maths

IXL Maths is a subscription (paid) maths site that has some structure, but also a lot of flexibility. I have been using the UK version, so the description below reflects that, but it also has editions for the US, Australia, Canada, Europe, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa. The site is update to…

Big History Project

The Big History Project is at https://school.bighistoryproject.com/. The project covers history from the Big Bang to the present day. There are different sample curricula provided, depending on whether you want to focus on human history, cover the full timespan equally, and so forth. There is a shorter, six-hour version for the just-interested, or a full programme…