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Children don't just learn in the classroom. They are always finding new information,learning new skills,stimulating their imaginations indoors and outdoors.
There are lots of free educational resources to help with home schooling and stay at home days.
Parents may also feel they need support to help their children grow and develop. There are lots of resources and online forums to help anyone who is home schooling or supporting children's learning outside school.
Resources, activities, videos, quizzes and lots of practical advice for parents, teachers and young learners.
How to help children learn at home
Keep a routine.
Get up and go to bed at the same time each day.
Have regular meal times.
Turn off electronic devices,including the t.v. at least an hour before bedtime.
You know your child best. Avoid forcing them into lengthy planned activities if they naturally respond better to a mix of shorter activities.
Keep active - your child should be active for at least 3 hours a day in total.
It's good to get some fresh air every day. If you do not have a garden find your nearest park or take a walk to the post box or shops.
Activities to increase physical exercise - play hide and seek,do star jumps,make an obstacle course,play music and have a dance off.
Get involved in learning with your child. Make things together, create projects the whole family can be involved in.
Be supportive and encourage with praise, even for the smallest achievements.
Mental health and wellbeing is important. Don't be too hard on yourself or your child. Take time to relax and reflect and seek professional advice if you need to.
NHS Every Mind Matters for more tips on mental health and wellbeing
Early years and primary learning
Oak National Academy provides free video lessons, slides and worksheets to support teachers and pupils to keep learning.
Simple fun, activities for children aged 0 to 5.
A range of free, printable worksheets and activities that will keep your little ones busy for hours!
Split up by age group below, you will find ideas and guidance for simple activities that will engage your children at home, while also benefiting their reading, writing and language development.
You'll be able to access free reading and writing resources, audiobooks, videos, competitions and reading challenges
have a wealth of practice books, activities and downloadable resources available on the Home Learning Hub, including FREE home learning packs for Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 children.
Simple activities and play ideas and find out about their amazing early development.
Look, Say, Sing, Play - Brain-building tips | NSPCC
The NSPCC has teamed up with Vroom™ to give you some fun and easy tips to help you bring even more Look, Say, Sing and Play into your daily routine with your baby.
twinkl, the online education resource and learning site
subscription required to access online phonics resources
Free access for families for activities and tips
Lots of free resources for Primary age.
Range of activities for Early Years
Activities and quizzes.
Provide personalised maths and spelling practice for your kids with Sumdog. Sign up for FREE full access to Sumdog with the closure of schools in the UK.
art, literature and natural science videos for kids
free home learning packs and other free resources
home learning resources for primary and secondary students
Secondary School learning
Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).
For those revising at GCSE or A level. Tons of free revision content. Paid access to higher-level material.
Free taster courses aimed at those considering Open University but everyone can access it. Adult level, but some such as nature and environment courses could well be of interest to young people.
Aimed at Secondary age. Multidisciplinary activities.
Creating, discovering and sharing a range of learning resources covering countless topics. Created on a crowd-sourced community library by students and teachers.
From flashcards to help you learn French to games that make it easy to understand history, you can use a variety of tools to conquer any challenge.
Gojimo Revision is the free app that helps you pass exams. For GCSEs and A Levels plus Common Entrance exams and US SATS, ACT and APs. Goji Life provides students with loads of information, from help with essay writing to managing stress and exam pressure.
Memrise is a language learning app that is the opposite of textbook learning: it’s enjoyable and effective.
For GCSE and A Levels, A monthly fee per subject is charged with package discounts available.
Free revision guides, question banks and resources for GCSE and A Levels.
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
Geography gaming!
SEND learning
The Dyslexia Academy supports homeschooling for families.
Free speech and language advice, resources and activities.
View and download their free visual resources that can be used to help improve communication and understanding.
Sensory Projects free educational resources bank
SEND specific hardware and software aids for home learning
Supporting children with learning disability/ASD coping with Covid-19 isolation
A range of specialist subjects for students with additional needs
Ideas and resources for parents of children and teenagers with special education needs and disabilities.
Digital Learning
All sorts of engaging educational videos.
YouTube videos on many subjects.
Wide range of cool educational videos.
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.
Creative computer programming.
coding website for kids
Literacy and Language
Fantastic free resources at your local library. Borrow a book to read at home, use the computers to do homework and play games, look out for events and author visits. Use BorrowBox to access library eBooks and eAudiobooks, without even leaving the house!
Join online or visit your nearest library
Learn languages for free. Web or app.
Resources for English language learning.
GCSE English Language YouTube tutorials.
Split up by age group below, you will find ideas and guidance for simple activities that will engage your children at home, while also benefiting their reading, writing and language development.
You'll be able to access free reading and writing resources, audiobooks, videos, competitions and reading challenges.
They also offer support for multilingual families at home - The Time Together booklet is a colourful and easy-to-read guide that is full of suggestions for how parents can support their young child's learning at home. It has been translated into thirteen different languages for you to share with the multilingual families in your setting or community.
Looking for something fun as a family? Enjoy storytime with our free online books and videos, play games, win prizes, test your knowledge in our book-themed quizzes, or even learn how to draw some of your favourite characters.
There are also daily story sessions with some of the nation’s favourite children’s authors.
How to Train your Dragon - Cressida Cowell
Reading How to Train your Dragon, a chapter a day as well as writing tips and drawings and other stories.
Find out how to dramatically improve your grade at GCSE.
Lots of activities,games and Roald Dahl inspired things to do
Author of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and many more children's favourites. Free activitiy packs to download as you read the books
communication and language resources for parents and professionals
Resources for ages and stages of communication development
Maths and Science
Get up to 60 days free full access to Times Tables Rock Stars while the schools are closed due to Coronavirus. They offer effective daily practice of times tables for those of primary school age.
GCSE revision and YouTube tutorials from Primrose Kitten.
Primary to GCSE revision worksheets and cards, 5-a-day and videos, including Further Maths.
Tips to smash GCSE maths and revision videos.
A website full of fantastic maths games for children aged three to 14.
The games are grouped by age, and you can also pick a particular category for your child to focus on, like place value, money maths, shapes and problem-solving. Games include Place Value Basketball, Rocket Rounding, and Number Patterns.
There are also parents’ resources to give you ideas for improving your child’s maths skills, for example learning through cooking.
Online maths lessons hosted by Gareth Metcalfe with videos to help children master each new concept, followed by a main task – a challenge or short set of questions – to complete individually or with an adult’s support.
Science awards you can complete from home.
For GCSE science revision and YouTube tutorials.
Resources, stories and news from the Natural History Museum
Top tips on stargazing in towns and cities
Let's get active
Play is fundamental to children’s learning and development and can offer children some normality in these very unusual times. Along with our partners, we will be sharing ideas for play and learning at home, using low cost items or things you are likely to have at home already.
BBC Tiny Happy People has lots of ideas for outdoor and indoor activities to keep young children active and engaged with the world around them.
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Kids Yoga and Mindfulness
Enjoy a woof-tastic mix of dog and puppy themed kids yoga and mindfulness videos to help kids self-regulate and understand how to train their attention.
Interactive videos to support with KS1 and KS2 Maths, Literacy and PSHE and PE Learning. Great for times tables as will as videos that are just for fun.
Hundreds of ‘brainercise’ dancing, strength and mindfulness videos as well as videos that are just for fun
We have a wide collection of free, curriculum- activities to educate and entertain children at home. You can find lots of ideas for helping your children get active, as well as fun videos, games and worksheets for Maths, English and Health and Wellbeing.
NHS & Change for Life – 10 minute Shake Up Games
These 10-minute bursts of fun are perfect for breaking apart school work and giving kids a chance to move around with familiar Disney characters.
The Lawn Tennis Association have provided a large number of activities to help kids develop their tennis skills at home both mentally and physically. With a great variety of activities for different age groups it’s a great way to prepare for when our courts re-open!
Indoor and outdoor activities, adventures, open to all abilities, learn new skills and make new friends
Build dens. Spot wildlife. Make natural art. Woodland Trust has plenty of ideas to help families enjoy woods and the great outdoors all year round.
50 things to do before you're 11 3/4
Muddy Puddles have created “Home Learning” lesson plans which focus on the activities that your children can enjoy indoors or in the garden.
The lesson plans have been developed by outdoor learning professionals in line with key Ofsted objectives for Early Years, KS1 and KS2.
Bring the outside in, with Forestry England indoor and outdoor activities and games.
Lots of activities to get families to connect with nature
Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust wildlife activities programme for kids. Check website to find out what is happening at the local nature reserves
A range of digital learning resources to support both formal and informal learning. Explore different topics below - feel free to download, print and share any of the resources on this page either to enjoy at home, use on our site or out and about.
keep kids active with Joe Wicks exercises
Things to do and things to make
How to become a Wildlife expert in your own Garden
Are you mad about wildlife? Find out how to spot wildlife in your back garden or local park, how to attract more of it and how to give animals a helping hand.
All kinds of making.
Good, free art activities.
Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.
‘How to draw’ tutorials from picture book author and illustrator, and Born Free Foundation artist in residence, Ed Vere. His first lesson showed how to draw a lion.
Easy arts and crafts for little ones.
Hobbycraft Daily Kids’ Craft Club
Daily craft activities for kids, with a different theme every day, such as rainbows, fairies and nature.
Full of ideas to help children get creative and fire up their imagination while they’re at home.
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.
Educational online games.
Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.
Free Virtual Tours of World Museums, Educational Sites & Galleries For Children
Explore the world at your fingertips…. Here’s a comprehensive list of virtual tours you can take with your children, adventure all over the world from the confines of your own home.
Gandey Circus Schools Resources
It features a variety of worksheets designed for early years to key stage 2. The pages have been designed to provide resources and activity ideas that can be used in the classroom to support learning.
South Staffs Water have developed some online activity books.
Your kids will have fun with Captain Efficient as he faces off against The Water Wasters and learn about the importance of #UsingWaterWisely:
Try this at home activities and things to make indoors and outdoors
Discover the countryside. Take part in activities
Fun and Bostin Learning online activities every week on Twitter and Facebook
Support and advice
NSPCC tips and advice for families working and educating from home
DfE advice on remote education and home learning
5 ways to learn at home
support and resources for parents and ideas for homeschooling
resources to help children concentrate with relaxing or energizing activities