Home schooling: Your ultimate guide

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Editor / March 24 2020

 

With many parents chosing to keep their children home and the real possibility of schools closing amid the coronavirus crisis, many have been tasked with home schooling.

Knowing where to go when home schooling the kids can be daunting, and in these uncertain times many of us are wondering where to start for home learning.

Here are our top pics, broken down into reading, mathematics, writing and more!

 

READING

 

Scholastic Learn at home 

-Day-by-day projects

-Suitable from pre Kindergarten through to Year 12

 

Vooks 

- Lots of popular books available

-Safe searching

-Appropriate for ages 4+

 

ABC Reading Eggs 

-Hundreds of online reading sessions

-Games and videos

-Rewards for passing levels

-Parent dashboard shows your child’s progress

 

Teach Your Monster to Read 

-Game based reading and phonics

-Computer version is 100% free

 

Mathematics 

 

Mathseeds 

-Suitable from age 3

-Game based for fun learning

-Parent dashboard shows you your child’s progress

 

Funbrain

-25 math related games such as Math Basketball, Cake Monster

-Colourful, engaging and fun

-Suitable from year 1

 

Khan Academy

-Suitable for all ages

-Lessons and activities for all levels of numeracy

-100% free

 

 

Writing

 

Studyladder 

-Popular with schools

-Spelling and grammer

-Set tasks from home and see results

-100% free

 

Science and more..

 

Duolingo 

-learn another language

-100% free

 

National Geographic Kids 

-Facts and information made just for kids

-Fun games and lessons

 

ABCya! 

- Games for all areas of learning

-Fun, bright game based

 

Michelle Connolly has worked as a photo director, social media manager and photo editor at some of Australia's biggest media companies, including New Idea. She is now editor of Practical Parenting and loving mum-of-two.