Things to do at Home - Useful Links

The following is a selection of online support which will be added to as we find more. If you are a member of the Forum, please feel free to add by using the reply function.
 
Little Troopers
 
Every week day at 0900 we will post an idea, activity sheet, resource that could help you through this time with your Little Troopers at home. Everything is FREE to access.
Today is Mother’s day prep! This is a free card to make at home activity sheet and you can access here 
 
100+ Indoor Activities
If you are looking for easy and low cost indoor activities for kids, we have a list of over 100 ideas for you! From simple activities to fun crafts that can keep kids busy during school breaks or on a rainy day. To make it easy we have created a printable list of all 100+ activities for kids.
 
Crayola Colouring
Make your world more colourful with printable colouring pages from Crayola. Our FREE colouring pages for adults and kids.
 
Teach Your Monster to Read 
The ground breaking game that makes learning to read fun
• Covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences
• Designed in collaboration with leading academics
• Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools
• Computer version is 100% FREE
 
Phonics Play
A site packed with interactive phonics games, phonics planning, assessments and printables - Currently free to use
 
Jolly Phonics
Resource bank for teachers and parents - free to use
 
Twinkl School Closure 
Twinkl School Closure free access code: PARENTSTWINKLHELPS - This offer is for a free 1 month subscription
 
Free online preschool game
Play our free preschool games online to give your kids the coolest ways to learn the lessons teachers say are most important in preschool.
 
Khan Academy
Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the US grade system but it’s mostly common material.
 
BBC Learning
This site is old and no longer updated and yet there’s so much still available, from language to  BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV Licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.
 
FutureLearn
Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).
 
Seneca
For those revising at GCSE or A level. Tons of FREE revision content. PAID access to higher level material.
 
Openlearn
Free taster courses aimed at those considering Open University but everyone can access it. Adult level, but some eg: nature and environment courses could well be of interest to young people.
 
Blockly
Learn computer programming skills – fun and FREE.
 
Scratch
Creative computer programming
 
Ted Ed
All sorts of engaging educational videos
 
National Geographic Kids
Activities and quizzes for younger kids
 
Duolingo
Learn languages for FREE. Web or App
 
Mystery Science
Free science lessons
 
The Kids Should See This
Wide range of cool educational videos
 
50+ Sensory Play Ideas for Kids
Lets talk about sensory play, primarily the sense of touch through tactile hands on play. Our favourite sensory activities for toddlers to pre-schoolers include sensory bins, slime (especially taste safe slime), water play, messy play and more.
 
Scholastic
A free learn-from-home site with 20+ days of learning and activities
 
More to follow.....
 

Learn in Colour
 
A response to “I’m Bored!” if you are stuck indoors
Grab the free printable!

As our children won’t be able to change books on their colour bands at home how about joining the “Oxford Owl” reading site (parents can join free!). There are a number of ebooks on there that the children will be used to like Biff, Chip and Kipper books. They also do interactive games and activities for reading comprehension and this is all FREE!

A list of FREE online resources for anyone staying at home during this period, boredom-busting resources!
 
 

Change for Life - Disney Shake up Games
Change4Life and Disney have teamed up again to bring you new Shake Up games inspired by Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 4 and Incredibles 2, and Disney's The Lion King and Frozen. These 10-minute bursts of fun will really get your kids moving and count towards the 60 active minutes they need every day!

CBeebies and CBBC
Things to do indoors with the Kids.
 
 
 

Joe Wicks as the nations P.E. Teacher
 
Every day Mon-Fri at 0900 Joe will be hosting a free work out aimed at Children LIVE on his YouTube Channel.
 
https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html
 

Peloton are currently offering a 90 day Free Trial of their app.
https://www.onepeloton.co.uk/app

NASA has made their entire photo gallery available online and copyright free. If your kids are space enthusiasts, they are going to love this.
Click HERE
 

Duolingo have launched Duolingo ABC, a new app to teach children ages 3-6 how to read! Featuring 300+ fun, bite-sized lessons teaching fundamental reading and writing skills.
 
A few details:
 
Duolingo is 100% free, with no ads or in-app purchases.
The app is being released early to help parents and kids who are home schooling in light of COVID-19.
 

The National Theatre is going to stream a free play every Thursday night, to get involved  
CLICK HERE
 

The author of Captain Underpants is giving free drawing lessons and readings.
 
 

Little Troopers 
Every Thursday in April Little Troopers will be launching a new dandelion themed activity for you to take part in for the month of the military child. This week we want you to wiggle those fingers and make a gorgeous dandelion finger painting to hang in your window alongside your rainbows.

The Kids' Cook Club every Wednesday and Saturday, they are all about cooking WITH rather than FOR the kids!

Red Ted Art – Easy worry doll craft for kids (they can be smiley faces too!) – an easy craft – you can use pegs, sticks, craft sticks or even a couple of layers of cardboard stuck together.

RSPB Wild Challenge
 
The Wild Challenge is the RSPB’s online bank of over 30 fun and engaging activities which teaches children about the natural world. Ranging from bug hotels and bird boxes to making a compost heap and drawing wildlife, participants can then log their achievements on to the RSPB Wild Challenge website and collect bronze, silver and gold awards for free.

NASA At Home Anytime | Virtual
Need an escape from home? The space agency, NASA, have made the likes of podcasts, e-books, and virtual tours of space stations available online, all you need to become a space traveller! There's even a special Children's section!

LITTLE TROOPERS
 
This week's dandelion themed activity to celebrate the month of the military child is our 'make a wish' game. Have fun! You can download all our April activities here:
 
http://ow.ly/ySiC50zbx96
 

At Live-N-Learn they have been creating some new, fun activities. 
 
Mindset Crossword
Picture Puzzles
Maze
Design Your Own Superhero
Creative Writing
Create your own Poster
Wordsearch (Activities)
Wordsearch (Confidence)
Posters to Colour In
New: Sudoku (with Words!)
 
Live n Learn would love for you to take a picture of them and tweet @livenlearnuk.

Today at 2pm, online museum session for children: The Great Fire of London
 
Go to https://facebook.com/events/s/online-museum-session-the-grea/811201419367772/?ti=icl
 

Chatter Pack
 
A list of free, online, boredom-busting resources!
 
Everything from virtual tours, and live webcams to learning a new skill or developing a current one!
Online learning, Geography, nature and history, Music, Arts and Culture, Literature online, Miscellaneous and entertainment, Anxiety, mental health, loneliness, prayer resources, ADHD and Me by Claire Ryan, absolutely loads to choose from!

Tom Hardy is returning to the UK’s Cbeebies network to give a week of bedtime stories to help get the children to sleep during these difficult times.

Ever tried yoga? Well here is an NHS guide to Yoga, all you need to know to get started with yoga, including the health benefits, yoga styles for beginners and finding a yoga class.
 

DEALING WITH FEELINGS
 
Sometimes we can all feel angry, sad or lonely. If you are feeling any of those things, it’s important to recognise that.
 
There are any different ways of coping with these feelings that can help you.
 
BBC Bitesize
 

30+ ways to teach spelling without a textbook
 
Teach Spelling and vocabulary the non-boring way – naturally, and without a textbook! Here are 30+ ways to get hands on and creative with spelling words.