Home Learning from DAISI Education
“Such an Inspiring collection of Links & Resources”
This long list of links and resources was put together over the summer of 2020 and has continued to grow ever since. Many thanks to those who have suggested ideas and links.
We hope you find them useful.
Online Educational Resources | Early Years | Get Outdoors | Science Experiments
Reading Activities | Craft Activities | Baking Activities | Museums and Galleries
Take a Tour | Discover New Things | Live Theatre | Dance and Make Music
Free Colouring Sheets | Primary Resource List | Secondary Resource List
Fun Activities with your child at home..
We have collated ideas from a wide variety of sources – from baking to bear hunts; music to magic tricks – giving you 100s of fun activities to do with your child at home during #lockdown.
Online Educational Resources
Check out these links for free resources, lessons, games and more.
BBC Bitesize
Live lessons on iPlayer, collections and learning packs. Free videos, step-by-step guides, activities and quizzes by level and subject for every year group in all subjects.
Oak National Academy
An online classroom with a free bank of FREE high-quality, sequenced video lessons and resources for parents to use as they wish. Choose your year group then find your relevant lesson in the schedule.
Oak National is now DATA-FREE for all on @VodafoneUK @EE @BT_uk @O2 @giffgaff @ThreeUK @SMARTYMobileUK @TescoMobile @SkyUK @VirginMedia @Plusnet
ParentKind
There are lots of fantastic learning resources available online that will help you support your children with their continued learning. Here are some that we like.
Free School on YouTube
FreeSchool is a safe and friendly place to expose children to famous art, classical music, children’s literature, and natural science in an age-appropriate and kid-accessible way.
White Rose Maths
The White Rose Maths Team are continuing to produce daily ‘home learning’ lessons for Years 1-9 to help children enjoy and master maths both in school and at home..
The Maths Factor
Created by Carol Vorderman, The Maths Factor has helped boost confidence in maths for pupils of many ages with its games and simple explanations. Join free for 21 days!
Twinkl Home Learning Hub
Each day you’ll find a new set of free, daily home learning activities – this includes crafts, lessons, games, puzzles and more, all designed by Twinkl’s qualified teachers and from our partners too!
Teachit
A collection of relevant and engaging resources that children can work on independently – deliberately picked so minimal input needed from parents and carers. Everyone can access all the PDF resources for free – you will need to register for a free membership.
English | Maths | Science | Languages | Geography | History | Primary
Brain Pop
Tons of animated videos on topics in maths, science and English
Learning by Questions
LbQ has hundreds of online classroom resources in Maths, English and Science that children can work through at their own pace while receiving marking and feedback as they go.
20 Teacher-Approved Educational YouTube Channels
Classroom media has come a long way since the days of filmstrip projectors! These days, you can find videos online about just about anything. Check out these YouTube channels for educational content that will enhance your lessons, whether you’re teaching online or in-person.
Oxford Owl
Activities and learning resources for all ages from 0-11. Choose your child’s year group and find ideas specifically for their age.
CrickWeb
252 free educational interactive teaching resources and activities for Primary School students.
Off School
100s of videos created by teachers that demonstrate fun, quality activities that can be recreated at home plus links to great websites that support families across lots of topics and themes.
Twig Education
Primary Resources (Tig Tag) and Secondary (Twig).
Bespoke curriculum videos and hands-on activities that you can do with limited resources. Sign up for 30 days for free.
Teacher’s Pet
Weekly ‘Home Learning Resource Packs’ for Primary ages – available to download completely FREE of charge plus lots more.
Scholastic
Scholastic Resource Bank have put together a range of FREE home learning packs for Early Years, Key Stage 1, Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2 children to help parents and teachers prepare for all eventualities.
TES
All of these resources are completely free to download and use and include lessons, worksheets, workbooks and activities across a multitude of subject disciplines, ranging from EYFS to KS4 (GCSE).
UK Education Providers List
News story published 28 April 2020 by Foreign and Commonwealth office. Find free or discounted resources for students, schools, universities and training providers
Parents Guide to Free Homeschooling Materials for Kids
Created in America but shared with us here at DAISI during the last lockdown. This site gives hundreds of links for Home Schooling. Worth a Look..
Money-Saving Health and Fitness Tips for the Family
Created in America but shared with us here at DAISI by Callie Price. Keeping you and your family healthy is important to living a long and happy life, but it can sometimes be expensive. However, staying fit and healthy doesn’t have to break the bank. There are some simple, budget-friendly things you can do to achieve your wellness goals.
Barefoot
Learn problem solving skills that not only support the computing curriculum in primary school, but also play a part in other subjects, from maths to PE, and can even be applied in everyday life!
Science Experiments to do at Home
Make something amazing and learn as you do it. Online Videos and guides.
Science Fun for Everyone
Science experiments you can do at home! Make a Volcano, Rainbow in a glass and more!! Above All – Have fun!
5 Fun Science experiments for the family
Why not combine fun and education and try out our 15 Fun Science experiments? My family really enjoyed these home science experiments and we’re sure you will too! Make your own Ice Cream, floating orb or even turn a balloon into a speaker!!
5 Fun Science experiments for the family
An amazing collection of science experiments and science fair projects that you can try with your kids and students at home or at school.
Build a Rocket and make it blast off!! This fun science demonstration is easy to do and will definitely impress your kids. Our rocket flew higher than our two story house! Click here for the instructions
Build an Cardboard Automata: Cardboard Automata are a playful way to explore simple mechanical elements such as cams, levers, and linkages, while creating a moving sculpture. It is rewarding and really cool! Click here for more information.
Create a Da Vinci Bridge with Pencils: This needs to be seen to be believed as if done properly it can hold up 3kg using just pencils and loom bands!! Well worth the effort!! Click here for instructions
The Royal Institution
ExpeRimental is a series of short films that make it fun, easy and cheap to do science at home with children aged 4 to 11. Lots of ideas for kids’ activities that will help you explore the world around you, question and experiment together.
Fun AND Easy Science Experiments for Kids
The team at STEM Toy Expert have put their heads together to come up with the most awesome at-home science experiments for kids – arranged according to how much time they take: up to 1 hour, 1 to several hours, and long-term.
Fun Science Experiments
If you’re looking for some fun science experiments for kids then you’ve come to the right place. Check out our free experiments section, full of fascinating hands-on experiments that are a great way to enjoy the world of science.
Make Giant Bubbles: Create you own homemade bubble wands and solution so that kids and adults alike can enjoy immeasurable outdoor fun! Click here for more information
Create a Chain Reaction: A chain reaction requires concentration and good thought beforehand and can look spectacular. Try and make one that moves a ball or lasts the length of your hall! Don’t forget to film it!
Build a Recycled Suspension Bridge: The key here is to get tension correct in the wire. The weight of the deck is supported by carefully balanced forces on the two towers. Click here for instructions
The SEN Resources Blog
Craft Videos on YouTube – Make lava lamps, secret letters, puppets and marbled paint planets. Each video explains how and its updated with a new video everyday!
Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls
We love to share LEGO ideas and activities, and many of them include building instructions. You can also find many STEM ideas (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and plenty of learning activities.
Science Experiments around your Home
For many children, a science lesson is a chance to indulge in curiosity and conduct experiments. At home, you will not be restricted to an hour a day. Armed with a variety of essential household items, you can enjoy all manner of educational fun.
Explore Sounds using household materials to make and play stringed, percussion, and wind instruments. Which material makes which sound? Can you explain why? Try out these other ways to make instruments out of household goods.
Bottle Rockets and Other Educational Crafts: There are plenty of educational crafts that can be enjoyed by all ages, and most of them require nothing more than basic household ingredients. Click here for more
Make a Paper Boat: See if you can create the perfect design and put it to the test. Does it float? Can it hold anything inside – make paper passengers too! Try this tutorial to create the one in the picture
Scratch
With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
Tynker
Coding Made Easy – Everything needed to learn computer programming the fun way! Ages 5+
Cyber Games – Crack the code
Here are a selection of interactive resources and games that aim to introduce you to different aspects of Cyber Security.
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Fun Activities with your child at home..
Reading Activities
Whether its a online book, literacy-themed quiz, or just your favourite characters – these links will help you encourage readers.
Free Digital Library
This is an amazing resource put together by Steph alittlebutalot!
Each picture is hyperlinked to a video on Youtube. All you need to do is download the PDFs, upload them to whatever online platform you are using et voila! Children should click on the book cover they want to hear an extract/reading of and it should take them to the correct Youtube video.
Book Trust
BookTrust transforms lives by getting children and families reading and is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. Each year we reach 3.9 million children across the UK with books, resources and support.
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.
If you haven’t discovered the #GreatBooksGuide from Book Trust, it’s brilliant and packed full of fabulous reading recommendations for children.
Literacy Trust Family Zone
The Literacy Trust has developed a comprehensive web portal for parents, to support you during this time.
Birth to 4 | 5 to 8 | 9 to 12
You’ll also be able to access free reading and writing resources, audiobooks, videos, competitions and reading challenges.
The Reading Agency
We have pulled together some fantastic resources for Children and Young People, Adults and Teachers to support you during Lockdown.
Chatterbooks
Activity packs for children and resources for schools & libraries with ChatterBooks.
Harry Potter at Home
Welcome to the magical world of Harry Potter and Friends with the help of Wizarding World.com.
David Walliams
Welcome to the wierd and wonderful world of David Walliams. The best selling author has tons of books and videos to enjoy..
Julia Donaldson Live
Julia Donaldson, writer of The Gruffalo series, Stick Man and Zog, has announced a new weekly online broadcast featuring stories, songs and poems, broadcast on Facebook from her home every Thursday at 4pm.
Cressida Cowell
Read along with the Children’s Laureate and author of the “How to Train your Dragon” series
Tom Palmer
FREE reads – first chapters of my books here
FREE colouring here
FREE literacy resources here
Ten literacy activities for children not able to get into school
Oliver Jeffers
I will be reading one of my books every weekday, and talking about some of the things that went into making it. We are all at home, but none of us are alone.
Goodnight with Dolly Parton
Goodnight with Dolly is a 10-week special series of weekly videos featuring Dolly Parton reading select Imagination Library books.
Oxford Owl
Welcome to our free eBooks collection, developed for children aged 3–11 years old. If you’d like to learn more about how to support your child’s reading, visit our Reading pages.
Free Childrens Stories.com
Best selling children’s stories online for free. Watch the videos and find out more. READ MORE ABOUT US HERE!
Storyline Online
Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
FUNBRAIN
FunBrain has lots of different activities but also links to books including Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Audible Audio Books
While schools are closed, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.
Researchify
Researchify is a simple curriculum search engine that only displays relevant and readable results.
Includes 6 books uploaded for free in word / pdf / audio book
CBeebies Bedtime Story
A different story read each night just before bedtime. 30 Episodes Available on iPlayer.
Craft Activities
Getting crafty with your kids is a fantastic way to spend bonding time together and many craft activities have hidden cognitive benefits; it can help provide an outlet for their emotions as well as helping with their fine motor and dexterity skills.
CreativeBug
Creative Bug is a website designed to make people be more creative. Check out these amazing videos and start now..
Orchard Toys Craft Ideas
Get creative with these fun craft ideas! There’s everything from cotton wool sheep to an out of this world kitchen roll rocket!
EasyPeasyandFun
We have a ton of engaging art and craft for kids to make and you’ll find ideas for all ages and for all occasions.
Craftspal
We have spent time searching for the best craft activities for kids such as Make a fluffy non-sticky slime, growing an egg using materials found at home, making a sunflower and more..
Zing Crafts
19 Easy Craft Ideas for Kids to Make at Home [Using Everyday Items] They’re all super simple so that absolutely anyone can create something brilliant!
5 minute Fun
Loads of ideas here all organised by theme, material or duration. Great fun for many days.
Happiness is Homemade
These 50+ quick and easy kids crafts can be made in under 30 minutes using items that you probably already have around the house! No special tools or skills are required, so Great fun for the entire family!
Left Brain Craft Brain
Try my 5 minute crafts and join me on my journey introducing kids to Engineered Craftiness because exploring the scientific method through art can make for the most fun.
The Best ideas for Kids
This is a community where we share mostly craft ideas for kids of all ages! We also create and share activities, recipes and other ideas for kids. Whether you’re a parent, caregiver or teacher, there is something for everyone here!
Tate Kids
Great ideas from the TATE museum. Painting, Building, Colouring and more..
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Educational Resources | Early Years | Discover New Things | Museums | Live Theatre Productions | Craft Ideas | Baking Ideas | Tours of Famous Places | Music and Dance | Reading Resources | Free Colouring Sheets | Get Outdoors
Fun Activities with your child at home..
Baking Activities
Everyone likes to bake cakes and then eat them. Why not try some of these recipes and ideas that we have found on our searches..
Baking Mad
Nutella Mice, Hungry Caterpillar Cupcakes, Butterfly Cakes, Giant sharing cookie and more…
BBC Good Food
Traybakes, Sandwich cakes, doughnuts, muffins and more…
Baking from the Book Trust
Nadiya Hussain’s Fudge Brownies, BumbleBear Biscuits, Gruffalo Cake and more…
DaisyBake
What to bake and cook during lockdown. Plus cook along with me on Facebook!!
Recipe Cards from Orchard Toys
Banana Smoothies, Cupcakes, Family Pizza for 4, Biscuits and more..
Recipes from The Best Ideas for Kids
Home made Ice Cream, Cake Pops, Homemade Gummy Bears and more…
Baking with Kids: Cookies Galore
Kids tend to love sweet treats – Get out the cookbook and whip up some sweet treats like recipes for chocolate chip cookies, brownies, and snickerdoodles.
World Book Day
Have you ever made Gruffalo Crumble? or a Monster Max Eyeball Cake?
5 minute Fun
Loads of ideas here all organised by theme, and duration. Great fun for many different occasions.
Something Different from Left Brain Craft Brain
Wookie Shakes, Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies, Edible Water Balloons and more…
Primary Quick Links
With thanks to @BlueBellHillPS
Click on the links below to be sent directly to the pages.
PE activities that can be completed at home..
Ideas for things to do when kids are bored..
- DAISI Education – Fun Activities at Home
- KidsActivitiesBlog.com
- Stem Toy Expert – 101 things to do
- Smart Parent Advice – Great Games for Kids
- Best Ideas for Kids – Indoor Activities
Secondary Quick Links
Click on the links below to be sent directly to the pages.
BBC Bitesize Daily: Key Stage 3 | GCSE Subjects
Oak National Academy: Choose Secondary for Daily Lessons
Teaching Resources from TES: Free Resources
Free 30 day Trial: Twig Education
Chatter Pack Long List: https://chatterpack.net/blogs/blog/resources-list-for-home-learning
Good Links on Here: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/recommended-resources-for-teachers-and-parents-home-schooling-during-covid-19/
Get Outdoors!
Studies have shown that kids who spend more time outside might be happier and more relaxed. Here are some ideas and links to help you make the most of the great outdoors!!
Create or download a Scavenger Hunt: Scavenger hunts provide a wealth of opportunities for active fun. Many children, as parents could likely attest to, have a natural urge to explore – which is easily satiated by a good scavenger hunt.
Ideas to help you create your own
Play Hiking Bingo!! This card makes the whole experience a treasure hunt and gives children a sense of searching for every step on the trail. Good luck! Happy hiking! Click here to download the card.
Collect items from your walk and make a collage: Get leaves from woodlands or fields, or acorns, or sand and shells from the beach and bring them home to create fantastic pictures – glue and paint required!!
Go Outdoor Hunting: Go out before your children an hour before or the night before and create a list of things for them to spot. Look for clues in your neighbours garden from a distance. Put chocolate in a hidden place and say if they are warmer/colder.
50 things to do before you’re 11¾
Get your kids closer to nature with the help of the National Trust. There’s plenty of outdoor activities to do all year round, from watching the sunset to creating some wild art. Many can be done at home and in your garden.
Outdoor Activities Collection
From paints bombs to leaf bracelets and DIY sprinklers, this list has it all!
Make a Shadow Photo! Don’t forget to research how shadows are made, make shadow puppets or do shadow drawings! Remember you have to work out how to spell out what you are saying. This is an amazing example…
Start a Bear Hunt: Make walks more interesting if everyone puts a teddy bear in their windows, so that families can go on a “bear hunt”. Maybe you can catch a big one too – but stay 2 metres away!
Create a Gravel Picture: First design your picture with tape or chalk and then assemble your garden gravel into the shape you have created. It might inspire you to create a bigger Art Attack – who knows!!
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Here you will find everything you need to teach your children and connect with nature as a family including how to build a lego bird table!
The RSPCA
Build Bird Feeders and Hedgehog houses along with lots of other activities
Birding Hub
Build a BirdHouse and learn more about birds with Birdinghub.com
Search and Find: Go out before your children into your garden/backyard and hide lego people and give them a time limit to find them. Works with duplo and baby shoes just as well. They will also enjoy hiding them for you to find!
Make Giant Bubbles: Create you own homemade bubble wands and solution so that kids and adults alike can enjoy immeasurable outdoor fun! Click here for more information
Water carrying challenge: The aim is to get water from one bucket to another. Sounds simple? now put a hole in the carrying device and place the buckets at either end of the garden. Give them 5 minutes and measure out how much water has made the journey.
Continue Outdoor Learning at Home
The value of outdoor play and outdoor learning, getting out and about, and connecting to nature, is huge. Whether the learning is curriculum-based or just fun activities to engage a child, learning outside makes for happier and healthier minds.
60 Summer Outdoor Activities for Kids
To reduce the times you hear, “I’m bored,” you need to plan ahead. Check out these 60 outdoor activities and choose the ones that will keep your children smiling all summer long.
Create some driveway art! Use your chalk to create fantastically imaginative art ideas. Maybe write a poem on your pavement or good luck message to those walking past..
Build a marble run (or ball run): Create the track using cardboard around the house or garden. Make sure it starts high and ends low so gravity can work. Then let the ball go but don’t forget to film the result!! Can you make it quicker? Why not build clever corners or lifts – click here for a great idea
Build a Rocket and make it blast off!! This fun science demonstration is easy to do and will definitely impress your kids. Our rocket flew higher than our two story house! Click here for the instructions
31 Outdoor Activities for Kids
Studies have shown that kids who spend more time outside might be happier and more relaxed. Time outdoors can even improve short-term members, concentration and cognitive skills.
25 DIY Outdoor Activities for Kids
Build a kiddie cash wash to ride through on bikes. Make giant bubbles and walk on stilts. Loads of cool and exciting ideas!
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Really useful. Thanks
Our pleasure Peter. Don’t forget to keep coming back for updates
Love the Craft ideas, will be trying some of these this week
Thank you.
These look great, I will enjoy working through them over the coming weeks
Thank you for the feedback, Don’t forget to keep coming back for more ideas – we aim to keep updating and adding.
Thank you for the reading resources. My child loves reading. Gonna be using these.
Thank you. We love reading too.
Thank you for the home learning resources. Really helpful start for my search.
Thank you Yvonne. Stay Safe!
Thanks for the links – great resource for baking ideas. Love the new outdoors ideas too.
Thanks Ruth. Stay Safe.
Came across your site for the first time tonight. What a range of ideas. Thank you. Will share with my friends.
Thank you Hannah – please do share.. Stay safe
Really useful list. I keep coming back for more ideas. Have shared with friends.
Thanks for coming back and for sharing. We do keep updating where we can.
We set this up to support families and parents so the more that see it the better.
WordUnited’s Free Resources Hub has 10s of free videos with many ideas for home learning and playing. You can also download 100s of printables from http://www.wordunited.com. No subscription is required and the resources are ideal for children in early years and primary school age.
Thanks Sandra – will add to main pages. Thank you for sharing!
I was looking through this site more earlier today and I can’t believe all of the wonderful info you have managed to put together! I couldn’t believe all of the different categories and resources you have on here. It’s incredible that the DAISI site is truly helping people across the globe!
Thanks Andrea – So great that you found it in America. Thank you for your email too.
Really useful. Will share with others across my trust – great find!!
Thank you Tanya. Really appreciate the feedback.
DAISI Education never fail with the very best #worldclass #lockdown2021 #Homeschooling resources
Thank you for the feedback – please do share..
Really fabulous baking ideas – what a find!
Many thanks – Really glad you found them. Hope they tasted amazing!
They really did!
Useful craft activities – some really great ideas.
Thank you for the feedback.
Great find for half term – Some fab ideas on here.
Thanks Jude – always great to have good feedback!
Great find for half term – Thank you!!
Thanks for the feedback!
Fantastic collection of links and ideas – thank you so much for creating and sharing. Has been a real help for me and my family.
Thanks for the support Fiona! Really glad they have helped!