Educational Websites Resources

We are teaching our daughter while we travel full time. 

Like most parents wanting to travel fulltime, education was one of the most important factorsHomeschooling resources when planning our travel and having the right educational websites and resources on hand is invaluable.

Depending on how long you are going for, (3-6 months) you may choose to just have your kids write a journal.

See our youtube video of Schooling on the Road what we took, what we actually needed and tips to help.

The beautiful thing about learning, is nobody can take it away from you – B. B. King

We wanted to make sure we had an adequate resource library downloaded before we left to assist with locating supporting lessons, worksheets and videos when required.

Hours and hours of research later, downloading worksheets, lesson plans, reading soooo many options and fellow bloggers experiences to see what worked for them – this is the list.

 

worksheets for travelAnyone who travels with kids homeschooling or worldschooling be sure to check out our Educational Places of Interest in Australia by State and our Kids Travel Worksheets  perfect for road tripping and travelling families.

They can be screenshot on ipads/tablets before going, so no data is required on the road. Miss B uses a surfaces pro and can write into them and save them.

This is ever growing and improving as we see more, hear about opportunities and share them with you.

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Maths educational websites & resources

TotSchooling Great printables and easy to navigate site. Suitable for younger learners.

online learning math resourcesMaths Learning Center AMAZING free resources, worksheets (and answers) reference manuals ALL age levels.  Definitely worth checking out, you can download for later use.

Online Learning Math Resources for kids   Multiple resources, games and worksheets, all in one location. Making math fun suitable for all ages.

Dads Worksheets – An amazing array of free printable worksheets for every math problem! Great for reinforcing learning or helping your kids get a handle on maths.

IXL   Well known provider of a full range of subjects for a full curriculum choice. They also offer printable worksheets that you can access without a membership.

Study.com Online courses in an array of subject areas.  Learn a new language, easy to understand format, worksheets available through to complete courses. Whether you need a refresher, extension of subject area for projects or understanding this may be your answer.

Firefly Education – investigation based approach to numeracy

Mathematics gives us hope that every problem has a solution

Study Ladder   Multiple subjects available on this site by annual membership which offers core subjects of the Australian Curriculum

Dragonbox Algebra

Maths is Fun – said no-one ever LOL.  Another great resource, easy to understand descriptions of common (and not so common) maths terms. Gives great examples to ensure understanding.

MathleticsOnline maths resource popular in schools, made for hybrid classrooms and home learning, easy to follow.

BBC Skillwise – Numbers Middle to upper primary and lower secondary. Program was developed for adults

BBC KS2 Bitesize – Maths This website provides games and activities in: numbers, shape, space and measures and handling data

“Life is a Math equation, in order to gain the most, you have to know how to convert a negative to a positive” – Anonymous

Woodlands Junior School-UK This site provides activities and games in numbers, space, shapes, data and probability, measure skills and maths investigations

Arcademic Skill Builders Primary levels maths and language arts, games, money, time lots of activities

XP Maths Maths games, maths videos, maths worksheets, and maths e-books.

Teachingimage – Various Maths Worksheets, Time, Fractions etc

Prodigy Math – Absolute favourite very popular by both kids and adults.  Create a parent login and student login so you can check their progress. Math game that you can tailor to areas they need help with. Fun where they get to create a wizard, hair colour etc and go on adventures at the academy

Life is like math, if it goes too easy something is wrong

Teaching Ideas They have Fractions Decimals Percentage Cards There are many wonderful resources other than this one but I love these cards

Homeschool Math Free Worksheets, Videos, Lessons and articles, games – excellent resource

Get the Math Learning Algebra? Get the Math is about Algebra and math in the real world.

Periodical Table of the Elements including an interactive table showing the uses of each element in pictures and words.

 

Reading writing literacy educational websites & resources

Reading Eggs which incorporates Eggy Words great for teaching young ones to learn

Reading Booklist for Grades 1 to 12 Fantastic resource when trying to plan reading and comprehension, lesson plans for each year level or just age appropriate reading

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English educational resources

EdHelper  Free Educational Resources, weekly Spelling Lists, Worksheets, Printables. Excellent membership option that will give you a month of activities, comprehension sheets for popular reading (ie. Roald Dahl), maths – full curriculum for various age and grade levels. Very impressed and affordable.  I was disappointed in trying to communicate with them though.

ABC For Kids One for the preschool and Kindergarten, fun colourful and educational

Read Theory An excellent reading comprehension, pretest to see where they are placed more suited to middle upper primary

ISL Collective one of my favourite things on this site is the video lessons, where the kids watch video shorts of their favourite movies and subjects and answer questions as they go.  There is also a video lesson and worksheet of the day. It also has printables.

Brave Writer  Helping your child fall in love with writing, whatever their age or skill, calming anxious writers and helping you coach them.

Writeshop  Homeschool writing curriculum, step-by-step lessons will help you introduce and review the building blocks of the writing process

“Children see magic because they look for it” – Christopher Moore

Grammar Education Guide from Supersummary, General grammar resources, grammar

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Must Have Worldschool/Homeschool item!

improvement resources, Teaching Resources, Grammar Study Resources

Teach it English  1000’s of English Teaching resources, Interactive, Teaching packs, to access free pdf’s you just have to register. There is also a subscription available.

Education.com/preschool/fine motor skills helps with fine motor skills for your preschooler

Study Ladder   Multiple subjects available on this site by membership offering the core subjects of the Australian Curriculum

Study.com Online courses in an array of subject areas, study for College credits, learn a new language, this site has it all, easy to understand format, worksheets available through to complete courses. Whether you need a refresher, extension of subject area for projects or understanding this may be your answer.

Unlimited Reading Books Online for kids up under 12!  Epic!

IXL A Well known provider of a full range of subjects for a full curriculum choice They also offer printable worksheets that you can access without a membership

Starfall  Learn to read, maths component, homeschool membership available for additional resources

BBC Skillwise – English Was developed for adults to improve reading and writing skills but useful for upper primary and lower secondary

BBC Bitesize – English Games and Activities in reading, writing spelling and grammar younger learners

Read Write Think Parent Resources Learning ways to introduce children to reading and encourage them to write. Great lesson ideas, video resources to support learning. Fun and educational.

Teach your monster to read fun and educational game to help your child learn to read Covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences.

Woodlands Junior School UK Activities and games in words and spelling, grammar and punctuation

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Roadschooling, unschooling, homeschooling

Bookhive  Guide to children’s literature and books Reviews and recommended reads.

How Many Syllables – Dictionary of syllables, Fun Facts, Teachers Resources, Grammar with rules

Readworks – Free content, curriculum, and tools to power teaching and learning from Kindergarten to 12th Grade.  I particularly like the Article a day sets.

Storyline Online – Books being read, great selection younger kids mainly but still great fun and the ones we have listened to have clear well articulated speech.

Newsela – Great site, free to join articles, lots of reading and various subjects, you can set assignments.

 

Science educational websites & resources

Earth Science WA Earth and Space, Environment, Field Guides

Science Kiddo Great homeschool ideas and science projects for at homeonline science resources

The_Rock_Cycle_ – Great paper on the different rock cycles and using actual places you can visit and discuss with the kids (as mentioned in our Wave Rock Educational worksheet)

Fizzics Education – 150 free Science Experiments (plus much more) great addition to any worldschoolers, homeschoolers and unschoolers resource library.

Woodlands Junior School UK Activities and games in living and life processes, physical processes, materials, earth and space

Study.com Online courses in an array of subject areas, study for College credits, learn a new language, this site has it all, easy to understand format, worksheets available through to complete courses. Whether you need a refresher, extension of subject area for projects or understanding this may be your answer.

Believe you can, and you will

Exploratorium – Located in San Francisco, California, the Exploratorium is a public learning laboratory exploring the world through science, art, and human perception.  Science activities, experiments and online toolbox means we can be anywhere and access these great resources, printables and more.

BBC Bitesize – Science Lower and Middle Primary Games and activities Living things, Materials and Physical Physical processes.

Steve Spangler Science Experiments Chemistry, Density, Electricity, Energy, Magnetism, Light & Sound, Food Science

Queensland Museum Sciencentre at South Bank Offers interactive science and technology programs for children of all ages. But the link here will take you to resources page

Left Brain Craft Brain Science, Tech, Engineering and Art

UCAR Center for Science Education Great research, activities, The learning Zone has games and Classroom Activities

Biodigital (anatomy) – Explore the human body, Fantastic detail, mouse identification of parts. Fantastic resource but would want good data when using. Choose between different systems. Available on App too.

Health Direct Anatomy section really good resource, health topics

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think- Margaret Mead

Museum of Tropical Queensland This museum houses the Maritime Archaeology section of Queensland Museum. This link takes you to the teacher resources link on their site.

The British Museum A Wealth of resources to assist with home learning. Like HUGE. Lists by age, grade, I LOVE this page and will be visiting them this year too!

Natural History Museum- Kids Only You know you all want to watch Night at the Museum again perfect tie in with lesson plans! We just watched them all again and they are fantastic! This site is for younger kids has games, quizzes, explorations of dinosaurs, animal adaptations and insect life. This might be a fun resource when visiting the dinosaur trail at Winton, QLD (check our Educational places of interest Australia by State)

CSIRO for older students and parents. Research link.

The Homeschooled Scientist Great site, Printables, Worksheets, experiments, lesson ideas

Science News for Students Multiple Topics Including Body & Brain, Earth & Environment, Physics & Chemistry, Space and Lide and Evolution to name a few.

Newsela – Great site, free to join articles, lots of reading and various subjects, you can set assignments.

 

HASS educational websites & resources

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Now known as HASS

Behind the News ABC News videos based on current affairs and events happening around the world.

Kids View – Parliament in Focus A usable interactive and informative website with resources for all ages and levels of knowledge to teach children how parliament works.

National Geographic Education – Mapping A great site about mapping. Includes games and easy to understand explanations

CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) The world factbook includes country profiles, details on government, geography, people, climate and environmental issues. Great reference tool.

Cotton Australia Fabulous resource, lesson kits, videos, fact sheets you name it – ALL things cotton! From Young learners to secondary students.

Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries Business and Trade, Plants, Animals, Fisheries, Environment, Biosecurity and research. Great resource for older students.

Newsela – Great site, free to join articles, lots of reading and various subjects, you can set assignments.

Lifelab – School garden elated webinars, resources for sustainability, curriculum and online resources for school gardens and lessons

Kiss the ground – Online resources (curriculum aligned) to accompany the documentary, of the same name, on the importance of good soil quality and rebuilding the soil to improve our environment. 

 

Geography/World educational websites & resources

TIME magazine for Kids (K-6) News for kids world events, kid reporters, homework helper

online geography resources
Geography educational resources

National Geographic Kids  – there is also a great App for National Geographic that you don’t need internet access for all content – my daughter LOVES it.

Around the World Stories Educational and Entertaining audio stories for kids aged 5-12 A great and memorable way to learn. Each story comes with a parent guide with activities, recipes and discussion topics that go along with the story!

Mama Lisa’s world – Music & Culture from around the world.  Sharing songs, poems, rhymes, recipes and traditions from around the globe!

Worldometers Populations of the world, search by regions, religion, country great for project work and researching countries

Little Passports   Our daughter loved her subscription from Little Passports World Explorer and we are currently looking at their science program too. Yes we have an affiliate relationship with them as we LOVE what they offer.  It prepared her for world travel.  We took out the subscription two years before leaving full time and it was a fantastic idea.  She had an understanding of where other countries were, distances from our home country and more importantly, if you ask her, “what food am I going to eat”

Financial Literacy educational websites & resources

Financial Basics Foundation – Including a teachers resource kit, ESSI financial literacy Educational resources financial literacygame used in secondary schools in Australia

Financial Basics – American money management guide. Understanding money and includes some good downloads

Moneysmart a range of financial literacy education resources for teacher and parent use and are mapped to the Australian Curriculum

Miscellaneous or Multiple subject coverage

Euka (formerly Complete Education Australia) – As the name suggests, this is a complete across all subjects covering the Australian curriculum – the full term is forwarded by PDF (great for travellers) and term subscription includes membership to Mathletics, Skwirk & Literacy Planet!  

Genius Little Minds – Young learners will have everything they need, Numbers and counting, Understanding Emotions, Shapes & Colours, Fun & Farm, Seasons, Days & Months, Sounds & Rhyming 

A kind word is like a spring day – Russian proverb

Study.com Online courses in an array of subject areas, study for College credits, learn a new language, this site has it all, easy to understand format, worksheets available through to complete courses. Whether you need a refresher, extension of subject area for projects or understanding this may be your answer.

The good and the Beautiful a curriculum that emphasises god, high character, nature and wholesome literature. 

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Great educational quotes

Teaching Ideas  FANTASTIC resource with lesson ideas, worksheets, videos with notes to lesson plan and printable resources to assist all age levels and all subjects.

Touch Typing skills BBC website which guides your kids through to excellent resources such as typing. A very handy skill to have. 

Big Brown Bear Typing Another typing site very easy to follow, increase speed and suitable all ages.

Grandpapencil Great site, lots of printables, project ideas, science experiments – Love this site.

Children’s University The Children’s University offers superior educational experiences for children aged between 7 and 14 years and volunteering opportunities for 15-18 year olds outside of school and recognises their achievements through the award of formal certificates and graduations

Kidzone

TeacherspayTeachers Teaching Resources and Lesson Plans – all grades, multiple subjects and topics, extensive resources, worksheets, printables, games.  Teachers from all over world.

Fact Monster Lots of multiple subject facts, conversion calculators, challenges, quizzes, Science projects, flashcards, Dictionary, Thesaurus and other resources.

Homeschooling Supplies Australia A fantastic site with multiple grade level and subject coverage and learn to read write spell kits. Additional resources, curriculum and books that you an purchase online

“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely” – Roald Dahl

AnimalArk Wildlife Education and Training

Play Play Learn provides educational resources and consulting services to connect games and learning in libraries, schools, and homes for students of all ages.

Open 2 Study Free online courses for everyone. Check for start dates on your favourite courses.

Raebear Lots of free patterns for letters numbers and just for fun, Geeky, Artsy, recipes and more

Minecraft I think we all know this one! Creative skills, Engineering, Design skills. Don’thave it yet, this is the Pocket Edition which Miss B is getting quite the designer/architect with!  There are some great books with ideas if they are just getting started (or keep an eye out at the library!)

Be the reason someone smiles today

Design your homeschool A great site I came across for ideas on goal setting, ideas on designing your homeschool, where to begin – great help for mum and dad in getting started homeschooling

ResearchParent Another one for mum and dad, printables, book suggestions, learn and play ideas, various subject content

Apples 4 the Teacher An educational resources for Teachers and Homeschoolers PreK to Grade 6

Collins i-SPY a great selection of i-spy books for minimal expense to get the most out of your travels to the zoo, gallery, seaside, nature

Twinkl Unique, teacher-created, planning and assessment materials and teaching resources!

Education City A developer and publisher of educational content.  An online teaching, learning and assessment resource

The expert in anything, was once a beginner

I Can teach my Child Great learning ideas, art projects mainly directed at younger age groups

Southern African Virtual School With an AMAZING virtual library ,Virtual meeting facilities and Comprehensive Course offerings worth checking out.

Global Guardian Project More than 50 pages of STEAM-based activities and educational content, jam-packed with captivating images, global stories, videos, podcasts, art projects and challenges to inspire and educate the entire family on environmental responsibility and social change. Individual learning capsules available

EdHelper Free Educational Resources, weekly Spelling Lists, Worksheets, Printables. Excellent membership option that will give you a month of activities including comprehension sheets for popular reading (ie. Roald Dahl), maths – full curriculum for various age and grade levels. Very impressed and affordable, fantastic resource. 

Artventure For all the Art loving kids! Video Art Lessons and resource plans for primary schools, teachers and homeschooling families.

Brainpop Fantastic all rounder site, multiple subjects and easy to navigate, great reference tool for new ideas for lesson material

Brainpop Jnr – Educational movie of the week, multiple subjects, fantastic resources for our younger learners.

Edutopia Website for parents discussing learning issues, skills to overcome them, teaching strategies and educational topics, videos and suggestions for resources, grants etc

Khan Academy – learning for both parents and kids range of subjects and courses

FutureLearn Try high quality online education – enjoy free online courses from top universities and specialist organisations.

Education.com Worksheets, Games, Songs, Lesson Plans, Exercises, all grades, teaching tools

Kindness it costs nothing, but means everything

Outschool Thousands of uniques classes online offered by independent teachers

Next Level Homeschool Online Classes Flexi schedule Understanding that different children learn in different ways. A homeschool mum herself.

Education World One for parents, great lesson plans by subject Great resource

Lets go Learn  Reading and Math Diagnostics Assessments

Young Archaeologists Club – For kids who want to look at being an Archaeologist when they grow up

Virtual High School 24 hour high school online classes foster student initiative, self-motivation, self-advocation, event management and a host of other important learning skills for the twenty-first century

Time for Learning  Membership option following a curriculum, with back up support parent forum

DIY Online community for kids, projects, challenges

Discovery K12 Online homeschool platform and curriculum for pre-k to twelfth grade

How Stuff Works Explanations of you guessed it, How Stuff Works.  Helpful graphics, videos good resource tool.

Puzzle Maker This is a puzzle generator handy tool for creating and printing customized word searches, puzzles using your own word lists.There are Teacher Resources, Parent Resources to help your students in a range of personal development as well as educational areas on this site too.

Fun Brain Selection of interactive, fun games covering maths and english.

Handbook of Nature Study The home of outdoor hour challenge

Discovery School Education Resources to help Maths, Science, English, SOSE and others. Link is for Homework Help, videos to assist.

Primary Homework Help  Multiple subject and project research information

“Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will ” – Vernon Howard

Worksheets  – You guessed it lots of worksheets! Maths, Grammar, setting goals and others

DK Find Out General resource for kids who like to know more about all kinds of topics! Animals, Earth, History and more – all Miss B’s favourite topics!

DIY – Safe online community for kids trying science experiments, learning new things, and being able to share it with other kids, you can search by topic which makes it easy to see experiments or creative ideas for topics you are covering

Newsela – Great site, free to join articles, lots of reading and various subjects, you can set assignments.

Inventorium – The Inventorium was designed by a group of academics, teachers and corporate professionals to embody a major shift in the way we think about and deliver education. 

 

Languages educational websites & resources

Learning Languages learning a foreign languageDuolingo – https://en.duolingo.com

Lifeprint (ASL) – www.lifeprint.com

Babbel Shortest path to real life conversations, main languages

Busuu Learn a language in 10 minutes a day

 

History educational websites & resources

History for Kids –  Free online History Networkonline history resources

http://www.australia.com/en/facts/history.html

https://www.australianexplorer.com/australian_history.htm

Horrible Histories Fantastic Fun way to look at History around the world, games, great video clips explaining History in a light comical and fun way for kids.

Computers/Coding educational websites & resources

CODE – www.code.org

online coding resourcesTynker Create Apps, Coding for kids, Fly Drones, Control Robots, Mod Minecraft

Scratch Create Stories, Games, Animations which you can share

Free Code Camp learn coding self paced learning and challenges, an open source community that helps you learn to code

Codecademy – Learning to Code Free and Pro options 

Praxent – Beginners guide to coding and programming, games and courses to teach coding

Hubs – Knowledge Base – Design & Technology / 3D printing.  Great easy to understand articles like learning about the general additive manufacturing process from design to final.  Manufacturing process explained and Post processing and finishing to name a few. 

Pluralsight –  Access thousands of expert-authored courses covering the latest in cloud, mobile, security and data. IT certifications, develop skills, learn new skills, Hands on learning beginner through to professional upskilling.

Paperless Educator Tech courses for kids, teen youtubing course, coding course for kids

Happy Educating and Happy Travels!