Best homeschooling resources, from online teaching lessons to free apps

With the school gates only reopening for a puny number of primary pupils, millions of children have been logging onto online learning courses to stay their studies from home in the past few months.
But where to begin? The number of educational resources on the internet can be overwhelming. Should parents pay for a digital tutor? And are the free courses offered online any good?
From Tutorful and Seneca to the Government-backed Oak National Academy website, here are some of the best tools available online to challenge both children and adults. 

Best homeschooling resources

Oak National Academy

Launched on April 21, the Oak National Academy website offers an online classroom and resources hub created by teachers. The website is a Government-backed diagram created in response to coronavirus lockdown.
The online classroom offers free access to video lessons, quizzes and worksheets. Available for both primary and secondary levels, it covers a range of educational subjects. New lessons and resources are available each week, and children can follow a clear, structured plan.

BBC Bitesize

Parents may remember BBC Bitesize, which launched in 1998 to provide free study wait on resources to all school aged children in the UK.
The service is proving invaluable during the coronavirus lockdown by offering free lessons, activities and videos tailored to the National Curriculum.
The BBC also provides a Bitesize app which provides 14- 16-year-olds with flashcards and revision material on their phones.  Meanwhile, BBC Teach, provides a separate resource online for “live lessons” featuring BBC shows and presenters.

Seneca

Seneca's free education website is currently used by more than three million students. The company claims that it has adding users at a rate of 50,000 a day since Boris Johnson announced schools would close.
Seneca Learning specialises in homework help and gamifying the learning and revision process to help students learn faster
It uses what it describes as "dual coding" to help students learn. Essentially, this means combining pictures, images and and videos alongside words to help student process, understand and remember information.
Its backers include Lord Stanley Fink, the Tory peer and hedge fund investor.
“The site will always remain free to use and we’ve taken extra steps to ensure the platform can cope with increased demand in the coming days now that all schools are closed,” said Stephen Wilks, chief executive of Seneca Learning.

Kano

For those looking for something more tech-savvy, Kano Computing’s PC kits and coding tools allow children to learn about tech and how computers work. Its Kano Computer, for instance, enables children to build a computer from scratch.
Its software includes a coding school to let children manufacture and play games using simplified coding language – with plenty for parents to learn along the way.
The company – launched by Alex Klein, son of Getty Images co-founder Jonathan Klein – also sells a £99 Harry Potter wand filled with electronics that connects with Kano’s app. The wand features a gyroscope to measure orientation and an accelerometer to measure speed.
Together, they allow it to be tracked in 3D situation so children can cast "spells" using different lines of code. The code links actions with wand movements.

Tutorful

Tutorful’s website, which is recommended by Mumsnet, lets parents search through 10,000 student-rated tutors – as well as those that provide online-only tutoring.
Users can read reviews of past lessons, and the service also pays users to book a lesson with another tutor if they are not satisfied. 

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