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Home Education in the South West

Free Educational resources

General:
Ambleside online - "free HE curriculum designed to be as close as possible to that which Charlotte Mason used."
BBC Schools - "Learning resources for home and school"
Enchanted Learning - "Over 20,000 web pages"
Project Happy Child - "an index of Educational Resources available on the Internet for schools & families"
Crickweb - Free interactive resources & activities for Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2
Make beliefs comix - "create your own comix strip - it's easy and fun"

Art:
Art Attacks - "...you'll find fact sheets for all the Art Attacks featured over the last few series."
Origami Club - with loads of origami creations fully demonstrated.

English; books & literacy:
The Baldwin Project - "Bringing Yesterday's Classics to Today's Children"
Bibliomania - Free Online Literature with more than 2000 Classic Texts
Woodlands Junior school - Interactive literacy activities for kids.

Geography:
MapZone - Interactive kids area of Ordnance Survey

History:
Young Archaeologists' Club - "YAC is the only UK-wide club for 8-16 year olds interested in archaeology!"
Show me - "We show you cool/fun/wild/crazy stuff from the UK's museums and galleries"

ICT:
Cybersmart - provides activities, resources & practical advice to help safely enjoy the online world.
Teach ICT - "The site for ICT education"

Languages:
123 Teach me - Free online Spanish courses
MINIMUS - "The mouse that made Latin cool!"
BBC languages - Various languages; online courses, learning games, audio & video...


Maths:
Mathematics Enhancement Programme - Resources from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching
Math Drills - Free math worksheets
Incompetech - Free online graph paper/grid paper to customise and download for printing.
Maths is fun - learn mathematics and have some fun.

Music:
Classics for kids - "This site is designed to help you introduce your child to classical music."

Science:
OPAL - The Open Air Laboratories network is an exciting initiative, open to anyone with an interest in nature.
Nature detectives - Discover and investigate!  Website & wildlife club for under 12s run by the Woodland Trust.
Science News for Kids - "a new Web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14."
School science - A science database with resources for all ages groups.
Galaxy Zoo - where you can help astronomers explore the universe.
Skoool.co.uk -
"a new concept in e-learning solutions"

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