Great Teaching Resources Hunt

ncrossland

https://www.alienlanguage.co.uk -- I made it quite a few years ago, but it still gets plenty of visitors and comments that it is useful for learning parts of the body in French/Spanish/German.

Angua2

Slightly different angle to this, but I believe it's really helpful to try to understand how our children learn. There's a fair amount of discussion about 'learning styles': whether your child is a visual, kinaesthetic, auditory or logical learner. (There are other ways of classifying learning styles, one of which includes 'tactile'. Sometimes the model includes only 3, not 4, styles: VAK.)

The basic idea is that if you know your child's learning style, you can tailor lessons to suit and thus make learning easier and more enjoyable.

The learning style or personalisation approach is somewhat new (at least the terminology is) and, like all new approaches, under debate. My understanding is that has borrowed from psychologists and been applied to pedagogy. If human beings take in information through the five senses, then individuals might well have a preferred or dominant sense through which they acquire knowledge.... Having said that, learning style/personalisation approaches also deal with how we organise, remember, and make use of the information we receive (this has to do with left v. right brain dominance).

You might find interesting:
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/newrelationship/personalisedlearning/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/schoolgate/helpfromhome/content/2howchildrenlearn.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills/extra/module1/3.shtml
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/methodology/learning_style.shtml#top

A_4_Tune

This site has 10,000 links for secondary school subjects.

www.studylynx.co.uk

You have to log in but it's free and you don't have to give any information about yourtself.
Just click the tabs to select a subject and find a link.
Hope you find it useful

brix_2

bonnie wrote: »

i have been home-edding since easter.
Woodlands primary school website is fantastic and free also

yes, this site is great. link: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/

MushyPeas

Hiya

I teach adults English and maths, here are a few of my favourite websites

BBC Skillswise www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
Aimed at adults who want to improve their English and maths with factsheets, worksheets, quizzes and games. However I know it's also used a lot in primary and secondary schools. V. popular with users

BBC RaW www.bbc.co.uk/raw
The BBC's Adult Literacy campaign encouraging families to read and write together. A few of my favourite games are :
Every Picture Tells a Story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/gamesandquizzes/games/everypicture.shtml
With Tony Robinson you can create an animated picture and then make it into a book
Writing Stories with Lenny Henry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/gamesandquizzes/games/writingstories.shtml
Er, does what it says on the tin! Step by step guide to writing stories

BBC BackPage: www.bbc.co.uk/backpage
A trial project to encourage adults to make video tips about how they help their children with homework

Finally, goes without saying..BBC Schools www.bbc.co.uk/schools

And a few I've tagged in del.icio.us:
BBC - Onion Street - The Last Brain Thinking
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/onionstreet/lastbrain/
Cool maths game, with teaching notes, you can use to develop mental ability.

Online Games: Classic TV Quiz & Game shows: Countdown, Catchphrase, Blockbusters & Family Fortunes
http://www.wedigtv.com/
Lots of literacy and numeracy in these classic games

The KidsKnowIt Network - Educational Websites For Kids
http://www.kidsknowit.com/
Cool numeracy games etc.

Count On U
http://www.countonu.co.uk/
Cool NI interactive resource for numeracy learners

A Maths Dictionary for Kids 2007 by Jenny Eather
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html
Great numeracy dictionary with visuals and explanations

Interactivate: Activities
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/
Numeracy interactive activities

Mathwire.com | Resources for Math Teachers
http://www.mathwire.com/index.html
Mathwire.com is designed to provide activities and appropriate worksheets for teachers to use in their classrooms. All activities and worksheets support the constructivist approach to learning mathematics and the NCTM Standards.

Fun learning Activities and Games for Kids
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/educational/maths.html
Fun maths games, place value darts

nrich.maths.org::Mathematics Enrichment::NRICH Home Page
http://nrich.maths.org/public/index.php
Numeracy resources, really good! Aimed at kids, but can be used for adults.

Hope these help

MPxx

Miss_Ladybird

fab for infants...

www.ictgames.com

Love it!

tarquin_parsnip

Got to tell people about this site. I am a primary teacher and I use TopicBox every day - it's perfect. http://www.topicbox.net/ go on have a go!

lucky-legs

Miss_Ladybird wrote: »

fab for infants...

www.ictgames.com

Love it!

You beat me to it Miss Ladybird! I am a learning support practitioner in a primary school and we love this site for the little ones, I also use it at home with my own two.

A couple of other ones ....

http://www.senteacher.org/Home/ - go onto the printables section of this one for loads of resources.

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/

http://www.funbrain.com/

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/primary/index.html

http://www.bourne.e-sussex.sch.uk/shared/curriculum.html


Hope that some of you find these useful

lindseykim13

This takes you to a links page where i found loads of printable work sheets etc they are all about science. http://www.bnfleducation.com/links/index.html

Dowloading the teachers packs are also good http://www.bnfleducation.com/ftbt/index.html

I joined the home ed gang in jan 07 and love every minute of it!

lizzielou

www.primarygames.co.uk
www.interactive-resources.co.uk

both fab!