If you are a parent who has been tasked with the role of educator while your child is away from school, then no doubt you are on the lookout for some supportive tools and resources to help you with their educational journey. Whether it is due to illness, extended holidays, school closures or simply a desire to help your child further their understanding of a particular subject, below is a comprehensive list of free online educational activities and learning tools that cater for both primary and secondary-aged students.
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Please note, due to the current coronavirus pandemic many, if not all, of the sites listed below are offering free resources to teachers, students and parents. Where we have been made aware of current deals we have listed these for your convenience. We will aim to update this page should any of the free services or discounts listed below change.
Queensland Department of Education
To help support students who are currently at home due to school closures and isolation, the Department of Education has put two weeks’ worth of resources for each year level online. These are ready-to-print and work from pdf files that are designed to provide students with learning experiences and activities that are intended for completion over a two-week period. Units will be released progressively and the webpage will be updated with new releases when available. Access here
We also LOVE this Principal’s list of things to do with your kids during the school closures.
Free Educational Resources for Primary Years Students
Multiple subjects
Teachstarter
This is an incredible resource for teachers and parents alike. Teachstarter have just added their new “Learning from Home” packs. These teaching resource packs have been handpicked by the Teach Starter team to include a range of resources that can be completed at home by children with the assistance of their parents or guardians. There is one for each year level from Prep – Grade 6 and they each include resources covering the key learning areas of English, Maths and Science, along with some additional craft and mindfulness activities. Teachstarter
FREE resources available.
ABC Education
ABC Education brings you thousands curriculum-linked resources for Primary and Secondary students and teachers. ABC Education
FREE resources available.
IXL
Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, IXL helps students master essential skills at their own pace through fun and interactive questions, built in support and motivating awards. It covers activities and lessons in both Maths and English for all year levels up to year 12. IXL
IXL is offering full access for FREE for the rest of the school year. Additional resources can be found here.
Studyladder
A popular site used by schools. It provides ELA, Math, Science and other areas of study for kinder through to 6th grade. Studyladder
Currently, Studyladder will do unlimited at home access for students with a school set up login and password and if parents register for an account.
Scholastic
The Scholastic website contains enough games, stories, printables and videos to keep kids entertained, and learning something new, for hours. Scholastic
FREE resources available.
Twinkl Australia
Teachers can use this as they plan remote learning for their students. Parents can use this to access high-quality educational materials from home. Twinkl Australia
Due to COVID-19, they have made Twinkl completely free for one month. Go to www.twinkl.com.au/offer and enter the offer code AUSTRCODE for immediate access.
Maths Educational Resources
Mathseeds
ABC Mathseeds makes learning maths fun with highly interactive and motivating online maths games and activities that children love. The program is a great way for your child to prepare for school, or help them improve their skills if they are struggling with maths. This subscription can be bought as an addition to the Reading Eggs program.
You can register for your FREE trial here.
Mathletics
Mathletics is a K-8 math learning resource that offers fun online learning activities and printable learning worksheets.
You can do their FREE trial here.
Math Playground
Math Playground provides hundreds of math games, logic puzzles and educational resources. Math Playground
All math games and resources are free until the end of June 2020.
Number Stacks
Number Stacks uses a unique combination of stackable place-value counters and video tutorials to enable any adult, regardless of teaching experience, to help children master the foundations of the number system. Suitable for ages 4 – 11. Number Stacks
They are currently offering a FREE 28 day trial membership to the Number Stacks website.
Bedtime Math
Bedtime Math offers playful online math problems for parents to do with their kids every day, as well as lively hands-on games.
You can currently enjoy a whole range of free at home activities here.
CoolMath4Kids
For 12 years and under users, Coolmath4Kids is an amusement park of games, lessons and more, designed to teach math and make it FUN. CoolMath4Kids
Full access to the website is FREE.
Curriculum Associates
Free printable K-8 Reading and Math activity packs and guidance for teachers and families to support learning at home. Curriculum Associates
FREE resources available.
SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Mystery Science
Mystery Science offers FREE science lessons that are completely digital and set up for remote learning. It includes mini-lessons as well as full lessons that include an activity. All of the activities are designed to use simple supplies a parent will likely already have at home. Mystery Science
FREE resources available.
Crash Course Kids
A range of fun educational videos with a science focus. Crash Course Kids
FREE resources available.
Crest Awards
CREST provides activities and project ideas for a range of ages, group size and abilities. From off-the-shelf, one-hour long challenges through to large-scale, student-led projects of over 70 hours work or more, CREST can be done by anyone. Crest Awards
FREE resources available.
National Geographic Kids
This is a fantastic resource for kids and offers up a range of interesting facts, activities and games for them as they explore areas such as animals, geography, science, nature and history. National Geographic Kids
FREE resources available.
Nasa Kids Club
NASA Kids’ Club provides a plethora of space focused games, videos, images and activities to introduce and help kids learn about the world of space. Nasa Kids Club
FREE resources available.
CreositySpace
CreositySpace is a unique inquiry-based, learner-directed science curriculum that connects ALL K-5 students to science and capitalizes on their creativity and curiosity at a time when they ask, “What do I want to do when I grow up?” CreositySpace
CreositySpace is providing lessons from their Contagion Crushers, Water Watchers and Conscientious Chemists units at no cost to help support teachers—parents and guardians, too—to keep all kids engaged in science.
Club SciKidz
Daily free science or cooking experiments to do at home. Club SciKidz
FREE resources available.
Fizzics Education
For science lovers everywhere, Fizzics Education is overflowing with activities, podcasts, trivia, experiments and resources for kids. They also offer live science classes, with over 30 virtual programs for students to take part in. Fizzics Education
FREE resources available.
Code Club
The Code Club projects are fun, step-by-step guides for young learners to follow and create animations, games, websites, and much more. Code Club
FREE resources available.
Scratch
Creative computer programming for kids. Scratch
FREE resources available.
Australian Computing Academy
Free online coding courses for Australian School students aligned to the Australian Curriculum and designed for students from years 3 – 12. Australian Computing Academy
FREE resources available.
Create and Learn
Create & Learn is a Silicon Valley based company focusing on online computer science education. Their professionally trained instructors teach live classes using video conferencing on a wide range of topics such as coding (Scratch, Minecraft modding, Python), robotics, and AI. All curriculum was created by Stanford, Harvard graduates, and former tech leaders from Google, with collaborations with experts in top tech companies. Create and Learn
They offer free introductory classes on 5 different subjects (Scratch, Minecraft Modding, AI, Data Science, and Python) with multiple options a day. Starting from March 16th, more free sessions will be added to serve more families during school closure.
Discovery Mindblown
Discovery Mindblown is a source of educational video content to help kids learn about different science topics. The site also provides interactive games and links to mobile science apps for kids. Discovery Mindblown
FREE resources available.
Exploring Nature
ExploringNature.org is a science education website with more than 6,000 pages of illustrated Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, Biology, Anatomy, Ecology resources for K-12. Exploring Nature
FREE resources available.
English Educational Resources
Reading Eggs
Reading Eggs has long been a popular early learning tool for parents wanting to give their children a head start on reading and english skills. This multi-award winning online reading program uses online lessons, games and books to make learning to read fun and highly motivating for children aged 2–13. Reading Eggs
Currently offering a 30 day free trial.
Brave Writer
Brave Writer is designed to enhance the parent-child relationship through the teaching of writing. Brave Writer
FREE resources available.
HISTORY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
BBC for Kids
This may be UK-focussed but this is a great history resource for children. BBC for Kids
FREE resources available.
OTHER NOTABLE RESOURCES
The Kids Should See This
TKSST is a collection of 4,300+ kid-friendly videos, curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and at home. The Kids Should See This
FREE resources available.
Walkabouts
Walkabouts are on-demand adventures that transform math and language content into short, movement-rich activities for Pre-K through Second Grade students. This research-based online tool makes it easy for teachers and parents to create lessons that bring key concepts to life through physical activity. Walkabouts
FREE resources available.
Virtual Field Trips
Virtual Field Trips offers videos covering the K-8 social studies, life science, geography, and ancient civilisation curriculum content. They have 300+ learning activities that have been designed to accompany the videos and also provide quizzes. Virtual Field Trips
FREE resources available.
Minecraft Education Edition
This one is sure to get the children engaged and keen to learn. To help teachers and students stay connected to the classroom, Minecraft: Education Edition is now available through June 2020 for all educators and learners who have a valid Office 365 Education account. They have also compiled a special Minecraft remote learning toolkit, which includes more than 50 lessons, STEM curriculum and project-based learning activities so educators can use Minecraft: Education Edition with their students whether they are in school, at home or in another remote learning environment. Minecraft Education Edition
FREE resources available.
Funbrain
This free website contains so much fun, there is a good chance kids won’t even realise they are learning. There are math games, reading games and even games for parents and kids to play together. Funbrain
FREE resources available.
Oxford Owl for Home
A British site that offers a lot of free activities for primary aged students. Oxford Owl for Home
FREE resources available.
Toy Theatre
An online educational game website for kids, designed with the needs of children from kindergarten to grade 3. Toy Theatre
FREE resources available.
Anywhere Teacher
Online Education Learning App for ages 2 to 8 with over 2,000 activities, learning paths and a playzone. Anywhere Teacher
One-Month Free subscription with code ATHOME
Cohesion Education
Cohesion Education is a comprehensive, K-5 video library of every reading, writing or math concept in 10 minutes or less. Designed by teachers, for parents. Cohesion Education
Currently offering FREE access to their video library.
Eduprintables
Thousands of free printables, games, quizzes and fun stuff for children in primary school. Eduprintables
FREE resources available.
Enchanted Learning
The Enchanted Learning website has over 35,000 K-12 pages (with a focus on primary school) covering a wide range of topics — information pages, printable worksheets, crafts, colouring pages, etc. Enchanted Learning
They are temporarily providing FREE subscriptions to teachers whose school is closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Great Minds
Great Minds are providing knowledge-building resources and written materials for math (Grades K–12) and daily instructional videos for English language arts (Grades K–8), math (Grades K-12), and science (Grades 3–5). Great Minds
Free resources available.
Free Educational Resources for Secondary Students
ABC Education
ABC Education brings you thousands of free, curriculum-linked resources for Primary and Secondary students and teachers. ABC Education
FREE resources available.
IXL
Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, IXL helps students master essential skills at their own pace through fun and interactive questions, built in support and motivating awards. Covering activities and lessons in both Maths and English for all year levels up to year 12.
IXL is offering full access for FREE for the rest of the school year. Additional resources can be found here.
Curriculum Associates
Free printable K-8 Reading and Math activity packs and guidance for teachers and families to support learning at home. Curriculum Associates
FREE resources available.
Duolingo
An brilliant online learning tool for those interested in mastering another language. The site is full of activities, games and lessons for up to 25 different languages. The best part? It’s FREE! Duolingo
FREE resources available.
Great Minds
Great Minds are providing knowledge-building resources and written materials for math (Grades K–12) and daily instructional videos for English language arts (Grades K–8), math (Grades K-12), and science (Grades 3–5). Great Minds
FREE resources available.
Mathletics
Mathletics is a K-8 math learning resource that offers fun online learning activities and printable learning worksheets.
You can do their FREE trial here.
Eddy Woos Wootube Maths Channel
An extensive range of youtube videos of actual maths lessons taught by a Sydney secondary school maths teacher. Covering Australian curriculum maths for grade 7-12, the site also includes worksheets. Eddy Woos Wootube Maths Channel
FREE resources available.
Colosky’s Math Academy
Colosky’s Math Academy offers pre-recorded and live math classes from 5th grade math through trigonometry and college algebra. Colosky’s Math Academy
FREE resources available.
Dr Roger’s Math Neighbourhood
This is a free online video series with detailed solutions to more than a thousand publicly-released College Board SAT Math, Subject Test Math Level 1, and Subject Test Math Level 2 problems. Dr Roger’s Math Neighbourhood
FREE resources available.
Khan Academy
Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it’s mostly common material. Dr Roger’s Math Neighbourhood
FREE resources available.
Mathigon
Mathigon is an award-winning, online textbook for middle and high-school mathematics. The unique content format makes learning more interactive than ever before, and a virtual tutor offers personalised support. Mathigon
FREE resources available.
Coolmath Games
Coolmath Games is a fun brain-training site for everyone, where logic, thinking and math meet fun and games. Coolmath Games
FREE resources available.
Big History Project
Big History examines our past, explains our present, and imagines our future. This growing, multi-disciplinary approach is focused on high school students, yet designed for anyone seeking answers to the big questions about the history of our Universe. The Big History Project is a joint effort between teachers, scholars, scientists, and their supporters to bring a multi-disciplinary approach to knowledge to lifelong learners around the world. Aimed at secondary students, the Big History Project is full of great activities and videos to keep you entertained and test your learning. Big History Project
FREE resources available.
CSIRO
Explore their range of engaging science programs based on real CSIRO science for schools and students. Includes CREST, STEM Professionals in Schools, Sustainable Futures and much more! CSIRO
FREE resources available.
Brilliant
Build quantitative skills in math, science, and computer science with fun and challenging interactive explorations. Daily problem solving challenges across math, science, and computer science, along with lessons and practice problems. Brilliant
FREE resources available.
Australian Computing Academy
Free online coding courses for Australian School students aligned to the Australian Curriculum and designed for students from years 3 – 12. Australian Computing Academy
FREE resources available.
The Kids Should See This
TKSST is a collection of 4,300+ kid-friendly videos, curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and at home. The Kids Should See This
FREE resources available.
Crest Awards
CREST provides activities and project ideas for a range of ages, group size and abilities. From off-the-shelf, one-hour long challenges through to large-scale, student-led projects of over 70 hours work or more, CREST can be done by anyone. Crest Awards
FREE resources available.
Ted Ed
A wide range of educational videos, many of them animated. Ted Ed
FREE resources available.
The Crash Course
It may be an American educational site, but this is a great online learning tool for kids anywhere. With fun videos and courses that cover a wide range of topics, it’s got you covered with an awesome variety of high school curriculum subjects. With various witty hosts at your service, you won’t even notice you’re getting smarter. The Crash Course
FREE resources available.
Virtual Field Trips
Virtual Field Trips offers videos covering the K-8 social studies, life science, geography, and ancient civilisation curriculum content. They have 300+ learning activities that have been designed to accompany the videos and also provide quizzes. Virtual Field Trips
FREE resources available.
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