20 Free Educational Websites & Apps for Kids in 2023

Free Eduational Websites

If you are looking to home-school your children, give them extracurricular tasks or simply help them with their homework, there are loads of free resources online to help you get started.

 

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Here are some of the best UK based educational websites to check out for children of all ages and abilities, to help children revise and learn more creatively from home.

Free Educational Websites

Whether you're looking to support your child's pre-existing schoolwork, give them extra help or want to help them learn new things, there are plenty of online educational websites and apps available. 

 

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1 - Twinkl

Twinkl provides fantastic, original educational resources for teachers, schools and parents across the world. Over 100,000 of the 800,000 resources available are completely free!

Visit: Twinkl

 

2 - BBC Bitesize

Use BBC Bitesize to help with your homework, revision, and learning. Find free videos, step-by-step guides, activities, and quizzes by school age, level, and subject.

Visit: bbc.co.uk/bitesize

 

3 - Teach your Monster to Read

Teach Your Monster to Read is an award-winning game created and funded by the Usborne Foundation, that has helped millions of children learn to read. The game is available on iPad, iPhone, Android, Amazon, and web.

Visit: teachyourmonstertoread.com

 

4 - My Mini Maths

Effective tools for lesson starters, assessment, intervention, homework, times tables, mastery, SATs practice and much more. Available for year groups 3 to 6.

Visit: myminimaths.co.uk

 

5 - Quizlet

Think flashcards but much more interactive and fun. Quizlet provides learning tools and games to help revise anything from poetry terminology to musical notes. 

Visit: quizlet.com/en-gb

 

6 - Art for Kids Hub

A YouTube channel of art activities with fantastic tutorials. Here you'll find all kinds of art lessons for kids, including how to draw for kids, even painting and origami for kids.

Visit: youtube.com/channel/UC5XMF3Inoi8R9nSI8ChOsdQ

 

7 - Sublime Science

101 awesomely fun science experiments you can do at home with 'stuff' you've already got lying around the house, from Dragons' Den winner and Sublime Science founder, Mad Marc Wileman

Visit: sublimescience.com/free-science-experiments

 

8 - Oxford Owl

Discover expert advice, educational resources, and free eBooks to support children's learning at primary school and at home, from Oxford University Press

Visit: oxfordowl.co.uk

 

9 - Maths Chase

Making times table fun, Maths Chase provides free maths games to help students learn. Test your times tables, addition, and other maths skills in a fun and engaging way.

Visit: mathschase.com

 

10 - Switch Zoo

At Switch Zoo you can make new animals, play animal games, solve animal puzzles, build a biome, learn about animals, hear animal music, and join a zoo quest while you make new animals at this virtual zoo.

Visit: switchzoo.com

 

11 - Scholastic

20 days of free lesson plans for children of all ages, as well as books, literary resources and educational solutions for kids. Note: This is an American site!

Visit: classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

 

12 - Khan Academy

Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace.

Visit: khanacademy.org

 

13 - CodeAcademy

Codecademy is a website dedicated specifically to teaching coding, it's completely free and child friendly.

Visit: codecademy.com

 

14 - National Geographic Kids

The kid's site for National Geographic is a free online education resource applicable for younger users, full of learning games, puzzles, videos and photos.

Visit: natgeokids.com/uk

 

15 - Seussville

The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace.  Read, Play games and hand out with Dr Seuss and his friends. 

Visit: seussville.com

 

16 - Sparkle Box

1000s of FREE teaching resources for Early Years and Primary School teachers. For children of all ages and abilities.

Visit: sparklebox.co.uk

 

17 - CBeebies

Great for younger children, the CBeebies website contains plenty of fun educational games, quizzes, and activity ideas. There's even a section for easy recipes.

Visit: bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

 

18 - Education City

Designed for teachers and educators, Education City is aimed at children aged from 3 to 12 years old. The website provides educators with rigorous assessments, actionable data and personalised learning for students.

Visit: educationcity.com

 

19 - Nasa Kids' Club

Perfect for children who love and want to learn about space. At NASA Kids club you will find educational games, quizzes, science projects and space themed activities. 

Visit: nasa.gov/kidsclub

 

20 - History For Kids

History for Kids is a fantastic new website where you will find cool games, videos, printables and worksheets on many historical events that will help you understand times long ago and those that have gone before us.

Visit: historyforkids.net

 

If you found these free learning resources useful or know of any other good ones we should add to the list, please let us know in the comments below...

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