{"id":9981,"date":"2017-07-17T10:20:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T09:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9981"},"modified":"2017-07-18T14:09:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T13:09:35","slug":"free-educational-websites-kids-10-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/free-educational-websites-kids-10-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Educational Resources for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The summer\u00a0holidays are here and parents may be anticipating a few battles with the kids over \u2018screen time\u2019 in the days ahead&#8230; \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">If you\u2019re dreading screen time rows, <strong>free educational resources\u00a0for children<\/strong> are a good compromise; kids enjoy playing the games and parents feel happy that their children are learning something. Here are some of our favourites:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_9991\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intro-uk.com\/work\/cbeebies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9991\" class=\" wp-image-9991\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv.jpg\" alt=\"tv\" width=\"560\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv-120x67.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BBC cbeebies<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<strong>1.\u00a0<a title=\"CBeebies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/cbeebies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBeebies<\/a> <\/strong>offers colourful interactive games for pre-schoolers featuring their favourite CBeebies characters.\r\n\r\n<strong>2.\u00a0<\/strong>The BBC also caters for older children with<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education\">BBC Bitesize<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>this fantastic\u00a0section which videos and interactive activities for subjects included KS1, KS2, KS3 and GCSE.\r\n\r\n<strong>3<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Sesame Street\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sesamestreet.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sesame Street Org<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>contains activities and fun from the iconic US TV show. Excellent for phonics and we love the kid-friendly recipe section too.\r\n\r\n<strong>4.\u00a0<a title=\"how stuff works\" href=\"http:\/\/www.howstuffworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Stuff Works<\/a> <\/strong>is a brilliant, busy site for older children intrigued by anything and everything. Sections such as Stuff to Blow Your Mind\u00a0 and Stuff Mom Never Told You are packed with well-made videos and podcasts. Highly recommended for kids 7+.\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_9992\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.codinghorror.com\/the-sesame-street-presentation-rule\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9992\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9992\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv2.jpg\" alt=\"tv2\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv2.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv2-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv2-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sesame Street<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<strong>5.\u00a0<a title=\"Poisson Rouge\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poissonrouge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poisson Rouge<\/a> <\/strong>say their site is aimed at all children, \u201cneuro-typical, autistic, gifted, with and without learning difficulties. Of all ages. Poisson Rouge is multicultural, cosmopolitan and not gender specific.\u201d You can try the site out for free for 10 days \u00a0or sign up for family membership thereafter for \u00a310 a year. The graphics are stunning.\r\n\r\n<strong>6.\u00a0<a title=\"oxford owl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordowl.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oxford Owl <\/a><\/strong>run by the Oxford University Press is stunning graphically. The site gives parents access to 250 free, educational, tablet-friendly ebooks for children. Gorgeous.\r\n\r\n<strong>7<\/strong>.\u00a0<a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" title=\"pottermore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pottermore.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Pottermore<\/strong> <\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em;\">is a must for all Harry Potter fans in the house, your children can access exclusive writing extracts from JK Rowling, participate in games, cast spells and make potions.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_9993\" style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/harrypotter.wikia.com\/wiki\/Pottermore\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9993\" class=\" wp-image-9993\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv3.jpg\" alt=\"tv3\" width=\"538\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv3.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv3-250x192.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv3-700x539.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tv3-120x92.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pottermore<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<strong>8.\u00a0<a title=\"starfall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.starfall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Starfall<\/a><\/strong> is a fabulous one-stop-shop for free phonics education online. However, it is a\u00a0 US-based site so the pronunciation of some letters is different and you might have to have the \u2018zed\u2019 versus \u2018zee\u2019 conversation!\r\n\r\n<strong>9<\/strong>. The creators of\u00a0<strong><a title=\"funology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.funology.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Funology<\/a> <\/strong>say their site offers the cure to boredom! It is certainly rammed with ideas for experiments, craft projects, magic, recipes and more. Again, a US-based site so not everything translates, but lots of great ideas in one place.\r\n\r\n<strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">10.\u00a0<a title=\"fungooms\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fungooms.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fungooms<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> is a lovely, gentle, interactive site with free games and animated stories for younger children. There are no scores or penalties for getting things wrong, but lots of rewards for working things out and discovery. Nice.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<strong>11. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khan Academy<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalised learning dashboard that empower children\u00a0to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The summer\u00a0holidays are here and parents may be anticipating a few battles with the kids over \u2018screen time\u2019 in the days ahead&#8230; \u00a0 If you\u2019re dreading screen time rows, free educational resources\u00a0for children are a good compromise; kids enjoy playing the games and parents feel happy that their children are learning something. 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