Resources:

A Christian Syllabus

A review by an experienced home educator and pharmacist Naznin Davdani UK. You can contact her from our contact page.

When home educating my children, I have mostly used books and materials that have been recommended in the Well-Trained Mind*, and a lot of these textbooks have been published by Christian organisations.
Using a Christian syllabus means the examples used in the lessons and the exercises are good and wholesome, and they are based on good ethics and virtues.

For example, in the A Beka maths textbooks I use there is a beautiful introduction to how arithmetic correlates to belief in the One God. For example, it states that arithmetic is studying one aspect of the order of the real world and indirectly learning more about the God who created the world using mathematics. See the image  for the rest of the introduction: –  
Here is A Beka’s website address: http://www.abeka.com/ if you are interested, however they are not cheap to order. I used the example of their books as they are the ones I have experience with.
It is best to have a look at all the recommendations in the Well-Trained Mind and other home education resources too.
The language and content of the Rod and Staff English textbook series** we use reflect a life based on good morals and excellent virtues which are instilled in the children as they study them week in and week out.
This is a sample page from one of the Rod and Staff student’s textbook: –
As you can see from the content of part of this first lesson in book 5 God is mentioned right at the beginning and the importance of being orderly, clean and neat is also emphasised.The Story of the World*** history textbook, written by one of the co-authors of the Well-Trained Mind, starts the child at the beginning of civilisation and moves through world history in chronological order. The child then sees that they are a small dot on the timeline of world history. In schools they will start with the child, their family, the community around them etc, thus placing the child at the centre of history studies. This is an image of the back of the first volume: –
The history is well written and quite accurate when I have compared it to history text books from other countries. The narrations are engaging, and the related activity book has the most fascinating projects for the students to do as well as map activities. I do, though use the Qur’anic version of the Prophets (as) stories in place of the Biblical versions in this series of books.
It is very important which materials our children are exposed to; therefore, it is imperative we choose carefully our educational materials and any outside tutors and/or classes.
In addition, a lot of these books use Classical Education methods and so there is a lot of review and repetition of facts and concepts. This is very important in the early years of a child’s education as it embeds key pieces of knowledge that can then be used and applied when carrying on higher levels of studies.
There are also many lessons that teach real life skills like how to read a gas meter, how to budget and how to answer the phone.
*The Well-Trained Mind is available on Amazon.
**The Rod and Staff series of English textbooks doesn’t seem to be readily available anywhere online but the First Language Lessons textbooks are just as good and they are available on Amazon too.
***The Story of the World is also available on Amazon.

The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading

Too many parents watch their children struggle with early reading skills-and don’t know how to help. Phonics programs are too often complicated, overpriced, gimmicky, and filled with obscure educationalese. The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading cuts through the confusion, giving parents a simple, direct, scripted guide to teaching reading-from short vowels through supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. This one book supplies parents with all the tools they need. Over the years of her teaching career, Jessie Wise has seen good reading instruction fall prey to trendy philosophies and political infighting. Now she has teamed with dynamic coauthor Sara Buffington to supply parents with a clear, direct phonics program-a program that gives them the know-how and confidence to take matters into their own hands.

 

Online Primary and secondary School Syllabus:

Structured Home Learning

We offer comprehensive, fully timetabled plans personalised to your child’s specific needs and abilities PLUS all the educational materials for each year from birth through Foundation Stage, primary, and secondary all the way to GCSE.

http://www.structuredhomelearning.com/homeschoolindex.php?gclid=CjwKCAjw14rbBRB3EiwAKeoG_5TpEDke3dOmK-JKDO5tCcyWMJxZzs5XVnKZDdCFD1s-e1qYaKqsZBoC-7UQAvD_BwE

Online  Secondary School:

InterHigh School delivers a fully interactive, accredited British education to the comfort of your home or wherever you may be. Our unique online school offers the best in Primary, Key Stage 3, IGCSEs and A level courses, delivered by expert teachers. We are able to offer you everything you expect from a school…plus a whole lot more!

About InterHigh

Book syllabus for ages 5-11 Key stage 1 and 2

CGP Books

CGP books cover all the subjects in the school curriculum for those who want to follow that route. The work books cover the years’ work and are nicely presented. There is a study book as well which can help parents to understand the material. These are used in some schools.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=cgp+stage+1+and+2

https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/

Letts Revision practice workbooks                               

 From age 5-11 Key stage 1 and 2

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=letts+key+stage+1+and+key+stage+2

From age 11-14 Key Stage 3

CGP Books

CGP books cover all the subjects in the school curriculum for those who want to follow this route. The work books cover the years’ work and are nicely presented. There is a study book as well which can help parents to understand the material. These are used in some schools.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=cgp++key+stage+3&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Acgp++key+stage+3

https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/

 

Letts Revision and practice workbooks

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_pg_2?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aletts+key+stage+3+and+4&page=2&keywords=letts+key+stage+3+and+4&ie=UTF8&qid=1517176685

 

GCSEs A-Levels IGCSEs and I A-Levels

CGP Books

Practice workbooks and revision

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=cgp+gcse+workbooks&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Acgp+gcse+workbooks

https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/

 

Letts Revision and practice workbooks

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Letts+gcse+workbooks&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3ALetts+gcse+workbooks

 

Edexcel/Pearsons

International GCSE family offers world-class qualifications for UK and international students.

Edexcel International GCSEs are studied in over 55 countries worldwide and at over 350 independent schools in the UK. Available in more than 40 subjects, they are equivalent, grade for grade, to UK GCSEs.

The advantage of sitting International GCSEs and International A levels is that most of them are linear, and do not have a coursework component to them. So, a student can be taught or learn the material and give an exam at an examination centre. Please ensure you check the IGCSEs/ I A levels the student wants to sit and check if it requires coursework. Linear Maths and English do not require coursework. Most Universities accept these qualifications and so do Medical schools but the Medical schools require that the IGCSEs and I A levels are achieved in one sitting and do not accept resits. They have said they do not discriminate between IGCSEs and GCSEs.

It is advisable for those home educated students wanting to pursue a medical career to keep checking with the Medical schools they are interested in attending about their policies as changes can take place from time to time.

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-international-gcses-and-edexcel-certificates/about-international-gcses.html

 

National Extension College

Online and distance learning GCSEs and IGCSEs. NEC can also arrange a place at an examination centre they are in partnership with.

NEC has an illustrious history of working with home educators and has consistently helped home educated young people achieve excellent exam results.  The pass rates of our students overall – hundreds of them each year – often exceed national averages.

Some of the Key results from the 2017 GCSE exam session are:

  • 100% pass rate for English Language GCSE
  • 95% Pass rate for IGCSE Maths
  • 100% Pass rate for IGCSE Combined Science

https://www.nec.ac.uk/course-categories/gcses

https://www.nec.ac.uk/content/home-educators

Cambridge assessment International Education

Cambridge IGCSE is widely recognised by higher education institutions and employers around the world as evidence of academic achievement. Many universities require a combination of Cambridge International A Levels and Cambridge IGCSEs to meet their entry requirements.

 

Online classes

Online computer classes

50% Discount for Home educators.

Conquer Computing. £34.50 instead of £69 for 12 month access.
To buy go to:
www.aweclub.co.uk/conquercomputing/

ConquerComputing provides all that is required by the National Curriculum for computing. It introduces children to computational thinking from an early age. ConquerComputing focuses on Year 1 to Year 6 academic years. Some of the resources can be used as quick-start introductions at year 7.

The range of topics includes coding or programming, internet safety, spreadsheets, robotics and engineering. New additional content is regularly introduced to keep it as up to date as possible.

www.conquercomputing.com

 

Online Maths classes- Conquermaths 5-14, GCSE and Alevels

The Home Educated discounted price includes access to all year group levels and key stages including A levels (without this discount, the cost is £99.99, with the discount it is £31.99 for a year).

http://www.aweclub.co.uk/conquermaths/

 

Other online resources

BBC Bitesize KS1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/

BBC Bitesize KS2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/

BBC Bitesize KS3

https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zng4d2p

BBC Bitesize GCSE

https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrkw2hv

Information on exams for home educated children.

All you need to know about exams.

http://he-exams.wikia.com/wiki/HE_Exams_Wiki

Free educational worksheets etc. printables and downloads

Maths

Centre for Innovation in Mathematics teaching

http://www.cimt.org.uk/projects/mep/

Free maths worksheets through to year six. This has everything for every academic year.

Science

SchoolExpress.com                                                                                            

http://www.schoolexpress.com/

19000 +FREE worksheets

English

 

 

Workshops

Supercharged Science

https://www.facebook.com/superchargedsci/

Supercharged science provides complete science education programs to K-12

 

Other resources:

Early years:

"Exploring Plants: Plant-a-pillar" by ABCmouse.com

What could be a better way to learn about plants than to watch them grow?Make this "plant-a-pillar" (planter caterpillar) with your little one using an egg carton! Ask him/her to take care of the plants and observe their growth over time. ??

Publiée par ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy sur Vendredi 23 mars 2018

Make time to play: An app Featuring more than 400 free play ideas for kids.

https://www.facebook.com/maketime2play/?hc_location=group 

Little fish create, explore imagine

https://littlefishblog.com/

Free resources:

https://m.facebook.com/FreeHomeschooling101/

More resources:

Low-Mess Crafts for Kids Book

Learning butterfly/monkey cycles:

http://www.mamamiss.com/…/learning-monkeys-butterfly-life-…/

 

List of sensory play activities: For ages 1-5+

https://www.learning4kids.net/list-of-sensory-play-ideas/

 

Kiwico

https://www.kiwico.com/?country=GB

We make STEAM accessible, engaging, and fun. Science, technology, engineering, art and maths
Our goal is to inspire kids to see themselves as scientists, artists, creators, and makers.

 

Why Play: for children 0-11. Set up by a home educator. Learning through play.

https://www.whyplay.co/

 

Science for kids, balancing robots – free printables

https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-kids-balancing-robot-fre…/

 

 

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