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Get help during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

If you need practical or emotional advice, the latest coronavirus information or just to hear a friendly voice, the British Red Cross can help you find the support you are looking for.

Living through the coronavirus pandemic can be confusing at times, but we are here to support you.

On this page you can get help with essentials like food and medicine, accessing a wheelchair or finding missing family. You can also find guidance on mental health and wellbeing.

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NHS services for new parents

Registering your baby with a GP

Register your baby with your GP as early as possible in case you need their help.

You can use the pink card you'll be given when you register your baby's birth. Sign the card and take or post it to your GP.

You can contact your GP at any time, whether it's for you or your child.

Some GPs will see small babies at the beginning of surgery hours or without an appointment, but be prepared to wait.

Some will give advice over the phone. Most GPs have regular child health clinics.

If you want the GP to see your baby before you have registered the birth, you can go to the surgery and fill in a registration form there.

If you move, register with a new doctor close to you as soon as possible.

If your baby isn't yet registered with a GP but needs to see one, you can receive emergency treatment from any GP surgery.
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How your health visitor can help

A health visitor will usually visit you at home for the first time around 10 days after your baby is born. Until then you'll be under the care of your local midwives.

A health visitor is a qualified nurse or midwife who has had extra training. They're there to help you, your family and your new baby stay healthy.

Your health visitor can visit you at home, or you can see them at your child health clinic, GP surgery or health centre, depending on where they're based. They'll make sure you have their phone number.

If you're bringing up a child on your own or struggling for any reason, your health visitor can offer you extra support.

Talk to your health visitor if you feel anxious, depressed or worried. They can give you advice and suggest where to find help.

They may also be able to put you in touch with groups where you can meet other mothers.

Child health clinics

Child health clinics are run by health visitors and GPs. They offer regular baby health and development reviews and vaccinations.

You can also talk about any problems to do with your child, but if your child is ill and likely to need treatment, it's best to see your GP.

Some child health clinics also run mother and baby, parent and toddler, breastfeeding, and peer support groups.

Local authority services

Sure Start Children's Centres

Children's centres are linked to maternity services. They provide family health and support services, early learning, and full-day or temporary care for children from birth to 5 years.

They also provide advice and information for parents on a range of issues, from parenting to training and employment opportunities. Some have special services for young parents.
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Family Information Service

Your local Family Information Service (FIS) aims to help you support your children by providing a range of information specifically for parents.

Each FIS has close links with children's centres, Jobcentre Plus, schools, careers advisers, youth clubs and libraries.

They offer information about local childcare services and availability, and can help you if you need childcare for a child with a disability or special needs.
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It doesn't have to be an emergency - you might be looking for guidance and support on issues affecting children. Whatever it is you're worried about, our dedicated child protection specialists will be able to advise and take any necessary action.

Whatever your worry - call us on 0808 800 5000, email [email protected] or submit our online form - we can help. We also have advice about spotting the signs of abuse.

Due to an increase in demand across our service, our voice Helpline is currently operating between the hours of 10am-4pm on Monday to Friday. However, you can email [email protected] at any time. It's free and you don't have to say who you are. If you think a child is in immediate danger, please call the police on 999 straight away.

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ERIC

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ParentLine Scotland
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We get calls from parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, neighbours and friends who all want the same thing - to try and make things better. Many callers get in touch with us when they are at the end of their tether and feel like they can't cope anymore. Sometimes callers are embarrassed about asking for help but they soon find that just talking things through can really make a difference. If you have a problem, don't wait until you feel things get out of control.
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Online advice and tips sections for all matters relating to parenting and bringing up children. Sections include education, general help centre, health, sports and much more.
YoungMinds
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Parents' Information Service gives advice to parents or carers who may be concerned about the mental health or emotional well being of a child or young person.
Channel Mum
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Potty training
Channel Mum is the friendliest and most honest community for mums everywhere. There is always a place for you here, because we know it takes a village to raise a child. You can also chat to other mums and professionals in the Channel Mum Support Group.
MumsMeetUp
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MumsMeetUp connects mums locally and across the UK. It provides a quick and simple solution for mums to find others in their area, in the same boat, and to go on the journey of being a mum together - creating proper real life friendships for them and their children. Within just a few clicks mums are able to search their county and locality to find mums similar by age, age of child and circumstances (such as mums to be, working mums, single parent mums & more). Additionally, mums of children with disabilities are able to search by similar conditions, as well as location. It is a web based app which works just as well on mobiles as on all screen sizes.
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A unique local network for Mums (or Dads), offering a wealth of information on both a national and local level. Once registered, you can access details for all kinds of local resources, from child-friendly cafes to childminders, places to go etc.
National Women's Register
We're here to connect women who are interested in everything and talk about anything. If you would like to meet other women to share and explore thoughts, ideas and experiences, then NWR is for you. Enjoy lively, stimulating conversation and broadened horizons whilst having fun and meeting people.
Gingerbread
Single Parent Helpline: 0808 802 0925

gingerbread.org.uk

One Parent Families/Gingerbread is the leading national charity working to help lone parents and their children.
Families Need Fathers
Helpline: 0300 0300 363

Help with shared parenting issues arising from relationship breakdown whether you're the mum or dad, married or unmarried.
Grandparents Plus
Call: 0300 123 7015

grandparentsplus.org.uk

Grandparents Plus is the only national charity (England and Wales) dedicated to supporting kinship carers - grandparents and other relatives raising children who aren't able to live with their parents.
New Family Social
Helpline: 020 3880 2683

newfamilysocial.org.uk

New Family Social promotes the care and upbringing of children by LGBT adopters and foster carers by allowing these families to socialise and share support in a safe environment. It helps to create a wide pool of adopters and foster carers by raising awareness and encouraging and supporting prospective adopters and carers, and by promoting their utilisation and fair treatment. It also works to advance public awareness and acceptance of these families in the interest of the growing number of children being cared for by them.
Pink Parents
pinkparents.org.uk

Pink Parents offer a range of support services and social activities for all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual families, whether you are considering parenting, have grandchildren, are fostering or adopting or are an Uncle or Aunty, PinkParents can offer you support and a place to meet new friends.
NHS Live Well - Gay Health - Having Children Having children
If you're a gay man or a lesbian, it doesn't mean you have to go through life without having a family of your own. The options available to potential gay and lesbian parents are wider now than ever before.
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When children leave school today, gates will be closed for the foreseeable future.

With the outbreak of the coronavirus, the government has ordered the closure of schools from Monday.

Parents across the country now face educating their children at home for months.

Without preparation, it might seem like a daunting task.

Many schools are offering online classes and resources to help and companies are reducing or waiving their fees during this time.

We've asked some teachers and tutors for their advice to get started.

Leah, primary school teacher, KS1

Websites like Twinkl are giving out parent accounts for free and Oxford Owl have free ebooks, especially phonics ones for the younger ones.

I would just say being honest with your children but not too honest. They are getting really scared seeing their parents scared especially in regards to supermarkets and not seeing grandparents.

Speak to them and letting them know that what is happening is really rare and a first for everyone but staying at home will keep them safe because it is important to stay healthy.

For mental health and well-being there's loads to like the Joe Wicks daily workouts.

My favourite is 100 things to indoors by spread the happiness (Shonette Bason Wood).

We've followed her stuff for years and it's a lovely resource that's accessible to all children. You don't need to print anything out and there's lots of lovely things to do.

Elle, secondary school teacher, KS2

My school have set up quite a lot of online platforms for children to learn. They have logins for Sumdog and Activelearn, which are online platforms where we can assign specific work for them to do at home.

White rose (the maths scheme our school use) are setting up lots of online resources, including videos to help teach children (and parents) with concepts.

Most schools have a section on their website now about the home learning. If you look at some of them, you can see what each school is doing to support.

We have also sent out home learning kits for children who may not be able to access the internet easily.

Twinkl, an online platform have offered resources free of charge for schools and parents and they include home packs for each year group.

Beth, primary school teacher, KS2

There is an amazing website called Teach Your Monster to Read. It teaches phonics with really fun games. Kids love it and don't quite realise they're doing phonics work.

Have a dough disco! This is a technique used in some schools to strengthen muscles in the hands and improve fine motor skills (it means writing becomes easier).

Create a simple dough with flour and water and then squidge the dough in different ways. There's a woman on YouTube called Shonette Bason who does some great Dough Disco videos to give you ideas.

For teaching maths to any age primary school child, it can really help to use physical resources at the start. In school, we use purpose-made resources, but you can use things from home.

For example, if you're doing column addition, use different kinds of pasta for the different digits e.g - pasta bows for ones, twists for tens, spaghetti for hundreds. Add all the bows together, if it's over ten, swap the ten for a twist etc.

Then move onto pictorial, draw them rather than use physical objects. Then move onto the abstract, doing the sum with numbers on pen and paper.

For KS2 kids - watch Newsround! A lot of schools watch it every day and then discuss what has been going on. It's great for developing critical thinking skills.

They've been doing well at explaining the Coronavirus in a very kid friendly way which can help answer any questions and help with any anxiety children are feeling.

They have a daily good news update which is full of happy things and cute animals to cheer you both up. It's on iPlayer and updated twice a day.

Free online educational resources

Emmatheteachie - GCSE science

Mr Bruff - English

Stacey Reay - English
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Judith, secondary school teacher

My advice would be to set up some kind of routine - cover the core subjects in the morning (Maths/English/Science) and set a reasonable target such as one task a day in these subjects. They are skill focused so lots of practice is needed.

Teachers may set goals for each day/week, so it might be useful to add those into a diary or schedule so learning outcomes can be achieved.

Try to break the mindset of 'you need this for your exams' because exams are not the point of learning and kids will be a little disenchanted with this as their exams have been snatched from them.

Have a break time, make snacks - I saw one mum had posted a receipt to the fridge and her children had an allocated snack budget (practical numeracy!) so the fridge operated like a tuck shop. Great if you can do it, but mainly make sure they eat something other than a chocolate bar and a tin of energy drink.

Use the afternoon for geography, history etc - subjects with facts to learn.

Practical subjects are more difficult, but these could be set as challenges after lunch.

HE - make dinner, or part of it. PE - a body coach work out. Technology - maybe fix something/hang a picture (depending on how handy/responsible your children are!) Don't let 'school' stretch beyond normal school hours (or whichever hours you give it depending on your family's needs), short bursts of focused, productive learning are best.

This time of isolation could be a time for your children to find new joy in learning, skill building and discovery.

They might find it stressful or difficult to motivate but staying in touch with helpful classmates (and you with their parents) would be useful. Monitor them online, check who they're chatting and what they are viewing.

Talk to them about what they're learning and let them teach you!

Avoid negativity around their home school time, they will take on whatever attitude you show.

Quiz them when you can or, better still, let them teach you about their subjects.

Finally, don't underestimate them. We give your children huge amounts of responsibility every day; I teach in a junior high where our head boy/girl and prefects are 14, they can manage a public speaking event, they can plan a performance, collect food for the homeless, take care of their own wellbeing and care for others, they can analyse Shakespeare and do complex equations, they can score tries and coach fitness sessions. Don't take all responsibility from them.

Let them see that you trust them to make good choices and take responsible actions, particularly with their learning, because your children are wonderful, intelligent people who deserve to thrive in education, isolated or not.

Take some time to adjust - our new reality is a lot to process for everyone. Don't try and become an all-singing-all-dancing home educator overnight, you will buckle under the additional stress.

Take some time to get your home situation sorted. Do the shopping, check -n with friends and family, take a moment. If you have space think about creating a compact workspace for you and your children. Try out the various options, how do they work?

Support your children to process the change - they will be feeling it too. The best way for you all to process what is going on is to talk about it. Chat about what they think might happen. Listen to their worries and reassure them where you can.

Set a routine - it's important that you reassure your children with the certainty of a routine and schedule. It is what they are used to at school.

Setting time boundaries for them home learning, even if they complain, will in fact be supporting their adjustment. Have a look at the suggested timetables below.

Use the information your school will be sending you - there are so many resources for home learning being shared at the moment. Your teachers will be making suggestions about where to start, some will be setting work.

Follow their advice and work together with your child if they need you to. For younger children, sharing a book together is a brilliant thing to do.

Be kind to each other and yourself - Nobody expects you or your child to adjust quickly. Teaching your own children is difficult.

The most important thing to do is to encourage your child to want to learn. Make sure you know what information teachers are sharing over the coming days and weeks and discuss it with your child. Remember this is a temporary situation.

Nicola Anderson, Head of Customer Support at MyTutor

Set up a desk in a quiet corner of the house where your child can keep their laptop, textbooks and notes - they'll find it much easier to focus and the rest of the family can continue life as normal.

Teens spend a lot of time on apps speaking with their friends anyway - and isolation will only increase their desire to communicate socially.

While some communication will be positive for their mental health, the opposite is true when social media fuels feelings of isolation and anxiety.

You'll need to set some ground rules for how phones are used during the day, and keep an eye on your child's mood.

Without the structure of the school day, and without the engagement of peers, motivation and energy can take a dive. Help your child set up a timetable that'll work for them and covers the subjects they need.

Divide up periods of study with active breaks. Make sure your child moves, goes outside, eats meals at the appropriate times and has offline conversations.

You're likely to run into situations where your child doesn't understand some of their course content and you're unable to help. In these situations, having some resources ready is wise.

Look up the specifications for the subjects your child is studying from the relevant exam boards and bookmark any online resources that can help you out. Save My Exams and S-cool are two handy sites.

Self-study is an incredibly hard skill to master and secondary school pupils may struggle without someone actively explaining concepts to them. It's worth finding an online tutor who can help your child fill in any gaps in their knowledge.

Online lessons are like having a face-to-face skype call with a tutor but with an interactive whiteboard on the screen too so students can upload documents and make notes.

A tutor can keep students on track with the syllabus and give them a much-needed boost of confidence in what is a confusing and challenging time.

If you have to homeschool your child, don't panic. We're more set-up than ever before to manage a situation like this. Remember, lots of parents (about 50,000!) choose to homeschool their kids regardless of coronavirus.

What is important is to look out for signs that your child isn't coping mentally with a home set-up. Despondency and withdrawal or anger and higher-than-usual levels of irritability can all point to stress.

There are lots of great services you can call on for support such as Kooth and YoungMinds.

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ChatterPack is run on a voluntary basis in my *spare* (!) time to help share information and resources to those who need it. Have fun, explore the world from the safety of your home, and please stay safe.

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Alternative lists of free resources including support, advice, and information for families. Please do share the links for these with others/family/friends

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Virtual tours, and live webcams

Future Learn - Explore the architecture and history of Rome, walking around a 3D digital model of the ancient city, with this free online course.
Museums and galleries
Animals Explore the oceans (underwater cameras) Birds
Online learning

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Geography, nature, and history

Project Noah- Global site where you can view and share wildlife

Music

*Check the location/time zones of live-streamed concerts to calculate the UK start time. Time Zone calculator

Arts and culture

Parlia - The encyclopedia of opinion -mapping the worldsthinking

Teaching history - 100 objects from museums across the UK with resources, information and teaching ideas to inspire your students' interest in history

Literature online

Learn a new skill or develop a current one!

Miscellaneous & entertainment

Life Story Hub - Inspiring creative communication with the young and old using the arts

Musicals, shows, and movies

Staying Put: A guide to planning for, arranging and funding care in your own home in old age including how new technology can help improve your lifestyle (£2.99)

Anxiety/Mental health/loneliness

Prayer resources

*Check the location/time zones of live-streamed masses to calculate the UK start time. Time Zone calculator

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We wanted to do something positive to ease the burden on schools and families during this undoubtedly worrying time. So, we asked the community to send in links and ideas for free home learning and the response has been phenomenal!

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Find information on COVID-19, including guidance and support.

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To support parents at home during school closure, Third Space have put together guidance and primary maths resources/ home learning packs

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Home Learning Guidance For Schools and Parents In Primary Schools

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A collection of home learning articles and guides for parents to support maths teaching at home for primary level children from Year 1 to Year 6. Lots of links to free maths resources.

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Learn languages by playing a game. It’s 100% free, fun, and scientifically proven to work.

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Mentally Healthy Schools brings together quality-assured resources to help primary schools promote children’s mental health and wellbeing. To support school staff during these uncertain times we are sharing some key resources on Covid-19. Keep healthy. Stay safe.

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A public health England and NHS site to help people take simple steps to look after their mental health, improve their mental wellbeing and support others.

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Feeling stressed, anxious, low or struggling to sleep? Every Mind Matters can help with expert advice, practical tips and personalised actions to help stay on top of your mental wellbeing.

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Here you can find online safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe online

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Welcome to the UK Safer Internet Centre, where you can find online safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe online.

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Thinkuknow is the education programme from NCA-CEOP, a UK organisation which protects children both online and offline.
Explore one of the six Thinkuknow websites for advice about staying safe when you're on a phone, tablet or computer.

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The National Crime Agency's CEOP Education team aim to help protect children and young people from online child sexual abuse.

We do this through our education programme, providing training, resources and information to professionals working with children, young people and their families.

I am:

Respecting me, you, us: building healthy relationships and creating positive cultures is a CEOP Education resource for 12 -14 year olds developed in association with clinical psychologist, Dr. Elly Hanson.

Under 18 and worried about online sexual abuse?
To report, click to visit the CEOP Safety Centre.

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The CEOP Education programme from the National Crime Agency’s CEOP Education Team aims to protect children and young people aged 4-18 from online child sexual abuse.

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Free access during school closures. Maths, tables, spelling and grammar.

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Sumdog works!

A recent study demonstrated that using Sumdog for just 30 minutes a week almost doubled children's fluency growth. With Sumdog, you can easily see student activity at a glance and the powerful diagnostic tool enables you to quickly identify strengths and areas for development.

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Adaptive learning games for math and spelling to support home learning

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A recent study demonstrated that using Sumdog for just 30 minutes a week almost doubled children's fluency growth. With Sumdog, you can easily see student activity at a glance and the powerful diagnostic tool enables you to quickly identify strengths and areas for development.

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Technology's influence on the education system today, is undeniable. Whether it is a certification, a degree or to study new subject, kids are nowadays using learning apps to make learning in and out of the classroom easier and also a lot more fun.

Toddlers these days are more in tune with technology and interactive software that makes learning easier. Schools around the world are investing a lot in technology to make sure that every child is up to speed with using smart tools for learning.

E-learning apps and presentations makes learning and retention better as students can recall information and facts much faster.

Technology also improves hand eye co-ordination, boosts reaction times, and attention to details. Beyond programs for students, there are a lot of programs and resources available to teachers as well.

E-textbooks, learning platforms, lesson planning tools, lessons, age appropriate materials, activities, etc. are changing the way a classroom is run.

Read Also: 10 Best Educational Apps For Teachers

Thanks to the apps format, learning is possible anywhere, at any time.
Here is a list of the top 10 Kids Learning Apps in the UK for 2020.
1. Endless Wordplay

Developed by the creators of the "Endless" series of apps, the Originator team works hard to bring the best "education + entertainment" apps to the market.

Children can use this to learn how to spell, build new words and even write rhymes. English for many, may still be a confusing language which is made easy for learning via Endless Wordplay app. Learning is reinforced with fun as an important element.

Features

Just ensure there is enough space on the smart phone so that all the words, based on level, can be downloaded for learning.

The app has been highly rated too and is available for download on iOS and Google play stores.

2. The Human Body

Want to fire your child's imagination and get them interested in STEM subjects? Then Tinybop's 'The Human Body' app is the one to get. Download the trial version for a week before getting the complete version.

All a user has to do is install the Tinybop pass. Learn all about the human body in this interactive and animated version.

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3. DragonBox Series

This app is just perfect for helping every child get over their fear of mathematics and making it fun. A child will learn how numbers work with colourful and relatable characters.

With four different activities, a kid can explore and master mathematics quite easily.

Whether it is the sandbox, puzzle, ladder or run section, this app uses pedagogical principles to make the child understand and have a great foundation in mathematics.

The DragonBox Big numbers app builds on the foundation and lets your child develop their skills naturally.

Features

Learn without much reading

Access many tests to cement learning in different areas

Learn how regular and big numbers work by playing and exploring

Learn how to do long additions and other functions

This highly rated app is a hit with most kids as learning is a lot more fun.

4. Duolingo

Thanks to the internet, countries with bordersare meaningless. Knowing another language makes it infinitely easier to communicate.

The Duolingo app is the perfect way to learn a new language, whether it is Chinese, Dutch, German, French, Swedish or something else. This app is free and can be used on the go too.

It was even nominated as one of the best kids learning apps two years in a row.

Features

Bite-sized lessons for free

30+ hours which is equivalent to having done a semester at a University

Painless and peppy lessons which make it easy to progress to the next level

Definitely addictive

5. Artie's Magic Pencil

This fun app is a great adventure for a child as hero she learns the fundamentals of drawing. Work can be done on and off screen.Start the process by learning how to see shapes come to life.

Either choose to follow a story line and draw monsters and other exotic creatures or do it on a piece of paper.

Features

A paid app which offers hours of enjoyment and learning and a must have for the art lovers.

Read Also: 10 Best Calculator Apps For Students

6. Hopscotch Kids

Designed for kids over 10 years and above, this is one of the kid s learning apps that helps those children who want to learn coding- in a systematic manner.

Young coders have access to a community who can help and guide in case of errors and also demonstrate easier ways to -get around coding problems.

This is a free app up to a point but getting a monthly subscription offers access to many other features, including the option of customizing a profile or even adding an image.

Features

Learning to code creatively, eventually using MIT's app development tool Scratch.

Step by step logic

Learning how to create new programs by combining knowledge from different sources

All in all, a useful tool for kids to understand and learn the coding process from an early age.
Download : iOS
7. Quick Maths

This app can be used by kids between the ages of 6 and 16. A great app to help in improving mathematical calculations, it fosters self-confidence by creating a foolproof base.

Exercises are divided into multiple categories, ranging from easy to difficult. It ensures that kids can learn different parts of the subject without getting bored or frustrated while they practice the same tasks.

Features

Exercises on Addition and Subtraction

Tasks on Multiplication

Prep sheets on Division and Mixed math questions

8. Flow Free

This deceptively simple puzzle is addictive and helps kids spend hours improving their spatial and motor skills. There are several levels to choose from or play against the clock.

It is colorful and fun - how relaxed or fast the game is, depends on what the user wants at a specific time.

Features

More than 2500 free puzzles

Free playing or against the clock modes to choose from

Colorful and clean graphics

Fun sound effects

9. ClassDojo

Designed for the Android platform, ClassDojo is one of the kids learning apps which connects students, parents and teachers. The main aim is to garner and foster a positive culture in the classroom and also keep communication channels open for everyone.

The app can be downloaded for use on all devices - laptops, phones, tablets and even smartboards. The app is -free for use in every school and all grades (K-12).

Features

Messaging by teachers and parents (both ways)

Updates to a child's calendar, along with videos, photos and progress reports

Students can do their homework and update their portfolios

10. My Molecularium

Described as "Angry Bird meets Nano science" this fun app is totally worth downloading to learn science.

In this challenging and fun game, users launch atoms at targets to assemble "essential molecules" which are increasingly complex in structure.

This is the best way to learn about molecule structures and essential chemistry concepts.

Features

Read Also: 11 Best Productivity Apps That You Need

Closing Thought

These are the free kids learning apps which helps users to learn more and have fun while doing it.

It is wonderful that technology is making learning easy thanks to the efforts of programmers and subject matter experts to explain simple and progressively complex concepts of any subject one can think of.

Sometimes, seeing animated clips can help kids to remember better, so why not use these kids learning apps to make learning easy and fun?

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Learning to read with phonics

If you live in England, your child will learn to read using phonics. Their school is very likely to use either the Letters and Sounds phonics framework or the Read Write Inc. programme. Check with your school if you're not sure which one they use.

Using Letters and Sounds?

If your child is using Letters and Sounds, you can find this list of eBooks by Letters and Sounds Phases useful. Bear in mind the following:

If you don't know your child's Phase, you can check with your school. As a guide, most Reception children will be on Phases 1-4 and most Year 1 children will be on Phases 4-5. Beyond Phase 5, your child will be able to decode most books.

In Letters and Sounds, there are 'sets' within the Phases - so your child might not know all the sounds in every book within their Phase.

Some series contain occasional 'tricky words' that your child can't decode using phonics. Use the inside front cover notes to teach your child these words before they start the book.

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Using Read Write Inc. Phonics?
If your child is being taught to read using the Read Write Inc. programme, you can find books suitable for them by clicking on the 'Levels' menu below and using the 'Read Write Inc.' filter to select the right level.

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