FREE ENGLISH SUBJECT SUBSCRIPTIONS AND RESOURCES FROM EDUCATIONAL COMPANIES FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES BECAUSE OF COVID-19 (CORoNA VIRUS)

The other lists is getting HUGE so i thought it might be time to start to catagorise them, the link on Amazing teaching resources has everything from Maths to Music the one below, and much easier for me to maintain! is the English Resources one. There are still absolutely loads of companies offering help at this difficult time.

I will update this regularly so it may be worth bookmarking it!

FREE RESOURCES FROM ENGLISH EDUCATION COMPANIES – COV19 RESPONSE

123 Homeschool: 300,000 free worksheets for Kindergarten to K12. English ( lots) Maths, History, geography and more.

2 Simple Purple Mash: Quizzes , games, racing games covering maths and English spelling and grammar. Guidance and how to use during this time.

Age of learning: includes ABC mouse, Adventure Academy and Reading IQ are all offered free during this time. Fill in the form for more information.

All Kids Network: Thousands of activities, kids crafts colouring and more. Free to download and use.

Arcademics: Free games website covering both English and Maths. Free all the time.

BrainPop: Multi subject lessons and resources including ESL ( they call it ELL) Free for all schools affect by CoVid 19.

BreakoutEd: Online games covering loads of subjects including English, all free online now to help.

Curriculum Associates: Free Reading and multi Grade resources during the school closure for both schools and families.

CircleTime: Fun free Activities with video instructor, use the code homefun1

ClubSciKidz: These guys offer fun cooking and home science activities and will be posting one a week for students to try at home!

Dog on a Log: Free Phonics and English gameboard and printables

DreamScrape: Free Reading game for Elementary students ( proper game) Free all the time

EDUPrintables: These guys have found 19 worldwide museum offering virtual tours, these could be great for the kids stuck in the house!

EdReady: Learner personalization to help with maths and English. High school and up really.

Epic: Epic has ( I am so pleased!! ) given access to students caught at home during the school closures. You have to set up your class, but it does give access to 40000 books for reading at home in English ( mainly) some Chinese, French and Spanish.

ESL Library: All Standard Members upgraded to the Plus package. Digital teaching resources and tools for schools affected.

Flash Academy: We have created free home learning project packs for pupils with English as an additional language: Loads of free easily accessible resources here.

FluentKey: Online platform and videos offering Free month with the code StaySafe

GimKit: Gimkit is a quiz learning game for students and teachers, created and maintained by students. … As they complete quizzes, students earn money to reinvest in Gimkit upgrades that align with their strengths. Use your Gimkit dashboard to view student progress and earnings and additional formative data. Students can interact with other players in an attempt to be at the top of the leader board. They are offering to extend the limit of free kits you can make during this time. They will also allow you to keep all additional kits made.

Hooked on Phonics: Not free but a Dollar for the first month. Might be worth a look.

Making English Fun: My online games and resources are being used by teachers here in Hong Kong for phonics and English practice. These are always free as well.

Phonics Hero: Systemic Phonics using step by step approach, 850 games and 44 sounds. On tablets and computer. 30 days Full access. no payment. Teachers can add 30 students ( you can email to add more)

Quizizz: Make your own free interactive quizzes, its free all the time

Quizlet: Make and use Quizzes, includes assessments , also free all the time.

Scholastic: This publisher has created a website they will add to weekly with free content. I will be using this! They are offering multiple grade levels as well.

Shurley: Free digital readers and resources for schools affected by the closures. Email them the details requested here.

Starfall: Interactive readers and games for young learners, its always free

Teachers Pet: UK based Free resources, activities and worksheets, covers early years through to Keystage 2. Look very nice! I even signed up 🙂 these are Free downloadable packs for Early to KS2 and they have Free month options on there as well!

Twinkl: Huge resource, reading and game website that has an offer to help schools and teachers affected by the Cornona Virus.

Udemy: Free English listening course and videos

Zinc: Zinc has a suite of online literacy tools for 6th-12th grade students. They offer differentiated authentic articles, vocabulary games, and close reading instruction. Their Reading Sprints are great for self-paced long-term assignments. Zinc is offering free use for all students and teachers impacted by coronavirus closures. Licenses will go through July 2020.

Post by Marc of Making English Fun

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Hi I’m Marc. A teacher of over 15 years, mostly English but dabbled in outdoor pursuits and media. Thought is was about time to sharing both what I have learnt during that time and the resources I have put together. On this site we aim to teach the theory and share our thoughts, but also go that one step further and give you access to the hard resources you need for your class or for you children. Feel free to take a look at our resources, email us on info@makingenglishfuncom.wpcomstaging.com, or jump on the Facebook group to ask questions. Happy learning, teaching or playing!