Academic & Homeschool Resources
Academic and home school resources used by teachers are also a source for parents looking to provide education and homeschool support for kids and teens at home.
Free, discounted or exclusive tools that you often find in a classroom as well. Where to find teacher’s tools and resources that parents can use at home with their students?
Free Resources for Students
Free printables, classroom or homeschool activities, learning decor, educational games, academic aids, resources, learning tools and other fun learning ideas?
I’ve put together a list of resources from stores and other atypical sources for you to discover.
Needless to say, my motto is saving money, so i’ll include ways to also save money or freebies in this post.
Educational Resources
Leading ¨go-to¨ stores for teachers are also a great source of academic, home school supplies and at-home learning activities for parents to use. Not to mention that its a great resource for freebies and activity ideas that keep students engaged. The biggest advantage for parents however, is that your student gets better grades.
Typically, academic resources for classrooms or home-school supplies and decor available to the general consumer are very limited in local big box stores or arts and crafts stores. For the most part, everyone finds things at Amazon or Walmart. However, if you’re interested in non-generic, appealing and broader selections, here are some additional resources as well as discounts.
Academic Resources You Never Heard of
Really Good Stuff
I had never heard of this site. However, from books, to worksheets, learning kits and furniture, ReallyGoodStuff.com is a teacher created classroom solution online retailer.
They sell both for individual purchase as well as bulk supplies for the whole school or classroom. An all-inclusive education resource that provides learning for all students including resources for neurodivergent learning.
A great resource for at-home-learning to check out is their Family Engagement kits.
Family Engagement Kits are teacher-developed supplemental curriculum kits created to help students learn, practice and build on important skills. Engagement kits are available based on grade level and academic subjects.
Skills taught include inference making, citing evidence, determining cause and effect, and writing detailed responses to prompts.
Free shipping is available when you order at least $79 worth of products or a flat $5 fee for small orders. Sometimes they offer a discount code for shipping which you can find in this page.
Free Printables
Free Learning Resources Printables – crafts, activities, printables
Definitely visit Really Good Stuff website’s “Free Student Education Printables page for resources in writing, math, and reading for grades K-2 or 3-6. Academic subjects include writing, reading, math, social studies and science. With Steve Spangler’s STEM learning kits parents can explore several science experiments and resources kiddos can safely do at home.
Steve Spangler science kits are available on Amazon. If you have Amazon Prime, you can save money on shipping fees.
Current Really Good Stuff Deals
Learning Resources on Amazon also provides unique educational tools designed to enhance and engage students not just in school, but for learning at home too.
For parents looking for learning toys, printables and easy to do craft ideas that teachers use in the classroom that parents can use at home to reinforce what is learned in the classrooms, I often look at teaching supply stores and the manufacturer’s website.
Young learners can discover coding without any screens or apps.
“This lesson plan uses Coding Critters to teach algorithmic thinking and how to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions”
Classroom or Homeschool Decor
Academic Games for the Middle & High School crowd
While there are tons of games to support academic learning for elementary school students, there aren’t many for the middle and high school crowd. Generally, there are workbooks that teach algebra, chemistry, etc, but not STEM games that can be used in the classroom.
For the middle school crowed, Steve Spangler mentioned above has several fun and safe chemistry experiment kits that teachers use in the classroom. Parents can buy individual kits which include everything you need to experiment at home with easy to follow instructions.
STEM Games
Hope this helps you find fun activities that prevent learning loss during summer or school breaks, keep kids busy at home, and make kids smarter.
Happy savings, TaLis
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