August’s resource list
Everything in one place
This isn’t everything we’ve used, but the things we’ve used and loved the most. I hope it saves you from trawling through dozens of posts looking for that one thing you half-remember. If there are resources you’ve used over and over again this month, please feel free to share in the comments.
Maths
Tiny Polka Dot (3–8 years and beyond)
Proof (a homemade version. If you want to make your own, you need perhaps half the deck to be 1-10s, especially 1, 2, 5, 10. The numbers can go as high as your child is comfortable with.)
Number Hive (free printables as well as options for purchasing)
Math Dice Jr (manufacturer says 6+ but a maths-loving 4 year old could happily play this with a bit of assistance)
Collins easy learning Times Tables workbook
Literacy
Jolly Phonics handwriting/spelling books (available in print and cursive, and with a Grammar series once you’ve finished books 1-3)
French
Max et Mathilde books
Beth Manners French songs
Ladybird Language Stories: My First Words in French audiobook
History
Video tour of 2014 British Museum Viking exhibition
Mysteries in Time subscription (also available as individual packs)
Science
Magic School Bus books
The Week Junior: Science and Nature magazine (They recommend 8-15. I felt my two were slightly young for this, but I’d recommend it for older children)
Life Cycles book
Stuff you should know about Planet Earth book
Video about the Artemis space programme
Art
Met Museum art books (hard to come by)
Favourite books to read this month
Ramona (all of them)
Illustrated Tales of King Arthur
Secret Explorers: Jurassic Rescue and Ice Age Adventure
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, by Michael Morpurgo (we have a lavishly illustrated library copy which I can’t see online, but worth looking out for)
Dozens of Biff, Chip, and Kipper reading books
In London
Miscellaneous
Dollar Street website (discover how families live on different incomes around the world)
For grown-ups
12th Century Renaissance podcast
Danelaw podcast
Maths educator Eugenia Cheng on finding the joy in maths
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Thank you for putting these resource posts together - makes it so easy to follow up on those best intentions.