Embedded Files
****NEW****
Staff at Yarrabah have carefully selected a range of educational and fun links for you to explore with your children. When choosing links, staff have considered affordability, accessibility, and relevance to the curriculum. The links have been split into school sections: EEP, Lower and Upper Junior, Lower and Upper Secondary and Nurture/Wellbeing.
You do not need to stay with the section your child is in, feel free to explore and have fun. The Yarrabah School Website also has links for parents that provide information about support and Community services and funding programs such as the NDIS
EEP
Simple Simon: A collection of original kids songs and classic nursery rhymes made simply for young learners. Combines captivating and puppetry with music that kids love. Content includes emotions, weather, hello greetings, literacy, numeracy, craft ideas, activities, printables, etc. Free.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lower and Upper Junior
Maths / Numeracy
AAA Maths Interactive Maths Lessons ranging from pre-school to eighth grade
Memory Games This website provides free online memory matching games for kids with a variety of fun themes to choose from.
Adapted Mind- helps your child learn counting, addition and subtraction. With fun interactive activities.
Khan Academy Kids makes it easy for your child to learn maths in a fun and engaging way.
Number Blocks Delivers the essential numeracy skills that build good number sense.
Coolmath4kids Coolmath4Kids is an amusement park of math, games, and more, designed to teach math and make it FUN.
IXL Personal learning maths website for all primary levels
A numeracy and literacy website for all ages. Students can read a story and complete a short related activity.There are also short colourful maths worksheets .
Maths playground A numeracy site suitable for all ages and abilities
Top Marks Numeracy games and activities
Let's Make a Calendar (starfall.com)
ABC Mathseeds Introduces children to simple maths. A fun website for children to practice maths.
IXL Learn - Maths IXL helps students master essential skills at their own pace through fun and interactive questions, built in support, and motivating awards.
ABC Mathseeds Introduces children aged 3-9 to simple maths. A fun website for children to practice maths.
English/Literacy
Toy Theater This website provides a variety of free, fun, interactive educational games for Kindergarten to grade 3, including Maths, English, Art & Music activities.
Sensory Story: Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom An enjoyable sensory story presented by a teacher & student using a combination of words, sign & objects to communicate & create a whole sensory experience for your child.
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes This is a happy, upbeat song & story about feeling good, staying positive & being resilient. It has a catchy tune that kids will love.
Do Not Open This Book By Andy Lee A fun storytime animated version of this popular book.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt story with props A fun & interactive story presented by an Early Years Teacher, using different objects to create a whole sensory experience for your child.
Reading Eggs is an interactive and fun game that assists your child with reading and spelling.
Storyline Online Kids get a virtual read-aloud experience as they watch videos of storybooks
Alpha Blocks Alphablocks helps children learn to read through adventures, songs and laughter.
Dan Sultan - Nali & Friends A tale about unconventional, oddball animals from different parts of the world.
Learning Without Tears Learning Without Tears provides developmentally appropriate instruction for handwriting, keyboarding, in grades K-5 and preschool.
Starfall This program emphasizes exploration,play and positive reinforcement with encouragement to help children become confident and intrinsically motivated. This program is especially effective for special education.
Readingeggs ABC Reading Eggs makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids, with online reading games and activities.
Open Library Online books. Great variety
Epic - Books for Kids (getepic.com) - Instant access to children’s books online.
IXL Learn - Language Arts From phonics and reading comprehension to writing strategies and more, IXL helps learners develop the communication skills
Story Time From Space. Children's books read by astronauts on the ISS
ReadWriteThink Printing Press ReadWriteThink’s printing press is a virtual interactive printing press. It gives students across different grade levels the ability to create their own newspapers, brochures and flyers. Great for creative writing.
Vbooks A whole new way to read and learn online. It's an interactive system that excites children to learn to read. Whilst listening to the story they can hear sound effects too.
Science/Stem
Melbourne Aquarium live stream
National Geographic Free content,Facts about animals,books and fun animal quiz supporting children's learning
Melbourne Zoo Animals at Home Brings the zoo to life with live cams, keeper talks and other virtual updates.
Nasa Kids Club A place to play games and learn about NASA!
YOE - Love Our Ocean Home (youngoceanexplorers.com)
Great info all about the ocean focused on kids
Shaun the sheep Acadamy: Programming in Scratch - May be a bit advanced for UJ, but i've seen scratch being used in Primary school computer club. Another well known site is https://code.org/
How stuff works For children with enquiring minds that want to know how things work, from lightbulbs, to vinegar uses and Poe’s law!
Code Learn computer code through online games/puzzles.
Switch Zoo Animal Games Children can can have fun switching body parts with animals and at the same time they can learn facts about each animal
Fizzics Education This is a science based website where children can watch and learn even little experiments that can be done in the kitchen
Movement and breaks
Move and Freeze A fun brain break action and dance song for children created by The Learning Station - award winning & well respected leaders in children’s educational music.
Stand Up Kids A collection of short movement break videos (1-2mins) made by PE Teachers & Coaches for when kids need a break from learning.
Trolls: Can’t Stop The Feeling Go Noodle This is a fun, feel good song by Justin Timberlake, with a dance routine by the kids at Go Noodle. Perfect for a music & movement break.
Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel Fun and movement songs for children.
Just Dance Kids - A dancing game for kids with a collection of classic and modern songs.
GoNoodle GoNoodle engages and inspires kids to channel their boundless energy–getting them up, moving and becoming more mindful.
Mixed subjects
Sesame Street and Autism See Amazing in all children This website provides positive, educational short story videos, interactives and storybooks that centre around Julia, a Sesame Street character who has autism.
ABCYA Is a fun and interactive website filled with a variety of educational games and supports student learning by making it enjoyable.
Nick Jr website provides free content for your child to watch and enjoy for some relaxation.
The Cbeebies website contains colouring in, games and videos from some of your children's favourite characters.
Turtle DiaryThis website contains content which includes. Learning with shapes, animal interactive
games, picture sequencing, fun science and educational colouring by letter and number
Learn, play and explore with games, apps, songs, clips, print and colour, craft and more.
Clever Learner -A collection of free worksheets including numbers, letters, shapes, science.
PBS Kids -Educational games and videos including Dinosaur Games, Adventure Games, Feeling Games and more.
Fun Brain Has Maths, Reading & Games & Video' - Suggest using Brave Browser to avoid adverts
Switch Zoo Animal games, Music & stuff for teachers
Fun Learning Ideas catering for different ages. Requires a login ro read the free ebooks etc.
Bubbles - Old site, (install Java & Ruffel) - games are entry level, but info on Bubble's is really great!
Peep and the big wide world Games, Videos & educator resources based on Peep and the big wide world animated series.
HelpKidzLearn Online learning for Special Education. The home of accessible software, enabling children of all abilities to play, develop and achieve.
Oxford Owl This is an award-winning website from Oxford University, created to support children's learning in reading and math for kids aged 3-11.
Newy with kids The best online resources for Australian kids learning from home.
Jeux Poisson Rouge . Red Fish Games . Brave New Fish . Paint - free content
The kidz page Online colouring pages and jigsaw puzzles
Skoolbo Reading, writing, Numeracy, language, science, art, music and brain games for children
Highlights for Kids This website includes matching games, art activities, animated stories and science experiments. Children can learn while having fun
Twisty Noodle:Printable worksheets, colouring & printable books for different level students
My Teaching Station:Great resources for a variety of ages, look for the ‘free’ printables, pick your subject to find all that is available
Early learner:Free worksheets collated by subjects from science to numbers & alphabet fun.
K5 Learning:Free worksheets, reading math, spelling, printable flashcards
Worksheet fun:Printable worksheets, cut & paste activities, colouring, all the way to time & algebra
Art and Craft
Funology: Crafts and projects Great website for ideas and things to have fun & learn! Read the following on Rules
________________________________________________________________________________
Lower and Upper Secondary
Maths/Numeracy
Learning blocks lots of fun and engaging math videos - website directs you to youtube channel
Pay the price: Money smart students practice identifying the value of coins and notes while exploring the concept of exchanging money
Number Jacks highly successful & award-winning animation series featuring 10 small superhero numbers
Education Free addition and subtraction games for kids.
Money Smart Money is a finite resource in the family budget:
English/Literacy
Leaning Blocks Lots of fun and engaging alphablocks literacy videos - website directs you to youtube
Channel
Starfall Education Games, movies and books. Educational and fun.
Science/Stem
Time for Kids Current events for kids made fun!
Kids National Geographic Very interesting and fun for kids. This will tie in with our theme work in the classroom at the moment
Mixed subjects
Circle Time Engaging and fun learning activities.
Busy Things Fun, educational games for kids.
Abcya learning games and apps for kids by theme and subject. Super fun!
Cool Australia video clips, documentary, images,article stories & news for each major topic. Designed to entertain & inform at every turn
Shepherd Software Heaps of games in different categories like math, animal, science, geography,etc.
Funbrain Educational, engaging and fun games
ABC Kids Listen App selection of popular and current songs, videos and games for kids
ABC for Kids Watch, play, make and listen. Fun and engaging activities for kids.
PBS Kids Educational games and videos from Curious George, Wild Kratts and other PBS kids shows!
Explore Free educational games, activities, videos and more.
Thomas and Friends Fun train games.
Nurture/Wellbeing
Wellbeing for children: Healthy Habits. this is a 6 ½ minute video for healthy habits.
This is a short clip for mindfulness breathing (Rainbow Breathing) it takes 5 min, can be practiced before and after an activity
Rainbow breath flow raise energy ready for the day
Belly Breathing Exercise.It is fun when the parents /carers can join along with the kids.
Relaxing music . Can be used as background music or just as an after an activity relaxation break.
Page updated
Report abuse