With schools and colleges shut until further notice, many parents are utilising the extra time by bringing the classroom home.
By no means are parents expected to be able to recite the national curriculum; it is however, always a good idea to keep their minds ticking – school or no school.
If you are going to try your hand at homeschooling, you’re in luck because there’s loads of tech and gadgets out there to make your job that little bit easier, with everything from time management calculators to interactive tablets available to help.
We’ve found some of the best bits of tech worth investing in to help out with homeschooling in our roundup below.
Best tech for homeschooling
1. Intempo Urban WDS 180 Bluetooth Foldable Headphones
These foldable headphone from Intempo have a stylish look, with practical features and an even more attractive price.
Whether they’re listening in on online lessons and audiobooks or just chilling out and listening to their favourite songs. The wireless range is up to 25 metres, giving them enough room to wander around the house and sill stay connected.
When they’re not in use the headphones fold up neatly to keep them protected and stowed away.
Price: £14.99, Robert Dyas – buy here now
2. VTech Touch & Learn Activity Desk
If you’ve got little ones at home that are missing out on fun learning at nursery, this activity desk from Vtech will make a great addition to any homeshcooling enviroment.
The versatile desk boasts four main features, a writing pad, desk, blackboard and even an art station for when they’re feeling creative.
The desk includes an interactive desktop, stylus and double sided touch pages that teach letters, numbers, music, colours and more.
What’s more, there’s a toy phone and music player with over 20 songs, you know, for when the real fun begins.
Price: £49.99, Smyths Toys – buy here now
3. Pack of 3 SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB Flash Drive 32GB
You can never go wrong with a memory stick, this pack of three colourful USB sticks from SanDisk are great to have around and a good option if there’s multiple school age children at home.
Keep learning material, homework or anything else they need to keep safe.
Price: £21.99, John Lewis – buy here now
4. Amazon Fire 7 Kids Edition
The Amazon Fire 7 isn’t the newest kids edition model out, but it’s certainly a good tablet to consider for under £100.
The tablet has seven inch display, which includes a child-friendly case with kickstand for safe and convenient viewing. The tablet includes a one year subscription for ‘Fire for Kids’ which gives them unlimited access to a host of games, apps audiobooks and learning resources.
There’s 16GB of storage space for all of their favourite apps and seven hours of battery life on a single charge to keep them occupied throughout the day.
Price: £99, Amazon – buy here now
5. Magnetic Time Tracker
This time tracker from learning resources allows kids to keep on top of time management, with easily adjustable timers to keep an eye on learning time and set goals for themselves.
A digital LED display teamed with colour-coded programmes, light up and play unique sounds to help children visualise and hear how much time remains.
The tracker has a magnetic back as well as a kickstand, so it can be displayed anywhere that’s best. Set different countdown timers ranging from one minute to 24 hours.
Price: £30, Learning Resources – buy here now
6. Osmo Genius Starter Kit
If you’ve got an iPad at home, you’ll love this.
Osmo is the multi award winning learning tool that combines interactivity and hands on learning for a truly mind blowing and widely entertaining expereince.
Suitable for children aged between six and ten years old, Osmo explores a educational range topics like problem solving, language, physics and music, all whilst approaching them in a digital and interactive way that children nowadays can very much be in tune with.
Price: £99, John Lewis – buy here now
7. Leapfrog LeapStart 3D Interactive Learning System
This interactive learning book from LeapFrog is ideal for little ones just learning the the fundamentals, like letters, numbers and spellings.
Featuring an interactive 3D-like display, a combination of video, audio and print as well as touch and talk games, the LeapStart 3D provides a deeper and thorough learning experience .
Price: £45, Argos – buy here now
8. Fire HD 10 Kids Edition Tablet
Looking for a tablet that’s a bit more up to date? The Amazon Fire HD10 is the newest version of the kids edition tablet available. If you have multiple children at home, or are even wanting to use the tablet for your own learning and surfing, it’s a top contender.
Boasting an impressive 1080p HD, 10 inch display for picture perfect quality, as well as 32GB of storage – everyone has enough room to store all of their learning material, apps and games.
The tablet also comes with one year of ‘Fire for Kids’ subscription, grnting access to thousands of learning content available.
Price: £199.99, Amazon – buy here now
9. Garmin Vivofit Jr. 2
P.E is part of the curriculum after all. If you’re keen to ensure your children are getting enough exercise during the lockdown days, an activity tracker designed with their favourite character might do the trick.
The Garmin Vivofit Jr 2 is water resistant and has a stretchy wrist band that will accommodate smaller wrists.
The watch syncs with a free mobile app, which also includes chore management and can schedule alerts for parents. With one year of battery life, you won’t need to worry about charging it constantly.
Track steps, sleep and unlock new adventures as they meet their recommended 60 minutes of daily activity goals.
Price: £54.99, Amazon – buy here now
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