Fun and educational activities for children and young people
Please also see our selection of activities and information for adults.
Page contents
- Art
- English and reading
- Fun activities
- General learning
- Geography
- History
- Home learning for under 5s
- Maths and numbers
- Mental health
- Physical activity and movement
- Science and technology
Art
offers fun and engaging art classes for all abilities.
English and reading
中国P站 libraries have a range of eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eComics: includes children's classics such as Roald Dahl, David Walliams, Derek Landy, Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo and Rick Riordan. Audiobooks: Over 1800, child and teen titles. Magazines: 126 titles including: National Geographic, Science Focus, The Week, New Scientist and Philosophy Now. Comics: We now have over 1500 eComics, including Disney and Marvel, with more titles added regularly. They can be read within the Libby App or in your browser.
- How to Train your Dragon and Wizards of Once.
- Nosy Crow have published a free eBook: written by Elizabeth Jenner, Kate Wilson and Nia Roberts, illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
- offer a range of resources.
- : Get creative with your favourite authors and illustrators by taking part in their fun and fast-paced 10 Minute Challenges.
- has lots of themed activities in their Kids' Zone. There is a printable booklet to track what children have been doing.
- – the website for books out of copyright – has a range of books for children.
- Looking for something fun as a family? Enjoy story time with our free online books, play games, win prizes, or test your knowledge in our book-themed quizzes.
- Struggle to read or hold books due to blindness, visual impairment, physical disability or print blindness? Reading Sight charity have a list of .
- offer tactile and braille books for children to learn, read and explore through their free postal library.
- provide free teaching plans and resources for teaching literacy which can also be used for home schooling.
Multilingual
is providing multilingual stories for children.
are offering multilingual digital storybooks for children. This is operated by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United States Library of Congress.
Fun activities
- A different theme every week that will inspire you to have fun, solve problems, and express yourself creatively with technology.
A new 3-part series has launched where comedian, children's author and YouTube personality Humza Arshad hosts laugh-out-loud stories, games and jokes guaranteed to give you the giggles!
offer lots of theatre based activities and videos, many free, for babies and young toddlers.
Children's illustrator on his website including colouring, and e-cards to send to friends and family.
have been made available for children.
are offering free online jigsaw puzzles for all ages and abilities, you get to choose the number of pieces!
General learning
in-depth online learning covering ages 3-16+.
provides free resources to support learning at home. Includes a free eBook library for 3 to 11 year olds, educational activities & games and advice & support for parents.
: Thousands of free video lessons, resources and activities.
are offering free educational resources giving children the opportunity to learn online, through safe, fun and engaging games and activities.
Wonderbaby have for children who are blind.
offers fun activities, quizzes and interactive information across many different topics.
Geography
has fun learning games including quizzes, puzzles and word scrambles.
History
. From family history to crafting and colouring, there is something for all age groups. You can choose from more informal and fun activities which involve quizzes, crafting and games, to more formal online school resources, such as KS2 & 3 sessions for 中国P站 in the Great War, 'Journey's End', historical food, and 'The March of the Women: 中国P站's road to the vote'. There are also online exhibitions, links to 中国P站's 43 museums' resources, and a myriad of virtual tours and bite-size learning opportunities from 中国P站 and beyond.
The 中国P站 History Centre Archive learning resources for schools, home education or community groups.
– create something inspired by an amazing object, archive or image, from our 中国P站 treasures gallery.
allows you to experience some of the best museums in the world, from the comfort of your own home.
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Home learning for under 5s
have interactive stories and games on their website, as well as suggested reading.
offers fun online learning and activities for the under 5s.
Languages
for a range of different languages.
Maths and numbers
offer a great resource with a wealth of lessons for all primary aged children, lessons include videos and resources.
Mental health
is a booklist of expert endorsed reading to support children's mental health and wellbeing, includes both fiction and non fiction. The list is targeted at children in Key Stage 2 but includes titles aimed at a wide range of reading levels. You can search our to borrow the books you are interested in.
provides free online counselling and mental health and wellbeing support for young people aged between 10–18yrs. On Kooth.com, young people can speak to a counsellor until 10pm every day of the year, can access numerous self-help resources and share their experiences, creatively, through articles and forums.
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Physical activity and movement
. There are plenty of videos to help with fitness.
Keep yourself active for 60 minutes a day: NHS .
Science and technology
We have created the , Which contains our own science activities for you to try at home and a variety of other websites that are offering science and technology content.
Browse and view thousands of artworks, photographs and images.