aclJohn's Functional Skills Finds

I've included the Shmoop website in previous blogs and the eMagazine, as a provider of free study guides for topics in Social Studies and Language Arts; Shmoop has recently branched-out to include mathematics study guides.

The first a collection of study guides for Pre-Algebra topics. The collection is broken into six categories...

• basic operations;
• fractions & decimals;
• ratios & percentages;
• basic geometry;
• basic statistics & probability; and
  
• basic Algebra.
  

Shmoop is also offering a g...

Literacy Head could be a great resource for functional and key skills practitioners.

Literacy Head is a weekly ePublication about teaching literacy through the use of art work. Each week Literacy Head publishes lessons for teaching visuals-based...

• reading,
  
• writing, and
  
• vocabulary lessons.
  

The word "brave" was included in the vocabulary lesson I looked at; to help learners visualize the word and its definition, Literacy Head had four images of people doing brave things. 

Litera...

The Illuminations website, from the USA's National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, currently has...

• 105 online activities;
• 551 lesson plans; and
  
• links to 724 online resources.

Spelling Match Game...

• is a spelling game developed by Houghton Mifflin;
• is, as implied, a game where learners have to complete matching activities based on...
  • the sounds; and/or
    
  • meanings of words.
    
• offers different levels of difficulty for learners (grades 1 through 8);
• can be played as timed or untimed activity;
• is just a game that almost all learners can use on their own; and
• is also a good game to play on an interactive whiteboard.

It could be used by...

• Literacy and/or
  
• ESOL, ESL...

Skills@Library, from the University of Leeds, has tutorials and resources which have been created to help learners develop some of the core skills for successful study, such as referencing and reading skills.

Visit http://skills.library.leeds.ac.uk/online_tutorials.php where you will find hyperlinks to...

• Finding academic information;
• Improving academic skills;
• Improving communication and presentation skills;
• Improving your maths; and
• Managing information and referencing.

I've looked at the...

Multiplication Tool is an online maths study tool that helps learners master the “art” of multiplying several digits. This website should help learners improve on this essential maths skill which can benefit a lot in tackling more difficult number problems.

The Multiplication Tool is designed to teach multi-digit multiplication through one of three methods...

• standard;
• lattice; and
• partial products.
  

The tool provides...

• learners with a method to identify their preferred multiplica...

A Free online resource, from Nationwide, for learners, practitioners and parents, improving knowledge and life skills about...

• Financial Capability;
• Sustainable Living; and
  
• Safety.

Features...

• resources for use on interactive whiteboards and PCs;
• Interactive games and storybooks,
• Downloadable fact and worksheets;
• Activity ideas;
• Hints and tips;
• Tailored programmes for 4 to 18+ (For younger learners the resources are linked to the National Curricular.

Visit http://www.nationwideeducation.co.u...

The Early Childhood Education Network's Literacy Center (Centre) provides learners with online learning activities in four languages.

The Literacy Centre provides tutorials and games in...

• English,
• Spanish,
• German, and
• French.

The tutorials and games are designed to teach learners...

• the alphabet,
• writing the alphabet,
• numbers,
• shapes,
• colours,
• phonics, and
• basic spelling.

Each section begins with a tutorial before moving on to ask learners to apply their new knowledge to an activity...

Time for Time is a website for anyone that teaches learners how to tell time.

The online games are easy for learners to access. And, if there are not enough computers for all learners to play the games at once, users can take advantage of the offline game suggestions in the teacher section of Time for Time.

Visit http://www.time-for-time.com/ to find out more.

The Embedded Learning Portal contains online versions of the Skills for Life Materials for Embedded Learning. These embedded teaching and learning materials are designed for use by practitioners: vocational practitioners and trainers, Skills for Life (Functional Skills) practitioners, practitioners working in community, employability and health settings and employability programmes.

Skills for Life Materials for Embedded Learning aim to help learners to improve the...

• literacy,
• language or...