Using YouTube in homeschool?

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  • April 4, 2018 at 7:27 pm
    bethanna
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    How do you use YouTube with school subjects?  I need some free resources for next year.  We already use MathAntics and a little from Khan Academy for math.  Today I found the How It Was Made channel which looks interesting.   I especially want resources for Spanish and nature study.  Maybe science too – Botany and Land Animals (Apologia).  And is there a way to block ads?

    April 4, 2018 at 8:35 pm
    alphabetika
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    I’ll probably add to this later, but right off the top of my head I will say that we use YouTube extensively for finding music performances to go along with our composer studies, hymn studies, general musical interests. It’s a wonderful resource!

    For nature study, it’s easy to find short videos or even whole nature shows to go along with what you’re studying or what you’ve observed in nature.

    My daughter is eight, and I don’t let her look these things up on her own because of what shows up on the sides – sometimes they’re suggested videos on topics similar to what you’re watching at the time, but often there are very objectionable suggestions that have nothing to do with what we’re watching. Maybe there’s a way to stop that, but since I’m always interested in seeing or hearing what we’re looking up, I just stay there with her. We have watched whole operas this way, seen wonderful nature documentaries.

    I’m sure others will have better suggestions than I, but you might also try just Googling “free nature documentaries” or whatever else you’re interested in and see what comes up. And if you have a good local library, you will probably be able to find documentaries to check out at no cost. At least in our library system, non-fiction DVDs check out free!

    April 5, 2018 at 11:16 am
    Morgan1
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    There is 3 dots up next to the search bar on YouTube. Click the 3 dots and go to settings. Then click restrictions and it till day off click it and turn it on. It will stay on and your daughter will be protected from all videos that are questionable content. Or you can get he YouTubekids app. It’s made just for kids and has a lot more parental controls and even a built in timer.

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