YouTube Homeschooling

Wow we're on the second last week of of Blogging Through the Alphabet 2021. This week we are talking all things Y. Today I want to share a few thoughts on teaching our children using YouTube. My co-host Deidre is sharing Y is for Yellow in her her Lego Alphabet Series.

When Nathaniel was younger we really loved learning online via YouTube.  There are some really AMAZING channels on there.  Today I want to share a few we've enjoyed.

The Engineer Guy is one of my favourite channels.  Bill Hammack explores the world of engineering.  You can find his website here: The Engineer Guy.

Here are a few of his YouTube video's that are my favourites:

• The Ingenious Design of the Aluminium Beverage Can
• Plastic Injection Moulding
• RMS Titanic: Fascinating Engineering Facts
• How a Lead-Acid Battery Works
• How a Film Projector Works
• How a Wind Up Music Box Works
• How a Retractable Ballpoint Pen Works
• How a Smartphone Knows Up from Down (accelerometer)
• The Engineering of the Drinking Bird
• Ferris wheel: How the Eiffel Tower wasn't good enough 

Reel Truth History Documentaries is a fabulous font of historical data.

Explore hundreds of teaching video's exploring scientific discoveries on CMI Video.

I've enjoyed these:

• Can all blood types come from Adam and Eve?
• Racism and skin shade - a biblical and scientific perspective 

If you're looking for a channel to challenge your thinking and expand your horizons I highly recommend Martyn Iles The Truth of It on YouTube.

Mark Rober is a former NASA and Apple Engineer and creates interesting things on YouTube.

• For Fun: Backyard Squirrel Maze 2.0 - The Walnut Heist
• Glitter Bomb 1.0 vs Porch Pirates

We're fans of Myth Busters around here so this new channel was very welcome indeed.  Adam Savage hosts the Tested content platform.

Brave Wilderness is by Coyote Person, Mark Vins and Mario Aldecoa. they lead you on a variety of expeditions featuring everything from Grizzly Bears and Crocodiles to Rattlesnakes and Tiger Sharks! Every single episode offers an opportunity to learn something new. 

Want to learn to paint with acrylics?  Follow the Art Sherapa where you can take online beginners tutorials.

If you are interested in renewable energy then this documentary is thought provoking: Planet of the Humans directed by Jeff Gibbs.

Our introduction to science in motion was by this fun channel: The SlowMo Guys.  

• Planet Slow Mo: Season 1
• The Super Slow Show

What are some of your favourite channels on YouTube to compliment your homeschooling?

Blessings 

Chareen

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Find the other ABC posts in this series here:

1. A is for Art Lessons at Home
2. B is for Books Where do You Purchase Yours? 
3. Charlotte Mason a Round Up of Posts 
4. Delight Directed Education
5. Encouragement for Weary Homeschooling Mothers
6. For the Children's Sake
7. G is for Geography
8. Homeschool Bloggers
9. Instagramers to follow who are homeschooling
10. Joy in Your Homeschool Journey
11. Know Yourself - Stop the Comparison Game
12. Life Skills in Your Homeschool
13. Math Resource for Home Education
14. Netflix in Your Homeschool
15. Olympics 2021
16. P is for Podcasts
17. Quintessentially Homeschool
18. Read-A-Loud in Your Homeschool
19. Science in Your Homeschool
20. Teaching From Rest by Sarah Mackenzie 
21. Ubiquitous Homeschooler 
22. Value Added Learning
23. Writing Cursive
24. X-Factor in Your Homeschool
25. YouTube Homeschooling
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Featured from last week the letter W...

• X is for Xylophone over at Our Homeschool Notebook 
• Homeschooling Tips from A to Z: The Letter X on Homeschooling Highway

This Week over at Our Homeschool Notebook the topic is Y is for Yellow

 

Please link up your posts starting with the letter Y for this weeks ABC Blogging