Homeschooling with Netflix
by Jen Holmstrom, Inspired Family of 5
Did anyone else notice that Netflix is loaded with educational resources? It really is! When I take careful notice of the informational shows, I realize it could make up an entire year of curriculum resources. Here are some fun ideas to get you started:
NETFLIX FOR EARLY LEARNING
MATH
Animal 123s
Baby Genius Favorite Counting Songs
Cyberchase
Leap Frog: Counting on Lemonade
Leap Frog: Math Adventure on the Moon
Leap Frog: Numbers Ahoy
Monster Math Squad
Numbers Parade
Peg & Cat
SCIENCE
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Fetch
Good Eats Collection
Nutri Ventures
Peep and the Big Wide World
Sid the Science Kid
Space Racers
The Magic School Bus
Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab
LANGUAGE ARTS
Animal ABCs
Baby Genius Favorite Nursery Rhymes
Bob Zoom en Espanol
Leap Frog: Amazing Word Explorers
Leap Frog: Magnificent Museum of Opposite Words
Leap Frog: Phonics Farm
Reading Rainbow
Signing Time
Super Why
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
WordWorld
ANIMALS
Baby Genius: Baby Animals Favorite Sing Alongs
Dinosaur Train
Wild Kratts
Zoboomafoo
ART
Art & Music
Baby Genius: Favorite Children’s Songs
Baby Genius: Favorite Sing Alongs
Bonnie Bear
Color Crew
Color Inspirations
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
Calliou
Curious George
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
Kipper Tales of Adventure
Mister Roger’s Neighborhood
Plim Plim
Trotro
MISCELLANEOUS
Adventures of Chuck and Friends
Animal Mechanicals
Bali
Bob Zoom
Fishtronaut
Galinha Pintadinha
Guess with Jess
Handy Manny
Harry the Bunny
Justin Time
Kitten Party
Leap Frog: Let’s Go To School
Leap Frog: Shapeville Park
Leap Frog: The Great Shape Mystery
Little Einsteins
Mighty Machines
Mouk
Sesame Street
The Cat in the Hat Know A Lot About That
Tree Fu Tom
NETFLIX FROM CHILDREN’S BOOKS
A Wrinkle in Time
Charlotte’s Web
Holes
Nanny McPhee
Pinocchio
Snow Queen
Stellaluna
The Boxcar Children
The Gruffalo
The Last Unicorn
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Prince and the Pauper
The Reluctant Dragon
The Tale of Despereaux
The Three Little Pigs
The Three Musketeers
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wind in the Willows
Zathura
NETFLIX FOR OLDER STUDENTS
*This list is only a portion of what is found on Netflix. The list goes on and on. The best way to find educational shows on Netflix is to search the “documentary” genre.
SCIENCE
Planet Earth: The Complete Collection
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory
Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Best of Enemies
Brain Games
Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey
Egypt
Forensic Files Collection
Forks Over Knives
Generation Earth
Human Planet
Human Planet: Behind the Lens
PBS: First Man on the Moon
Rocket Men
Tesla: Master of Lightning
HISTORY
Above and Beyond
Apocalypse: World War II
Escape from a Nazi Death Camp
Hiroshima: BBC History of World War II
JFK: The Smoking Gun
Last Days in Vietnam
PBS: American Experience – Henry Ford
PBS: American Experience: The Poisoner’s Handbook
PBS: Ken Burns - The War
PBS: Navy Seals: Their Untold Story
PBS: Nova – First Air War
PBS: The Roosevelts
The Central Park Fire
The Day Kennedy Died
The Great War Diary
The Green Prince
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
World War II from Space
World War II in Colour
World War II Spy School
World War II: The Last Heroes
ANIMALS
Dinosaur 13
Hidden Kingdoms
Life
Microcosmos
Nature: A Sloth Named Velcro
Nature: Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La
Nature: Owl Power
Pandas: The Journey Home
PBS: Animal Homes
Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice
The Blue Planet
The Whale
Tiger: Spy in the Jungle
Tyke Elephant Outlaw
MISCELLANEOUS
Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged
Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersly
Divorce Corp.
If You Build It
Inside the American Mob
Living on One Dollar
Make Believe
Monumental Mysteries Collection
Mysteries of the Unseen World
On the Way to School
PBS: Cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies
PBS: How We Got to Now
Sewing Hope
Slingshot
TEDTalks: Brave Neuro World
TEDTalks: Life Hack
TEDTalks: Rad Invention
The FBI Files
Video Games: the Movie
Winter on Fire
Have you found any other Netflix Educational Resources that you just LOVE? Tell us about them in the comments below!
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