When it comes to your child's education, it is always important to find tasks that are challenging, engaging, and inspiring. That's particularly true now with the level of expectations on the parents to help their student learn at home.
Amazon's assistant Alexa can help keep your child focused and engaged with these great skills. Being a teacher and a parent can be hard work. Let Alexa do some of the planning and brainpower for you.
1. Spelling Quiz
Say "Alexa, open Spelling Quiz."
Spelling Quiz is a word-focused skill that allows you to dictate what level you would like your child to start at. Starting at easy, Spelling Quiz allows you to help your child improve their spelling at their speed. The first two levels are free. And if you want to experience more difficult words, five more levels can be unlocked with an in-skill purchase.
By using techniques that they would commonly experience at school, Spelling Quiz is adaptable. However, if your child is finding the word a little hard, they can ask Alexa for help. She will simplify the options available to answer.
If you are wanting to find more resources relating to English literature, you can download free Ebooks to help your child broaden their reading knowledge.
2. Math Facts – Math Practice for Kids
Say "Alexa, open Math Facts."
Math Facts is an enjoyable way for your child to learn subtraction, addition, multiplying, and division. In an easy-to-follow format, this skill turns thinking into a game, encouraging kids to feel relaxed in their learning environment.
Using children as part of their skill enhancement has allowed the developers to create something that truly considers the time and wording children require to answer specific math questions.
3. Memory Game
Say "Alexa, open Memory Game."
One of the hardest things for many children when learning is retaining knowledge. That might be different subjects for different children, but the problem is always similar. By downloading this Alexa skill, you are preparing your child and developing a useful education skill.
Focusing on a number of topics that all ages can relate to, the Memory Game skill is a fun, interactive choice to use at home. It is also useful for parents to try too.
4. Question of the Day
Say "Alexa, open Question of the Day."
Instead of focusing on certain subjects, the Question of the Day skill can challenge your child's general knowledge with different questions daily. General knowledge questions can help take a child out of their comfort zone.
The Question of The Day skill is sure to give your child something to talk about at dinner when you asked them what they learned at school, even if they can’t remember the math, literature, or science specifics.
An in-skill purchase can unlock Harry Potter-themed questions or unlock membership to the Trivia Club. Members can hear three daily challenge questions, see rankings on regional and national leaderboards, unlimited access to multiplayer game packs, and exclusive archive access.
5. Teach Me Healthy Eating
Say "Alexa, open Teach Me Healthy Eating."
Teach Me Healthy Eating is a great skill for those who want to make sure that learning at home isn’t just about putting pen to paper. This skill focuses on small healthy hacks, rather than simply regurgitating recipes to the listener. It encourages changes in habits that any child can slowly digest into their routine.
It aims to educate children with inspirational knowledge regarding food, but also encourages them to make a change to their eating patterns. It is a useful skill for those needing personal wellbeing at any age.
6. My Interesting Science Skill
Say "Alexa, open My Interesting Science Skill."
My Interesting Science Skill may not offer you the practical side of science available in a traditional school setting, but it does explain some pretty awesome science stories and compares them to our everyday experiences.
In other words, it makes science relatable for the learner through discoveries we never even knew happened.
7. Home Learning
Say "Alexa, open Home Learning."
One of the challenges of learning from home is not the material itself, but the attitude and behavior needed to do the hard work. The Home Learning skill offers parents strategies and techniques to overcome those difficult moments with their children.
This skill uses fun methods and ideas to combat a poor attitude to certain subjects. It is a great one to have in your back pocket for when you are needing a little inspiration to encourage your child.
8. Keep Kids Busy – Home Life
Say "Alexa, open Keep Kids Busy."
Sometimes traditional methods of learning can wear thin. That's especially true at home when the environment is the same for every subject. Keep Kids Busy is a skill that comes up with different activities to enrich your child’s average day.
By engaging with the skill and with the help of some home props, Keep Kids Busy is an enriching alternative to add to your child’s educational routine.
9. Music Bop Adventures
Say "Alexa, open Music Bop Adventures."
Music Bop Adventures is a fun and interactive adventure skill designed to keep your child active. If you are looking for physical education inspiration, look no further. Your child is put through their paces with four different adventures to explore.
Whether it is in space, under the sea, in the jungle, or escaping the weather, Music Bop Adventures aims to keep your child moving and physically active, while engaged with their thinking too.
10. Country Game
Say "Alexa, open Country Game."
The Country Game skill is a great way to test your child’s global geography knowledge. There is also a skill focused on U.S. states available. But if you want a more global education, then this is the skill for you.
Test your child’s knowledge of countries from all around the world. You can even get them to draw a map at the same time for an additional challenge.
Alexa is a Perfect Teaching Assistant
Whether your child is learning at home full-time, or you just need some support with homework, there are a number of great Alexa skills available.
And when the day is over, everyone can have some laughs with great group games.
