Learning with Minecraft: Ultimate Homeschool Resource List

Are your kids Minecraft® fans? Well, you are in the right place! Today we are kicking off a 31-Day series titled Learning with Minecraft. We are going to go all out — new printables, at least one giveaway, games, links, and more. And if you have Minecraft fans you can take advantage of these ideas and do some Delight-Directed Learning to really get your kids invested in their education. It’s a win-win.

So let’s dive in.

We will start with an Ultimate Homeschool Resource List. Every possible published educational resource I can find for Minecraft in one post.

Books for Learning with Minecraft

Your child will be highly motivated to read with these fun Minecraft fiction and non-fiction books.

Minecraft: The Complete Handbook Collection – a set of four books from Scholastic including Essential Handbook, Redstone Handbook, Combat Handbook, and Construction Handbook.

Minecraft: Blockopedia by Alex Wiltshire

The Quest for the Diamond Sword by Winter Morgan

The Big Book of Building: Everything Minecraft by Triumph Books

Invasion of the Overworld by Mark Cheverton

Kid’s Stories: Short Stories about Minecraft from Minecraft Books

Online Courses using Minecraft

Minecraft Homeschool — Includes multiple courses to choose from and each course runs for 4-6 weeks. Summer camps are going on now! I’m particularly excited about a new class starting in the fall called Bible Road Trip by my friend Danika Cooley.

SKrafty Homeschool Minecraft Server is a dedicated homeschooling Minecraft server with free membership. You can use it for free play, or your child can take free and paid classes. Classes include science, history, language arts, and more.

Homeschool With Minecraft offers multiple courses and also includes a dedicated “white-listed” server for game play and class work 24/7.

Dedicated Minecraft Servers for Homeschooling

Homeschool With Minecraft offers multiple courses and also includes a dedicated “white-listed” server for game play and class work 24/7.

Coding with Minecraft

Youth Digital has a wonderful collection of online coding courses including some for coding Java for Minecraft and modding in Minecraft. My son has really enjoyed his modding course and these are very professionally done.

Learn To Mod has a course on Learning to Mod in Minecraft with Java Script, and an additional Minecraft Modding course for young children who cannot type.