15 YouTube Channels Where You Can Learn New Skills

In this time that we cannot enjoy things that we normally do outside due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, we can take this as a chance to learn new skills while we are inside our homes. Aside from free online courses you can enroll to, YouTube can be a great platform of learning for you especially if you are more of the visual learner type and would rather perform hands-on demos of the things you want to learn about.

YouTube has a lot of channels where we can learn new things for free. Let’s grab this opportunity and here are different skills or hobbies you might want to try out and the YouTube channels offering to teach you straight from your device.

List of YouTube Channels

1.   Cooking

This basic survival skill is handy during, well, these types of situations. If you are stuck at home not knowing how to make a decent meal, this might be the right time to hone your skills in cooking. Get yourself busy by learning basic cooking and you will eventually be able to cook a meal for your family. 

Tasty

2.   Math

Math can be pretty intimidating for anyone. And that’s pretty understandable. But sooner or later, you’re gonna have to do that take-home math assignment your teacher gave you. So who do you turn for help? Luckily, there a lot of math channels on YouTube willing to help you. You have more time to understand and solve math problems and you can easily repeat the video if you’re having a hard time solving it. Who knows? After watching a lot of math tutorials, you might find yourself very interested in math.

Khan Academy

3.   Dance

Don’t just sit and sleep at home, you also need to move and exercise. You can sweat it out in your living room with your family by following dance choreographies of different genres, ranging from beginner to advanced. You can also mix and match and create a choreography of your own!

1MILLION Dance Studio

4.   Music

Nothing is impossible when you dream to become a singer someday. Train your vocal with the help of expert vocal coaches on YouTube.

Cheryl Porter Vocal Coach

5.   Drawing

They say practice makes perfect, and if you are looking to pursue a career in graphic design, illustration, or digital arts, then you can learn from different illustrators and animators like markcrilley.

markcrilley

6.   Sewing

If sewing is something that you want to try out, check out Sew with me and make your own dresses, pants, and shirts using your old clothes and extra fabrics at home.

Sew with Me

7.   Photography

You might be wondering how you can update your Instagram feeds now that you cannot travel outside. Well, you can challenge your creativity by roaming around your home, take photos of ordinary subjects, or use them as your background, and make them outstanding by applying some of the photography tricks you can learn from this YouTube channel.

Peter McKinnon 

8.   Editing

After taking photos, you can still do some enhancement by editing it on Photoshop or other photo editing applications. Post-processing can make wonders to your photos or videos, and this channel can teach you how to makeover them easily.

PHLEARN

9.   Playing Instruments

If you have a guitar at home and no one from your family can teach you how to play it, you can start from the basic on this channel. Then when you learn how to play your first song, you can organize a family-only mini recital in your living room.

GuitarJamz

10.   Learn a New Language

Speaking 2 or more languages is an amazing skill.  Learn how to say “Hello” in other languages by checking out this YouTube Channel. This way, when you will be able to travel again, you can easily go around and converse with their dialect and make an instant connection with the locals.

Easy Languages

11.   Home Repairs/ Renovation

To kill time, you can clean and repair things that need to be fixed in your house. There are tips in this channel you can apply to make the repairs easy.

This Old House

12.   Makeup

Who says you need to go out to rock a look? Learn how to achieve different looks by learning how to put on makeup and properly care for your skin while you are at home from different beauty gurus such as Anne Clutz.

Anne Clutz

13.   Indoor Games (Board Games)

If you’re one of those lucky households who have tons of board games at home, then this is probably the time to get your competitive shoes on and make sure you beat all of them on board game night. Learn the basics and rules of different board games through this YouTube channel below.

Shut up and Sit Down

14.   Gardening

Home gardening can also be a great skill to have especially if you want to grow your own organic produce. You can grow plants, fruits, and, vegetables without a backyard and this channel can teach you more about indoor gardening.

CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY

15. Life Hacks

Life hacks are those things that we didn’t learn from school and never knew you needed, but can save us a lot in different situations and this channel demonstrates different types of hacks that you can easily do with materials you can find at home.

5-Minute Crafts

Ready to learn?

The list above is just a few of the YouTube Channels that you can check out. You can always check our similar channels if you are really serious about learning the craft. After all, they’re all free. So why don’t you choose a new hobby, watch a video and get started! Oh, and don’t forget the most important part: have fun!