Recommended Online Resources

Today in Science
Today In Science History! The people and the events of the day.

WetCanvas
An online lesson for learning the technique of "perspective."

Pen & Ink How-To
An online lesson for drawing with pen and ink from an existing photograph.

Creative Writing
A site with more creative writing ideas and tips for children.

Language Arts
More language arts lesson plans. Some of these look very good.

Pizzaz
Great writing ideas.

Creative Writing Plans
Need lesson plans for creative writing? Try one of the ones listed here.

Current Value of Old Money


Report Cards and Transcripts


Sample Course Descriptions
Here are some sample course descriptions to go along with transcripts to universities and colleges.

Highschool Graduation Requirements
Every state is different, but here is a general guideline for credits needed for highschool graduation.

Scope and Sequence


On-Line Photo Course
Free online photography course.

Essay World
With over 8000 essays, Essayworld is one of the biggest free essay sites on the Internet.

Electric Library
Electric Library is an online archive allowing you to search through a collection of over 7 million published documents from thousands of newspapers, magazines, books and other authoritative sources.

Amazing Facts
Free online Bible course.

Barnes and Nobel Free Online Courses


Essay Database
OVER 9,500 ESSAYS IN 44 CATEGORIES...even though this place is called CheatHouse, I would instead use it for a place to get research materials.

1001 Free Book Reports And Study Aides
Free book reports, cliff notes and other scholastic resources intended to help the struggling student.

Language Arts Resources
Free resources for language arts teachers.

Resources for Math
Here's some free resources for math teachers.

Games for Kids
You'll want to take a look at this one.

Reading Rainbow
The teacher resource page for the popular PBS program Reading Rainbow.

PBS Teacher Resources
Wow, great lesson plans and resources.

Berenstain Bears games
Puzzles, mazes, and other stuff to go with the Berenstain Bears series.

Berenstain Bears
Free coloring pages to go with the Berenstain Bears series.

Arthur
Free Arthur activities to go with the PBS show of that name.

Pioneer Thinking
Directions for hand-dipped candles.

A Pioneer Town
Has downloadable .pdf files.

Conner Prairie
Website advertises with "where history comes alive!"

Pioneer Food
Describes how the pioneers used plants for food, medicine, etc.

Homemade Soap
Here's a modern primer for the pioneer craft of soapmaking.

Byzantine Poem
Useful for literature/history unit.

Mother's and Father's Day Link Page
Great list of links from EduPratt website.

Solar Center
Website provides a collection of multi-disciplinary, interactive exercizes and activities based on the Sun and solar science geared to 4-12 grade students, but interested adults might be intrigued as well.

Homeschool FAQ
A site with answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about homeschooling.

Curriculum Swap
The oldest used curriculum board and the original swap site.

Educational Resources
Teaching resources from Sea World and Busch Gardens.

Big Chalk
Teaching resources.

Doucette Index
Literature-based teaching ideas.

CJ Books
Good books at discount prices.

Dyslexia Resources
This site has some lesson plans on helping the dyslexic student read.

Travel Opportunities for Homeschoolers
Sponsored by the Elijah Co., this site offers educational travel opportunities for homeschoolers.

International Protocol
Study manners in other countries. Very interesting.

Timeline Ideas
Timeline ideas for use with history projects.

Paper University
The art and science of making paper. Specifically set up for kids and educators. Fun site with lots of ideas.

Where Do Butterflies Come From?
An excellent resource if you are thinking of study the beautiful butterfly.

Bubbleology
The art and science of bubbles. Cool page with lots of info.

Renaissance England
A site which I'm sure you'll find useful for study this interesting period of history.

Christian Crafters
Has a newsletter and searchable index.

Crafts from Making Friends
Looking for an interesting craft to do for the summer, scouts, Bible school, just because .... ? This is the place to look!! They even have printable paper dolls that you can dress up.

Crafts from Danielle's Place


A Kid's Heart Crafts


Bible Crafts
More crafts from Kids' Sunday School.

Free Bible Crafts
Here's a nice index of Bible Crafts for the summer vacation Bible school classes.

Viking Household
An historical look at running a Viking household. My oh my!

Food Timeline
This is a fun resource to use. Helps put some things in context.

Junior Camping
A great site for ideas on camping with children!

Fun Social Studies
Check out this site! Lots of link and interesting articles.

Web Pyramids
An Egyptian history (current and ancient) site.

The Bird Nerd Site
For all you bird watchers.

Canadian History


Activity Bags
Wondering what to do with your toddler or preschooler during your school time? Here's a place to get some great ideas.

Story Recipe
Help in writing a story.

Christian Teenagers
A site for Christian teenagers with tons of links and activities.

Hearth Keeper
Christian advice for women.

Kidz Under Construction
Cute site with lots of kids resources.

Homeschool Fun
On-line zine with lots of fun ideas. Check out this month's edition.

Family Education
This familyeducation.com site is broken down into four main subjects: Language Arts, Science, Math, and Arts & Culture.

Focus on the Family
This is one of the websites associated with Dr. Dobson's "Focus on the Family". They even have different sections for parents, children, teens, college age, etc. Worth a look.

The Fly Lady
A great site for helping the homemaker get and stay organized!

Crosswalk
Crosswalk.com's homeschooling section. Has such well-known authors as Mike Farris and Debra Bell.

Tree Identification
Identify trees by their leaves. Great for a forestry or ecology unit.

Database of Trees
This is a huge database of trees, varieties, latin names, cultivation, etc.

MommaMeAhhh
A personal website by a homeschooling family with loads of links.

The Great Dinosaur Mystery
Site has high-interest graphics and activities.

Science and Christianity
Another link discussing the debate of creationism vs. evolution. Contains scientific data.

God and the Big Bang
Discusses creation from a Christian point of view.

Recipes for Kids
A list of recipes designed especially for kids' tastes.

TV Watch
A compilation of weekly and monthly "TV Watches" for educational shows. Great resource!

The Seduction of Homeschooling Families
A very thought provoking article by Chris Cardiff on the trend of marketing public school activities to the homeschooling community.

Biblical SAT's
A wonderful article written by the author of Wisdom's Way of Learning.

Homeschool Oasis
Has a link for new homeschoolers and for burnout that is well worth the read.

Highschool Helps
An outstanding resource for the 6th grade and over teacher/parent.

Standard Deviants
The title doesn't do justice to the site. There are an enormous number of free resources here for the older student!

The Kentucky Migrant Project
Though originally created to try and meet the educational needs of the migrant community, this is a great, FREE resource available to the homeschooling community.

Kapili.com
Appropriate for junior and senior highschool levels of biology, physics, geography, and astronomy. Quite a handy resource.

US Dept. of Education
There are some free resources available at this site.

Portfolio Cover Ideas
Cute portfolio cover ideas.

Nature Journals
An easy to understand explanation of this activity written with homeschoolers in mind.

Nature Journaling Bibliography
A list of links and books to help use this technique with your curriculum.

Nature Journaling
Here's a site that gives good examples of this activity.

Teacher Time Savers
A site with lots of good suggestions.

KidsNook Newsletter
Are you busy? Are you looking for suggestions to make your homeschooling easier? In the KidsNook Newsletter for Busy Teachers you will find a number of resources on the Web that will help you become more productive and effective.

Fibonacci Numbers
Want to combine math and science for some fun? Here's one way.

The Recycle Bin
Great place to find crafts that use recycled materials!

Ballet Dictionary


Animated Math Games


The Incredible Edible Egg


Einstein For Kids


Biblical Holidays
A website that helps families understand Biblical/Jewish holidays and how it applies to them today. "This site contains hundreds of pages about the Biblical Holidays and innovative ideas for celebrating them."

Owl & Mouse Geography Software
A list of mostly free, downloadable software for geography lessons.

National Gallery of Art
Here's a link to free teaching resources loaned out by the National Gallery of Art. The only cost appears to be return postage and handling.

French Language Course
A free, online French course.

Parlo
Foreign language lessons.

Language Arts Lesson Plans
A large number of links here.

The English Zone
Worksheets and lesson plans for grammar and more.

Seeds of Change
An archived website, no longer maintained, but that has a wonderful garden unit study.

Hands and Heart
A resource for using a nature journal. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the lesson plans.

PE Lesson Plans
Just what it says ... fun lesson plans for PE.

Physical Education
Great site for physical educational ideas and lessons.

The Science Spiders


The Mad Scientist


The Exploratorium


Eisenhower National Clearing House
Another place to look for lesson plans and ideas.

Homeschooling Statistics
Nice place to get stats next time someone questions whether homeschooling really works.

The Gate Way
Site bills itself as "The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet!"

Tampa Reads
There is a wealth of reading helps, materials, and printables at this website for grades K - 4.

John's Word Search Puzzles
A huge selection of word searches to include in your studies.

Calvary Chapel Bible Activity Sheets
This is a fantastic resource, but to access the sheets you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader. The link to the free download is at the site.

Bible-based Coloring Pages
There are 56 pages listed here currently.

Beginning Reading
Here's a site with free worksheets for beginning readers.

A to Z Worksheets
Not in the mood to create your own worksheets. Here is a growing list of free ones.

AAA Math
You want math?! Well here it is!

Worksheet Factory
Free and low-cost programs to help create your own worksheets.

A Kids' Heart
A website with lots of resources for the homeschooler.

Handwriting Page Maker
This utility allows you to create pages of text to assist in the development handwriting skills. By joining the dots, children can copy the characters.

Homeschooling Methods
This is a great article explaining the various methods used in homeschooling.

TAAS Achievement Test
On this page is a link to a free 2000 edition of the TAAS. I am not affiliated with this page or anything listed on it ... just a place for a free achievement test.

Alphabet Sheets
Zaner-Bloser alphabet sheets for printing.

Modern Manuscript
Printable sheets for learning modern manuscript.

Handwriting for Kids
Talk about your useful site!

Folklore and Mythology
Wow! Are there a lot of links to stories at this site. Plenty useful if you are doing a study on this subject ... or just looking for reading material.

Poe Central
When doing a literature study of Edgar Allen Poe, this is the place to go.

Children Who Write
A great resource for teaching children the art of writing ... written by children!

Young Writers Nook
Another great resource on the art of writing.

Kids' Craft Corner
A wonderful resource managed by Lisa Hawkins.

Seussville
Great resource using the Dr. Seuss series for learning.

Grammar Lessons
Free, online grammar lessons.

Mad Scientist
Another fun, science website.

Click on Bricks
Multiplication facts for 1 to 4.

Just Imagine
A site for the younger kids sponsored by Golden Books.

Save Vearth!!
Great interactive site with high-interest graphics. Give the movie time to load and then when it is "done," look below the movie screen for instructions.

A+ Math Games
On-line, interactive math games.

Explore Science
Very interactive science activities.

Finger Spelling
Perfect site to add to the study of the American Sign Language.

Natural History
Interactive activities at The Natural History Museum.

The Space Place
Do fun, spacey things including crafts and puzzles. Great science boost!

Early American Archives
Find copies of 1700's documents here for use with Colonial studies.

Easy Type
Free, on-line typing tutor.

Extreme Science
Lots of stuff here to make science fun and enjoyable.

Math Problems of the Week
Great resource for word problems.

Flashcards On-Line
At this site you can get on-line flashcards for using as fun resources.

Free Stuff for Homeschoolers
This site has truckloads of free stuff available to homeschoolers.

Economics Curriculum
Free economics curriculum/resources available from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Free Safety Materials
Free safety materials/curriculum from the NHTSA

CDC
Free educational materials from the CDC.

Free Posters
Just what it says. There is a very long list of free educational posters .... absolutely free, no shipping and handling.

Spacelink
Free educational materials from NASA.

History Channel Classroom
A stupendous site that facilitates the educator in using the History Channel as a curriculum supplement.

The Leafy Green Council
This site has free lesson plans on nutrition.

Education Materials from the Postal Service
Here's a site where you can order free educational matertials from the US Postal Service.

Make Your Own Cheese
How about adding cheese-making to your science (or home ec) curriculum. Add that element of fun!

Web Gallery of Art
A virtual gallery of classic art works.

Geology of Mojave
A virtual fieldtrip of the Mojave National Preserve.

Dead Romans
Has virtual fieldtrips and timeline. Won several awards, including one from Discovery.com School.

World History On Line
An outstanding resource! Has a search feature to make hunting specific topics much easier.

William Shakespeare and the Internet
A must have resource for the internet user when studying Shakespeare. Very easy to navigate.

Complete Works of William Shakespeare
At this website contains the complete works of William Shakespeare in a very convenient format for the student.

Songs For Teachers
A site "for the non-musical person." This site has thematic links and original poems and music that the homeschooler would find extremely useful. There are also puzzles and other fun activities.

National Geographic's Pirates
A fun site from National Geographic for kids.

Pirates
Looking for something to add to a study on pirates? Check out Discovery.com's information.

The History Place
Just what it says! The History Place is jammed packed with exhibits to help make history interesting and fun.

Miami Museum of Science
A part of the Science Learning Network.

Homeschool Topic Links
This has a large number of links to homeschooling topics arranged in alphabetical order.

Homeschool Families
A well-done site with resources and information for homeschooling families.

Jello's Kid Section
Use ingenious jello recipes to dress up some of your unit studies or other curriculum activities. Lots of fun! Don't forget, cooking is also math and science!

Hershey Town For Kids
Great resource if you are doing a unit study on chocolate!

Hyper History
2,000 files covering 3,000 years of world history. Recommended by the History Channel.

Gross But Fun Recipes
And they aren't kidding when they say "gross." Kids will love these!

1000 Good Books
A list of 1000 wholesome good books to incorporate into your child's reading list (or your own)! Regularly used with the classical approach to education.

American Girls Unit Study
Use the Josefina books from the American Girls series as an interesting unit study for the year 1824.

Cut Out Plagiarism
A site with lessons on teaching children what plagiarism is and how to prevent it, in general and in their own classwork.

Mini Themes
This site is piled to the ceiling with mini theme ideas, including an interesting one on the Titanic.

Bible Quizzes
Has some very interesting quizzes and puzzles to incorporate with Bible or ancient history studies.

Bible Activity Worksheets
Has FREE Bible activity worksheets for both the Old and New Testaments.

Elementary Spanish Curriculum Online
Just what it says. A free on-line Spanish curriculum at the elementary level.

Homemade Timelines
How to make homemade timelines and incorporate them into your studies.

The Feltboard Is Your Friend
How to make the feltboard work for you.

A Charlotte Mason Education
Explains this approach and how it can benefit your child.

Bible Biographies for Kids
To get to these wonderful biographies with accompanying activities, (1) click on URL, (2)click on lessons on the left-hand navigation bar, (3) click on "Bible Biographies" under the lesson options in the middle of the page. Currently there are 22 biograp

Free Piano Lesson on the Net
Just what the title says!

Lesson Plans by Subject
Great place to look for additional ideas.

The Notebook Method of Learning
What is it? How to implement it. The advantages of it.

Unit Study Ideas
This is a very popular and busy message board!

Poetry Covers It All
Here's how to integrate poetry into all areas of your curriculum.

Books On Line
Has a list of 15940 "mostly" free books. Worth the look.

Native American Homeschool Association
A useful and interesting site dedicated to Native Americans who are homeschooling.

Typical Course of Study
This is the best one that I have found on the internet, and it comes with an ever increasing number of annotated links as well.

Grassroots Homeschoolers
Need information on Illinois and Indiana homeschooling? This is the place.

Homeschooled Scouts
A wonderful resource for homeschooled scouts, maintained by Karen Hoogland.

Easyhomeschool
A power-packed website for homeschoolers and educators managed by Christina VanGinkel.

Kids Kreate
Add new dimension to daily lesson plans with easy arts and crafts.

Learning Treasures
A wonderful, and constantly growing resource for homeschoolers managed by Belinda Mooney.

Homeschooling in Florida
Elise LaTorre, this site's manager, has created an invaluable resource for homeschoolers in the south.

Pooh Corner
A great place to find ideas for the little ones. Some neat craft recipes ... I especially like the one on mashed potato finger paint.

The Definitive Laura Ingalls Wilder
Need info on the Little House series and its author? This is the place to go!

Learning Through Living
At this website Shelly Wilson shares her unschooling experiences.

Astronomy for Kids
Joanne Draper, manager of this site, has 20 years of classroom experience!

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