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Monday, February 16, 2009

Antarctica

Secrets of the Ice

This is a very nice website about Antarctica.

Art

Arty Factory

This website offers free art lessons. Check it out.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Measurement

Metric Conversions

This is an excellent website teaching you all about converting English units to metric units. The US still uses English units for their measuring. This is a very informative webpage and will be very useful when teaching this subject.

Geometry

Geometry 3D Shapes

Learn all about terminology and mathematical properties of 3D shapes.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Creative Writing

Elements of a Story

A very nice website with an interactive activity about the parts of a story.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Multi-Subject

Studio4Learning

This is an excellent website with great resources.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Astronomy

The 8 Planets

The website says that it is a multimedia tour of the Solar System.

Astronomy

Solar System Exploration

A very nicely done website with useful information about the Solar System. There are some great photos on this website.

Science

Sunspots

A nice website with information about sunspots.

Science

Sun Earth Media Viewer

Images of the sun.

Science

Space Weather

A look at the weather in space. It's different than you may think.

Science

Eye on the Sky

An interactive website with activities about the sun and weather.

Science

Exploring Magnetism

A very nice lesson series Exploring Magnetism. These lesson plans are very nice.

Astronomy

The Comet's Tale

A very nice website with information about Comets.

Science

Auroras

This webpage is a guide to the Northern and Southern lights. A really nice site with lots of good information.

Weather

Project First Weather Journal

A very nice interactive weather journal. It ends in a page that can be printed for your weather journal.

Astronomy

The Center for Science Education

This is a very useful resource.

Astronomy

All About Space

Enchanted Learning's Zoom Astronomy. There is a great deal of information on this page for you to check out.

Astronomy

Astronomy Picture of the Day

This is a very nice site that has a picture of the day. There is a nice large picture and at the bottom there is a description of the picture.

Astronomy

Space Place

This is the kid's version of NASA's website.

Astronomy

NASA

This is a very informative website about everything space related.

Astronomy

Telescopes From The Ground Up

This is a really neat website about the history of the telescope.

Math

Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles

A large collection of math related activities.

Math Games

CTK Math Games For Kids

A collection of math games for kids.

Online Unit Studies

Online Units

A selection of online unit studies for grades 1-5. I have done a bit of searching around in these unit studies and they are very nicely done.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Preschool and Kindergarten

Hubbard's Cupboard

I absolutely love this website. I have visited here many times. One of the greatest things about this website is the collection of printable readers. They also have a theme based curriculum for 2's, 3's and 4's.

Social Studies

Worldometer

My son found this really neat website today. It states, "world statistics updated in real time." It looks very interesting.

Missions

Harvest Ministry

This website has an amazing curriculum (Teaching With God's Heart For The World Volumes 1 and 2) for free download. It is a missions curriculum. I am so happy to have found this website today.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Language Arts

Carl's Corner

I had forgotten all about this website until I stumbled upon it today. It is amazing. You will find a great variety of resources here. There are worksheets, activities, printable readers, and much more.

Math

Math is Fun

This website has a nice collection of math related games and activities.

Amazing Resource

Tools For Educators

This is an excellent website. There is a word search generator, a dice maker, a board game maker, a crossword puzzle maker, bingo board maker, maze maker, domino maker, spelling worksheet maker, handwriting and penmanship worksheet creator, a certificate creator, and more.

Resources

Teacher Planet

This website has a vast collection of worksheets, lesson plans, theme units, and much more. Have a look around.


Multi-Subject

Sparkle Box

The website says it has 1000's of free downloads. I have looked around and been very impressed. The graphics are clean and good quality.

Resources

Homeschool Helper

What a neat website. A large collection of really useful resources to help you with your homeschooling.

Forms

Highland Heritage Forms

This is the most amazing website. They have an awesome collection of forms for use in your homeschool.

Multi-Subject

Class Brain

A large collection of resources. This website looks great.

Learning Games

The Homeschool Hutt

A collection of printable games. Have a look around the website.

Donna Young

Donna Young

I absolutely love this website. I have been a frequent visitor for a long time now. She has amazing resources on here website. I would definitely check it out.

Multi-Subject

Learning Network

A large collection of resources for grades 3-12. This looks like a really interesting website created by The New York Times. Once you start looking around you find there is MUCH more than meets the eye.

Unit Studies

Merit Badges

A large collection of mini workbooks that could be used for unit studies in your homeschool.

Here are a couple more very similar resources.

Part 2

Part 3

Library

Internet Public Library

Here is another great website with a large collection of resources on many different topics.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Lapbooking

Simply Lapbooks

This is an amazing blog. If you like to make lapbooks or would like to learn more about lapbooks have a look around here.

Paper Dolls

Making Friends

This website has a large collection of paper doll templates and patterns. Paper dolls can be used in a variety of ways in your homeschool.

Blogging

WordPress

Word Press is another very popular blogging site. I do not have any personal experience with this, but there are many homeschool blogs here.

Blogging

Blogger

I really like Blogger. I have been using it for the last couple of years. It is easy to use and I have not experienced any major problems.

Blogging

Homeschool Journal Dot Net

I recently discovered this site. You can have a homeschool journal online. It looks very nice.

Social Studies

The White House Museum

This website shows you a 3D graphic of the white house and the grounds. This is very nicely done.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Journaling

Journaling Life

This is a really nicely done website that explains the various types of journaling very clearly. If you are interested in learning more about journaling then I would visit this website.

Multi-Subject

Internet4Classrooms

This is an amazing website with an enormous collection of links for every grade level and subject. You don't want to miss this.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Environment

Environmental Kids Club

There are some resources and links here related to the environment.

Environment

Kids Be Green

A cute website about reducing, reusing, and recycling.

Science

Energizer Learning Center

Fun facts and activities about flashlights and batteries.

Science

Energy Quest

An interesting website with energy resources.

Energy Quest Science Links

A large collection of useful links.

Phonics

Stairway to Reading

A very nice free phonics program. You need to sign up, but the resources are free (and worth it).

Phonics

Progressive Phonics

This website has some materials for free download and also some for sale.

US Geography

Top 50 States

This is an excellent resource. If you are studying the 50 States then this is definitely a site that you will want to visit.

Learning to Read

Letter of The Week

This is an awesome program. Check out the other great programs on this website.

Roman Numerals

Roman Numerals

A very nice introduction to Roman Numerals.

Clip Art

Edupics

A large collection of graphics that can be used in your homeschooling projects and lessons.

Bible Timelines

Bible Diagrams

This is an amazing website with a large collection of Bible timelines.

Postcard Exchange

Postcrossing

This is an interesting website (parental supervision required). I did go searching around, but I didn't find anything objectionable.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Grammar

Conjunction Junction

A short little video about conjunctions.

Math

My Hero, Zero

A short video about zero.

Grammar

Prepositions

A cute little video about prepositions.

Grammar

Verbs

A short video about verbs. It's very cute.

Grammar

A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing

A very cute little video about nouns.

Periodic Table

Periodic Videos

A very cool site with videos about each of the elements on the periodic table.

Felt Board

Felt Board Tutorial

I just found this awesome tutorial on how to make a REALLY SIMPLE felt board. It is simple enough that even I feel confident to attempt it. Check it out.

Kindergarten Worksheets

TLS Books

A large collection of worksheets for use in kindergarten.

Preschool and Kindergarten Worksheets

Homeschool Helper

A nice collection of preschool and kindergarten worksheets.

Coloring Sheets

Homeschool Helper

A large collection of simple coloring sheets for you to use in your homeschool.

Famous People Notebooking

Homeschool Helper

A large collection of famous people notebooking pages.

Notebooking

Homeschool Helper

A large collection of notebooking pages for use in your homeschool.

Worksheets

Homeschool Helper

A large collection of worksheets on a variety of subjects.

Unit Studies

Homeschool Helper

A large collection of unit studies for you to use in your homeschooling.

Lapbooking

Homeschool Helper

This page has a large collection of generic lapbook templates for you to use in your creation of your lapbooks. There is also a large collection of lapbooks for you to use on a variety of subjects. Have a look around.

Radio Show Lapbooks

Radio Show Lapbooks

A collection of links to a LARGE collection of old radio shows. You don't want to miss these. There are also instructions on how to make lapbooks about these old radio shows.

Astronomy

Exploring The Planets

A very nice website exploring the planets and their discoveries.

History

Secrets of Lost Empires

This is a very interesting website.

Inventions

The Museum of Ancient Inventions

A large collection of photographs and write ups about ancient inventions.

World History Timeline

World History

This is an amazing interactive timeline website.

Famous People

The Legacy of George Washington Carver

This web page is a very interesting look at the things that Dr. George Washington Carver developed.

George Washington Carver Coloring and Activity Book


Here is a coloring book for you to print out in your study of George Washington Carver.

Census

My oldest son was requesting some information today on the census and how information is collected. Here are some links to help with this.

U.S. Census Bureau


This is the U.S. government's website.

United States Census


A very nice wiki from Wikipedia.

History of the Census of Canada


A look at the history of the census in Canada.

Census History and 20th-Century Firsts


A really good website about the census in the US.


Forms and Worksheets

Graham Family Ministries

A large collection of really nice forms and worksheets for your home and homeschool.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

History of Writing Systems

Ancient Scripts

The history of writing. An interesting look at different alphabets through history. This website is worth a look. It will be especially interesting to someone who has a passion for languages or linguistics.

History of Measurement

A Walk Through Time

A nice website about the history of time.

Internet Index

Librarians Internet Index

This is an amazing find. I could spend all day here gathering information and not run out. Use parental supervision with this website and its links as it covers a WIDE range of topics.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Black History

Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide to Black History

African Heritage Classical Music

African Heritage in Classical Music

Learn about African Classical Composers and listen to samples of their music.

Multi-Subject

The Internet Public Library

A large collection of internet resources covering a multitude of subjects.

Support

The Homeschool Lounge

A really neat online community support group for homeschool moms.

Resource Sharing

Homeschool Launch

This is an amazing website that I just came across today. It is an amazing resource sharing platform. You will not believe the resources at this site.

Lapbooks

Lapbook Lessons

I found this site quite awhile ago and it has amazing resources.

Math

Dimensions

A really intriguing video about math.

Preschool

Preschool Printables

This website has a large collection of printables for the preschool to kindergarten level.

Notebooking

Notebooking Nook

This website has a large collection of free printables.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

History of Science

Museum of the History of Science

A very interesting collection of resources.

Titanic

Online Titanic Museum

A very nice website. A large collection of images of items from the Titanic.

Museum

The Museum of Museums

This is an amazing find. I stumbled upon this today while looking for something completely different. This is a large collection of links to online museums. I think you will be blown away by this website and everything it links to.

Museum

The State Hermitage Museum

This is the most beautiful place. I have been here in real life. You can visit online in a virtual tour. Spend some time looking at the amazing resources on this website.

Art Museum

National Gallery of Art

A large collection of resources.

Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This website has a large collection of resources including online activities and an amazing timeline.

Artist

Essential Vermeer

I had never heard of Johannes Vermeer until I came across this amazing art site. There is a timeline of European artists. There is a wealth of information here.

Entomology

Insects and Entomology

The website states, "The directory and search engine of insect-related resources on the internet." A very large collection of resources on this topic.

Zoo

Toronto Zoo

This website has some excellent animal fact sheets as well as some other great resources.

Zoo

Smithsonian National Zoological Park

An excellent educational resource.

Ancient History

Livius

This website contains articles on ancient history. There are links to related websites. Looks like a very good resource.

Humanities

Humanities Interactive

An interesting website.

Money

Ancient Cash

The history of ancient money.

Multi-Subject

Federal Resources For Teaching Excellence

This website is packed full of excellent resources.

Math

Go Geometry

This looks like an excellent resource for teaching and learning geometry.

Math

Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles

A very large collection of math related resources.

Math

History of Math

A very intriguing look at the history or mathematics.

Math

A Codes and Ciphers Primer

A history of codes and ciphers. A very interesting website.

Math

The Geometry of War

This is a very interesting website. Worth a good look for those older students.

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