General Homeschooling & Education (multiple topics):
http://www.khanacademy.org/
- Khan Academy - great short and to the point
videos on numerous topics. Particularyl useful in math. This is
Bill Gates favorite teacher.
http://www.edhelper.com/
- Ed Helper consistently ranked in the top 10
for free education help
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/homeworkhelp/homework_help_home.html
- Discovery Education - these resources are
free. They also have over 9000 high quality videos and other classroom
resources available to homeschoolers at a much discounted rate
as compared to schools
http://thinkfinity.org/lesson-plans
- Thinkfinity. Free lesson plans.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/k-5.html
- free lesson plans from Discovery Education
http://homeschooling.about.com/
- About Homeschooling
http://www.learningpage.com/
- Learning Page - printables for education on
multiple topics
http://www.studystack.com/
- Study Stack - I just love this website
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
- Edsitement. Best of the Humanities on the Web.
Lesson plans for art, culture, foreign languages, history, social
studies, literature, and language arts.
http://www.easyfunschool.com/
- Easy Fun School - over 1,500 pages of free
unit studies, science projects, recipe and craft ideas, history
activities & many other resources to make homeschooling more
enjoyable for both child and parent!
http://hippocampus.org/
- Hippo Campus - multimedia lessons and course
materials
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/
- National Geographic Education
http://www.ngsednet.org/index.cfm
- National Geographic Education Network
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic Kids
http://www.enchantedlearning.com
- Enchanted Learning - 20,000 web pages. A small
yearly free.
http://www.softschools.com
- SoftSchools.com provides free math worksheets,
free math games, grammar quizzes and free phonics worksheets and
games. Worksheets and games are organized by grades and topics.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
- How Stuff Works - a great resource which includes
information and videos about science, history, geography, and
more
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html
- Sites for Teachers. A huge list of resources
for educators ranked by popularity
http://www.worldofteaching.com/index.html
- World of Teaching. Powerpoint presentations
for learning - numerous topics
http://www.pppst.com/index.html
- Pete's Power Point Station. An even larger
selection of powerpoint presentations for education
http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.library
- Think Quest. Over 7000 presentations on numerous
topics
http://schoolexpress.com/index.php
- School Express - over 15,000 free educational
worksheets
http://abcteach.com/index.html
- abc Teach - YOUR ONLINE RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN'S
EDUCATION. Thousands of FREE printable worksheets and activities
Plus over 35,000 pages of worksheets and activities, abctools,
and more, available to members.
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/
- Tools for Educators - custom worksheets, games,
and more designed for classrooms
http://teach-nology.com/
- TeAchnology - 30,000+ Lesson Plans, 7,500+
FREE Worksheets and printables, 950+ teacher downloads, 60 teaching
themes, teaching tips, and a ton of FREE web tools for teachers.
http://www.mes-english.com
- MES English - Free resources for teachers of
young learners. All of the resources are designed to be versatile
and useful in many K-6 classrooms. I have free flashcards, worksheets
and handouts to match, free phonics cards, free ESL games, an
international project exchange library, printable certificates,
printable stickers and activities all ready for printing.
http://www.tlsbooks.com/
- TLSBooks. Free educational worksheets for early
childhood through fifth grade.
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/index.shtml
- eThemes - eThemes is your source for content-rich,
kid-safe online resources that will help enhance your teaching
and save you time. eThemes provides free, fast access to over
2,500 collections of websites, on topics ranging from Aerodynamics
to Zebras and everything in between!
http://dictionary.reference.com/
- Dictionary. great resource. What I love about
this site is that they pronounce the words. So if you look up
something, you can click the little speaker symbol and they say
it the way it should be pronounced.
http://www.homeschoolliterature.com/
- Homeschool Literature
http://www.infoplease.com/
- Info Please. Another great resource for information
on practically anything you want to know about.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/teach.jsp
- Scholastic offers free printables and other
learning resources
http://minutebio.com/blog/free-e-learning/
- MinuteBio Free e-Learning courses - a series
of links
http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/
- Wolfram Alpha. Statistics and facts about
numerous topics. Lots of calculations - compare the height of
different mountains for example.
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm
- Owl and Mouse - free learning software. Nice
geography games and much more.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/
- Apples for the Teacher. Great site. It will
even read to you.
http://free.ed.gov/index.cfm
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.surfnetkids.com/
- Surf Net Kids has many great links.
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
- MIT Open Source - Massachusetts Institute of
Technology has thousands of courses available for free. Tons of
topics.
http://nicholasacademy.com/
- Nicholas Academy is a nice resource. I like
the printables section.
Visit Homeschool.com homeschool.com
for a vast array of information and tools for home educating your
child(ren)
Art
Use discernment when visiting art sites. Some include images
you may not consider appropriate for your child(ren)s viewing.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators.aspx
- Arts Edge. The Kennedy Center art lessons.
http://www.allaboutdrawings.com/
- All About Drawings.
http://www.nature-and-flower-pictures.com/
- Nature and Flower Pictures. How to take
better photographs.
http://www.stormthecastle.com/fantasyartschool/
- Fantasy Art School.
Early Learning
http://www.first-school.ws/
- First School
Finance / Economics
http://showmethefuture.org/game/index.cfm
- Show Me the Future is a financial literacy
and life skills game, designed to help 12-20 year olds prepare
for their futures. The game helps players understand: the cost
of living; budgeting, which is vital to financial freedom; the
difference between wants and needs; the importance of financial
planning; the need to set career goals; and the value of higher
education.
Games, Crafts, and Fun:
http://www.softschools.com/
-Soft Schools - interactive games for learning
on multiple subjects
http://www.kinderplanet.com/makestuf.htm
- Kinder Planet
http://www.zeeks.com/
- Zeeks
http://funschool.kaboose.com/index.html
- Fun School. Fun games for learning
http://akidsheart.com/
- A Kids Heart - play and learn
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/
- Learning Games for Kids. Lots of games helping
to learn many subjects
http://pbskids.org/whiteboard/
- PBS Kids. Games. Primarily for early learning
http://www.gudli.com/games/viewallgames.html
- Gudli - math, english, and puzzle games for
up through age 9
http://www.amazingmoms.com/
- Amazing Moms has arts and crafts, party ideas,
etc.
www.bigbrainz.com/
- Big Brainz Timez Attack. Very fun video game
for learning multiplication.
Images
http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/
- World Images. Over 80,000 images for use in
education. Easy to search. Great resource.
http://freerangestock.com/index.php
- Free Range Stock. Free stock images that you
can use for homeschool or for commercial use.
http://www.sxc.hu/index.html - Stock Xchng.
One of my favorite free image sites. I've used their images on
my websites for years.
Music
http://www.songsforteaching.com/
- Songs for Teaching - Using music to promote
learning
News
http://www.youngzine.com/
- Young Zine. Kid friendly news site. Youngzine
is a one-of-a-kind Web site where children can learn about current
news and events shaping their world -- in a simple, engaging and
interactive manner.
http://www.channelone.com/
- Channel One. Geared to teens, this website
focuses on current events and lets kids stay abreast of what is
happening in the world and in the nation. A very good site.
Reference
http://www.wikipedia.com/ - Wikipedia. My
favorite resource for looking up anything with links to more information
and various images
http://www.britannica.com/
- Britannica. A very extensive encyclopedia on
line
http://www.ipl.org/
- the Internet Public Library - a great resource
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic
http://www.ibiblio.org/
- The Public's Library and Digital Archive -
they have one of the largest online collections of literature
I've come across.
http://www.infovisual.info/
- Visual Dictionary
http://www.refseek.com/directory/encyclopedias.html
- Ref Seek Encyclopedias. Great list of online
encyclopedias.
Spelling
http://www.spellingcity.com/
- Spelling City
States
http://www.virginiatrekkers.com/VirginiaTrekkers/VirginiaTrekkers.html
- Virginia Trekkers, travel Virginia virtually
Tutors
http://www.tutorhunt.com/
- Tutor Hunt. A place where you can find a tutor
or advertise your tutoring services.
Writing
http://www.time4writing.com/
- Time 4 Writing. Writing ecourses
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