Homeschool Resources

Subject Links

There is a seemingly unlimited wealth of information available on the Internet these days that could be incorporated into a child's education. As I explore more, I will add personal links that my family has found interesting and useful. Until then, let me direct you to a few excellent sites that have information indexed by subject:

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

A pleasant and well organized site.

Study WEB

A categorized web center of over 15,000 research-quality educational sites designed to help students and teachers quickly identify and access useful information on the internet. This site is loaded! Check it out all it offers or go right to the subject index.

Kids Web

Nicely arranged and easy to navigate.

Virtual Village School

Pick a typical "classroom" and get a healthy list of links.

Doty's Education Page

Another site that's easy to navigate.

The Unschooling Homeschooler

Nicely laid out and pleasant.

The CEARCH Virtual Schoolhouse

A no-nonsense list of links for all educational subjects.

Our recommended subject sites:

ART

Visual Manna Online

Complete art curriculum focuses on providing materials that use art to reinforce core subjects through hands on activities.

GEOGRAPHY

Maps of National Historic & Military Parks, Memorials, and Battlefields

This is an excellent site. Be patient while maps load. It's worth the wait.

Hotlist: Geography

Lots of geography specific links. A great list.

Odyssey in Egypt

This is the coolest interactive educational site I have seen yet! Middle school students dig Ancient Egypt via the Internet in a 10-week course.

E-Conflict, World Encyclopedia and Simulation

Profiles of every nation and province of the world. You can look at maps and flags or listen to national anthems. There is also a monthly quiz . You're sure to learn something new here!

Geography - The Mining Company

This is not a "kids' site" but it is absolutely full of geography. The first stop for all your geography needs!

GlobaLearn!

Live expeditions all over the world. Students interact with GlobaLearn's remote expedition teams via their WWW site. Fun to be a part of something "live."

HomeSchoolArts

HomeSchoolArts.com is a free visual arts lesson site. Dedicated to teaching the visual arts to all who would be interested.

ECONOMICS

Economic Activities for Grades K-8

Three economic activities/contests for grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. New activities will be posted each month. Nice.

HISTORY

The Smithsonian Institution Home Page

No study of history can be complete without including a trip to the Smithsonian.

American Memory from the Library of Congress

This site consists of primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history. It includes prints & photos, documents, motion pictures, and sound recordings. There is a search guide, activities, and an educator's page. Nice! Be sure and check out the Civil War Timeline!

Dead Sea Scrolls

If you are interested in the Dead Sea Scrolls, check this out.

Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village Online

Information on visiting the museum but also online histories, too, such as on the Wright brothers, Thomas Edison, and of course, Henry Ford. And don't forget to take a visit to the General Store, where you can pretend to be one (or all) of seven real people who lived in Waterford in 1886, and discover what items they might have purchased

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums

A huge list of museums around the world (and not just history museums)

Odyssey in Egypt

This is the coolest interactive educational site I have seen yet! Middle school students dig Ancient Egypt via the Internet in a 10-week course. I listed this site twice to make sure you don't miss it!

Reconciliation Press - The Century War Chronicles

Quality historical fiction, carefully crafted with a focus on developing and sustaining a high level of reading interest in upper elementary and middle school age boys, for whom an absence of quality reading material has been widely recognized.

LITERATURE

Children's Literature Web Guide

The Children's Literature Web Guide is an attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults.

Dictionaries

Includes Englich dictionaries as well as foreign to English dictionaries.

The English Server at CMU

Offers over ten thousand texts in many disciplines. Organized by disciplines and has a search engine.

ABC Alphabet games

Interactive games to learn letters, words, and counting.

Parents and Children Together Online

Original stories and articles for children, suitable for reading aloud. There is a special section with articles of interest to parents, including book reviews of recent children's literature

MATH

MrH's Math/Ed Connections

A lengthy list of math sites to check out.

Mathematics Archives - Lessons and Tutorials

Lessons, tutorials and lecture notes for college level math courses. Not for the faint of heart!

Chicago Systemic Initiative.. Math Education

Contains a section on math lesson plans and activities, a bibliography of math books, a parents page with info, a software page with lots of programs to download and check out, and a kid's page with links to online science and math "stuff"

Explorer

A collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science education.

MathOracle.com

Online math problems and detailed solutions for students of Algebra, Calculus and Geometry. 3D technology to be added in summer of 99.

SCIENCE

Anatomy

Human Anatomy On-line

This java-enabled site is really cool. Check it out!

VA Image Browser

Anatomy animations from the University of Colorado

CELLS alive!

Photos, animations, and explanations into the area of microbiology as it relates to the human body and our health. Nice.

Animals

Sea World/Busch Gardens

Lots of animal information, including pictures. There is also a good section with teachers' guides.

Grandad's Animal Book Contents

This interactive book has a poem and a picture for each of the letters of the English alphabet. There is a multiple choice quiz, a word list, and a self-test on the material. There are 2 sections: for K-3 and 4-6. Nice!

National Wildlife Federation -- Education, Teacher Resource

Subjects are divided into five major topic areas: Air, Habitat, People and the Environment, Wildlife and Endangered Species, and Water. Each section includes an introduction, general background information, fun facts, things you can do to help, a glossary of terms and classroom activities

Electronic Zoo

An index of animal sites and information. Not all kid stuff. Lots of great resource information for the novice to the expert, but written for adults, not kids

The Birmingham Zoo

This is a most excellent site, complete with pictures, movies, animal information, a safari, a search, and "ask the zoo keeper." If you like animals, visit here! Lots of animal links, too.

Netfrog Title Page

Can you believe disecting a frog online? Check this out!

Space

Pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope

There are some incredible images here.

Chemistry

Water Module

Teaches about the structure of water. Includes experiments.

A Periodic Table of the Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory

A graphical periodic table. Click on any element to get more info, like history, properties, sources, uses, compunds, and isotopes. Pretty cool.

General

Bill Nye Demo of the Day

From the PBS show.

Science Hobbiest

Lots of science links, including homeschool science links.

JASON Project

Science and technology expeditions with curriculum guides.

Newton's Apple Index

Pick a lesson from the teachers' guides developed for seasons 9 through 14. They are designed to accompany the television show and are also a rich stand-alone resource.

You Can with Beakman and Jax

Experiments that you can do at home

Science Message Board

A place to post comments and ask questions.

Elementary Science This Month

Monthly activity, scientist profile, animal study, and sky watch. (This is no longer an active site, but the back issues are still available and very good.)

Helping Your Child Learn Science

Activities/experiments that you can do at home with your children, plus suggestions for field trips.

Frank Potter's Science Gems

Resources are sorted by category, subcategory, and grade level, (including college).

Explorer

A collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science education.

Thinking Fountain A to Z - Science Museum of Minnesota

Entries have explanations, experiments, extension activities, and links for a wide variety of topics.

Homeschool Central - Creation Science Resources

Until I have time to personally check out the resources listed on this page, I will simply put a link here and you can check them out yourself.

The X-Nilo Site

Science videos to order. X-Nilo's primary purpose is to educate children about science and the Bible and was designed to compete against secular children's science programs such as "Bill Nye the Science Guy" and "Beakman's World," offering a Biblical perspective to science. Check it out!

If you know of any other indexes or great subject sites that I could add here, please let me know!

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Curriculum Resources

Where you can find books, lesson plans, and software to use at home in your personal homeschooling curriculum. Also included here are links for distance learning opportunities.

Kaleidoscapes Curriculum Resources

This is one of the best curriculum resource pages I have seen. It contains information on curriculum, books, 800 numbers, support groups and organizations, on-line Ezines, college and financial aid, software, and newsgroups, lists, and digests.

Online Lesson Plans

American History Unit Study for homeschoolers!!

From a homeschooling family. Check it out (along with the rest of their page). They've put in a lot of work. (There is also Little House unit study.)

AskERIC

Ask ERIC is an Internet-based education information service of the ERIC System. Lots of curriculum possibilities here.

K-12: Table of Contents

Lesson plans and classroom activities. Tons of good stuff here!

Teacher's Guides from Sea World/Busch Gardens

Four sample units and information on how to order (purchase) many more.

Explorer

A collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science education.

K-12 Science Lesson Plans

Lesson plans by theme and grade level.

The Weather Unit

A very extensive unit study on weather, incorporating all of the major disciplines.

WebTopics

This is a wonderful place to start a unit study. It contains collections of web site reviews, each centered around a theme, along with lists of books, CD-ROM's, videos, and other related materials.

The Math Forum

A index for math lesson plans. Also visit their page for math web resources for grade school up to college level and beyond.

Welcome to Puzzlemaker.

An excellent site if you would like to generate your own puzzles for the units you are working on, or just for fun.

Number and Word Puzzles

Another site with puzzles. These have answers that can be ordered (for a fee) if you want.

Nutrition K-6

This is an excellent and complete set of lessons plans for teaching nutrition to grade schoolers. It contains most of the resources needed, including worksheets. Well worth a visit if you need nutrition lessons.

Jarea Kinder Art

Over 100 lessons plans for grade school art.

Science Center - Lessons for Kindergarten and 1st Grade

Printable lessons science lesson plans

Books and Publishers

Sonlight Curriculum

A unit study approach to history motivated by a Christ-honoring heart for the world. This is the curriculum that I personally use. I love it! (You might mention my site if you order from them. (o: Thanks.)

The Common Sense Spelling Book

A republished 1913 spelling book, recommended by Kathy Duffy.

The Center for Educational Restoration

Offers patriotic curriculum, workbooks, parent guides, and testing services, that are God-centered, principle-based, and family oriented.

A Clean Well-Lighted Place For Books

An independent bookstore in California that has a great education section. They will ship anywhere in the world or special order books.

Wozny's Edubooks

Specializes in inexpensive, comprehensive workbooks that cover an entire year's curriculum. A place to check out if you are on a tight budget.

Usborne Books

Information on Usborne books and a directory of consultants.

Key Curriculum Press

Miquon Math.

Character Building for Families

A Bible/character study for homeschoolers and families.

A Beka Books

Well-known and respected publisher of curriculum for Christian schools and homeschoolers.

Books4HomeSchool

A FREE resource for finding homeschooling books, K-12, in all major subject areas, including book reviews by homeschooling families. This site does not sell books, but instead presents and reviews them. Worth a visit if you're trying to decide on books to purchase and/or read.

Debbie's Unit Factory

Elementary level theme units for sale.

Bob Jones University Press Home Page

Textbooks and educational services for home schools. Emphasis on comprehension and parent-child interaction. Some courses available by videotape and/or satellite.

KONOS

Unit studies character curriculum for all ages.

Alpha Omega Publications

Complete curriculums or by subjects (workbooks)

The Elijah Company - Homeschooling Supplies and Textbooks

Order their catalog. It is excellent reading!

T4T Learning Materials Store

Online catalog of theme units and novel studies for a wide variety of subject areas for K-8. Most priced at $9.99 U.S.

CBD home page

Christian Book Distributors, a well-known mail-order company.

Oak Heritage Press

Home of the Homeschool Exchange, a buy-sell-trade classified advertising newspaper for home educators, and the Homeschool Yellow Pages, a comprehensive directory of homeschool suppliers.

Life Through Literature

A literature curriculum containing elements, applications, and even a literature timeline.

Reconciliation Press - The Century War Chronicles

Quality historical fiction, carefully crafted with a focus on developing and sustaining a high level of reading interest in upper elementary and middle school age boys, for whom an absence of quality reading material has been widely recognized.

Under His Wings Home School Resources

Home school curriculum, study guides, and literature. Free catalog available upon request.

Dorling Kindersley Family Learning

Award-winning DK educational books & multimedia.

Core Curriculum of America

Core Curriculum of America supplies complete customized packages based on your child's abilitites, needs and desires.

Math U See

The Math U See site explains the basis of teaching math with manipulatives. It also lists local distributors from whom you may order the product.

ORBIT

ORBIT is a family-friendly quarterly book in magazine format that entertains and educates students while teaching them the skills needed to reach goals and solve problems.

Software

SuperKids Educational Software Review.

This is a good reference when looking for software. However, please note that this and the following review sites do not judge the software on moral content, unless specifically noted.

Kid's Domain Commerical Reviews

Another site containing software reviews

Children's Software Review

Search the children's software database for reviews on hundreds of software titles.

Kid's Domain Downloads

Freeware, shareware, and demos. Worth a look.

Homeschool and K12 Resource Page

Treefrog shareware..... Treefrog games teach math, chemistry, language vocabulary (Latin,Spanish, Italian, German and French), and reading.

Home Learning Software Corner Store

Some well-known titles at inexpensive prices.

Good News Bible Study

Free Bible study software. Worth a look...........it's free.

KRN Software

Some nicely done Java online games (both educational and just for fun games)

Used Curriculum

Christian Curriculum Cellar

This company sells used curriculum at basement prices.

Val Jacob's Curriculum Clearinghouse

Order used books, games, and reference materials online.

The Curriculum Recycler

Curriculum classifieds for individuals and commercial vendors.

Homestead Books

New and used homeschool curriculum. They will sell your used materials also.

Blue Bird Publishing Homeschooler Bookstore

A limited and frequently changing assortment of new and used books.

Treasure Island Used Books

I appreciated the ratings that were included with each book.

Carty's Curriculum Corner

Used homeschool materials.

Distance Learning and Correspondence Schools

The Division of Independent Study

NCA accredited distance education courses for students in grades 7 - 12.

Keystone National High School

High school, homeschool, summer school, enrichment, and even driver's ed!

WriteGuide

WriteGuide provides an individualized writing curriculum for homeschool families.

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Legal, Political, and

Support Information

For Homeschoolers

Here are some links to get you started.

Homeschool Organizations

Listed by state. If you are new to homeschooling, this is the place to start!

MACHE Home Page

The Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators

Homeschool Compliance Tips Board

A great place to post a question about legal compliance and homeschooling.

U.S. Department of Education

It's always good to be informed.

National Education Association (NEA)

I'll say it again................be informed!

Homeschool Legal Defense Association

A critical voice and protection for homeschoolers.

National Home Education Research Institute

Educating the public concerning the findings of all research on home education.

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Other Homeschooling Sites

There a a number of people who have done a lot of work creating resource pages and links for homeschooling. I will defer to them and list a few of the meaty resource links that I have found. Happy surfing!

Kaleidoscapes

For kids and home education enthusiasts. Discussion boards and more! If you want to ask a question, this is a good place to start.

Home-Based Education Resources

A list of homeschooling resources.

Homeschool World

From the publishers of Practical Homeschooling, Homeschool PC, and Big Happy Family.

Jon's Homeschool Resource Page

This is the most complete homeschooling site I have found.

Yahoo Homeschool Links

Always a good place to start.

Christian Homeschool Forum WebPage

Articles, tips, FAQ's, and help on getting started with homeschooling.

Preschool Pages & At Home Mom's

A wonderful and much appreciated site for those of us who also have preschoolers!

Education World (tm) Search Engine

An searchable index of over 50,000 educational sites. This site is designed for educators.

Yahooligans! School Bell: Field Trips

Education - Reform - USA

Alphabetized list of about 100 sites.

Homeschooling Info

Book reviews, book ordering, articles, interviews, software, and homeschooling resources.

Home School Helper

A collection of articles which originally appeared in Home School Helper, a quarterly newsletter published by Bob Jones University Press.

Homeschool Central Site Map

An excellent site with tons of resources, both for general homeschooling and for curriculum by subject.

The Perkins Family Homeschool House

A wonder page with lots of good stuff. I especially liked the Virtual Field Trip resources.

Noteworthy Sites

The following sites may not be "educational" sites, but they are educational and worth a visit.

SAPE (formerly called "The Soviet-American Penfriend Exchange")

SAPE matches people -- aged 8 to 80 -- from all over the world with postal mail (not email) penpals in the former Soviet Union and Baltic nations.

Headbone Derby

A free research game for 4th-8th graders (though both younger and older kids have played it with great success). The Derby teaches not only Internet literacy and fundamental research skills, but also reading comprehension.

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