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Homeschool Resource Recognition

Ancient History for Homeschool

I started writing Ancient History for Homeschool as a tool for my own children. I had a difficult time finding a free online program that had the information that I wanted to share in my homeschooling curriculum for my kids. I have tried to use many sources, including books, websites and experts that I know personally. I write each post in a simple way, and try to include review questions that can be answered with simple one line answers, or used as writing prompts for longer essays.
Email: jeanettehumphries@gmail.com
Website: http://www.ancienthistoryforhomeschool.com/

Ask a Tech Teacher

Tips on integrating technology into your homeschool. Lots of free lesson plans, ideas taken from the Structured Learning technology curriculum. Blogger is a working tech teacher who takes questions from readers.

A peak into the virtual classroom of a working tech teacher. Includes daily updates to classroom wikis, blogs, internet start pages, websites used for a variety of academic units, and more. The webmaster has been a tech teacher for fifteen years and will answer questions about how to teach tech, what to teach when, where the best virtual sites are.

Also available are themed bundles of lesson to support inquiry into a subject area or a topic.

Email: askatechteacher@structuredlearning.net
Website: http://askatechteacher.com/

Elementary Education Degree Resource

This site provides extensive information about Elementary Education degree programs being offered at colleges across the U.S.
Website: http://www.elementaryeducationdegree.com/

Homeschooling Your Child

Homeschool advice, how to start homeschooling, homeschool help, curriculum and homeschool education resources.
Website: http://homeschoolingyourchild.com/

Homeschooling with Unit Study and Charlotte Mason Methods

Katie's Homeschool Cottage
A website filled with articles and resources to homeschool your child using unit study ideas and Charlotte Mason methods, as well as information about learning styles and customized teaching methods.
Email: Katieshomeschoolcottage@yahoo.com
Website: http://charlottemasonhomeschooling.wordpress.com/

INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY INTO YOUR CLASSROOM

Technology curriculum for K-8, sold in textbooks or ebooks, in a grade-level year-long collection or a themed bundle...

The six-volume K-5 Technology Curriculum and the two-volume extension for grades 6-8 is a project-based, skill-based approach to teaching computers and the current choice of more than one-hundred school districts across the country. It provides a timeline (tested on thousands of K-5 students in real classrooms) of which skills to introduce when at each level of computer learning. Each textbook provides 32 age-appropriate lesson plans (one-year s worth) that integrate with classroom units of inquiry in areas such as science, math, history, literature, grammar, word study, writing, and critical thinking. Included are age-appropriate technology skills (such as keyboarding), internet use, vocabulary and problem-solving skills as well as step-by-step directions for each activity, samples and reproducibles. All lessons are aligned with ISTE and NCLB National Standards. Programs used include MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Google Earth, keyboarding and a variety of the most popular internet edutainment sites. For a limited time, order a textbook and get its PDF FREE by sending the proof of purchase to the publisher.

Also available are themed bundles of lesson to support inquiry into a subject area or a topic.

Email: kali.delamagente@structuredlearning.net
Website: http://structuredlearning.net/

Just Us

Sharing my family's resources with yours Free lapbooks, notebooking pages and more.
Email: hebrews110@gmail.com
Website: http://hebrews110.wordpress.com/

Language Arts (Modern Foreign Languages)

We are a small family company and we provide MFL (Modern foreign languages). We sell bilingual products English-Spanish and we also provide Spanish and English tuition in schools.
Email: Info@school-e.co.uk
Website: http://www.school-e.co.uk

Links to All Things Free for Homeschoolers

Free curriculum, textbooks, lesson plans, downloadable materials and online activities
Email: hebrews110@gmail.com
Website: http://homeschoolfreestuff.wordpress.com/

MakingMusicFun.net

Find free sheet music, composer biographies and worksheets, music theory games and worksheets, homeschool lesson plans and more! Find drawing and watercolor lessons, artist biographies, worksheets and lesson plans, coloring pages and more!
For more information please visit:
http://www.MakingArtFun.com
http://www.MakingMusicFun.net

Raising Arrows

Raising Arrows offers a candid and honest look at homeschooling and daily life in a larger-than-average Christian family.
Email: amy@raisingarrows.net
Website: http://www.raisingarrows.net/

Tea Time with Annie Kate

Encouraging and empowering homeschooling moms with informative reviews and stories about our homeschooling life.
Email: 8anniekate@gmail.com
Website: http://anniekateshomeschoolreviews.com/

The American Scientific Affiliation's Homeschool Science Resources (ASA)

The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) is an association of Christian professional scientists whose purpose is to investigate the relationship of Christian theology and natural science and thereby to edify both Christian and scientific communities. The Homeschool Science Resources (HSR) website fulfills this purpose for the Christian homeschooling community by providing critical reviews and information about available curricula, textbooks and other science education resources.
Email: douglas@asa3.org
Website: http://asa3online.org/homeschool/

The Scientific Homeschool

Encouraging homeschoolers to pursue science education.
Email: sam7anthaburns@gmail.com
Website: http://www.thescientifichomeschool.com/

The Wired Homeschool

The Wired Homeschool is a weekly, topical podcast about using technology in your homeschool.
Email: wiredhs@gmail.com
Website: http://thewiredhomeschool.com/

To Be a Pilgrim

TBAP is all-purpose blog for people who are serious about not taking themselves seriously. It is godward, parental, educational, whimsical, broad and concise. We strive to avoid smarmy but embrace a sort of graceful snarky, coupled with an ardent sesquipedalianism and a hearty use of adverbs. .
Email: RyBoom@gmail.com
Website: http://tobeapilgrim.wordpress.com/

Unit Conversion Resources!

UnitConversion.org is the ultimate resource for unit conversion. Use our free online unit converters to easily convert between different units of measurement. Simply select the appropriate unit converter from their website lists. .

Website: http://www.unitconversion.org/

Tutoring

Planet Tutor

http://www.planettutor.com
Phone: 1-703-537-5955

DESCRIPTION

Our Commitment to helping your child learn.
We are passionate about education and providing your child with the highest quality online tutoring and learning experience possible.
Planettutor, Inc. is a private educational services company headquartered in Oakton, Virginia, near Washington, DC, but it will feel like we’re right next door.
Planettutor provides high-quality, personalized online tutoring services in the world’s most interactive and personalized online learning center to students around the world. We have leveraged the most advanced interactive, e-learning technologies available to create an environment that will help improve your child’s knowledge, grades and self-esteem. This premiere learning environment enables students to receive the help they need in the safety and convenience of their own homes.

Class of 1

http://classof1.com/
Phone: 1-703-537-5955

DESCRIPTION

Sessions are highly interactive. Tutors make sure that the student remains engaged throughout the process.
Each session includes problem solving to gauge the student's understanding.
Between sessions, the student has to attempt 1 online quiz, which will further test his understanding of the material taught during the previous session.
Using the student's performance on the quiz, the tutor gauges the student's progress and customizes the next session.

LearnScape's GEDPathway

http://www.gedpathway.com/
Phone: 888-588-5200

DESCRIPTION

LearnScape's GEDPathway™ program has 66 GED prep lessons, 5 diagnostic pre-tests, 5 diagnostic post-tests, and a GED Practice Test.

GED Practice Tests

GED Test by Excel High School

http://www.excelhighschool.com/GED/
Phone: 1-800-620-3844
DESCRIPTION

Excel High School is accredited by the NPSAA, registered with the State Department of Education and the College Board. Any student attending Excel High School can take the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, PLAN or ACT test. Excel High School offers an online GED sample test, for students to determine if they are ready to take the online GED test.

GED Test by Testprepreview.com

http://www.testprepreview.com/ged_practice.htm
DESCRIPTION

This web site contains FREE GED practice tests. There are also several links to online resources that will help improve your weak areas and enhance your score.

Art and Music

Please click here for all the Music.com links

http://www.AllMusic.com
Allmusic.com is an excellent resource for student interested in Bach, rock and everything in between.
http://www.www.artlex.com
Artlex.com is a dictionary of art terms. Also included are illustrations, quotes, and links to other great sites.
http://www.ArtMuseum.net
Artmuseum.net expands access to great art exhibits by presenting them online.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
Artsedge.kennedy-center.org strives to help teachers, students, and artists share resources and ideas that support the arts in a k-12 curriculum. This contains helpful links for students writing papers on arts-related subjects.
http://www.artsmia.org/
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts contains images of works of art in the permanent collection as well as those in special exhibits. Categories are offered from 20th century art to period rooms and textiles.Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation.
http://www.mhopus.org/
The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation partners with businesses, communities, and schools to provide new and refurbished musical instruments to qualified schools and individual students.Music Education Online.
http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/index.html
Music Education Online is for educators, students, and parents who are looking for music education resources on the internet.The Music Technology Learning Center.
www.allmusic.com/
The Music Technology Learning Center keeps educators, students, and musicians up-to-date with the latest information on the constantly changing world of computers and music. Learn about MIDI, digital audio, and all the new music software and hardware. Participate in discussion forums and online chats. Also offers information on college-level music programs.National Museum of African Art.
http://www.si.edu/nmafa/exhibits/currexhb.htm
National Museum of African Art is a terrific resource for students interested in learning more about past and contemporary African art.Virtual Museums.
http://icom.museum/vlmp/
Virtual Museums in Hungary, Namibia, Japan, and more!Americans for the Arts.
http://www.artusa.com/
http://www.arttalk.com/
Americans for the Artswww.arttalk.com.

Current News / Events

Please click here for the News Portal weblinks

http://www.cnn.com
CNN Interactive, Technology News - Computers, Internet, Invention and Innovation Tech from CNN.com
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/
The New York Times Learning NetworkTime For Kids.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Time For KidsThe Times of London.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/
The Times of London.

Pen Pals

Please click here for the Pen Pals weblinks

http://www.epals.com
epals.com connects students, classrooms, and homeschoolers around the world.

Health and Physical Education

Please click here for the Health and Physical Education weblinks

Special Needs

Please click here for the Special Needs related weblinks

http://www.add.org/, Attention Deficit Disorder Association ERIC Clearing house on Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://chadd.org/, CHADD National Support group for parents of children with attention-deficit disorders Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org/, Council for Exceptional Children maintains a library and database on literature in special education, providing information and assistance on legistationAbledata
http://www.abledata.com/, Abledata holds a national database of information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
http://www.aed.org/, National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
http://www.interdys.org/, The International Dyslexia Association Promoting Literacy through research, education and advocacy.Learning Disabilities of Association of America
http://www.ldanatl.org/, Learning Disabilities of Association of America
http://www.ldonline.org/, Information on math difficulties of students with learning disabilities, and adaptations and instructional tips
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmemory.html, provides short-term memory games, tricks, and techniquesNational Federation of the Blind.
http://www.nfb.org/, National Federation of the Blind Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education
http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/TeachersGuide/osers.html, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education

Teacher

Please click here for the Teachers, homeschooling parents resource links

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/, Institute for Learning Technologies demonstrates how to integrate technology in the classroom, home, and learning curriculum.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
http://www.ed.gov/, United States Department of Education
http://homeschool-curriculum-4u.com/, Teaching Resource for Parents

Social Studies

Please click here for the Social Studies related resource links

http://www.lib.uconn.edu/, University of Connecticut Libraries
http://www.ccph.com/, OneWorld Classrooms -- Building Bridges of Learning between the Classrooms of the World
http://thomas.loc.gov/, THOMAS (Library of Congress)<
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/res.html, The United Nations CyberSchoolBus: Elementary Planet where children can learn about world cultures and can be accessed in English, French, and Spanish.White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/, http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/
http://www.kids.gov/, the official Kids portal for the U.S. Goverment

Language Arts

Please click here for the Language Arts related resource links

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
http://www.kidpub.com/, KidPub offers publishing for children, reading of other published stories, and a section for pen palsVocabulary University
http://www.vocabulary.com/, Vocabulary UniversityGrammarNow<
http://www.grammarnow.com/, GrammarNowThe Young Writer’s Club
http://www.youngwritersclub.com/, The Young Writer’s Club

Mathematics

Please click here for the Mathematics related resource links

http://www.aplusmath.com/, The Aplusmath.com! This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. A+ Math features interactive math games, flash cards, and message boards.
http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/math/, has a fun game that pitches a math question, which the batter then swings at with an answerMath Brain Teasers
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/, Math Brain TeasersVirtual Manipulatives<
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_4.html,Virtual Manipulatives for every grade

Sciences

Please click here for Science related resource links

http://www.billnye.com/,Bill Nye the Science Guy
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/, Cool Science
http://paleobiology.si.edu/, Dinosaurs at the National Museum of Natural HistoryEarthquake Information: United States Geological Survey
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/, Earthquake Information: United States Geological SurveyThe Franklin Institute Science Museum
http://www2.fi.edu/, The Franklin Institute Science Museum, I Can Do It!
http://www.eurekascience.com/, I Can Do It! Features fun facts on DNA, RNA, cells, protein, and cloning.Kinetic City Cyber Club
http://www.kineticcity.com/, Kinetic City Cyber ClubMAD Scientist Network
http://www.madsci.org/, MAD Scientist NetworkKratts’ Creatures
http://pbskids.org/krattscreatures/, Kratts’ CreaturesThe Museum of Paleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/, The Museum of PaleontologyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
http://www.nasa.gov/, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
http://www.orkin.com/learningcenter/, Orkin Insect Zoo
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/, San Diego Zoo
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/
Sports Science | Exploratorium
http://www.webelements.com/, appeals to chemistry students, full of details on elementsAmerican.
http://www.avma.org/firstaid/
http://www.biology4kids.com/, Biology For Kids
http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/, Daily Science
http://www.fws.gov/educators/educators.html, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Educating for Conservation
http://froggy.lbl.gov/virtual/, Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
http://www.nineplanets.org/, The Nine Planets Solar System Tour

Parents

Please click here for the Parents related resource links

http://www.ala.org/index.cfm,, Librarian’s Guide to Cyberspace For Parents and Kids
http://www.familyguidebook.com/
http://www.safekids.com/
http://www.safeteens.com/
http://www.safesurf.com/

Socio/Emotional

Please click here for the Socio/Emotional related resource links

http://selfesteemgames.mcgill.ca/index.htm
Self-Esteem computer games for every age. These are in the research stage, created by doctoral students.Listen Magazine an on-line magazine dedicated to teaching teens about the consequences of drugs, offer help to those already involved, and promote the benefits of healthy living.
http://www.listenmagazine.org/

The Virtual Roach - Insect anatomy

Please click here for an instructional tool details about insect anatomy

http://www.orkin.com/cockroaches/virtual-roach
An educational resource developed by my company Orkin Pest Control. It is a fully interactive virtual cockroach designed to be an instructional tool about insect anatomy.

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