Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Change is Coming!

Hi everyone!

We have just officially finished four years of homeschooling! It's been quite an interesting and fun filled journey. Along the way, I've gathered all types of great information about learning. I have shared many of these resources over the years on my various blogs and in homeschooling groups of all types from Homestead Homeschooling to Florida Homeschooling, to Mensa Homeschooling, to Radical Unschooling. I've also learned quite a bit from all the wonderful and incredibly smart people I've met along the way.

I have been working on changing up my blog to make finding all this great information easier. I have files on four computers, so it has become a task just of itself to locate some of these great resources. An example of this, was when the other day, my spouse asked me for a link to a particular typing program. I ended up just suggesting he Google it. I'll most likely ALWAYS suggest Googling if for no other reason then it still makes me giggle to suggest someone Googles.

OK. On to serious matters. I am currently working on updating my blog and cleaning out all those many files. As I accomplish this task, I'll be adding links to all the great websites in an user friendly fashion.

It may take some time to get them all up and running and as with most things, may require a bit more tweaking. I'm always open to more information and any helpful suggestions.

Happy Homeschooling!

Vicki

Resources

Bright Kids at Home

Camp Resource

CM Summaries

Color Matters

Core Knowledge Foundation

Core Knowledge Lesson Plans

CurrClick

Ed Helper

Gifted Homeschoolers

Homeschool Christian Curricula Resources and Learning Links

Internet for Classrooms

Khan Academy

Kids Know It Network

Let's Homeschool

Lesson Pathways

Library of Books, Links & More

Living Math

MIT Open Courseware

Study Skills

Theme Units from Homeschool Network Library




ACT & SAT Sites:

A Student Site for ACT Test Takers

ACT Test Prep

SAT

SAT test Prep


Free Printables:

Prim Doodles ~ Free Fun Printables

Weather Printables


For the U.S. Department of Education's website click here.

Career Information

Florida Department of Educational Standards

Unschooling Resources

I get asked quite often about homeschooling and, particularly, about Unschooling so to help new unschoolers out, or for those who are simply curious, here are a few of my favorite sites for reading on the subject.

Joy Fetteroll

Sandra Dobb

Unschooling Curriculum

Unschooling in Florida


Here's a nice comparison of traditional and natural learning

English Links

TSL Books

Essay Rater

Internet4Classrooms Language Arts for Elementary

Internet4classrooms Language Arts for Middle & High School

Learning Station

Story Starters


Spelling:

Everyday Spelling

Free Spelling Course

Spelling City

Useful Spelling Rules



Games:

Learning Vocabulary Fun

Paint By Idioms

Fun Math Links

The Internet is a great place for learning. Here are a few lists of favorite places for math games, classical math education, and math history:

Learning Fun:

Cool Math for Kids

FunBrain

Math is Fun

Math Cats

Gamequarium: Math Games

Timez Attack


Math Lessons:

Khan Academy

Math Lessons

Online Math

Music Links

Carnegie Hall Listening Adventures

Sing Along Midis and Lyrics

Fun Science Links

Science Games:

DynaMo's Lab

I Know That

Gamequarium Science Games

Everyday Mysteries

Kaboose Science Games

School Time Games

Engaging Science

Surfing the Net with Kids

The Young Scientist Club



Science Lessons:

Chemistry

Discovery Education

Exploratorium

Fly Me to the Moon

The Happy Scientist

How Stuff Works

How To Teach Science

Khan Academy

Physic4Kids

Plant Structure

Online Biology

Savage Earth: Restless Planet

Science for High School

Solar System 3D Simulator

Supercharged Science


Science News:

Aurora Photo Gallery

Everyday Mysteries

Muse Magazine

PhysOrg Science News

Rader's PHYSICS 4 KIDS

Satellite Flybys

Science Daily

Science Magazines

Science News for Kids

SpaceWeather


Science Videos:

Brainiac: Alkali Metals

Sodium On Water

Tour of the International Space Station

Learning Games

DynaMo's Den

Engaging Science

Everyday Mysteries

FunBrain

Gamequarium Science Games

Kaboose Science Games

Learning Vocabulary Fun

Learning games for Kids

Life Preservers

Math Puzzles

Mummy Maker

School Time Games

Surfing the Net with Kids


Typing

Keyboarding Games

Dance Mat Typing

Reading Links

Book Adventure

Books Online

Learning Station

Online Classic Children's Books

Starfall Learn to Read

Words On Us

Animation Links

Alice

Anim8or

Basic Tutorial for posting images to a web page

Computer Science Unplugged

Do Ink

Google SketchUp

Pencil

Python Programming Language

A Beginner's Python Tutorial

The Python Tutorial

Scratch

Fun Social Studies Links

Anglo-Saxons

Build a Medieval Castle

Christopher's Crossing

Color Matters

Congress 101

DynaMo's History

Kidspast

Mining

Movies of Early America

Social Studies for Kids

The Great Idea Finder

Underground Railroad

US History

Online Sunshine (Florida Gov)

Art Links

Art Attack

Art Show for Kids

Crafts

Crafts from Recycled Stuff

Crayola

Origami Accessories

Origami Alphabet

Origami Easy

Origami Fun

Origami Useful

Play Dough Recipes

Homemade Art Supplies

Geography Links

Geography For Kids

Kids National Geography