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ws to do online, flash cards and games
Math goodies, online lessons: percents, probability, integers, Circumference and more Math Worksheets, make your own then print them out great for 1-5 and graph paper Rick's Math Web, online ws k-12 -Counting, Operations, Percentages, Decimals and more http://mthwww.uwc.edu/wwwmahes/files/math01.htm
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.96/hanlin1.html http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/math/estimation_k_2.htm Estimation Destination (GRADES K-2) http://home.indy.rr.com/lrobinson/mathfacts/mathfacts.html practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Math Facts requires a fairly recent browser (e.g. IE 5+ or Netscape 6.2+) - it will not work with Netscape 4.7. http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/ fun math lessons Figure this, use the index to find challenging problems by topic, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Numbers, Statistics The Math Forum
has EVERYTHING. This section includes puzzles, activities, Practice basic math skills and learn a little geography along the way. http://www.quia.com/mathjourney.html Ideas for teaching math http://www.mathsolutions.com/index.html
http://aaamath.com/ Has K-8 math
problems and an interactive online worksheet with counter of correct,
problems solved, time, and score. Virtual manipulatives for math, K-12, Numbers, Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Data Analysishttp://matti.usu.edu/nlvm2/nav/vlibrary.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/mmath/mmath_frac.html Learn about numbers using pennies http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/default.asp
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/problems/lohr2.2.96.html Interactive math exercises for k-6 http://www.primarymath.org http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html online manipulatives American Mathematics Competitions, info about national competion, prep http://www.hotshotbusiness.com Hot Shot Business is a FREE online economics simulation for kids ages 9-14 sponsored by Disney Online. Kids can choose to run a skateboard factory, a pet spa, or a comic book store. Students will learn how to get financing for their "business", look at surveys of what customers want, prepare marketing campaigns, and learn to react to customers' demands and events in the news. This is a fun way to learn economics online game to learn about the stock market www.smartstocks.com learning HTML for Kids http://www.lissaexplains.com English/Reading Guide to Grammar & writing: put together by English professor of Capital Com. College http://www.dailygrammar.com/ get a daily grammar lesson sent right to your inbox! http://order.starfall.org/k/order/new.html giving away the free printed materials. It consists of two workbooks and one book of 15 tear apart readers Book Adventure: a site where you can quize on the books you have read. Earn points for correct answers. Internet Children's Library, find books from all over the world and read them online http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/index/play.htm Learn to read Learn to Read General info on the process of learning to read (stages of reading,reading skills, etc.), plus research reports, reading organizations, interactive lessons, recommended books.
http://www.kids.net.au/odp.php?search=&start=20&lastpage=0 Kid's Net Learn how to write a good paragraph step by step http://www.paragraphpunch.com/
From Harper books, explains how books are made, for young children http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/picture/features/aliki/howabook/book1.asp Basic Grammar http://www.yellowallet.com.br/basic_grammar.htm http://www.verbocity.com building vocabulary (1 wk free trial) Distributed Proofreaders was founded in 2000 by Charles Franks to support the digitization of Public Domain books. Originally conceived to assist Project Gutenberg (PG), Distributed Proofreaders (DP) is now the main source of PG e-books.http://www.pgdp.net/c/default.php http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ There are daily lesson plans, word of the day, crossword puzzle, and more at this site. Girls penlpal club http://www.agirlsworld.com/penpal/index.html sign language and autism http://www.autism.org/sign.html
you can make kids custom bookmarkers on DLTK'S! http://als.lib.wi.us/Collegebound.html - Recommended reading list for high school students who plan on going to college.
Take the Wizard's Challange:(Harry Potter) http://www.shakespeare-literature.com/Twelfth_Night/0.html shakespeare Other Languages Flash cards online for learning numbers and other vocabulary in Spanish Audio Forum they have resources and teach-yourself courses for every language under the sun (103 of them, from Afrikaans to Zulu). Varied materials, for a wide range of ages Teach Me Tapes
these are introductory programs for ages 2-12, with Play and Learn
Chinese (800) 765-5885 A language-learning video for young
children: kids learn numbers, parts Power-Glide
publishes excellent foreign-language programs for kids (ages 5-10 or so)
and older kids/adults (11 and up); verythorough and nicely done. No
Gaelic or Chinese, unfortunately. Choices are Transparent
Language has a nice Chinese program onCD-ROM ("Power Chinese"), but
is recommended for ages 12 and up - looks like it would be too much for
a 7-year-old beginner, but might be worth checking out. http://www.rosettastone.com/ind/free_demo foreign language help Geography 50states, a site where you can get data about all the states, enchantedlearning, printable maps from ALL OVER answers are online Geography games: online games to learn current events, weather, facts and much more http://www.50states.com/facts/ US States Fast Facts & Trivia http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/ Additional State knowledge info Animated atlas that shows the growth of the USA http://www.animatedatlas.com http://www.quia.com/cc/4.html US State Capitals memory matching game - This is just an on-line game only - nothing to print out. (this one might take a little bit to download).
http://www.mapquest.com/atlas/main.adp?region=usa Picture of US map
(there is a link to click on to get a "State specific" as well. If you click
on a specific state, you will also get all of that particular States FACTS
such as NAME OF THE CAPITAL, POPULATION,TOTAL AREA, etc). Flags of the World http://flagspot.net/flags/ http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi aol geographyworld, site with lots of info maps, flags, MUCH more http://jin.jcic.or.jp/kidsweb/ This is perfect for any of you teaching your kids about Japan.
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html this site isn't
State Specific but it challenges your knowledge of where each
state is. You can also play this on-line game with other parts of the
world. To get there, you have to click on Geography Quiz
Home after your done with The US States game (it's on the right side of the
page, towards the bottom) OR ... go to: http://www.redrockcanyonlv.org/hikes_and_programs.htm#LIST Red rock canyon hikes list Teaching Help/Refrences These 2 programs are through the CCSD and are not considered Home Schooling, If you are using either of these programs you are NOT required to fill out the notice of intent to homeschool paperwork. Compass Learning Odyssey K-8 Academy for individualized study. 799-8639 ext. 329 http://ccsd.net/schools/independentstudy/K-8.htm or http://www.childu.com Virtual High School Welcome to
the Clark County School District's Virtual High
Teaching ideas: http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/ Free forms for Homeschoolers: schedules, assessments etc. HS planners http://www.geocities.com/homeschoolforms/page2.html http://donnayoung.org/frm/grade.htm Grade Recording Forms
Click here: Forms and Planners - The Parker Family http://www.crosswinds.net/~rozalski/Charts.html charts calendars and grade sheets http://www.chartjungle.com/reportcardchart.html free printable report card http://www.geocities.com/homeschoolforms/page4.html report cards and transcripts Bedtime stories online http://the-office.com/bedtime-story/ http://www.homeschoolteenscollege.net/ Cafi Cohen's site, help HSing teens www.emcd.net: free used textbooks for $1 donation per book and shipping. 1001Books@yahoogroups.com: yahoo group with books listed at discount prices, daily For those of you that use TV as a teaching tool and are into geography, this year for the elementary school aged kids TLC is doing geography every Friday which thrills me cause it's right up our alley. Here's the address: http://school.discovery.com/ontv
Once again for those who like to use television as a learning tool now's the
http://homeschooling.about.com/
http://www.vegsource.com/homeschool/ SuperKids, educational software review. has free educations tools: Vocabulary builder, math ws, quotes of the day, logic games and more Homeschool super center, your one stop curriculum shop http://www.homeschoolsupercenter.com/shop.php Eclectic Homeschool online http://eho.org/default.asp
http://www.laptoplunches.com/ http://www.homeschoolingcompanion.com/magazine.php Homeschool SuperSearch - Filtered, Family-Friendly Search Engine for Teachers, Parents, Students, and Homeschoolers http://www.homeschoolsupersearch.net/
http://www.shehomeschools.com
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Edhelper,
ws for everything
A to Z teacher stuff, lesson plans for preK-12 and links Schoolexpress, free worksheets to print or download. Subjects include: Math, Phonics, Science, Social Studies, Handwriting, Humane Education, History, Language Arts, and more Homework for Kids, printable math worksheets for k-Algebra Enchantedlearning, tons of printables: anatomy, astronomy, birds, Black HistoryMonth, Dinosaurs, Inventors, too many to list abc teach, many free ws reading, writing, theme units, research reports & more Science 4th, ws based on the E.D.Hirsch books What your * Grader Should Know 5th, 6th Geography ws based on the Hirsch books 4th 5th or 6th gr World History ws based on the Hirsch books 4th 5th or 6th gr Art ws based on the Hirsch books 4th and 5th Puzzle maker from Discovery school, crosswords, cryptogramps and much more Handwriting for Kids, choose from a variety of different sized lined paper, or different words to practice. KidPrintables.com, print dot to dots, crossword puzzles, wordsearches, bookmarks, coloring pages and more Music/Art Coloring printables http://coloringbookfun.com/ http://www.teas2dine4.com/4printable.html Kididdles, find the lyrics of all your favorite songs Beethoven, largest collection of Beethoven midis, soyouwanna, learn about classical music, styles, composers, evolution of classical music http://web1.hamilton.edu/javamusic/ music lessons online Listen to classical music archives and see on the timeline where each composer lived in history http://www.classicalarchives.com/timeline.html http://kopycat.home.comcast.net/sand.html sand art http://www.nationalkitemonth.org/ General Science howstuffworks, great site for kids to explore and learn Bad Science, a site that tells you about all the mistakes you are taught are correct Molecular Expression, Science and you; is a science site that shows you how science relates to math using exponetial notation http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/ http://www.sodaplay.com/index.htm construction Periodic table of elements online, click on a symbol to find out more info about each element. Time, keeping time and counting the days. Learn about how its done now and through history. Ask Dr Universe, You and the kids are going to have fun at this website sponsored by Washington State University! Dr. Universe is a cat who answers your questions about science Try science experiments at tryscience.org I thought this might be an interesting article and site. They are using 2 liter soda bottles to distill water in Kenya, with remarkable results. http://www.netwasgroup.com/newsletter/articles/2002/09/4 Earth Science http://epod.usra.edu/ earth science pic. of the day http://www.weather.com/ See what the weather is like in "your State" the day of the FAIR --OR-- day you start -vs- finish your project. Map of Ca/Nv area earthquakes http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/115-36.htm Jason,
explanation of the Jason project with info. about joining the project,
http://www.jason.org/ Great Lakes Kids, a site for young kids learn how the Great Lakes were formed, environmental testing, pollution, wildlife, there's even activities and a colouring book http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/greatlakeskids/glk-home-e.html Great Lakes Environmental Atlas, for older kids, physical characteristics of the system geology, climate, wetlands, groundwater, development; fishery, contaminants; lots more http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/great-lakes-atlas/intro.html Learn about recycling with EPA http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm
Science news and information about
the Sun-Earth environment. Earthscience resources http://www.sciencegems.com/earth.html Ocean Adventure, dive into and Ocean, undergo a dive briefing and learn about hydrothermal vents. Space Science A good beginers astronomy site http://hometown.aol.com/kdaly10475/index.html Monthly astronomy lessons http://www.synapses.co.uk/astro/index.html Elastic water, in space and much more Nasa science; http://science.nasa.gov/default.htm Astronomy for kids. http://www.kidsastronomy.com http://www.synapses.co.uk/astro/monthnow.html A great site for teachning/learning astronomy is http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Visit the site daily for a new picture from space each day. http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com http://www.centennialofflight.gov/index.cfm flight science vocabulary for the middle to high school level, also games to learn elements and practice math http://education.jlab.org/vocabhangman/index.html http://wings.avkids.com/Curriculums/ Some really great and unique lesson plans: http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/29/solar.storm/index.html
Elementary School Science Resources Solar Flares effect Earth http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/24/solar.forecast/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/29/solar.storm/index.html NASA Core: http://core.nasa.gov CORE distributes multimedia educations materials at minimal cost. http://education.nasa,gov http://spacelink.nasa.gov/products (get on the NASA mailing list) http://spacelink.nasa.gov/express Rocket Modeler http://www.grc.nasa,gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/rktlim.html runs in your browser, FREE download Engine Sim Free download http://www.grc.nasa,gov/WWW/K-12/Enginesim/index.htm FoilSim Free download http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/FoilSim/index.html
This is from Sky and Telescope magazine. From now until the end of the
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm - KidsAstronomy.com - Our Solar System
http://www.nightskymag.com/
astronomy mag. for beginners
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html - StarChild:
a learning center for young astronomers
Another Mars lander missing. The Beagle 2 presumably landed on Mars on
Christmas Day and has not been heard from since: Photos and information from/on the Hubble Space Telescope.http://hubblesite.org/ http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/fullmoonnames.html Life Science See photos of hummingbird hatchlings http://community-2.webtv.net/hotmail.com/verle33/HummingBirdNest build your own ant farm http://www.homeschoolwiththeweb.com/antfarm.htm http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/4636/antz.htm http://www.doctorcoughdrop.com/lab.html (another ant farm) and more http://www.antcolony.org unit study on ants http://www.themeunits.com/Ants_bk.html preschool learning (water
melons)
http://www.preschooleducation.com teachers lesson plans
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/452.html
http://www.watermelon.org/index.asp?a=dsp&htype=kids&pid=11
http://www.agr.state.nc.us/markets/kidstuff/dotf/watermel.htm (coloring
pg of watermelon)
http://www.ichef.com/ichef-recipes/Desserts/59806.html (watermelon ice)
http://www.ichef.com/ichef-recipes/Breads/59808.html (watermelon
muffins) Watermelon Sherbet
http://www.ichef.com/ichef-recipes/Fruits/15693.html Willy Watermelon
http://www.dltk-kids.com/alphabuddies/mwatermelon.htm Wonderful
Watermelon Unit: http://www.sharetheworld.org/ is a free educational program designed to help your students better understand and appreciate the animals with whom we share our world. Whalesong, listen to Whales, archived and live http://www.whalesong.net/ Skulls, from the Cal. academy of sciences. Learn about the makeup of skulls. Life of the Forest http://www.iplifeoftheforest.com Middle School Science Resources
High School Science Resources Pigeon navigation http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/02/05/npige05.xml History The top ten African American inventors, link to Schoolastic online activities Renaissance time period; learn about events, time period, people http://www.sca.org Learn about Government with Ben for all ages K-12 http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ Learning calendar search by date or topic http://www.learningcalendar.com/SearchPage/Topic.htm Egyptian studies http://www.guardians.net/egypt/kids/ http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html http://www.art-rageous.net/MummyMask-LP.html
Map of 13 original colonieshttp://www.civics-online.org/library/formatted/images/13_colonies.html
- http://www.historynet.com/ Take the daily history quiz. This is not sent to your inbox; you must go to the site daily for the quizzes. http://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/index.html Gov/ Social Studies MY OWN BUSINESS: A FREE INTERNET COURSE ON STARTING A BUSINESS. http://www.myownbusiness.org http://www.ja.org/about/about.shtml The elementary lesson is 5 weeks long, Jr High level 6-8 weeks long. It requires 2 volunteers, and at least 12 kids. JA teaches kids to become entrepreneurs, and fosters self esteem, and business skills. http://homeschooling.about.com/library/weekly/aa041800a.htm?once=true Unit study for NV
www.LasVegasLocal.com Just for Fun Just for fun; site for rules for different marble games Another site just for fun, rules for different games, including your board games that you lost the rules for Games Cabinet www.mysticstamp.com From the home page, go to the tabs at the top of the page and select "learn about stamps." There are several links that discuss various topics on stamps. Mystic also offers a free catalogue. http://screenit.com/ movie reviews http://www.cityofhenderson.com/parks/parks.html
Places to buy curriculum : www.instructionalfair.com www.teachercreated.com www.carsondellosa.com http://www.fun-books.com http://www.mmhschool.com/teach/index.html - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill site for teachers and parents http://www.mhkids.com/cgi-bin/userscreen/homeschoolers.cgi - McGraw-Hill for homeschoolers http://www.ubah.com/ecommerce/default.asp?sid=B1574&gid=221026 - USBORN bookstore online
New to Homeschool short article about introversion giftedness http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/Articles/On%20Introversion.html Parents transitioning to Teaching Homeschool learning Hyw, help for the new home schooler http://members.aol.com/homehwy/home.html http://reliableanswers.com/hs/oreilly.asp O'Reilly on homeschooling http://www.preservenet.com/theory/Gatto.html A collection of Gatto's writing: http://nche.hslda.org/docs/BrightSpots/200308110.asp bright spots in HSing, articles
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Early yrs http://www.123child.com preschool themes & activities
The first group are the best ones - the others are also very good: http://www.easyfunschool.com/IndexFall.html Over 70 activities for adding fun and a little umph to your daily lesson plan K-12 Mrs. Alphabet Everything alphabet (and more) - worksheets, games, puzzles, handwriting sheets, coloring sheets, letter-based lesson plans, links FunBrain: fun site to play games and learn, a variety of subjects for children under 6 to over 17 one of my favorites Funschool: another fun site to play games and learn there are also printables kids Domain: site with games downloads, clipart, crafts and more Learning Planet: another site with games for kids Prek- 6th Educations 4 Kids: math, social studies, language and science Kidscastle: a site brought to you by Smithsonian Mag. science, animals, history, art and more alfy, for kids 3-8 yrs Kidport, k-8 national geographic, lots of life science education place from Houghton Mifflin a site of games and lesson plans for the kids and teachers kidsClick web search for kids by librarians BLS Career information, site for kids to learn about different careers based on different interests Secret World of the CIA, Go undercover at the Cia's Homepage for kids, learn the history and stories of the best spies, Sparky the Fire Dog, Visit Sparky the fire dog and learn about fire engine parts and sounds. Read the story of how he got his job. http://www.kidskonnect.com/ check out the index and look up what you're interested in http://www.gamequarium.com/space flash card games online Online field trips by Xcursion Central. chose my subject or by grade level for an online learning experience http://64.15.203.20/game/ merriam webster online word challenge Qualint, puzzles for states, capitals, science , history, holidays and more Educational activities on DLTK http://www.dltk-teach.com Have fun while you learn about many different topic including science, writing, and Japanese http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html More links from living and learning http://www.livinglearning.homestead.com/language2.html Family fun , parenting, e-cards, http://familyfun.go.com/ Eclectic Homeschool Online, links, downloadables weekly lesosns and more many different areas including computers http://eho.org/default.asp http://www.kidocracy.com/Templates/index.html A site for kids to learn and hang out learn about math, health, science, technology, english, all through short movies http://www.brainpop.com/ High school hub http://www.highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm online learning center for high school students Take advantage of the love of Harry Potter to teach kids. www.standarddeviants.com.Standard Deviants School is a topic-based video series designed specifically for use in the classroom:
Destination Imagination Activities for learning with a North Pole theme http://www.northpole.com/Academy/ Virtual field trips, "Eliminating classroom walls. Opening windows to our world. Go to: http://www.efieldtrips.org/ This is the government website for kids and includes such topics as geography, USGS, history, government, careers, health, safety, plants and animals, and more. www.kids.gov website shows a
great animation of one being born. For those of you with kids' of the age to take the written driver's test, the handbook is now online. http://www.dmvnv.com/pdfforms/dlbook.pdf NHN is also an affiliate with an online Drivers Ed Course, designed for NV. http://driversed.com/crd/ref.asp?ID=nevadahn
New this month Updated 07-01-04 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/postcardkids/group
for homeschooled families all over the world to exchange postcards.
Just wanted to let all know that in the format of Ebay, there is a WONDERFUL sight to study
Current events!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/default.stm http://shop.jostens.com/customer.asp?cid=158586They have stuff designed just for homeschoolers, including class rings, diplomas, info on creating yearbooks, etc.
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ - Cool Science for Kids
http://aviary.owls.com/elfowl/elf_owl.html - Elf Owls
http://www.greenwing.org/teachersguide/summer02teachers/ma_summer_2002.html
http://www.historyforkids.org - History for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ - Ben's Guide to U.S. government for kids
a cute recycling craft I found for milk jugs!
http://ct.essortment.com/eastercrafts_rere.htm
Spying Spica as Spring Turns to Summer
Chicago is sinking
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/nation/8804490.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/states.html This site contains information
on U.S. (government, population, history, etc) http://www.daniellesplace.com/homeschool/index.cfm
http://www.kinderart.com/recycle/ World Pen Pals, A source of pen pals from all over the world. For an application form, send a stamped self-addressed envelope to World Pen Pals 1694 Como Ave St. Paul, MN 55108 Skipping Stones, a Multiculural Children's Magazine, includes a penpals column in each issue, listing potentioal pen pals by country, Annual subscriptions $25, 5 issues Skipping Stones Box 3939 Eugene OR 97403 (541)342-4956 www.skippingstones.org Letter Exchange, 36 pg magazine of pen pal listings published three times yearly Annual subscriptions (3issues) $20, single copies of magazine available by mail $9, The Letter Exchange Box 6218 Albany, CA 94706 http://www.letter-exchange.com/subscriptions.html
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