Good Monday morning to you all! Hope you have had a great week. Our kids just got back from Spring Break at my sister's house. While there, they visited a buffalo farm, went on a nature hike, did tons of crafts, and saw a movie, "My Dog Skip", which is reported to have made them all cry. My Mom and sis were very concerned when we first started homeschooling that the kids wouldn't get enough education, etc. You know the drill. Well, now they are all for it and my sis even sends great sites to me!
Ok, enough chatter from me, and on to this week's pickings :-)
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BellSouth Educational Technology Solutions - Online Curriculum. Curriculum, homework help, and other resources for elementary, middle, and high school students.
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Digital Women's Free Daily Planner Sheets
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H A N D O U T S - Vocabulary. Printable language sheets. Thanks, Kath!
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Creek Alphabet For study of the Creek Language
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Early El Language Arts on the Internet. 101 Ways to Integrate Technology into Literacy Activities. Thanks, Kath. Got this from the other list ;)
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Clara Barton's House Home of the American Red Cross. Lessons and activities.
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Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers
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SBG School - Teacher Activity Center. A variety of activities from Silver-Burdett for grades K-6
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Downloadable science worksheets. This is shareware, but is very inexpensive.
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Dole Fun For Kids! Classroom activities and games.
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Food Safety at Home, School and When Eating Out - Activity Book
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Bears Week. Bear facts, a quiz, and more info about bears!
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DIVE AND DISCOVER Expeditions to the Seafloor
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Georgia-Pacific Educational in Nature. For grades 4-5, environmental educasion curriculum supplements, activities, vocabulary, etc.
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Free Travel Translator Booklet from 101language.com! Could be useful in teaching foreign language to kids. (I am sending for one in Spanish.)
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Easter Fun and Games 2000 - Wendy's World of Crafts. Lots of fun stuff for the kids.
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Resources for Parents - Typical Course of Study for grades PreK - 12
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MightyWords.com - The Mightywords American Perspectives. Civics material for high school. Not a lesson plan or unit study, but a resource.
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The On-Line Books Page. Thousands of books to read online, along with a great number of literary works, texts on educational theory of potential use to homeschooling parents (like "Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success" and "Designing Mathematics or Science Curriculum Programs: A Guide for Using Mathematics and Science Education Standards".
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Bricks and Mortar basic reading skills - index ... from Project HappyChild. K-1
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FREE WORKSHEETS & EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES - looks like a variety for just about any age.
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The Activity Idea Place. Over 650 activity ideas for young children.
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Ducks for kids and teachers. Really cute site with lots of info about ducks and some activities, including a duck song!
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Teacher-Pathfinder Schoolhouse. Looks like middle school and up.
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Teacher Tips - Lesson Plans. Long list.
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Eggshell Tulips - Enchanted Learning Software. These are really cute! (We have chickens that lay blue eggs, green eggs, and peach eggs, so we can cheat just a bit...lol)
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SCHOOLDAYS TIMEKEEPER - printable page for teaching children how to tell time or count by 5's
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Gander Academy's Theme-Related Resources on the World Wide Web
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Science index
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Nuttin' But Kids Main Page - lessons for childcare providers.
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Earth Science Resources for K-12 Teachers and Students
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Thinking Fountain A to Z - Science Museum of Minnesota
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CSRnet Homepage - lesson plans and more!
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Buck Babies Printables Home - long lists of printables and coloring pages. Very WebTV friendly too!
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SpellingB -- Homeschool Your Child For Free! I also recommend getting on this lady's email list. You will find each email has very good sites to explore!
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ZOOM SCHOOL - Lower elementary age
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Harcourt Brace Math Glossary
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Phonics Rules. This would make a nice printout.
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Thematic Lessons for kids and teachers. Looks like units for younger children, up to grade 3 maybe?
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Web Worksheet Wizard This web-based utility will allow you to create a lesson, worksheet or class page on the world-wide-web. All you need to use this utility is your browser and some time.
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Not free, but money saving, nonetheless. Used books & Curriculum:
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I am putting these three together since they are so closely related. Your budding US Government student should be able to get quite a lot of valuable information from them!
US Government:
How our laws are made
This web site provides explanations on what Congress members do.
This one is on the House of Representatives. Has some educational links as well.
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Science lessons and activities for students K - 12. Other science resources as well.
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Students can read a book, then submit an online book review.
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Homeschool Forms to Print - Home Crusaders
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Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library. Great site for projects, lessons, and other resources. You can sign up here to get a weekly update by email.
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Treasures @ Sea - exploring the ocean through literature. Looks like up to about grade 3 at the most.
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Cool and Useful Student Resources for high school students.
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The Attic - Activity pages for the younger learner.
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The School-Home Links Reading Kits are a collection of research-based activities designed to help families reinforce the reading and language arts skills that their children are learning at school. K to 3.
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Optical and Sensory Illusions. Interactive demonstrations, up-to-date and reliable scientific explanations, school projects, illusion artwork, and much more. Introductory level is still under construction.
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That's it for this week. I have some articles that I can send you if you want them. One is an aquarium craft for the kids. Another is a guide to better reading, where the child does more than merely give you a cursory book report. The third is just for fun - The 13 Days of Homeschool. If you would like to receive these email articles just let me know. Since this email is already so long, I hated to include them in it.
Until next time, Happy Homeschooling!
Ann