HOMESCHOOL ZOO NEWSLETTER
6/12/2000
Hello fellow homeschoolers! How is your summer going? I would love to hear from you to find out what is in the works for you this summer.
We are schooling through the summer, but we are also having a lot of fun taking trips, doing crafts, and just generally visiting. Our summer studies are light and we operate on a slightly different schedule now. Currently, we are spending some time studying animals and the earth. During the summer we can concentrate more on just 2 or 3 subjects and really get a lot out of them. Of course, we will continue doing Daily Grammar since it comes to us in email.
Ok. Here are the gleanings for this week.
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Freeworksheets.com. I may have already sent this one to you. It looks familiar to me. Anyway, here it is again if I have sent it before. Thousands of free worksheets, units, activities, etc. Lower elementary.
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Teacher Worksheets. Loads of worksheets in every subject for you to print out. Very WebTV friendly!
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Activity cards for math and language, worksheets, lessons, and downloadable shareware and freeware. (Shareware and freeware are for Mac only.)
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Teaching is a Work of Heart. Really cute and useful site. Games, printables, units, lessons. Lower elementary.
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Really neat site about sheep. Activities, information, worksheets, coloring pages, teacher helps, etc. Listed as K-12, but appears to me to be K-4. IMHO.
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Really neat chemistry learning site for kids just beginning in that subject. Introduces chemistry in an easy-to-understand format and language.
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Educational software and online interactive sites. Most of the software downloads are free. The programs are for K-8.
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Meet the world's largest and most colorful monkey. Teacher guides and other info available.
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World Book editors have compiled a collection of articles about the planet Mars, including efforts to explore the Martian atmosphere and surface, and prospects for sending humans to the planet.
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Not our most beloved group, being homeschoolers, but still there are resources here to be sent for via email, web links, and regular mail.
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Great literary works free to read online.
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Free online courses.
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Software That Makes Learning Fun. Downloadable demo versions are free. You may register and get the full version of their software by first downloading, then registering and paying a small fee. Several courses which cover grades 1-12.
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Mr. Guch's Cavalcade o'Chemistry! According to the site, chemistry for all ages of kids. Some free resources and worksheets.
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Wavelength Educational Resources. I feel like I may have sent this one before, but since I am not sure I am sending it now. There are lessons and worksheets available here for downloading. Science. Middle school and up.
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Diploma High School.com Home Page. You can order CD's for various High School subjects here, and they are offering some online courses. This site is fairly new and not all pages are functional as yet, but will be up and going very soon.
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Youthline USA. Weekly online newspaper for kids, lesson plans and advice about making your own lesson plans. K-12
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For those of you who may be interested in purchasing used and discounted curriculum for the next school year, here is a list of sites that carry such things.
Books, Curriculum
New, Used, Hard to find books.
Books, educational materials, etc.
Lots of bargains books here.
This one looks like it has a bit of everything.
New and Used.
Used curriculum and books.
Apostolic Homeschooler's page with used books, curriculum and more.
Christian Curriculum Cellar.
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Click Learning - Homeschool.com - Your Virtual Homeschool. Very informative and interesting site. The concept is refreshing. You can sign up for an email newsletter that covers a different subject each day.
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Mathwizz. Quite a bit of good info here.
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That's it for now. Hope to hear from each and every one of you very soon! Happy Homeschooling!
Ann
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