     Last updated: 10 / 25 / 2011 |
Welcome to my homeschool links and resources page! Here's where I post lots of fun and cool stuff I find - mostly as a way to keep me organized and remember where I find everything! This was created as a benefit to me, but if it's helpful or blesses you as well, Praise God! These links include everything from curriculum to games to audio CDs to helpful blogs. Do I use all of them? No! If I start trying to do everything and get overwhelmed again, I have some friends holding me accountable that will metaphorically "shoot me." Have I found each of them helpful at some point or another? Absolutely yes! Otherwise, I wouldn't list them. So, enjoy and have fun browsing!
Curricula:
Tapestry of Grace:
www.tapestryofgrace.com DK books: http://us.dk.com/static/cs/us/11/childrens/intro.html (Yes, these could be a whole curriculum themselves. We absolutely love so many of their products.) Carson Dellosa: http://www.carsondellosa.com/cd2/default.aspx (I've ordered everything from books to bookmarks, wall posters to chore charts from here.)
Wise Women: (We are SO BLESSED that you all live in Florida!)
Cheryl Bastian: www.cherylbastian.com Blogs I like to follow: (when I find time of course)
Half-a-hundred-acre-wood by Brandy in Tennessee:
http://halfahundredacrewood.blogspot.com/
And Circle of Moms just came out with their top 25 homeschooling blogs! Recent discoveries:
http://thefrazzledmama.com/ The
Frazzled Mama - HIGHLY recommend! http://www.hiphomeschoolmoms.com/ Hip Homeschool Moms www.raisinghomemakers.com Raising Homemakers http://becomingjoyful.blogspot.com/ Joyful Mama
http://joyfulmomma.com/ Joyful Momma
(different from above) http://www.ourlifewords.blogspot.com/ by Theresa Bond http://www.threethinkingmothers.com/ Three Thinking Mothers http://wisdomandrighteousness.blogspot.com by Karen Gill - another homeschool Mom and Smart CC Mama
AND YOU GOTTA SEE THIS....
My Listmania List of great Christian Children's Books And of course: www.scholastic.com - love some of their biographies and other books! FREEBIES!
Homeschool Freebie of the Day!
http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/ The Homeschool Mom http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/teacherslounge/freebies.php Jim Weiss: OK - you have to know I am a HUGE Jim Weiss fan! Thus, he gets his very own category. This amazing storyteller / historian records the most amazing, wonderful CDs for children of all ages to listen to and learn from. I had the pleasure of meeting him and talking with him in January and it was a sheer delight! Check out his website at http://www.greathall.com/. He has all of his recordings organized by title, time period, or age appropriateness. I think these incredible recordings are such a blessing! CC Smart Mama Brandy and the Half-a-hundred-acre-wood: (She is the resource Queen!) I don't personally know this woman at all, but boy, I wish I did! She is one of the most incredible, resourceful CC Smart Mama I know! Her blog is a wealth of information and encouragement. I'm putting links from her blog here partially to help anyone else and partially because I want my own list of her posts and articles to refer to when I need them the most!
What is Classical Conversations?
Classical Conversations at Home...
More CC at home...
Cycle 3 Supplemental Resources:
Many more resources from her site for CC use:
The Great Balancing Act: (all moms need to read this one...whether you
homeschool or not!)
President Resources:
American Literature / History Resources:
History Readings:
United States Geography Resources:
Science (Human Anatomy and Chemistry):
Free Latin Resources:
Fine Arts / Drawing:
American History, Timeline, and Literature Resources for Weeks 1 - 6 Other recommended websites: 1. http://www.homeschoolingabcs.com/ A great place to either get started or get encouraged. 2. http://www.knowledgequestmaps.com/ Knowledge Quest Maps are awesome! Seriously, it's worth signing up for their newsletter just to get the four free gifts they send you. On the 4th of July, they offered an entire book for free! You can also download many free eBooks and other samples of their products. Love them and love the ability to check things out before I buy! 3. www.CurrClick.com Filled with ideas, freebies, downloadable things...it's just a wealth of information in one place. They also offered some great freebies over the 4th of July! 4. http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/ You just gotta go there! This site is great especially for those with preschool age little ones, but there's some stuff for big kids too! 5. www.abcteach.com Just a bunch of great stuff... 6. www.handwritingworksheets.com Just what it says - you can make an number of fantastic handwriting worksheets with just a couple clicks of a button! 7. www.tlsbooks.com Free printables and worksheets and so much more. 8. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html OK, I honestly don't remember what I got from here, but it's in my bookmarked "favorite websites" list, so it must have been good! 9. http://scienceprojectideasforkids.com/ Janice VanCleave Science Project ideas for Kids 10. www.homeschoolshare.com As they say, "because many minds make light work" 11. http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/index.htm There are all sorts of lesson plans, teaching ideas, links & suggestions here designed to engage your students and encourage learning. It is designed to inspire traditional classroom teachers, but of course, most ideas can easily be adapted to a homeschool setting. 12. http://homeschoolradioshows.com/ Good audio stuff.
13. www.thecraftyclassroom.com
So much stuff - so many wonderful ideas! 14. www.thehomeschoolmom.com I love their "daily information links" meaning - they tell you what important event happened on each day of the month and then provide links to study more about that. So cool! Character sites: Character Counts: http://charactercounts.org/ Oh how I wish I could buy more things from this site! Character Begins at Home: http://www.thefreemans.org/
We Choose Virtues:
www.wechoosevirtues.com http://www.starfall.com/. My sister-in-law, Amanda, turned me on to this site recently and we love it! It's an amazing site for preschoolers - and Jase loves it! http://www.ixl.com/. GREAT for math practice and games. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ Dance Mat Typing! We LOVE this game and the kids fight who gets to use the computer to practice their typing.
Music: www.makingmusicfun.net Fun music games and information for kids! www.nyphilkids.org New York Philharmonic - great stuff! www.gmajormusictheory.org/Fundamentals/workbooks.html Free Music Theory Worksheets http://lisamccannmusic.com/ Lisa has put all the CC bible memory work to music and the CD's are available for purchase on her website. She's even put the John passage in LATIN to music! Drawing: www.donnayoung.org We use this for CC all the time! Human Body / Anatomy: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index_interactivebody.shtml Really cool human anatomy games from the BBC! http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/31-health/337-human-body.html Wonderful fun facts and great links too! http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/humanbody.html Totally awesome kid friendly informative videos about parts of the body! http://www.kidinfo.com/health/human_body.html Lots of links. I looked at a couple and it seemed worthy to put on the list. http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/quizzes/body/index.htm Cool quiz from the Scholastic Magic Schoolbus website. Got the scholastic link from another webpage of links: http://www.anatomy.org/resources/more_links.asp?Cat=8. OK...just for fun...allow me to indulge myself. The pictures below are from 2008 when Kira was in Kindergarten and her very first CC class. She LOVED the human anatomy part and told everyone she was going to be a doctor. She was only 5. Siri was 3 years old and even back then wanted to do everything Kira did. She wasn't in a class herself yet, but loved learning right alongside Kira! These are the pictures of the human bodies they put together using The Body Book.
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