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Educational Resources


Elementary School

Character Education Resources - 100's of resources for those teaching character, including lesson plans, stories and research material for students writing papers on various character traits. new

Printable Preschool Activities - Preschool activities, coloring, learning games, maze games, connect the dots sheets, arcade games

Free Printable Coloring Pages - Lots of free Printable Coloring pages of every kind. Also, interstingly, practice activities for addressing envelopes, making telephone calls, and, believe it or not, writing checks!

All About Coloring - Coloring Book pages, business people, community workers, animals, fantasy, flowers, trees, weather.

Homeschooling forms - Weekly Assignment Sheet, Daily Assignment Sheet, Quarterly Report Card, Daily Grade Record, Multiplication Table form, Reading Log, Chore Chart, and more!

Printables and Resources for Homeschooling and Classrooms - Donna Young has a very nice set of forms for homeschooling in both pdf and rtf formats. Calendars, attendance records, lesson plan forms and even help in planning. Some of the nicest form sets out there.

Scope and Sequence Resource - When you want to know where most children in a particular grade level "should" be, you want a Scope and Sequence, or a Typical Course of Study. World Book Encyclopedia's is one of the best known.

Homeschool Tracker - Software to help organize your homeschooling day/year. A free Basic version and a paid for Plus version.

Free Whole Number Arithmetic Worksheets - Free Worksheets and solution pages, generated by math software programs that can be purchased at this site as well.

Maps That Teach - Online world maps, map puzzles and games. A fun way to teach geography.

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Intermediate School

Underground Railroad - National Geographic presents a virtual tour of the Underground Railroad before the Civil War.

Ancient Civilizatons - Unit Studies and lesson plans for Ancient History, World History, American History and topics related to Social Studies.

Blank Outline State Maps - Printable outline maps of the 50 US states.

20th Century Achievers - People that have influenced the course of history in business, science, sports, the arts, and government.

Insect Studies - An Entomological database of bugs - beetles, grasshoppers, mantids, you name it. Nice pictures and descriptions.

Clickable Atlas - World Atlas clicks to show continents.

Full Color Maps - Full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

Outline/Greyscale Maps - Printable physical and political maps of the world.

Interactive Maps - Nice, printable colored maps of continents and regions.

Africam - Live camera streaming of African wildlife.

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High School

Free-Ed - Free courses of study in a wide range of subjects such as GED preparation, Health Care, Business, Electronics and Science.

Zona Land - Education in physics, the mathematical sciences, to mathematics in general.

Physics Applets - Physics concepts explained and demostrated by use of applets.

Study of Cellular Life - An interactive exploration of animal, vegetable, bacterial and viral cells. Watch animations of cell multiplication.

Elements of Style By William Strunk, Jr. - The principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. Online text.

High School Ace - Web guide to free quality educational resources for teens.

Pink Monkey - A "G" rated study resource for junior high, high school, college students, teachers and home schoolers.

College Scholarships - offers college-bound, graduate school-bound, and career school bound students of all ages information easy access to information about free scholarship & financial aid searches, US colleges and universities, an online directory of college and university admissions office email addresses and telephone numbers and more.

Get Recruited - Information about colleges, universities, and scholarships, help to connect students with colleges and universities.

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Homeschooling Friends

WWI Plastic Models - A show and tell of my husband's WWI Plastic Modelling collection, What powered History Class

A to Z Home's Cool - Ann Zeise's homeschooling resources

Ask Tracy - A homeschooling blog.

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Articles

What About the Prom? - This article discusses the validity (or lack thereof) of avoiding homeschooling simply because the student may not have The Prom experience.

Homeschooling and the Myth of Socialization - The question 'What about socialization?' turned on it's ear. Where would you want your child to learn his/her social skills from?

The Link - A FREE homeschooling newspaper that is also published online

Responding to A Visit from Children's Protective Services - Steps to take if you have had CPS call on you. Rule#1: Make sure they have a warrant!

When Child Protective Services Calls - What do do if CPS knocks on your door

No Thank You, We Don't Believe in Socialization! - Maybe we don't want 'Socialization' in the first place.

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School is Dead, Learn in Freedom - Resources for bypassing the school system

Why Nerds Are Unpopular - A very insightful article on the hierarchy of popularity in public schools and its cause

Yesterday's Child - Is your child like 'Yesterday's Child'?

The Seduction of Homeschooling Families - After years of resistance, why are the schools offering free curriculum? One writer's opinion. Worth reading, even if you don't entirely agree.

Charter School Seduction - Consider other sides of the issue and make an informed decision. Are there strings attached to government money?

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The Third Great Lie - After years of resistance, why are the schools offering free curriculum? One writer's opinion. Worth reading, even if you don't entirely agree.

Re: K12 (online computer-based curriculum) - Is Bill Bennett's K12 Curriculum as good as it sounds?

The Parable of the Pigs - How some view the offer of free homeschooling curriculum through the public schools.

Hanging On To What Makes Homeschooling Distinctive - No two homeschools are the same. The diversity of homeschooling is one of its strengths.

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About Jehovah's Witnesses

http://www.watchtower.org - The official website of Jehovah's Witnesses, accept no substitutes

http://www.jw.org - An official website of Jehovah's Witnesses, accept no substitutes

http://www.jw-media.org/index.html - Jehovah's Witnesses in the news. Authorized Site of the Office of Public Information of Jehovah's Witnesses.

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