Homeschooling in Poquoson

Resources for the other Poquoson school.

General Interest

Online Courseware and multi-subject sites

  • PBS
    Online articles, games and videos of a variety of topics.

  • Notre Dame OpenCourseWare
    A free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world.

  • MIT OpenCourseware
    a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.

  • Chattanooga Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
    Not really courseware, but a library that issues (paid) 'Online Patron' memberships for access to a variety of resources including Rosetta Stone language ware, several reading and writing tools, book searches for all ages and much more.

  • BBC's Childrens site
    Variety of educational pages and games

  • My Learning
    My Learning features resources inspired by museum, library and archive collections in Yorkshire

  • Columbia Education Center
    Lesson Plans & Web Activities - Over 600, all contributed by teachers.

  • Learn NC
    ...gives you what you need for K–12 teaching and learning, when and where you need it — from lesson plans and teaching strategies to student research to online courses for teachers and students.

  • Internet4Classrooms
    Helping teachers use the internet effectively (link listing)

  • Exploratorium
    The museum of science, art and human perception. (Try the 'Ten Cool Sites' link for additional links in art, science, math, history and more)

  • Education Place
    Pre-K–6 resources for teachers, students, and families to support instruction in the classroom and at home.

  • Scholastic
    Tools, printables, and 10,000+ teaching ideas at your fingertips. Online activities that bring learning to life and more.

  • Twin Sisters Productions
    The leader in children's educational music! (include Early learning, Foreign Languages, Phonics, Math, Social Studies, Science and more)

  • (National Geographic) Discovery School
    dedicated to making teaching and learning an exciting, rewarding adventure for students, teachers, and parents.

  • Apples 4 the Teacher
    educational resources for teachers and kids (preK-grade 6) every day.

  • Time4Learning (paid)
    Language Arts, Math, Science & Social Studies. Fun online learning for kids, reports for parents!

  • Aleks (paid)
    a web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn't know in a course.

  • Course Repository
    a growing library of high-quality online courses for students and faculty in higher education, high school and Advanced Placement©.

  • Cosmeo (paid)
    Discovery channel's online homework help service

  • National Repository of Online Courses
    a growing library of high-quality online courses for students and faculty in higher education, high school and Advanced Placement©.

  • Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) at Stanford University (paid)
    A continuing project dedicated to developing and offering multimedia computer-based distance-learning courses. Combining technical and instructional expertise, EPGY provides high-ability students of all ages with an individualized educational experience, optimized in both pace and content. Through EPGY, students have access to courses in a variety of subjects at levels ranging from kindergarten through advanced-undergraduate.

  • ThinkWell (paid)
    Thinkwell has succeeded in creating a "next-generation" textbook, one that helps students learn and teachers teach. Capitalizing on the power of new technology, Thinkwell products prepare students more effectively for their coursework than any printed textbook can.

  • KET Educational Videos
    Each school year, KET offers more than 200 K-12 instructional video series and programs to Kentucky schools via digital broadcast on KET ED. The following pages include program descriptions, broadcast schedules, and connections to Kentucky’s learning goals and academic expectations for programs appearing on this ITV schedule. (MARC Records and teaching guides downloadable)

  • New South Wales Government K-6 Educational Resources
    Educational Resources for Australian teachers and students, Kindergarten to Year 6 (including syllabus samples that may be useful here in the States)

Printables

  • edHelper.com
    Math, Reading Comprehension, Themes, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets

  • Homeschool Views
    General Homeschool Resources, Homeschool Curriculum, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Special Needs Resources, Gifted Children Homeschool Resources

  • Enchanted Learning
    Children's educational web sites which are designed to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment.

  • Free Printable Flash Card Maker
    Make your own flash cards and study aids. Print, Cut, Fold, and Study

  • Flashcard Exchange
    The world's largest flashcard library

  • Personal Educational Press
    Create free educational worksheets such as flashcards, game boards, and quizzes to print directly from your browser.

  • ABC Teach
    This is the place for kids, parents, student teachers, and teachers. 5000+ free printable pages and worksheets. (over double that with membership)

  • Homeschool with Index Cards
    Products that will help you save time and money by incorporating index cards into your homeschool!

  • Lakeshore Learning
    giving teachers and parents a helping hand is what we do best!

  • Incompetech
    Free printable lined pages, including blank music pages, graph paper, penmenship (Kindergarten-lined) paper and a bunch more.

  • Blurb BookSmart
    t's easy to create bookstore-quality books using Blurb BookSmart™, our free bookmaking software for Mac and PC. Simply download BookSmart to get started. You can drag and drop your images or autoflow them into hundreds of professionally designed book templates, and BookSmart’s friendly interface lets you edit text as you go.

Interesting Add-ons

  • Internet Archive
    Downloadable audio books, radio programs and more.

  • Living Books for the Ears
    Wonderful "old time radio" adaptations of great books and historic stories, chosen especially for homeschooling families

  • FBI for Kids
    ...designed for children and their parents to learn more about the FBI through age-appropriate games, tips, stories and interactives. We also introduce you to our working dogs and show how FBI special agents and analysts investigate cases.

  • MysteryNet's Kids Mysteries
    Mysteries to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks

  • MysteryNet's Kids Mysteries
    Mysteries to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks

  • Invention at Play
    Explore the playful side of invention and the inventive side of play

  • KidProj
    a part of KIDLINK, where students through secondary school join global projects

  • Apple Learning Series K-6 Media
    K-6 Multimedia provides students with the tools to get started with multimedia. Using the software included in K-6 Multimedia, students can easily create desktop movies and interactive multimedia presentations.

  • FEMA for Kids
    Learn how to be prepared for disasters and prevent disaster damage. You can also learn what causes disasters, play games, read stories and become a Disaster Action Kid.

  • Hogwarts Summer Correspondence School
    A group for homeschooling parents who would like to provide a fun and educational experience for their kids during the summer in the form of the (fictitious) Hogwarts Summer Correspondence School.

  • AMC Summer Movie Camp
    Free summer children's movies

  • The Congressional Award
    A public private partnership created by Congress to promote and recognize achievement, initiative, and service in America's youth. The Congressional Award provides a unique opportunity for young people to set and achieve personally challenging goals that build character and foster community service, personal development, and citizenship.

  • Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
    Core components of the program are implemented at the school, classroom, and individual levels.

  • Discovery Education UnitedStreaming
    Featuring more than 5,000 full-length videos segmented into 50,000 content-specific video segments

  • Kevin Kelly: True Films
    "I present here the best general interest true films I've found. I define true films as documentaries, educational films, instructional how-to's, and what the British call factuals - a non-fiction visual account. The very best of these non-fiction films are as entertaining as the best of Hollywood blockbusters."

  • Resources for Competitions
    Links to academic competitions in all subjects.

  • Mr. McGroovy
    Educational activities that promote learning, creativity and pretend play.(Very nice cardboard-box structure plans)

  • SmartFlix
    SmartFlix is a service that rents DVDs - just like your corner video store - but we rent the kind of videos that you can't find on every street corner. Videos on running lathes, making glass beads, welding steel, oil painting, building guitars... cool videos! (Link goes directly to their 'Academic' section - Art, History, Science, Math, SAT prep courses and more)

  • WorldCat Libraries
    WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services

  • Fairy Houses
    "Connecting Kids and Nature .... with a pinch of Fairy magic!"

  • Tasty Foto Art
    Edible ink and edible paper for decorating cake, cookies, ice cream cakes, chocolate, lolly pops, rice crispy treats, and just about any food product with your computer.

  • The Museum of Unnatural Mystery
    The Museum of Unnatural Mystery is the brainchild of Lee Krystek. Mr. Krystek had for a long time wanted to build a museum that would explore the fringe edges of science and at the same time use those subjects to get people interested in the more mundane aspects of scientific work. A brick and mortar museum was far beyond his means, but the creation of the world wide web provided a medium that was affordable enough for him to realize his dream.

  • FamilyFun.com
    Ideas for fun together - crafts, party ideas, recipes, games, printables, pranks and more

  • Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
    Making the world a better place. One evil mad scientist at a time. (Lots of neat how-to's for oddball projects)

  • LibriVox
    LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books.

Progress Tracking

  • Home School Incorporated
    We want to provide families with valuable tools and access to information so they may experience the wonderful joys of homeschooling!

  • The Home Scholar
    Some parents give up on homeschooling in high school or put together packages that don’t give their students the full credit they deserve. Don’t despair! You CAN do it, and I can help. Together, we can create a dynamic high school plan for your student and thoroughly document their accomplishments.

  • Edu-Track Home School
    The premier homeschool record keeping and lesson planning software!

Learning Gardens

  • The Edible Schoolyard
    Experiences in the kitchen and garden foster a better understanding of how the natural world sustains us, and promote the environmental and social well being of our school community.

  • Eco-Schools
    The list of resources below will help you to get started on edible gardens and mini farms of your own, while the list of case studies is intended to inspire you on your journey.

  • A Planning Guide for Edible School Gardens
    contains organized information on the benefits of edible school gardens, a generalized step-by-step plan for organizing, establishing, and maintaining school gardens, and a selection of resources (as well as links to many more) on gardening with kids.

  • Kids' Edible Gardens
    organic gardening in schools so that children learn how to grow their own vegetables, flowers, herbs and fruit.

Manners and Behavior