Homeschooling in Poquoson

Resources for the other Poquoson school.

Shopping Resources


Click here for a list of stores that offer discounts to homeschoolers

Learning toys and games (including manipulatives)

  • Zome - Award Winning Educational Construction Toy
    Zome a creative, fun, and versatile educational toy, a teaching tool. Used by scientists, engineers, and architects. With Zome, math is child's play

  • High Content Games
    Somewhere between "just for fun" games and educational games

  • Cooperative Games
    Teamwork, fair play and nature is our theme.

  • Family Pastimes
    Play as friends, not as enemies!

  • Bridge Street Toys
    Educational Building Toys

  • Home School on the Seas
    Where Children Learn & Have Fun while Parents Vacation

  • MindWare
    Brainy toys for kids of all ages

  • Funagain Games
    "The World's best game source"

  • Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks
    "Winning Workshops and Resources". Using cards, dice, special multi-sided dice and other manipulatives.

  • Aquastruct
    Build with water! - teaches circuit logic, problem solving and resource management and encourages creativity.

  • Keva Planks
    Keva Planks are perfectly cut , identical construction blocks that stack with surprising stability. It has the broadest age range appeal of any toy we have ever seen. From preschoolers to architects, each person builds at his own skill level.

  • BrickLink
    A premium venue for individuals and businesses from all around the world to buy and sell new, used and vintage LEGOŽ through fixed price and auction services.

  • Delta Foundation
    ...because children learn by doing.

  • Jonathan Coulton
    Downloadable songs - some free, some $1 - some educational and for kids, some not. Suggest pre-screening for your kids, but some are very fun, I've heard. (no direct experience as yet)

Books and whole-grade Curriculums

  • Moore Expressions (local in Va Bch!)
    New and Used Books for Homeschoolers....to enable people to homeschool their children on a small budget.

  • Homeschool Buyers Co-op
    The Homeschool Buyers Co-op is a national, nonprofit cooperative of homeschooling families. Our mission is to make homeschooling more affordable for all homeschoolers.

  • Gifted Children and Gifted Education Publisher - Prufrock Press
    Prufrock Press is the nation's leading resource for gifted and talented children and gifted education programs. Prufrock publishes books, journals, magazines, and identification tools designed to help gifted and talented education teachers and parents of gifted children.

  • Homeschool Logic
    Homeschool curriculum and discount prices, logic

  • K12 Curriculum
    K12 Curriculum - math, science, language arts, phonics, comprehensive learning programs, innovative and interesting material

  • Center for Online Educators
    Designed to inspire, educate, connect, and renew online teachers.

  • DiscoverySchool.com
    Lesson plans and homework help at DiscoverySchool.com.

  • Homeschool Supercenter!
    Over 25,000 discount homeschool curriculum items including secular and Christian packages, and favorites like; Saxon, Alpha Omega, Lifepacs, MCP, Switched on Schoolhouse and more. Your Discount Homeschool Curriculum Source.

  • Core-Curriculum
    Your Homeschool Curriculum Package Source - home schooling curriculum advising - Includes; core subjects, workbooks, texts, electives, all forms of curricula, & complete packages.

  • Moving Beyond the Page
    A comprehensive research-based curriculum designed to challenge and stimulate gifted and creative homeschoolers.

  • Really Good Stuff Online!
    Really Good Stuff sells fun and creative teaching tools for elementary school classrooms.

  • Center for Distance and Independent Study (University of Missouri)
    CDIS offers flexible learning options at a distance. Independent study allows you to complete your coursework without attending class. You can enroll anytime, anywhere, and work at your own pace.

  • Childrens Software Kids Software
    Great Kid's Software for Babies to Teens

  • The Teaching Company
    The Teaching Company brings engaging professors into your home or car through courses on DVD, audio CD, and other formats.

  • Science Projects Experiments and Educational Toys
    Cool Ideas, Gifts and Lesson Plans from Steve Spangler

  • Academic Superstore
    Students, Teachers, and Faculty receive 30-70% discounts on virtually all Mac and Windows software titles. All Educational members are eligible.

  • Free Spirit Publishing
    An award-winning publisher of character education, early childhood, service learning and many more books and resources for teaching gifted students & children with learning difficulties - and to help create bully free schools.

  • Virtual University
    The Internet's oldest learning community and a pioneer in Web-based education!

  • Rainbow Resource Center
    Working hard to help homeschooling families stretch their budgets while providing worthwhile products

  • Continental Pres
    Educational publishers

  • Brain Pop
    an educational program, providing content spanning 7 main subjects including: Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Arts and Music, and Technology

  • Dover Publications
    Book store of educational books - many on hard-to-find topics

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

  • 1 on 1 School Supplies
    ...the clear leader in School Supply sales online.

  • Mastery Publications
    It is our desire that every child should reach his or her educational potential with the least amount of frustration possible - for both the student and the teacher.

  • KEy Curriculum Press
    It's our mission to...Develop effective, high quality mathematics and science educational materials that engage students, open their eyes to math and science in the world around them, teach both ideas and skills, and ignite their interest in learning.

  • In the Hands of a Child
    Complete Ready-to-Assemble Lapbook Project Packs and Research Packs. Whether you are planning a lapbooking or unit study on Geography, Literature, Science, History, the Bible, or any other topic, let us help you put laughter and learning together In the Hands of a Child!

Gifts

  • Mind Candy Clothing
    "Fun, Glitxy tees to encourage girls that they can be anything they want - from a doctor to a mathematician or rocket scientist

  • Smooth-On
    For the absolute latest on new mold making and casting products and developments, this is the place to go! Silicone mold rubber, urethane mold rubber, liquid plastics, casting resins, foams and duoMatrix.

  • StarMagic
    Space age gifts

  • Acorn Naturalists
    Resources for the trail and classroom

  • Eat This Book!
    Take 20 munchable pages, shrink-wrapped for freshness, add 20 "regular" pages of deliciously silly game ideas and stir with a pen that writes in royal blue edible ink. -- The ONLY book you can really sink your teeth into!

  • Freeform Games
    Murder mystery party games with a difference!