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The intention of this page is to provide a resource of web sites and information that educators can use to improve the learning experience.

Although I have found valuable information on these sites, they are not mine and I don’t guarantee content. Use your own good judgment as you search for curricula that best suit your students' needs.

Please let us know if you are unable to access any of these sites.

Five in a Row
Unit Studies and Themes
Lesson Plans
Books and Authors
Reading
Spanish
Math
Social Studies & Maps
Computers
Science
Forms to Print
Fine Arts
Worksheets
Homeschool Websites
For Kids
Discussion Boards & Used Curric.
Freebies

Bullet Five in a Row
     www.fiveinarow.com
Five in a Row (FIAR)is a literature-based curriculum. Homeschoolers report on activities they’ve developed to go with the books. These ideas are posted on the Message Board and stored in the Archives.

members.aol.com/highbattery/LgFIARChart.html
Extensive FIAR classification chart.

members.aol.com/dwalheim/fiarchart.html
This chart shows FIAR books classified by subject matter, geography, character trait or Konos unit, and chronology.

members.aol.com/dwalheim/SeasonFIAR.html
FIAR books classified by season, geography, theme.

www.thehomeschoolmom.com
Free homeschool resources for FIAR users.

www.fiveinarow.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000008.html
Supplemental chapter book list for FIAR books.

www.marysmill.homestead.com/links.html
Descriptions of one family’s FIAR studies.

www.geocities.com/mamabrown_1122/lapbooks.htm
Photos of lapbooks from B4FIAR & FIAR books with descriptions of each page.

www.mala.bc.ca/www/discover/educate/smithn/lessons/grade23
Extension for Inuit Unit Study beginning with Very Last First Time (FIAR, Vol. 1.)

http://www.penguin.com.au/puffin/kids/activities/
Peter Rabbit coloring book page. (FIAR, Vol. 2.)

www.authorchats.com/archives
On-line chat with Michael O. Tunnell, author of Mailing May (FIAR, Vol. 4.)

montanakids.com/db_engine/presentations/
Article on Charles Marion Russell (Cowboy Charlie, FIAR Vol. 4.)

www.purplehousepress.com/bargain.htm
Bargain basement for Purple House Press. Several of the reprinted FIAR titles available here.

Bullet Unit Studies and Themes
     www.oklahomahomeschool.com/unitstudies.html
Homeschool unit studies.

programs.sisd.net/techpilot/ameliaearhart.html
Amelia Earhart, the body, Charlotte’s Web/spiders, environment, insects, plants, ocean, solar system. Excellent resource!

www.thefourwheelers.com/units
Internet directory of unit studies. Hundreds!

www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/themes.html
Over 150 well-developed thematic units.

www.hoover.nara.gov/LIW/index.html
Need information for a unit study on Laura Ingalls Wilder? This is the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum site. The Laura Ingalls Wilder Teaching Unit is quite extensive.

www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html
Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage. Wonderful links for a study on Medieval times.

www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Unitlink.htm
Thirty thematic units written by students at the University of South Carolina.

www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/theme/themes.html
List of themes/resources.

www.first-school.ws/theme/alphabet.htm
Preschool themes.

Bullet Lesson Plans
     www.amonco.org/
Montessori lessons and activities.

www.teachnet.com
Unlimited ideas and lesson plans.

teacher.scholastic.com
The Scholastic Book site for teachers has a variety of useful information including: authors/books, lesson plans, and unit study info.

www.lessonplanz.com
4,000 lesson plans and resources.

www.abcteach.com
Forms to print: calendars, chores chart, assignment forms, lesson plan forms, etc…You can generate your own time line. Also lesson plans, free worksheets, themes, games, and more! Endless source of information!

www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
Free printouts and activities. Themes, crafts, maps and more. Another endless source!

www2.worldbook.com/wc/browse?id=pa/tcs
World Book suggests typical course of study (general curriculum requirements) for preschool through grade 12.

www.teachervision.com/tv
Teacher site with forms to print, worksheets, unit studies, lesson plans, maps.

school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
Lesson Plan Library (K-12) from the Discovery Channel. All subjects.

www.teachercreated.com/lessons/
Free lessons from Teacher Created Materials. Activity sheets on PDF files.

www.pbs.org/teachersource/standards.htm
Search PBS Teacher Source’s 3,500 lesson plans & activities.

www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html
Sites for teachers index.

www.hubbardscupboard.org/index.html
Excellent! For early childhood educators and parents.

Bullet Books and Authors
     aesopfables.com
Online collection of 655+ Fables.

www.planetesme.com
Info on children's literature.

www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/lessonideas/index.html
Storytelling activities and lesson ideas.

www.thinkquest.org/library/site
Teaches students about poetry.

readprint.com
Free online library of classic books, poems, short stories.

gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/teachersguides/default.asp
Reading Rainbow teachers’ guides by book/subject.

home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/theatre.htm
Myths, fables, and legends.

www.bartleby.com
Bartleby.com presents complete works of classical literature, poetry, quotations. Everything from Anna Karenin, to Antigone, to Bartleby, the Scrivener. Huge source! Also includes the dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, quotations, Gray's anatomy, Bartlett's quotations, and more. See to believe!

www.aaronshep.com/rt
Readers' Theater and more by author Aaron Shepard. Tall tales, posters and ways to have kids imitate Shepard's writing style in their own exercises.

www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Cyberguides…teacher guides and student activities for children's books.

www.carolhurst.com
This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.

www.canteach.ca/elementary/novel11.html
Alphabetized list of specific novel and picture book activities.

www.janbrett.com
Author/illustrator Jan Brett’s home page. Her illustrations are available on email postcards; you can email these free pictures with your own messages to friends. Also coloring pages, cards to print, and activity pages.

www.aghines.com/annahome.htm
Author/illustrator Anna Grossnickle Hines’s website. Coloring pages and activities to go with her books.

www.dltk-teach.com/books/index.htm
Activities & crafts to go along with some of your favorite children's books.

charlottemason.tripod.com/4realpaola.htm
Unit study on author/illustrator Tomie dePaola.

www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
Index providing access to books and websites that contain useful teaching suggestions related to books for children and young adults, and the creators of those books.

schoolexpress.com/fws/cat.php?id=2333
Free worksheets for popular fairytales and folktales.

www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/badant/badanttg.html
Chris Van Allsburg and lesson plans for Two Bad Ants.

www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp
Preschool story, activity, craft & suggested reading lists for a variety of themes.

www.skippingstones.org/index.html
Skipping Stones is a nonprofit children's magazine that encourages cooperation, creativity and celebration of cultural and environmental richness.

Bullet Reading
     www.geminischool.org/sheppard/reading/dolch.html
Dolch word list, preprimer-grade 3. "From 50 to 75 percent of all words used in school books, library books, newspapers, and magazines are in the Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary of 220 words."

story.lg.co.kr:3000/english/story/index.jsp
Folktales from Korea and around the world are told with sound and graphics. Viewers are asked to click on pictures and interact with the story.

reading.davis.k12.ut.us/arlist.htm
Accelerated Reader List. Huge list of books by reading level.

www.bookadventure.org
FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8.

www.readingrockets.com
Articles & info about teaching kids to read.

Bullet Spanish
     www.angelfire.com/de/cuento/inicial.html
Spanish for children.

www.gardenofpraise.com/spanish.htm
More Spanish for children.

www.teachingideas.co.uk/foreignlanguages/contents.htm
Ideas for teaching foreign languages.

anacleta.homestead.com/practicalpointers.html
Practical pointers for teaching foreign languages.

www.angelfire.com/de/cuento/color/inter/MasterMind
On-line Mastermind game in Spanish.

www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/indexsp.htm
Mini-books in Spanish to print.

www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/index.htm
Common words/phrases in hundreds of languages.

www.first-school.ws/themes.html
Lessons in Spanish.

bogglesworld.com/cards.htm
ESL flashcards to print.

Bullet Math
     mathlearningcenter.org
A non-profit organization "dedicated to making mathematics approachable and engaging." Geometry with Geoblocks for homeschoolers now available.

pbskids.org/cyberchase
My kids have learned so much about math from the PBS show, Cyberchase. Here are interactive games from the episodes!

www.arcytech.org/java/integers/
Have the card game SET? (You should!) Here are PDF files for more ways to play.

www.arcytech.org/java/integers/
Hands-on lessons using Cuisenaire Rods. Basic to advanced math.

www.usatoday.com/educate/newmoney/index.htm#lesson
Lessons on the newly redesigned currency. Other math lessons as well.

www.sln.org.uk/maths/pli.htm
Math lessons/activities for primary students. Color worksheets to print.

pbskids.org/sagwa/games/tangrams/
Tangrams for kids to do on-line.

www.senteacher.org/wk/3dshape.php
3-D shapes to print and construct.

www.senteacher.org/wk/largefans.php
Make numeracy fans to learn skip counting and more.

www.multiplication.com/index.htm
Ideas for memorizing times tables.

mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.98/loewen2.html
Activities for using math manipulatives in grades 4-6. HTML & PDF files. Nice!

teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/aids/index.html
Printable math workbooks. Also handwriting & U.S. map quiz.

www.ScottBryce.com/mathwork
Create your own math pages. Number lines, hundreds charts, worksheets--you design to fit your own needs.

www.funbrain.com/linejump
On-line number line math games for kids.

www.mhschool.com
On-line fact practice for kids.

www.mathforum.org/te
Teacher exchange of math lessons. K-2. Build houses and bridges using cuissennaire rods.

www.mathforum.org/trscavo/geoboards/dotpaper.html
Geoboard dot paper.

www.gnarlymath.com/news/gnews1_1.html
Free, humorous bi-monthly math newsletter.

www.livingmath.net
Info for parents on "living math."

www.mathcats.com
On-line math activities. Described by math concept covered.

standards.nctm.org
NCTM standards explored in on-line games.

math.rice.edu/
Variety of fun on-line math lessons.

www.alfy.com
More on-line fraction activities.

www.k111.k12.il.us
List of on-line math activities.

math.rice.edu
Fraction addition with pattern blocks.

arcytech.org/java/patterns
Make pattern block designs on-line.

math.rice.edu
Pattern block shapes to print.

matti.usu.edu
Virtual math manipulatives! Wow!

www.fema.gov/kids/dizmath
Math with natural disasters from FEMA.

www.firstinmath.com/samplegame
On-line version of 24.

www.aaamath.com
Interactive math practice.

www.linkslearning.org/Kids
AMAZING! Math lessons through on-line movies & interactive lessons.

www.manatee.k12.fl.us
Links to on-line math tutorials.

webpages.charter.net
Many math links.

www.proteacher.com
Fractions & decimals lesson plans.

www3.telus.net
Info & games for teaching math from a retired teacher.

home.att.net/~clnetwork/math.htm
Many, many math games and pdf files.

Bullet Social Studies & Maps
     www.usmint.gov/kids
Among other things, this wonderful site has EXTENSIVE, FREE lesson plans to teach about the 50 states as you collect the state quarters. Includes handouts.

www.factmonster.com/states.html
www.50states.com
Extensive information about the 50 states. Symbols, profiles, maps.

historymatters.gmu.edu
Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses. Links to history sites.

www.orange.k12.oh.us/teachers/ohs/TJordan/Pages/lessons
U.S. history lesson plans by topic. Extensive.

itsa.ucsf.edu/%7Eerikred/brick/classic/ancient.htmls
Famous ancient structures built from Legos. Great inspiration for kids!

www.redshift.com/~bonajo/timeline.htm
Directions for making and using timelines.

bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html
Guide to U.S. Government for kids. K-12.

highland.hitcho.com.au/colonialamerica.htm
Unit study on Colonial America.

home.rochester.rr.com/inwoods/civilwar.htm
Civil war study. Books, videos, lesson plans, projects.

www.50states.com/maps/usamap.htm
Blank U.S. map to print.

www.atlapedia.com/index.html
Physical maps, political maps as well as facts and statistics on countries of the world.

geography.about.com/library/blank/blxindex.htm
Free blank outline maps of the countries and continents of the world.

www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/index.html
More free maps. Historical, political, regional and more.

www.canteach.ca/elementary/wenviron1.html
Instructions for creating an edible map.

flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/index.htm
Students make a paper Flat Stanley and mail it, along with a blank journal, to someone on the List of Participants. Learn geography the fun way!

members.aol.com/donnandlee/SiteIndex.html
Many history unit studies.

www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
Eyewitness accounts of history, ancient world to present.

earlyamerica.com/
Primary source material from 18th Century America: scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps and writings.

www.corpsrediscovery.com/home.htm
Links for Lewis & Clark, frontiersmen, pioneers, American Indians.

www.dia.org/education/egypt-teachers/sitemap.htm
Ancient Egypt lesson plans. Extensive.

www.clemusart.com/archive/pharaoh/rosetta/coloring/index.html
Rosetta stone coloring book.

www.7cs.com/nomhiero.htm
Print your name in hieroglyphics.

www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html
"Journey Through the Middle Ages with James the Jingling Jester" will provide the user with the opportunity to discover more about life in the Middle Ages including feudalism and society; castle life and structure; castle defense; education; jobs and trades. One of over 4000 student created entries in this library.

Bullet Computers
     www.apple.com/education/k12/homeschool
Apple Computer’s educational products made available to homeschools.

Bullet Science
     www.science-class.net/mylessons.htm
Science lessons, including forms. PDF. Wonderful resource!!! Fun!

faculty.washington.edu/chudler/works.html
Neuroscience for kids. Lessons, worksheets on the human body.

programs.sisd.net/techpilot/solarsystem.html
Solar system unit study.

www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/age/index.html
Calculate your age on other planets. Links to other solar system helps.

www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/nav/tfatoz.html
Active science lessons. Fun list.

education.jlab.org/million/index.html
Who Wants to Win a Million Dollars? - The Science Game--test your knowledge of math and science.

www.oplin.org/tree/
Tree identification site.

www.kidsgardening.com/growingideas
Resources for nature journaling with children.

www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/
Insects! Designed for anyone who wants to pursue an interest in Entomology.

www.jimarnosky.com/
Jim Arnosky’s wildlife journal. (Crinkleroot books.)

www.jimarnosky.com/colorindex.html
Coloring pages on MANY animals by Jim Arnosky.

Bullet Fine Arts
     pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/
Learn about advertising and create your own ad.

www.classicsforkids.com/
Interactive site about music for kids. Compose music & more.

www.sfskids.org/templates/home
San Francisco Symphony site for kids. Music labs & lots of fun.

www.crayola.com/index.cfm
100s of art lesson plans categorized by subject, age level, theme. Also, coloring pages and card creator.

kidsdomain.com/craft
Crafts!

www.dltk-kids.com
DLTK's Crafts for Kids features a variety of fun children's crafts, coloring pages and more including projects for holidays, educational themes, and printable templates suitable for ages 2 and up. Site is run by Leanne, a mom with two girls.

bj.canon.co.jp/english/3D-papercraft/index.html
Download dozens of 3-D Paper Craft projects for free. Amazing detail. Find projects to match your current studies.

papertoys.com
Paper fold-up toys and models. From Nativity scene to White House to Eiffel Tower.

www.freepapertoys.com/
A wide assortment of free paper models. Many subjects.

www.peterjvisser.demon.nl/indexe.html
Paper models of all kinds.

www.thetoymaker.com/Toypages/05Bugbox/05Bugbox.html
Print and fold a little bug box.

www.impressionism.org/teachimpress/default.htm
Lessons to teach impressionism including PDF files for overhead transparency images.

Bullet Forms to Print
     www.donnayoung.org
Printable pages including: handwriting paper, scheduling forms, thematic stationary, instructions to make your own GeoSafari cards, clocks, science lab sheets, and more!

Bullet Worksheets
     www.freeworksheets.com
2,500 worksheets to print or download. Subscribe to email newsletter to receive free thematic unit every week.

Bullet Homeschool Websites
     www.homeschoolingonashoestring.com/hslinks.html
Homeschooling on a shoestring links. Freebies!

www.homewaypress.com/current0529.html
Download old radio shows, new one each week, from a homeschool family.

www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling
Links to just about everything about homeschooling.

www.home2teach.com
Homeschool helps with unit studies.

www.welearn.net
Homeschool family’s lessons.

members.aol.com/amonco/guest.html
Montessori activities/lessons for the homeschool.

www.nucleus.com/~nicola/school.html
One homeschool family's website. Information on Sonlight, Well-Trained Mind, and Five in a Row curriculum.

home.att.net/~bandcparker
Information on curriculum, teaching methods, games. An unbelievable thirty pages of internet links for homeschoolers.

www.fastq.com/%7Ejbpratt/education/education.html
Themes, music, Spanish, book ideas, games, recipes, crafts & craft recipes, activity sheets, free printables. Early elementary.

highland.hitcho.com.au/Forms.htm
823 forms from a homeschool family. Planning, Bible, Reading, Math, Unit Studies, History, Art, Music, Spelling.

homeschooloasis.com/how_to_make_the_most_of_visit.htm
Practical ideas and encouragement.

www.eduplace.com/main.html
Houghton Mifflin’s site, containing a variety of educational information for kids and parents, including a homeschool links site.

Bullet For Kids
     www.gamequarium.com/
Links to 1,500 learning games for kids.

www.funbrain.com
Lots of educational games. Words-WackyTales is like madlibs.

www.kidsdomain.com/down
Freeware to download.

www.gameskidsplay.net
Kids playground games described with rules. Also jumprope rhymes.

www.kidscom.com/games/games.html
Kids games including tangrams, hangman, slide puzzle, concentration, and puzzles.

kidshealth.org/kid
Articles, features and interactive activities for kids about health.

www.kidsfreeware.com
Free software for kids.

www.atozkidsstuff.com
Educational activities for kids.

www.kidprintables.com/stationery/index.shtml
Kid stationery.

Bullet Homeschool Discussion Boards/Used Curriculum For Sale
     www.vegsource.com/homeschool
VegSource has a discussion board for every imaginable homeschool topic as well as boards to buy and sell used homeschool curriculum.

Bullet Freebies
     www.savings4teachers.com
Educational freebies for teachers.

www.teachinglearning.com/freeteach
Each year, the Teaching & Learning Company gives away books through weekly downloads (PDF files.)



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