Researching moms and kids , I come across homeschool stuff all the time. So .... here is where it will be going ! PLUS there is tons of stuff about life-long learning and self-education. If you like to explore new avenues in life , this page has great places to start.
This site has TONS AND TONS of links to the best pages for free stuff and information. Enjoy !
SITES FOR PARENTS.
This is only for Winter Haven , Florida , but , if you live there ...what a great program !
FREE COMPUTERS FOR LOW INCOME CHILDREN ( for home use !)
A WHOLE PAGE FULL OF FREE HOMESCHOOL 'STUFF' LINKS !
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977192755
FROM HEART OF WISDOM PUBLISHING , A WINTER BOOK CONTEST . BOOKS CAN BE WON EVERY WEEK ! Free book drawing every Monday in December '07 and January '08
http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/heart-of-wisdom-news/homeschool-book-blog-contest/
ALL items in the catalog from this Medical organization are FREE ! Good stuff for studying science.
http://www.hhmi.org/catalog/main?action=home
Here is a wonderful homeschool magazine online and pdf printout for free. The organization that publishes this magazine is great . They have tons of free downloads.
A special note about this page : If you are a Messianic homeschooler , or if you would like to homeschool with a Jewish roots of the Christian faith emphasis , this is the best I have found for this purpose.
http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/super-free-homeschool-magazine/
Free Messianic Passover Haggadah for a Seder . Translation : a printable booklet for the Jewish Holy Days of Passover . A Seder is a special dinner with symbolic elements of the Passover.Messianic means a believer in Yeshua ( Jesus)
http://www.its-time.info/books/haggadah/
Here is a place where you can order free educational videos. It is a small listing , but they are FREE !
http://www.vpw.com/
For me , part of the fun of a field trip is interacting with family , friends and the public. However , if you are homebound for any reason , this is an alternative. Some of these on-line field trips look really interesting . If you are inside your house watching the snow swirl around and pile up outside , take a trip !
On-line field trips :
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/fieldtrips/Online_Field_Trips.htm
"This website offers free and low - cost materials to Christian teachers, homeschool teachers and Sunday school teachers. "
http://www.teacherhelp.org/
Information about conservation :
One CD Per Customer. The documents on this CD have fun facts and activities that teachers can use in the classroom. Appropriate for elementary and middle school students. These fun facts and activies are also available in a hard copy by emailing landcare@usda.gov or by calling 1-888-LANDCARE. Restricted to one hard copy per person.
http://landcare.sc.egov.usda.gov/product.asp?ID=770
For more free publications concerning conservation and the environment , go here :
http://landcare.sc.egov.usda.gov/search.asp?show=all
Here is a way to earn a $5.00 Target gift card . It is pretty easy . You write 10 reviews about things for parents and kids in your town or city, and then you get the gift card ! To get your gift card : Click on a city that you live in or near or know alot about. When you get to that page , click on reviews. Start Writing reviews and then , after 10 reviews , get your Target gift card for $5.00 !
EARN TARGET GIFT CARDS !
Here is a great site for studying science . They have really appealing pages and TONS of free informational stuff for science study that is facinating .
http://www.livescience.com/sitemap.php
Here is another site where you can get free publications and other items free .
http://science-education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/index.htm
This is a site for all learners. The courses are free . The books are free. You decide what you want to learn and how much you want to learn . If you like to think of yourself as a life-long learner , this site is for you ! It is called Self-education at Self-made Scholar.
http://selfmadescholar.com/b/2007/03/06/introduction-to-self-education/
When I was homeschooling , I was always looking for good flags of the world pictures to print out . Here it is !
http://www.cmalliance.org/resources/missions/flags.jsp#
Here is more stuff for geography study . It is a missions site for countries all over the world. They have free maps , bookmarks and more for many countries . Plus very low cost dvds , tapes , books and stuff. Cool !
http://imbresources.org/index.cfm/fa/home.main.cfm
Looking for a low cost home schooling plan ? How about free ? This is a Charlotte Mason style program. The reviews that I read from people who use this plan are very positive.
"Welcome to Ambleside Online, a free homeschool curriculum designed to be as close as possible to the curriculum that Charlotte Mason used in her own private and correspondence schools. Our goal is to be true to Charlotte Mason's high literary standards. Ambleside Online uses the highest quality books and costs no more than the cost of texts. The curriculum uses as many free online books as possible, and there is no cost to use this information or join the support group."
http://www.amblesideonline.org/index.shtml
Who couldn't use these ? They are printable checklists for all sorts of different things. Household inventories , children's chores , vacations , cleaning and many more.
http://www.printablechecklists.com/menu/menu.shtml
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