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Favorite Websites for Home SchoolThis is a compilation of many home school families of what they found to be very useful to them. It is not the list to end all lists, but is a good place to start if you do not know where to start.These sites give a brief overview of common homeschool methods: Learning Network HRD *School Of Abraham Marketplace (used to be Elijah Co) has posted a four part series in their newsletter archives called Choosing Teaching Materials that includes one of the best overviews of common teaching approaches:?????1. 10 Rules of Thumb?????2. Determining How Your Child Learns Best?????3. Common Teaching Approaches?????4. Developing an Educational PhilosophyHomeschoolreviews posts user comments and reviews of almost every program and curriculum and where to get them: TJEd gives you the “how” and the “why” to make the “what” more powerful, more memorable, more relevant to your children. Accelerated Achievement, publishers of A2 Curriculum.? We are a small home business working to provide homeschooling families with exceptionally high quality education materials at a price that puts a quality education withing the reach of every family that wants to educate their children at home. is a great way to get all your homeschool needs in hopefully one place. another great homeschool resource for everything. There is a yearly subscription. one more place to look at everything you may possibly ever need to teach your kids. There is a yearly subscription.Khan Academy:??? This is a terrific website with quality DVD instruction for learning multiple subjects. This website has lots of products, personal experience with using the materials and very helpful. They carry everything from home school resources to cooking and modest swimming suits. A nice resource for buying curriculum is where you can buy from other homeschool families. I used this site when I was starting to look at homeschooling and considering a Classical type education or a Charlotte Mason type education. This site I still turn to when I am trying to decide what subjects I want to teach and when I might want to teach them as I plan my year out in broad strokes for my children.? I also look at this site as I plan because it offers resources or names of novels to use, etc.These are four links I turn to when I am stressed out and wondering if I have done the right thing in homeschooling or not. These four, plus prayer, and various other situations that arise, always lead me to believe I'm doing the right thing. the Home Education Council of America is an ongoing homeschool online resource that has conferences on line. is a video of interviews with several homeschool moms answering often asked questions. This site has lots of the older videos we might have seen in school. There are other resources at this site but it's one I use when I'm looking for a little video to high light something I want to teach the kids. There are videos for all grades in this site. They are constantly updating it. Sometimes if I just want to provide an overview for a subject (art history for example) I will pull a video off of here and let the kids sit through it. There was a series of videos about U.S. History that one of my children really liked on here as well. I thought I was going to be this type of mother but I'm not so I rarely use this site. But I sure do like the idea behind it. Songs for learning. Project Gutenberg offers over 46,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. They carry high quality ebooks: All ebooks were previously published by bona fide publishers. They are digitized and diligently proofread with the help of thousands of volunteers. No fee or registration is required, although donations are accepted.I do have a contact for Dual Credit for homeschoolers at UNM-Valencia Campus: ?Frances Duran (phone # 925-8580/fduran@unm.edu). ?Students can take classes at the campus as early as at age 15 and now qualify as dual credit just like public school kids. ?By filling out the appropriate paperwork all tuition is covered and all one has to buy is the books.?A favorite resource of mine is Memoria Press - a classical Christian curriculum provider. ?They provide books and lesson plans and also online classes. ?I also love Khan Academy.Websites for subjects: Foriegn Language- Work through the local library and get onto Mango Languages. Duolingo - lots of languages you can learn and this is a highly recommended app by many reviewers and people I know. History and Geography: print world maps for free. History solutions for your home school. This one is an excellent resource. He has lots of links and they are well organized. They specifically history. Do you want a game for ancient Egypt? This is the place to start looking before you google and wade through everything yourself. bensguide. This is similar specifically about the U.S. Government. A civics lesson and you can explore the original documents. Sir William Balckstone’s Commenatary on the Law. This is a comprehensive history and summary of the oral law tradition that was passed on before written history in England. The ideas in this book are the model used by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence to mold American thought to help make us ready to govern ourselves as a nation. Detailed discussion about what law is and how it works.Math and CODING:??? Computer code course, great for learning some webpage coding. ? Online calculator course. a lot of games to reinforce what you have learned in a way other than drill. has videos of most math concepts taught by a teacher and videoed so you can watch it as many times as you need to understand the concept. was developed to teach how to get kids to love math and understand algebra even at a young age. Bob Hazen teaches math, and has extensive experience in the area of helping kids to really connect with math. Also, there are many good games, math songs and other resources that are invaluable for teaching math.An online math program that I love is CTC Math. They have a video tutorial before every lesson. The math gives you access to kindergarten-calculus. As you get into the higher levels you have the ability to print the lesson. Once you enter your answers in, you then have the ability to watch how they came up with any of the answers you got wrong. Science: is a really cool step-by-step guidebook that shows kids how to build some pretty cool things. The teacher, Aurora Lipper, is a former NASA rocket scientist who now teaches science to kids. Plus, it's free.Reading Www. Early Reading. Be sure to look and consider ordering the books that go with this site. teaches history through literature. There is a study guide for each subject and also several books that help you to experience history in a much more complete way than just reading a history book. It uses many historical and historical fiction books to really bring you into the time period that you are studying. New Mexico library, Check out books through several places online to use on your Kindle or Nook Reader. Writing: has a method for teaching writing that works well even for the children who do not like writing. It also teaches style in ways that I wish I had learned anywhere – even in college.Anything and Everything else- lots of links on lots of subjects Nicoleen Peck teaches how to teach your family how to govern themselves. A lifesaver for those who do not want to be always telling everyone what they need to do. Blue Letter Bible:??? Online Bible offering multiple translations and lexicons that allows for both verse and keyword search options.Scriptures 4 All:? ? Online Interlinear Bible that is great to use for Bible study. I like it much more than the modern versions. For those who are unfamiliar, an Interlinear Bible is a word for word translation from the manuscripts.?Typing:?? Online typing course. Ben's Guide is similar to Mr. Donn's listed above. Lots of links, easy to use to search. It is specific to government agencies that have put together eduactional material. For example: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has put together a little bit of information and a website for children about endangered species.? The Smithsonian has a great educational site about using your eyes and looking at art and solving mysteries that is fun for kids in middle school and helps them learn a little bit about art. IPAD Apps that we use at times for a variety of subjects: stack the states Stack the Countries. Capitals I Tunes University - ITunes U. Many subjects and lots of neat things to learn. Timeline Eons craftsy- Lessons you can buy on a variety of craft subjects. But if you don't decorate cakes and you have a kid who wants to learn- this is a great place to get help. Inkling- Books on many subjects that you can buy. Great text books. The books that many schools use for AP History are on here Some of these are as expensive as college books. But if you need to get a high school subject credit in anatomy, you can easily buy the book here and look for lessons plans to go with that specific book. They sell other books but as most of the text books they have are usually used in high school and/or college classrooms there is usually lessons posted about using that specific book. I don't mind paying for things if it makes my life easier and if I can use it over and over again. moon StarTracker HD LDS Laughs Citation Index. I suggest this to many LDS people I know. Take your scripture study another step further. IF you have a favorite scripture, look it up here and then it will link you to talks the prophets have given or the Topical Index And Journal of Discourses etc. So for example. Looking up 1 Peter 2:1 will link you to four further articles: Teachings of the Prophet Joseph SMith 138,? The October 1949 talk by Albert E Bowen, the October 2001 talk by Russel M. Nelson etc. Great when you are doing lessons or writing your talk too. Recipes, managing the home and other useful websites:Grain-Free?Recipes:???? There are a number of good recipes.?Groups:Home School Legal Defense Association is the national legal team that deals with all homeschool issues. They represent all homeschoolers in all 50 states. If you are a member and have any legal tangles or false accusations that you are dealing with, they will represent you for free. They also give members free help and counsel in finding the appropriate curricula for your family.VAFEannouncements@ This is the Valencia Area home school group. We currently have PE every Friday, parties for the group, field trips organized by group members, and a wonderful network of friends who are all interested in home schooling. This is the statewide home schooling group that does a lot to represent home schooling in the state of New Mexico. They also have a yearly convention in April every year.Email:? ERC.GBC@ is a free e-mail resource. If you want the homeschool world in Albuquerque to know anything, e-mail it here, and they will pass it on to everyone on their list of homeschoolers.ERC Website: ?? Albuquerque Homeschool Sports Association. This is a group of competitive sports for ages 10 years up in a league that plays with other schools. Albuquerque’s home school band has beginning, concert and symphonic bands as well as guitar. They do rent instruments for a very good price for the school year.I have found the Rio Grande Enrichment studies program in ABQ to be a great blessing for my daughter since she has been in High School. ?You can go to their web site and check all the classes they have to offer. ? Other good advice and counsel: From the "I Try To Do It Cheap but Provide a Quality, College Ready Education for my children, So They Have Options" Mother. My ADVICE! Really, there are many many sites I have bookmarked and that I save and sometimes refer to from time to time. They fit the needs of my family and my children. I could provide many, many links. I think the biggest thing you can do if you are considering homeschooling is to learn how to find what you want online and how to twist it and change it to your needs. That is the blessing and the curse of homeschooling. It can be personalized. This is a blessing because you can meet the needs of your children and use their strengths to increase their weaknesses. You can move at their pace. You can control what your children see and learn and how and when they learn it. It is the curse because if you are going to do it, there is no real short cut to finding what you need for your individual situation. Here is the real advice I would suggest, more than any website I can share with you: Bookmark a lot. Organize your bookmarks. Bookmark things twice if you are not sure what folder you want the bookmark in rather than trying to struggle to find it later. Bookmark it if you think you might use it and think it is cute or might want to teach that subject in the future. Learn how to google. Use words that will help you find what you want.... curriculum, lesson plans, test, work pages, songs, videos, hand outs.... Each of those words are different with different meanings but tied to educational sites that teachers and other homeschoolers use.? Each of those words with a topic in front of it and a grade in front of that will pull up a different set of websites. Examples:? 5th grade biology curriculum will give you an overview for a year, 5th grade biology lesson plans will pull up a variety of lesson plans that will cover a day or a week of class time. And you can even make it more specific- 5th grade biology hand outs on cells. And if you need to- throw in the word FREE so you don't stumble across sites that will let you look but you have to pay to use. Brainstorm before you google. Delve into a subject before you google. For example: Jot down Medieval Times and then list all the things that you can think of associated with that topic: Castles, monks, knights, swords, tapestries, sword making, recipes for medieval food.... etc etc... Think of famous people that lived during the time or around the subject you want to teach. Planes? Don't forget to google the Wright Brothers. For example: you can google for things like medieval tapestries and you will find .uk/bayeuxactivities.htm This website will provide a lot of really cool activities about Norman Ships, Norman Soldiers, tapestries. You would not have found this website from a museum searching for Medieval times lesson plans 6th grade. Don't be afraid to look at other grades for lessons, ideas, games etc. You may find that 6th grade is generally when biology is normally taught and although it's a "Grade? higher" than your child or two "Grades Lower" than your child, it fits perfectly for your children at the time. Talk to other people and ask them questions. What curriculum do you use? Why? What website do you like for math? What if your kid just needs some extra help in reading that you are having a hard time giving? etc etc etc. I tend to look for things that are NOT online for my children to use but rather ideas of how to teach. I tend to look for curriculums that I can use for several years in a row while constantly circling back onto the same information only making it harder and more in depth each year. I tend to stay away from games, songs, and other similar things. I tend to use videos and occasionally an online game to provide a relief from mom teaching and to help drive a point home about a subject. I also tend to look for sites that have done the work for me and that are updated and well organized- this saves me from googling and looking at 5million links google provides.? For example: Mr. Donn's website above. He is constantly updating his history links and I have yet to find one that is a broken link and they are all appropriate websites. If I am going to use something online as a curriculum, I usually work through it partway at a minimum to make sure it will continue to meet the needs of my children. The fractal foundation has a complete curriculum on fractals that I could never come up with in a million years and it's great. This is something I used to suppliment my son's curriculum when he needed a little bit of something different one year. It's not for everyone though. Own your school, Make it yours. Personalize it.? I'm a baby in the homeschooling world, so still trying to find the magic "one" but here are a few of my?"go-to's" when I need a little reinforcement or have run out of creative options:?Pinterest of course (just type?in what subject and homeschool and you're sure to find something)Lauren Hills teachers pay teachers Janice Van Cleave?We used the Landry Academy for a class recently.? It was very worthwhile.? My daughter did the Biology Lab Intensive.?Art classes down here on El Cerro Loop- great placeDo not criticize or yell at your children when they are not doing their school. They will learn to hate it. Make them do chores instead. Yell at them all you want when they are not doing their chores. When they do chores well, then they will willingly do their school with no yelling.Just remember, it is not easy, but it is rewarding even when. . . . (as it sometimes will). ................
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