Showing posts with label Websites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Websites. Show all posts

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Have you checked out my Helpful Homeschool Websites page?


Checking in to see if you have used my Helpful Homeschool Websites page? I recently went through to make sure all the links are still up and running and organized the history links.

I always adding new links and hope to organize some other sections topically like I did with the history.

Do you know great websites that should be added? Please leave it in the comments, so I can.

One way I have used Helpful Homeschool Websites page myself if with mija. Sometimes she wants to "play" on the computer, but I want to make sure she gets something out of it, so I say she can click on some of the sites on the page. She like the chance to choose independently while I like the fact that she's gleaning some learning!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Wednesday Websites--Bible

Today I thought I'd share some websites and blogs that help teach Bible. These could be used for homeschool, family devotions, Sunday school, etc.

Bible Fun for Kids--A cute Genesis Lapbook with cut and glue pages at this link, plus other things on their site. Make sure to follow them on Pinterest for tons of ideas.

Calvary Curriculum--Curriculum for Old Testament, New Testament, in English and Spanish, and even some topical studies. Each study addresses a variety of ages as well.

Teacherhelp.org--It has pages of Bible-based pictures to color. Tons. Old Testament. New Testament. People and events in the Bible. Passages. Ten Commandments. More.

Head Heart Hand--Bible reading plan for kids.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Wednesday Websites: Math, Music, Media, and More

I am way behind on Wednesday Websites, so I'm just sharing several different ones today.

Math Interactives--Puzzles, Games, and more--basic math facts to algebra, geometry, functions, etc.

Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra--by Carnegie Hall, learn about the different instruments in the orchestra

Jumpstart--offers worksheets on a variety of subjects and some online games.

Open Culture--free media on the web. Movies, courses, textbooks, apps, and more.


Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Wednesday Websites--Math Word Problems

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Math word problems are the nemesis of many astudent including mija. We've been working on them exclusively for the last two weeks. One thing I've noticed is that if she does them online, she's not so intimidated by them.

Here's two sites we've been using:

Math Playground--Mija has really enjoyed "Word Problems with Katie."

Syvum has Kid's Math Word Problems 1 and Kid's Math Word Problems 2.


Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Wednesday Websites: Chemistry

I felt like some chemistry this week for science.
A great reason to use Chemistry Cat!!


The Homeschool Mom offers an e-book on how to make your own periodic table.

Middle School Chemistry is just that. It's a site that offers lessons plans for middle school chemistry. It has activities and multi-media. Some if not all could be adapted for other ages.

Chemistry for Kids has experiments, of course, but also games, videos, lessons, quizzes, and facts. 

Sheppard Software is known for all its educational games including these games dealing with the elements and periodic table.

Creative Chemistry has a lot of fun resources including printables, puzzles, and more.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Wonders of the World--History, Geography, Science and more

Back when we did Classical Conversations, mija learned the "7 Wonders of the Ancient World" song which goes like this:

She was almost 5 at time. I know. Adorable! ;-)

Anywho...

I came across this cool site by Google entitled World Wonders Project. Using all that Google map technology, the project takes you to various historical and natural wonders of the world. You can search by location or by theme to find everything from Stonehenge to the Grand Canyon. Google uses it's street view to actually allow you to walk around the area. There are also history information, videos, photos, and more available for each location. 
Here's one of their promotion videos to show you what I mean.

Check it out!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Wednesday Websites--World Math Day and more math

 Today is World Math Day. Actually, it started yesterday since today started yesterday in the eastern hemisphere.

Anyway...

I've posted before about how we enjoy the day and website. Join mija today as she compete against kids all over the world and against herself. 
Once you sign up, you'll be notified ahead of time next year and given about a month worth of practice time beforehand. We like having all that extra, fun math practice, as well. 

Visual Fractions has been a handy site as mija has been working on common denominators and equivalent fractions.

And don't forget that next week is Pi Day. Visit my post from last year for links and ideas!

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Wednesday Websites--art and craft

I'm starting a new series on Wednesdays. I'll be sharing websites that I come across. 

I'll also continue to post them on my Helpful Homeschool Website page.
Have you used my page before?

Today's topic will be Arts and Crafts.

One email I look forward to checking out comes from All Free Kids Crafts. The ideas I really like I pin. You can always just go check out the site instead of getting emails. 
AllFreeKidsCrafts.com

Everyday Art was a community art project from a few years ago, but each assignment is still available online. There is a gallery of photos of projects that were submitted at the time. Some projects take months, some only a few minutes. Some cute ideas to use or use as a jump off place.

Garden of Praise is really cool. It has entries for famous artists which tell their stories and show a variety of their artwork. Then it has online puzzles, games and printables which review the artist and what was covered. These are at an elementary level but enjoyable for all.
The site has a lot of free resources on other subjects, too!

What are some resources you use? Please share!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Follow Me on Pinterest

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Pinterest can be quite addicting. It can also be a great resource. I've shared previously things I have done from Pinterest. Well, I just wanted to let you know that I've been organizing my boards to make them more useful to you should you follow me. I've separated all my "education" boards according to subject or theme.  So feel free, to "follow me" on Pinterest as I pin somethings that I might not post here on my blog or my FB page.
So...
Follow Me on Pinterest
Oh, and don't forget ny page above for Helpful Homeschool Websites. I'm constantly adding sites there, too.

Monday, February 6, 2012

My Pages--Updated & Added



I've been updating my Helpful Websites.  Make sure to check it out and let me know of websites you like, so I can add them!


I've also added a page for my Coupon Links

Sunday, August 28, 2011

For those of us not facing the hurricane...

 
Definitely have been praying for the East Coast.  What a week for them!  A earthquake for some and now a hurricane!

While we are busy praying, we can also use the opportunity to educate.

Here's a few resources I dug up.

A to Z Teacher Stuff--lesson plans

EdHelper.com--reading comprehension, read and color, puzzles

Lesson Plans Page--lesson plan about tracking hurricanes

Southeastern Louisiana University--hurricane unit

National Weather Service--the National Hurricane Center

Enchanted Learning--various activities for early and fluent readers
(some free, some not)

ABCTeach.com--weather including some hurricane items
(some free, some not)

Lesson Plans 4 Teachers--lessons and units

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Earthquakes Everywhere! Learning Opportunities Everywhere!

Wow!  Colorado yesterday.  Virginia/Washington D.C. today.  Thankfully, there doesn't seem to any major damage at this point.

But, leave it to homeschoolers to make lemonade from lemons.

We can take the lemon of earthquakes and turn them into the lemonade of learning!

Here are a few earthquake sources I found quickly. 

HomeSchoolShare.com: Free Earthquake Unit & Lapbook

EdHelper.com: Earthquake Reading Comprehension, Read and Color, Puzzles, and more

Geology.com: Earthquake Lesson Plans and Learning Activities

TeacherPlanet.com: Units, Worksheets, Activities and more

Well, that should be a good start!  Leave a comment if you've have found others that are helpful!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Spelling City Here I Come

Homeschool.com sends out emails all the time with a variety of things offered.  This time I really looked and am pleasantly surprised.

"No cost" was what caught my eye and made me open the email.  The actual website made me stay. 

Book SpellingI think SpellingCity.com will become part of my regular arsenal.  You can enter and save your own spelling lists which makes it a really useful addition.  You can even select which definition of a word you would like to use.  There are a selection of games and activities your student can play using the words.  Some focus on the meaning and some focus on the spelling with games such as hang man, crossword, and word search.  There's 15 games all together.

I think the one my daughter spent the most time on was "audio word match."  It's basically a concentration game using the spelling words.  The audio aspect is that when you select a word you hear it spoken. 

You can even take the spelling test on the site.  I'm not going to use this right now because I want to make sure I grade spelling and not keyboarding skills. 

All this and more are available for free.  A premium membership will allow you access to more games and actually keep spelling records on the site.  I don't see that it would be a necessary expense in order to use the site productively. 

Two "downers" about the site.  First, you get a lot for free which means a lot of advertising.  It can be very easy to think you're accessing something on the site and find yourself somewhere else.  The second "downer" is that in order to review a whole spelling list, you have to play a game a few times.  Not a big deal if especially if you're not depending on the games to do all the review.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Activities and Crafts by Themes


Just came across a website new to me.  It's Activity Village based out of the UK.  It has over 40 themes that include crafts and games. While a few more UK specific (although having a Robert Burns day or a unit on the Tudors might be quite interesting), most are general things.  Some include Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, China, Dinosaurs, Narnia, Robots and more.  There's even birthday party ideas!

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Animal Enrichment Tools

In the recent Teacher's Toolbox email from theoldschoolhousemagazine.com, they provided several links for resources you can use for an animal unit.  It came perfectly timed for me since we are doing animals this semester for school.  I thought I'd share them here although some I know I've mentioned previously. I'll also try to get them on my tab for websites as well.

If you notice, Enchanted Learning is mentioned several times.  I have found it to be a very helpful website.  There are a lot of things on it that are free, BUT there is even more available if you become a member.  I don't remember how much the membership is per year, but I have found it well worth it.

Here ya' go.

Animal Coloring Pages
ABC Teach
Enchanted Learning
National Geographic
Crayola.com

All About Animals
Enchanted Learning
National Geographic
Sheppard Software
Scholastic Teacher

Animal Puzzles Online
The Kidz Page
Animal Planet
NeoK12
BillyBear4Kids

Animal Puzzles Printable
Kaboose
Mes-English
Printactivities
Enchanted Learning

Online Adventures/Games
Switcheroo Zoo
Animal Planet
Kaboose

Animal Recipes
All recipes--Animal themed
All recipes--Animal Crackers
San Diego Zoo
Family Fun
101 Cookbooks

Animal Crafts
DLTK Kids
Enchanted Learning
Dannielle's Place
Kaboose

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Keyboarding and story sites.


Found out about an adorable typing site from a another group.

It's Dance Mat Typing.  It's a really cute typing site.  It has different levels with animation.  Now, if dancing offends you, probably not the site for you since all the animals end up dancing.  In fact, on one level there's a belly dancing hippo. 

Another site that came through was Meegenius!  It has a selection of books (mostly fairy tales) that are read out loud with word highlighting or you can personalize the stories and read them yourself.  There is even an iphone and ipad you can get. 

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Teaching with Contests

I found out about this concept and site from a yahoo group in which I participate.  The site is Teaching with Contests .

This is what the site says: The purpose of Teaching with Contests is to assist educators in finding contests that can be used in the classroom to motivate students. We are here for the student and the teacher not the promotion of products or company public relations. Our goal is to select contests and programs whose primary goal is education and secondarily business/product promotion.

Here's a few examples: Lego Smart Creativity Contest, Send you Face to Space, International Youth Art Contest, etc.

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