Homeschooling Online Resources
Homeschool Central
Homeschool mega site with a Christian emphasis includes study resources, curriculum and catalog guides and
advice for new homeschoolers.
Homeschool World
Designed and maintained by the publishers of Practical Homeschooling, Homeschool PC and Big Happy Family
magazines. Contains feature articles, product news, online courses, lesson plans, etc.
Amanda Bennett’s Unit Study Adventures
Theme-based unit studies.
Jon’s Home-School Resource Page
Comprehensive web site links to homeschool newsgroups, mailing list, homeschool links.
Teach-nology
Worksheets, teaching tips, lesson plans, and lots of information
Learning Page.Com
Site contains Basics sheets, theme sheets, and clipart that can be used for coloring
Great Ideas in Education Organization
Publication for Parents from
the U.S. Department of Education
Electronic versions of popular pamphlets and brochures designed to address parents’ concerns about their
children’s education.
Small Planet Communication Links for Teachers
Links to general resources, lesson plans, and hotlists
ABC Teach Network
Site includes lesson plans and theme units.
edHelper.Com
10,960 free lesson plans for all grades and ages.
The Imagination Factory
Learn creative ways to recycle by making art projects.
Suggested Grade: all ages
Format: Web Site
NGA Kids Page
Includes activities and articles designed to help young children experience art and some of the stories behind
it.
Suggested Grade: K-8
Source National Gallery of Art
Family Games
Links to non-violent, family games.
Kid’s World-Nutrition
Lots of information for youngsters about proper nutrition
Suggested Grade” K-4
Format: Web Site
Produce Oasis
Just click on a letter of the alphabet and find out about Nutrition information for the produce that
begins with that letter
Suggested Grade: 4-12
Nutrition Explorations
Lots of ways to teach about nutrition-includes links to separate sites for preK-4th grade students
Source: National Dairy Council
Teen Central.Net
Allows teens to share their own stories, read stories by others, and get feedback from trained
professionals who can help them
Suggested Grade: 6-12
Source: KidsPeace
No Cavities Club
Dedicated to healthy teeth-Dr. Rabbit teaches young children about oral hygiene with interactive games, stories,
and art projects.
Suggested Grade: preK-2
Source: Colgate-Palmolive Company
Sparky the Fire Dog
Young children will learn about fire education and other safety issues with Sparky as their guide
Suggested Grade: K-5
Source: National Fire Protection Association
A+ Math
Users can view flashcards for basic mathematical functions as well as more advanced ones. Math games
are also available.
Suggested grade: all ages
Algebra and Precalculus Tutorial Software
These programs will help you learn algebra, precalculus, and statistics. Presented are
quizzes on inequality symbols, signed number, remove parentheses, and lots more.
Suggested Grade: 7-12
Downloadable: FULL PROGRAM
Math2.org
A large number of math tables-from general math to advanced topics Suggested Grade: all ages
Math Mastery
Provides interactive math activities for essential math skills
Suggested Grade 2-8
White House Kids.Gov
Let the president’s dog take you on a tour of the White House. Great fun.
DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids
Excellent craft ideas
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
This is a great site to learn about U. S. government.
Crayola.Com
Coloring pages and craft ideas
ColoringBookFun.Com
Lots of pages on a wide variety of subjects
Ben & Jerry’s Fun Stuff
Screensavers, games, e-cards and other fun stuff
Suggested Grade: K-5
Puzzle Depot Newsletter
For
those interested in puzzles, board games, contents and trivia as well as related books and software for education
and recreation. includes puzzles as well as news. Delivered approximately once a week via
email.
Suggested Grade: all ages
Format: Electronic Newsletter
Exploring Planets in the Classroom
More than 25 hands-on science activities in classroom-ready pages for both teacher and students exploring Earth,
the planets, geology and space sciences
How to View an Eclipse
Provides illustrated step-by-step directions for making a pinhole projector for viewing an eclipse.
Suggested Grade K-12
The Adventures of Science Bob
Provides information and experiments created by Science Bob-tutor to many of today’s TV and movie star students.
Suggested Grade: All ages
Just for Kids
Site sponsored by University of Illinois Extension.
Suggested Grades: All Ages
Ask Dr. Universe
Not only will you find answers to many science question that have already been asked, but you can ask Dr.
Universe you own question, too.
Suggested grade: All ages
Urban Programs Resource Network
An upper elementary program for teaching about plant science
Suggested Grade 4-8
Cool Science of Curious Kids
An interactive site created to help kids appreciate science
Suggested Grade: All ages
Bat Conservation International
Presents articles, photos, and bat trivia
Suggested Grade: All ages
GeoNet Game
A complete online game to help students learn more about the entire United States of selected geographical areas
Suggested Grade: 4-adult
Sheppard Software Geography
An educational game covering all fifty states and world geography quizzes.
Suggested Grade: All ages
Downloadable FULL PROGRAM
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Presents geographic information about approximately 900,000 places Suggested Grade: All ages
Hype History on Line
Information on this Web site spans 3000 years of world history
Suggested grade: All ages
MapQuest
Create maps instantly
Suggested Grade: All ages
Research-It!
One web site that allows you to search dictionaries, encyclopedias, Bible, maps and many more reference tools.
Rare Map Collection-The American Civil War
A collection of maps related to significant events of the Civil War. Go to the University of Georgia
Hargrett site click on rare map collection. Some really interesting maps that show where troops were
positioned and battle plans
Suggested Grade: 9-12
A Kid's Heart
A Christian site that contains excellent abc interactive and reproducible pages also shapes and color activities
and pages.
Jan Brett's Home Page
The author of The Mitten and Hedgie the Hedgehog presents lots of ideas to go with her books and reproducible
postcards, bookmarks, activity pages.
DSO Kids
Dallas Symphony Orchestra sponsors the DSO Kids club. It is design to encourage an awareness of music especially
for those who want to learn more about music and the people who make music.
SFS Kids, Fun With Music
Fun musical experience for kids provided by the San Francisco Symphony.
SlimeKids
School LIibrary MEdia Kids is designed to provide an interactive learning experience to get students motivated to
learn on their own! Students can choose from exceptional literacy-related resources such as author and book review
websites as well as superb educational tools including reference works and search engines.
e-Learning for Kids is a global, non-profit foundation dedicated to fun and free learning, especially in the areas of basic reading, science, math, and computers, on the Internet for children ages 5 - 12.
Scholastic
Online activities and interactive learning provided by Scholastic, Inc.
Funbrain
Fun learning games and activities.
Art Elements, Principles and Other Concepts for Kids