Homeschooling Resources
by adustyframe ~ July 29th, 2008I wanted to share some of my saved links for Homeschooling. I will probably post about my favorite books sometime in the future too, but for now this is enough! It looks like I need to do some more work on the boys section! I also notice that these subjects aren’t in any particular order, but since this post took quite a bit of time,(mostly due to my poking around on the websites I was linking to) I’m leaving it as is.
This is not an exhaustive list, just some of the links I saved for whatever reason. I do not completely endorse any of them and am not responsible for their content. (Had to add a disclaimer!)
Let me know if you find any good ones here and also feel free to leave some of your favorites in a comment.
Articles & Misc.
Homeschool World (practical articles)
Charlotte Mason
Articles from Charlotte Mason’s School
Listmania of CM books (Judy Elliot’s lists of lists–lots of great ideas)
Homeschool Highlights (Karen Andreola’s site)
CM Articles & Topical Discussions
Charlotte Mason and Home Education
Resources
School items to print for teachers
Lesson Plans & Worksheets (free printables)
Book Samaritan (help for low income homeschoolers)
Our LosBanos (Lots of free printables and curriculum to download)
Everyday News Network (news by and for kids)
Boys
Geography
Science
Math
SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator
Living Math Books & Math Classics
Literature for Learning Match Concepts
Handicrafts
Literature/Books
Baldwin Online Literature Project (Free text of classic literature. I use this when I can’t find a book we need.)
Lit to Go MP3 audiobooks
Copywork/Handwriting
Nature Study
Birds of North America (We use this a lot. Anytime we read about a bird, we look it up and see how it looks and how it sounds.)
Art
A Pintura Art Detective (An art mystery)
Watercolor Techniques (scroll down to see other lessons on her blog)
Reading/Spelling
Lexile Framework (from my sister the librarian. I used it to find out what reading level some books were)
Spelling Ideas (and the funny thing is I misspelled it when I saved it as a favorite! Oops!)
Shakespeare for Kids
Ambleside Book lists (Even if you don’t use Charlotte Mason for school, these books are excellent. Year 0 books are truly delightful. James and I started following this list when he was 3. Every book we read was better than the last!)
Music
Cantaria (folk music)
Popular Songs in American History
Little House Music and Tales (one hourNPR broadcast)
Music Tech Teacher (games galore)
Notebooking/Timelines
A previous post of mine with some links
Historical Figures Portrait Gallery (Great for finding a picture for the timeline)
Carnivals & Blogs & Fellowship Spots
The Homeschool Lounge (I am Lizzie on there but I rarely go there!)
Carnival of Homeschooling (So many good ideas from Moms who are in the trenches)
Higher Up and Further In (tons of great stuff, lots of Charlotte Mason)
Single Parents & Home Education




July 30th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Great list! Thanks esp for the opera and folksong links–I hadn’t seen those yet! Might also want to see
Free upper grades spelling course
http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com/spelling/courseoutline.htm
http://www.paideaclassics.org/index.php
Orthodox Christian homeschool site with copy work, spelling and lots of other great little kid/younger student resources
http://www.drawsquad.com fun drawing lessons
I could go on!
August 6th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Hi! Thanks for sharing your list of links with us at the CoH! It’s up at The Homeschool Cafe.
I’m going to add your resources to my directory. You have some great ones in there.
August 6th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Wow! What a comprehensive list of goodies. I’ve bookmarked this page. Thank you!
August 6th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Great list! Some old yet some new. Thanks so much for sharing!
August 8th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
boy oh boy- i’ll be looking thru here all year!
March 30th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Hi Lizzie, Hope you don’t mind that I have linked to this great post!
You can see what I’ve written here:
http://ohpeacefulday.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-should-she-read-next.html
You are a great inspiration to me. Thanks.
Jeanne
You’re always welcome to link to my blog. Thanks for letting me know!