Homeschooling

Brain dumping all the links about homeschooling for those of you who would benefit from them ::

 

 

Consumer

• Ninny Noodle Noo
• Myriad
• E Kernel
• Wooden Choice
• Fine Wooden Toys
• Spiel und Holz
• Ostheimer
• Haba
• Toy Choice
• Toy Spectrum - Spiel und Holz suppliers
• HolzToys

Articles and Sites

• YouTube Waldorf Videos
• Wonder Ranch
• Waldorf Homeschoolers
• Waldorf Resources
• Waldorf Links
• Waldorf Links 2
• Christopherus Homeschool Resources
• Waldorf Family Network
• MillennialChild - has cirriculum
• Freedom in Education - excellent
• Therapeutic Homeschooling - Waldorf with bipolar kids
• Waldorf in the Home
• Circle Time
• Daily Rhythms

Form Drawing Links

• Raphael House School
• MillenialChild

Blogs

• What Did You Do in School Today?
• Christopherus Homeschool Blog

Flickr

• Waldorf Inspired Homeschooling

Charlotte Mason

• CM wiki
• CM organiser

Montessori

• Montessori Method
• Montessori Materials
• MontHome
• Jenny Yen
• Montessori Teachers Collective
• Montessori Mom

Other Online Learning Resources

• Ambleside Online
• Montessori Materials
• StudyDog
• Mathematics Programme
• "Bricks and Mortar":Basic Reading Skills
• TangleWood
• Primary Latin
• BeforeYouKnowIt - free language software inc. Latin & Arabic
• Progressive Phonics
• BrainPop
• Reading Z com
• Bigbrainz - multiplication help game
• Free Video Lectures
• Literacy Website Links
• Reading Z com

"Fairy" Tales

• Aesop Fables
• Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories
• Tales Collected by the Brothers Grimm
• Grimm site
• Fairy Tales by the Grimm Brothers
• National Geographic Grimm Brothers
• 209 Grimm Brothers Tales
• Arabian Nights
• Arabian Nights
• Sufi Texts - scroll down
• Legends and Sagas
• Legend of King Arthur
• Tales of the Round Table
• The Tales of King Arthur

Brain Dump

Nature & Nature Journalling

• In Heywoods Meadow
• Imagine Childhood
• The Boy's Almanac
• Bug Guide (N.America)
• Bug ID (UK)
• BugLife
• OspreyWatch - Lake District UK
• RSPB
• BBC SpringWatch
• BBC AutumnWatch
• Nature Books
• Project Feeder Watch
• Take Children Outside

Castles

• MudPud dump
• Bodiam Castle
• Bodiam Castle
• Find-A-Castle
• Norman Castles up to 1315
• Channel 4
• Channel 4
• Castle Rising
• Windsor Castle
• Windsor Castle 2

Knights

• Templar Knights
• Knights & Armour
• Jousting shows

Kings & Queens

• Royalty
• Kings & Queens of England
• Kings & Queens of England - overview
• British monarchy

Whales

• Enchanted Learning
• Whale cut out activity pdf
• Teacher pack pdf

Dinosaurs

• BBC
• Natural History Museum
• Discovery Channel Dinosaur videos
• Discovery Channel MORE dino videos

Animals & Wildlife

• National Geographic
• Sea Monsters
• Planet Earth Clips
• Planet Earth Explorer
• SpringWatch
• Autumn Watch
• Woodland Trust NATURE detectives
• Woodland Trust NATURE detectives AUTUMN WATCH
• Woodland Trust

Birds

• RSPB
• Bird Watch 21 Jan - o1 Feb 2008
• Crafts & Activities
• Garden Bird Song
• What to feed birds
• UK bird identifier
• Bird feeder Webcams
• UK birds by name
• BTO - science and birdwatching
• Garden Birds
• Cornell Ornithology Lab
• British bird song
• The Bird Year
• Migration month by month
• BBC Birds
• Bird migration
• Migration - for Kids

Trees

• What Tree is it?
• Tree ID
• Fieldguides - leaves
• Tree Rings
• Trees are Terrific
• Virtual Forest
• Tree World
• Trees 4 Kids
• Movie: why trees change colour
• Design a tree game
• Virtual Forest Walk
• Cyberforest Game - control your forest
• Tree movies
• How to make recycled paper - save trees!

Antarctica

• Discovering Antarctica
• Antarctica Wiki
• Enchanted Learning - Antarctica
• Wild Kids Antarctica
• Kids books links
• Classroom Antarctica - teaching resources

Arctic

• Arctic Circle
• Arctic Animals & Activities
• Comprehensive Arctic info
• Enchanted Learning
• Arctic A-B-C
• Arctic Wiki

Islamic Perspective

• 1001 inventions

History

• 1001 inventions
• American Civil War
• Ancient Egypt
• Archaeology
• Battle Of Britain
• BBC History
• Cave Art
• Colouring Castles
• gods in history
• Great Buildings
• History For Kids
• History Link
• History On the Net
• History Time Trail
• Hyper History
• Iroquois
• Kufu's Pyramid
• Maps
• Met Museum
• National Archives
• Norman Conquest
• Romans
• Schools History
• Shakespeare's Globe
• Stone Sites
• The British Museum
• Tudors
• Viking Britain
• Vikings
• Vikings and more
• W.W.2 Real Life Stories
• World History

Science

• 1001 inventions
• Brain Pop
• British Science Association
• Chemistry Resources
• English Heritage
• Environmental Studies
• Free Downloads and Posters
• How Stuff Works
• Interactive Chemistry
• Nature Detectives
• R.S.P.B
• Recycling Glass
• Science Buddies
• Science Made Simple
• Science Toymaker
• Sea Life
• Snow Crystals
• Super Science
• The Seed Site
• ThankTank
• Primary Engineer
• Glasgow Science Centre
• MoSI

Very Fast Things

• Thrust SSC land speed record video
• Bloodhound SSC Site - follow the adventure
• Future Fighters - Discovery Chanel video
• Ultimate Strike Planes 1 F15 Eagle - Discovery
• Ultimate Strike Planes 2 Harrier Jump Jet - Discovery
• Ultimate Strike Planes 3 JSF-35 Joint Strike Fighter - Discovery
• Ultimate Strike Planes 4 F16 Fighting Falcon - Discovery
• Ultimate Strike Planes 5 F117 Night Hawk - Discovery
• Ultimate Strike Planes 6 F22 Raptor - Discovery
• Ultimate Strike Planes 7 Eurofighter Typhoon - Discovery
• The Ultimate Fighter 1: how the jet engine evolved - Discovery
• The Ultimate Fighter 2: how the jet engine evolved - Discovery
• The Ultimate Fighter 3: how the jet engine evolved - Discovery
• Simple Science : Sonic Booms
• AH-64D Apache Helicopter Video - Discovery
• Army Technology - Apache
• How Stuff Works - Apache
• DUXFORD aviation museum
• Bloodhound Landspeed record attempt - BBC
• Engineer Shows Bloodhound model - BBC
• Wing Commander Andy Green talks about Bloodhound - BBC

Geography

• About Geography
• Alaska
• Antarctica
• Argentina
• Desert/rainforest
• Global Eye
• Hurricanes
• Maps That Teach
• Met Office Weather
• National Geographic
• Think Quest

Maths

• Khan Academy
• Cool Math
• Dr Maths
• Joe The Dragon
• Math Sphere
• Maths Playground
• Penrose Tiles
• Rainforest Maths
• Teaching Money

Gardening

• School Gardening

HE resources

• ABC Teach
• Activity Village
• Cannon Paper Craft
• Children's Library
• Classical Education
• Classical History and Science Resources
• Crayola
• Donna Young
• Ed Helper
• Eduplace
• Enchanted learning
• Factmonster
• Free Software
• Funology
• Happy Child
• Islamic Resources
• Kidport Reference Library
• Learning Pages
• Learning Through History
• Owl Mouse
• Primary Resources
• Scholastic
• Schools Express

Phonics

• Ladybird Phonics
• Phonics Game Downloads
• Starfall

Science Kit Suppliers

• Curious Minds
• Insectlore
• Maplin's
• Paradigm Shift
• Rapid Online
• Science Museum
• The Young Scientist's Club
• Tickseed
• World Wide Butterflies

Romans and Gladiators

• BBC

Animal Kingdom

• Mandrill
• BBC

Egyptians

• Horrible Histories
• Muddle Puddle Yahoo Group
• Education Otherwise
• Free Range Eucation
• Sue Fairhead's Site
• IHSAN

Tudors

• Henry VIII
• Images
• Images 2
• Images 3
• Links
• Ideas
• Tudor History
• Tudor History 2
• Tudor History 3
• Tudor History 4
• Burghley House
• Burghley House teachers pack
• Burghley House sculpture garden pack
• Peterborough Cathedral

Space

• Brain Pop Eclipse
• Brain Pop International Space Station
• Brain Pop Mars
• Sun links
• Nine Planets.org
• Planet images
• Kids Astronomy
• Amazing Space
• NASA kids
• Space videos

Reduce Reuse Recycle

Think Cans Think Recycling
• The Green Team
• 
  The Planet - goto 'overview' for videos
• Where Does Rubbish Go?
• Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish
• 
  Why Should I Recycle?
• 
  Look After Your Planet (Charlie and Lola)
• 
  Paper Making Kit

Farming

Yahoo Groups

• Waldorf At Home
• Waldorf Home Educators
• Islamic Waldorf
• WE homeschool
• Charlotte Mason/Waldorf Home Ed
• Islamic Well Trained Mind
• Education Otherwise
• UK Muslim Home Educators
• Muslim Home Educators
• Arabic Learning Materials
• Muslims and HEd

HE Advice & Support

• Muddle Puddle
• Muddle Puddle Yahoo Group
• Education Otherwise
• Free Range Eucation
• Sue Fairhead's Site
• IHSAN
• Islamic Well Trained Mind Yahoo Group

LINKS

Home Education

Resources ABOUT teaching methods

• Charlotte Mason
• The Well-Trained Mind
• Tanglewood Education
• Kinza Academy
• Muddle Puddle Early Years
• Montessori Lesson ideas
• Montessori Teacher Collective
• Montessori Centre International
• John Taylor Gatto page
• Education Heretics Press
• Education links
• Unschooling.Com
• Education Otherwise - needs no introduction - know what your rights are and get support

Articles

Why to Home School

• Out of school
• Study highlights benefits of home learning
• More parents teach their children at home
• Frequently Asked Questions about Home Schooling
• Confederacy of dunces - the tyranny of compulsory schooling
• Nine assumptions of schooling - and Twenty-one Facts the Institution Would Rather Not Discuss
• How public education cripples our kids
• The pyschopathic school
• How to get an education at home
• Hamza Yusuf - TV, Truth, and Technomania
• Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
• Hamza Yusuf interview

Consumer

• Artastik
• Baker Ross - art, educational
• Bright Minds
• OPITEC
• Homecrafts
• Early Learning Centre
• Montessori Products - silly prices but gives you good ideas
• Jolly Phonics site - order info
• Montessori Online Books and products

Kids Corner

Games & resources

• ArtPad
• Incredibots
• Thomas the Tank Engine
• LEGO
• Fisher-Price Online Games for Babies and Toddlers
• 'Spot the Dog' games and online Books
• Bob the Builder
• Crayola
• Children's BBC - activities and games
• Zoo Online
• Toddler Activities

LINKS LIFTED FROM OTHER SITES

• Crafts U Love
• Amazon
• Mail Order Express
• Homecrafts
• Ebay
• Bakerross crafts
• Myriad - Felt, fleece, doll making
• Bead Shop
• Art Discount
• Economy Of Brighton - huge range of paper products
• Lakeland
• Science Museum Shop
• Insectlore
• Hawkin's Bazaar
• Learning Resources
• Brightminds
• World of Butterflies
• The Book People
• Cakes,Cookies and Crafts
• Yankee Candles
• Candles
• Candle Making Equipment
• Bright Sparks - Klutz Kits in the U.K
• Viking Direct
• Craft Creations
• Schofield and Sims - posters e.t.c
• Scrapbook -free papers
• Jammy Joes
• Opitec
• Tridias
• Lekkerthreads
• Farscape Games
• Jigsaws
• Curious Minds
• Hope Education ( rather odd layout now)
• Maplin - cheap robots
• Linguatots
• Scottish Fibres
• Young Scientist Club

Ed Links

• History Resources
• Lapbooking
• Snow stuff
• Scrapbooking learning
• Mom's Corner
• Free software
• Schools Express
• Archaeology Links
• School History
• Learning Pages
• Activity Village
• Edhelper
• ABC Teach
• Enchanted Learning
• Brain Pop
• Primary Resources
• Weather printables
• Montessori - Free printables
• Teaching Money
• Colouring Castle
• Kidz Page
• Pre-School Learners
• The Seed Site
• dltk-kids
• Free Printables
• How Stuff Works
• Starfall Reading
• Phonics downloads
• Wee Folk
• Recycling Glass
• Global Eye
• Cool Maths
• RSPB
• Environmental links
• English Heritage
• BA Science - free downloads
• Bricks and Mortar, plus loads of other stuff

Distance Colleges Online

• Stonebridge
• Natural Sciences
• Home Study
• Regent Academy
• London School of Journalism
• Oxford College
• ACS Distance Education
• National Extension College

Arabic & Islam resources

• Islamic School Net - Excellent
• Bi-Lingual Books!! Excellent publishers!
• Bi-lingual/dual-language publishers of childrens books
• Noor Art - Islamic stuff plus EXCELLENT Arabic and Home Education resources!!
• An animated version of the Arabic alphabet shows the correct way to move the pen
• Arabic Language Resources
• Arabic Language Resources - beautiful and useful site
• Arabic Numbers
• Geometry and Islam
• Learn Arabic Alphabet
• Two nice new games from the Bilal Philips Eeman Reading Series
• Interactive Arabic alphabet
• Muslim Home Schooling
• Islamic Natural Parenting Net
• Islamic Homeschooling