McMillian Free Personal Book Shelf  Select up to 200 free ebooks available online.                     http://www.mcp.com/personal/

Edward Lear's Nonsense Works                                   http://www2.pair.com/mgraz/Lear/learwk.html

Games For Learning invites you to visit our website and get some ideas for making learning fun More games being added each day!!!
http://members.home.com/hvnsangl/games/

http://www.pathsoflearning.net/   Paths of Learning: Home Page
The purpose of Paths of Learning magazine is to encourage an  understanding of education as a means of nourishing holistic personal
development and a sustainable, democratic, and peaceful community life. Paths  of Learning aims to inspire parents, educators, and others interested in  educational policy and practice to consider diverse ways in which children  and adults can gain meaningful, integrated knowledge and develop their own  most authentic potentials.

Our Resource Center offers a free and growing collection of expanded  perspectives on education. Through a wide array of research around school  alternatives, we wish to encourage more diverse, innovative, and grassroots  thinking with respect to educational options. Designed to bridge the gaps between researchers, educators, and parents, this online clearinghouse searches far and wide to bring you ideas and evidence about more learner-centered options in education.

A TV infomercial advertises  an excellent  reading program. It is a great buy for homeschoolers with children at elementary school level:  It is a  very easy, yet thorough method for teaching reading and learning to read.  To see pictures and description of program, please click on:
http://phonics.home.mindspring.com/   FOR CD            http://phonics.home.mindspring.com/phonics.html    FOR KIT

Need ogam or keltic script?
http://members.aol.com/plieadesqu/ogham.htm             http://members.tripod.com/krystal_faith/gaelic.html

I found a really nifty site that lists just about every kids'game I remember playing, plus a lot I've never heard of.Includes the rules/background/history for most of them, and it's searchable. Turns out I'm not the only one who spent a lot of summer evenings playing kick-the-can!This has mental games, too, as well as physical ones.       http://www.gameskidsplay.net/

This site offers challenging games and activities to reinforce multiplication skills within a particular time frame. These games involve fast-moving grids and mazes (thanks to Shockwave that you can download for free at the site). You must type in your answers and click the mouse to solve problems within seconds. For those who want to increase their speed with times tables, this is a great site.     http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/megamaths/

The Exploratorium: Online exhibits from the San Francisco Exploratorium. Several exhibits are available: The Science of Baseball, Revealing Bodies, Solar Max and more. Interesting exhibits for all ages.       http://www.exploratorium.edu/index.html

Math League: "The Math League is dedicated to bringing challenging mathematics materials to students." This site gives details to teachers about the Math League, contests, books and software updates.        http://www.mathleague.com/

Dodoland for kids: Here you'll find stories to read and listen o - even meet the authors, environmental news, activities and teacher resources. http://www.swifty.com/azatlan/

Timbutoad Story World: As you navigate the clickable map, you'll find stories to you hearts content. I found mostly fantasy but a bit of historical fiction. http://www.timbuktoad.com/

The Case.com: Mystery stories for kids to solve, scary stories for kids to shiver though. Also you'll find magic tricks and contests.     http://www.thecase.com/kids/

Electronic Passport to Ancient Greece     http://www.mrdowling.com/701greece.html
This is a student-friendly website with good information and great pictures discussing the history and other aspects of Ancient Greece.

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space      http://seds.org/
One of the best sites on the web for information on all of the latest aspects of astronomy and space exploration. Fabulous virtual
tours and images from space.

Astronomy for Kids                      http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/
This terrific site explores the planets, constellations,and other astronomical wonders, using photos and prose that kids will love. Visit the Sky Maps section for an overview of this month's natural sky show and then head outdoors for some stargazing. You'll also find some links to other astronomy sites, free postcards your class can send, and word search puzzles to help your students learn the solar system's moons, famous astronauts, and historical space missions.

Glacier              http://www.glacier.rice.edu/
Glacier is an inquiry-based project that can be integratated into a typical middle school earth, ocean,and space science curriculum. Educators and researchers from Rice University and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative describe their expeditions to Antarctica and provide breathtaking photos of this chilly continent. Terrific content can help you teach your students how Antarctica affects the world's weather, geology, and oceanography.

Medical Ethics: Where Do You Draw the Line?               http://www.learner.org/exhibits/medicalethics/
Here's another exhibiton from the Annenberg/CPB Exhibits Collection that could be a great supplement to a health or life science class. This site, for your more mature middle schoolers, investigates medical ethics from three real-life scenarios: choosing treatment for a disease, cloning, and considering alternative treatments and medicines. Students look into each scenario and make decisions in an online ethics journal.

Nova Online: Killer's Trail          http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/
This Web site accompanies the previously broadcast PBS Nova special, Killer's Trail, which focused on the forensic evidence in the 1954 Marilyn Sheppard murder. Your students will love discovering how science helps lawyers and jurists acquit, convict, or exonerate criminal suspects. Students can assemble a DNA fingerprint online and learn about 3-D mugshots that help identify suspects by their ears. Due to the nature of some of the content, this site is most appropriate for older, more mature middle school students.

Little Animals Activity Center    http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/laac/numbers/chi.html
This website offers a great little addition and subtraction practice game for young kids. Choose addition, subtraction, or a combination of both. Then choose the level of play -- easy to difficult. The problems are presented with colorful animations of ladybugs, and the instructions (presented by an owl) are easy to follow. You will need to download Shockwave to play -- which is available for free at the site. Have fun!

Enchanted Learning: This page has mostly natural science links, but also covers some geography and preschool and kindergarten links.
www.enchantedlearning.com

The Wonderful World of Willy Wonka: This is a fun site with shockwave games for the kids. Visit the Invention Room, Loopaland and more. If you don't have Shockwave, you can download the games.
www.wonka.com

I'd like to recommend a publishing company that specializes in resources for teachers, schools and students. They've received many awards for their books and have several pages in their catalog targeting LD teachers.
www.freespirit.com

Lots of free online books,very simple to read (no downloads required, just go to a web page and start reading). Browse the classics or search the library. You can also search their dictionary and find other books on the Web.
http://www.knowledgerush.com/

From Seed to Plant
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Agriculture/AGR0010.html

How are seeds different/same
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Agriculture/AGR0013.html

Weather lesson plans
http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/weather.htm

Wind Blow
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/newton/windblow.html

Flying Tube
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/other/FLYING_TUBE.html

Making Paint
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/beakman/paint.html

From Chicken to the Egg (second Grade and under)
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/298EggChick.htm

Egg Fun
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/egg2.html

What is Wind?
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/other/whatwind.html

Nutrition Lesson Plans
http://www.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/utahlink/lessonbook.hts?book_id=22

Techkids Kitchen Kids
http://www.techedlab.com/techkids/cooking.html

This pattern is for a paper airplane designed by NASA: Directions for Constructing the Egret
http://kidscorner.larc.nasa.gov/egret.html

Educast.com    http://www.educast.com/
Educast is a free software program  that delivers up-to-the-minute education news,  Internet resources, and lesson plans directly to your compute

Who were the Romans?                http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/romans/whowere.htm#who
A website that introduces the history of Romans and the Roman Empire through a series of articles and two interactive quizzes.

Kinetic City                   http://www.kineticcity.com/
An interactive science website for kids sponsored by the National Science Foundation with tons of science experiments to do at home.

When a ball is dropped in a moving car, why does not fall to the back
of the car? http://www.sciencetheatre.org/ask_st/122194.html

Science Made Simple: Fun for kids, help for parents. You'll find science projects and experiments, answers to science questions, and stories of science in the news.
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/

Puzzles of the Earth: A site which aims to "teach the relatively young geography theory of Plate Tectonics which is responsible for many of the geographical features and events found in our lives." Go to the link, How to Navigate Puzzles of the Earth, first to help you figure out the site.http://library.thinkquest.org/17701/high/index.html

The American Dream: Lessons for teachers on the dreams of those who have come before us. Lesson plans for teachers, resources and activities for students.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lesson97/dream/toc.html

BASIC OMPUTER SITES
This page offers information beginning with turning on the computer up to word processing tips.
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/pan/baseinfo.html

Basic computer with some information on software.                                          http://www.bedford.lib.nh.us/Basics.htm
Online computer lesson for kids and adults.                                                        http://www2.magmacom.com/~dsleeth/kids/lessons/starter.htm
Smart Computing's website is full with a searchable database on a vast number of computer and internet related topics.
http://www.smartcomputing.com/

Here's some links that may be helpful in responding to the S word.
SOCIALIZATION
http://www.hsu.edu/faculty/worthf/social.html

Discriminating, Elitist and Racist AN A to Z ARTICLE How can you respond when someone calls you these things?
http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/articles/121199.htm

Socialization: The "S" Word AN A to Z ARTICLE
Ways to answer: "Aren't you worried about socialization?"                 http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/articles/042998.htm

We've Grown Up and We're Okay - follow-up to Studying Home Educated Adults
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7804/a05.htm

Studying Home Educated Adults                                                          http://www.life.ca/hs/adults.html
Ten Reasons To Homeschool Through High School                            http://www.homeschoolteenscollege.net/why.htm
A to Z Home's Cool FAQ links                                                           http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/weblinks/FAQ.htm
Research on the effectiveness of homeschooling                                  http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/weblinks/research.htm
Conerns about homeschooling                                                              http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/directory/Concerns.htm#missout

HOMESCHOOLING FORUM
"I'll miss the scant paycheck that I brought in from my teaching position and I'm afraid that homeschooling could get expensive. How do you homeschool on a shoestring budget?"
http://www.delphi.com/ab-homeschool/messages?msg=563.1
http://www.delphi.com/ab-homeschool/start/
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IN MINIATURE
close ups of different things such as mosquito heads, flea heads.          http://www.mos.org/sln/sem/sem.html
Electron Microscope Slide Images                                                     http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/emu/imgallery.html
Close Ups of Algae                                                                           http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/biology/algae/index.html
Electron Microscope Images of Bugs                                                 http://www.ship.edu/~gspaul/sems.html
The Ant:A Morphological Tour of the Super Organism                         http://www.wesleyan.edu/~jlibsch/Ant/Morphology/index.html
Welcome to the Electron Microscopy Gallery -cool images of various life including invertebrates
http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/~kunkel/gallery/
Discovery Online - Microscope Landscapes http://www.discovery.com/area/science/micro/micro1.html
More cool microscope images                                                             http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/~atsai/gallery_page1.html
Pollen Images                                                                                    http://www.ns.net/cci/Reference/Pollen/pollen.htm
Ugly Bug Contest                                                                               http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/%7esellers/bug/99/99.html
The Age of Exploration                                                                       http://www.themestream.com/articles/173792.html
Under the Sea                                                                                    http://www.themestream.com/articles/173795.html
Lewis and Clark                                                                                 http://www.themestream.com/articles/173798.html
Fish Unit                                                                                           http://www.themestream.com/articles/173800.html
President U nit                                                                                   http://www.themestream.com/articles/173804.html
Flower Unit                                                                                       http://www.themestream.com/articles/173806.html
Mexico Unit                                                                                       http://www.themestream.com/articles/173808.html
Lighthouse Unit                                                                                  http://www.themestream.com/articles/173813.html
Spider Unit                                                                                         http://www.themestream.com/articles/173818.html
What makes gravity?                                                                           http://www.sciencetheatre.org/ask_st/092497.html
 

ARTS AND CRAFTS
Top 100 Craft Sites                      http://www.topcraftsites.com
Beadwork                                    http://www.beadwork.about.com
Making Cloth doll Patters               http://www.craftycollege.com/academics/rosey.html
Doll Making and Collecting            http://www.textiles.org/dolls/
Lets do laundry                            http://www.sdahq.org/sdakids
Easy Type                                   http://www.easytype.com
Education Sources, Quizes, and all sorts of things
http://quizlab.funbrain.com

Education Corner - Teacher's Packets Oregon Trail Education Resource Guide Now Available!
http://www.or.blm.gov/NHOTIC/Education/teacher%20packets.htm

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/enved/free_teachers.htm
Tons of links for free science, social studies activities, posters, stickers and much more!

ABOUT.COM  NEWLY ADDED LINKS
Many Mini Units added. Check this page to find out which categories have new links added.
http://homeschooling.about.com/library/blnewlinks.htm
http://homeschooling.about.com/education/homeschooling/library/weekly/aa011300.htm
http://artforkids.about.com;
http://craftsforkids.about.com;
http://earlychildhood.about.com;
http://childparenting.about.com;
http://kidscience.about.com; http://kidsastronomy.about.com;
http://homeparents.about.com; and
http://k-6educators.about.com."

Free Materials for Schools and Libraries                           http://www.connaughted.com/us-sub.html
This is a print subscription you pay for, but it lists lots of print type freebies you send for.

Social Studies: You Be the Historian                   http://americanhistory.si.edu/hohr/springer/
Turn your students into historians with this activity developed by the Smithsonian Institute. Your students will try to figure out what life was like for the Springer family 200 years ago using documents, objects, and everyday items "found" in the Springer house. To help you execute this activity in class, the Web site offers suggestions for classrooms with and without Internet access.

Music: PlayMusic.org                http://www.playmusic.org/
Cartoon-like graphics and audio music clips make the American Symphony Orchestra League's PlayMusic.com an informative and fun resource for kids. Click on an area of the orchestra to learn more about each section, or select a specific instrument for more detailed information. In each section, there are interactive Shockwave games for students.

English: SCORE Cyberguides                     http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Cyberguides are "supplementary, standards-based, Web-delivered units of instruction" created to correspond to literary works commonly studied in schools. Choose the K-3 or 4-5 links for a list of works. Then access discussion questions, activities, suggested Web sites, standards, grading rubrics, and more to help you link your language arts teaching to the Web.

Family You Gotta See This            http://www.soda.co.uk/soda/constructor/
Warning: this site may cost you hours of productivity. It's Soda Constructor, and it's addictive as cocaine and unbelievably fascinating. It's a Java applet that creates animations. That's like saying Van Gogh was a guy who painted. These are some of the most amazing animations that you've ever seen. You have full control over the models as they squirm, tumble, bounce, and move in infinite directions. Try it! Rated G

Math: Wonderful World of Weather             http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/weatherproj/
Get your K-4 students involved in the Wonderful World of Weather project. Students will track weather locally and worldwide and will learn how weather can be expressed in numbers and quantities. If you're interested in other real-time or collaborative math and science projects, return to the Home page for more options. (Note: If the above URL is too long for this newsletter, you might have to copy and paste it into your browser in segments.)

http://www.bookitprogram.com/
BOO\K IT National Reading Incentive Program motivates children in grades kindergarten through sixth grade to read by rewarding them for their reading accomplishments. Its purpose is to develop in children a lifelong love of reading.

This is another reading incentive program.  They send you a list of books and a teacher's guide in the mail. The site offers free certificates,bookmarks, cards, ribbons and medals.  When children earn enough points by reading, they can also receive gifts!
http://www.bookadventure.org

Science: The Why Files            http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/index.html
Current events meet science on the Why Files Web site. Check the Why Files for weekly explanations of the science and technology behind the news. Or search the archive to understand last month's headlines.

this site by the National Wild life Feteration and its great!  Sized like a toddler book it has a little story, shape matching page, number page, a finger play, shape and color comparison page, rhymes, an animal story and a companion website with really neat activities. It costs $20/year.  If you'd like to check out the website, go to                   http://www.nwf.org/wildanimalbaby/index.html.

This one's for music education.  I just received their catalog and plan to buy several books/CDs/tapes... http://www.giamusic.com/music_education_materials.html

EARTH DAY AND OTHER NATURAL THINGS
Internet Projects to Celebrate Earth Day!                                 http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr068.shtml
"Down to Earth" Web Sites - Resources to help students learn about the Earth
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr132.shtml

Earth Day at Kid's Domain                                          http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/earthday/
Earth Day - Great kids site!                                         http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/GuidedTours/earthday/earthday.htm
Earth Day on your Block                                             http://www.allspecies.org/neigh/blocka.htm
Welcome to EARTH DAY CANADA                            http://www.earthday.ca/
Earth Day Network                                                    http://www.earthday.net/
Water in the City                                                        http://www.fi.edu/city/water/
BBC Education Landmarks Wetlands                            http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/landmarks/standard/wetlands/index.html
Be kind to the Earth Scavenger Hunt                            http://www.girlscouts.org/girls/Why/Environment/Earthday/scavengerhunt.htm
Kid's Earth Day                                                          http://www.e-znet.com/kids/EarthDay.html
Earth Day Page                                                          http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/1807/earth.html
For Kids Only - Earth Science Enterprise                      http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/
Earth Day Information Center                                      http://www.nationalcenter.org/EarthDay98.html
Earth Day Hawaii                                                        http://planet-hawaii.com/cch/earthday/
Earth Day - The Real Story                                          http://www.themesh.com/eday.html
Earth Day                                                       http://www.communityinfosystem.com/Reference/Holiday/Earth_Day/earth_day.html
Earth Day                                                                   http://www.cgs.clemson.edu/earthday.htm
Earth Day                                                                   http://www.chf.de/earthday.html
Care2 - Earth Day 2000                                                http://www.care2.com/earthday/
Subject: free insect guides & videos                               http://www.orkin.com/html/idguide.html
Why leaves change                                                       http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/brochure/leaves/leaves.htm
Planning landscape for fall colors:                                  http://www.ag.usask.ca/cofa/departments/hort/hortinfo/trees/fall.html
UGA forestry site                                                         http://www.forestry.uga.edu/abstracts/for97-027-031.html
Science Made Simple -- kids site                                    http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/education/colorchange.html

At this website learn about the history and culture of the Vikings.http://www.regia.org/vikings.htm

A website that explores Coopna Cave, a site that was discovered to contain the earliest evidence of man in America -- an archaeologist's dream!                      http://www.dirtbrothers.org/CoopnaCave/

Giggle Poetry                                  http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Bruce Lansky's books are among America's best-selling children's poetry books, with more than 500,000 copies in print. His site not only includes a large archive of funny poems (from Lansky and other Meadowbrook Press poets), it also has fill-in-the-blank poetry activities, advice for would-be poets, and poems to grade (which ones are good enough to be published?) Here's a familiar one with a twisted ending, written by Bill Dodd. "Row, row, row
your boat gently down the stream, until you hit the waterfall – then you'll start to scream."

Grandpa Tucker's Rhymes and Tales                             http://www.night.net/tucker/
I can picture Grandpa Tucker in my mind's eye, my imagination encouraged by his cartoon figure and the bluegrass music playing in the background. Grandpa Tucker writes an original monthly story in verse, and shares his collection of fun illustrated poems. He offers this advice to parents. "....I believe that the most important reading being done anywhere in the world is when an adult reads to a child. I believe children will leave Nintendo or stop roller blading for a few minutes to share the closeness of sharing a story."

Together Time is a Craft Activity Club for Kids and their Parents.
Members enjoy hours of fun quality time together. When you join as a trial member your child will receive a Free Personalized Craft Box filled with Crayola crayons, glue, gluestick, and safety scissors. There are no minimums, no obligations, and you may cancel anytime. Join at http://www.togethertime.com/jointogethertime.htm

For those of you needing blank forms for lesson plans (weekly or daily), incentive charts or even just number charts, this is the place to go!  They also offer templates for report cards!!!  They have many more charts and forms than just those, however!  Someone should canonize this lady. :o)                                             http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/homeschoolforms/index.html

Poetry for Kids                                                             http://www.poetry4kids.com
Kenn Nesbitt is an young poet who writes zany poems with hysterically funny punch lines. Try reading them aloud to your kids or your class, or better yet, have your children read them to their friends and classmates. Here's a snippet from "The Amusement Park." " We went to an amusement park, my family and I. We rode on rides so scary I expected I would die. We rode a rollercoaster called The Homicidal Comet. It had so many loop-de-loops it nearly made us vomit."

The Verse of Ogden Nash                                                  http://www.wco.com/~veeceet/kids/nash.html
"God in his wisdom made the fly, And then forgot to tell us why." I remember Ogden Nash from my childhood ("The Tale of Custard the Dragon" in particular) and I think this collection of eight animal poems is a perfect Ogden Nash introduction for a new generation of fans. Click on "Return to KidzPage" to navigate the rest of this poetry site, which includes "Critter ABC's," Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky, " and assorted limericks.

"For Laughing Out Loud" by Jack Prelutsky for ages 9 to 12.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0394821440/surfinthenetwith

colouring books
http://www.sacredspiral.com
http://www.spiralgoddess.com>
Pokemon Coloring Pages                  http://childfun.com/color/pokemon.shtml
Dinosaur Coloring Pages                   http://childfun.com/color/dinosaurs.shtml
Rugrats Coloring Pages                     http://childfun.com/color/rugrats.shtml
Magic School Bus Coloring Pages      http://childfun.com/color/magic.shtml
Furby Coloring Pages                       http://childfun.com/color/furby.shtml
Franklin Coloring Pages                    http://childfun.com/color/franklin.shtml
Main Coloring Pages                         http://childfun.com/color

pagan kid stuff
tigger a witch?     http://www.witchyworks.com/tigger.html
pagan schooling     http://goddessmoon.org/education/goddess_moon_circles_academy.htm
a search engine      http://www.pedagonet.com/

misc and general usefull links
http://InteractiveParent.com
http://k-6educators.about.com/education/k-6educators/msub159.htm
http://www.youthpower.net/
http://www.honey.com/kids/teach.html
http://www.friesens.com/learningproducts/
http://www.edumart.com/trend/
http://www.rhine.org/
http://www.lytlwytch.com/homeschooling/homeschooling.htm
http://www.cahomeschoolnet.org
http://www.sepschool.org
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/INF/free_index.html
http://homeschooling.about.com/education/homeschooling/msubgames7.htm
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson138.shtml
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5585/
http://www2.mybc.com/bc/chinese/
http://www.shagmail.com
http://www.ed.gov/free/

IF and when any of these links crash or become dead-please contact the midian webmaster asap!