Useful Links for Homeschoolers

Quick Index

Educational Sites mostly for children

Games

Miscellaneous

Inspirational Stories of Homeschoolers

Akiane - child prodigy, realist painter and world renowned poet

Educational Sites

These sites are useful for the children to visit, for a variety of reasons. Please come back soon. I'm just getting warmed up! I have tons more links where these came from. In addition, please explore the rest of our web site. There are thousands of good links for educational purposes elsewhere on the site, as well as useful information on other pages of the site.

Specific Topics

Science

Photography

Underwater Photography by Michel Scokaert

Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss

Northern Lights Photos by Jan Curtis

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Strike One Lightning Photos

Meyers Conservatory orchids photos

Absolutely Volcanic

Wildflowers of the Escambia One species featured daily

Birds, Animals

Mangoverde World Bird Guide

Butterflies on the Internet

BugGuide.net An extensive site for identifying insects and arachnids.

eBird Run by Cornell University, this site collects data from the public on where and when various birds are seen, and the data is analyzed and compiled.

Arizona Field Ornithologists Arizona is one of the richest habitats for birds in the United States. The U.S. has about 800 species, and over 400 visit Arizona. Photos of rare Arizona birds, recordings of bird songs.

Reptiles of Arizona Lizards, etc.

Naturesongs Digital Recordings from Nature!

Native California plants and seeds

Links to award-winning butterfly sites links to bird, hummingbird, frog and toad, wildlife gardening, and dragonfly websites

Stein's Virtual Insectary

Entomology for Beginners

Earth Life Web insects, birds, mammals, lichens, prokaryotes

Favorite Foods of Gypsy Moth tree guide

BirdWorld

Butterflies

Moths of North America

The Electronic Zoo

Butterfly Pictures

Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter

Fireflies in Houston lots of general info about fireflies

Other Science

PLANTS Database USDA - advanced

Science Hobbyist

Friendly Chemistry complete high school chemistry course

An Ottawa Valley Naturalist

Native Seeds/SEARCH heirloom seeds sold for planting

Biosphere 2

Institute for Creation Research

SandLotScience

The Appalachian Naturalist

Volcano World

The Orchid Lady

Earth and Sky online science magazine for kids

eNature.com

Stein's Tree and Shrub Guide

Stein's Virtual Herbarium

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Oakland Zoo

English, Language, and Literature

Word Police Academy

Project Gutenberg great literature online

Summer Institute of Linguistics advanced

Ethnologue Languages of the World: comprehensive

The Basic Cozy English Grammar Course video tapes and workbook. Lighthearted approach that teaches good music, art and science as well.

Homeschool Gazette publishing students' writings

Transparent Language had online monthly newsletters in 11 languages (haven't looked lately), many language helps

Easy Grammar The most logical approach to grammar I have seen: it starts by teaching students to cross out prepositional phrases.

World Language Resources Hundreds of languages

Grimm's Fairy Tales Complete

Music

Classical Midi Archives

WCPE, The Classical Station North Carolina, 5 streaming formats. The best selection of really NICE music on the web.

Music Machine loads of fun!

Art

KinderArt

Laurenz Bobke: English Homepage Link to German page; wonderful photographs

World of Escher

Computer Art Generation Programs

Terragen digital landscapes - free

Ultra Fractal fractal generating program, inexpensive, powerful

Xenodream fractal generating program, slightly more expensive but still reasonable

Chaoscope Free. Some knowledge of mathematics helpful.

Apophysis Free flame fractal generator. Powerful.

Apophysis community on deviantART Extensive resources.

Travel

Orbitz blog

Stein's Tour of Egypt

Guide to Japan

Japan for Visitors

Ghost Towns

Ethnic Cooking

FunkyMunky - South African Recipe and Travel Site

Congo Cookbook

History, Political, Legal

Flags of the World

Making of America American historical documents

congress.gov U.S. Congress, legislative information on the internet.

Miscellaneous

Urban Legends Reference Pages

K-12 Teaching & Learning Center

Brantacan

Lissa Explains it All - HTML Help for Kids

Eclectic Homeschool science, math, social studies, language arts, the arts, crafts, home and family, Bible, high school, collee and career.

DiscoverySchool's Puzzlemaker make crossword puzzles online

Algebra Online online math tutoring

Fallacies short course in this aspect of logic from the Nizkor Project

Smithsonian Kids

Online Virtual Dissection

BugBios

Math Cats

Games

Go is a very complex Asian board game, which is good for training different thought processes. It can be played online with real players from around the world.

American Go Association

Pandanet IGS

Pandanet Internet Go Server

No Name Go Server

Chess Links temporary

Homebirth and Breastfeeding

Adoptive Breastfeeding

Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource Site

Bornfree! Unassisted Childbirth Warning! This site is a mindblower!

Ultrasound in Obstetrics: A Question of Safety

The Nestlé Boycott Another reason for boycotting: Nestle makes "food" for people with stomach tubes that is PURE TRASH! The stuff is actually POISONOUS. Don't let them feed this to you if you are in the hospital. Go to Real Food Blends or Functional Formularies and get real food instead. It's expensive, but it's the only alternative.

Kangaroo Mother Care ideal for premature babies; helps them thrive

Natural Living

The Rammed Earth House book by David Easton

Sustainable Architecture

Rammed Earth Works

Rammed Earth Homes

Bamboo

ITDG - Soluciones Prácticas para la pobreza en español

Médecins Sans Frontières International Doctors Without Borders - in English

Helpful for Parents

Solving the Crisis in Homeschooling

Training Children