Homeschool Tracker - keep track of all your homeschool activities, assignments and more.  There is a free version of the software and a paid version that is outstanding.  This program is great if you are required to have proof for home schooling in your state.

The Educator's Desk Reference - lesson plans and references for educator's. -

Ed Helper - You have to pay a yearly fee of 30.00 but the pintables are abundant.  There are also themes for all subjects.  This is for all grade levels.

Free Coloring pages - coloring pages you can print under all types of topics and themes.

Free Rice - Incentive for students.

NY Times

Teachers Net

Prep Dog

St. Louis Fed

State of MS info for teachers

 

Hip to Bead - www.hiptobead.com Katie's Beading Blog - www.katiehacker.blogspot.com Ott Lite - www.ott-lite.com Jacquard Products - www.jacquardproducts.com/products/teejuice/ Life of the Party - www.soapplace.com Clover Needlecraft - www.clover-usa.com/cat.php?k=59577 Walnut Hollow - www.walnuthollow.com Lion Brand® Yarn Co. - www.lionbrandyarn.com MyBook Adaptable Planner - www.perannum.com/mybook/mb_index.asp The Bead Buddy - www.beadbuddy.net PaperWorks magazine -www.paperworksmagazine.com Weekly Webisodes www.paperwishes.com/webisodes/index.php?page=archivebn Embroiders Guild of America, www.egausa.org www.theportableplayhouse.org.

• Top 100 Websites
  
  Homeschool.com's Top 100 Web Sites
  Sponsored By: Oak Meadow
  
  The websites listed below represent some of the best educational
  sites on the Internet today. Homeschool.com based the selection on
  the following criteria:
  Is the site educational?
  Is the site well organized and easy to use?
  Does the site make good use of the latest Internet technology?
  Is the site interesting and informative?
  After reviewing thousands of websites, the following sites have been
  selected as Homeschool.com's Top 100 Web Sites for 2004. These
  websites contain some of the best educational content on the
  Internet today. Almost all of these sites are free or have free
  sections.
  
  ART AND MUSIC
  
  A Lifetime of Color
  http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/
  
  A.Pintura, Art Detective
  http://www.eduweb.com/pintura
  
  Children's Music Web
  http://www.childrensmusic.org/
  
  Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art
  http://www.wildlifeart.org/ArtTales
  
  Arts Workshop
  http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworkshop/index.html
  
  ArtsEDGE
  http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
  
  Art Lessons for All Grades
  http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/lessons.html
  
  Inside Art
  http://www.eduweb.com/insideart
  
  Kinder Art
  http://www.kinderart.com/
  
  LouvreW3
  http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
  
  The @rt-room
  http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room
  
  Webmuseum, Paris
  http://www.ibiblio.org/wm
  
  Coloring.com
  http://www.coloring.com/
  
  Cyberkids
  http://www.cyberkids.com/
  
  Fun Brain
  http://www.funbrain.com/
  
  It's Your Turn Online Games
  http://www.itsyourturn.com/
  
  Kids' Place
  http://www.eduplace.com/kids
  
  Kids Space
  http://www.kids-space.org/
  
  World Kids Network
  http://www.worldkids.net/
  
  
  GEOGRAPHY AND VIRTUAL TRAVEL
  
  Amazon Interactive
  http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
  
  Colonial Williamsburg: Electronic Field Trips
  http://www.history.org/trips
  
  CyberBee
  http://www.cyberbee.com/
  
  Global Online Adventure Learning Site
  http://www.goals.com/Index.htm
  
  The Jason Project
  http://www.jasonproject.org/
  
  Virtual Field Trips
  http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours
  
  Xpeditions @ National Geographic
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
  
  
  HISTORY
  
  Ancient Egypt on the Web
  http://www.guardians.net/egypt
  
  Biography.com
  http://www.biography.com/
  
  Castles on the Web
  http://www.castlesontheweb.com/
  
  Family Search
  http://www.familysearch.org/
  
  History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers
  http://home.comcast.net/~dboals1/boals.html
  
  HyperHistory Online
  http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
  
  Justice for Kids and Youth
  http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage
  
  K-12 Africa Guide
  http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
  
  Lewis and Clark
  http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark
  
  Life in the Middle Ages
  http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm
  
  New Perspectives on the West
  http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest
  
  States and Capitals
  http://www.50states.com/
  
  The American Civil War Homepage
  http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war
  
  The Canada War Museum
  http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/kidsection/cwmindexeng.html
  
  The Civil War Homepage
  http://www.civil-war.net/
  
  The Oregon Trail
  http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
  
  The World of the Vikings
  http://www.worldofthevikings.com/
  
  WestWeb
  http://scholar.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/noframes/main.html
  
  White House for Kids
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids
  
  
  HOMESCHOOLING
  
  About Homeschooling
  http://www.homeschooling.about.com/
  
  Homeschool Methods
  http://www.homeschoollearning.com/approaches
  
  Peg's Unit Study Planning Page
  http://members.aol.com/PegFlint/units_how_to_plan.html
  
  
  MATH
  
  Ask Dr. Math
  http://mathforum.org/dr.math
  
  Basket Math Interactive
  http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/index.html
  
  Exercises in Math Readiness
  http://math.usask.ca/readin/menu.html
  
  KidsBank
  http://www.kidsbank.com/
  
  Math Goodies.com
  http://www.mathgoodies.com/
  
  Mega-Mathematics
  http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math
  
  Purple Math
  http://www.purplemath.com/
  
  Web Math
  http://www.webmath.com/
  
  
  MISCELLANEOUS
  
  Parent Soup
  http://www.parentsoup.com/
  
  Teach With Movies
  http://www.teachwithmovies.org/
  
  The Smart Guide to Financial Aid
  http://www.finaid.com/
  
  Unconventional Ideas
  http://www.unconventionalideas.com/
  
  
  READING
  
  Audrey Wood Club House
  http://www.audreywood.com/
  
  Bartleby.com
  http://www.bartleby.com/
  
  Children's Literature Web Guide
  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
  
  Pink Monkey
  http://www.pinkmonkey.com/
  
  Project Gutenberg
  http://www.gutenberg.net/
  
  
  REFERENCE
  
  Babel Fish - Language Translator
  http://world.altavista.com/
  
  Britannica
  http://www.britannica.com/
  
  Discovery School
  http://school.discovery.com/
  
  Educator's Reference Desk
  http://www.eduref.org/
  
  Internet Public Library
  http://www.ipl.org/
  
  Marco Polo Education Search
  http://www.meritbadge.com/
  
  New York Times Learning Network
  http://www.nytimes.com/learning
  
  ThinkQuest
  http://www.thinkquest.org/
  
  
  SCIENCE
  
  BrainPOP
  http://www.brainpop.com/
  
  Chem4Kids
  http://www.chem4kids.com/
  
  Exploratorium
  http://www.exploratorium.edu/
  
  HowStuffWorks
  http://www.howstuffworks.com/
  
  Imagine the Universe!
  http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  
  InnerBody
  http://www.innerbody.com/
  
  Kids Dig Reed
  http://www.kidsdigreed.com/
  
  Life Beyond Earth
  http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth
  
  Museum of Science, Boston: Online Exhibits
  http://www.mos.org/
  
  NASA Kids
  http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
  
  Neuroscience for Kids
  http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
  
  Nine Planets
  http://www.nineplanets.org/
  
  Ocean Planet Home Page
  http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
  
  Sci4Kids
  http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids
  
  StarChild
  http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  
  The Electronic Zoo
  http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
  
  The Franklin Institute: Learning Resources
  http://sln.fi.edu/
  
  The MAD Scientist Network
  http://www.madsci.org/
  
  The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
  
  http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/
  
  Try Science
  http://www.tryscience.org/
  
  
  WRITING
  
  CRAYON - Create Your Own Newspaper
  http://crayon.net/
  
  MidLink Magazine
  http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink
  
  Researchpaper.com
  http://www.researchpaper.com/
  
  Take Our Word.com
  http://www.takeourword.com/
  
  The Write Site
  http://www.writesite.org/
  
  What Makes a Good Story?
  http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature
  
  Word Central
  http://www.wordcentral.com/
  
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