free educational websites | Still Learning Something New

This week was our fall break, but not a break from finding some terrific educational resources. Below are the best of “new to me” sites that I have saved for next week when our studies resume. It’s my hope that you can use these too!

Children’s activities and crafts and more (warning – this site offers so much you will need to make sure you have a lot of time to spend browsing around) http://krokotak.com/en/

Thousands of lesson plans and worksheets http://lessonplancentral.com/

Health and science resources for all grade levels http://classroom.kidshealth.org/

Plants, animals, fungi, ecology, geology, and more http://www.backyardnature.net/index.html

Fun poetry resources http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html

Great education articles from NSA’s weekly newsletter including “Strategies That Motivate All Students to Participate”, “Art Therapy Exercises”, and ” Childhood Damaged by Over-testing” http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8fb495371ca5be23e1601ecc0&id=a2a873085d&e=3bba501884

Have a great weekend!

betty jo

The following links are to the free resources that we have been exploring this week as part of our homeschooling studies. And, this week the resources have been fabulous!

We gave this site a try this week and will be visiting again often for math games. Everything from counting to probability. http://jmathpage.com/

Literacy Lava PDF magazines for teachers that promote reading and writing with children of any age http://susanstephenson.com.au/free-pdfs/

Videos, lessons, and experiments for science class http://www.planet-science.com/

Social Studies and current events http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/

Just for fun! Free movies, videos, games and songs http://www.cornel1801.com/index.html

Crafts, recipies, printables, and more http://itswrittenonthewalls.blogspot.com/

Education News for parents/teachers http://www.nsa-slovakia.com/home

I hope that these links will be helpful as you look for something to make your studies a little more interesting and a little more fun.

betty jo