Favorite Back To School resources!

Last school year friends (not all kids were homeschooled) would ask me where to find math sheets, spelling help, science help, etc online. I would email them the links! My kids would also ask me where to find links during the day. So to help me and them I found that it was easier to just post all the links in one location!

Here are the categories most requested and a few of my favorite links in each catagory!
ART- Incredible Art Department
* Art Lesson plans for PreK- College age
* Art Activities and Games
* Incredible Resources
* Art Career and Jobs
* Teachers Toolbox
* Art room and more!

GEOGRAPHY- US Geography
*Capitals, States and Landscapes of the USA
- National Geographic *Videos, Activites, Games and Stories

HISTORY- The Story of our World Series
*Best history books that we use.
-Dear America *Great books and Scholastic has a great kid and parent friendly website!

LANGUAGE- Caught Ya Book Series *Fun and interactive books for learning grammar!
- Grammar Girl * I love the podcast lessons!!

MATH- Homeschool Math- for all ages
*Not just for homeschoolers!
*Worksheets
*Very full of everything you need related to Math!
-Timez Attack
*Best ever multiplication game online for free and also available to purchase a full version

We have used these math resources, too!

Mango Math

Mango Math Blog

Math Goodies Blog

MathUSee

Number Quest | Board Game | BoardGameGeek


READING- Reading is Fundamental
*Best interactive reading site!
*For kids, parents and educators!
-Katie and Kimble Blog
*Cute book series
*Interactive website with the books!
*Kid friend author with videos on website
-Carole Marsh Mysteries
*Great mystery reading books.
*Very kid friendly author (you can also get your name as a character in one of her mysteries)
SCIENCE- Every day Mysteries
*Fun science facts from the Library of Congress from A to Z!
-Windows to the Universe
*Science gem that I found last year!
* Our Planet and Solar System
*Great information and super graphics

Government- CIA for kids
*For parents, educators and kids
*FUN online games!

Best overall Interactive Kid site - BrainPop

If you have different links and ones that you recommend please leave the link for me in the comments! I'm always looking for more.

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PARENTS check out these too:
We posted an article, "100 Best Blogs for Homeschooling Moms" (http://www.onlineeducation.
net/2009/08/16/100-best-blogs-for-homeschooling-moms/). I am happy to tell you know that my site has been included in this list (if you look for Homeschool Messenger.)