The School and Home Library
The Online Library for Home Schoolers
Curriculum Resources
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Thank you to all the home schoolers who are using this website and sending me suggestions of websites to include on this page! I really appreciate your enthusiasm and support. Unfortunately, I am unable to review and include all of your suggestions on this page; however, I have created a wiki page where you can post your suggestions. Please go to whitneyswikiways School and Home Library Curriculum Resources Page to add your suggestions and view websites suggested by other home schoolers.
| Language Arts | Spelling City | Over 42,000 spelling words with customizable word lists. Teach, test and play! |
| 60 Second Recap | 60 second video clips summarizing great works of literature. | |
| Science | Edheads | High quality interactive lessons for hard-to-teach subjects. Engineering, medicine, forensics. Teachers' guides available. |
| Brain Tour | Two-part interactive tour of the brain including brain basics and effects of Alzheimer's disease. | |
| Learn Genetics | From the University of Utah, teacher resources and interactive lesson plans. High school. | |
| Solar System Exploration | Excellent source of information from NASA. Geared toward middle school and high school; however, a link connects to kids' pages. | |
| SuperCharged Science | Free home school science guide, weekly emails with science experiments to do at home, newsletter, and Science Fair project resources from Aurora Lipper, Master's level instructor in Mechanical Engineering and instructor at California Polytechnical State University. Great for elementary and middle school kids. | |
| Math | Cool Math 4 Kids CoolMath.com |
Created by a math teacher, these two sites making learning math fun. Lots of lesson, practice, and games. Cool Math 4 Kids is aimed at the elementary level, while Cool Math is for prealgebra and up. |
| Homeschool Math | Worksheets, ebooks, links to games, interactive tutorials and quizes. Site created by a home school mom and math teacher. | |
| Engineering | Engineer Girl Engineer Your Life |
From the National Academies of Science, web guides about engineering careers for girls in middle and high school. |
| Social Studies/History | Ancient Mesopotamia | Based on the archeological studies conducted by the University of Chicago and developed with a team of teachers. |
| Mr.Donn | Free powerpoints, video clips, lesson plans and activites. World history, ancient history, American history. | |
| HistoryThroughArt | Ten free lectures about five paintings, with a new painting added every month. Learn about history through the study of art, and learn about art through the study of history. | |
| Health/Fitnesss | LearntobeHealthy.org | Covers six areas: Adolescence, Dental Health, Eating Healthy, Mental Health, Nutrition and Fitness, and Tobacco & Inhalants. Separate pages for teens, children, and teachers. Users must register for free account. |
| Centers for Disease Control | Information, lessons, interactives for grades k-12, parents and teachers. | |
| Primary Source Documents | Primary Access | From the Center of Technology and Teacher Education at the University of Virginia. Students can use primary source documents to complete assignments. MovieMaker, Storyboard, and Rebus. |
| Finance/Economics | Council for Economic Education | More than 660 lesson plans for all grade levels, videos, games, and interactives. |
| KidsBank.com | Developed by Sovereign Bank. Colorful characters help elementary kids learn about money management. | |
| Money Smart Kids | From Kiplinger. Stock market and money management. Grades K-12. | |
| YoungBiz | Guide to creating and starting a business for young entreprenuers. Middle school and high school. | |
| The Great Depression | Free online curriculum from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Each lesson focuses on the economic factors that caused the Depression. |