California Dept. of Ed. Content Standards Links to a PDF document for each subject. These contain detailed information about what is taught at each grade level.
California Dept. of Ed. Reading Lists Allows you to generate lists by grade level, genre, classification and awards. You can also search by author or title. Gives a brief description ("annotation") for each book.
Here are some "parent recommended" educational websites.
Email your favorites to Karen and we'll add them to the list!
GENERAL
http://lapbooklessons.ning.com - Lots of short videos showing how to make lapbooks and demonstrations of completed lapbooks on various topics.
http://thehomeschoolden.blogspot.com/2010/11/butterfly-and-insect-lapbook.html - pictures of completed lap books and links to other sources.
http://yeeshallknow.com/science/ has instructions and printable patterns for science lapbooks.
www.discoveryeducation.com - Science, English, social studies and math. Activities, video tutorials, lesson plans, and more. Go to the bottom of the home page for free parent and teacher links.
www.khanacademy.org - Terrific You Tube Video tutorials with a library of over 2,600 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 211 practice exercises.
www.raft.net - Activity worksheets for science, social studies, language arts, and art for all grade levels. Many have a short video explanation. Activities use simple materials.
www.superteacherworksheets.com - thousands of printable worksheets - all free! Includes spelling, phonics, grammar, math, social studies, science and award certificates.
www.edsitement.neh.gov - humanities for older students (and parents!), including art and culture.
www.homefires.com - Diane Flynn Keith "Journal of Homeschooling Online"www.Theheadoftheclass.com
www.alphabetsoup.net
www.funbrain.com
LANGUAGE ARTS:
www.starfall.com - Reading and phonics
www.funfonix.com - Phonics
MATHEMATICS:
www.webmath.com - You can put in any math problem and it will show you step-by-step how to do it.
www.bigbrainz.com - Teaches times tables from 2 to 12. Free until you reach a certain level in the game.
www.ixl.com - math worksheets by grade and skill (online practice, not printable)
www.coolmath-games.com
www.mathfactcafe.com
www.muliplication.com
www.coolmath4kids.com - Elementary math
www.coolmath.com - Pre-algebra
SCIENCE:
www.sciencefriday.com - Science Friday. Lots there, but the videos are especially worth checking out. "Where's the Octopus?" is amazing!
www.freesciencelab.com - Science teacher and author Dan Wyrick has compiled lesson plans and interactive science labs. Sign up to receive a simple science activity emailed to you weekly.
www.calacademy.org - California Academy of Sciences
www.exploratorium.edu
www.montereybayaquarium.org
www.kids.discovery.com
www.superchargedscience.com - Simple hands-on projects with good explanations
primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe - You control the slider to see relative sizes of everything in the universe, from the smallest to the largest.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
www.kids.nationalgeographic.com
www.socialstudiesforkids.com
www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm - Maps and geography
OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES:
www.printfreegraphpaper.com - Free graph paper you can resize and print
www.shastalibraries.org - Shasta Public Library resources and activities.