Hello! Welcome to Homeschool Excursions' Resource page for parents. This is not the place for curiculum materials or local support groups. Rather, we are working to provide links to pages that can help answer your questions about homeschooling. Most of this information has been provided by parents like yourself. So, if you have any sites you would like to share, please send them our way! (We know you have some good ones bookmarked!)
Homeschool Excursions is not affiliated with any religious belief system. We are an inclusive organization. A few of the links below are to sites that do contain religious content; we are trying to be selective in what we include. To the best of our knowledge, those sites provide information that is helpful to individuals of all faiths. However, we are not able to completely research each site, so please let us know if a link should be removed and why. We want everyone to feel comfortable and welcome here!
Please let us know if you find any broken links so they can be removed or repaired.
Resources
Home Education Information Resource of Georgia (HEIR)
Georgia Homeschool.com
Georgia Department of Education
This page of the Georgia Department of Education website lists the state requirements for homeschooling your kids. It also provides links to answer additional questions.
Legal Information by State
Assistance in understanding the homeschooling laws and legalities for your state.
National Home Education Legal Defense
NHELD is an acronym for National Home Education Legal Defense, a national organization open to all who wish to join, that seeks to protect and defend the rights of families who wish to educate in freedom.
National Home Education Network
The National Home Education Network exists to encourage and facilitate the vital grassroots work of state and local homeschooling organizations and individuals by providing information, fostering networking and promoting public relations on a national level. Because we believe there is strength in a diverse network of homeschoolers, we support the freedom of all individual families to choose home education and to direct such education.
State Laws
In the United States, education is governed by state, not federal, laws. In some ways, this is a very good thing, because there is no pretense of "one size fits all". But it also makes it much more complicated to explain to people what they have to do in order to homeschool legally.
In these files, we have listed the actual law, where available, and have also tried to find resources within each state, people and organizations who can help you with any questions.
Homeschooling Approaches
Although every homeschool is unique, certain homeschooling "styles" have become very popular. Most homeschoolers do not follow one style or method exactly. Instead, they select the ideas and suggestions that fit their family and eventually end up with a method all their own. It may take some time to develop your own routine and you may discover that you start out more structured in the beginning and become more flexible and relaxed as time goes on. The following are the most popular homeschooling styles.
Can Teach!
Welcome to CanTeach! With hundreds of lesson plans, thousands of links, and tons of other resources, we hope you find something useful to help you out.
Homefires
Homefires is the homeschooler's resource center for ready-made curriculum, advice, support and community.
At the same time, Homefires is a support system for parents - whether homeschooling or not - who are committed to being great parents to their kids. We're here to help you build a foundational, nurturing environment for your children so that they grow into independent, capable, contributing adults.
World and I Homeschool
This site has got it all! Enjoy!
CT Homeschool Network
This site contains links for information on homeschooling based on any religion. Included are links for Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Pagan, and more.
Religious and Cultural Links
Adventist, African American, Baha'i, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Native American, Pagan, Quaker, and more...
FamilyFun.com
Apples For the Teacher
This site includes interactive learning games, quizzes, and worksheet generator tools by subject (creative arts, foreign languages, language arts, math, science, social studies), articles, literacy coloring pages and more.
Free Books for your PDA or iPod
Homeschool Articles & Links By Topic
A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling
Information on laws and legalities, as well as other interesting and informative articles.
ThinkQuest
The ThinkQuest Library provides innovative learning resources for students of all ages on a wide range of educational topics. Featuring over 5,500 websites, the library is created by students from around the world .
The Moore Foundation and Academy: Leaders in Homeschooling
Hand in hand with homeschooling parents providing individualized curriculum, educational materials, and unit studies for Homeschool along with aid in learning disabilities, and gifted education.
Art
Art
On this page classroom teachers and homeschoolers can find resources for teaching art, including classroom art projects for kids and guidelines for class discussion. These children's art lessons are open ended to stimulate creativity, and are flexible enough to work with a wide range of ages and abilities.
Art History Online
Prehistoric, Ancient Near East, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art in Early Europe, Middle Ages, 18th to 21st Centuries, Prints & Photographs, and more.
Artsology.com
Artsology aims to expose kids to cultural figures and ideas in the hope of having a positive effect. We cannot expect to be a thorough and comprehensive source of all things artistic, but hope to provide a gateway or springboard to further investigation and enjoyment of the arts.
Imagination Factory
There is no machinery at The Imagination Factory, and smokestacks don't pollute the air. Instead, we teach children and their caregivers creative ways to recycle by making art.
KidsArt Art Education - Top Ten Art List
Hands-on art education for home and school. Easy, fast and innovative art ideas and activities for children from preschool through junior high.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
A must see!
Mr. Picasso Head
'Draw' online. The process is broken down into it's basic components to help disect a painting.
NGA Kids
National Gallery of Art, adventures with art: activities and projects.
Portrait Detectives
A portrait isn't just a pretty picture of a famous or wealthy person. It is a treasure trove of clues and ideas. It can tell us who a person was, how they lived and what they thought about themselves. It can even tell us about the painter and their life.
Using paintings from the Walker we will show you how to find and interpret these clues. You can take a 'guided tour' where we explain the portrait to you, or you can visit the 'explore' section where you do the detective work and find the clues yourself. Either way there is lots to do both on-line and away from your computer.
The Renaissance Connection
Welcome to The Renaissance Connection, the Allentown Art Museum's interactive educational web site. With the simple click of a mouse button, travel 500 years into the past to discover many Renaissance innovations revealed through the Allentown Art Museum's Samuel H. Kress Collection of European art.
Science
Absolutely Apes
Part of the San Diego Zoo website. Lots of great pictures and information.
Backyard Science
Science is more than weights and measures. Find out how to explore and experiment in your own backyard.
Bird Technology
Soar the virtual skies with Tilly the golden eagle and find out how miniature cameras, or mini-cams, are helping scientists unlock the secrets of animal flight.
British Energy Nature Trail
This website offers a virtual hike on a nature trail in Great Britain where you can learn all about the flora and fauna in woodlands and grasslands including meadows, marshes, and ponds.
Bubblesphere
Games, history, references, all about bubbles!
Cell Biology Animation
Lots of biology information.
Deep Jungle: New Frontiers
We all have a picture in our mind's eye of what Earth's great jungles look like. But you've never seen tropical forests like this before.
Fireworks
Learn how fireworks work.
Genographic Project
Explore your own genetic journey with Dr. Spencer Wells. DNA analysis includes a depiction of your ancient ancestors and an interactive map tracing your genetic lineage around the world and through the ages.
Great Idea Finder
Lots of information on inventions and inventors.
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century
How many of the 20th century's greatest engineering achievements will you use today? A car? Computer? Telephone? Explore our list of the top 20 achievements and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world.
History of Eating Utensils
H.M.S Crew Project
The H.M.S. Crew Project was designed as a resource manual to assist science and mathematics teachers in implementing this scientific knowledge through hands-on activities, as physical educators implement real life sail training experiences.
How Does the Earth Work?
Welcome to our online course, "How Does the Earth Work?" When you have completed this course, you will be able to tell people about: The Layers of the Earth, Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes and Earthquakes, and the Difference between Climate and Weather
Invasive Species
Welcome to the 2004-2005 school year eFieldTrip on invasive species. We are excited to have you be a part of our efforts to provide students nationwide with a quality educational experience. We have designed our eFieldTrip to meet national education standards and to provide an engaging format that keeps a student's interest. There is no cost to your school.
Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics, & You
Very cool site. Check it out!
National Geographic
No description needed...
Physics Evolution
When you get to the site you will see a map and a key that explains how to use it to learn about important characters in the evolution of physics. Read their biographies, and use the map to see the links between people, how they influenced each other, and how their work progressed. You can explore the site in chronological order investigating the origins and development of physics through time, or jump to different time periods to randomly begin an exploration of physics through the ages.
San Diego Zoo
Lots of games, information, science projects, and more.
Science NetLinks
Information on just about anything you need to teach science.
Simple Machines
Tons of information including animations and step-by-step descriptions.
Smithsonian Education
Looking for a great book about museums? Want to know what it’s like to walk on the Moon? Or need some tips on starting your own rock, stamp, or coin collection? Then check out Smithsonian IdeaLabs, where you can explore these subjects and more!
Steve Spangler Science
If you're looking for cool educational toys, science kits, teacher workshop materials, science toys, easy science fair projects or just an awesome gift, you've come to the right place. Steve Spangler Science offers hundreds of educational toys and science experiments that make learning fun!
SynergyField.com
Lots of information on food safety, bacteria, and more...includes lots of other links too!
Teaching Youth About Trees
National Arbor Day Foundation site with many great activities and downloads.
Volcanoes: The Earth at Work
Aloha! Welcome to the 2004-2005 school year eFieldTrip to Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. We are excited to have you be a part of our efforts to provide students nationwide with a quality educational experience. We have designed our eFieldTrip to meet national education standards and to provide an engaging format that keeps a student's interest. There is no cost to your school.
Math
Egg Math
This is the EggMath version 1.5, a collection of web modules (including many interactive applets) covering different topics in mathematics related to eggs; it is intended for use in K-12 classrooms, as in the Chickscope project at the Beckman Institute.
H.M.S Crew Project
The H.M.S. Crew Project was designed as a resource manual to assist science and mathematics teachers in implementing this scientific knowledge through hands-on activities, as physical educators implement real life sail training experiences.
Hummingbird Math Activities
Math.com Wonders of Math
MathMastery.com
Mulitmedia Math Glossary
Harcourt School Publishers site with lots of great math information.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Plane Math Activities
Lots of math problems using airplanes, flight speeds, etc.
Planet Orange
Discover Planet Orange, and open your eyes to the world of money! Brave the desert, climb mountains, and dodge alligators while you explore everything there is to know about earning, spending, saving, and investing.
Printable Math Manipulatives
Sidewell Lower School Math Adventures
Welcome to Adventures in Math! Come explore new ideas and practice familiar ones as we adventure through the wonderful world of math.
English & Language
Audio Books
Offers hundreds of audio books for sale and free curricular connections.
Basic Guide to Essay Writing
This website offers basic instruction in how to write an essay in a simple, easy-to-follow format.
One of the BEST features at this site are the "Links" to other Internet resources for writing, grammar, bibliographies, research credits, study aids, and writing tutors -- this is a comprehensive list and almost every link was well-worth the visit.
Children's Book Council
The Children's Book Council, Inc. is the nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books and related materials for children and young adults.
Grammar Bytes!
Find detailed definitions of common grammar terms--everything from abstract nouns to verbs! Test your grammar knowledge here. Fun interactive exercises await! Teachers love proof, so keep track of the work that you complete! Download the handouts that accompany the interactive exercises. Don't have time to do the exercises? Get tips and rules here--fast!
Jennifer's Language Page
At this site you can learn how to say several words and phrases in hundreds of different languages.
My goal is to include every language, so that people will be able to say at least a few words to anyone they meet, anywhere in the world.
Legends
For over a thousand years, storytellers have spun tales of King Arthur of Britain, his Queen Guinevere, and the circle of his noble Knights. Why do these stories endure? How does an outlaw in Lincoln green with a taste for disguise and foolery survive for six hundred years to inspire disguised tricksters from Alta California to Revolutionary France to the farthest reaches of the galaxy?
How have these songs and stories twisted and turned over the centuries, and how have they defined our expectations of heroism, romance, and adventure?
This is Legends, Paula Kate Marmor's personal journey through the worlds of Robin Hood, King Arthur, D'Artagnan, and other swashbuckling characters of balladry, fiction, and film, from the shores of Avalon to the dungeons of Zenda.
Mad Libs
We all remember Mad Libs. Now you can play them online!
Make Your Own Mini-Books
Make these mini-books with or for your children to help encourage them to read. The books come with activity sheets to reinforce the stories.
Making Books with Kids
How to make books, history of books, and more.
Parts of Speech, Verb Tense, Idioms, Etc
Lots of links.
Snow White
A literary study on this timeless fairy tale.
Today In Literature
Transparent Language: Word of the Day
TravelLang: Word of the Day
Social Studies & Civics
Brown vs. Board of Education
Welcome to the 2004-2005 school year eFieldTrip to Brown v. Board National Historic Site. We are excited to have you be a part of our efforts to provide students nationwide with a quality educational experience. We have designed our eFieldTrip to meet national education standards and to provide an engaging format that keeps a student's interest. There is no cost to your school.
FactFinder Kids' Corner!
Learn about the US Census, get facts about your state, and have fun with quiz questions.
Ilike2learn.com
Information, quizzes, and more of capitals, countries, languages, etc.
National Geographic
No description needed...
Test your Geography Knowledge
History
Ancient Civilizations
The history of civilization is a long one. This sites take you way back into history to see human civilization as it first looked.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Welcome to the 2004-2005 school year eFieldTrip to Brown v. Board National Historic Site. We are excited to have you be a part of our efforts to provide students nationwide with a quality educational experience. We have designed our eFieldTrip to meet national education standards and to provide an engaging format that keeps a student's interest. There is no cost to your school.
ColonialHall.com
Eyewitness to History
Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it.
Great Idea Finder
Lots of information on inventions and inventors.
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century
How many of the 20th century's greatest engineering achievements will you use today? A car? Computer? Telephone? Explore our list of the top 20 achievements and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world.
History Detectives
This collection of super-sleuth materials is designed to help you solve mysteries and present your detective credentials to the world at large! This is a PBS Kids site.
History in Song
History as it's protrayed in song lyrics.
History of Eating Utensils
Jerusalem Virtual Tour
Liberty's Kids
National Geographic
No description needed...
Tribes & Romans in Northern Britain
Miscellaneous Cool Stuff
Carnegie Hall
Take a virtual tour of the theatre.
Carschooling.com
Are you planning a road trip? Visit this site for games and other activities.
CHOCOLATE!!
Learn all about this essential, delicious food. The history, how it's made, and more!
Exploratorium
The museum of Science, Art, and Himan Perception. This site explores all areas of study.
FEMA for Kids
Welcome to FEMA for Kids! I'm Herman, the spokescrab for the site. This site teaches you how to be prepared for disasters and prevent disaster damage. You can also learn what causes disasters, play games, read stories and become a Disaster Action Kid. And don't forget to learn about FEMA. A story about my search for a disaster-proof shell is great reading, too!
Hey, parents and teachers -- we have resources for you! Parents & Teachers page has activities, curriculum and safety information you can use in the classroom or at home!
Ghirarelli
There is a consistent pattern to chocolate making although each manufacturer may incorporate their own nuances throughout the process to achieve their desired finished chocolate product. Of special note, Ghirardelli is one of very few American manufacturers that make chocolate starting from the cocoa bean through to finished products.
Hershey's
More chocolate! Tour Hershey's plant in Pennsylvania, learn about chocolate, and more! Yum!
Jerusalem Virtual Tour
Legends
For over a thousand years, storytellers have spun tales of King Arthur of Britain, his Queen Guinevere, and the circle of his noble Knights. Why do these stories endure? How does an outlaw in Lincoln green with a taste for disguise and foolery survive for six hundred years to inspire disguised tricksters from Alta California to Revolutionary France to the farthest reaches of the galaxy?
How have these songs and stories twisted and turned over the centuries, and how have they defined our expectations of heroism, romance, and adventure?
This is Legends, Paula Kate Marmor's personal journey through the worlds of Robin Hood, King Arthur, D'Artagnan, and other swashbuckling characters of balladry, fiction, and film, from the shores of Avalon to the dungeons of Zenda.
Music Activities and Arts Integration Lessons
If you're interested in connecting music to other areas of the curriculum, this page is for you! It contains links to all of my free arts integration resources, multimedia activities, and homemade instrument projects. My most recent additions and updates are always listed first. Enjoy!
NY Philharmonic Kidzone!
Old Fashioned Holidays
Recipes, crafts, traditions, historical information, and much more!
Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
The Potato, Then & Now
Growing techniques, history of the potato, science & technology, etc.
Scharffen Berger: Chocolate Maker
Few people outside the chocolate manufacturing industry (and that includes many confectioners) realize how many precise steps contribute to the transformation of cacao beans into the almost magical food we know as chocolate. To get an inside look at how Scharffen Berger makes chocolate, visit this site.
Taj Mahal
Take a virtual tour of the Taj Mahal.
The Caravan of Light Trans-Himalayan Camel Expedition
An adventure
The plan is to purchase and ride camels from Bikaner, India, through Kathmandu, Nepal, and over the Himalayas to Lhasa Tibet. During the course of this 1400 mile expedition we are preparing for camel blessings, monsoons, malarial mosquitoes, cobras, tigers, yetis, Maoist rebels, and sub-zero mountain passes.
An educational opportunity
Dan Wright and Jim Wiltens, co/leaders for Caravan of Light, invite teachers and students to follow the expedition via the internet. This web site is set up to meet curriculum requirements for various grade levels.
The Why Files
Science behind the news
Tramline Virtual Field Trips
Virtual Tour of a Brazilian Sugar Mill
Learn how sugar is made!
Weather Watch Hurricanes!
The Basics: What is it?
A hurricane is a swirling storm measuring 60-1,000 miles in diameter that forms over warm ocean waters. Hurricanes start life as a cluster of strong thunderstorms moving across the ocean, called a tropical disturbance or tropical wave...Want to know more? Visit the website!
Windows Into Wonderland - Hot Colors
This is an National Park Service site with excellent activities for the kids. A must see!
Interesting Information
The Natural Marketplace
The Natural Marketplace is a fantastic resource. The staff is extremely knowledgable, helpful and friendly; they are always ready to answer questions or assist you in any way possible.
Medicine Bow
Located in the beautiful North Georgia mountains, Medicine Bow offers a wide variety of environmental and Native American activities. Mark Warren, the founder, is extremely knowledgable and has been an outdoor educator for almost 30 years.
The Wilderness Rendezvous
This site explains the organization, it's mission, and activities thoughout the year.
Museum of Modern Art's Tall Building Exhibit
An amazing website detailing the exhibit from MoMa.
Dupont Castle
A family is building a castle in West Virginia. This site follows the construction process and includes other information.
Recipe Zaar
Thousands of delicious recipes.
Hyde Farm
Hyde farm is located in East Cobb behind Parkaire. It is in danger of being developed, but there is a movement to preserve this valuable piece of history.
Winter Celebrations
Winter Holiday Kid's Activities
Winter Holidays Around the World
Winter Holiday Links
Resources For Winter Holidays
Puppet Links
Everything You Need to Know About Puppets
UNICEF: Puppets with a Purpose
The Karakuri (Japanese Puppets)
The World of Puppets: The History of Puppetry on British Television
Jim Henson
The Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century
Muppet Central
Environmental/Ecological
Alternative Energy Institute
The Chattahoochee River
Erosion on the Louisiana coast
Forest management through burning
The Georgia Conservancy
Invasive Species
Louisiana coastal erosion
Pollution from paper production
Tree Identification Guide
Medicinal Herbs Online
Acorn Naturalists
Project Wild
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