Resources for Homeschoolers

Teaching Aids

Curriculum by Design

Information on how to individualize your student's curriculum, from Clonlara.

Socratic Questioning

Develop your child's thinking skills with this age-old technique.

Higher Order Thinking Skills

A useful summary of Bloom's Taxonomy for teachers.

Implementing Bloom's Taxonomy

A great teaching aid for homeschoolers, adapted by a homeschooling mom.

Virtual Tours

Need a field trip? Here are online multimedia tours to over 300 museums, exhibits, points of interest, and real-time journeys.

Readability

This information helps you measure the reading age of books and other reading material.

Timetabler

Free software for scheduling your school time.

PBS TeacherSource

Information useful for planning lessons incorporating PBS broadcasts.

Teach With Movies

Assess the educational value of films, and take advantage of the learning guides available from this site. Searchable, or use the cultural heritage or character development index.

Home Education Video Network

A web-based video rental company serving the Christian homeschool community.

The Alphabet Superhighway

This resource for schools helps older students create, locate, and communicate information through active learning, guided discovery, mentoring, competitions, and other on-line activities. It is also a resource for teachers to find materials and ideas for teaching across the curriculum.

Free Things for Educators

Search by age range or subject category for links to sites offering freebies.