* Homemaking/Homesteading
* Health
* Homeschooling
* Handcrafts
* Other Links
Homeschooling
-Everyday Homemaking: Articles and information from a veteran homeschooling mother of eight (who homeschooled many additional children).-MarilynRockett.com: Articles and freebies to help you organize your homeschooling household.
Basic Reference Tools
-Bible, searchable-Online Dictionary: This free dictionary searches a number of specialized dictionaries, in addtion to the standard ones.
-Webster's 1828 Dictionary search
Notebooking/Lapbooking*
-Homeschooling with Notebooks-Notebooking Forms
-To Notebook, Lapbook, or Scrapbook
-Booklet Suggestions for Shutterbooks
-Ideas for Adding Shutterbook Extensions
Forms/Reproducibles
-Highland Heritage: A repository for one family's homeschool forms, this has hundreds of forms and worksheets to cover a wide variety of units, as well as plenty of "basic" forms.-Donna Young: This site has many, many terrific high-quality forms for homeschooling and for just around the house.
Free Books Online
-Project Gutenberg: Hundreds of public-domain texts online.-The Baldwin Online Children's Literature Project: This site contains quality, public-domain children's literature, illustrations and all. Among the other books in the collection, Famous Men of Greece and Famous Men of Rome are available.
-Christian Classics Ethereal Library: The writings of the early Church fathers are available here, along with other Christian classics.
-Nietz 19th-Century Schoolbooks Collection
Preschool & Phonics
-Pre-Kindergarten Ideas, by ageBible/Character
-The Character Journal: "Unit Studies" (e-zine & archives) focusing on specific Godly character qualities.-Bible Coloring Book
English
-Grammar and Usage for the Non-Expert-Incremental Book Report Forms
-Glossary of Literary Terms
-Freewriting: This page offers an explanation of what freewriting is (a terrific way to journal or to beat writer's block!) and how to do it, along with links to timers of several lengths.
-Creative Writing Prompts
Math
-Money Instructor-Cuisenaire Rod Applet
-Math Worksheet Generator
History/Geography/Culture/Government
-The Avalon Project: Primary Source Documents-Test Your Knowledge of the Constitution
-Timeline Helps
-Extensive List of Outline Map Sites
-Portrait Gallery of Historical Figures
Science
-Janice VanCleave's Science Fair Handbook-Printable Nutrition Coloring Book
-Interactive 3-D Body Model
-Build Your Own Weather Instruments
(Visual) Art
-Sanford Art Ed-ventures: This site has information about art concepts, media, styles, and artists.-Colorworm Explains Color: This is terrific! Using simple explanations but not dumbed-down information, this online "book" is fun for children and and moms.
-Art History Resources
Music
-Introduction to Reading Music-Free Music Theory Lessons
-Basic Repertoire List: for building a library of classical recordings.
-Classical Music Archives
*The term Lap Book is trademarked by Tobin's Lab. Consequently, I prefer to use the term "shutterbook," and will do so except when a title is involved (or here as the heading, where "lapbooking" is the term expected to be recognized by my readers).