Web Sites Recommended by Members of Veritas Homeschoolers
These links are for information only and do not necessarily reflect the views of Veritas Homeschoolers.
Homeschooling
Crosswalk – Provides articles, curriculum reviews, purchasing, chat, humor, forums, and daily encouragement
Christian Homeschool Fellowship – Articles, messages and a mall
Homefires-The Journal of Homeschooling Online – Articles include educational philosophy, learning differences and styles. ClickSchooling is a free e-list service that provides one educational web site recommendation a day.
The Arizona Home School Heart Beat Newsletter – Newsletter from the Covenant Home School Resource Center
VegSource – Homeschool talk and swap
Home School World – The official site of Practical Homeschooling magazine and The Big Book of Home Learning
HomeSchool Transcripts – Transcripts
Homeschool Blogger – Free blogs for homeschoolers from The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
Homeschool on a Shoestring – Ways of cutting costs while homeschooling
Education
Sites for Teachers – Numerous links to educational Web sites
Donna Young – Organize your homeschooling, do lesson plans, and get help with different curricular materials, including Apologia and Institute for Excellence in Writing
edHelper.com – Math, reading comprehension, themes, lesson plans, and worksheets
Learn to Read – Teaching comprehension and phonics
Learn to Read Beginning Readers – Beginning readers download center
Love To Learn Place, Book Reports – Book report forms
Chart Jungle – Free charts
All the Write News – Purchase fonts for cursive and handwriting practice
Annenberg/CPB Learner – Explore educational resources and activities for teaching and learning
Discovery Channel School – Educational resources for students and teachers, including educational games
Discovery Channel Puzzlemaker – Puzzle generation tool
The Well-Trained Mind – Find out more about the book, investigate the newest titles
J. B. Cheaney – Links and study guides to Cheaney’s Shakespeare-related novels, ideas for teaching Shakespeare, a movie list, an approach to creative writing, and a “writing tip of the month”
Ancient Greece – Links and information on Ancient Greece: history, mythology, art and architecture, olympics, wars, people, geography, etc.
Maps – Maps and guides for travelers
Science
Home Science Tools - Provides science fair projects and information, microscopes, curriculum, and related resources
NASA – Lots of NASA photos and short movie clips
Photo Gallery, National Space Science Data Center – A collection of popular and frequently requested imagery from NASA’s data archive (planets, nebulas, etc.)
National Earthquake Information Center – Earthquake activity in the last seven days
How Stuff Works – Explanations about form and function in science and technology
Reference
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus – Dictionary has audible pronunciations
Abebooks – Search the inventory of thousands of independent booksellers located around the world
Alibris – Used, hard-to-find and new books
Project Gutenberg – Project Gutenberg is the Internet’s oldest producer of FREE electronic books (eBooks or eTexts). Many classic books for e-readers are available on this site and Many Books.
Many Books – There are more than 29,000 eBooks available for Kindle, Nook, iPad and most other eReaders, and they’re all free! Many of these books are from The Gutenberg Project, but they are available in more formats.
Online Books – Over 10,000 online books free to the public
Urban Legends References Pages – Computer & email scams, urban legends, & hoaxes
Bible Reference
LifeWay – Online Bible library
BibleGateway – A free service for reading and researching Scripture online in the translation of your choice. There are advanced tools to search the Bible by keywords or verse.
Fun and Games
Games Kids Play – Descriptions and rules for dozens of traditional children’s games, including indoor and outdoor activities
Recipes, Produce, Coupons
All Recipes – Thousands of recipes submitted by home cooks, searchable database and menu ideas
Top Secret Recipes – Make brand-name products at home with common ingredients. New recipes every month.
Recipe Goldmine – Over 21,000 recipes including ethnic cuisine, copycat recipes, kitchen charts, household hints, gardening
The Frugal Shopper – Offline and online coupons, contests, warehouses, sales, free stuff
News
My LifeLine – Headlines from world news and Christian news, links to movie reviews, the stock market, Christian devotionals, and travel deals
World Magazine – News
Media
Movieguide – Movie reviews
The Dove Foundation – Movie reviews
Teens
HSLDA Homeschooling Thru High School
TeenPact – TeenPact equips teens to become leaders in politics and society
Getting into College
Collegeboard
ACT®
Arizona State University Freshman Requirements
Arizona State University Competency Requirements
These sites have information on all standardized college entrance exams, exams for college credit, general entrance and competency requirements for Arizona universities, and preparing for and applying to college.
(SAT® I, SAT® II, PSAT/NMSQT®, AP®, CLEP®, ACT®)
These links are for information only and do not necessarily reflect the views of Veritas Homeschoolers.
