LearningSuccess™ Recommended Resources

Parenting
College Confidence: professional college counseling
Carschooling, by Diane Flynn Keith of Homefires.com - over 350 entertaining games & activities to turn travel time into learning time - for kids ages 4 to 17 - in all subject areas.
Christian-Parenting-Source: Looking for Inspirational Quotes? Poetry? Free Home School Curriculum?
Kids' Money Store: Books, Audio Books, Videos, Games, and more for parents and kids to learn about money.
Positive Discipline: For all adults who live with, work with, or care for young people.
Positive Parenting: Providing resources and information to make parenting rewarding, effective and FUN.
Teaching Peace, How to Raise Children to Live in harmony: Without Prejudice, Without Fear, Without Violence, Jan Arnow
UniversalPreschool.com: Parents encouraging a love of learning in the first five years of life.
Values Parenting: Home of Richard & Linda Eyre, authors of Teaching Your Children Values; resources to assist parents in strengthening and increasing happiness in their families, including audiotape programs for young children.

Homeschooling
College Confidence: professional college counseling
Carschooling, by Diane Flynn Keith of Homefires.com - over 350 entertaining games & activities to turn travel time into learning time - for kids ages 4 to 17 - in all subject areas.
Christian-Parenting-Source: Looking for Inspirational Quotes? Poetry? Free Home School Curriculum?
Excellence in Education: Bookstore and ISP.
Homefires: The Journal of Homeschooling Online - support for home educators since 1992.
Home School Curriculum Advisor: For advice and tools to bring joy and success to your home school.
Homeschool World™: Home of Mary Pride and Practical Homeschooling Magazine.
HuckleBerry Center for Creative Learning: Creating a learning environment that will help children develop their creative abilities, their critical thinking and team building skills while connecting to their love of learning.
The Link, the Nation's Homeschool Newspaper: By the authors of Homeschooling Almanac 2000-2001 - great information and it's free!

Higher Education Online
SmartDegrees

Personal Development/Positive Thinking
Creative Books and Music: Owner Sandra Agazzi Chimenti, M.Ed., offers life-changing books, music, empowerment events, consultations, and other products and services that address the health of our body, mind, and spirit.
7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Stephen Covey
Financial Stress Reduction® Workshop: Site of Chellie Campbell, author of The Wealthy Spirit: Daily Affirmations for Financial Stress Reduction.
Independent Means: Financial planning and leadership skills for teen women.
Kids' Money Store: Books, Audio Books, Videos, Games, and more for parents and kids to learn about money.

Communication
Center for Nonviolent Communication: A global organization helping people compassionately connect through nonviolent communication. Marshall Rosenberg's organization.
Getting Beyond Me Against You, Victoria Hodson
Moods, Victoria Hodson
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: Information, articles, lesson plans.
Teaching Tolerance: A national education project dedicated to helping teachers foster equity, respect, and understanding in the classroom and beyond.
The Compassionate Classroom: Relationship Based Teaching and Learning, Hart & Hodson - you will learn how to create safety and trust and relearn the language of giving and receiving - tools for the classroom and the home.

Learning & Teaching Resources
American Montessori Consulting: Serving parents and teachers with resources and supplies for school and home learning environments.
Brain Gym: Movement strategies and techniques to aid learning.
Cable in the Classroom Magazine: Offers monthly detailed listings of educational programming, sorted by subject area, so that you can plan ahead based on what you are studying. Click to visit web site or call 800--216-2225
Camp Internet: A very interactive site for the whole family featuring guest experts from National Parks, Museums, Universities and Science Centers.
Career Locker(tm): Great college and career search program with many extras. Click here or call Vocational Technologies at 888-803-6784.
Carschooling, by Diane Flynn Keith of Homefires.com - over 350 entertaining games & activities to turn travel time into learning time - for kids ages 4 to 17 - in all subject areas.
College Confidence: professional college counseling
College View: College and career information.
Courses: Wide range of free courses available.
Critical Thinking: Books and software for Building Thinking Skills™
Discovery Channel School: Fresh ideas to enhance learning from the Discovery Channel.
Edible Schoolyard: An "organic garden and landscape integrated into the school's curriculum and lunch program" at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California.
Educational Resources: Extensive catalog of educational software.
Game Curriculum: From Excellence In Education
Learning All the Time, John Holt
Memory Power™: Memory training programs from Arthur Bornstein.
Sheppard Software Educational games and activities for kids of all ages, online geography, animals, vocabulary, science, health, and more. Many games are free!
Smart Kids Software: Extensive catalog of educational software.
Teach With Movies: An incredible site for parents and teachers, featuring learning guides for movies to teach history, literature, and much more.
The Schools Our Kids Deserve, Alfie Kohn
Zane Publishing: Great educational software on CD-ROM.


School Subjects

Literature

American Girls Books: History comes alive with this best-selling series which includes arts & crafts, cooking, and theater units.
Beautiful Feet Books: History through literature programs, including History of the Horse and History of Science.
Bibliomania: Free online literature plus study guides.
Guides to History Plus: Correlates literature, games, software, and movies/videos with time periods of World and American History for K-12, plus integrates geography, government, economics, and more.
Konos: Christian based integrated unit studies - especially effective with kids who need to move!
Spark Notes: An incredible site that features summaries and guides for numerous books - all online - no cost!.
Teach With Movies: Another incredible site for parents and teachers, featuring learning guides for movies to teach history, literature, and much more - no cost!


Science / Technology

Biology Lab - virtual dissection sites: Froguts, Biology
Camps: Cybercamps Science Camp
Cobblestone Publishing: Wonderful magazines for science topics for pre-schoolers through middle-schoolers.
Jason Project: Multimedia approach to enhance learning in science, technology, and associated disciplines, for grades 4 - 9.
MadsciNetwork: Scientists answer student questions on this service.
National Association for Humane and Environmental Education: Lots of great information and resources to teach children about animal care.
National Geographic Kids: Classroom magazine online edition.
National Geographic World: Magazine for kids.
National Wildlife Federation: Discover the world of nature and wildlife through information on this site or their wonderful magazines for preschoolers through adults. To see the magazines click on "In Print & On Film."
PCS Edventures Online: Offers online programs that teach mechanical engineering, computer graphics, computer programming, architecture... some in combination with Lego materials for real hands-on learning of design principles.
Super Science Fair Projects eBook: A Step-by-Step Guide
Super Science Fair Projects: This is a great site!
Young Scientists Club: Science kits delivered twice a month for 4-12 year olds.


Social Studies
Adventure Tales of America: American History in cartoon format plus audio cassettes and much more.
Beautiful Feet Books: History through literature programs, including History of the Horse and History of Science.
Boomerang: Award winning "magazine" on cassette - especially great for auditory learners!
Cobblestone Publishing: Wonderful magazines for social studies topics for pre-schoolers through middle schoolers.
Culture Grams: Current information about the history, customs, and lifestyles of more than 175 countries.
Guides to History Plus: Correlates literature, games, software, and movies/videos with time periods of World and American History for K-12, plus integrates geography, government, economics, and more.
Konos: Christian based integrated unit studies - especially effective with kids who need to move!
National Geographic Kids: Classroom magazine online edition.
National Geographic World : Magazine for kids.
Teach With Movies: An incredible site for parents and teachers, featuring learning guides for movies to teach history, literature, and much more.


Academic Skills

Math Skills

Activities for Learning: Math programs using the abacus.
Algebra facts : Survival Guide to Basic Algebra, Theodore Hohn Szymanski
Algebra Survival Guide, a Conversational Guide for the Thoroughly Befuddled, Josh Rappaport, Sally Blakemore (Illustrator)
Brain-Compatible Mathematics, Ronis
Can Do Kids: Memorize math facts while exercising to music with these videos developed by a homeschool family.
Family Math, Stanmark, Thompson & Cossey
Games for Math: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn Math from Kindergarten to Third Grade, Peggy Kaye
Harcourt Multimedia Math Glossary: Definitions for math terms for grades1-8.
Key Curriculum: Easy to use workbooks for fractions, decimals, percents, algebra, geometry, measurement.
Kids' Money Store: Books, Audio Books, Videos, Games, and more for parents and kids to learn about money.
Math Card Games: From the same people who developed the abacus math programs.
Math Curse, Scieszka & Smith
Math Magic for Your Kids: Hundreds of Games and Exercises from the Human Calculator to make Math Fun and Easy, Flansburg
Math Power: How to Help Your Child Love math, Even If You Don't, Kenschaft
The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles, Tang & Briggs
Think It By Hand: Home of Foam Fantastic, one of the best hands-on math programs we have ever seen; includes Algebra and Geometry.
Touch Math: Multisensory technique uses Touchpoint Method, virtually eliminating fear of math.
Wonder Number Game: A great game for teaching or reinforcing math concepts and facts, from counting to higher math.

Reading Skills
Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read, Peggy Kaye
Sing Spell Read & Write: Reading program that includes songs and games.
Sonday® System: A multi-sensory, structured phonics, reading program based on Orton Gillingham.  

Comprehension / Critical Thinking Skills
Carschooling, by Diane Flynn Keith of Homefires.com - over 350 entertaining games & activities to turn travel time into learning time - for kids ages 4 to 17 - in all subject areas.
Inspiration Software Program: A powerful learning tool for organizing, outlining, writing, and more. Kidspiration is the younger children's version. Also available from Educational Resources
Vocabulary Cartoons, Learn hundreds of new SAT words fast with easy memory techniques,

Writing Skills
Games for Writing : Playful Ways to Help Your Child Write, Peggy Kaye
Inspiration Software Program: A powerful learning tool for organizing, outlining, writing, and more. Kidspiration is the younger children's version. Also available from Educational Resources


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