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It’s Tuesday, and time for our newest Homeschool Resource: Science. I would like to ask you to check out this Recommended Website: BAM! If you have used this website leave me a comment and let me know what you thought of it and why. BAM! Age Range: 9-14 (Grades 4-8, with parental supervision) Here’s a website that can help kids make healthier lifestyle choices. The units included are: CDC Basics Nutrition, Physical Education and Activity, Health Conditions and Diseases, Disabilities and Birth Defects, Child Development Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, E-cigarettes and Alcohol. Then scroll down to the “Ask a Scientist” comic book series: How Does My Body Fight Disease? How Do People Become Infected with…
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Homeschool Resource: Social Sciences
It’s Thursday, and time for our Homeschool Resource: Social Sciences. I would like to ask you to check out the Recommended Websites: Global Social Sciences Games and World Geography Games. Global Social Sciences Games Age Range: 11-18 (Grades 6-12 approximately, with parental preview and supervision) This website offers an assortment of free, interactive, educational games to inform youth about global social and political issues and methods for implementing “a more inclusive, peaceful and sustainable world.” The games require good reading and comprehension skills. The global issues touched upon in the games include: education, environment, globalization, health, human rights, peace and conflict, and more. TakingITGlobal was started by two teenagers in 1999 and now receives funding and…
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Homeschool Resource: Language Arts
It’s Wednesday, and time forour Homeschool Resource: Language Arts. I would like to ask you to check out the Recommended Website: Parts of Speech Tutorial, Children’s Storybooks Online, Do You Speak American?, DLTK – Children’s Book Breaks, Age Range: 7-10 (Grades 2-6, with parental supervision) This fun “Parts of Speech Tutorial” is comprised of a series of animated games that help kids identify and use nouns, adjectives, verbs, commas, and capitals. It’s part of the massive, ad-supported Sheppard Software website that offers hundreds of free learning games for children in language arts, math, science, history and more. When you get to the website you’ll see a picture of a stage. Click on the word “Play” on the stage curtain to…
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