Last night, I was "hanging" out with friends on the internet, and Steph was telling of her need to find things to keep her younger child busy during the 3rd graders lessons. So I shot her a link to a site I use nearly daily. Wow. I suddenly became her favorite person in the entire world! (Or something close to that)
But she did make an interesting point. We as homeschool parents don't often share little gems like that. I really didn't even think it was a big deal. But when I've been sitting here on this end of it, pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to teach something, it is a big deal. So today is Link-Up day! We are sharing our go-to, free websites we can't homeschool without. But today, it's not about great bloggers, although many are helpful. But we're talking real, hands on, put this in front of your child today stuff. So here are some of my favorite places to run for help:
Letter Mazes- My five year old LOVES these!
Color the animal letter- Hugely successful in keeping the 2 yo entertained for a while.
Color by Letter- Perfect in helping learn Capital and lowercase letters
Donna Young- I use this site for many things, but hand writing paper is used most often.
Paper Dolls- For history. My older kids really enjoy these. And I love that kids drew them!
Be sure to go to Education Layton to find more link ups and must have sites for homeschools!
Beth
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing the links. When I was teaching my children to read, my favorite site was
ReplyDeletehttp://www.happychild.org.uk/bkm/intro.htm
It's called Bricks & Mortar Reading. The consonants are the bricks and the mortar is the vowels. For my boys, it really clicked with them. 'Building' words with bricks.
PS...I'm looking for a good freebie site to teach Cursive to my daughter. She's 8, and sadly, they no longer require it to be taught at her local elementary.
Happy Monday! ☺