Learning to Give This website offers lesson plans, activities and resources to educate youth about giving to others.    In addition to lesson plans and other resources, you can search the site’s 1,200 quotations about giving for just the right inspirational words or play The Giving Game.    Scholastic News Online This website is updated daily with educational news stories for kids.  The site also features games and quizzes, homework helps and special reports.  Note, the site also features movie, TV, and music reviews and articles that you may not wish for your child to view.     Traffic Stuff This site offers a host of links to various tidbits on traffic planning, signage, laws and more related to our roadways.  Of particular interest is the Manual of Traffic Signs; a set of web pages displays all types of signs and information about the design and coloration of signs.   Fisherville Academy This site hosted by a homeschool family offers free downloads of printables related to several different curricula as well as several organizational forms including books logs and daily homeschool reports.  The site also offers tips on organizing your homeschool and taking advantage of the great ideas found in the various curricula.   Highland Heritage This site was created by a homeschooling mom and features articles on ADHD, Notebooking, creating books, lapbooks and notebooks with children and creating Unit Studies.  The site also offers free of charge over 800 forms for everything from planning to music as well several original school units on topics ranging from Ancient Egypt to Waters and Oceans.  The site offers history unit studies covering Prehistory through the early church, complete with printable review tests.  While the material on this site is still easily accessible, it appears to have been last updated in 2005.   Homeschooling With Notebooks This website offers free resources for creating notebooks, timelines and other creative records of your studies.  Specific resources and links are provided for Unit Studies, History, Language Arts, Science, Bible Studies, and Music and Art.  The website offers links to free printable figures for use in the creation of timeline as well as blank templates for the creation of a custom timeline.    Also provided are several different charts and surveys for each of the subject areas listed.  You won’t want to miss this site if you want to create a hands-on way for your child to document his or her learning.    Old Fashioned Education This Christian-based site is a wealth of resources to assist you in schooling your children for low or no cost. The author has spent a great deal of time collecting links and other resource information to assist you in creating a balanced curriculum for your child using copyright free materials.   A Book in Time This site offers "great books outside of your history textbook". Free extras include a web directory of links to free historical craft ideas, interactive history websites, map and timeline resources, printable reading logs and ideas for creating your own studies.  Classical Music Archives You can access up to 5 files per day with free registration at this site, or have unlimited access for $25 per year. The site offers a tour of music history with free plays of songs from each of the relevant time periods.  What a fun way to study music! FrogGuts All the dissection, none of the mess.  For $75 per year you can access a variety of dissections videos for in home study. Current offerings include frog, squid, starfish, cow eye, owl pellet, and fetal pig.  You can view demonstrations of portions of the frog, squid and owl pellet dissection free by selecting demos at the website. Highlights of Homeschooling Magazine This magazine offers descriptions and reviews of many of the e-books sold by HofH’s Online E-Store.  In addition, each issue has articles about activities or teaching methods, a recipe or cooking tip, and a printable booklet or other free unit.  The magazine is available free online and each edition is approximately 60 pages.  The May/June 2007 printable was a multi-page booklet about polar bears, the September/October 2006 issue included a Child’s Guide to Homeschooling booklet.  Donna Young At this site you'll find free printables, planners and calendars.  Xpeditions by National Geographic This site hosted by national Geographic offers lesson plans covering all of the U.S. Geography Standards, including the 5 geography skills.  From the main site you can access an interactive learning museum, search for lessons sorted by grade and geography standard, or access online and off-line “missions.”  Time for Kids Designed to complement the Time for Kids magazine, this website offers resources for both teachers and students.  The teacher’s pages provide lesson plans, worksheets and organizers.  By selecting the “current issue” of the magazine online, you can view the teacher’s guide that will explain the articles featured, plus print out worksheets to accompany the lessons.  These worksheets look great and could be used without the magazine.  The kid’s pages feature research assistance, “homework helpers”, and games.     Simply Charlotte Mason This website offers e-books and printed books useful for those using the Charlotte Mason principles for teaching.  In addition, visitors can download a free Book of Centuries, view a list of narration ideas, enjoy a 30-day free trial of the Charlotte Mason Organizer, or use the free CM Bookfinder.  The site also offers dictation exercises, printables for copywork and a curriculum guide- all free to visitors.  Visit the Inside SMC blog for latest site news. Progressive Phonics Download and print an entire phonics program, free of charge from this site. Biblical Gardens Based on the concept of creating gardens using the 125 plants, herbs and trees mentioned in the Bible, this website offers a plethora of free information and resources to explore.  You can take several virtual garden tours, download a free 35-page coloring book, try puzzles,  view the plant encyclopedia and order free seeds!