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Resources
for the Gifted: back
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Duke Talent Identification Program
Hoagies’
Gifted Education Page
Education
Program for Gifted
Youth
All kinds of
Minds
Testing
and
Assessment: back
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THEA
- (Texas Higher Education Assessment) the test formerly known as the
TASP Take the
practice THEA
The Victoria College
administers this test to high school (homeschool) students who wish to
dual enroll.
College Board-
PSAT/NMSQT SAT ACT information and testing location,
registration, and prep. If your child is college bound sign
them up for "My College QuickStart" and get information to help prepare
for college.
Released
TAKS Test
- FREE assessment in the privacy of your home. Released tests,
answer keys, and scoring guides. You can
print
them out or take the online versions.
Test Prep
Review - Your Source
for Free Practice Tests (clep
practice tests)
Clep
Lesson Plans
California Achievement Test
from Seton testing services - administer in your home at your
convenience for just $25.00
Seton Testing Service - Standardized Testing for Homeschoolers $25.00
Worksheets,
Lesson
Plans, and Printables (Supplements) back
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Packaged
Curricula is expensive, but learning is free! Take
advantage
of
all the free resources out there on the internet, in your community,
and at your local library. Use them to design your own
curriculum
or ‘course of study’ to fit your child's learning styles or interests.
Typical
Course of Study (curriculum)-
though many homeschoolers would say
they don't adhere to a traditional scope and sequence or curriculum
this site will give you a general idea of what the average child is
expected to learn and when.
A
to Z Home’s
Cool—Homeschooling Web Site—This
site will answer any question you
have about curriculum or homeschooling. This is the most
comprehensive educational website that I have found. Search for lesson
plans or links to information on any subject.
BrainPOP -
Health, Science,
Technology, Math, English Animation and Educational Site for Kids
FunBrain.com
Homeschooling
on a
Shoestring
Discovery School
Free
teaching resources and personalized classroom materials
Puzzlemaker
Use
your spelling words or make your own lists and create puzzles!
Homeschool.com
Your Virtual Home
School
Enchanted
Learning
ABC Teach
500+ free printable
pages and worksheets
Education World
A to Z
Teacher Stuff free
online lesson plans, lesson plan ideas and activities, thematic units,
printables...
The Learning Page
Theme
Sheets, Worksheets, and Lesson Plans
EdHelper
Math, Reading
Comprehension, Themes, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets
Catholic
Resources: back
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Emmanuel Books
Catholic
Homeschooling Materials
Catholic Heritage
Curricula
Mother of
Divine Grace
School An independent study
program dedicated to helping you design
your own classical curriculum.
TAN Books and
Publishers
Seton Home Study
School
Sophia
Institute, Home of
Sophia Institute Press and The Catholic Reader
Other
Christian Resources: back
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Trivium Pursuit
Online—Homeschooling in a Classical Style
Trivium Pursuit is a Christian Classical Homeschooling website that
stresses moving in a natural progression from "real life" learning to
the more formal types of education. Check out their article on "Ten
Things to Do with Your Child Before Age Ten".
The Foundation for
American Christian
Education
With The Noah Plan curriculum, the Foundation believes that education
will enable succeeding generations to reclaim the character and
Biblical principles needed to sustain our constitutional republic and
liberty with law.
Heart of Wisdom
Publishing
Bible first, Charlotte Mason Unit Studies. The Heart of
Wisdom
teaching approach is a combination of several teaching methods
organized around a two sided curriculum base: God's Word and God's
World. This method is specifically designed for multilevel teaching.
This approach includes a four year suggested course of study designed
to be repeated every four years
Distance
Learning and your television as educational resources: back
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FREE Resources:
National
Repository of Online Courses High School, AP, and College Courses
online FREE
HippoCampus -
Homework and Study Help - Free help with your algebra, biology,
environmental science, American government, US History, physics... FREE
Wonderful
list
of free educational resources for autodidacts!
Annenberg
Media: Teacher
Professional Development - You
can either watch the program from
the web or browse the videos! FREE
The Teaching Company—”The
Teaching
Company brings engaging professors into your home or car through
courses on DVD, audio CD, and other formats.”
Watch for their sales! A few local homeschool families have used
these videos and the Victoria Public Library has a few that you can
check out for FREE.
Why
just read
the
chapter on Ancient Egypt when you can see the pyramids, the
Nile,
and mummies on your living room television set? Check out
programming schedules to see how your family can turn your television
into an educational resource:
History
Channel
Discovery Channel
Animal Planet
The Travel
Channel
Houston PBS
KLRN San Antonio
Also, the Victoria
Public
Library has educational DVDs and
Videos on various subjects that
might be of interest to your family or that might compliment your
curriculum. You could check-out these videos and watch
programs
about History, Science, or Geography while you eat popcorn in your
living room! I would have loved to do more of that when I was
in
school. There is more of a selection at the UH-Victoria
College Media Library.
Free Massive Open Online Courses: back
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UDACity - Free online self-paced college courses. Some courses lead to college credit for a fee.
Coursera - Free online college courses from major universities. Many courses lead to a Certificate of Completion.
EdX - Free
online college courses from major universities such as Harvard, MIT,
Yale, UT... You can audit the course or choose to recieve a
Certificate of Mastery.
Video Instruction:
"Teach With
Movies"
Video Text
“VideoText Interactive
is an innovative company that is blazing new trails in math
education.
Our newest program, "Algebra: A Complete Course," is a video-based
interactive new way to learn Algebra from start to finish, and students
love it!” Several local families have enjoyed this.
Standard
Deviants
- educational videos and DVDs - Jr High, High School, and College
Find a title that you would like to buy and see if you could check it
out from your local library or if they could get a copy of it for you
through inter-library loan. There are many used copies on
Ebay!
Accredited Programs: back
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K-12 Texas Tech University Independent School District
K-16 Education Center, The University of Texas at Austin
K12 Public Charter School - Fully Accredited FREE if you enroll in one of the participating public schools.
Homeschooling
Teens back
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See the resources above which include links to accredited high school programs and free learning resources for teens.
Local resources:
Links to FREE online help and encouragement:
Links to online resources:
SAT
Question of the Day by way of The College
Board
National
Repository of Online Courses High School, AP, and College Courses
online
Free Online Course Materials - MIT OpenCourseWare
HippoCampus -
Homework and Study Help - Free help with your algebra, biology,
environmental science, American government, US History, physics...
Wonderful
list
of free educational resources for autodidacts!
Clep
Lesson Plans
Get college credit while in high school.
Older
Kids - A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling
Includes
links to information about
Graduating from Homeschool, College in High School, Finding the Right
College for You, Transcripts, GED and MORE!
Curriculum:
Science
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Local Resources:
Texas
State Marine
Education Center
Free resources and
links:
Donna Young's
Homeschool
Printables and
Resources If you are using
any of the Apologia sciences this site offers printable lab sheets,
printable book
marks with vocabulary words for each module, course schedules, and
more! Many local homeschool families use Apologia Science for
their children and teens.
The Physics
Classroom Physics
Tutorial
WebElements
periodic table of the elements -
Scholar Edition Home
Robert Krampf's Science
Education Company
Subscribe to Krampf's
Experiment of the Week and get a
free science lesson a week
delivered to your inbox.
Zoom Kids
at PBSKids.org
Make science fun! Find a local channel and program time by
visiting here.
KLRN HoustonPBS
Home Science Tools
Get a free catalog of science tools - labs, specimens, microscopes, and MORE (1-800-860-6272)
Math
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FREE MATH resources and links:
Khan Academy - Free math from pre-school to high school Calculus and more!
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Math practice and instruction for pre-k all the way through high school.
HippoCampus "Your free
one-stop educational resource" Homeschool families are using this site
and others like it to help their students prepare for AP exams. It
includes Algebra, Calculus, and Physics instruction. I read in an article that you should check with the College Board to
get more information and to register for AP tests. (I haven't utilized
AP instruction and exams in my home. I might be the local homeschool
slacker, I don't know.)
I just found this on a homeschool mom's blog. It's free video math
instruction via YouTube. It looks very promising! Browse the topic list
at Khan Academy.
Cool Math "Bored with math? Cool Math can fix that!" Also check out Cool Math for Kids and Cool Math GAMES
BrainPOP Math Fun instructional videos. At one time all of the videos were free but only a few are now. Living Math Home
FREE Online MATH GAMES:
Games can accomplish the same goals as work sheets so if your child
isn't having fun with math consider putting down the workbook and
playing games for Math instead. No downloads required: CarrotSticks
- Twenty five levels of addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division FUN! Practice your computation skills alone or challenge
other students. Educators (homeschoolers) can get a free account by contacting support@carrotsticks.com
Multiflyer - Multiplication FUN online. It looks like only the multiplication practice is free.
Math Magician Games - by way of Quiz Hub
Math U See Drill Page - choose which fact family and operations you would like to practice*
Math Brain on Funbrain
- Math games. This reminds me of Trivial Pursuit in that as the child
completes various activities he advances along the virtual board.
Curricula:
Math U See -
Many local homeschool
families prefer Math U See for their children.
Thinkwell - multimedia video lectures
Key to... Series
- "Key to Fractions," "Key to Decimals," "Key to Percents," "Key to
Algebra,"... For all levels. I have heard wonderful things about
the Key to... series from a few local families.
Teaching
Textbooks
- "Put a Harvard tutor on your desktop." Pre-Algebra, Algebra
I
&
II and Geometry courses on your computer AND text. Local families
enjoy this program. Try their
free sample
lessons!
LarsonMath.com
- The Math
Solution! Online math software that takes your children all
the
way up to pre-Algebra. It does the teaching and let's your
child
move at their own pace. At least give the two-day free trial
a
test, it is fun.
Aleks.com
- Online math program from
third grade to
calculus! Try the two-day free trial.
Video Text
“VideoText Interactive
is an innovative company that is blazing new trails in math
education.
Our newest program, "Algebra: A Complete Course," is a video-based
interactive new way to learn Algebra from start to finish, and students
love it!” If you have questions about this program you can ask
the Homeschool Victoria list for opinions as some local homeschool
families use this.
History back
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Local resources:
Pioneer
Village
Living History Center in Gonzales, Texas "Explore and experience life
as it was in early Texas" To schedule a tour, or for
more information, please call Mrs. Sandra
Wolff, Office Manager. 830-672-2157
Presidio
La Bahia in
Goliad, Texas
Curriculum:
Mystery of History- A
Classical, Chronological, Complete Christian World History for All
Ages. This is actually used and enjoyed by some local homeschool
families. Also, there are a few local co-ops that use The Story of the World series
for
History.
Remember that
you can go to Hastings and ask them to
order books including The Story of the World for you; this will
save you on shipping. Also, don't forget to apply for a Teacher's
Discount card to save an additional 20% on your educational
purchases! (You do not need to be a card carrying member of a
homeschool
organization to prove you are a homeschooler - one mom brought a sample
of
curriculum used to show she was a homeschool-teacher.)
FREE HISTORY COURSE ONLINE:
American History
102: 1865 - Present - free lectures and exams
Free Resources and links:
Donna Young's
Homeschool
Printables and
Resources If you are using Streams of Civilization
for history in your home know that Donna Young's site includes
schedules, teaching notes, and printable bookmarks with vocabulary and
schedules for each chapter!
History Central
- History's
Home on the Web. Includes links to World History Time lines,
Primary Source Documents, and more.
Browse the
World at mrdlowling.com
American
History - The Gilder Lehrman
Institute of American History - for
teachers and students - Modules on Major Topics in American History
Digital
History - Using
new technologies to enhance teaching and research
Online
Textbook
American
History Time line - Interactive
Time line of American
History! "..navigate through social, political, and cultural
events.."
History
Channel
Grammar, Spelling, and
Literature back
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How about publishing your child's book, artwork, or photos or creating a yearbook for your homeschool family or co-op?
LULU.com Self Publishing: Yearbooks, hardcover and softcover books, photo books, calendars...
www.blurb.com Self Publishing: Yearboooks, books, photo books, calendars, transcripts...
Curriculum:
Free resources and
links:
Daily Grammar
- Sign up for
free daily grammar lessons or visit the lesson archive.
Free
Spelling Lessons online
Learn to spell at EZSchool
- weekly spelling lists for various grades. Print out your list
and play games online to help you learn your words.
Bartleby.com: Great
Books Online–
full texts of classics online! Includes The Harvard
Classics and Harvard
Classics Shelf of Fiction.
Bartleby and SparkNotes or CliffsNotes could by your FREE literature
in your home!
40 Places for college students to find free unabridged books online - and more!
SparkNotes - Free online study
guides and multiple choice tests.
CliffsNotes - Read
literature guides online for free.
"Instead
of purchasing a literature program we use SparkNotes and CliffsNotes as
our study guides. When my teen finishes a book we use the
multiple choice tests from those sites to assign a grade."
Online
Magnetic Poetry
Teaching
Reading back
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Learn
to read at Starfall -
teaching comprehension and phonics FREE
Foreign
Languages back
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Various Languages:
The Victoria Public Library offers FREE
language courses through Mango Languages. All you need is a
library card to set up your account and sign in from home. Visit
the library's database page and click on Mango Languages to get started.
Google Translate - Translate text, documents, and webpages.
FREE Audio and Video Online Language Courses at BBC Languages
FREE Language Software Download from BYKI.com
Spanish
FREE Spanish
Proficiency Exercises from the University of Texas at Austin - watch
videos online or download lessons to your iPod or iTunes. Related
videos, vocabulary, phrases, and grammar for each lesson for beginners
to advanced Spanish speakers. Great supplement or standalone!
Latin
Memoria
Press: Latina Christiana - A few local homeschool families use
Latina Christiana.
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