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	Northants Home Education

Home Educating Resources

GENERAL BOOKS ON HOME EDUCATION		Approx Age Range
Free Range Education, edited by Terri Dowty	Collection of Home Education experiences, mainly in the UK, written by home educating parents	n/a
One-to-one: A Practical Guide to Learning at Home Age 0-11 by Gareth Lewis	Full of information and ideas for home education up to age 11. UK written. Reassuring section on what to do if you are not able to home educate.	n/a
Homeschooling for Dummies by Jennifer Kaufeld	General introduction to homeschooling - written for the American market.	n/a
Homeschooling : The Early Years by Linda Dobson	American book on home educating the age range 3-8	n/a
How Children Learn by John Holt	John Holt is a widely known and well respected figure in home education. He has written several books on child-development, education and learning.	n/a
Teaching your own by John Holt		n/a
Dumbing us down by John Taylor Gatto	Written by a former award-winning teacher in New York	n/a

ENGLISH		Approx Age Range
Games for Writing by Peggy Kaye	Fun book of writing games: Playful ways to help your child to write	4 - 9 years
www.handwritingworksheets.com	create your own handwriting worksheets online to print off. Includes printing & joined up writing.	4 - 9 years
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/index.shtml	English/grammar activities linked to the magic key series. Includes games, worksheets and teaching resources. Part of the huge BBC site.	4 - 8 years
www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/handwriting_practice_worksheet_maker.html	create your own handwriting worksheets online to print off. Includes printing & joined up writing.	4 - 9 years
www.first-school.ws/theme/handwriting.htm	Preprepared handwriting worksheets	4 - 7 years
www.starfall.com	Learn to read website with lots of free resources	4 - 7 years
www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/Index.asp	Create your own flashcards, word lists, wordsearches and various word puzzles	4 - 11 years
www.puzzles4kids.com	Contains free puzzles to print out. Arranged in age-ranges.	4 - 12 years
http://books.mirror.org/	A list of the "great" books.
www.jollylearning.co.uk	Jolly Phonics is a programme for teaching reading, which later progresses to Jolly Grammar, covering spelling and grammar. Aimed at school use, but can be adapted for home education.	4 - 7 years

MATHS		Approx Age Range
Games for Math by Peggy Kaye	Fun book of maths games: Playful ways to help your child learn maths	4 - 9 years
www.coolmath4kids.com	Online maths games for all ages.	4 - 16 years
www.mathsyear2000.org	Online maths games for all ages.	4 - 16 years

HISTORY		Approx Age Range
www.fordham.edu/halsall	Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly for educational use.	all ages
www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html	HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps	all ages

GEOGRAPHY		Approx Age Range
www.geography.org.uk	The Geographical Association (GA) is a subject association with a mission to further the teaching of geography and to communicate the value of learning geography for all	all ages
www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/	Flags of the world site	all ages
www.flags.net	World flags database

SCIENCE		Approx Age Range
www.kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/how_the_body_works_interim.html	Interactive site on the human body.	4 - 11 years
www.schoolscience.co.uk	By the Association for Science Education, the site is split into age-groups and contains resources for both teachers & students including links for "field trips" and equipment.	5 - 19 years

LANGUAGES		Approx Age Range
www.learnspanish.com	Gives you pronunciation for every letter and combination in Spanish and Peruvian Spanish accents. See it written in Spanish and English (you need to be able to read, there are no pictures). Very easy to follow and loads of words for different areas/situations.	7 years +

ARTS & CRAFTS		Approx Age Range
www.artcyclopedia.com	Database on art and artists, including photos of the paintings themselves.	all ages

MUSIC		Approx Age Range
www.classicsforkids.com	Interactive site, with soundclips	4 - 11 years

MISCELLANEOUS
www.fungi4schools.org	Website all about fungi. As well as the scientifc aspect, the website also contains some ideas for art, photography	all ages
www.wow4water.net	All things water-related. Lots of education resources (multisubject) plus searchable directory of watery places in the UK.	all ages

MULTI-SUBJECT		Approx Age Range
www.bigeyedowl.co.uk	UK Site containing ideas and resources for the early years.	4 - 8 years
www.enchantedlearning.com	Subscription site (although with lots of free "previews") contained downloadable/printable worksheets covering a wide range of areas.	4 - 11 years
www.primaryresources.co.uk	Covers all national curriculum subjects plus others. Free lesson plans, activity ideas and resources aimed at primary schoolteachers, but some can be adapted for home education.	4 - 11 years
www.teachingideas.co.uk	Covers all national curriculum subjects plus others. Free lesson plans, activity ideas and resources aimed at primary schoolteachers, but some can be adapted for home education.	4 - 11 years
www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk	Interactive resources for children in Key Stage 2 covering several subjects.	7 - 11 years
www.senteacher.org	UK Free printable teaching resources for special educational needs, but many of the resources could be used by anyone.
www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/index.htm	American site containing teaching ideas aimed at classroom teachers, but could be adapted for home educators.
www.abcteach.com	American site containing printables for numerous subjects.	4 - 11 years
http://gcompris.net/	Free educational software with lots of different activities covering a range of areas from maths & reading to science & geography and games, too. In 18 different languages	2 - 10 years

GENERAL
Games for Learning by Peggy Kaye	Fun book of learning games: Full of ten minute games to play	4 - 9 years
www.goodcharacter.com	American site aimed at teaching children of all ages about good character and life-skills. Aimed at classroom teachers, but could be adapted for home educators
www.bestilearnstore.co.uk	Northants based business supplying a wide range of educational resources for all ages.	3 - 18 years

CURRICULUM
www.primaryhomeeducation.co.uk	suppliers of National Curriculum home education learning programmes to families in the UK and overseas.
www.oxfordhomeschooling.co.uk	Oxford Home Schooling is a division of Oxford Open Learning. Offers GCSE & A-level distance learning.
www.nec.ac.uk	National Extension College
http://amblesideonline.org/	Free Charlotte Mason curriculum.
www.fiveinarow.com	American Unit Studies Curriculum
www.sonlight.com	American Christian homeschool curriculum, loosely based on Charlotte Mason principles.
www.calvertschool.org/engine/content.do	American homeschool, loosely based on Classical Education
Well Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer (Peacehill Press)	Classical Education for Home Educators. American. Author was herself home educated. Very structured approach. Includes sample schedules.
www.welltrainedmind.com	Website accompanying the book "Well Trained Mind" Includes an hour by hour account of her day homeschooling children of various ages

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