http://www.choptankelectric.com/kids/home.html The Power Kids is a website with information and games regarding energy and electricity.  It is always fun to step away from the textbooks, and this website provided by an electric cooperative in Maryland does an excellent job of keeping

http://www.nieonline.com/bhamnews/students.cfm NIE with The Birmingham News provides a resource for students to apply current events and news items to their studies.  Here is a quote from their website: Every day, The News is filled with articles and news items that reflect the curren

https://www.alatelco.org/kidsSavingsSchool/ Alabama Telco Credit Union offers online resources for teaching your students how to save.  There are stories, coloring pages, games, and links to other helpful websites.  You can also establish a special Kids Saving School account at your l

http://www.kidscoop.com/framed-teachers/download_edition/ Kid Scoop provides a weekly learning packet with printable, educational activity pages. Each packet focuses on a curriculum-based theme and includes high-interest reading content, vocabulary development activities, math problem

A Free Electronic Field Trip to the Folger Shakespeare Library LIVE! March 6, 1 PM EST “Experiencing Shakespeare” makes Shakespeare come alive for students.  Through television, the web, and social media, students explore the Folger Shakespeare Library, a leader in teachin

GREAT NEWS!  IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR “EXPLORING MOUNT VERNON” Presented by Alabama Public Television An exciting adventure awaits students in grades 4 and higher as Alabama Public Television’s IQ Learning Network broadcasts the live, electronic field trip “Exploring Mount Ve

Toontastic is a FREE app that gives students an opportunity to create a cartoon. The app leads students through story parts – setup,  conflict, challenge, climax, and resolution. Your student uses his/her own voices for the dialogue.  There is also a parent/teacher guide to dire

http://jennyfunderburke.com/advent/ You really must check out this online family Advent calendar!  I wish I had known it about it earlier, but you won’t be too far behind if you start soon!  We completed the 1st day activities together tonight which included an online reading of

Can you believe it is the holiday season already?  I know many of you are planning time with family and perhaps even trying to juggle schedules for church plays, dance recitals, and holiday parties. If this is your first year to homeschool,  I want to prepare you for the overwhelming