So we’re unschoolers but we use curriculum.  Specifically we use this curriculum.  If that seems a bit oxymoronic to you,  well … it seems that way to me too; but unschooling is about providing your children with what they need to learn and to love learning and this past year it became obvious that what our little girl really wanted was someone to hold her hand and lead her step by step through a process.  Pre-set curriculum is great for this and she is loving it.  So I am letting go once again of my own notions and following my little teachers down their path.

All the while we are still finding and using interesting information from all sorts of places.  Here are some of the best from our bookmarks:

A simple webpage I made with lots of kid friendly links

Brain Pop and Brain Pop Jr. - videos, quizzes, games on topics of all kinds (also available in Spanish)

This free planetarium for your computer

Fun typing lessons

Mango - a place to learn another language for free

Ethemes - age appropriate info on virtually everything

ClicknKids– interactive reading lessons

How Stuff Works - a fun place to hang out . . . for hours.

The periodic table in video by crazy scientists with outrageous hair

Think! - blog that posts new challenges each Saturday

Mystic Words - addictive word game

Hex Empire - addictive “rule the world”/math game – similar to Risk

Magic Pen - online game where the laws of physics apply

Free piano music/lessons for beginners

Finale Notepad - free software to compose and print your own music

Netflix– pick the lowest subscription and get instant access to Nature, Nova & Modern Marvels episodes just to name a few.

Want more than just web pages?  See this page for a look into our personal library.

~ Last Updated April 15, 2009 ~