Home Education Topic table

     
  Background

www.AlternativesinEducation.co.uk
www.hesfes.co.uk
Terri Dowty’s ‘Free Range Education’ a real ‘how to’ of home education
www.Home-Education.org.uk
http://www.home-education.org.uk/legal-home-visits.htm
http://www.home-education.org.uk/MP-speach.htm">http://www.home-education.org.uk/MP-speach.htm
http://www.home-education.org.uk/legal.htm
SCOTLAND
http://www.schoolhouse.org.uk/
http://www.educationotherwise.org.uk/Legal/SummLawScot.htm

  Alphabet http://www.beginningreading.com/Free%20Workshe.htm
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/early_childhood/alphabet/
http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/worksheets/alphabet/
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/
  Archaeology www.britarch.ac.uk/yac
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Explorer's Club, Chester Archeology, 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester CH1 2DD
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YAC Tameside, Portland Basin Museum, Portland Place, Ashton-U-Lyne * Tel: 0161 343 2478
  Articles re green paper and child abuse -http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3493342.stm
  Aztecs www.aztecs.org.uk
  Books www.hse.org.uk
www.thebookpeople.co.uk (easier to use their catalogue)
www.wordsofdiscovery.com
  Bunnies http://www.sonic.net/~snevel/etherbun/msg71414.html
http://www.sonic.net/~snevel/etherbun/msg71418.html
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/etherbun.html
  Colouring in http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/christmas/christmascoloringpages.cfm
  Decluttering

http://www.educationsense.com

  Dyslexia Centre http://www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/offices/wilmslow/index.htm
http://www.ddat.co.uk
http://www2.umist.ac.uk/optometry/vcentre/vision.html
  Festivals

Misc
- http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/
- http://www.activityvillage.co.uk
Chineese New Year
- http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/new_year/intro.html
- http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/learn

  Fonts

(clip art) http://www.coolarchive.com/clipart.cfm?parameter=Sports%20and%20Games
http://www.halloweenfonts.com/
http://charon.gothic.net/~tygre/hallo.html
http://www.fontsnthings.com
http://www.billybear4kids.com/fonts/fonts.htm
http://www.momscorner4kids.com/fonts/index.htm
http://www.renaesroom.com/Fonts/fonts.html
http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/partyfun/index.htm
http://www.abcwebworx.com/fonts/ (lots of _different ones)
http://www.wtv-zone.com/marciasuz/TTF/Holiday/EasterFonts.html (not easy to use but interesting)
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/avampireskiss/EasterFonts.html (not worked out how to use it)

  Further education http://www.gmocn.ac.uk/
  Gardening http://www.hdra.org.uk/gyo_pdc.htm
  GM GM Debate Steering Board, Bay 479, 1 Victoria St, London SW1 0ET or visit - www.gmpublicdebate.org
  Health http://www.whale.to/vaccines/mendelsohn.html
the Vaccination Bible
  Human Body http://www.yucky.com
Dorling Kindersley - human body book
Human Body Software
Human Body explorer
Magic School Bus
Uncover Human Body" claiming to be part book, part model
  Lit www.shakespeare4kidz.com
  Maps www.enchantedlearning.com
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm
Nat Geographic * http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=europe&Rootmap=&Mode=b&SubMode=w
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Free Maps scheme. Yes , the offer does apply to children who are home educated.
We would need a letter from you confirming the number of children you
are teaching at home who will be year 7 for the September term in 2003.
We would need this letter in September 2003., and it should be addressed
to Free Maps For schools, Manual Order, CSC Correspondence Team C454,
Ordnance Survey, Romsey Road, Maybush, Southampton SO9 4DH and we will
complete a manual order for you.
General details of the Free Maps scheme may be viewed on our website,
www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk, Education, free maps.

  Maths BBC Education Online - Numbertime (http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/numbertime/)
CEEE GirlTECH Lesson Plans (http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/Women/GirlTECH/Lessons/)
Coolmath.com - An amusement park of mathematics... and more! (http://www.collmath.com)
DuPage Children's Museum Aunty Math (http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html)
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics (http://mathworld.wolfram.com)
Kids Mag (http://d-newton.educ.cam.ac.uk/primary/feb99/magazine_printable.shtml)
Maths File - BBC Education (http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/)
Fun Mathematics Lessons by Cynthia Lanius (http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/#Top)
Math Word Problems for Children (http://mathstories.com)
MathSphere The site for children's mathematics resources for classwork and homework (www.mathsphere.co.uk)
Investigating Patterns Symmetry and Tessellations (http://camosun.bc.ac/~jbritton/jbsymteslk.htm)
All About Fractions (http://aaamath.com/fra.html)
  Misc

http://www.educate.org.uk/
http://www.edhelper.com (good webquests)
http://www.gnarledoak.co.uk/Equinox.htm
http://www.theideabox.com/special.nsf/halloween.html
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/online/index.html
www.gentlerevolution.com (how to mutiply your babies intellegence)
:-> Christmas http://web.icq.com/friendship/view_page/1,,7944,00.html
:-> Under the sea http://web.icq.com/friendship/browse_page/1,,16962,00.html
Runes - http://www.ipcc.com/market/newage/runes.html#algiz
Courses post or internet www.college-on-the-net.co.uk
www.learnpremium.co.uk - Folks can subscribe through EO. I think it was £15 for a year.
Opitec - www.uk.opitec.com - Opitec Hobbyfix, Unit 51, Basepoint Centre, Andersons Rd,Southampton, SO14 5FE
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http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=381750&y=390250&z=1&
sv=381750,390250&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch
.srf
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http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/kids.html
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http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/birthday/games.html
http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/
FLORIDE www.goldplanet.co.uk - fluoride@goldplanet.co.uk

  Museum www.museum.man.ac.uk
  Outings Chestnut Centre Otter and Owl Sanctuary, Castleton Road (A625) Chapel-en-le-Frith, High
Peak Derbyshire SK23 0QR. Signposted off the new bypass now main road from bridgemont, near Whaley Bridge* http://www.ottersandowls.co.uk/ch_centre1.htm *
http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/envi/chestnut.htm
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Dewa Centre in Chester * http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/ ste chester dewa roman experience.htm
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IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH, IWM North, The Quays, Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, M17 1TZ * Tel: 0161 836 4000 * http://www.iwm.org.uk
Open daily 10am ­ 6pm, FREE admission
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Hat Works Museum, Wellington Road South, Stockport, (Entrance on the A6, or Daw Bank opposite the bus station) * http://www.hatworks.org.uk * 0161 355 7770
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Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL * Tel: 0161 235 8888 *
Textphone: 0161 235 8893 * http://www.manchestergalleries.org/html/mag/mag_cal.jsp
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Poole's Cavern in Buxton
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Shefield Ice rink http://www.icesheffield.co.uk
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The Jorvik Viking Centre * http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk
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The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 2AZ * http://www.thelowry.com
Booking office: 0870 787 5781
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The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, M3 4FP
http://www.msim.org.uk
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National Trust membership 0870 458 4000
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http://www.manchester.gov.uk/leisure/parks
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http://www.quarrybankmill.org.uk/
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  Primary School This site has ideas for different seasons / celbrations
  Science http://www.brainpop.com/
http://www.treasure-troves.com/
http://www.brighterkids.com/exper8.htm
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
http://www.innerbody.com/
http://www.innerbody.com/
http://www.krampf.com/index.html
http://www.msim.org.uk/uploadedDocs/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20SoS%20programme.pdf
telescope shop in
Microscope Slides - the telescope shop in Edgely, sells them and associated supplies
  Spanish http://www.espanole.org (possible checked it out)
  Suppliers http://www.grumpy.org.uk - Vaughn Street, West Gorton.
http://img.opitec.com
  Word building http://k1.ioe.ac.uk/schools/phd/LLRC/voc_list_freq.pdf