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  1. Animal Adventures

  2. Applied Arts

  3. Birth thru K Resources

    • Best Homeschooling
      A homeschool curriculum for pre-school & kindergarten; scroll down for lots of links.
    • Childcareland
      Early learning activities for pre-k & kindergarten.
    • Perpetual Preschool
      Ideas, resources, tips & playtime.
    • Preschool Rainbow
      Where early-childhood teachers find ideas.
    • Tumblebooks Library
      An online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they’ll love.

  4. California Studies

  5. Crafts

  6. English

    • Favorite Poem
      Watch videos of people reading their favorite poems: lesson plans in teacher area.
    • Grammar Practice Park
      Games to help with grammer, grades 3-5
    • My Vocabulary
      A free resource used in over 24,000 schools to enhance vocabulary mastery & written/verbal skills with Latin & Greek roots.
    • Spelling City
      Free spelling and vocabulary lists, games and student tracking.
    • Take Our Word For It
      Word-origin webzine.
    • TLSBooks.com
      Free, printable worksheets for grades preschool – 6th. Math, Science, Language Arts, Geography, Spelling, etc.

  7. Fun & Games

  8. Gardens

    • Descanso Gardens
      A beautiful walk in the park through camelia forest, an amazing rose garden and tons of different fauna.
    • Los Angeles Country Arboretum & Botanic Garden
      The Arboretum is a 127-acre botanical garden and historical site
    • South Coast Botanic Garden
      The 87-acre garden and culture center features a lake, a stream and over 2,000 species of plants and trees from around the world. Ornamental trees and shrubs from every continent except Antarctica can be viewed here.

  9. General Ed

    • A to Z Home's Cool
      Inclusive and comprehensive information, resources, and communities for homeschool families worldwide – no matter how you choose to educate!
    • Biblio Cat
      Resources for librarians, teachers, parents, & homeschoolers.
    • Class Brain
      For little kids, teens, and families.
    • Edsitement
      Incredible collection of lesson plans. Linked to many online resources in all areas of the humanities.
    • Education World
      Lesson plans, etc.
    • Enchanted Learning
      Tons of downloads; small fee.
    • Fact Monster
      Dictionary, encyclopedia, almanac & more.
    • How Stuff Works
      Learn how everything works.
    • Learning Page
      Lesson plans & worksheets.
    • PBS teachers
      PBS’ site for teachers.
    • Super Kids
      A collection of easy-to-use, free educational resources, for home & school.
    • TLSBooks.com
      Free, printable worksheets for grades preschool – 6th. Math, Science, Language Arts, Geography, Spelling, etc.
    • Wanna Learn
      Free, online tutorials, guides and instructionally oriented websites.
    • World Wide School
      Online library and Science & Tech recipes
    • Youth Online
      The Youth Online Club School resources for teachers, parents, tutors, & students.

  10. Getting Involved

  11. Gifted & Special Needs

  12. Health / Physical Education

    • Children's Health Environmental Coalition
      Learn how to keep your children safe from preventable health and developmental problems.
    • Environmental Kids Club
      EPA’s site for kids.
    • Girls Health
      This site was created to help girls (ages 10-16). It focuses on health topics that girls are concerned about and helps motivate them to choose healthy behaviors by using positive, supportive, and non-threatening messages.
    • Go Animal
      An innovative approach to health & conditioning that’s primal, practical, & playful.
    • Health & Human Services
      United States Dept of HHS; pages for kids.
    • KidsHealth
      Information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years.
    • Nutrition Explorations
      The fun & easy way to teach & learn nutrition.

  13. Hiking (Local)

    • City Search
    • Descanso Gardens
      A beautiful walk in the park through camelia forest, an amazing rose garden and tons of different fauna.
    • L.A. Trails
      Good resource for hiking trails.
    • Local Hikes
      Find hiking in your area by simply inputting your zip code!
    • Trails.com
      The Santa Monica Mountains rise above Los Angeles, widen to meet the curve of Santa Monica Bay and reach their highest peaks facing the ocean, forming a beautiful and multi-faceted landscape. Located in a Mediterranean ecosystem, the Santa Monica Mountain

  14. Holidays & Celebrations

  15. Homeschooler's Blogs

  16. Homeschooler's Businesses

    • Bateria y percusion
      An About.com site where you can learn everything about the drums and percussion. (Spanish)
    • Classical Homeopathy for Families
      We provide acute and chronic homeopathic care by Skype, phone and e-mail for women, children and families.
    • Cocina Latina
      An About.com site full of Latincaribbean recipes. If you want to explore the Latincaribbean cousine, this is the best site to start. Here you will find Latincaribbean recipes for all levels. (Spanish)
    • Culver City Cookies
      We make the best oatmeal cookies.
    • Diana Starr, Virtual Assistant
      Diana offers Low Cost Informational Websites for the Small Business as well as remote administrative and technical services to supplement the small business staff.
    • Healing Hands of the Angels
      Reiki Practitioner and Touch for Health Kinesiologist specializing in emotional, spiritual and physical healing and balancing.
    • Holistic Nutrition / Carrots for All
      Holistic Nutritionist specializing in GAPS diet, gluten-free, and allergies. WAPF-friendly.
    • Liz V Photography
      Professional photographer for family photos, headshots, performers, etc.
    • Manuel Calzada – Musical composer and arrangement.
      Manuel Calzada is a composer, arranger, producer, and percussionist whose musical works and compositions are characterized by its intellectual strenght and expressive depth.
    • Sacred Waters Soap Company
      Home made soaps and such
    • SDK Webcraft
      Affordable custom website design and development for mental health professionals and small businesses.

  17. Homeschooler's Websites

    • Two in the Middle
      An adventure our family chose to embark on, which we called “skipping middle school.”

  18. Indoor Play Areas (Local)

  19. Legal

  20. Libraries

  21. Libraries (Local)

  22. Magazines

  23. Mathematics

    • A+ Math
      Games, worksheets, flashcards.
    • Abacus
      Introduces the abacus, relates its history, & shows how to perform basic mathematical operations on it.
    • Cool Math 4 Kids
      An amusement park of math & more.
    • Kids' Money
      For parents interested in helping their children develop successful money management habits& financial responsibility.
    • Math Aids
      Dynamically created math worksheets
    • Math Cats
      Fun math for kids.
    • Math Glossary
      Mathematical terms are organized by grade level, & each term is explained in a clear & fun way.
    • Math Goodies
      Free help, interactive lessons, worksheets, puzzles & more.
    • Math Open Resource
      Brings you to many different Math websites
    • Math Playground
      Manipulatives, math games, word problems, logic puzzles and math videos
    • Mega Mathematics
      The Los Alamos National Laboratory’s website teaches mathematic theories in interesting & exciting ways.
    • Russian Multiplication
      Trick for 6-10 multipication
    • Teach R Kids Math
      Problem-solving worksheets & drills for elementary school children.
    • The Math Worksheet Site
      The MathThis website will allow you to create printable math worksheets from your browser.
    • Vi Hart
      Math and Art combined
    • Virtual Library of Math Manipulatives
      JAVA applets make it possible to use hundreds of different manipulatives from your computer, & even include guides for using them to teach math concepts.

  24. Methodology

  25. Museums

  26. Museums (Local)

    • Annenberg Space for Photography
      The Annenberg Space for Photography is a cultural destination dedicated to exhibiting both digital and print photography in an intimate environment.
    • Banning Museum
      Home of Phineas Banning in the 1800′s. Educational tours and free days…
    • Bowers Museum
      The Bowers Museum enriches lives through the world’s finest arts and cultures.
    • Cabrillo Beach Museum
      Located just steps from the ocean at Cabrillo San Pedro Beach. Cabrillo Marina Aquarium is a non-profit public aquarium/museum dedicated to promoting knowledge and awareness of marine life.
    • California African American Museum
      Permanent and rotating exhibits
    • California Science Center
      Free admission. To stimulate curiosity and inspire science learning in everyone by creating fun, memorable experiences.
    • Childrens Museum
      The Museum is modeled after an ecosystem comprised of the interdependent elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
    • Chinese American Museum
      Embodies both a cultural and physical link to the past and a promising point of entry for the city’s multicultural future.
    • Fort MacArthur Museum
      The rooms, galleries and corridors of the Museum contain a variety of exhibits and displays which include: the history of Los Angeles harbor defenses, home-front activities in the greater Los Angeles area during the World Wars, Civil Defense, America
    • Fowler Museum
      Explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on works from Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present
    • Free Museum Days
      Find out when local museums offer their free or discounted days.
    • Gene Autry Museum
      Museum located across from LA Zoo entrance dedicated to Western Heritage. Great childrens areas with a hands-on Chinese restaurant and a Mexican Hacienda & dress up areas
    • Getty Museum
      World Famous collection (particularly good for antiquities – at the Malibu location)
    • Griffith's Observatory
      Griffith Observatory is an icon of Los Angeles, a national leader in public astronomy, a beloved civic gathering place, and one of southern California’s most popular attractions
    • Hammer Museum
      Examines the depth and diversity of artistic expression through the centuries with a special emphasis on art of our time.
    • Huntington Museum
      Beautiful gardens and art collection. Includes “Blue Boy” and “Pinkie”, childrens garden, Japanses garden, statue garden and rose gardens.
    • Kidspace Children's Museum
      While children of all ages are welcome at Kidspace, our learning environments, programs and exhibits at this time are especially well-suited for children ages 2-9
    • LA County Museum of Art (LACMA)
      Couty museum of Art. Next-Gen program offers free membership to children under 18 and allows one adult to accompany for free. Location: Mid-Wilshire
    • LAFD Historical Society
      Where else can you go to learn how to prepare a family fire plan, while also being able to put on firefighter turnouts and rolling around with your friends in our “stop, drop, and roll” drills?
    • Laguna Art Museum
      The Museum’s exhibitions, catalogs, and educational activities illustrate an ongoing examination of California art, which includes historical and contemporary art as well as regionally important influences, such as car and surf culture.
    • Latin American Art
      The Education Department at MOLAA fulfills the Museum’s mission by developing interpretive materials and programs that invite the visitor to participate in an ongoing dialogue about Latin American art and culture
    • Los Angeles Country Arboretum & Botanic Garden
      The Arboretum is a 127-acre botanical garden and historical site
    • Los Angeles Live Steamers
      Educating people in railroad history and lore and also to further the avocation of live steam, gas-mechanical and electronic railroad technology.
    • Museum of Contemporary Art
      It is committed to the collection, presentation, and interpretation of work produced since 1940 in all media, and to preserving that work for future generations.
    • Museum of Tolerance
      A high-tech, hands-on experimental museum that focuses on tow central themes: the dynamics of racism and prjudice in American and the history of the Holocaust.
    • Natural History Museum
      World renown collections and research programs in diverse fields of natural and cultural history. Location: Exposition Park
    • Page Museum
      Visitors can learn about Los Angeles as it was between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age, when animals such as saber-toothed cats and mammoths roamed the Los Angeles Basin.
    • Pasadena Museum of California Art
      Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) is to present the breadth of California art and design through exhibitions that explore the cultural dynamics and influences that are unique to California.
    • Petersen Museum
      Explore the evolution of the Automobile and its impact on our culture.
    • Printing Press Museum
      The International Printing Museum in Southern California is a dynamic museum that takes one of the world’s most significant collections of antique printing machinery and brings it to life through working demonstrations and theatre presentations.
    • Santa Monica Museum of Art
      Fosters diversity, innovation, and discovery in contemporary art—local, national, and international.
    • Skirball Cultural Center
      Its mission is to explore the connections between four thousand years of Jewish heritage and the vitality of American democratic ideals.
    • South Coast Botanic Garden
      The 87-acre garden and culture center features a lake, a stream and over 2,000 species of plants and trees from around the world. Ornamental trees and shrubs from every continent except Antarctica can be viewed here.
    • Wayfarer's Chapel
      Nestled in a grove of towering redwood trees the natural sanctuary of Palos Verdes stone and glass designed by Lloyd Wright gives unique expression to the sacred space that welcomes all wayfarers along life’s path.
    • Western Museum of Flight
      The Western Museum of Flight is a non-profit, educational institution dedicated to preserving and displaying aircraft history and artifacts of Southern California’s aviation heritage.
    • Zimmer Children's Museum
      Dedicated to teaching people about the BIG IDEAS of global citizenship, community responsibility, and cultural sensitivity.

  27. Official Stuff

  28. Online Misc.

  29. Online Stores

  30. Other

    • CIA Kids
      CIA Kid’s page teaches kids about the agency

  31. Parks

  32. Science

    • Bill Nye, The Science Guy
      Experiments, ecards, episode info, & online store.
    • California Butterflies & Native Plants
      Most photos were taken in the Las Pilitas Nursery, Santa Margarita, garden.
    • Dinosauria
      Lots of information about dinosaurs.
    • e-Naturalist
      Animals, plants & the environment.
    • Experiment of the Week
      A free weekly e-mail of unusual, safe, dramatic, cheap, & fun experiments.
    • Exploratorium
      The museum of science, art, & human perception: fun site.
    • Franklin Institute Online
      Lessons, activities, & much more.
    • Funology
      Science experiments & more.
    • Gokidding
      Have fun while learning about time, space, the world & more.
    • How Far Is It?
      Pick two locations, find out how far apart they are, & see them on a map: courtesy of Discount Bali Hotels.
    • Inconstant Moon
      A new tour of the moon each night, with maps, photos, explanations, animations, selected links, & even music.
    • Mad Sci Network
      MadSci Network represents a collective of scientists providing answers to your questions.
    • Mars Interact
      Exploring Mars through games: information & updates as well.
    • Ology
      American Museum of Natural History Presents OLogy.
    • Science News for Kids
      Science galore.
    • Science Toys
      Science toys you can make with your kids.
    • Steve Spangler Science
      Science experiments, recipes and cool science projects.
    • TLSBooks.com
      Free, printable worksheets for grades preschool – 6th. Math, Science, Language Arts, Geography, Spelling, etc.
    • Try Science
      Your gateway to experience the excitment of contemporary science & technology through on & offline interactivity with science centers worldwide.
    • What's That Stuff
      A collection of articles that gives you a look at the chemistry behind a wide variety of everyday products.

  33. Social Studies

  34. Stores (Local)

  35. Support Groups

  36. Theater (Local)

  37. Visual & Performing Arts

    • Art Safari
      Kids of all ages can explore the world of art at MOMA.
    • Creating Music
      A place for kids to compose music, play with musical performance, music games, & music puzzles.
    • Introduction to Reading Music
      Introducing the most important topics in reading music in a very easy to understand way.
    • The Sound of Music
      Starting Tones, Mozart’s Muse, Nature’s Orchestra, & Ancient Music.
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