Learning @ Home Websites

Language Arts

Starfall

A great site for primary reading activities.

Poetry Class

Just what it says!

ReadingLady.com

ReadingLady.com is a website that provides lots of ideas for both reading and writing activities.

Primary Reading

ProTeacher's site on reading lessons and activities.

Graphic Organizers

Excellent organizers for pre-writing and brainstorming.

Math

Fun Trivia Quizzes

World's Largest Trivia and Quiz Site!

Wired Math

Free Math Games and Resources for Grade 7, 8, 9

Social Studies

Canada in the Making

Canadian history through primary source documents.

BC Archives Time Machine

A fantastic social studies resource that covers each grade level.

Collections Canada

This in Canada's Library and Archives Learning Centre site.

World Book Online

This is an excellent site, but it does require a password. Our Learning@Home families have access via our secure site.

Maps

DK Clip Art maps for around the world.

Canadian Outline Maps

National Atlas of Canada's outline maps.

Canada's Trading Partners

Flow chart shows Canada's imports and exports.

Election's Youth Page

Election's Canada youth page

Canada's ebook

Just what it says!

Canadian History Resources

Links to dozens of sites about Canadian history.

Adventures in Time

A fun and interactive story that takes you through Canada's diverse past

Science

Rock Hounds

Designed for students interested in rocks and minerals.

SciMan Says

Super science games!

Web Weather for Kids

Excellent experiments, video clips, weather stories and safety hints.

BC Minerals

The what, where and how of mining in British Columbia

Lebanon Silver Mine & Mill

Lebanon Silver Mine & Mill virtual tour

Primary - general

Authors and Illustrators on the Web

Allows you to search for children's authors and illustrators.

Meet Authors & Illustrators

Another good site for finding children's authors and illustrator web pages.

Intermediate - general

Red Cedar Book Club

Official site for BC's Red Cedar Book Club.

Internet Public Library

Kid's Space in the Internet Public Library

Sites for Parents

http://www.eduplace.com/

Eduplace is a great general site for homeschoolers on all subjects. For example, if you want a map of any country – check out under Social Studies

Scholastic Teacher's Page

Full of suggestions for teachers.

Caring for Children

Put out by the Interior Community Services as part of their Foster Parent Education Program, this site contains learning modules for parents that help open up discussions regarding substance abuse. Look for Series 2, Topic 3.

Ministry of Education

Distributed Learning in BC

Ministry of Education's Learning at a Distance site.

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education's Main Page. Can access Achieve BC site through this.

Graduation Requirements

Information on Graduation Requirements from the BC Ministry of Education

Last modified: Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 10:55 PM