Algebra

This site sells great algebra books.  If you email for shipping charges they will invoice you before you buy.

sample here :-

http://www.arborcenterforteaching.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Joustingexcerpt.pdf

USEFUL BLOGS AND GROUPS

http://www.boyschooling.blogspot.com

Gender differentiated ideas, because boys and girls really are different!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lessonthemeoftheweek/?tab=s

Theme of the week Yahoo Group

http://www.education-otherwise.net/

Charity providing HE information

http://www.thenuk.com/Resources.html

HE network, law, SEN etc

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HE-Exams-GCSE-A_AS_Levels-OU-Others/

Group for anyone whose child is taking exams. Highly recommended.

http://www.he-special.org.uk/content/joinhere.php

Group for anyone home educating a child with special needs with an incredible range of expertise among its members.

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/

US homeschooling sites with a great range of articles on different approaches. Much cheaper than buying every home education book you can find because you're paranoid about doing a good job.

http://anordinary-life.blogspot.com/p/resources.html

Lisa's resources page. (I recommend the blog too...)

Things That Don't Fit Anywhere Else

http://www.holidays.net/index.htm

Lists of different holidays and festivals.

http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/LivingHistory.htm#MULTI-PERIOD_EVENTS

Living history events in various areas.

http://clickschooling.com/

Daily emails for HE ideas

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/

US Primary school website (up to about 11) Some great themed printables and colouring pages.

http://www.free-ebooks.net/?category=Educational

Free downloadable e books. Also fiction and lots of other stuff.

http://donnayoung.org/index.htm

Free printables and writing sheets

http://www.rudimentsofwisdom.com/default.htm

Comic information on hundreds of subjects

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/clickon/index.htm#lit

Charlotte Mason-style school website with loads of fun interactive activities across the curriculum. Ideal for days where you're tied up with another child or not at your best for whatever reason!

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/

A handy resource for animal projects or for animal mad DC's.


http://allinonehomeschool.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/complete-all-free-curriculum/

Lapbooking and Unit Studies

http://www.unitstudy.com/

Amanda Bennett Unit Studies to buy

http://www.handsofachild.com/

Ready to print lapbooks in hundreds of topics

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/

Free unit studies

http://www.homeschoolshare.com//

Lots of free lapbooks here. Many based on FIAR and Sonlight books

http://www.lapbooklessons.com/index.html

Free how to do lapbooking advice

http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/templates.htm

Templates to make your own

http://notebookingpages.com/

Notebooking - some free

http://www.ourlapbooks.blogspot.com/

Lapbooks to inspire you

http://www.squidoo.com/make-notebooking-pages

Hot to make our own notebooking pages

http://lapbooklessons.ning.com/

Lapbook Lessons

http://www.liveandlearnpress.com/

Ready to print lapbooks in full colour. Includes Apologia science ones

http://knowledgeboxcentral.com/lapbooks.html

Knowledge Box Central lapbooks

Sites with National Curriculum information

http://simonsideprimary.wordpress.com/

Nice and clear about what children in the school sector are expected to do at each age. Also some excellent resources.

http://curriculum.qcda.gov.uk/

Contains the statutory programmes of study and attainment for all the Key Stages for England. Great as a starting point to work out what YOU consider important in an education for YOUR child.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/

Tons of resources here. Shows how the NC could have been made SO much better...

Reading Lists

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/AJ9YYU9EDTNHJ

List by a long time home educator, aimed at fluent readers.

http://www.sonlight.com/homeschool-curriculum.html?grade=1&tab=c

Sonlight reading lists. (Sonlight is a Christian literature based American HE curriculum.)

Business Studies/Economics

http://www.bized.co.uk/

Recommended by Elysian - Secondary school level business studies and economics activities and lesson plans. Also with a good blog explaining economic news