100 Links (January 2009)
100 Links (January 2009)
Nearly every day I add recommended links to the Hilltown Families bank of on-line resources. Some of you might find these links well suited for your family, others, maybe not so much. But it’s a fun and useful list worth perusing! If you have a link you’d like to share, post it in our comment box.
Where are these links? You won’t find them on your blog reader nor via email if you subscribe to our newsfeed. But if you visit the blog on-line and scroll half way down, on the left you will find the column, “Links We Recommend,” with a list of our most recent recommended links. If you haven’t been visiting the site regularly to peruse these great resources, not to worry – below is the last 100 links we’ve posted in the past two months: (you will need to use the “back” button to return to this page).
Archived Lists of 100 Links: If you’d like to peruse our List of 100 Links from months past, click HERE and then scroll up or down.
- Free Vintage Photos and Ephemera for Valentine’s Day
- Chinese New Years Crafts
- African American History Month (Library of Congress)
- Chinese New Year
- National History Day
- Parenting the Nine Year Old (Waldorf in the Home Article)
- World Wildlife Fund
- Save The Tiger Fund
- Get Organized for Homeschool (article recommended by Melanie L.)
- Natural Living Swap (yahoo group)
- Natural Mama Barter Group (yahoo group)
- Western Massachusetts Homeschoolers
- MariaTalks.com – Sex Ed for Teens in MA
- How to get your child excited about nature (article)
- How to stay warm while reducing your heating costs (article)
- WordDuck.com – Word Games for Students
- Snowflakes as you’ve never seen them before
- YouTube – MathTV’s Channel
- MathTV.com (videos)
- Winter Craft Projects
- The Waldorf and EarthSchooling Channel
- Raw Food Family Life
- International Games, Songs and Activities
- Digital Dialects language learning
- KUSC: Classical Music Site for Kids
- PracticeSpot: Ideas and resources for great music lessons
- Opera for Everyone
- Art Attack
- The cave of Lascaux (virtual field trip)
- Geology of National Parks (virtual field trip)
- Kids Off The Couch
- Robert Krampf’s Science Education
- Father Resources (links)
- Town Halls of Western Massachusetts (photos)
- Study Finds Access to Nature Improves Health (article)
- Report Ties Children’s Use of Media to Their Health (NY Times)
- Six Ways to Be a Media-Savvy Parent in 2009 (Common Sense Media)
- Acorn Naturalists (commercial site)
- Winter Holiday Stories
- LibriVox: Acoustical Liberation of Books in the Public Domain
- Outdoor Winter Fun
- Greenfield Ice Skating Rink Public Skate Schedule
- First Treks: Equipping Kids For Outdoor Adventures (retail site)
- Read WriteThink
- Pay It Forward Foundation
- Fun With Words: Collective Nouns
- TRUCE: Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children’s Entertainment
- Raising Girls (PBS guide)
- Talking With Kids About Tough Issues
- So Sexy So Soon (resources)
- At the magical age of eight, belief synchs with behavior (study)
- How to make a Moravian Pensylvanian German 3-D star (papercraft)
- Report: Toxins Found In One-Third Of Toys Tested (NPR story)
- When Tough Times Weigh on the Kids (Wall Street Journal article)
- Bad Time Stories (NY Times article)
- 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy (article)
- Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo (Recommended Title)
- No Name-Calling Week (January 26-30, 2009)
- In Defense of Teasing (article)
- LIFE photo archive
- University of Virginia Numismatic (Coin) Collection
- Lunar Atlases
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
- All About Birds: Blue Jay
- New Year’s Eve All Over the World
- How to Make Paper Snowflakes
- Winter Lesson Plans and Activities
- Folding Trees: Papercrafts
- Best Family Games (list)
- Best Holiday Movies for Kids (list)
- Classic Reads for Young Kids (list)
- Safe Toys (blog)
- Life of a Vertebrate Fossil
- African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
- Open Vault: Media Library (videos)
- Cascades Volcano Observatory: Educational Outreach
- PBS Nature Interactives
- National Sea Grant Library: Digital Libraries
- Recall: Woodstock Percussion Toy Drums
- How to Keep a Moon Journal
- The Night Before Christmas (video)
- Make a Creature Cafe
- Paper Toys
- Game: How to speed stack cups (video)
- Noho First Night 2009
- Nutcracker Museum (virtual field trip)
- Antique Christmas Lights (virtual field trip)
- Christmas Tree Farm (virtual field trip)
- The History of the Dreidel
- The History of Gingerbread
- The History of Kwanzaa (video)
- The History of Hanukkah (video)
- The History of Christmas Tree (lesson)
- The History of Christmas (video)
- Save Handmade Toys From the CPSIA
- Let’s Go Green Kids: Kids Corner
- DIY: Babywearing Coat
- Real-Life Makeover: Eco-Friendly Home
- DIY Alert (crafts and more)
- Western Massachusetts Electric Homepage
To see other links we’ve featured, chick HERE to check our other 100 Links posts.