Hilltown Families 
100 Links (April/May 2009)
100 Links (April/May 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.
- The Institute for Natural Learning
- Kindergarten Cram (NY Times article)
- PBS Video
- Six, Going on Sixteen (article)
- American Folklore
- Ashfield Farmer’s Market
- Sounds of the Rainforest
- Cooking Parties for Kids (DIY)
- Unplug Your Kids (blog)
- Massachusetts Horticultural Society
- American Sign Language Curriculum
- Pesticides Blamed for Some Childhood Brain Cancers (article)
- The Good Times as We Knew it Aren’t Coming Back, So Now What? (article)
- Animal Diversity Web
- Using YouTube to Teach
- Mother’s Day Lesson Plans and Activities
- May Is Physical Fitness Month (Resources and Lessons)
- Kindiefest
- National Train Day (May 9th, 2009)
- Penguin Science
- Penguin Webcam
- Penguins Around The World
- SHOW USA: Interactive Look at the USA
- It’s My Life . Money (PBS Kids)
- Young Investor
- Cinco de Mayo Food
- Mariachi Radio
- Fiesta Friends
- Cinco de Mayo (Video)
- Cinco History
- Mexico for Kids
- Kids Craft Weekly: Simple Cards
- Monsanto’s Herbicide Roundup Linked to Birth Defects (article)
- Going Green Goes Frugal: The Recession Changes the Eco-Friendly Movement (article)
- Virtual Tour of a Windmill
- Volunteer with Project BudBurst
- Volunteer with Frogwatch (National Wildlife Federation)
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- Sierra Nevada Virtual Museum
- Obama: The First 100 Days
- One Mom’s review of places to bring children in New England
- Hammond Castle in Gloucester, MA (field trip)
- What is sustainable agriculture?
- KidsDinos.com
- Swine Flu (New York Times)
- IXL Math
- The Civil War (lesson plans)
- Wild and Wonderful Lessons About Endangered Species
- Five Lessons Teach Students to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Monday Afternoon Ice Cream Ritual (article)
- Virtual Tour: Lemonheads Candy Factory
- Mother’s Day Arts and Crafts
- Bug Jars Lesson Plan: Drawing for Kids
- Latin Word of the Month
- Greek Word of the Month
- Greek Letter of the Month
- Took Kit for Beginner Greek and Latin Students
- Learn Greek Online (Free)
- Latin Language Audio Course from London (Free)
- Host a screening of “Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood”
- Parents For School Choice
- Is Summer Camp Good for Your Daughter? (article)
- Swan Boats of Boston
- Volunteering for Summer Fun and Learning (article)
- Hilltown Families Earth Day Links
- Earth Hour in Cummington, MA (videos)
- Millions Against Monsanto Campaign
- Schools to Keep Bugs at Bay a Safer Way (article)
- More Bad News About Plastic Containers
- A Solar Revolution May Be Coming to Your Town
- Kids Craft Weekly: Robots
- Food First
- Lost or Stolen Parrot in Dalton, MA
- April Is Poetry Month
- Library Week
- Earth Day Lesson Plans
- Earth Day Resource Guide
- Earth Day Organizer’s Guide
- How the First Earth Day Came About
- EarthSavers: Water Conservation Tips for Kids
- Earth Day Craft Ideas for Kids Families and Teachers
- Valley Kid Stuff Blog
- Conservation Central at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
- Genius Bird: The Raven (video)
- Songs for World Peace
- The History of Arbor Day
- Earth Day books for children
- AudibleKids: Audio Books for Kids
- Ojos de Dios (craft idea)
- Forget Candy! Fill Easter Eggs With Healthy Treats
- Celebrate Passover by Making your own Plague of Frogs!
- The European Digital Library
- Library History Postcards
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (Digital library)
- The North American Indian Works by C. Szwedzicki (digital library)
- The Food Detectives
- GeoBee Challenge: National Geographic
- Songs for Teaching
- BusSongs.com
- Sing Up!
To see other links we’ve featured, chick HERE to check our other 100 Links posts.
As one who still hopes to recover his stolen parrot, I really appreciate being listed above. Parents could even use this to explain to their kids the pain caused by someone keeping something that doesn’t belong to them….even if it does drop out of the sky!