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American Library Association's Great Web Sites for Kids

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BBC Schools

Carnivora Forum Animal Profiles

CBeebies from BBC

Chauvet Cave Paintings

Chronozoom
Created by Walter Alvarez (the geologist who discovered that an asteroid impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs), Chronozoom is the ultimate timeline--zoom in to watch videos about the first billionths of a second after the Big Bang, or zoom out to see the microscopic speck that is human history.

Connect the Dots

Discovery Channel Dinosaurs

Encyclopedia Britannica

Google Art Project

Jackson Pollock

Khan Academy Videos

KidsHealth

Lascaux Cave Virtual Tour

Math Playground

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Metropolitan Museum of Art for Kids

National Geographic Animal Jam

National Geographic Explores the Pyramids

National Geographic Little Kids

National Wildlife Federation Kids

New York Public Library Tumblebooks Gateway

Plimoth Plantation Investigating the First Thanksgiving

PBS Kids

PBS Videos

Periodic Table of Elements Videos

Railroad Connections

Roman Vindolanda

The Scale of the Universe

Smithsonian's Interactive Human Evolution Timeline

Starfall

Story of the World Video Links

Usborne Quicklinks

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We Don't Need No Education

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A Peek - [image: Img2013-06-08_0163rs][image: Img2013-06-08_0048rs][image: Img2013-06-08_0220rs] (She’s over her dislike of sand. I removed her shoes and she was o...
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Ordinary Life Magic

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Paris :: marché aux timbres {stamp market} - A big part of the fun of traveling with your kids is that they bring their interests to the voyage and take you to places you might have otherwise overl...
The Chronicle of the Earth

Volume 2 Lapbook Link Repaired - The next most requested resource, the part of the SOTW volume two lapbook that I have created is now in a zip file and can be downloaded here. The second p...
For Love of Education

Disney Mid-May Madness Sale on all iTunes Storybook apps - The sale runs from May 17 – May 21 and all Storybook apps below will be $4.99 only! Wreck-It-Ralph Storybook Deluxe – Relive the incredible story of the Di...
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Counting Coconuts

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The Helpful Garden

New Downloads Site - I have been working on a new downloads site for this blog for a couple of months now (in all that spare time I pull out of thin air). It is still under co...
Blog, She Wrote

Blog, She Wrote has moved! - Blog, She Wrote has moved to a new location: blogshewrote.org
Satori Smiles

BrainPOP subscription 20% off - BrainPOP has been an exciting video supplement to our studies for over three years now. We use it mostly to supplement our Science and History lessons, but...
My Montessori Journey

New Etsy shop listing: Thanksgiving Pillow: BLESSED - I just listed this item in my Etsy shop, right in time for Thanksgiving. This would make a great hostess gift for Thanksgiving. Or a treasured keepsake to pu...
Home Chemistry

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Lizards and Ladybugs

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5 Orange Potatoes

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julie: Indiana, United States; The lucky momma of two little blonde daddy clones, we spend our days eating cheese cubes and oranges, reading books about dinosaurs, pestering the dadda, and making junk out of other junk.

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