For someone who is relatively computer literate it can be easy as pie to find free homeschooling resources online. First open up a search engine such as google, bling or yahoo. Then type in a few keyword phrases related to what you are looking for and viola you have a whole host of websites waiting to be explored.
Unfortunately it can take a while to sift through the search results to find the websites that suit your purpose. This is where the inexperienced browser can get hopelessly lost, but you won’t get lost here. Take a look at these excellent websites that offer free homeschooling resources.
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The United Nations Cyber School Bus
If you are thinking of teaching your child about the various countries in the world, this is an excellent site to visit. Run by the United Nations Organization this website offers great details about individual countries and the problems that they face. It is ideal for a teenager whom you are trying ti teach social responsibility, but may not be a good idea to use on an elementary school child. After all it is way too soon to be laying the world’s problems on their young shoulders.
The Discovernator
Want to access one random and interesting piece of trivia at a time? Try out the Discovernator from the people who run Discovery Channel on TV. the screen sprouts one trivia fact for your consumption and you can then move on to the next one if you have the time or inclination. It is a great tool to improve your child’s general knowledge and awareness levels. The facts can be recent events, important firsts, or just plain interesting things to know. Fair amount of science related trivia does show up on the site and keeps you hankering for more amazing facts.
Free Rice
Interested in combining learning with charity, you can do it right on this site. It was originally conceived as a way of online charity but you can actually practice your lessons quite well on the site. Be it a foreign language or mathematics problems, you need to answer correct to move on to the next level. There is also a section for SAT practice.
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