External Links:
General Education Sites
Raffi's Centre for Child Honouring
The Ontario Curriculum online
Open Courseware: The Ultimate Collection
Better Explained: Didn't Get it the first Time? Need a Refresher? Try this site. Is it a Cheetah? An excellent article about gifted children
Mr. Donn's Site--Online Curriculum Resources Index
Homeschooling Sites
The Ontario Federation Of Teaching Parents
Open Courseware: The Ultimate Collection
TVO Your Voice Homeschooling Episode Online
Sarah Rainsberger's High School & Post Secondary Blog for Homeschoolers
Life Learning Homeschooling Resources
Institutional Learning vs. Free Thought: A YouTube Video
Life Learning Magazine
Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning
Articles and Interviews with John Taylor Gatto
Radio Free School
Engineering Megasite of Applied Math and Science for Grades K-12
MIT Open Courses (free) for Highschool Students and Undergrads
A-Z Homeschool Resources--International Site
How to Make a Lapbook
Ten Things You Really Need to Know
Science and Related Topics The Story of Stuff
The Encyclopedia of Life--All Known Species in the World!
Arkive: Kid-Friendly Encyclopedia of Endangered and Threatened Species
Virtual Museum of Canada--educational games and resources
Science Tube: chemistry and physics experiments for older kids and teens
CBC's Quirks and Quarks
Astronomy lessons for kids 7-18
How Stuff Works
Maillardette's Automaton (The Invention of Hugo Cabret) at the Franklin Institute
Online videos of manufacturing processes
Make Magazine Kids' Archives
Toronto Zoo Animal Fact Sheets
Hinterland Video Clips and Fact Sheets
The Electronics Club: Electronics Projects and Resources
Toronto Area Science Happenings
Engineering Megasite of Applied Math and Science Activities and Resources for Grades K-12
Also see: The Lemonade Science Index for more science activities and links
Mathematics and Computing
Make math games and manipulatives from everyday items
Scratch: MIT's kid's programming language (free download)
Easy Explanations for Advanced Math and Computing
CEMC: Home of the UW Mathematics Competitions (loads of math resources)
Wolfram Alpha Computational Search Engine--Subjects, dates, formulae and more: this site is a must see!
See also: The Lemonade Math Page for more projects and math-related links
History, Geography, Social Studies
History Projects: Bringing History to Life
Test Your Geography Knowledge Here
An inspiring slide-show about our global community
How Laws are Made in Canada
Brainy History Site
Enrich Your Vocabulary and Donate Rice for Free
The Story of Stuff
Animated Geology of Rivers
Geological Survey of Canada: Educational Resources
Language
Free Rice: Vocabulary, Grammar and other Quizzes for Charity
BBC Language Learning Site
Loris Lesynski's Poetry Site
Lemonade Recommended Children's Reading List
Project Gutenberg: Over 6000 Free Ebooks and Growing
The Lemonade Writing Page
Miscellaneous
Have a question? Find the answer here
How to Make a Lapbook
A great sewing site for beginners
Article: Silken Laumann's quest to bring play back into children's lives
Silken Laumann's Website
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