Educational Websites...as promised

As promised yesterday, I am going to start listing the websites we use for "curriculum".  Please feel free to check these out, we use many of them daily and most of them several times a week.  We can't pay a couple hundred dollars for "organized curriculum" and we didn't want to.  We decided that we would use what the public schools used and then find free curriculum on the internet...and so we have.  Enough about why we use these methods of instruction and on to the web addresses.

Khan Academy
Most people know about this site, so I won't drag it out.  This site contains instructional videos on almost every subject.  There aren't any regarding English/Language Arts, but most other subjects are covered.  The guy that does the videos is pretty in depth and makes sure to explain it sufficiently.  We mostly use this for the math videos for now.  www.khanacademy.org

neok12
This site is one that we use quite frequently.  It is another video site, but it has a video for almost everything and also has some that are just neat to watch.  The videos on this site are from different sources.  We have used this for math, science, history, english...basically everything.  The site is also good for all ages, so you wouldn't have to search forever trying to find a video that is age appropriate.  www.neok12.com

WatchKnowLearn
Another great video site that pulls videos from various places.  WatchKnowLearn  is also appropriate for all ages.  Users can register and any videos watched can be accessed again under the "my profile" tab.  It will show your viewing history and other information.  Users can also post their own instructional videos, join classrooms or create their own classroom.  We use this one a lot also.  The videos cover EVERYTHING.  This site is definately worth sitting down and looking at and ultimately registering.  www.watchknowlearn.org

These are the video websites we use.  We also occasionally use Netflix and YouTube, but only if we see a specific video that goes along with what we are currently studying.  I hope that these come in handy and help your students to understand things better or to learn something new.  I know that they help our boys.  These are especially helpful if students seem to understand better by seeing rather than strictly doing.  Our boys watch videos correlating to their studies and then do the book work that goes along with it.  I will get the other sites we use (worksheets, printables, learning games) together and post them soon.

Happy Learning!