Co-operative: Home Options In Childhood Education

Activities, lesson plans and curriculum, new and used

If you don't create your own curriculum and materials, you can get them from these catalogues of homeschool suppliers, websites with lesson plans and activities, websites for exchanging used curriculum, and the government's Ontario curriculum guidelines. You can also buy & sell or borrow & lend with other C:HOICE participants.

Government guidelines

Ontario Ministry of Education :

• elementary curriculum
• secondary curriculum

Mail order

A+ Books Canada
www.aplusbookscanada.com
136 Gablewood Cres.
London, Ontario N6G 2Z9
Phone: (519) 471-1034
Email: aplus@ (add total.net to complete the email address)
*No shipping charges in London*

Some of the following have catalogues that are sometimes available from C:HOICE:

Blossoming Minds
www.blossomingminds.ca
3438 Garrard Road
Box #93
Whitby, ON L1R 2C4
Phone: 1-877-894-5419 toll-free
Email: mail@ (add blossomingminds.ca to complete the email address)

Fire the Imagination
www.firetheimagination.ca
Storytelling CDs, children's music and videos introduce your family to great classic literature, famous composers, artists, inventors, explorers and talented Canadian musicians.

Activities, lesson plans, worksheets

Audiblox
Audiblox: Resources for Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyspraxia
A system of cognitive exercises, aimed at the development of foundational learning skills. Effective for dyslexia and other learning difficulties. Contact: benetta@ (add mweb.co.za to complete the email address)

TampaReads
800 Remedial Reading & Phonics Worksheets

ABC Teach
Free printables

Can Teach
Lesson plans, resources and links with a Canadian focus

Easyfunschool
Fun activities and resources

Home Schooling Homework
Daily assignments in vocabulary, spelling, geography and history

Superkids
Educational software reviews, online games of logic and reasoning, math worksheets, vocabulary builders and more

Teacher’s Library of Resources
Extensive resources from the UK in all subjects

Lynn Fleming's Web Resources for Teachers and Students

Free Worksheets
Free educational software, online activities and printable worksheets

Prime Minister's site, kids' page
Quizzes, games and colouring sheets related to Canadian history, geography and government

World Atlas and Black Line Maps - printable maps from one of the About.com pages

The School Page - The Educator's Resource

MIKIDS! - website created and maintained by Carolyn Gundrum, technology teacher and librarian at an elementary school in Michigan. The links on the main page lead to pages of links to many other learning sites.

Interactive Math Tutor - online and phone-based tutoring, free math worksheets.

Internet Educational Workbook - subscription-based access to math worksheets (generated by computer for an infinite number of new sheets).

The Guitar Foundation - online animated guitar lessons

Crafts

Creative Paper Crafts - printable craft patterns and projects from one of the About.com pages

Used curriculum online

We haven't tried out the online sources of used curriculum for homeschoolers, but are providing these links to help you in your search. If you use their services, let us know if they are to be recommended or not.

Maple Leaf Home Ed Resources is a website where homeschoolers across Canada can place want and offer ads for used home education resources such as curriculum, books, and computer software. Ads give the first name, e-mail address and postal code of the person placing the ad. This makes it easy to narrow down what's available in your own area.

Homeschool Curriculum is a home business by a family of homeschoolers in Florida, U.S. (Used to be Home's Cool). Purchases are made with an e-commerce shopping-cart system. Items may be new or used.

Homeschoolbid.com is an online auction site. Bidders with the highest bid are notified by e-mail and the transaction itself is then between buyer and seller.

Homeschoolers Trading Forum on the About.com site

Homeschoolers’ Curriculum Swap

C:HOICE sharing of skills and materials

When you become a member of C:HOICE, you have the possibility of being able to borrow resources from others in the group, depending on who is a member at the time and what they are able to share. We also have some want and offer ads on this website.

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• kids' and teens' writing and artwork
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