Art and Architecture

Artists Helping Children - A non-profit charity dedicated to bringing comfort to children in hospitals, clinics, and shelters by brightening their environment with murals, artwork, toys, and art supplies.

Lite-Brite Simulation - This is a lot of fun!! Just click on a color of "peg" and click where you want to place those pegs on the black "canvas". All the fun of lite brite without trying to keep track of all the little pieces.

Art Education and ArtEdventures from Sanford and A Lifetime of Color - Just a terrific site with art project instructions, easy to understand information about different elements of art, from color to perspective, and ArtEdventure games to play.

Art Lessons and Ideas Index at EasyFunSchool.com. Find all sorts of cool craft ideas, most of which you can make with materials you already have.

Talent Teacher - Step by step instructions for creating art using different techniques and media. I think even I could do this! Not great art perhaps, but a good place to start.

Art History Network - A one stop resource for Art History, Archaeology and Architecture resources on the web.

Art History at About.com - Artist Dictionary/Biographies of Painters, Sculptors, Photographers,and Printmakers

Economics - Finance

The Stock Market Game - An educational game for grades 4 to 12, and adults who want to increase their understanding of the stock market. Invest a hypothetical $100,000 as an individual or as a group and over the course of 10 weeks learn "...about economics, finance, and the American economic system."

U.S. Treasury - For Kids - Fun and education about the U.S. Mint, Savings Bonds, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the White House.

Geography

Virtual Field Trips - Adventure through other countries and other times with these online field trips. Go through the deepest cave in North America, discover what Ancient Rome was like, view ancient castles and their artwork and gardens.

National Scenic Byways Online - Get a free map of the Scenic Byways of the United States. These Scenic Byways are a destination unto themselves. They're also a great way to see more of the country while travelling to a vacation spot. Geographical wonders, beautiful scenery and historic landmarks make travelling these roads an adventure.

A - Z Geography - You'll find profiles of every place you can think of both past and present.

Geography at About.com - A great place for geography games, quizzes, and online adventures.

Maps - Searchable Database - Find any map you need.

National Geographic provides maps from around the world.

Xpeditions at National Geographic - Geography resources, activities, lesson plans, discussion forums, and the Xpedition Hall where you can participate in an interactive journey to a different place or time.

United Nations - Maps - You'll find more than 100 country and area maps here, plus maps of the United Nations' peacekeeping operations.

Global Social Studies - Government

Ben's Guide to Government Websites - All the kid-oriented websites from animals to transportation!

The CIA World Fact Book - Provides current facts and reference maps that describe the countries of the world. Numbers Numbers, oh how I love numbers. Everything you need to know about a country, from birth rate to numbers of square kilometers of arable land.

Biography.com - A& E's Biography web site. Search the database for more than 25,000 biographies of famous people from around the globe.

HistoryChannel.com - The History Channel's web site. Search any topic in history.

Health and Nutrition

Home Ec Lessons and Activities Index - This index includes home economics lessons and activities, fun food thematic snacks, and the "Incorporating Cooking" series that gives simple recipes from foreign countries.

Milk Matters - Order free booklets, posters, stickers, and coloring books from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) about the importance of milk and other dairy products for strong bones and teeth.

Teaching Healthy Eating - Lesson plans, recipes, activities, and reproducible worksheets for every age group, from preschool on up. There are illustrated recipe cards for beginner cooks, theme-based activities, and teacher to teacher ideas for more learning opportunities.

A Look Inside the Human Body - A great anatomy site with easily understood descriptions of the skeletal, muscular, digestive, respiratory, nervous, immune, and circulatory systems of the human body. Terrific!

Healthy Choices for Kids Online - This program consists of four separate volumes, each comprising a complete, ready to use curriculum guide, free!

Atlas of the Body - American Medical Association - What's that muscle right between your shoulder blades called? How do we breathe? You can find answers to these questions and more with these detailed illustrations and descriptions of the human body.

Nutrition.gov - Tons of nutrition resources from the US Government

Language Arts: Grammar, Spelling, Reading, and Second Languages

PuzzleMaker at DiscoverySchool.com - Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists.

Succeed to Read - Reasons behind some stuggles children may have with reading, activities and information for teaching reading, literacy facts, and good books for kids.

Learn to Read - An article published on EasyFun School, written by Kathryn Stout. Concise ideas and activities to help your child learn to read.

Language Arts and Literature Index at EasyFunSchool.com. Articles about teaching language arts, top book lists, and unit studies for classic books.

Free Spelling Course - A free spelling course from Marie Rackham, creator of the Basic Cozy English Grammar video tapes. This spelling course has 30 lessons, with a pre-test, exercises, dictation and final test for each one. Probably aimed at a mid-grade school level, but would depend on the child. See also her video series for grammar, the reviews and testimonials are great!

Dictionary.com - Get a dictionary word a day delivered to your e-mail box. A great way to increase your vocabulary! Check out the daily crossword puzzles for a real challenge.

Grammar Slammer - English Grammar Resource

English-German Dictionary Online

Spanish-English Dictionary

WordReference.com - Translate any word in any Web page with a few quick clicks, using the Collins translating dictionaries from HarperCollins Publishing.

French-English Online Dictionary

Mathematics, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Calculus

Teach R Kids Math - Online math exercises, age-appropriate worksheets, and more.

Japanese Math Challenge - 20 Story problems translated from Japan's Junior High Math Test

Media and Miscellaneous

AwesomeLibrary.org - An index of over 22,000 education-oriented websites. Thousands of links to lesson plans, worksheets, and resource information.

Holiday Article Index at EasyFunSchool.com - A great compilation of holidays, many of which have associated articles, crafts, and recipes at EasyFunSchool.com.

Free Character Building Resources at GoodCharacter.com

Put your ideas in order with these graphic organizers! - Fun and useful charts for children to organize their thoughts about a topic, organize their day, or chart their activities. Free to print!

Free Educational Videos for Teachers and Group Leaders - from Video Placement Worldwide.

Homework help from DiscoverySchool.com - with BJ Pinchbeck. If you can't find what you need here on MommyLinks, check out this site, created by a student, for students.

Free Classical Music Scores

Science and Nature

NASA Food Educational Activities - How do astronauts eat in space?

Human Anatomy Online - at InnerBody.com. The detailed pictures are great for any age group, but the descriptions are written for high-school level and up.

Biology Quizzes - A range of quizzes, from preschool and up. Provided by the US Geological Survey Biological Resources Department. Lots of fun, and eduational too!

eNature.com - This site has tons of great nature information, but the best thing (I think) is that you can enter your zip code and get a personalized nature guide for your area!

NatureSongs.com - Listen to samples of songs from nature, from birds and animals to thunderstorms and rain.

Stokes Birds at Home - Birding Information. Learn about bird feeding, housing, and identification.

Science Lessons and Activities Index from EasyFunSchool.com - This index contains the science lessosn and activities available on EasyFunSchool and includes both the "Science Fun" column as well as general science articles. Science-based themes will be added as they are completed (e.g., dinosaurs).

Virtual Frog Dissection - Can't find a frog to dissect? See this nifty virtual dissection. You can see different views, including with or without skin, and highlight only the organs you want to see.

Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection - Takes me back to Biology 101 ;o) A line drawing of a fetal pig, just click on the organ system you want to study for a close-up of a diagram, with each organ or part labelled. If you click on one of the listed organs, a definition for that part is given.

The Microbe Zoo - Take a tour of the Microbe Zoo, or read about microbes that live in curious environments, or just in your kitchen sink :) Lots of information for the budding microbiologist.

Nature Studies Lessons and Activities Index at EasyFunSchool.com - This is the index of articles on EFS dealing with nature studies or studies about things in nature.

Educational In Nature - Beautiful color brochures describing life in the forest, the animals that live there, and what the forest provides for people. These are available as free PDF files, provided by Georgia-Pacific.

Pathways to Astronomy Education Resources - Resources compiled by NASA for astronomy education. Everything from Active Galactic Nuclei to X-ray Transients, including information for all age groups.

Imagine The Universe and Star Child are educational websites created by NASA for teenagers (Imagine the Universe), and grade school children (Star Child). Read profiles of NASA scientists, learn about the latest discoveries, and get information about the planets and solar system.

United States History

Web Index for Colonial America Studies - Hundreds of links to websites for everything you want to know about Colonial America, from the journey to America to Foods and Recipes, to the first Thanksgiving.

Underground Railroad - Take an interactive journey along the routes many escaping slaves followed to freedom.

Be a Historian - Examine household objects and documents to find out what life was like in early America.

50States.com - Find out everything you want to know about the 50 states, including state birds, flags, and histories. You can even listen to state songs.

America's Story - Travel back through time to find out what Abe Lincoln had in his pockets the night he was assassinated or hear music from the 1920s.

EarlyAmerica.com - Read historic documents from eighteenth-century America. Examine real newspapers, maps, and magazines from early American times.

World History

Kids' Castle - Kids in the younger grades will enjoy this hands on tour of a medieval castle, from the dungeon to the kitchen.

WhoWhatWhen - Interactive Historical Timelines - Really nifty instant timelines for a range of years or a specific person in history. You can also search for people who were born or died on a specific date.

Why do civilizations fall? - Find out by exploring the collapse of four ancient civilizations. Search for clues through hands-on activities.

Find out what life was like in the Middle Ages - This interactive exploration covers the religion, homes, clothing, health, and culture of the people who lived from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries.

Explore the Renaissance - to learn the "who," "what," "where," and "why" of the Renaissance.

European Voyages of Exploration - Follow fifteenth-century sea routes taken by European explorers on voyages of discovery that opened up new lands.