Category Archives: Reference
Keyboard Shortcuts for special characters
Keyboard Shortcuts for special characters. Want to know how to make a © or ♥ symbol? This is a great resource which lists shortcuts for HTML, MacOS and Windows in chart format.
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List of initialisms and acronyms
Ben’s Incredible Big List of Initialisms and Acronyms (BIBLIA). LOL and many, many others…
Make your own recycled bookmark out of an old envelope
Double Takes: DIY: Corner Bookmark. Clever idea.
Posted in Handy Tools, Household Management, Organization, Reference
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Make your own Homeschool I.D.
Homeschool Buyers Co-op. Registration is required.
Make your own generic game boards from file folders
Welcome to the Homeschool Hutt. Make your own generic game boards from file folders.
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Learn about important documents like the Constituion & more at the National Archives website
National Archives and Records Administration. Find out about important documents like the Declaration of Independence & the Constitution , the Presidential libraries and geneaology research.
Posted in History, Museums, Reference, Social Studies, US History
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Make your own online flashcards for vocabulary memorization, and studying games
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History clip art
MrDonn.org – Free Clipart. Links to all sorts of clip art covering mostly ancient history.
Posted in Clipart & Fonts, History, Reference, Social Studies
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Christian clipart
Christian Clipart – Christian Clipart and more. The free images are small but large enough for notebooking etc. Larger images require membership.
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Generate a packing list by answering a few questions
The Universal Packing List. Enter in things like what type of accomodations you’ll be staying in, what sorts of activities you intend on doing, what you expect the weather to be like, etc. and this tool will automatically generate an apporpriate packing list for you.
Posted in Handy Tools, Life Skills, Reference, Travel
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Lots of color clipart organized in very specific categories
Free clipart downloads, clip art graphics, myspace layouts, glitter animations, texts, pictures, gif images. Check here if you’re looking for very specific clipart such as Car Clipart, Frog Clipart and Santa Clipart.
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Huge collection of clipart organized by category
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9800 free fonts
9800 Free Fonts. Type in your own text to see how it looks in each font.
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Safe search engine for kids
KidRex – Kid Safe Search. “KidRex searches emphasize kid-related webpages and are powered by Google Custom Search and use Google SafeSearch technology.”
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Online version of the classic, The Elements of Style by William Strunk
Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. The Elements of Style “…this classic reference book is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer. Intended for use in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature, it gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.”
Bright Child vs. Gifted Learner comparison chart
Bright Child/Gifted Learner. If you have reason to know whether your child is bright or gifted, this might be helpful to make a determination.