Gifted Education:
- Hoagies' Gifted Education Page this site is the go-to location for all things gifted and filled in the gaps in ways no other resource could or ever will.
- Is it a Cheetah? Stephanie S. Tolan's classic essay on how we identify giftedness. This article restored my sanity in the early days.
- Gifted Humor for those days when you will cry if you don't figure out a way to laugh.
- Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration this was the key to putting it all together.
- Gifted Homeschoolers Forum
- Davidson Institute for Talent Development
- Center for Talented Youth (CTY) - Johns Hopkins
- Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) - Stanford University
- California Homeschool Network
- Homeschool Buyers Co-op to save money on materials.
Open College/Distance Learning
- MIT OpenCourseware online video courses from MIT in a variety of subjects
- Highlights for High School - exam prep, college-level writing lecures, lab demonstrations
- Teaching Company audio or video lecture series on a variety of topics taught by leading academics. We own and entire bookshelf of thier stuff!
- BYU Independent Study - online classes for college and middle/high school. Most are fee-based but they have a free one that we used for American Government called "An American Citizen's Guide to Government and Politics"
- University of Alaska - it's not a surprise that a snow-bound state offers an amazing variety of distance learning options including Bachelor's degrees.
College Prep
- Online AP classes via Pennsylvania Homeschoolers
Computer Programming Resources
- Microsoft's DreamSpark - students can access Microsoft professional development tools FREE!
- Kodu Game Lab - a visual programming language for creating games that easy for kids to use
- Lego Mindstorms - build Lego robots using a simple programming environment.
- Dr. Wheeler's Literature Resources - a one-stop site for the history of English, online literature resources, grammar and writing guides, and more!
