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  • Waldorf Inspired Homeschooling

    • "Fairy" Tales

    • Aesop Fables
    • Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories
    • Tales Collected by the Brothers Grimm
    • Grimm site
    • Fairy Tales by the Grimm Brothers
    • National Geographic Grimm Brothers
    • 209 Grimm Brothers Tales
    • Arabian Nights
    • Arabian Nights
    • Sufi Texts - scroll down
    • Legends and Sagas
    • Legend of King Arthur
    • Tales of the Round Table
    • The Tales of King Arthur

    Charlotte Mason

    • CM wiki
    • CM organiser

    Montessori

    • Montessori Method
    • Montessori Materials
    • MontHome
    • Jenny Yen
    • Montessori Teachers Collective
    • Montessori Mom

    Other Online Learning Resources

    • Ambleside Online
    • Montessori Materials
    • StudyDog
    • Mathematics Programme
    • "Bricks and Mortar":Basic Reading Skills
    • TangleWood
    • Primary Latin
    • BeforeYouKnowIt - free language software inc. Latin & Arabic
    • Progressive Phonics
    • BrainPop
    • Reading Z com
    • Bigbrainz - multiplication help game
    • Free Video Lectures
    • Literacy Website Links
    • Reading Z com

    About Me

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    Qalballah
    Mother of two, pyscho-maniac with a guilt complex, homeschooler, convert to Islam, used to have a brain but melted roughly 5 years ago (nothing to do with my religion), has the ability to work sheer acts of genius (before waking up), all-round loser and terrible mum/ wife/ daughter/ friend/ sister/carbon-based entity... ... with an attitude problem.
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    Kid No. 1 Profile

    Name: Boss
    Age:8.5 years
    Special interests: Animals, running with out a break until bedtime, play-doh,
    Special Skills: The ability to imitate bus noises/car brakes and fog horns and to wrap two adults around his little finger with breath-taking ease
    Hates: The words "No" and "Don't do that"
    Likes: Polo mints/chocolate of various description, LeapPad, car rides, Central Park, railway station, trains, trucks, bath-time, his friends, Eid and presents
    Achievements: Bringing two fully grown adults into Borg-like obedience, ensuring all earnings are somehow spent on him and to have all conversation rotating around his very existence

    Kid No. 2 Profile

    Name: Jaws
    Age: 5 years old
    Special interests: Search and destroy missions to cause mayhem and destruction
    Special Skills: The ability to make a barren woman lactate and to out-suck a Dyson; peeling posters off walls; hurling leapPads like the caber; gollering in high indignation when paper is taken out of his mouth
    Hates: People thwarting his quest for domination and destrcution
    Likes: Unadorned walls; consuming brothers books
    Achievements: As above

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    Brain Dump

    Nature & Nature Journalling

    the magnifying glass logo
    • In Heywoods Meadow
    • Imagine Childhood
    • The Boy's Almanac
    • Bug Guide (N.America)
    • Bug ID (UK)
    • BugLife
    • OspreyWatch - Lake District UK
    • RSPB
    • BBC SpringWatch
    • BBC AutumnWatch
    • Nature Books
    • Project Feeder Watch
    • Take Children Outside

    Castles

    • MudPud dump
    • Bodiam Castle
    • Bodiam Castle
    • Find-A-Castle
    • Norman Castles up to 1315
    • Channel 4
    • Channel 4
    • Castle Rising
    • Windsor Castle
    • Windsor Castle 2

    Knights

    • Templar Knights
    • Knights & Armour
    • Jousting shows

    Kings & Queens

    • Royalty
    • Kings & Queens of England
    • Kings & Queens of England - overview
    • British monarchy

    Whales

    • Enchanted Learning
    • Whale cut out activity pdf
    • Teacher pack pdf

    Dinosaurs

    • BBC
    • Natural History Museum
    • Discovery Channel Dinosaur videos
    • Discovery Channel MORE dino videos

    Animals & Wildlife

    • National Geographic
    • Sea Monsters
    • Planet Earth Clips
    • Planet Earth Explorer
    • SpringWatch
    • Autumn Watch
    • Woodland Trust NATURE detectives
    • Woodland Trust NATURE detectives AUTUMN WATCH
    • Woodland Trust

    Birds

    • RSPB
    • Bird Watch 21 Jan - o1 Feb 2008
    • Crafts & Activities
    • Garden Bird Song
    • What to feed birds
    • UK bird identifier
    • Bird feeder Webcams
    • UK birds by name
    • BTO - science and birdwatching
    • Garden Birds
    • Cornell Ornithology Lab
    • British bird song
    • The Bird Year
    • Migration month by month
    • BBC Birds
    • Bird migration
    • Migration - for Kids

    Trees

    • What Tree is it?
    • Tree ID
    • Fieldguides - leaves
    • Tree Rings
    • Trees are Terrific
    • Virtual Forest
    • Tree World
    • Trees 4 Kids
    • Movie: why trees change colour
    • Design a tree game
    • Virtual Forest Walk
    • Cyberforest Game - control your forest
    • Tree movies
    • How to make recycled paper - save trees!

    Antarctica

    • Discovering Antarctica
    • Antarctica Wiki
    • Enchanted Learning - Antarctica
    • Wild Kids Antarctica
    • Kids books links
    • Classroom Antarctica - teaching resources

    Arctic

    • Arctic Circle
    • Arctic Animals & Activities
    • Comprehensive Arctic info
    • Enchanted Learning
    • Arctic A-B-C
    • Arctic Wiki

    Islamic Perspective

    • 1001 inventions

    History

    • 1001 inventions
    • American Civil War
    • Ancient Egypt
    • Archaeology
    • Battle Of Britain
    • BBC History
    • Cave Art
    • Colouring Castles
    • gods in history
    • Great Buildings
    • History For Kids
    • History Link
    • History On the Net
    • History Time Trail
    • Hyper History
    • Iroquois
    • Kufu's Pyramid
    • Maps
    • Met Museum
    • National Archives
    • Norman Conquest
    • Romans
    • Schools History
    • Shakespeare's Globe
    • Stone Sites
    • The British Museum
    • Tudors
    • Viking Britain
    • Vikings
    • Vikings and more
    • W.W.2 Real Life Stories
    • World History

    Science

    • 1001 inventions
    • Brain Pop
    • British Science Association
    • Chemistry Resources
    • English Heritage
    • Environmental Studies
    • Free Downloads and Posters
    • How Stuff Works
    • Interactive Chemistry
    • Nature Detectives
    • R.S.P.B
    • Recycling Glass
    • Science Buddies
    • Science Made Simple
    • Science Toymaker
    • Sea Life
    • Snow Crystals
    • Super Science
    • The Seed Site
    • ThankTank
    • Primary Engineer
    • Glasgow Science Centre
    • MoSI

    Very Fast Things

    • Thrust SSC land speed record video
    • Bloodhound SSC Site - follow the adventure
    • Future Fighters - Discovery Chanel video
    • Ultimate Strike Planes 1 F15 Eagle - Discovery
    • Ultimate Strike Planes 2 Harrier Jump Jet - Discovery
    • Ultimate Strike Planes 3 JSF-35 Joint Strike Fighter - Discovery
    • Ultimate Strike Planes 4 F16 Fighting Falcon - Discovery
    • Ultimate Strike Planes 5 F117 Night Hawk - Discovery
    • Ultimate Strike Planes 6 F22 Raptor - Discovery
    • Ultimate Strike Planes 7 Eurofighter Typhoon - Discovery
    • The Ultimate Fighter 1: how the jet engine evolved - Discovery
    • The Ultimate Fighter 2: how the jet engine evolved - Discovery
    • The Ultimate Fighter 3: how the jet engine evolved - Discovery
    • Simple Science : Sonic Booms
    • AH-64D Apache Helicopter Video - Discovery
    • Army Technology - Apache
    • How Stuff Works - Apache
    • DUXFORD aviation museum
    • Bloodhound Landspeed record attempt - BBC
    • Engineer Shows Bloodhound model - BBC
    • Wing Commander Andy Green talks about Bloodhound - BBC

    Geography

    • About Geography
    • Alaska
    • Antarctica
    • Argentina
    • Desert/rainforest
    • Global Eye
    • Hurricanes
    • Maps That Teach
    • Met Office Weather
    • National Geographic
    • Think Quest

    Maths

    • Khan Academy
    • Cool Math
    • Dr Maths
    • Joe The Dragon
    • Math Sphere
    • Maths Playground
    • Penrose Tiles
    • Rainforest Maths
    • Teaching Money

    Gardening

    • School Gardening

    HE resources

    • ABC Teach
    • Activity Village
    • Cannon Paper Craft
    • Children's Library
    • Classical Education
    • Classical History and Science Resources
    • Crayola
    • Donna Young
    • Ed Helper
    • Eduplace
    • Enchanted learning
    • Factmonster
    • Free Software
    • Funology
    • Happy Child
    • Islamic Resources
    • Kidport Reference Library
    • Learning Pages
    • Learning Through History
    • Owl Mouse
    • Primary Resources
    • Scholastic
    • Schools Express

    Phonics

    • Ladybird Phonics
    • Phonics Game Downloads
    • Starfall

    Science Kit Suppliers

    • Curious Minds
    • Insectlore
    • Maplin's
    • Paradigm Shift
    • Rapid Online
    • Science Museum
    • The Young Scientist's Club
    • Tickseed
    • World Wide Butterflies

    Romans and Gladiators

    • BBC

    Animal Kingdom

    • Mandrill
    • BBC

    Egyptians

    • Horrible Histories
    • Muddle Puddle Yahoo Group
    • Education Otherwise
    • Free Range Eucation
    • Sue Fairhead's Site
    • IHSAN

    Tudors

    • Henry VIII
    • Images
    • Images 2
    • Images 3
    • Links
    • Ideas
    • Tudor History
    • Tudor History 2
    • Tudor History 3
    • Tudor History 4
    • Burghley House
    • Burghley House teachers pack
    • Burghley House sculpture garden pack
    • Peterborough Cathedral

    Space

    • Brain Pop Eclipse
    • Brain Pop International Space Station
    • Brain Pop Mars
    • Sun links
    • Nine Planets.org
    • Planet images
    • Kids Astronomy
    • Amazing Space
    • NASA kids
    • Space videos

    Reduce Reuse Recycle

      Think Cans Think Recycling
    • The Green Team
    • The Planet - goto 'overview' for videos
    • Where Does Rubbish Go?
    • Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish
    • Why Should I Recycle?
    • Look After Your Planet (Charlie and Lola)
    • Paper Making Kit

    Farming

    Yahoo Groups

    • Waldorf At Home
    • Waldorf Home Educators
    • Islamic Waldorf
    • WE homeschool
    • Charlotte Mason/Waldorf Home Ed
    • Islamic Well Trained Mind
    • Education Otherwise
    • UK Muslim Home Educators
    • Muslim Home Educators
    • Arabic Learning Materials
    • Muslims and HEd

    HE Advice & Support

    • Muddle Puddle
    • Muddle Puddle Yahoo Group
    • Education Otherwise
    • Free Range Eucation
    • Sue Fairhead's Site
    • IHSAN
    • Islamic Well Trained Mind Yahoo Group

    LINKS

    Home Education
    Resources ABOUT teaching methods

    • Charlotte Mason
    • The Well-Trained Mind
    • Tanglewood Education
    • Kinza Academy
    • Muddle Puddle Early Years
    • Montessori Lesson ideas
    • Montessori Teacher Collective
    • Montessori Centre International
    • John Taylor Gatto page
    • Education Heretics Press
    • Education links
    • Unschooling.Com
    • Education Otherwise - needs no introduction - know what your rights are and get support

    Articles
    Why to Home School

    • Out of school
    • Study highlights benefits of home learning
    • More parents teach their children at home
    • Frequently Asked Questions about Home Schooling
    • Confederacy of dunces - the tyranny of compulsory schooling
    • Nine assumptions of schooling - and Twenty-one Facts the Institution Would Rather Not Discuss
    • How public education cripples our kids
    • The pyschopathic school
    • How to get an education at home
    • Hamza Yusuf - TV, Truth, and Technomania
    • Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
    • Hamza Yusuf interview

    Consumer

    • Artastik
    • Baker Ross - art, educational
    • Bright Minds
    • OPITEC
    • Homecrafts
    • Early Learning Centre
    • Montessori Products - silly prices but gives you good ideas
    • Jolly Phonics site - order info
    • Montessori Online Books and products

    Kids Corner
    Games & resources

    • ArtPad
    • Incredibots
    • Thomas the Tank Engine
    • LEGO
    • Fisher-Price Online Games for Babies and Toddlers
    • 'Spot the Dog' games and online Books
    • Bob the Builder
    • Crayola
    • Children's BBC - activities and games
    • Zoo Online
    • Toddler Activities

    LINKS LIFTED FROM OTHER SITES

    • Crafts U Love
    • Amazon
    • Mail Order Express
    • Homecrafts
    • Ebay
    • Bakerross crafts
    • Myriad - Felt, fleece, doll making
    • Bead Shop
    • Art Discount
    • Economy Of Brighton - huge range of paper products
    • Lakeland
    • Science Museum Shop
    • Insectlore
    • Hawkin's Bazaar
    • Learning Resources
    • Brightminds
    • World of Butterflies
    • The Book People
    • Cakes,Cookies and Crafts
    • Yankee Candles
    • Candles
    • Candle Making Equipment
    • Bright Sparks - Klutz Kits in the U.K
    • Viking Direct
    • Craft Creations
    • Schofield and Sims - posters e.t.c
    • Scrapbook -free papers
    • Jammy Joes
    • Opitec
    • Tridias
    • Lekkerthreads
    • Farscape Games
    • Jigsaws
    • Curious Minds
    • Hope Education ( rather odd layout now)
    • Maplin - cheap robots
    • Linguatots
    • Scottish Fibres
    • Young Scientist Club

    Ed Links

    • History Resources
    • Lapbooking
    • Snow stuff
    • Scrapbooking learning
    • Mom's Corner
    • Free software
    • Schools Express
    • Archaeology Links
    • School History
    • Learning Pages
    • Activity Village
    • Edhelper
    • ABC Teach
    • Enchanted Learning
    • Brain Pop
    • Primary Resources
    • Weather printables
    • Montessori - Free printables
    • Teaching Money
    • Colouring Castle
    • Kidz Page
    • Pre-School Learners
    • The Seed Site
    • dltk-kids
    • Free Printables
    • How Stuff Works
    • Starfall Reading
    • Phonics downloads
    • Wee Folk
    • Recycling Glass
    • Global Eye
    • Cool Maths
    • RSPB
    • Environmental links
    • English Heritage
    • BA Science - free downloads
    • Bricks and Mortar, plus loads of other stuff

    Distance Colleges Online

    • Stonebridge
    • Natural Sciences
    • Home Study
    • Regent Academy
    • London School of Journalism
    • Oxford College
    • ACS Distance Education
    • National Extension College

    Arabic & Islam resources

    • Islamic School Net - Excellent
    • Bi-Lingual Books!! Excellent publishers!
    • Bi-lingual/dual-language publishers of childrens books
    • Noor Art - Islamic stuff plus EXCELLENT Arabic and Home Education resources!!
    • An animated version of the Arabic alphabet shows the correct way to move the pen
    • Arabic Language Resources
    • Arabic Language Resources - beautiful and useful site
    • Arabic Numbers
    • Geometry and Islam
    • Learn Arabic Alphabet
    • Two nice new games from the Bilal Philips Eeman Reading Series
    • Interactive Arabic alphabet
    • Muslim Home Schooling
    • Islamic Natural Parenting Net
    • Islamic Homeschooling

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