From the producers of the renowned Reading Eggs, comes an online maths program for 3-6 year olds that teaches fundamental maths and problem-solving skills- Mathseeds.
This interactive program includes activities, rewards and games to encourage learning. It provides nine different activities following each lesson and ends with an e-book to reinforce the lesson concept. Lessons can be repeated if necessary. 

A new e-pet hatches at the end of each lesson and children are rewarded with golden acorns that can be spent on their tree house or personal avatar. Downloadable lesson plans and worksheets are available and parents can see at-a-glance how their child is progressing with a simple dashboard. MATHS + FUN = MATHSEEDS

The online program is suitable for PC, Mac, iPad and Android tablet use.

See here for movie clip with more information...

ReadWriteThink is an online resource for classroom teaching, professional development and parent and after-school educational resources.

You'll find lesson plans, teaching resources and great ideas across all subject areas. But, I really like their student interactives.

You'll find online tools to help students organise and summarize facts and ideas, learn and write acrostic poems, design and illustrate book covers, use a comic creator to produce their own comic strip for a variety of contexts and so much more.

There are essay map creators, drama maps to investigate character, setting, conflict and resolution. There is a K-W-L creator.This tool allows students to create an online K-W-L chart. There is a letter generator and a picture match.
Take a few moments to search the list of resources.. here.

And.. work completed on student interactives can be emailed and saved.

The 2013 Educational Calendar from TeacherVision is now available online, as a widget for your site or blog, as RSS feed, or in a downloadable print version. See here..
This calendar lists important historical dates with accompanying activities or highlights something of interest or importance for your kids. It's a great way to learn about history or as a starting point for further study.

The following interesting infographic was prepared and presented by Music Lessons and lists the educational benefits of music lessons for students: reading comprehension, maths, verbal memory and planning abilities. If you have considered music lessons for your kids, whether or not they are home-schooled, there are some online options. In fact, some music academies specialise in programs for home-schooling families. Take a look at Visionaires Music Academy and the options available through their music programs. I've also included some additional sites here but there are other online music lessons available:
* PianoLessonsfoChildren    * Okasana School of Music  * Learning the Guitar * RockFactory   
 Take some time to check them out.

'Written self-expression should not be so infuriatingly difficult to teach.' BraveWriter


The Brave Writer material has been written and produced by a professional writer, editor and home-schooling mum and is designed to enhance the mother-child relationship, rather than build up the sort of stress, resentment and frustration evidenced by many other writing programs. 'What's on paper ought to be a fair and insightful representation of all that goes on in your kid's busy heads.'

As a teacher/tutor/writer and homeschooling mum/grandmother, this material reads well and ticks all the boxes. The focus of the Brave Writer material is less on writing format and structure but rather on the process of writing, establishing the voice of kids and helping parents foster an encouraging writing environment. Brave Writer 'supports and nurtures the homeschooling family in the areas of language arts and writing from grammar school until college with online courses and language arts programs.' 

You'll find Home Study Courses (The Writer's Jungle, Help for High School, Jot It Down) with guidance to effectively teach your kids and provide practical tools and advice, with available ongoing help. Jot It Down is a digital download with practical step-by-step instructions of what to write not just how to write- a year-long language arts program and 10 monthly writing projects. Check out the sample here. Language Arts programs are also available that teach spelling, grammar and punctuation using classic literature. These are available as monthly downloads and are worth checking out here. There are also Online Classes that provide accountability and group interaction to help complete writing projects.

So.. how and where do you start? Well, check out the website and read more about this program and the many quality resources. But it also might be helpful to learn more about how you can develop an encouraging writing lifestyle that both you and your kids enjoy, and there are plenty of free resource ideas on the Brave Writer site.  Check them out here.

The programs available from Learning A-Z are great; high-quality, easy to access, levele materials that are downloadable and printable. On purchase of a subscription, you have access to all learning levels which makes it very cost-effective, especially if you are home-schooling or tutoring your kids.
Learning A-Z has a Reading Program, Vocabulary, Writing Program, Reading Tutors, and Science
and yes, will correlate with Australian (US & Canada) standards. See here..

There is another related program available, an online resource: Raz-Kids. Subscription to this program enables children to read along with leveled reading material, record themselves reading, build fluency and answer the interactive comprehension questions.

The Science program also includes Science in the News units- relevant content written at three reading levels and providing
opportunities to develop critical thinking, inquiry, and literacy skills.

The video introduction to Reading A-Z below presents a good overview of all aspects of this great program. Check it out below. Samples from each of Learning A-Z's award-winning programs are available from the site before you decide whether the material will be helpful for your needs, so take some time to check it out.

Reading Eggspress; where reading is just part of the adventure!

ABCs Reading Eggs takes their award-winning program a step further to a new adventure, a new world, for 7-13 year olds.

This new reading environment includes a library with more than 600 fiction and non-fiction e-books with quizzes; a comprehension gym including 200 lessons to give your comprehension skills a real work-out; apartment and mall filled with awards, cards and other trophies to collect and trade; stadium where you can race against other students from across the globe.

'Hours and hours of motivating educational content to eggsplore!'

And.. if want to just try it out, you can take advantage of the free trial offer. See here..

An overview of the younger version of Reading Eggs for those just starting out on their reading adventures can be viewed below and, there are a few learning apps from Reading Eggs available. The first one, Eggy 100, is a free app teaching 100 of the first reading sight words. Try it out!

Literacy Planet (previously titled Intrepica) seeks to create a
motivating online resource for primary students to develop great literacy
skills. Students log in and customise their own avatar. As they participate in
literacy games and activities (phonics, spelling word searches, comprehension
activities and more), they earn credits to purchase new outfits and accessories
for their avatar.

Pre-reading, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, reading fluency, grammar and comprehension skills are all covered in this online resource. The learning exercises have been designed by some of Australia’s most respected educators.

 Inside the program, you’ll find the Academy, where self-paced learning occurs; the Arena, where students compete against each other in literacy challenges; Home, where they customise their avatar and view their awards; Shop, where they spend their virtual credit and the Arcade, filled with games as a reward and incentive.

 Literacy Planet caters for all students and enhances classroom learning. It has been found to be helpful for students with learning difficulties: ADD, ADHD, dyslexia or short-term memory problems.

 Literact Planet also has an app which is free to download but requires an online account to be able to access the games and activities. Check out the pricing for parents, schools or tutors.