Dappled Things

The internet offers a lot of treasures! It may not be in the form of actual gold, although I’m sure some could find some on the internet. Being a Blogger Friend is all about sharing our treasures. The assignment this week is to share your internet treasures. Below is a list featurning things that homeschooling moms might be looking for : information, support, ideas, or actual items that pertain to our lives. Each one of us holds some or all of these treasures that need to be shared. Take this list and add your “golden” treasured sites so that we may all share the wealth.

A website that you visit everyday: Ladies Against Feminism
First place you look for a book to buy: e-Bay
Favorite Homeschool Support Area: An Old-Fashioned Education
Homeschool site full of information that you use regularly: Ambleside Online
Site that you buy your new curriculum from: Rainbow Resource
Site that you buy your used curriculum from: Since we use “living books”, we don’t tend to buy much in the way of curriculum. So when we do buy curriculum, it is usually new and we buy it from either the individual publishers (ie. Math-U-See) or Rainbow Resource.
Site that offers frugal tips to save money: The Hillbilly Housewife
A site that provides good wholesome recipes: Allrecipes.com
An informational site that shows you “how” to: How Stuff Works “Home Channel”
A homeschool family website that you purchase from to support them: Queen Homeschool Supplies
A charity website that you support: Alzheimer’s Association
Favorite Graphic site to get graphics for your blog or other things: I like to create my own graphics for my blog’s template so that it a unique place that says something about me. There are a lot of great graphics sites out there, though, for those who don’t have the time or inclination to do their own graphics. A lot of these sites used to be completely free as long as you linked back to their site and saved the images to your own computer. Unfortunately, people abused these sites and now the owners either charge for their work or they have taken down their sites. It is important to read the terms of use on sites that generously offer free graphics.
Site that offers an educational calendar listing important historical events and also to keep you informed on upcoming events. (ex: Fire Safey Week): The site that I use to keep me informed on upcoming events is my state’s homeschooling organization. I encourage you to check out your state’s organization for a calendar of events.
Site that offers Homeschool Freebies: As a “living books” connoisseur, I have come to appreciate sites like Project Gutenburg, The Baldwin Project, and By The Fireplace. Free books. For what more could I ask?
Site that offers any kind of Freebies: PaperbackSwap isn’t exactly free, but if you have some books you don’t want and are looking for some books you do want, this is the place to go.
A blog to read that is always full of humor: Amy’s Humble Musings
A blog to read that is always full of useful information: The Hillbilly Housewife’s Blog
A blog to visit because it is eye appealing and easy to read: KSMilkmaid’s Blog is not only easy on the eye, but easy on the heart as well.
A site that you would allow your children to visit: We enjoy using Sheppard Software’s site for free educational games (especially their geography games).
List any other sites that you would like to share that have provided you with a wealth of golden information.
If you are interested in Charlotte Mason and the original PNEU (Parents’ National Education Union), Victoria Waters has worked hard to share the original curriculum with us on her site Charlotte’s Daughters.

After yhou have shared your gold, please start “panning” for gold by visiting your Blogger Friends Classmates and leaving them a comment.

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Library Lines – Below is a quote from a book. Can you guess what book this is from?
“They had driven over the crest of a hill. Below them was a pond, looking almost like a river so long and winding was it. A bridge spanned it midway and from there to its lower end, where an amber-hued belt of sand hill shut it in from the dark blue gulf beyond, the water was a glory of many shifting hues – the most spirtual shadings of crocus and rose and ethereal green, with other elusive tintings for which no name has ever been found………………..”