This area is a compilation of great website links for the kinds of resources that are most helpful to home educators.
We have unit study links, pages that might be helpful to a home teacher, online dictionaries and encyclopedias, sites that help you to keep records or organize your home or lesson areas, and more.
There are some places in town that are great resources for home educators. Browse through our list of Prince George localities and sites that are educational!
http://www.unbc.ca/continuingstudies/youth/suny.html
Science University for Northern Youth is a summer program for youth aged 10-17 offered out of UNBC and CNC. SUNY is a fun and interactive environment for youth to explore science and technology.
www.pggymnastics.ca
Prince George Gymnastics offer homeschoolers programs sometimes.
http://www.lib.pg.bc.ca/
Prince George Public Library's home page. Our librarians are a wonderful and dedicated group who have been super-helpful and accomodating to our local home educators, and we just want to take this opportunity to say, "Thanks!". :)
www.princegeorge.ca
Our city's site - tons more city information for you!
http://members.pgonline.com/calnord/
Caledonia Nordic Ski Club - let your family get some physical education together!
http://theexplorationplace.com/
The Exploration Place! Check out our local museum's offerings here.
http://www.pgrfm.bc.ca/
Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum - "There are over sixty pieces of rolling stock, nine historical buildings and numerous smaller artifacts."
http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/
The Prince George Citizen (local newspaper).
http://www.unbc.ca/
University of Northern British Columbia - event listings, course descriptions, pro-d info.
http://www.pgairport.ca
Prince George Airport - history, travelling tips, links to weather sites and national airports.
http://www.cnc.bc.ca/
College of New Caledonia - links to Continuing Ed, departmental pages, and CNC Library. Did you know that "all residents of the College region ... who are 16 years of age or over" may register as public users?? (See their policy page for details)
http://www.tworiversartgallery.com/
Two Rivers Art Gallery - fee info, special events, virtual tours, program info for all ages and more.
These links will take you to pages that have organizing helps, either for free or to buy or both. Enjoy!
FlyLady.net
Marla Cilley is a neat lady who teaches the "SHE" system. She'll send you e-mails throughout the day to remind you of certain events. Like having a fairy on your shoulder to whisper in your ear!
http://householdnotebook.com/
You can create your own household notebook at this site for free!
http://www.getorganizednow.com/
Hundreds of tips and ideas to help you organize your home, your office and your life! Be sure to check out the Free Stuff.
http://www.organizetips.com/
Getting organized, time management, free planners and checklists, tips, etc.
http://www.dtes.com/
Download and try out HOMEwise, the world's most popular home and family organizer. HOMEwise 3 offers over one hundred and seventy helpful and easy-to-use features designed to make your life easier.
The unlimited-time trial version becomes the full version when you purchase it, so there's no "double download". All HOMEwise users become eligible for free software from time to time, too.
http://www.organizedhome.com/
The website to go to for organizing tips for your household. Decluttering, message boards, cooking, and more!
http://www.digital-women.com/daily-planner/
Free daily planner sheets they have created to print out just for busy women!
http://www.thebusywoman.com/
This is a site where you can purchase lovely planning products, just in case you're in the market. :)
http://www.wecosoft.com/
Wecosoft has a software product that you can download and try free for 60 days called "Chore Genie". Chore Genie is a household organizer and task management application that eases the burden of assigning daily family chores and tasks. Includes a Menu Wizard that creates a 35 day menu plan in just a few minutes.
These links will take you to pages that have planning and/or record keeping helps, either for free or to buy or both.
http://www.homeschoolreporting.com
Homeschool Reporting Online - Maintain your school records online. Umbrella organizations may use the system at no cost. Record subjects, grades, credits, portfolio activities, generate transcripts, etc. This record keeping system is flexible enough to allow for different record keeping approaches. Homeschool Reporting Online also encourages suggestions from families that may have different needs.
http://hometown.aol.com/_ht_a/hfsoftware/hspress.htm
Software for purchase called "Homeschool Organize!"
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/HEM155.98/155.98_clmn_tkch.html
An article on keeping homeschool records.
http://members.aol.com/usteach/forms.html
Free web homeschool record pages.
http://www.tipztime.com/schedules/freeschedules.html
Another set of free record pages.
http://homeschoolunitstudies.com/Bible/Worksheets.htm
Jr./Sr. High record sheets.
http://members.aol.com/usteach/forms.html
All kinds of free homeschooling forms to print out free.
http://www.tipztime.com/schedules/freeschedules.html
Free homeschool schedules to print out.
http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/recordkeeping/
A whole whack of record keeping link from About.com
http://www.homeschoolsolutions.com/
Four software programs to help you organize and keep records for your homeschool. You can download a 30-day free trial of any of the programs.