Day: January 5, 2008

Some of Our Favorite Sites

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Sometimes I love exploring link lists, other times I don’t feel like scrolling through them. When I do check out a new site, I have a bad habit of thinking, “Oh, this is cool!” and then I bookmark it, but don’t return to it regularly enough to make the most of it. My husband often complains about how disorganized my Favorites links are; maybe that’s why so many good sites languish there.

There are a few sites, however, that I’ve returned to more faithfully, so I wanted to compile a list that might be helpful to all you internets out there. I’ll try to keep it organized. I may update the list once in a while, but I’ll do my best to do it justice the first time around.

Home Management Links

 

  • www.moneysavingmom.com/. Links for printable coupons, the latest & greatest deals at stores like Walgreens, CVS, and Target, and tips for beginning bargain-hunters.

 

  • www.angelfoodministries.com. An income-independent food service programs whose mission is the stretch your family’s grocery dollar. They offer monthly packages of various kinds at very good prices. Some do not like the pre-packaged food items included, but AFM also offers a fresh fruit & veggie box that is a good value.

Homeschooling Links

    • www.oldfashionededucation.com. A sister site to Hillbilly Housewife, this site offers links to free homeschooling resources (literature and textbooks), organized by subject area.

 

  • www.gutenberg.org. Thousands of freely available, public-domain ebooks. These usually require some formatting before you print them yourself, but I like the solid Biblical and character emphases of many of these older texts. I haven’t found the search tool particularly user-friendly, but if you know what you’re looking for, this site is a must to bookmark.

 

 

  • www.kids.askacop.org. This is a site full of links related to safety (fire safety, stranger safety, road safety, and more). It has coloring and informational pages for kids as well as online games and safety-related stories. Being homeschoolers and, by default, home most of the time, it’s easy to feel insulated from dangers of various kinds–but we cannot overlook proactive training in this area.

 

 

  • www.crayola.com. This is one of my favorite sites for kids’ art. It has an online art tool, printable coloring pages, and lesson plans for neat activities that the whole family can do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parenting Sites

 

  • www.pluggedinonline.com/. Not a parenting site, but necessary for proactive parenting. Use this tool to evaluate current music, movies, video, and other media from a Christian perspective and make informed decisions for your children and family.

 

Spiritual/Church Sites

    • www.aboverubies.org/. This site has some wonderful articles to encourage women in their godly calling as wives, mothers, and managers of the home.

 

  • www.boldchristianliving.org/. Some informational articles on different aspects of Christian living and parenting; I always come away challenged to “come up higher” in my walk with God.

 

 

  • www.kidsofcourage.com/. This site has stories and activities about modern-day persecution in the Church, designed specifically for children. I’ve found this an invaluable site for sharing with the children 1) the blessing of being able to worship freely and 2) the reality of persecution when we stand for Christ. We also receive the free Voice of the Martyrs publication so that we can read through it as a family: www.persecution.com/.

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

  • www.worldnetdaily.com/. Marc’s favorite source for news with a Christian world view. No TV in our home. Internet news is Marc’s means of staying current.

 

  • www.wikipedia.org/. An online, open-source encyclopedia–a great place to begin your research.