Weekly Wisdom: "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.” -Vivian Greene

For the weekend we have added:

• To Bowling in Idea Bandages
  • Bowlmor: multiple locations
  • Crestwood Bowl: St. Louis County, MO
  • Fireside Bowling: Cook County, IL
  • Irvine Lanes: Orange County, CA
  • Lucky Strike: locations nationwide
  • Memory Lanes Bowl: Hennepin County, MN
  • Palace Bowling Lanes: Harris County, TX
  • Splitsville Lanes: currently in FL, TX, and VA but growing
• To Free (Events) in Free & Discounts
  • City of New York Parks & Recreation: Events
  • Lakeshore Learning: various educational classes and events for kids; see calendar
• To Free (Other) in Free & Discounts
  • Britannica E-Books: free electronic versions of the Britannica printed books
• To Special Needs & Struggling Learners in General & Alternative Education
  • Homeschool World: Autism & Learning
• To State Shows & Expos For Homeschoolers in General & Alternative Education
  • Homeschool World: Events
• To Educational Websites (general) in General & Alternative Education
  • *Anything & Everything
    • Ref Desk
  • *Free Electronic Texts & PDFs

    • Britannica E-Books: free electronic versions of the Britannica printed books

    • Kindle eBooks: thousands of free Kindle eBooks on Amazon.com

    • National Academies Press: all PDF versions of books are free

    • Physics Database: free science and math ebooks

    • US History: free history books

  • Language Arts & Vocabulary
    • Hooked on Phonics (paid)
    • Spelling City
    • Story It
    • The Write Foundation (paid)
    • Write Shop (paid)
  • Life Skills
    • Inspired Children (paid)
  • Mathematics
    • US Mint: H.I.P. Pocket Change (specifically money and counting)
    • Xtra Math
  • Reading & Phonics
    • Hooked on Phonics (paid)
    • Reading Bear
    • Reading Eggs (paid)
    • Red Apple Reading (paid)
    • Spelling City
    • Starfall
    • Story It
  • Science
    • Inquiry in Action (specifically Chemistry)
    • NASA Kids' Club (specifically Space Science)
    • Real Science 4 Kids (paid)
    • Science For Us (paid)
  • Social Studies & History
    • National Geographic Kids: History
  • Writing
    • The Write Foundation (paid)
    • Time 4 Writing (free and paid)
    • Write Shop (paid)
• We are still in the process of reorganizing the Educational Websites portion of the General & Alternative Education page into subjects, categories, grade levels, and more, to make it easier for you to find exactly what you're looking for. At this time, we have indicated which sites are free and which are paid. While it is not yet complete, you may view this extensive list and those links that have already been organized for your convenience at Educational Websites.