Get your learn on!
I’m never bored if there’s a book nearby or learning to be done. Curiosity keeps you young at heart, and if you’re anything like me, you’re always looking to get your hands dirty and learn something new. Presuming that’s the case, feast your eyes on this list of my favorite online hangouts and learning resources. As icing on the cake, you can get your learn on for free!
If you have any sites you’d like to see added, please let me know via my contact page.
(I’ve verified all links are working and go to real sites as of May 29, 2020.)
Gardening

- Beginners Guide to House Plants (submitted by Courtney McNally)
- Composting for Kids- Guide for Spring/Summer 2020
- The Definitive Guide to Gardening for Kids
- A Beginner’s Guide to Gardening
- Beginning Home Gardening Guide
- Home Gardening Tips
- You Grow Girl
- Garden Guides
- Gardening at Home with Kids
- National Gardening Association
- Kid’s Gardening
- Beginning Farmers (Urban Farming page)
- Tuck’s article on 10 plants that help sleep
- Fragrance X Library: Fragrances From Your Garden (This page also features a number of links to gardening resources.)
- Lawn Care Service Guide (submitted by the Green Teens Club)
- Easy Step-By-Step Guide To Vegetable Gardening (submitted by Hazel Harred)
- The Best Gardening Databases on the Net (submitted by Hazel Harred)
- Composting for Beginners: Reduce Food Waste at Home (submitted by Hazel Harred)
Learn a Language
Online Education and Audio books

- MIT Open Courseware
- JHSPH Open Courseware
- Open Culture
- LibriVox– Free public domain audio books.
- Loyal Books
For the Kids:
(Thanks to Jonathan Warner at www.thinkerfit.com for these links.)
- Resource Roundup: Free Educational Resources for Pre-K, K-12, College, and Continuing Education Students
- Storm Spotting for Children: At-Home Meteorology
- Easy Chemistry Experiments to Do at Home
- The Educator’s Guide to Applying Real-World Math: 15 Resources with Over 100 Lesson Plans
- Indoor Exercise for Kids: Online Classes and Games During Coronavirus
- Best Educational Social Studies Sites
- History Of Money And Credit: Explore The History of Ancient Money from Antiquity
For Parents:
(Thanks to Jonathan Warner at www.thinkerfit.com for these links.)