First Year?

Articles

What I wished I had been told - Linda Dobson

Crock-Pot Homeschool: A Dozen Ingredients For Healthy Nourishment - Paula Harper-Christensen 

Resources

General

http://www.nc.uk.net - click on subject > level.  UK = Key stage 1 or 2 = junior primary
http://www.schoolstop.net/links.asp - heaps for kids plus parents. The links on NZ site have gone, but these are good basic edu sites.
http://www.gg.govt.nz/edresources/thelma/index.asp - Governor-General’s dog’s page! page still up even though Dame Silvia not G-G.
http://www.kizclub.com/ - flashcards, stories etc – many in pdf form
www.senteacher.org - printouts, flashcards. http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/classmags.htm?siteID=Zu2YZZh4SGM-AxN4TAlCyGQBAqtAF8cNKA - check out many scholastic mags online

English

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/links/english_resources.html?sub_type=General

Mathematics

www.mathfactcafe.com  – set own parameters then print out sheet and answers
http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/sep02/cybe0902.htm - games - history
http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/sep02/cybe0902.htm#table1

Science

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ - in San Francisco, CA, USA. Earthquake, solar, music etc.

History, Geography, Culture

http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/SiteIndex.html

Lapbooking

(Unit Studies, paper folding, book making)
http://lapbooking.wordpress.com - Loads of links working through the process of lapbooking.