Homeschoolers today have a great advantage over the homeschooling pioneers of the early 1980′s. We have the internet! It is truly amazing how many FREE resources are available for homeschoolers. While I can’t possibly list all the free resources available to homeschoolers, I’ll list some of my favorites. If you have a free homeschool resource please share it in the comments and I’ll add it to this post.
Ambleside Online: Full online curriculum using the Charlotte Mason method of learning.
FiveJs: Large selection of study sheets and learning helps as well as tons of links to free homeschooling websites. Spend some time on this site, you won’t be disappointed!
Homeschool Creations: I meat Jolanthe a few years ago at a homeschool convention. My advice, subscribe to this site immediately! She has so many amazing free resources on her site I cannot even begin to list them all.
Starfall: Web based learning for kids. My kids think they are playing but they are really learning to read!
Dad’s Worksheets: Over 6,000 free math worksheets. You can print them or work online.
Donna Young: One of the first free online homeschool resource site, you will find lesson plans, report cards, calendars, handwriting sheets and more. I’ve been using this site for years!
Hippo Campus: Multimedia content for high school and college classes.
Currclick: Offers one free download a week and occasional seasonal freebies.
Enchanted Learning: This site has a free version and a paid version. The paid version is very inexpensive, but check out the free worksheets to see if it is a good fit!
Homeschool Freebie of the Day: Just like the name, every day- one freebie.
Free Homeschooling Resources: Lots of printables, for all subjects, as well as free events.
Old Fashioned Education: Links to public domain books available online.
Homeschool Share: Unit studies, lap books, Five in a Row resources and more, the site is kind of plain but contains a ton of information.
Lapbook Lessons: This free site contains a wealth of resources including templates, resources, printables, and entire projects. The only problem with this site is that it doesn’t display properly in Chrome or Firefox.
Cheap Online Colleges: Sorry, we don’t have a free college to recommend, but Frugal Dad lists cheap online colleges which can be sorted by school, location, or tuition cost.
What are your favorite free homeschool resources on the web?
I’m partnering with 15 awesome bloggers to bring you some of the best homeschooling tips on the web! Be sure to visit these brilliant women in this 10 days adventure between February 7th-18th!
- 10 days of socialization for mom | The Homeschool Chick
- 10 days of classical education | Milk & Cookies
- 10 days of large families | Chocolate on My Cranium
- 10 days of special needs | Special Needs Homeschooling
- 10 days of struggling learners | Homeschooling the Chaotic Family
- 10 days of homeschooling girls | Homegrown Mom
- 10 days of homeschool enrichment | Confessions of a Homeschooler
- 10 days of building a spiritual legacy | Mommy Missions
- 10 days of Charlotte Mason | Our Journey Westward
- 10 days of unschooling | Homeschooling Belle
- 10 days of organization | Confessions of an Organized Homeschool Mom
- 10 days of getting started | Blog, She Wrote
- 10 days of homeschooling boys | The Tie That Binds Us
- 10 days of homeschooling Montessori | Fruit in Season
- 10 days of preschool | Delightful Learning
Here are some of my favorite links:
http://happytobehomeschoolingmychildren.blogspot.com/2010/10/links.html
Our panel (7 great homeschoolers) share some of their favorite resources today too —
http://www.thehomeschoolvillage.com/2011/02/panel-online-resources.html
WOWWY!!! My head is going to explode! So much good stuff. Thanks so much for putting it all in one post. I’ve got a lot of reading to do! Love it!
EM
Girl ~ Thanks so much for the link!! I hopped over here to see the resources and was so surprised to see my name on the list.
I liked the links also the ones for the blogs, but what made me write a reply is the fact that every one of the blog links are to blogs with strong Christian leanings. Are there any blogs which you would consider worthy but aren’t steeped in Christianity?
I have a lot of FREE resources on my website and they are purely educational with no bias in any direction other than good, solid learning
I love http://www.premiumgroupgames.com for games and activities for my kids!
Check out the Online labs for 7th and 8th grade Science! Enjoy
Hello,
We offer several FREE award winning historical fiction and bible story for kids children’s books on our website. You can read them all online and they include audio. Last month’s books are The Trail Of Tears and Holy Moses: As Told By God’s Animals. Next month’s books are going to be Rosa Parks: Not Giving In and Joshua: Victory Through God. We are uploading more books very soon. Swing over and check them out. Enjoy!
I like the Discovery Channel school resources when my kids were younger at http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/
I am a Harvard graduate who has retired from teaching in a public school. For about 25 years or more I taught a course often called “Humanities”. I taught seventh- and eighth-graders. My certification was in English.
Anyway, I have taught that entire year’s course online as a Youtube Channel. I did it mostly for homeschoolers, partly because my son was homeschooled.
The course is freely available. I just want to make sure that homeschoolers know that it is there.
Sorry. I forgot to say that the channel is mrbisse1.
I am new to Homeschooling. Someone told me about grant money for homeschooling activities such as music lessons, sports, etc. Does anyone know about this? Thanks!
We just posted some great, FREE nutrition worksheets for elementary and middle school students:
http://blog.fooducate.com/2012/08/14/fun-nutrition-worksheets-for-kids/
Enjoy!
-Rachel and the Fooducate Team
Wow, thank you for such a detailed list. We are a homeschooling family of 3 (have 5 kids) and I have been stressing as life took a turn with our money situation and I really didn’t want to put the kids back int he public school system – this will be great!
I like this site for free grammar and writing handbooks from Scott Foresman. I covers grades 1-6.
http://www.sfreading.com/resources/ghb.html
http://www.thecurriculumcorner.com offers FREE resources for teachers and homeschool parents that are aligned with the common core standards. It is a new site and they love suggestions! Many suggestions are created within a week. Lots of centers and hands on activities.
This is an incredibly helpful site for math and science word problems, arithmetic, fractions, long division and multiplication, scientific notation, statistics, interest rate problems, geometry and trigonometry, chemistry and physics and more. I can’t think of anything they don’t have at calculatorsoup.com, and it’s all free with no login required. A lot of the calculators even show the work so you can walk through the solutions for a better understanding of the topic. Highly recommended, particularly for home schooling.
I want ot start homesschooling but want to do it for free, im tired of all my drama from school and i want to get out of public school? helpp me?!?!?!?
Just miscellaneous thoughts, but they might help. We homeschooled six children.
I enjoy using a ton of sources from http://www.allinonehomeschool.wordpress.com. For my 4 year old, I just follow the curriculum day by day. For my 12 year old, I use a lot of the curriculum but customize it to fit his needs. Everything she uses is free. It is great for a first-time homeschool parent.
Free hands-on homeschool science unit studies for Grades 3 through 8 at http://www.kid-friendly-homeschool-curriculum.com/MatchcardScience.html