Free Homeschool Resources

HOMESCHOOL GENERAL – Printables and a Little Bit of Everything

• Homeschool Share - free notebook pages and lapbooks
• Practical Pages Blog - free notebooking and lapbooking templates
• Notebooking Nook - blog dedicated to free resources
• Jimmie’s Collage Blog - free notebooking and lapbooking pdfs
• The Notebooking Fairy
• Ellen McHenry’s Basement Workshop - free PDF file downloads (one of my fave sites)
• Guest Hallow - free notebooking printables
• Homeschool Launch - free pdf files
• Liliput Stations Homeschool - free notebooking pdfs
• Enchanted Learning
• Preschool Printables
• Montessori Free Printables – Montessori Mom
• Homeschool Freebie of the Day – a must to subscribe to!
• Teacher Tube - like you tube except safe
• Donna Young’s Printables
• An Old Fashioned Education - free links for every school subject
• Worksheetplace.com
• Super Teacer Worksheets – free worksheets in pdf format in every school subject
• Homeschool Helper – free homeschooling lapbooks
• Teacher Forms
• The Homeschool Mom – free unit studies
• The Homeschool Mom – free homeschool planners and unit study planning sheets
• Worksheet Generator
• Family Tree Templates
• DIY Planner Templates
• Oklahoma Homeschool – planning sheets, worksheets, notebook pages
• That Resource Site – especially for montessori cards
• Khan Academy - videos and free learning
• Learners TV – video lectures on everything highschool
• The Lesson Cloud - teachers sharing with teachers
• FreeHomeschoolDeals.com – someone who does the work for you looking for freebies!
• Homeschool Podcasts
• Freely Educate – a blog dedicated to 100% Free Homeschooling!

PUBLIC DOMAIN LITERATURE

• The Baldwin Project – classic children’s books and living history and science books online
• Project Gutenberg – free online books
• 19th Century Schoolbooks – public domain old-fashioned textbooks in every subject
• Children’s Books Online – out-of-print Children’s Books (K-1st)
• Speak the Speech – hear Shakespeare being read aloud
• Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare – by Edith Nesbit on Libri Vox
• LibraVox – free audio books
• AudioBooksForFree.com
• Story Nory – free kids audio books on line
• Deschooling Society - Ivan Illich

PENMANSHIP & COPYWORK

• Worksheet Works – make your own copywork (trace, print, or cursive)
• Handwriting Worksheet Wizard – manuscript, cursive, tracing, copywork
• Learning Cursive Online Animation
• Jan Brett Cursive Alphabet Tracers
• Starfall – A-Z block print
• Themed Blank Narration or  Copywork Pages
• Copycat Books – free copywork printables

PHONICS

• Progressive Phonics - FREE – complete program & books with worksheet & activity printables
• Montessori Language Arts PDF Files
• Sight Words - at 1+1+1=1
• Tot Packs - at 1+1+1=1

SPELLING

• Spelling City – interactive spelling program
• How J Say – pronunciation dictionary
• Spelling Rules
• Scripps National Spelling Bee

GRAMMAR & COMPOSITION

• Sheldon’s Primary Language Lessons
• Sheldon’s Advanced Language Lessons
• Language Lessons: A First Book of English - Wilbur Fisk Gordy, William Edward Mead
• Introductory Language Lessons - Lawton Bryan Evans
• Elements of English – Lawton Bryan Evans
• Intermediate Language Lessons, Vol II - Emma Serl
• Practical Composition and Rhetoric - William Edward Mead, Wilbur Fisk Gordy
• Grammarland by Edith Nesbit
• Free Grammarland Audio Download
• Free Grammar Songs and Activities – from Garden of Praise blog
• ABC’s of the Writing Process – online writing assistance for younger students
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant – online writing assistance for older students
• Strunk’s The Elements of Style - free in the public domain
• Easy Essay – an automated online organization tool to help students organize thoughts into an expository style essay.

LATIN

• Latin Games – by Ellen McHenry’s Basement
• Ecce Romani 1 Online Practice Games
• Ecce Romani 1 Online Supplemental Practice

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

• Learn French Online
• Cartoonito ~ French
• Learn Spanish Online
• Spanish Town
• PBS Noah Comprende ~ Spanish
• Spanish Coloring Sheets
• OnlineFreeSpanish.com

MATH

• MEP Free Math Curriculum
• Interactive Math Dictionary - my kids FAVE math site!
• Free Math Worksheets - make your own
• Math U See Worksheet Generator
• A Plus Math Flashcard Creator
• Ellen McHenry’s Basement – math games
• Free Graph Paper
• Free Base Ten Worksheets (pdf’s)
• Mathwire – pdf games, lessons, flashcards & more
• Aunty Math Daily Challenges
• Math Fact Café - interactive math games
• Living Math – lessons & booklists on learning math naturally
• Montessori Math pdf Files
• Online Practice Clock
• Math E Book – games & pdf worksheets
• First Lessons in Numbers – public domain arithmetic book
• North American Arithmetic Elementary Lessons – public domain arithmetic book
• Fibonacci Numbers in Nature
• Fibonacci Numbers in Art, Architecture, & Music
• Power of Ten Video – a song and video about exponential growth
• PBS Cyberchase Online Games
• Mathematicians Are People Too Unit Study – free links and printables
• Math Notebooking – how to do it and many free links
• Simple Interactive Introduction to Algebra - from Yee Shall Know

SCIENCE

• Living Science Booklist – at Paula’s Archives
• Montessori Science pdf Files
• At Home Science Blog – books, tips, resources for teaching science at home
• Life Science pdf Files – from Ellen McHenry’s Basement
• Earth Science pdf Files – from Ellen McHenry’s Basement
• Chemistry pdf Files – from Ellen McHenry’s Basement
• Energy & Machines pdf Files – from Ellen McHenry’s Basement
• Which Microscope to get? – from Paula’s Archives
• The Elements Song and Video – by Tom Lehrer
• Meet the Elements Song and Video – by They Might Be Giants
• Element Photos
• Periodic Table Videos
• The Particle Adventure – the fundamentals of matter and force
• Online Solar System Tour
• Your Weight on Other Worlds
• Human Anatomy Tour
• Circulatory System Rap
• Dinosaurs at Enchanted Learning
• Dinosaur Notebooking Pages - from Homeschool Share
• Answers in Genesis Activities
• Dinosaur Videos – Discovery Channel
• Identify Rocks Game
• National Geographic Animal Color Pages
• Human Body Unit Study and Lapbook Links
• Anatomy Arcade
• Chemistry Unit Study and Lapbook Links
• Magic School Bus Lapbooks ~ from Yee Shall Know
• Free Magic School Bus Videos
• Physics Color, Comic, and Activity Books
• Nutrition for Healthy Kids Free Unit Study
• Free Human Anatomy Videos for Kids

NATURE STUDY

• Handbook of Nature Study Blog
• Bird Jam – know the birds you hear
• Butterfly & Moth Printouts – Enchanted Learning
• Ann Pratt’s Wildflowers
• ARKive – live videos of animals with classification information included
• Exploring Nature Educational Resources

MUSIC

• Montessori Music Cards
• How to Create  Music
• How to Read Music
• Free Music Theory Worksheets
• Instrument Samples
• Rhythm Rhyme Results – educational songs for teachers
• Sing About Science and Math
• Dr. Jean’s Learning Songs – includes Macerana Bones!
• Kids Know It Educational Songs
• Have Fun Teaching Learning Songs - especially great math and grammar songs!
• Classics for Kids – classical music
• Kiddie Records Weekly mp3s
• Children’s Vinyl Records mp3s
• Public Domain Music
• Bee MP3 – free mp3 downloads (includes many educational songs)
• Omaha Symphony Lessons
• The Value of Music by Karl Paulnack
• Dr. Estrella’s Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers
• Music Historical Timeline

ART

• Montessori Art Cards
• Inside Art - an interactive game
• Harmony Art Mom art study & lessons blog
• Metropolotin Museum of Art
• Charlotte Mason Artists Study – at Penny Gardner
• Universal Leonardo – an interactive da Vinci program
• Downloadable Art Games – at Ellen McHenry’s Basement

GEOGRAPHY

• My Geography Pinboard
• Elementary Geography by Charlotte Mason
• Montessori pdf Geography Files
• Outline Maps of the World
• Outline Maps of the United States
• World Atlas Outline Map Quiz Sheets
• Online Map Game
• Geography Projects –  at Ellen McHenry’s Basement
• Geography Memory Songs
• Geo Map Quizzes - online game
• Interactive Pangea Puzzle
• CIA – World Factbook

HISTORY – GENERAL

• Free Story of the World Notebook Pages – one to correspond to each chapter from all 4 books
• Reading Your Way Through History - living books list by timeline
• History Timeline
• Matching Global History with Biblical History Timeline
• Matching Literature with History Timeline
• Free Printable Timeline Graphics
• History Food Timeline
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project – public domain primary sources
• History Living Books List - Paula’s Archive
• History Living Books List – Penny Gardener’s
• A Book in Time - wonderful (my fave) historical living books lists that links to Amazon
• Montessori pdf History Files
• Free World History Resource Links
• Paper Dahli - historical paper dolls
• Pics4Learning.com – free clip art for timelines

HISTORY – ANCIENT

• My Ancient History Pinboard - lots of living books ideas and great resources!
• Virtual Trip through Ancient Civilizations – interactive video for older elementary and above
• Egyptian Hieroglyphics
• Making Papyrus
• Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
• History For Kids – Ancient Egypt activities, games, coloring
• Ancient Recipes
• Tour Egypt – more Egypt activities
• Free Creation-based Dinosaur Lapbook – Homeschool Share
• Ancient Israel Unit Study
• Ancient Mesopotamia for Kids
• Ziggurats Interactive Online Game
• Ancient History Projects & Music – at Ellen McHenry’s Basement
• The Mummy Maker - online interactive game
• Make a Cartouche
• Tapestry of Grace Free Notebook Pages - Creation to the Fall of Rome
• Free Ancient Civilizations Lapbook – Dynamic2Moms
• Free Ancient Egypt Lapbook – Homeschool Share
• Free Ancient Greece Lapbook – Homeschool Share
• Free Ancient Rome Lapbook - Homeschool Share

HISTORY – MIDDLE AGES

• My Middle Ages Pinboard - lots of living book ideas and great resources!
• My Age of Discovery Pinboard – Vikings, Columbus, Pirates
• Middle Ages Notebooking Pages
• Medieval Activity Pages
• Middle Ages Music
• Medieval Music History
• Baroque Music
• Kids Shakespeare Site

HISTORY – EARLY AMERICAN & COLONIAL

• My Early American History Pinboard – lots of living books ideas and great resources!
• American History Timeline
• First Lessons in American History - Lawton Bryan Evans
• 50 States Living Book List
• Talking like a Pilgrim
• US History Online Games
• US Coin Coloring Pages
• Archiving Early America – primary sources
• Free Colonial Revolutionary War Lapbook – Homeschool Share
• Enchanted Learning USA Activity Pages
• Pioneer Farm Cooking – public domain book
• Underground Railroad Computer Simulation
• Follow the Drinking Gourd Audio Recording
• The 1900 House – PBS series & activities
• Lewis & Clark Online Game
• Pony Express Online Game
• Civil War Living Books List – Guest Hollow
• Free Civil War Lapbook – Homeschool Share
• Post Civil War Living Books List - Guest Hollow
• Fifty Nifty U.S. Song
• State Capitals Rap
• Free American History Resource Links

HISTORY – MODERN AMERICA

• My Modern History Pinboard - lots of living books ideas and great resources!
• Progressive Era (1890′s – 1913) Living Books List – Guest Hollow
• World War I Living Books List – Guest Hallow
• The Roaring Twenties Living Book List - from Guest Hollow
• The Great Depression Living Book List – Guest Hollow
• World War II Living Books List – Guest Hollow
• World War II Unit Study – with resources and lapbook links
• Free War Planes Color Sheets
• 1950′s Living Book List – Guest Hollow
• 1960′s Living Book List - Guest Hollow
• Martin Luther King Unit Study – Squidoo resources and lapbook
• Free Martin Luther King Lapbook
• Pre – Kindergarten Martin Luther King Lapbook - from Outside the Sandbox blog
• TheSpaceRace.com - timeline of the space race
• 1970′s Living Book List - Guest Hollow

GOVERNMENT & CIVICS

• Presidents Lapbook – from Homeschool Share
• White House 101 – facts and fun for all ages
• Animaniacs Presidents Song and Video
• The Presidents Song
• 44 Presidents Rap – most updated
• Presidents Biography Movies on PBS
• Kids.gov
• Ben’s Guide to US Government (as in Ben Franklin)
• Architect of the Capitol – interactive
• US Senate
• House of Representatives
• Congress for Kids
• National Archives – primary documents and research

TESTING & ASSESSMENTS

• Reading Apptitude Assessment Tests
• Phonics Testing
• Practice Tests – for ACT, SAT, Clep, GED
• Teachers Cafe Testing – K-12 Assessment Testing
• IQ Testing

CRAFTING

• How to Bind a Book at the Craft Stew – links for every kind of binding
• The Craft Stew – for all those other projects!
• The Crafty Classroom
• TP Crafts
• The Petite Cafe -felt food tutorials
• Paper Glitter – free party, holiday printables, stationary, cards
• Santa’s real Address