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 Hollow – 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
- Starfall – FREE – phonics program, games, and 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
- The Child’s Own English Book – Alice Eliza Ball
- Primary Language Lessons – Emma Serl
- Intermediate Language Lessons, Vol II – Emma Serl
- Introductory Language Lessons – Lawton Bryan Evans
- Elements of English – Lawton Bryan Evans
- Language Lessons: A First Book of English – Wilbur Fisk Gordy, William Edward Mead
- Practical Composition and Rhetoric – William Edward Mead, Wilbur Fisk Gordy
- Sheldon’s Primary Language Lessons
- Sheldon’s Advanced Language Lessons
- Grammarland by Edith Nesbit
- Free Grammarland Audio Download
- Free Grammarland Notebook Pages – at blog God’s Gems 4 Life
- 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
- The French Experiment
- Learn Spanish Online
- Spanish Town
- PBS Noah Comprende ~ Spanish
- Spanish Coloring Sheets
- OnlineFreeSpanish.com
Typing
- Dance Mat Typing – great for beginners or younger children
- Power Typing – great for advanced or older children (practice wpm tests)
- Play With Your Mind Typing Games
- Alphabet Rain – free online typing game – beginners
- Foggies Typing Game – free online typing game – advanced
- The Jibe – free online typing game
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
- Metropolitan Art Museum
- 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
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Wow, this is a good resource. I never knew about all of this. Thanks!
You are quite welcome! It is my safe cyber space to keep all those bookmarks I don’t want to lose! 🙂
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This is excellent! So much good resources for free, wow! Thanks.
I’m so glad these resources can still be utilized while I’m on my blogging break! Have fun! Will be updating this summer as time permits.
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This is amazing!! Thank you SO much for all of these wonderful links!!!! WOW!
Great resource list! I would add http://www.freehomeschooldeals.com and http://www.theorganizedwife.wordpress.com. Free Homeshool Deals gives many free Kindle and other deals everyday. The Organized Wife has a home school section with free plans, gradebook, responsibility charts, and other home school support.
Thanks for the tips! Looking and posting now! 🙂
Great list!! Thanks!!
Amy- are you able to print the Google books in your free resources such as Sheldon’s primary lessons? I was able to download it but couldn’t print it.
PS- just found your blog- what a blessing.
Leslie
Sorry this took so long to get back to you…been down w/the flu last week. I honestly haven’t tried printing it off yet. Still deciding on whether to purchase an E tablet for my book pdf’s or whether to invest in a more economical printer to print off and bind my own books.
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Thanks so much for adding Copycat Books to your listing of Free Homeschool Resources! You have an absolutely beautiful and incredibly info-rich blog!
Thank you! This blog (despite my absence this past year) is my bookmark place for what’s important to me for homeschooling. I’m glad it can be of use to others too!!!
Hi. Thank you so much for your list of Free Resources. I also have a list of books that I need (and want 🙂 ) for this year, and if I can’t find it in the library, or free, I will have to buy.
I have been onto your link for Serle’s Intermediate Language Lessons, and I hate to say this, but I am a technologically challenged mama ! I don’t know how to download it. I don’t even know where it says on the page to download it. Could you perhaps give me some pointers ? Thanks!
Let me look into it and I’ll get back to you! 🙂
Okay…go to top right of page and you will see 3 headings: plain text, pdf (with down arrow), and epub (with down arrow). Just click the pdf link to download to your computer! Hope this helps! 🙂
I don’t have those 3 headings at all. Is there a specific app. I need to download in order to download 🙂
I am really enjoying the rest of your blog, all this sharing. Thank you so much. Going through it slowly, but surely.
WOW!!!!! Your blog/site is AWESOME! Thank you so much for taking the time to compile all of this and for sharing it with the rest of us for free! I only wish I had discovered it sooner! I am a homeschooling mother of 5 kiddos, ages 9,7,4,3, and 1 and am almost 8months pregnant with number 6. I only pulled our children out of public school last March. I wanted to homeschool from the get go but my husband wasn’t supportive. Although I did a LOT of “homeschooling” with them while they were enrolled in public school I was still not satisfied with the education they were recieving, nor the amount of time (or lack thereof) we had to do the educational activities I wanted to do with them. Then, miraculously, my husband saw the light last year, only after seeing what we were exposing our children to, the kind of socialization they were getting, and their lack of education they were recieving. I have literally spent LOADS AND LOADS of money on curricula and continue to come back to utilizing the internet, our own home library and public library, as well as a few select workbooks. I am so grateful for people like yourself that so selflessly give back to those of us that are still learning and still finding all those great free resources out there. I hope that one day I may also be able to share my own ideas and great finds to others. Thank you again Amy! I feel certain that I will be using your resource list and tips daily in my homeschool planning…..now if I could only pick your brain on how to organize it all into a years curriculum, that to me is the hardest part….trying to make sure I am staying organized and am planning as I need to. I question the “flow” of my own self made curriculum, that is where I would love to dig into your brain :-). Once again, thank you so much! You are most appreciated by myself and I’m sure others out there like me!
Thank you for your super sweet comment! Like a balm to my soul today as I head into planning my week! Sometimes I feel like I don’t give back at all since I pull from so many other homeschool moms who are offering free notebook pages and such but I don’t have that kind of time to commit. I understand your thankfulness because that’s how I feel towards others homeschool mommas out there! The internet has so blessed us as a community of sharing in that way! I have so many more things to share on my blog about the daily grind of homeschooling and how we do things here but I am pregnant with #7 and it has not been my season to! I’m exhausted by the end of the day and I’ll admit that I’ve been relying on pinterest for much of my organization/planning! I’m hoping to get back to it by this summer during our break. Thanks for letting me know that there are people out there that still want to hear! If you have specific questions, feel free to email me and I’ll gladly ramble on about whatever!
Bless your heart…..I’m exhausted and I’m only expecting number 6. ANd this will be all for us, I have many problems related to pregnancy and have experienced loss that we know it is God’s plan for us to stop now, as our family is complete :-). Congratulations on the new addition coming to your family! I will pray for your health as well as your sanity 😉 and the new baby! My email address is shannaingraham@yahoo.com, if you ever wanna chat or just need a moment of prayer or a laugh I would love to talk with you more. This is a perfect example of why I LOVE the homeschooling community so much, everyone is so humble and kind and always so gracious to give to help one another out and even though I am new to the game and may not be able to offer much help in the way of resources, planning, etc. I would like to offer my friendship. Good luck to you again through your pregnancy, can’t wait to see the new posts when you are up to it again. 🙂
Wonderful list you made. 🙂 Thanks for sharing. Just letting you know that the spelling for Guest Hollow is wrong.
It’s hollow, not hallow. 😉
Thanks! Will change it right away!
Hi, Thought that you would be interested in a free resource with discussion ideas and homeschool projects related to the Bible. Check out Enjoying the Bible Online at http://enjoyingthebible.wordpress.com .
thanks! just finally got to this comment and went to your site…will be back to peruse more!
Awesome website! Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you so much for all that you do to provide free links and materials for homeschooling! YOu are a blessing to all homeschool moms out there! Thank you again!
Debra B Sylvest
Mississippi
Thanks! This summer I hope to update as I’ve found even more gems to add. Will post when updated!
Glad that you will check out my site. You might want to check out my books too. The Bible in Rhyme series was written with homeschoolers in mind!
Marcia Goldlist
author page: http://amazon.com/author/marciagoldlist