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FREE HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM – (or at least for the price of an internet connection and printing)


The criteria for the list is that the material is as complete and whole as possible. Please preview all sites for suitability for your family.

Whole Curriculum (guides and outlines):

Grades K-12. Reading schedules
Grades K-12. Links to online books
http://www.puritans.net/curriculum/ (Variety of material available.)
Preschool – Grade 8.
Scroll past the teacher jargon outline at the beginning of each lesson to get to the actual activity pages.
Lesson plans Grades K-5
Reading Schedules.
http://simplycharlottemason.com/home
Scroll down to planning for a curriculum guide and reading schedules

Preschool:

Preschool and some elementary
Rhymes for literacy
Basic skills and themed pages. Free membership.

Phonics and Beginning Reading

Word Mastery book
http://www.progressivephonics.com/
http://www.starfall.com/ Online
http://www.donpotter.net/Blend%20Phonics.htm
McGuffey Readers books
http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/stairway2.html

Handwriting:

http://www.zaner-bloser.com/zbfontsonline/index.htm
http://www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/
handwriting_practice_worksheet_maker.html
http://www.kidzone.ws/tracers/none/index.asp
http://www.2learn.ca/kids2learn/Kpaper.html
http://www.worksheetworks.com/english/
writing/handwriting.html

Maths:

UK Years 1-9. - Password for PDF files:CIMT4maths
Grades 10-12 textbooks
Grades k-6
Grades k-5 workbooks
First Lessons in Arithmetic book
http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/math/
archives/instructional_resources/index.php
Scroll down to Grade level resources for weekly plans
Ray's Arithmetic books . Search on Archive.org
Living Math. Lesson plans are to the right
Oakes Homeschooling various links

Maths Drill:

Online
Printable Maths Sheets.
http://www.mathusee.com/tools.html
Online and printable
http://themathworksheetsite.com/ (printable)
http://www.softschools.com/math/games/ (Online)

Literature/Reading Guides and Units:

http://www.nt.net/~torino/novels3.html(Sorted by title)
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/units/units_with_books.htm (Sorted by title)
Many popular 2nd and 3rd grade reading level titles.
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/
(Sorted by title)
http://www.nancypolette.com/litguides.asp
These are samples, but are in depth enough to test if your child understood the story.
Grades K-12

Free Books:

http://www.classical-education.net/
http://www.kids4classics.com/(Online)
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&Itemid=29
http://www.archive.org/index.php
An alternative if you can’t access Google Books
http://www.mainlesson.com/main/displayarticle.php?article=christmas
http://www.planetebook.com/

Spelling/Vocab.:

Grades 1-6
For the middle grades.
Webster’s Spelling book
Online

Grammar: http://home.pct.edu/~evavra/KISS.htm
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml

Grammar games:

http://theteacherscafe.com/Grammar/Grammar_Games.php

English Language Resources:

Primarily for 2nd language learners

Creative Writing:

Here is a young novelist workbook for elementary, middle and high school.
Simple Writing Exercises for the Grammar Stage
Works-Cited

Audiobooks:

http://librivox.org/librivox-catalogue/
http://www.gutenberg.org/audio/
http://literalsystems.org/abooks/doku.php

History:

K or 1st grade world history and geography.
Intro to World History
A world history outline.

Geography: Elementary age Countries and Cultures
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
Outline maps

Science:

Engineering for kids ages 8 and up.
Single subject lesson plans.
Earth Awareness Curriculum for Middle Schoolers
http://www.eequalsmcq.com Elementary age
Early Elementary
Grades k-12
Invitation to Science Inquiry. e-book
Grades 10-12 textbooks

Science Songs

http://www.acme.com/jef/singing_science/

Computer Science:

Blender 3D animation creation.
Computer Programming Course
Computer Training Courses
Computer Animating and Design

Art:

Art lessons
Art lessons
Art lessons
Meet the Masters Art appreciation file
Art appreciation and lessons

Music

Music appreciation – radio programs
Music appreciation
Online piano lessons
Piano lessons
Guitar lessons
Music theory workbooks

Foreign Language:

Variours languages
Various languages Student text and Audio files.
African Languages. Beginning phrases
Greek and Latin
Greek
Latin
Sesotho Online
Spanish
Spanish
Spanish.The first book is free.

Typing

http://www.goodtyping.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/
http://www.kiranreddys.com/products/typing.html
http://www.learn2type.com/

Home Economics:

http://www.futurechristianhomemakers.com/FCHLessonsIndex.html

Current Events:

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
Updated daily and many archived lessons.

Virtual Field Trips:

http://www.uen.org/tours/fieldtrips2.shtml
http://www.meetmeatthecorner.org/
http://www.teachertube.com/

High School and College age (Online):

http://www.hippocampus.org/
Mixed Courses in many subjects
Printable Courses
University of Berkley Courses.
Yale University Open Courses.
University of Washington
M.I.T. open Courseware.


Chess

Learn to Play.

Notable sites

Science – periodic table
- Videos that demonstrate experiments for every element on the periodic table.
Science – periodic table
Click on the element and then on the microphone to hear about the element
Science - technology

Unit studies/notebooking pages/worksheets

http://www.homeschoolshare.com/
http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/index.htm
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/learn.jsp
http://www.oleyschool.com/worksheets.html
http://www.homeschoolingadventures.com/worksheets.html
http://www.homeschoollearning.com/resources.shtml
http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/worksheets.htm

Freebie Sites:

http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/
If you Sign-up for the weekly email, you will receive additional free resources.
http://www.currclick.com/index.php
They feature a free product once a week to download. It usually changes Monday afternoons.
http://www.freelyeducate.com/
Free high school curriculum links.

Planning/Forms/Papers/Worksheets:

Online Lesson Planner, Scheduler, and Tracker
Worksheets. Grade level 1-4
http://donnayoung.org/
Forms
Forms