Free Homeschooling Resources

My friends and I have been compiling lists of resources we have used for homeschoolers or parents who want to supplement their child's education. 

These are just a FEW of the FREE websites. 

Reading: 

* http://howtohomeschoolforfree.com/free-reading-curriculum/

* Starfall (A speech therapist turned me on to this site years ago.) http://www.starfall.com/

General Elementary:
* http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/my-printables

* http://crisscrossapplesauce.typepad.com/

* http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabu…/…/four-per-page/index.htm

* http://www.apples4theteacher.com/

Multiple Subjects and Unit Studies
* EasyPeasy https://allinonehomeschool.com/  (A complete homeschool curriculum. I love that the History has links to many, many primary sources)

* Georgia Virtual Learning (shared/public resources): http://www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources/SharedLandingPage.aspx 

* Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/

* Coursera (online courses from universities around the world) https://www.coursera.org/

* MIT - https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm (College level classes)

* 50 unit studies. https://reneeatgreatpeace.com/unit-studies/

Specific Subjects:
Math

* By topic or grade level http://aaamath.com/

Language Arts

* Purdue OWL (Purdue's Online Writing Lab doesn't exactly have a curriculum, but it has a very good explanation of just about every kind of writing you can think of. It is a fantastic resource for teachers. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

* Handwriting (or copy work) maker [There are SO many of this kind of website!] (These could easily be made up to practice grammar or editing skills.)

• https://www.worksheetworks.com/eng
• http://www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/handwriting_practice_worksheet_maker.html 

Science

* Forensics Illustrated (a public school teacher-created course including the textbook for a 1-semester high school science) I used this as a base and added to it to create a full credit lab science course.

* Inner Body http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html Not a curriculum, but an excellent resource for Anatomy or Biology.

History/Social Sciences/Humanities

* Hillsdale College (free upper-level courses added regularly - usually history or social sciences) https://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/free-online-courses/

Electives (Music, Art, etc.)

* Free Music Theory course Dave Conservatoire http://www.daveconservatoire.org/topic/getting-started

Foreign Language (including Computer Programming and Sign Language)

* Code Academy has all kinds of computer science lessons codeacademy.com

* ASL Pro (Completely free video-based sign language course with quizzes) http://www.aslpro.com/

General Homeschooling

* Donna Young (free lesson planners and other material as well as paid resources http://donnayoung.org/index.htm)

* YouTube also has great videos to help teach in an area you are not familiar with.

* An online Learning Management System (LMS) has changed my life! (In public schools, they call using these "flipped" classrooms or "blended learning" situations. Colleges use this for their online classes (such as dual enrollment). We use Schoology. It is free for homeschoolers.