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The NEW Homeschooling Resources Thread!

post #1 of 32
12/30/08 at 2:12am
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In an effort to tidy up the forums, we're decided to unsticky some of the old stickies and create a real master list of Homeschooling Resources, which will be stickied instead. The old list was full of outdated links and redundant information, but I did bump up all of the old stickies so that if you have some favorite resources there, you can report them to this thread instead!

This thread is for links to curriculum as well as other homeschooling resources, such as essays about homeschooling, links to national homeschooling groups, links to homeschooling laws, and anything else that helped you. Please include a bit of information about the links you post, like "This is a great article explaining Charlotte Mason" or "This is a list of Christian homeschool curricula." This is not the place to argue about the merits of any resources, and of course, the posting of resources does not imply their endorsement by Mothering.

If you want to specifically review a curricula or other homeschooling resource, please post that in our Homeschool Curriculum and Resources Reviews forum.

Thanks!

Dar
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post #2 of 32
12/30/08 at 2:25am
John Holt and Growing without Schooling http://www.holtgws.com/
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post #3 of 32
12/30/08 at 9:40pm
i'll try to list only free resources and ones that we have used and/or really like. not all, but many of these sites are geared toward younger elementary age. hth.


ATTENDANCE & RECORD KEEPING
http://highland.hitcho.com.au/attendancecalendar.pdf
http://donnayoung.org/forms/planners/index.htm

BALTIMORE CURRICULUM PRESS
http://www.baltimorecp.org/lessons/lesson_titles.htm (scope and sequence)
http://www.baltimorecp.org/lessons/draft_lessons.html (lessons that go with scope and sequence)

FREE COMPLETE CURRICULUM
http://www.amblesideonline.com/ (All grades)
http://www.tanglewoodeducation.com/ (All grades)
http://oldfashionededucation.com/fullcurriculum.htm (All grades)

ARTS & CRAFTS
http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/
http://www.dltk-kids.com/
http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/
http://www.thetoymaker.com/

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY
http://www.travelforkids.com/
http://www.worldatlas.com/
http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Cooking%20by%20Country.htm
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/index.html
http://www.rainbowkids.com/HTMLFiles...KidsActivities

SCIENCE
http://msnucleus.org/membership/index.html
http://www.newtonsapple.tv/
http://www.stellarium.org/
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/index.html

PHONICS / LEARN TO READ
http://free-reading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page
http://www.starfall.com/
http://www.literactive.com
http://www.tanglewoodeducation.com/ReallyReading2.pdf

SPELLING
http://www.spellingcity.com/
http://www.superteacherworksheets.co...ng-levela.html

HANDWRITING TRACERS
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/kplus_writing.htm

MATH
http://ceure.buffalostate.edu/~csmp/...ram/index.html (Math K-6)
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/proje...ry/default.htm (Math K-8)
http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/mat...s_k2_resou.php (Math K)

BIBLE
http://children.calvarychapel.com/site/curriculum.htm
http://www.dltk-bible.com/
http://www.faithfirst.com/html/catec...downloads.html

DOWNLOAD OR READ CHILDREN'S STORYBOOKS ONLINE
http://www.storynory.com
http://www.kiddierecords.com
http://librivox.org/
http://www.library.santaclaraca.gov/ (click on tumble books to the left)
http://www.lookybook.com/
http://www.storylineonline.net/index2.html
http://www.rif.org/leadingtoreading/...choolers/read/

FREE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ (videos)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/
http://www.kewlcartoons.com/show/watch/LibertysKids
http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/movies.php (free movies - some educational ones too)

LAPBOOKING / NOTEBOOKING
http://www.squidoo.com/lapbooking (new to lapbooking? start here)
http://www.homeschoolshare.com
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post #4 of 32
12/30/08 at 11:33pm
The infamous Rainbow Resource Catalog
www.rainbowresource.com

Christian Light Publications (super affordable curriculum by a Mennonite publisher)
www.clp.org

The Well Trained Mind (classical homeschooling)
www.welltrainedmind.com
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post #5 of 32
12/31/08 at 12:12am
www.Sonlight.com (literature based curriculum)
Supplements for Sonlight-
http://www.homeschool-curriculum-for...ies.html#Year1
http://www.roadstoeverywhere.com/sonlight.htm
http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/SLsupmenu.htm

www.amblesideonline.org (free schedule- literature based Charlotte Mason curriculum)

Oyate- Native American books
Native American Educational Resources

Lapbooking-
http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/teac...e/lapbooks.php

Articulation- learning to look at art

Curriculum reviews-
Homeschool Reviews
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post #6 of 32
1/8/09 at 4:26am

Learning materials catalog: FUN-Books

FUN BOOKS - this family has put together a wonderful catalog of books, games and other materials "to help you in your efforts to produce life-long learners."

They have unusual and creative materials on reading & writing, geography & cultures, history, homeschooling, horses, Klutz books, Laura Ingalls Wilder, mathematics, music, science, gift ideas, holidays, arts & crafts, ballet, children's favorites, college & work, foreign languages, genealogy, gifts, spies & pirates,storytelling, Usborne, unschooling, and more...

Lillian
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post #7 of 32
1/22/09 at 2:21am
Understanding Algebra-- A free online algebra textbook.

National Geographic XPeditions-- Geography lesson plans (K-12) and a printable atlas of outline maps.
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post #8 of 32
2/8/09 at 2:20pm
CyberSmart!-- A free curriculum for K-12 covering internet usage-- everything from staying secure online to doing research.
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post #9 of 32
3/1/09 at 6:11pm

Home school

we love all the Usborne books. The readers have puzzles right in the back for reading comprehension.
www.usbornebooks.com

they also have a lot of internet linked books and you can look them up for free at usbornequicklinks.com

If you are looking for geography web sites national geographic magazine has a kids web site . As does Canadian geographic magazine with lots of fun resourses.

Even www.amazon.ca is worth checking out if you have a work book like Jump math work books that you are looking for, we get them much cheaper through them than specific home school sites. If price is a concern as it is for us this is worth looking into.
www.orientaltrading.com has lots of craft kits, snap cubes , models and such and as much as I hate to use over seas made items for many things there is no other manufacturer. They also have wooden , canvas and porcalain paint your own if like us you are trying to cut down on plastic.
They have bulitin board decorations, art supplies and all are great prices.
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post #10 of 32
5/17/09 at 9:50am
janbrett.com A wonderful author/illustrator website with tons of printable activities, teaching resources, art, and coloring pages- including three amazing mural projects, one about the Rain Forest, one about Africa, one about the Arctic

lapbooklessons.com Has free lapbooks and videos about making lapbooks. Has a forum and people can share their lapbooks too.

homeschoolhelper.com Has free unit studies, lapbooks, notebooking pages, worksheets, etc. A way to share your unit studies with others too.

guesthollow.com Has some very nice free printables and Science and American History curriculums.

hslaunch A site for sharing and downloading free resources contributed by members, mini books, lapbooks, notebooking pages, charts, etc

Dynamic 2 moms some nice free lapbook mini books and covers

HyperHistory a very cool online interactive timeline with sections for history, science, culture, religion, and more

Macrohistory summaries of historical times along a timeline up to present date

Canon creative park VERY cool paper models of buildings around the world and more, free to print

homeschooling forms over 800, free to print, various categories

Homeschool Skedtrack a free online lesson planner, scheduler, and tracking system with automated scheduling of activities that frees you from rescheduling everything once an activity/lesson is missed.
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post #11 of 32
6/17/09 at 3:16pm
I love these resource threads!!

I am currently looking through these resources and I noticed there a couple of dead links.

Elizawill posted a link to LookyBook (http://www.lookybook.com/) and
StoryLine Online (http://www.storylineonline.net/index2.html) although this link to StoryLine Online seems to be working .... http://www.storylineonline.net/

So far so good with all the other links, though! Thanks everyone!! My computer crashed not too long ago, so I lost all of my bookmarks. Thankfully I have learned how to back up my bookmarks. ... so keep posting!
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post #12 of 32
6/21/09 at 9:57am
Wow! So much resource! Thank you all so much.
I’m also homeschooling my DD now. We have been using beestar. It’s a website for primary student offering many great weekly exercises of math, vocabulary, reading, etc. Pretty great.
http://www.beestar.org/index.jsp
Lisa
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post #13 of 32
7/24/09 at 12:50pm

Reading/Book site

www.tumblebooks.com/
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post #14 of 32
7/27/09 at 9:42pm
Just found this link that includes tons of music resources: Children's Music Workshop including FREE
Online Music Theory Tutor!
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post #15 of 32
7/29/09 at 6:37pm
www.scholarschoice.ca -- educational games, toys, and other materials. Through the website, you can also order teacher/classroom supplies, like science kits and art supplies, as well as workbooks etc. that say they meet Canadian guidelines.

http://www.canadianhomeeducation.com/index.asp Variety of materials -- workbooks, resource books, curricula, novels, timelines, manipulatives, art materials, etc.

http://www.aplusbookscanada.com/ -- curricula and other books. Leans very much towards biblical/Christian stuff. Small business with great customer service; she's always been able to special order stuff for me.

http://www.treeoflifeathome.com/ -- School and book store. Also biblical/Christian.

www.chapters.ca -- I've purchased McGuffey readers and some other similar books through here; it was cheaper than from specialty stores, especially since most of them were in the US. They also have a toy section, and they count towards the $40 for free shipping with books.
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post #16 of 32
8/15/09 at 8:21pm
http://www.progressivephonics.com/ - FREE beginning/intermediate reading books to print or read on-screen, with silly stories where the parent reads the black words, and the child reads the occasional red phonetic word.
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post #17 of 32
8/19/09 at 8:48am
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Originally Posted by mangopassion View Post
I love these resource threads!!

I am currently looking through these resources and I noticed there a couple of dead links.

Elizawill posted a link to...
sorry!

here's a link to where i keep my favorite free resources. i try to go through quarterly and check the links & update them. i also add my favorites here when i find them: http://mytwomonkeys.webs.com/favoriteresources.htm
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post #18 of 32
9/5/09 at 11:41pm
Virtual Homeschool Group -- virtual online classes-- free! Like a homeschool co-op online-- pretty neat.
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post #19 of 32
12/7/09 at 12:57am
WOW! Great thread with tons of resources! This is great information!!
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post #20 of 32
12/28/09 at 4:30pm
Marva Collins Program
Marva Collins Products
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