Saturday, September 7, 2013

My Free Resource List


I have been working on my blog today. I have had this list for years. I broke the free links that I have stumbled across down into categories. Some links may be on more than one list if they fall into more than one category. I will be adding to it as needed and if you happen to find a link that you would like to share, let me know and I will add it to the list. 

Curriculum
  1. Core Knowledge history literature and science BTW the books for these lesson plans are at the library
  2. Brightly Beaming Resources I used this for Kindergarten.. It transitioned really well into Charlotte Mason method.
  3. Lesson Pathways I highly recommend it for someone starting out. If they wanted to teach for free but don't have a teaching background to help them piece the resources together this is a great site. 
  4. Simply Charlotte Mason A full CM curriculum. I have to warn you that not EVERYTHING in the curriculum is free. As much as  I LOVE SCM and I DO... I think their history is a little weak and you have to buy a lot of material to get the full curriculum. Still there are a lot of great things for free like their Book of Centuries and Smooth and Easy Days.
  5. Old Fashioned Education If you are looking for a truly FREE and complete Charlotte Mason curriculum, look no further. EVERYTHING is here! Links to the books, weekly schedules, &etc. It is my favorite curriculum. 
  6. Ambelside Online FABULOUS, probably even the best Charlotte Mason curriculum. I like the weekly book lists. It is full of arguably the best living books that you can find. 
  7. Guest Hollow Fabulous resources for everything from curriculum to printables. I will definitely be using their copywork pages this year! 
  8. Education Place  resources, links, and PDF files. Really you could teach your child  from Pre-k to grade 5 using just this site. You have to play around a lot to figure out how to navigate it though. 

Worksheets
  1. Starfall ABC printouts
  2. School Express Over a thousand free worksheets, interactive math games, and amazing ebooks and unit studies. Sign up for their weekly newsletters and get a free Unit study every week!
  3. d-Maps free maps for anything you could need
  4. Confessions of a Homeschooler free letter of the week K-4 curriculum. She has beautiful printables, games, and phonics activities. 
  5. Bible Story Printables Free Christian teaching resources. I use them for Sunday school as well as holidays. They have everything from lapbook pieces to themed copywork
  6. All Kids Network Crafts, worksheets, and activities for... you guessed it FREE!
  7. 2 Teaching Mommies Another one of my favorite blogs. They have free unit studies, devotionals, character building units, worksheets galore! I just LOVE them! 
  8. Twisty Noodle They have TONS of adorable worksheets and coloring pages. The best part is that their worksheets are fully customizable. You can change what the text and the font. 
  9. First School More free worksheets activities and crafts! 
  10. ABC Teach Not just preschool and Kindergarten work here. They have stuff all the way through elementary school.
  11. Lanternfish an ESL sight that is full of language arts worksheets.
  12. Ed Helper worksheets, puzzles, coloring pages, & etc. 
  13. Math Drills Math worksheets for every lesson from Kindergarten through high school. 
  14. Apples 4 the Teacher Worksheets available for every subject. 
  15. A Teaching Heart a fabulous resource for YOU. Loaded with free printables and tips that will inspire you! 
  16. TLS Books worksheets for every grade and every subject
  17. Mathematics Enhancement Programme Fabulous and fun math program grades Kindergarten through 6th. This is the math program being used in the U.K. It is easy to use, has step by step lessons, and is very co-operative between student and teacher. Lessons are available in PDF form so they can be printed off from home. I downloaded the teacher guide to my Kindle so I can teach from the white board without having to read from the computer. The ONLY downside is that because the program came from the U.K. all measurements are metric, Which ultimately kids need to learn anyway. Also the money is in pounds and pence. They are easily translated to dollars and cents though. 
  18. Handwriting  More fully customizable handwriting worksheets
  19. Vocabulary My homemade vocabulary pages. 
  20. Sight Words My homemade sight words pages for Kindergarten reading.
  21. Notebooking My homemade notebooking pages. 
  22. First School Years worksheets for math, science, geography, history and more. I personally love their phonics worksheets.
  23. Work sheet fun even more fabulous worksheets for all the core subjects. I like their rhyming worksheets.
  24. Fun Fonix cool phonics worksheets and games. 
Bible
  1. Kids for Truth daily bible devotions
  2. Bible Story Printables Free Christian teaching resources. I use them for Sunday school as well as holidays. They have everything from lapbook pieces to themed copywork.   
  3. Keys for Kids WONDERFUL free daily devotionals booklets. They will send them out to you every couple of months. There is a suggested donation which I suggest you pray about and consider if you are going to use the resource. I absolutely love this little book!  
Math
  1. IXL Math skills
  2. School Express Online Math  games, and worksheet generator
  3. XtraMath daily math drills 
  4. Living Math living math story books 
  5. Math Drills Math worksheets for every lesson from Kindergarten through high school. 
  6. Mathematics Enhancement Programme Fabulous and fun math program grades Kindergarten through 6th. This is the math program being used in the U.K. It is easy to use, has step by step lessons, and is very co-operative between student and teacher. Lessons are available in PDF form so they can be printed off from home. I downloaded the teacher guide to my Kindle so I can teach from the white board without having to read from the computer. The ONLY downside is that because the program came from the U.K. all measurements are metric, Which ultimately kids need to learn anyway. Also the money is in pounds and pence. They are easily translated to dollars and cents though. 
  7. Education Place for step by step instructions on how to use this, go to KGB That's Me!

Preschool 
  1. Starfall Phonics and reading
  2. Homeschool share Ideas and resources for lapbooking, notebooking, and unit studies.
  3. Brightly Beaming Resources I used this for Kindergarten.. It transitioned really well into Charlotte Mason method.
  4. No Time For Flashcards  My FAVORITE site for kids ages 5 and under..
  5. Confessions of a Homeschooler free letter of the week K-4 curriculum. She has beautiful printables, games, and phonics activities. 
  6. 2 Teaching Mommies Another one of my favorite blogs. They have free unit studies, devotionals, character building units, worksheets galore! I just LOVE them! 
  7. 1+1+1=1 a great blog I LOVE full of free printables, letter of the week curriculum, worksheets, and just plain old great ideas for your homeschool. 
  8. Education Place Links for Houghton Mifflin preschool curriculum. 
Unit Studies
  1. CurrClick another great place to sign up for their newsletter and get freebies every week! 
  2. School Express Over a thousand free worksheets, interactive math games, and amazing ebooks and unit studies. Sign up for their weekly newsletters and get a free Unit study every week!
  3. Homeschool share Ideas and resources for lapbooking, notebooking, and unit studies.
  4. 2 Teaching Mommies Another one of my favorite blogs. They have free unit studies, devotionals, character building units, worksheets galore! I just LOVE them! 
  5. Heart of Wisdom A wonderful curriculum website that has freebies to compliment unit studies, lapbooks, CM method, and even scrapbooking. 
Lapbooks
  1. Homeschool share Ideas and resources for lapbooking, notebooking, and unit studies.
  2. d-Maps free maps for anything you could need
  3. Webweavers  for free clipart that can be used for notebooking, lapbooking, blogging & etc. 
  4. Bible Story Printables Free Christian teaching resources. I use them for Sunday school as well as holidays. They have everything from lapbook pieces to themed copywork. 
  5. Lapbook Lessons tons of free printables and ideas to fill your lapbooks.  
  6. Heart of Wisdom A wonderful curriculum website that has freebies to compliment unit studies, lapbooks, CM method, and even scrapbooking. 
  7. Phillip Martin Wonderful and FUN clip art to go with almost every subject and theme you can imagine. Great for lapbooking, notebooking, scrapbooking, and blogging. 
  8. Yee Shall Know Fun lapbooks. Check out the science section there are Magic school bus lapbooks that you will love!

Crafts
  1. All Kids Network Crafts, worksheets, and activities for... you guessed it FREE!
  2. First School More free worksheets activities and crafts! 
  3. TP Craft Another GREAT blog I follow. Chock full of craft ideas using the most common household item... toilet paper rolls. You will never throw them away again. 
  4. DLTK  arts, crafts, and activities for young kids. They have some great bible lesson ideas too! 
e-Books
  1. Project Gutenberg LOADED with the very best free books! I download them onto my Kindle but if you don't have a Kindle you can download them in PDF or HTML. Also Amazon recently released a FREE Kindle app for your PC. 
  2. Baldwin Project More great free books to read online. If you can't find a book at Project Gutenberg, try here. You can't download them but you CAN read them from your computer screen. 
  3. Books Should be Free Free Audio books to download.
  4. Archive  More free e-books.
Need an e-reader? go here, FREE KINDLE APPS for iPhone, PC, Mac, Blackberry, iPad, Android, Windows phone 7. Why carry around a huge stack of books everywhere you go? And who has room on their bookshelves for all of the Charlotte Mason required books. Most of the books recommended for a Charlotte Mason education are out of print anyway, but they are FREE online!!! 

Science
  1. NASA Find out what is going on with our space program. If you have a future astronaut like I do, you will be visiting this page EVERYDAY!
  2. Kids Astronomy games for future space travelers. 
  3. National Geographic Full of amazing stories and pictures about the world outside of our backyard. As with the magazine, you may want to be careful what the little eyes in your family are exposed to before just setting them loose on the site. But it is great for studying geography, cultures, history, science & etc. 
  4. Education Place Just click on the grade level you want and dig through the links. 
History and Geography
  1. d-Maps free maps for anything you could need
  2. History Channel I go to this website for every holiday and event. They always have a nice short video on something relevant to current events. 
  3. National Geographic Full of amazing stories and pictures about the world outside of our backyard. As with the magazine, you may want to be careful what the little eyes in your family are exposed to before just setting them loose on the site. But it is great for studying geography, cultures, history, science & etc. 
  4. American History Good site for older kids. Pages of little factoids about our country's history. 
  5. American Heritage Education Foundation Free lesson plans and PDFs that teach true and accurate account of the history of our country. Covers all grades K-12.
  6. Education Place This is a social studies curriculum. 
Music
  1. Grooveshark perfect for composer studies. Type in the name of the composer you are studying and let the music fill your home for the next 6 weeks. 
  2. Online Metronome I use this as a cognitive skill builder. Playing this while having my ADHD son call out a sheet of numbers, letter, shapes, or arrows to the beat. 
Poetry
  1. The Poetry Lover's Page GREAT for poet studies. I like to pick one poet to study for the whole year. Search for your poet and all of their works are available for you to print off and read. 

1 comment:

  1. AWESOME! thank you so much for sharing! I know how busy you are and I really love that you did this!

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