Educating your children doesn’t have to be expensive and there are many free resources on the web. This is a work in progress, so check back often. You can find even more homeschooling and educational freebies under the tag “education freebies”.
~Free K-12 Curriculum~
- Ambleside Online -free online curriculum, Charlotte Mason style
- An Old Fashioned Education -free online Christian curriculum
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~General Resources~
- The Baldwin Project –online collection of classic children’s literature.
- CurrClick - has a huge section of free products, offers a new free product a week –all in electronic form; workbooks, copywork, ebooks, audios, unit studies, lapbooks, notebooking.
- DonPotter.net –free resources and links for phonics, reading, spelling, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Spanish and English.
- DonnaYoung.org -free homeschool and household planners, calendars, printables in various subjects, homeschool planning tips.
- Fortunately For You Books –free monthly product; literature based unit studies, activity books, writing prompts.
- Great Homeschool Videos –fun and educational videos.
- GuestHollow.com –free science curriculum for all grade levels, 3rd grade American history curriculum, and worksheets, notebooking pages, copywork and lapbooks for a variety of subjects.
- Hands of A Child –free semi-annual project pack lapbook.
- Happy Hearts Homeschooling Library -A source of free online vintage homeschool books and curricula.
- Homeschool Freebie of the Day -offers a new, free educational resource, Monday-Friday –available that one day only. Resources are in electronic format; ebooks of classic children’s literature and textbooks, teacher helps, unit studies, lessons, audios, videos. Sign up for the newsletter and get advance notice of all freebies for the week -plus an extra, weekly “subscriber only” freebie.
- Homeschool with Index Cards –free Bible verse, books of the Bible and Aesop’s Fables memory cards; sign up for newsletter and receive subscriber only freebies and specials, copywork pages and A-Z Bible verse card set.
- Internet Archive –huge library of free public domain texts, audio, and video in electronic format.
- Jimmie’s Collage: Freebies -tons of free notebooking pages and other printables for art, Shakespeare, writing, science, language arts, math, history, music and nature.
- LibriVox -Over 10,000 free audiobooks. Multiple languages.
- Living Books for the Ears from Homeschool Radio Shows –offers a free, weekly episode of various old-time radio shows in mp3 format. Very educational; lots of American history, biographies and classic stories.
- Pratt’s Educational Resources -free English and Spanish vocabulary lists, flashcards, word searches and worksheets
- SchoolExpress -Free worksheets, activity sheets and games. Sign up for the newsletter for a free theme unit each week.
- Teacher Created Resources -Free daily brain teasers, weekly writing prompt, teaching tips, lesson plans, monthly activities and more. Free ebook every month when you sign up for the newsletter.
- The Homeschool Mom –free homeschool planner, monthly resource calendar, homeschooling site of the week, weekly dinner menus, free newsletters.
- The Homeschool Shop from Westvon Publishing -Free monthly copybook.
~Picture Of The Day Sites~
Nature
Science
History
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~American History~
American Presidents
William McKinley
Memorials, Monuments and Libraries
Biographies
- Biography of William McKinley online from the Mckinley Museum
- Essays on William McKinley and His Administration online from the Miller Center’s American President Online Reference Resource
- The Life of William McKinley V.1 and The Life of William McKinley V. 2 by Charles Sumner Olcott, originally published in 1916; downloadable e-books from Google Book Search
Classic Children’s E-books
- The Young McKinley: Or, Schooldays in Ohio; a Tale of Old Times on the Western Reserve by Hezekiah Butterworth, originally published in 1905; downloadable e-book from Google Book Search
- American Boy’s Life of William McKinley by Edward Stratemeyer, originally published in 1901; downloadable e-book from the Internet Archive
Lapbooking and Notebooking Pages
- William McKinley Jr. from Homeschool Helper
- Presidents Lapbook and Notebook Resources from Homeschool Share
Theme and Unit Studies
- William McKinley: A Presidential Unit from Easy Fun School
- Ohio Mini Unit Study from Learning Treasures
Video
- President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol by Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901; from the Library of Congress American Memory
- President McKinley Taking the Oath by Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901; from the Library of Congress American Memory
- The Martyred Presidents: Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley published by Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901; from the Internet Archive
Famous Americans
Daniel Boone
Online Biographies
- Daniel Boone short biography from AmericanWest.com
- History of Daniel Boone from Daniel Boone Homestead, includes timeline and suggested reading list
- Famous Missourians: Daniel Boone from The State Historical Society of Missouri, includes historical images
Free E-books
- “Life and Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon: The First White Settler of the State of Kentucky” by John Filson was originally published on Daniel Boone’s 50th birthday and claimed to be written in Boone’s own words. It was actually written by John Filson, though Boone, himself, noted every word to be true.
- “Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky” by Timothy Flint, is another biography of Daniel Boone, although greatly exaggerated. This book is where the tall tales about Boone come from.
- “Daniel Boone and the Hunters of Kentucky” by William Henry Bogart, originally published in 1854. A chronicle of much of Boone’s life.
- “Boys’ Book of Frontier Fighters” by Edwin Legrand Sabin, was originally published in 1919 and contains tales of Daniel Boone, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson and many other famous frontiersmen.
- “Indian Tales for Boys , or The Back-woodsman and True Stories of the Frontier” by Walter Whipple Spooner, an adventure book written for boys, published in 1883. It contains many stories about Daniel Boone and other frontiersmen in our nation’s early Western history.
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~Science~
General Resources
- Answers in Genesis –Creation Science ministry
Weather
Snow
- National Snow and Ice Data Center: All About Snow Q & A about snow, snow safety, historic photos, avalanche awareness, blizzards, snow removal info for the United States.
- U.S. Snow Monitoring Recent Snowfall and Snow Depth Maps
- OnTheSnow.com Ski and Snow Report “Provides ski and snow reports to over 2,000 ski resorts around the globe.”
- SnowCrystals.com “Your online guide to snowflakes, snow crystals, and other ice phenomena.” Beautiful pictures, guide to snowflakes, snowflake physics, movies of growing snow crystals, snow and ice activities, snowflake wallpaper for your computer and much more.
- Snowflake Bentley Vermont farmer Wilson A. Bentley “The Snowflake Man”, pioneering photographer of snow crystals.
- No Two Alike: Snowflake Photography Kenneth Libbrecht’s photography from his book “The Art of the Snowflake”.
- The Digital Snow Museum Photos and pictures of blizzards and snow from all over the world.
- Beltsville Electron Microscopy Unit: Snow Crystal Site Images of snow crystals taken by an electron microscope.
- Snow Activities Science, activities, art, literature, food, links and borax crystal craft.
- Snow Build a snow castle, make virtual snowflakes, become a snow artist.
- Building an Igloo How to build an Igloo, with pictures.
- Thinkquest Snowtastic Snow Literature, health and sports, history science games and activities.
- Paper Snowflakes for Children “Make Snowflakes and Learn Amazing Facts About Snow Science” Free instructions and patterns for making paper snowflakes, snowflake info and activities.
- Make A Flake Online paper snowflake maker.
- Snowflake Designer Another online paper snowflake maker.
- Snowflakes Theme Unit Multiple grades, from the Sanford Center for Sky Awareness.
Avalanches
- Forest Service National Avalanche Center Avalanche Awareness Website Information on avalanches, preparing for and skills to survive one.
- Colorado Avalanche Information CenterAvalanche forecast for Colorado
- Avalanche Center Worldwide avalanche infomation
- United States Search and Rescue Task Force Avalanche Page Information on avalanches, snowpack, safety, survival, building a snowcave and U. S. Danger Scale.
- Nova Online “Avalanche” Companion Web site to “Avalanche!,” originally broadcast on November 25, 1997. Scientists on a quest to find out how snow can sometimes strike with the force of TNT, take NOVA’s cameras inside an avalanche to unlock its deadly secrets. Video clips, resources and teacher’s guide.
- Snow that Smashes: Avalanche! Story, safety tips, facts and video from National Geographic Kids.
- Avalanche Lesson Plan Grades 6-8, from Discovery Educaton.
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