American Library Association
This site provides suggested reading lists for children and adults, sells books and posters, and provides other resources for and about your local library. Click here to find lists of notable children's books, award winning books and more.
Classical Education Support Loop
This site offers resources for home schooling parents seeking to implement Classical Christian Education theory. You cannot currently join the support loop itself, but can access the various resources available through the website, including lists of 1000 Great Books and 100 Great Books.
Character Building for Families
This site highlights the Character Building curriculum but also offers free articles and other homeschool information and links.
Deer Chase Academy
Deer Chase is a state registered non-public school in the state of Florida. On the DCA website you’ll find several useful links under the categories of Homeschool Helps, Curriculum Ideas and Links. Also, though I don’t know how to get to it via the site, I had this link to a very lengthy cookbook saved on my list so I’m passing it along (change the number at the end of the address to access additional cookbooks).
Directory of Open Access Journals
This website based in Europe provides a list of open access journals from a variety of subject areas ranging from Agriculture and Food Sciences to Technology and Engineering.
Don Potter's Wide Interest Web Site
Mr. Potter has taken great care to assemble several links and resources on a variety of topics. He has scanned vintage books, provided pictures from his past and created a wonderful array of resources for teachers and students. I particularly like his phonics and reading resouces found on the Education page. Mr. Potter also offers a variety of Christian resources on his site.
Eclectic Homeschool Online
EHO is a Christian online magazine for homeschoolers. The site offers extensive resources from articles to reviews and is updated regularly. The site does have Google and other advertisements but is very professional in appearance and content. Over 2200 reviews of homeschool resources are available to visitors. In addition to the many resources, the site offers a moderated discussion forum, games for kids and support and contact information for each state. If you are new to homeschooling and find EHO overwhelming, try EHO Lite, created to provide a comprehensive introduction to homeschoolng.
Elite Skills.com Free Education
This site provides a list of colleges and other institutions offering free coursework, lectures, documentaries, videos and other resources via the internet.
eMINTS National Center
This website offers a variety of resources to enhance the performance of educators. Included among the resources are eThemes pages. These pages provide links to teaching resources from all over the web sorted by theme. The lesson links can also be sorted by grade level.
Entrusted To Us
This site offers support and information to Christian homeschoolers, particularly those using the "Moore Formula", a better late than never based philosophy. The site offers free unit studies created by homeschool moms, links to several other sites and a sample lesson plan for a Moore based homeschool. The site also offers software and book reviews.
Fisherville Academy
This site hosted by a homeschool family offers free downloads of printables related to several different curricula as well as several organizational forms including books logs and daily homeschool reports. The site also offers tips on organizing your homeschool and taking advantage of the great ideas found in the various curricula.
Free Tools for Teachers
Created by Sue LeBeau, this site has a number of links to resources that might be useful in the classroom. There are links to quiz generators, worksheets and flashcards, puzzle makers, certificates and charts, surveys, calendars, templates, web page building guides and others. Some of these links will take you to sites that offer a free trial but are subscription based others are supported by advertisements.
Graham Family Ministries
This site offers several links to homeschooling resources, sorted by topic of interest. The site also offers e-books for sale.
Highland Heritage
This site was created by a homeschooling mom and features articles on ADHD, Notebooking, creating books, lapbooks and notebooks with children and creating Unit Studies. The site also offers free of charge over 800 forms for everything from planning to music as well several original school units on topics ranging from Ancient Egypt to Waters and Oceans. The site offers history unit studies covering Prehistory through the early church, complete with printable review tests. While the material on this site is still easily accessible, it appears to have been last updated in 2005.
Home School Reviews
This vendor sponsored site offers reviews of the various home school curriculum offerings as well as discussion forums. The site contains border ads from various home school related vendors.
Homefires
Homefires is the home of the “Clickschooling e-zine.” Register to receive the e-zine and find out about a new educational website each day Monday through Saturday. You can also search the Clickschooling archives to find lots of great educational websites. This site also hosts several Google and other advertisements.
Homeschool Buzz.com
Homeschool Buzz provides up to date information on various homeschool blog postings including At Home With the Kids’ blog. The latest news about homeschooling is also featured on the site. In addition the website offers reviews of several books including homeschooling reference titles, fiction and others. This website is supported by Google ads and vendor links.
Homeschool Curriculum for Life
This site hosted by a homeschool mom, support group leader and author offers lots of tips and articles for your homeschooling journey. She provides reviews of children’s living books and book lists, curriculum reviews, a review of the Charlotte Mason Home Education philosophy, a free e-zine, free chore charts and several other printables and lots of other goodies. This site does have a lot of Google ads mixed in; so do be careful where you click.
Homeschool Diner
The diner is designed to "provide a basic starting place for homeschool 'newbies', as well as a place for seasoned homeschool veterans to discover new resources." The site provides articles, links, conversation and more.
Homeschooling on a Shoestring
This site offers tips and ideas for educating your child while minimizing your costs. Available at the site is information on methods of homeschooling, resources for specific subject areas, discount information, a discussion forum and more. Note: The site does feature many advertisements scattered throughout and there is also a classified section for selling used books.
Homeschooling Only One
This site is hosted by the author of Homeschooling Only One, Donna Conner. Her book offers guidance for those beginning the homeschool journey with their first or single child, regardless of circumstances. On the website you'll find reviews of her book as well as a list of helpful links describing different homeschooling methods.
Homeschooling Series by Charlotte M. Mason
Both the original version and one written in modern English can be downloaded free from this website or a printed version may be purchased. In addition, summaries of the various Charlotte Mason writings are presented on the site.
Homeschooling With Notebooks
This website offers free resources for creating notebooks, timelines and other creative records of your studies. Specific resources and links are provided for Unit Studies, History, Language Arts, Science, Bible Studies, and Music and Art. The website offers links to free printable figures for use in the creation of timeline as well as blank templates for the creation of a custom timeline. Also provided are several different charts and surveys for each of the subject areas listed. You won’t want to miss this site if you want to create a hands-on way for your child to document his or her learning.
Oklahoma Homeschool
This site includes lots of resources created by author Cindy Downes. Features include articles on getting started in homeschooling, homeschooling forms, tips on homeschooling through high school, free printable information booklets, free unit studies, product reviews and lots more. The information is not just limited to Oklahoma, this site would be useful to anyone new to homeschooling or in need of new resources or information. The site also provides the opportunity to purchase some of Ms. Downes works as well as other items.
Old Fashioned Education
This Christian-based site is a wealth of resources to assist you in schooling your children for low or no cost. The author has spent a great deal of time collecting links and other resource information to assist you in creating a balanced curriculum for your child using copyright free materials.
OurLosBanos.com
This website was created by the Los Banos homeschoolers as a repository for homeschool resources. The site does have some banner ads, but most are local to Los Banos. Included among the resources available are over 200 printables as well as a free literature-based American history curriculum. The site also provides a section with reviews of homeschooling materials, a collection of articles and a discussion forum.
Paula’s Archives
Paula is the creator of Vocabulary Vines and Science Roots and offers these books for sale on her site which also provides an extensive collection of “Must-see homeschool articles.” Paula has included links and sorted the articles by topic for your convenience. Subjects include curricula reviews, stages in homeschooling and non-homeschool topics.
Peakmore Academy Blog’s Free Downloads
I couldn’t quite decide where to put this link. But since the free downloads cover a variety of topics both for schoolwork and organization, I’m going to place it here. This blog author has assembled quite a few resources, so take a look when you have the time.
Single Parent Homeschool
This Christian website offers resources for single parents including links, free and discounted offers and articles of encouragement.
Special Needs Homeschoolers
This website is designed to support Christian families homeschooling special needs children. Membership is required to access some, but not all, of the resources on this website. You can download previous editions of the NATHHAN newsletter in PDF form, find crafts or poems, or view a list of favorite resources free of charge.
Surfing the Net With Kids
Many more links than I have, but some Google ads too. Find resources sorted by subject matter, special resources for specific dates, activity pages and lots more. This is a good place to start if you need to do some basic research and find sites for a specific topic. The webmasters include reviews and pick their favorites.
Texas Education Agency
If your curious… The state of Texas is required to make available copies of the various assessment tests used by the state. Tests and answer keys for various grade levels are available at the Texas Education Agency’s website in PDF format.
The Healthy Homeschool
This site features a wide variety of articles, curriculum reviews, and encouragement.
The Homeschool Mom
This site features several resources including a weekly menu planner, tips for organization, unit studies, articles and more.
The Homeschooler's Notebook
This site allows you to subscribe to an e-newsletter and provides links to several other homeschool sites, including a site offering free unit studies.
World Book Typical Course of Study
World Book’s website publishes the results of its research into curriculum requirements and standards, divided by grade level. Simply select a grade level and get a review of what is typical expected as far as scope and sequence in North American schools.
www.McQueryClan.com
This is the website for the McQuery family and includes lots of graphics so it may take a while for the pages to load. The pages offer a wealth of links for both family and homeschooling. There’s also a special page for Five in a Row related resources and a tutorial on using Javascript.
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