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Basic Skills
Language Arts
Foreign Language
History
Civics & Government
Geography
Math
Science
Health & Nutrition
Bible
Music
Art
Worksheet Generators
Educational Online Games
Free Curriculum & Lesson Plans
Homeschool Record-Keeping & Organization
Scope & Sequence Resources
Homeschool Websites & Blogs
If you know of a quality, homeschool-related resource that you'd like to suggest I add to the resource list, just let me know. I can't promise that I'll add it, but I'll definitely consider it.
Basic Skills
Create custom handwriting worksheets for both print and cursive writing.
Five-page worksheet set to help learn the months of the year, their order, and their numbers.
Interactive online game. Set the hour hand and the minute hand to match the digital time given. Several different levels available: Time on the hour, Time on the half hour, Time on the half hour and hour, Time on the minute.
Two-page pdf with an explanation of why centuries are named the way they are (17th century, 6th century, etc.) The second page includes written drills for practice.
Language Arts
Educational arcade games in math, language arts, geography, and more.
The 125 basic Latin elements every English speaker/reader should know for an adequate understanding of thousands of English words that are used in the mass media (newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, books, and the Internet).
Online bibliography and works cited generator.
Kids in grades K-8 can find a book, take quizzes on what they've read, and earn prizes for their reading success.
Written with a high percentage of decodable words to avoid frustration, all of the words, including decodable and high-frequency sight words, are taught explicitly on the Starfall.com interactive website.
Colorful PDF illustration and coloring sheets to help children differentiate between lower-case "d" and lower-case "b" (the "b" is a bee, and the "d" is a dog.)
Online, easy-to-use grammar curriculum including self-tests. Most suitable for middle school and up.
Create custom handwriting worksheets for both print and cursive writing.
A list of more than 2000 homophones, compiled by my father and me over the course of 20+ years.
Free audiobook downloads.
Free spelling practice software for Mac.
Explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.
Various phonics puzzles that help reinforce what is learned from Starfall.com's Learn to Read website.
Free ebook downloads. Most are books in the public domain, so you can find a large number of classics here.
Lessons plans and activities for kindergarten through high school. Created for public school teachers, but still helpful for homeschooler.
his writing journal is designed for K-1 readers who have a basic understanding of letter-sound relationships. It will help you teach long, short, and r-controlled vowel sounds, and provide practice with digraphs, blends, word families, and creative writin
This writing journal is intended to meet the needs of students at many different reading and writing levels. Exciting picture dictionaries with supportive vocabulary instill confidence in budding writers. From Starfall.com.
Lessons and games for learning English better. This site was created for adults, but it's great review for kids.
Reading and phonics games.
This is Starfall.com's absolutely wonderful interactive website with online readable books, phonics activites, and short animated videos about reading. Phonics is presented in a systematic, sequential manner.
Enhance your vocabulary with these online vocabulary drills.
Foreign Language
The 125 basic Latin elements every English speaker/reader should know for an adequate understanding of thousands of English words that are used in the mass media (newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, books, and the Internet).
Free ebook downloads of Cornelia and A New Latin Primer. Both include teaching instructions.
Free MP3 audio-files of high-quality recorded readings of the New Testament in fluid koine Greek and vulgate Latin.
An extensive printable file of Latin derivatives from a to v.
Includes first and second declensions. I designed this chart for use with Latina Christiana I
First and second conjugations in present, future, and imperfect tense, laid out in an easy-to-read, color-coded format. I designed this chart for use with Latina Christian I.
A site specializing in Latin Vocabulary and Derivatives.
Free lessons in spoken Latin, an expanding repository of readings from classical texts, and a wide range of study materials for every level of learner. (Not for the faint of heart.)
Dictionary of over 39,000 words. Translates from English to Latin and Latin to English.
The Bible in Latin available in ebook format.
History
Literally hundreds of videos on a variety of subject, from math, history, science, and more.
Animated history-related maps on a number of historical subjects.
A site dedicated to the study of Greek Mythology, folklore and stories of the Olympians, Titans, and some of the Greek heroes.
A site dedicated to the study of Ancient Roman life, including Roman residences, family affairs, slavery, Roman attire and other facets of life during the times of the Roman Empire.
A site designed to promote the growth of knowledge toward the historical aspects of the Roman civilization.
Two-page pdf with an explanation of why centuries are named the way they are (17th century, 6th century, etc.) The second page includes written drills for practice.
Civics & Government
The official U.S. site for information about becoming a citizen. You can take a practice naturalization test as well.
Learn about checks and balances, the branches of government, and more.
Online game and quiz to learn about the U.S. Constitution. Includes customizable tests that you can take online or print out.
Geography
Explore Europe with these four worksheets. The student is given a clue and the first letter of the answer which is a place in Europe.
All the answers to the All Around Europe worksheets on one page. (This is the direct link to the download.)
Online game by Lufthansa that requires to player to identify cities in Europe within 8 seconds.
Fun way to explore geography. The answers to each geography question on each worksheet begin with a particular letter.
All the answers to the Geographapy A to Z worksheets on one page. (This is the direct link to the download.)
Take geography quizzes and even compete in real time against other players around the world.
Google's 3d software of the Earth. Excellent for exploring geography.
Free ebook with flashcards, worksheets, and maps.
Hover over the name of the state, and the postal abbreviation appears.
Test your knowledge of the states, provinces, territories, cities, and capitals of countries around the world.
Grayscale outline maps of each country. Good to use when studying Ancient Greece or Rome.
Animated history-related maps on a number of historical subjects.
U.S. and world maps and puzzles.
Downloadable freeware. A complete, interactive geography outline map quiz program.
Interactive tutorials and games for learning U.S. geography.
Interactive tutorials and games for learning world geography.
Locate cities around the world with as much accuracy as possible, and as quickly as possible.
Mrs. Waffenschmidt travels to some of the world's most interesting places. Each week, she shares clues about the spot she's visiting. Challenge students to use those clues to identify the name and location of each stop on her world tour. 36 weeks of print
All the answers to the Mrs. Waffenschmidt worksheets on one page. (This is the direct link to the download.)
Math
Helpful tips to memorize the size of angles using a clock. Includes learning chart and flashcards.
Educational arcade games in math, language arts, geography, and more.
Learn how to easily convert temperatures between Celsius & Fahrenheit with this printable chart.
A simple printable showing the conversions of common kitchen measurements.
Explore the concept of coordinate planes with this fun strategy game.
Learn how to test numbers for divisibility with this printable chart.
This simple printable helps children easily remember how many cups, pints, and quarts there are in a gallon.
Literally hundreds of videos on a variety of subject, from math, history, science, and more.
Downloadable freeware for Mac and PC. Timed drills, math squares, number sentences, and more.
Online math drills. You can specify the operations, as well as limit the particular facts that are drilled.
Printable learning chart, worksheets, and flashcards.
Dozens and dozens of online activities and games, for both basic and advanced students.
Mr. Owens teaches online classes in math and science and has made his complete pre-algebra course videos available for free online. These are very well-done and are organized by subject so you can watch the specific video you might need.
Online math drills and math games from early math, basic operations, measurement, all the way up to pre-algebra.
Lessons and games for learning math better. This site was created for adults, but it's great review for kids.
UK site with a large number of high-quality, animated tutorials and activities.
UK site with a large number of high-quality, animated tutorials and activities.
UK site with a large number of high-quality, animated tutorials and activities.
Printable worksheet generator. Basic operations, measurement, graphic, and telling time. There are quite a few worksheet available for free, but they also have a reasonably-priced subscription section that gives you access to the full range of worksheets,
Printable worksheet generator for basic facts, number systems, geometry, calculator skills, money, probably, pre-algebra, and more.
Science
Learn how to easily convert temperatures between Celsius & Fahrenheit with this printable chart.
Similar to the old videos from Mr. Rogers, this site has videos about how just about everything is made.
Thousands of articles on how things work.
Literally hundreds of videos on a variety of subject, from math, history, science, and more.
A printable, alphabetical list of the elements.
A site of stock nature videos that allows you to watch the videos online.
A stock video site of marine life that allows you to watch the videos online.
Printable table plus several more version that can be filled in with either the symbol or the name to help with memorization.
Explore each element through photographs and additional information beyond just the chart.
UK site with a large number of high-quality, animated tutorials and activities in biology, chemistry, and physics.
UK site with a large number of high-quality, animated tutorials and activities in biology, chemistry, and physics.
Fabulous site with a large number of photographs of microscopic life. Billed as "The Institute for the Promotion of the Less than One Millimetre".
Excellent tutorials on physics concepts.
Health & Nutrition
Online games, challenges, and puzzles that teach nutrition concepts to children.
Bible
Download curriculum for Old Testament, New Testament, book studies, and values. This fabulous site has more resources for Bible study than you could probably teach in a lifetime.
Find thirty books of the Bible hidden in paragraph. A challenging puzzle. Downloadable puzzle, hints, and solution.
Music
A variety of learning and drill resources for music theory.
An in-depth music theory course that includes interactive lessons and exercises.
A printable, easy-to-read recorder fingering chart.
Educational website and music-related games for kids.
Music theory tutorials and exercise.
Art
Sequential lessons to help improving basic drawing skills.
High-quality drawing lessons organized by difficulty level.
A very well-done tutorial on learning how to draw humans in motion.
An entire website devoted to well-done tutorials on both drawing and painting.
A very in-depth study on drawing a horse. Includes a study in gait and coloring as well.
A unique lesson about how to represent changes in age in your drawings.
An in-depth tutorial about drawing animals realistically based on their bone and muscle structure.
A tutorial in drawing birds, including their plumage.
A tutorial in how to draw the larger birds, like ostrich and flamingos.
A tutorial in drawing more birds, such as pheasant, turkeys, and owls.
A tutorial in how to draw the big cats, like lions.
A tutorial exploring how to draw different breeds of housecats.
A tutorial exploring the different coat colors and patterns of housecats.
A tutorial in how to draw house cats.
A tutorial demonstrating how to draw Asian dragons.
This is a very interesting tutorial for the advanced student. There aren't step-by-step directions, per se, but the information is very good.
An excellent tutorial on learning to draw hands realistically.
An excellent tutorial on learning to draw hands realistically.
This visual tutorial helps explain how to draw in proportion, muscles, and the face. It also covers drawing the female chest, so I'd suggest previewing it before passing it along to your children.
The YouTube channel fo Bob Davies that includes excellent lessons on acrylic and watercolor painting, most of which are suitable for beginners.
Worksheet Generators
Create custom handwriting worksheets for both print and cursive writing.
Well-done worksheet generator for math, English, handwriting, geography, and more.
Educational Online Games
Educational arcade games in math, language arts, geography, and more.
Free educational games covering art, music, science, math, social studies, english, and health.
Online game by Lufthansa that requires to player to identify cities in Europe within 8 seconds.
Take geography quizzes and even compete in real time against other players around the world.
Online games, challenges, and puzzles that teach nutrition concepts to children.
Educational website and music-related games for kids.
Locate cities around the world with as much accuracy as possible, and as quickly as possible.
Free Curriculum & Lesson Plans
A free homeschool curriculum designed to be as close as possible to the curriculum that Charlotte Mason used in her own private and correspondence schools. The curriculum uses as many free online books as possible.
A directory of free homeschool curricula, literature and text books organized for use by homeschooling families.
Hundreds of free lesson plans covering all subjects.
Online, easy-to-use grammar curriculum including self-tests. Most suitable for middle school and up.
An online community that makes it easy for parents to find free movie-related curriculum, materials, movie screenings, and tools to help plan homeschooling events with your kids.
Free audiobook downloads.
Free ebook downloads. Most are books in the public domain, so you can find a large number of classics here.
Lessons plans and activities for kindergarten through high school. Created for public school teachers, but still helpful for homeschooler.
Homeschool Record-Keeping & Organization
A number of different printable planners for homeschoolers.
My own gradebook and record-keeping spreadsheet for Excel and Open Office.
Web-based homeschool planner and online homeschool community.
Scope & Sequence Resources
*NOTE: I don't necessarily advocate following a scope and sequence, and this is why.
An overview of the BJU Press elementary and secondary curriculum, covering concepts, instructional objectives, skills, etc. and the grade levels at which they are taught.
My own state's scope & sequence for Texas public schools.
A scope and sequence for preschool through 12th grade.


















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