Free homeschool resources

[farmgirl]

Thanks so much! I get calender printables that we decorate and fill out from
http://homeschooling.about.com/

I get free math worksheets and handwriting practice sheets from http://www.softschools.com.

I get free unit studies from http://www.schoolexpress.com/news_sub.php

[antsinmypants]

awesome

[topekaclark]

I missed this thread, must have been in la-la land.

Thanks for the free stuff. I should have some in my email too. One place is a having a black friday special for free or cheap unit themes/lap books.

It will be later though.

[topekaclark]

www.homeschoolestore.com


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[Green Darner]

Links for free science stuff:

Monteray Bay Aquarium (for oceanography fun)
http://www.mbayaq.org/lc/teachers_place/resources.asp
Lots of information and activities for aquatic lovers

ZOOM (for fun science experiments)
http://pbskids.org/zoom/images/nav/homepage/zoomlogo.gif
Try the tongue map experiment - I never believed that different parts of your tongue only taste certain things until we did this! It was very interesting!

What's That Bug (can't identify a bug? Go here!!)
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/ Scroll until you see the categories on the left side bar and click on a category to see great pictures to identify your creepy crawlies LOL!

Science of Cooking (no science equipment? Cook something! LOL)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/index.html

Guide to North American Birdsongs
http://sirismm.si.edu/testperl/nasongkey.pl
Did you hear a robin or an oriole? Find out here!

[Green Darner]

Name the states
http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf
Fun online name the states game.
It's timed so ya gotta be fast LOL!

[Green Darner]

Owl and Mouse
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm
Free educational software. Lots of activities, maps, etc. to download.

[Green Darner]

DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids
http://www.dltk-kids.com/
Need a craft? This is THE place to go.
Bible crafts, holiday crafts, animal crafts, and oodles more!

[LupusMommyto5]

Free Printable Worksheets:

http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/home.html

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html

http://www.abcteach.com/index.html

Contents of the "Free Physics Textbook". http://www.motionmountain.net/contents.html

http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/consonants-activities.htm

The "Elements" song: http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html

Free Video,DVD, or Multi-media materials. A lot of the free materials listed below are secular. You just have to pick and choose things that you can use and try to skip the science stuff unless it's things like weather or animal habitats.

Freshwater Fred's Lending Library is brought to you by Hoosier Energy and its Environmental Education Center, located at the Turtle Creek Reservoir in Sullivan County, Ind.

Materials are available to educators including homeschools in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin for 30-day intervals. Renewals are subject to demand. Educators are limited to 10 items at any one time. http://www.hepn.com/library/content/splash.asp


Video Placement Worldwide- Free educational materials. http://www.vpw.com/

http://www.izzit.org/videoclub/

Thank you for the Freshwater Fred's Library resource, I ordered some things from them 3 days ago. They came today and were so helpful, they even sent a pre-paid return package for me to send them back in, and there were no problems/charge what-so-ever.

Awesome Resource. Lot's to choose from.:thumb


Nannette (a.k.a. LupusMommyto5)

[topekaclark]

I have a folder full of resources, I don't want to overwhelm anyone. I feel overwhelmed at times when I'm trying to find something. If you want more let me know. I copied this list from another hs site.

Virtual Field Trips

http://oops.bizland.com/vtours.htm

http://www.eduhound.com/showlinks.cf...al+Field+Trips

http://www.d131.kane.k12.il.us/virfield.htm

http://midgefrazel.net/fieldtrip.html

http://www.techtrekers.com/virtualft.htm

http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space...eld.trips.html