Curricula

 

Once you have identified your schooling style, you will need to decide on a curriculum.  There is a plethora of homeschool curricula available, each one has its strengths and weaknesses.  If possible visit your local homeschool curriculum store (in the Louisville area, you can visit Kurriculum Korner) to browse the materials, or meetup with other homeschoolers to see their curriculum.  Always remember that you know your child better than anyone else, and you can change anything that doesn’t work for you at any time.

 

Here are some cheap or free complete curricula offered online:

• Ambleside Online (Free, Christian)
• Complete Curriculum (Cheap, Secular)
• Discovery K12 (Free, Secular)
• Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool (Free, Christian)
• Free Homeschool Curriculum (Free, Secular?)
• Lesson Pathways (Free, Secular)
• Moby Max (Free, Secular, Commoncore)
• Old-Fashioned Education (Free, Christian)
• Robinson Curriculum (Cheap, Secular?)

Free Books & Curricula Online:

• Archive.Org – a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
• Amazon Kindle – many free text books.
• CLEP Lessons – Free CLEP lesson plans
• Khan Academy – a wide range of free online subjects.
• Inquiry in Action – Free Chemistry Texts and projects
• Math Science Nucleus – Free Science Curriculum
• MIT Open Courseware – Take MIT classes online for free
• Project Gutenburg – books out of copyright like the McGuffey books

 

Other Online Resources:

(Taken from the Clark Co. In. Homeschoolers page with permission)

• http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
• https://www.zeal.com/
• https://www.getkahoot.com/
• https://www.frontrowed.com/
• http://braingenie.ck12.org/
• https://www.zondle.com/
• https://www.mangahigh.com
• www.discoveryk12.com
• http://physicscentral.com/experiment/colormephysics/index.cfm
• http://kids.frontiersin.org/ Frontiers for Young Minds is a web-based scientific journal with an editorial board of kids.
• http://kidshealth.org/kid/
• http://www.virtualhomeschoolgroup.com/
• http://www.math-drills.com/ Thousands of free math printable worksheets
• http://wonderopolis.org/ Where the wonders of learning never cease
• http://www.turtlediary.com/science-games.html
• www.pbskids.org
• www.bookadventure.org
• http://www.brainpop.com
• http://www.chem4kids.com
• http://www.apples4theteacher.com
• http://www.whizz.com
• http://www.lessonpathways.com
• http://spaceplace.nasa.gov
• http://www.guesthollow.com
• http://topdocumentaryfilms.com
• http://www.superchargedscience.com
• http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/ –Virginia State Standards Tests (free)
• http://www.in.gov/dnr/kids/index.htm
• http://www.khanacademy.org
• http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/online_hs.htm
• http://www.cookie.com/
• http://www.aaamath.com/
• http://sandradodd.com/help –how to help for unschooling
• http://www.spanishtown.ca/
• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm
• http://www.education.com/
• http://www.homeschoolshare.com
• http://www.mastermath.info -Middle School Math Video Lessons, Printable Worksheets, and Online Quizzes.
• http://www.kidsknowit.com The Totallly FREE Children’s Learning Network
• http://www.softschools.com Worksheets and games are organized by grades and topics. These printable math and phonics worksheets are auto generated.
• http://www.christianhomeschoolhub.spruz.com Encouragement, Resources, and more
• http://www.gpb.org/salsa 42 spanish videos
• http://www.eequalsmcq.com/classicsciinfo.htm Classic Science, try Life Science for free
• http://fivejs.com/
• www.123teachme.com learn a second (or third) language
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ learn a second (or third) language
• http://www.homeeducationresources.com
• http://www.worldbook.com/typical-course-of-study
• http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm ~MIT OpenCourseWare makes the materials used in the teaching of almost all of MIT’s subjects available on the Web, free of charge. With more than 2,000 courses available, OCW is delivering on the promise of open sharing of knowledge.
• http://alison.com/ A New World of Free Certified Learning
• http://www.mathsisfun.com
• http://www.coolmath4kids.com
• http://www.funbrain.com/
• http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/games-animations All History Ages 5-18
• http://scistarter.com/
• http://www.opened.io/#!/search/areas Open ed, educational videos. All grades
• http://www.watchknowlearn.org/ Free Educational Videos. Organized.
• www.goodreads.com A great tool to keep track of books read and more
• www.xtramath.org
• http://www.readingbear.org/
• http://www.uen.org/k12educator/corelessonplans.shtml.
• http://www.abcya.com/ This is a website with learning games for grades 1-5
• http://allinonehomeschool.wordpress.com/ Easy Peasy, complete, all free curriculum through high school.
• http://wayback.archive-it.org/3635/20140211214957/http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.libraryThinkquest has been discontinued. This is the archive for the website.
• www.mobymax.com Full online curriculum K-8
• www.codecademy.com Learn to Code
• https://www.class-central.com