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Chels from the Homeschool Lounge kindly left this information that I thought would be invaluable to all those who are looking to supplement their curriculum or to create our own completely free!

To me, this is the ultimate index! Enjoy (and thank you Chels!)

Whole Curriculum:
Ambleside Online http://amblesideonline.org
Old Fashioned Education http://oldfashionededucation.com
Puritan Homeschool Curriculum. Contains many subjects but is religious. http://www.puritans.net/curriculum
Core Knowledge. Teacher jargon outline is at the beginning of each lesson. Scroll past this to get to the actual activity pages of the lesson. http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/index.htm
Baltimore Curriculum Project. Uses Core Knowledge. http://www.cstone.net/~bcp/BCPIntro2.htm

Whole Curriculum Guides/Schedules:
Simply Charlotte Mason. Charlotte Mason Style Schedule. Lots of free resources available as well. Some items do have a charge. http://simplycharlottemason.com
Tanglewood Education. Whole curriculum ideas and lists. Reading Schedules for lower grades. http://www.tanglewoodeducation.com

Preschool Curriculum:
Letter of the Week http://www.letteroftheweek.com
Rimes and Rhymes http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm#This...
Hubbard's Cupboard http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/pre-kindergarten.html

Math:
Ray's Arithmetic http://books.google.com/books?id=eopZHDoOTMMC&printsec=frontcov...
CSMP Materials. Grades k-6. http://ceure.buffalostate.edu/~csmp/CSMP%20Program/index.html
First Lessons in Arithmetic http://www.donpotter.net/math.htm
NC Public Schools http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/math/archives/2005/06/grades_k2_re...
Centre for Innovation (UK) http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mep/default.htm
Living Math History (Lesson Plans on Right side of Page) http://livingmath.net/LessonPlans/C1OutlineandBooklists/tabid/287/l...

Math Drill:
(Online) Math Magician http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html
Printable Math Sheets http://www.mathfactcafe.com
(online) Math U See http://mathusee.com/drill.html
Math Worksheets to create and print http://themathworksheetsite.com


Phonics:
Progressive Phonics. Free registration required. http://www.progressivephonics.com
Word Mastery http://donpotter.net/PDF/Word%20Mastery%20-%20Typed.pdf
(online) Starfall http://www.starfall.com
Blend Phonics http://www.donpotter.net/Blend%20Phonics.htm

Literature/Reading Guides and Units:
Teacher Guides for Core Classics. Core Knowledge Curriculum. http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/tgcoreclassics.htm
Grade Saver. Lots of Study Guides. http://www.gradesaver.com/study-guides
Novel Study Guides http://www.nt.net/~torino/novels3.html
Reading Units by Gay Miller. Awesome resource. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/units/units_with_books.htm
Garden Of Praise Reading Units. Many popular 2nd and 3rd grade reading level titles. http://www.gardenofpraise.com/lesson.htm
Glencoe Literature Guides. Lots of popular titles. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary
Literature Activity Guides by Nancy Polette. These are samples, but are in depth enough to test if your child understood the story. http://www.nancypolette.com/litguides.asp
SCORE Cyberguides. Some of these have been retired, but there is still plenty to choose from. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyberguide.html
Dangerous Journey lit. Unit. Book is the retelling of Pilgrims Progress by Paul Bunyan (Christian). https://www.visionvideo.com/pdf/DangJourney.pdf
The Hobbit and Screwtape Letters Lit. Units. http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/LitGuild/index.html

Free Books:
Classical Education Library http://www.classical-education.net
Kids 4 Classics. http://www.kids4classics.com
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog
Online Library of Liberty. You could spend a lot of time on this site. http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&Itemid=29
Google Books.Tons of books to read for free. http://books.google.com/books
The Baldwin Project. Lots of free Classic books to print or read online.http://www.mainlesson.com/main/displayarticle.php?article=Christmas
Planet ebook Free section. Lots of Classic literature available to print or read online. http://www.planetebook.com
19th Century Schoolbooks http://digital.library.pitt.edu/nietz/

Audiobooks/Stories:
LibriVox. Free audiobooks http://librivox.org
Storynory. Audio Stories http://storynory.com
Light up your Brain. http://lightupyourbrain.com/audio-stories-for-children.html

Spelling/Vocab.:
ZB Spelling Connections url=http://www.zaner-bloser.com/spellingconnections/practice-pages.html
Splashes from the River http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com/spelling/courseoutline.htm
Webster’s Spelling http://www.donpotter.net/PDF/Webster%27s%20Spelling%20Book%201824.pdf
(online) Spelling City http://www.spellingcity.com/
Merriam-Webster. Daily Buzz Word. http://www.wordcentral.com/buzzword/buzzword.php

Handwriting:

ZB Online http://www.zaner-bloser.com/zbfontsonline/index.htm
Writing Wizard http://www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/handwriting_practice_wor...
Custom Tracer Pages http://www.kidzone.ws/tracers/none/index.asp
Nice Writing Paper printables http://www.2learn.ca/kids2learn/Kpaper.html#

Grammar and creative Writing:
Harvey's Grammar http://books.google.com/books?id=H8AAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcov...
Young Novelist Workbooks. There is a workbook for elementary, middle and high school. Designed to go with national novel writing month, but can be used any time. http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/workbooks
English Banana Elementary Workbook. For individual pages go to: http://www.englishbanana.com/big-grammar-book-english-worksheets.html
Scott Foresman http://www.sfreading.com/resources/ghb.html
Kiss Grammar http://home.pct.edu/~evavra/KISS.htm
Daily Grammar http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml

History:
Scripted People of America History Lessons. http://www.prontolessons.com/lessons.html
Little City Kids. Kindy or 1st grade world history and geography. http://www.littlecitykids.com/lessonplans/index.php
American Heritage. Uses teacher jargon, but is complete. http://www.americanheritage.org/curriculum.html
Mosaic Introduction to World History http://bringinguplearners.com/mosaic-myths-maps-and-marvels
American History http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/history/americanhistoryindex....]American History Curriculum

Geography:
Globalmania by Terri Johnson. Learn world geography in 7 months. http://www.knowledgequestmaps.com/GlobalmaniaRev.pdf
Countries and Cultures around the world. Elementary age. http://www.scribd.com/doc/5622573/Countries-and-Cultures-of-the-World
Sheppard Software Geography (Online) http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
Discover America State by State. Uses the C is for...... book series. http://www.gale.cengage.com/DiscoverAmerica/guides/index.htm
Canada Unit Study http://www.knowledgequestmaps.com/canadaunit.htm
Outline Maps http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/


Current Events:
Channel One http://www.channelone.com
News Hour Extra http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/]NewsHour Extra | PBS
Scholastic News http://www2.scholastic.com/browse
TIME for kids. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/]Time For Kids | Classroom
NY Times Learning Network. Updated daily and many archived lessons. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html

Science:
Rain Forest Curriculum http://rainbird.com/rainforest/index.htm
NASA Educators. Click on Find teaching materials. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html
FossWeb by Delta Education. Click on the subject, then teacher resources. You will then have to click on Teacher Prep videos for the lessons. Everything else on the page supports the lessons. There are games, worksheets, and many additional resources listed. http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html
Engineering for kids ages 8 and up. Single subject lesson plans. Nicely done and easy to understand. http://www.tryengineering.org/lesson.php
Earth Awareness Curriculum for Middle Schoolers http://cygnus-group.com/use-less-stuff/NSTA.html
Life Science Curriculum http://www.eequalsmcq.com/Thank%20you%20for%20downloading%20Life%20...
Otter’s Science http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/science/otters_science/otters...
K-12 Science Curriculum http://www.msnucleus.org/curriculum/curriculum.html
3 Curriculums about Eyes http://www.aaofoundation.org/what/heritage
Take a Cloud Walk http://www.takeawalk.com/cloud-walk/

Computer Science:
Blender 3D animation creation. http://www.blender.org
Computer Programming Course http://www.alice.org/index.php
Computer Training Courses http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/
Computer Animating and Design http://scratch.mit.edu

Art/Music:

Music Theory http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/Fundamentals/workbooks.html
Dick Blick Lessons http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans
Meet the Masters http://www.getinvolvedineducation.com/pdfs/For-Program-Managers/Mee...
A Lifetime of Color http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/main.taf?p=1]A Lifetime of Color - Lesson Plans By Grade
Harmony Fine Arts at Home. Art/music Appreciation for High Schoolers. http://www.harmonyfinearts.com/section/freedownloads/


Typing:
Powertyping.http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty/lessonsq.html
Online typing Course http://www.goodtyping.com/
Dance Mat Typing http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Touch Typing http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/
Kiran's Typing Tutor. http://www.kiranreddys.com/products/typing.html

Foreign Language:
Study Spanish. http://www.studyspanish.com/
BBC Languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
Elementary/Middle School beginning Spanish. The first book listed is a free download. http://nflrc.iastate.edu/pubs/units/unitsList.html
Greek and Latin http://www.textkit.com/
FSI Language Courses http://fsi-language-courses.com/default.aspx
Live Mocha. This is a social site, so you may want to monitor your kids closely on this one. http://www.livemocha.com/

Home Economics:
Future Christian Homemakers. http://www.futurechristianhomemakers.com/FCHLessonsIndex.html

Educational Videos:
neoK12 http://www.neok12.com/
Answers in Genesis (Christian) http://www.answersingenesis.org/kids/videos

Online educational games/activities:

Internet Activities to coordinate with each grade and subject. http://www.gsc.amdsb.ca/
Scholastic http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/learn.jsp
Softschools http://www.softschools.com/math/games/

Virtual Field Trips:
Take a field Trip. http://www.uen.org/tours/fieldtrips2.shtml
Meet Me at the Corner http://www.meetmeatthecorner.org

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High School and College age-ish (Online):

HippoCampus Free Courses http://www.hippocampus.org
Mixed Courses in many subjects http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed
Printable Courses in all subject areas. Not sure who funds this one, but I like how the curriculum is laid out. http://www.pass.leon.k12.fl.us/Special%20Documents/Book%20Subject%2...
University of Berkley Courses. Tons of Free Courses available here. http://webcast.berkeley.edu/
Yale University Open Courses. Nicely done and easy to access IMO. http://oyc.yale.edu/
University of Washington free courses. http://www.outreach.washington.edu/openuw/
M.I.T. open Courseware. Tons of completely free courses in many subjects. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm


Unit Studies/Notebooking:
A Journey Through Learning Inventor unit study and lapbook. Click on Free products. We enjoyed the lapbook. http://ajourneythroughlearning.com]ajourneythroughlearning.com
H.I.P. Pocket Change. Several Lesson Plans revolving around money. http://www.usmint.gov/kids/teachers/lessonPlans/
Various Unit Studies http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/units.htm
Oceanography http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?cPath=46_618&products...
Birds Notebooking pages http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?products_id=16222&it=...


Planning/Forms/Papers/Worksheets:

Homeschool Tracker. Sign-up required, basic edition is free. http://www.homeschooltracker.com/tracker_basic.aspx
Homeschool Inc. Web based planner. http://www.home-school-inc.com/
Online Lesson Planner, Scheduler, and Tracker http://www.homeschoolskedtrack.com/HomeSchool/displayLogin.do
Super Teacher Worksheets. Lots of well done worksheets for all subject areas. Grade level 1st-4th. http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/index.html
Donna Young http://donnayoung.org/
Free Forms http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/forms.html
Highland Heritage Forms http://highland.hitcho.com.au/Forms.htm

My Favorite Freebie Sites:
HSLaunch http://www.hslaunch.com/mypage/
Homeschool Helper http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/index.htm
Homeschool Freebie of the day. If you Sign-up for the weekly email, you will receive additional free resources. http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/
Currclick. They feature a free product once a week to download. It usually changes Monday afternoons. http://www.currclick.com/index.php
Freely educate. Lots of great links here. http://www.freelyeducate.com/
Hoagies Gifted. Tons of Free high school curriculum links. http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/online_hs.htm
Homeschool Share http://www.homeschoolshare.com/
Education World.I really like the lesson of the day feature. Check out the Lesson Plans Page. http://educationworld.com/

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