The Best Free Homeschooling Resources
Homeschooling may not have been on your radar before this year but if you are considering making a change there are some amazing free homeschooling resources available. You can homeschool on a budget and provide your kids with a phenomenal education at home.
Free Homeschool Resources
Easy Peasy All-In-One Homeschool – This is a complete curriculum that includes extremely detailed lesson plans for all grade levels. We used this years ago and had a great experience. It’s still something I go back to when we need some extra material because everything I find there is fantastic.
The Good and the Beautiful – This is not a free curriculum but they do offer free downloads of levels 1-5 of their Language Arts curriculum and a free Marine Biology curriculum so it’s definitely worth checking out if you need a free language arts and science option.
Audible Stories – This is a fantastic collection of free audio books that is perfect fo fill our your language arts curriculum.
Khan Academy – This was originally mostly math videos but now they have a bit of everything!
Duolingo – Learn a new language in just a few minutes a day.
Education.com – This site allows you to download a limited amount of free material every month.
Steve Spangler Science – This is a great resource for free science experiments that you can do at home.
XtraMath – For kids who need a bit of help mastering their math facts, this is a fun way to practice.
Project Gutenberg – This free resource has over 60,000 free ebooks. You’ll find some amazing classics here to supplement your homeschool curriculum.
Free Homeschool Field Trips
- Yellowstone National Park
- San Diego Zoo
- Wide Open School – This has a fantastic collection of virtual field trips!
- National Aquarium
- Great Wall of China
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Museum of Aviation
- Discovery Education
- The White House
- Ellis Island
- Boston Children’s Museum
- African Watering Holes
- Access Mars
- National Children’s Museum
Free Courses for Homeschoolers
Imagineering in a Box – This free course from Disney teaches kids what it takes to be a Disney Imagineer.
Code Academy – A free account gives you access to some great tech courses including basic html.
Educational YouTube Channels for Kids
There are some fantastic YouTube channels that can be used as part of your homeschool curriculum. These are some of our favorites:
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Ted-Ed Kids (This is like Ted Talks for kids)
- Art for Kids Hub
- Crafts for Kids
- Science Mom
- Tree School (Signing Time)
- Free School
- Storyline Online
- Homeschool Pop
- Preschool Prep Channel
- Kids Learning Tube
- Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel
- The Brain Scoop
- Kid Time Story Time
- MsBeckyAndBear’sStoryTime
- National Geographic Kids
- Peekaboo Kidz
- BrainPop
- StoryBots
- RoboTots
- WordWorld
- The Story Time Family
We’ll be adding to this list as we come across great homeschooling resources so check back often. In the meantime, be sure and check out these 100 things to do with kids when you are stuck at home.
