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By Lori Seaborg of http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/KeepingtheHome

Here are a wealth of resources for homeschooling:
  
Ambleside Online
A free Charlotte Mason curriculum
http://www.amblesideonline.org 

Letter of the Week
A free preschool curriculum
http://www.letteroftheweek.com

Old Fashioned Education
A free Charlotte Mason/Classical/Lit curriculum
http://www.oldfashionededucation.com 

Progressive Phonics
Engaging, fun books for children and parents to read together. Each book focuses on one vowel sound or group of blends, etc. First 5 books are free. Silly stories and pictures to keep kids interested. Highly recommended.
http://www.progressivephonics.com/ 

Tanglewood Education
A Charlotte Mason education
http://www.tanglewoodeducation.com     
    
Advice and Support for Home-Schoolers
HomeSchool Advice and Support Online Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomeSchoolAdviceandSupport

All Subjects
Internet Resources for Teachers
http://www.internet4classrooms.com 

Ancient Mesopotamia Lesson Plans
Samples from the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute Curriculum Guides
http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/teacherresources/article.php?m=Lesson%20Plans 

Appalachian Folktales
lesson plans and full-text tales from Appalachian Mountains
http://www.ferrum.edu/applit/bibs/tales/#Women 

Art Lessons
full art lessons for free
http://www.artyfactory.com 

Art Videos from Jan Brett
Children's author and illustrator teaches how to draw animals
http://www.janbrett.com/video/video_main_page.htm 

Audio Books
from Librivox
http://www.librivox.org 

Audiobooks for Kids
Emperor's New Clothes, Jack & the Beanstalk, Little Mermaid, MORE...
http://lightupyourbrain.com/audio-stories-for-children.html 

Clip Art for Teachers
free clip art for educational purposes, great for research projects, lap books, etc
http://www.school-clip-art.com/ 

E-Sword Bible w/ Strong's concordance
Free downloadable KJV Bible with Strongs concordance for Windows. After the initial download is complete and it is installed the site has dozens of free Bibles, Bibles in different languages, maps, concordances, dictionaries (Webster's 1828 is one of them), commentaries, books, etc that can be added to it also. No Spyware.
http://www.e-sword.net/ 

Educational Software
usa | world | animals | vocabulary | health | science | math | history
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/teachers.htm 

Edupostings
Free links for teachers and parents of K-12 students, updated daily, lots of free offers
http://www.edupostings.com/Chips.asp 

Elementary Grammar
Scott Foresman
http://www.sfreading.com/resources/ghb.html 

Elementary Math Program
1st - 6th grade math program
http://ceure.buffalostate.edu/~csmp/ 

Elementary Science Lesson Plans
Science Units for grades 1-5
http:/www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/elemsci.html 

English Resource for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced
Free online quizzes and more!
http://www.usingenglish.com 

Federal Reserve Bank
Educational comic books on finances - FREE, incl. shipping
http://www.ny.frb.org/publications/result.cfm?comics=1 

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Free curriculum and lesson plans on economics, social studies/history, personal finance and banking
http://www.frbsf.org/education/curriculum/index.html 

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Teaching and Learning Resources from the US Federal Government
http://free.ed.gov 

George Washington Lesson
Full lesson, including teacher's guide
http:/www.georgewashington.si.edu/kids/teacherguide.pdf

Guitar Lessons
Free online lessons
http://www.freeguitarvideos.com/ 

Handbook of the Birds of the World
The Internet Bird Collection: videos and songs of birds
http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/index.html 

Hobbies -- Online Videos
How to Videos
http://www.expertvillage.com/category/hobbies.htm 

Homeschool eStore
Sign up for a free account and download a free eBook every week.
https://www.homeschoolestore.com/ 

Interactive Online Surgeries
Learn about surgery by performing some (non-photo graphics)
http://edheads.org/ 

K-12 Instructional Media Center
Amazing Site!! Over 1900+ confirmed links to educational information, virtual fieldtrips, special libraries (such as NASA), all free, teacher tips for integrating subjects and special ed
http://www.k12imc.org/ 

Kids Books
Free online picture books for children ages 4-11
http://www.kidsbooksfree.com/ 

Lapbook with an Apple Theme
Free 16-page ebook on making a lapbook with an apple theme
http:/www.liveandlearnpress.com/apple.pdf 

Learn to be Healthy
Health and Nutrition Activities and Lesson Plans
http://www.learntobehealthy.org 

Learning Resources
Free worksheets and resources
http://www.rhlschool.com/ 

Many Books
Fully downloadable books - over 17,000
http://manybooks.net/ 

Math Activities for 3rd-6th Grade
Hands-on activities for teaching probability & statistics
http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/youth/mathacademy.html 

Math Curriculum
A free math curriculum from the UK
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mep/default.htm 

Math Worksheet Generator
Create your own math worksheets
http://themathworksheetsite.com/ 

Math and Language Worksheets
Algebra Worksheets & More (Math & Language Arts - Grades K and Up)
http://www.dositey.com/math58.htm 

Musical Games
Word Match, Composer's Keyboard
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/games.html 

National Gallery of Art
Free lending materials: DVDs, Videos, Slides, Curriculum sent to your home
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/loanfinder/ 

National Library of Learning Manipulatives
"Virtual" math manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/index.html 

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Math Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html 

Nature Field Guides
Type in your zip code; email may be left blank
http://www.enature.com 

Notebooking Nook
Offering FREE and affordable notebooking pages
http://www.notebookingnook.com/index.html 

Nutrition Curriculum
by Dr. David L. Katz, MD
http://www.davidkatzmd.com/nutritiondetectives.aspx 

Online Resources
Lots of free links
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreeHomeschool/message/1044 

Open CourseWare
Free University Courses, founded by MIT
http://ocwconsortium.org/ 

Open Office
Free Office Suite! Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentation Program, and more.
http://www.openoffice.org 

Phonics Books
Free full text phonics books online
http://progressivephonics.com/

Phonics Program for Preschool
Free phonics program with games
http://www.starfall.com 

Portal to A LOT of free stuff! Gamequarium
Free keyboarding program, learning games, phonics games, computer lab, math, science, language arts. Excellent resource.
http://www.gamequarium.com/

PowerPoint Presentations
For all subjects and grades
http:/jc-schools.net/ppt.html 

Preschool
Free preschool and early childhood education activities, lesson plans, themed units
http://www.first-school.ws/ 

Printable Homeschool
Report cards, lesson plans, and much more to print out
http://www.printablehomeschool.com/ 

Printables
Variety of free printables
http://www.senteacher.org/Print/ 

Reading Program
Reading Program
http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/stairway.html 

Reading Program
Society for Quality Education
http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/stairway.html 

Science Curriculum
Lessons and Workbooks in PDF to download
http://msnucleus.org/curriculum/curriculum.html 

Science Units from Natl. Istitutes of Health
Elementary, Middle, and High School Units for Biology, Chemistry, & Medicine
http://science-education.nih.gov/supplements 

Science Website
Includes free coloring pages on some animals
http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/animals.html 

Science With Me
Elementary ages science
http://www.sciencewithme.com/ 

Shape books
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html 

Sites For Teachers
Hundreds of sites for teachers ranked by popularity, lots of high quality, free resources
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/ 

Spelling Curriculum
Free online curriculum for Spelling
http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com/spelling 

TLSBOOKS
Free Worksheets for Pre-K to 5th grade
http://www.tlsbooks.com/index.html 

Teacher Genie
Allows teachers to "make a wish" for something pertaining to schooling, under $50, and the wish may come true. Homeschoolers are eligible.
http://realkids.com/magic.php 

Teacher help website
Lots of free customizable printables
http://www.edhelper.com 

Typing Program for ages 7-11
  A very fun program
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing 

Unit Studies
Some in the style of Five in a Row
http://www.homeschoolshare.com 

Woodlands Junior School
Literacy, Science, Math & Teacher Zones (Look for the links on the right sidebar.)
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/ 

World History for Us All
Middle/High School Secular World History Curriculum
http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/dev/default.htm 

kindersite
Free elementary fun and educational games...
http://www.kindersite.org 

us mint
Free lesson plans state quarters nickles dollars...
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/teachers/lessonPlans/ 

 
Lori and her husband, Tim and their four children, ages 4-12, make their home on a river on the Florida-Alabama Gulf Coast.  A typical homeschooling day finds the Seaborg children loaded up in a canoe with books in hand.  Lori's interests include organic gardening, raising chickens and goats, and writing.  Click here to read her blog on Preciousmoms.com.