Happy September, and happy start of the school year! I thought I would celebrate by showing you some of my favorite free homeschool resources. Maybe you will find something new on this list?
Now I do want to state that these will have a Charlotte Mason feel to them, because that is what I base our schooling off of. In fact, the first site that I want to share with you is the template we start with each year, Ambleside online. Ambleside online is a wonderful website run for free by passionate homeschool parents. It gives book lists and recommendations for every school year up to graduation. It lists resources for folk songs, composers, artist studies and more. If you are looking for a wonderful book on almost any topic, search their reading lists and you will probably find one.
https://www.amblesideonline.org/
We’re jumping right in with another big one, The Good and the Beautiful. This is another site run by and for homeschooling parents. They do offer many wonderful paid products, but they are also so passionate about parents being able to afford good quality curriculum at home that they offer their math and language arts programs for free. Yes, you read that right! You can download the full year long curriculum and print it yourself for free. We have only just started to try these out in our home, but we have used some of their science units and loved them.
Even if you aren’t a big fan of Charlotte Mason, The Burgess Animal Book is a wonderful way to do the science of animals with children. Personally I found it incredibly helpful to to do the colouring pages alongside of the readings. I used this resource list from the After thoughts blog to find colouring pages to print. Full disclosure, this is an older post. When I was using it not every link was still active, but trust me when I say that it is so worth it to only have to track down a few random animals to fill in the gaps! You can find the full list here:
The Burgess Animal Book for Children Coloring Page Collection
This one feels like a bit of a cop-out, but I really can’t make this list without mentioning Pinterest. I could spend forever linking individual things that I have found on there. Copywork, unit studies, art projects, writing prompts, science experiments, math games… All of it is there. You have the collective creativity of the entire internet, take advantage of it!
So that was kind of a broad strokes list, mostly of sites that have a variety of things to offer. Do you have any interest in lists for specific subjects or age groups? I would be happy to share what we have enjoyed ourselves!
P.s. Don’t forget your local library! You might be surprised by what they have to offer!
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