K5 Computer Lab

This is a great site with technology lesson plans for elementary school children from very simple activities for kindergarten age through quite advanced lessons for 5th grade. There are activities for word processing, spreadsheets and graphing, powerpoint presentations, graphic arts, multimedia, internet research and more.

“My 7 yo has been wanting to learn more about computers and while searching for some lesson plans I stumbled across this. This site has lessons and activities for K-5.  Some of the things that are covered are internet research, word processing, spreadsheets, graphic arts and lots more.  They have projects for PC’s and Mac.  I am so excited to show this to my son.” – First submitted by Freebie Hunter Lacey White (thanks, Lacey!)

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Classics for Kids

Here’s a wonderful, WONDERFUL site for music appreciation study and listening! Classics for Kids is a weekly radio program from Cincinnati Public Radio. Their site features tons of great resources aimed at kids. In addition to biographies on famous (and not-so-famous) composers, there are also timelines, games, activities, lesson plans & teacher resources and best of all — large archives of their past radio programs and also individual pieces of classical music, playable online anytime.

“Right now this is one of my favorite freebie sites, because we are just starting Music Studies at our house.” – First submitted by Sarah Eppert (thanks, Sarah!)

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Pollinator Partnership

“Enough curriculum here to keep you busy for months : )
Lesson plans, worksheets,free posters,so many links! etc -all on pollinators- bees, bats, hummingbirds,moths,butterflies,and wildfowers.” – First submitted by Tracy Perone (thanks again, Tracy!)

Wonderful collection of nature study materials, activities and downloads — very good for springtime learning!

Click here to go to their download page!

Untamed Science

TONS of video podcasts covering a wealth of topics in biodiversity, biology and even filmmaking! Quite hip and cutting edge videos. There’s also a page of good biology lesson plans. Take time to explore this site, there is definitely something here you can use in your homeschool

“This is another video based site we use for “Ecology” class. It also has biology and general science topics. Secular based.” – First submitted by Tracy Perone (thanks again, Tracy!)

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George Washington’s Portrait – an Interactive Tour

Given that Monday is President’s Day here in the USA, here’s a site about our first President, George Washington. Listen to the interesting audio & click the links on the interactive painting… VERY interesting and informative!

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First submitted by Freebie Hunter Deborah Roennebeck (thanks, Deborah!)

The Math Worksheet Site

“One free resource that I use on a weekly basis is the worksheet generator at The Math Worksheet Site.  There is a variety of math worksheets to print here and most of them are customizable. You can choose how many problems per page, what operations/numbers to include, etc.  Additionally, they provide answer keys (yeah!).  Our favorite ones are the 5-minutes drills.  I print a page for each of my children (according to their math level) and every Friday we hold Math Drill Time.  The goal is to complete as many problems as possible (correctly!) within the 5 minutes.  We keep a chart on the wall to record scores, so they can race against themselves.” – First submitted by  Carrie Siebert (thanks, Carrie!)

There are many types of worksheets you can create on the free side of the site. More on the paid site if you need ‘em.

Click here to go to the site!

Ellen McHenry’s Basement Workshop

“This is one of my very favorite spots–I cannot believe she gives this stuff away.  Ellen is a gifted artist who loves science; she has created a BUNCH of things (in several subjects, not just science) to build and make and play with (games, too), and organized them for us.  I especially love that many of them are for older than the elementary years. Enjoy!”  – First submitted by Freebie Hunter Ginger O. (thanks, Ginger!)

Click here to go to this great site… Ginger’s right, there’s TONS of great stuff to discover here!

Annenberg Learner Video Courses

“This site has free video courses for almost any subject! I have used it often for my high schooler, and sometimes my jr high guy. It is secular based. My daughter watches the series “The Habitable Planet”, as well as reads the online free text for her “Ecology” high school course (Not much else out there for ecology homeschool curriculum yet, so this is great)” – First submitted by Freebie Hunter Tracy Perone (thanks, Tracy!)

There are dozens of complete Annenberg Learner program courses and hundreds of full length streaming videos on this site on a huge array of topics – from a History of American Cinema to Algebra Concepts. A few are available only on DVD, but the vast majority are right there – for free – online. Limited to the USA and Canada only. These are perfect for jr & senior high student courses and electives. Don’t miss this!

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Free American Sign Language course at American Sign Language University

“There are 30 free video lessons that are meant to cover 2 semesters for 1 full credit. Each lesson has Objectives listed at the top with links to other learning resources.  Each lesson has videoed vocabulary, sentences, and sometimes a videoed “story.” – First Submitted by Freebie Hunter Marty at homeschoolersresources.blogspot.com (you can read her very good review of the site there – thanks, Marty!)

Click here to go to the Sign Language Course site!

Cool Math 4 Kids

“One of the website we like to use is Cool Math 4 Kids – it’s full of all sorts of games that kids like, all while learning math.” – First submitted by EJ (thanks, EJ!) 

As the site says, it looks like an amusement park of math fun, games & puzzles. Lots of neat flash based computer games (not downloadable, but playable while online) in a multitude of categories, including some neat brain teaser puzzles. A neat way to have some rewarding math fun!

Click here to go to the site