Random Freebies

We wanted to share some of our absolute favorite spam-free websites and freebies with you!

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On-Line Games/Activities/Videos:

Kabongo
Starfall
PBS Kids Go
Fun for the Brain
Classics for Kids (Music)
Poisson Rouge
StoryNory
StoryCove
neoK12
Sprocket Works (Science)  
Peep and the Big Wide World
Mighty Book Jr.
Sheppard Software
6,000 Free Printable Mazes
Seussville


Curriculum:
Internet4Classrooms
Stairway to Reading 
Progressive Phonics
Letter of the Week
1+1+1=1
Adventure Tales - Free History Books in PDF Format


Free books:
For a limited time, you can download a free audio of the entire book Swamp Robber by Paul Hutchens, the first book in the Sugar Creek Gang series. 

http://www.belovedbooks.com/freebie.html

Free MP3 Recordings of the ENTIRE Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis:
http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/series/the_chronicles_of_narnia

100 Free G.A. Henty Books in PDF format:   http://books.google.com/ebooks?q=inauthor:%22George+Alfred+Henty%22&as_brr=4

20+ Free G.A. Henty Book Audio Recordings in mp3 format:  https://catalog.librivox.org/search.php?title=&author=Henty&status=all&action=Search

The King Will Make a Way by Lee Giles, along with some of her other homeschooling resources:
http://hebrews110.wordpress.com/free-stuff/
http://hebrews110.wordpress.com/the-king-will-make-a-way/

Grammar Land: Or Grammar In Fun for the Children of
Schoolroom-Shire, by M. L. Nesbitt: 
http://www.letticebell.com/GrammarLand.pdf
Worksheets to use with GrammarLand:
http://dontneednoeducation.blogspot.com/search?q=Grammar+Land&x=0&y=0

Home of Heroes: e-books and e-coloring-books about American heroes, including those who served in WWI & WWII, along with many others:
http://homeofheroes.com/books/

Nim's Island and Lapbook Unit Study  Literature Unit Study including many science tie-ins created by OUR OWN FAMILY!!!  Visit our Nim's Island blog post to find out more details of how to plan to use this book as a unit study.

FREE AUDIO PROGRAMS
Old Time Radio Shows:
Access old time radio programs; many are historical dramatizations as well as audios of classics:  http://www.homeschoolshare.com/Radio_Show_Lapbook.php

Kiddie Records On-line:  http://www.kiddierecords.com/

TYPING PROGRAM:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

SCIENCE:

Nature Study:   Anna Botsford Comstock's The Big Handbook of Nature Study  A great resource to have to explore nature in your own backyard.

The Jason Project: Science curriculum, including Operation: Monster Storms (Weather), Operation: Resilient Planet (Ecology), Operation: Infinite Potential (Energy), and Operation: Tectonic Fury (Geology) 
 http://www.jason.org/public/whatis/start.aspx

Classic Science Elementary Life Science Curriculum: 

An entire life science textbook (Student & Parent Edition) by Scott McQuerry, an 8th grade science teacher with former experience within the homeschooling community, is available in pdf format for free. The parent edition includes tests, worksheets, and experiments for a full 36-week science program at the elementary grade level.  Did I mention it's FREE??!? Not only is it free, it's a GREAT RESOURCE!!
 http://eequalsmcq.com/ClassicScienceLife.htm

Classic Science Experiments:

You can also sign up to receive Mr. Q's monthly science experiment (some of which will greatly interest older children, including moms and dads), and if you access his "lab," you can download the previous experiments for life science, earth science, physical science, and chemistry.
http://eequalsmcq.com/LabNotesArchive.htm

Pre-School Curriculum, Character Studies, Workbox Printables, and much, much more:
http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-printables.html

GREAT themed worksheets for Pre-K through Grade 3:
http://www.learningpage.com/

Geography Maps:
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=world&Mode=b&SubMode=

Free unit study, notebooking, and lapbooking resources:

MANY unit study resources and lapbooking templates for literature, history, and science.   http://www.homeschoolshare.com/

Dynamic 2 Moms:  Some really fantastic unit study and lapbooking resources are availabe from Dynamic 2 Moms. Includes lapbook templates for the Renaissance and Medieval Period, along with a multitude of other topics available.
http://dynamic2moms.webs.com/apps/blog/?page=5

Notebooking Nook: 
http://notebookingnook.blogspot.com/2009/10/freebies-organized-by.html

Currclick.com Freebies:
http://www.currclick.com/index.php?free=1&filters=0_0_0


PaperCraft Toys: 
Canon's website:http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/2028/list_45_2.html
www.papertoys.com
www.thetoymaker.com

Flylady is helping me to learn how to keep house!www.flylady.com


Free math curriculum: 

Math Key - Grades 1 -5
http://www.freemathprogram.com/

Math Apprentice

Bridges in Mathematics - Complete practice books with blackline answer keys and student workbook pages for Grades K-5.  Go to the lower right side of the screen to find the Practice Book Blackline pdfs (in green text).  You can also access the correlations for several states (on the left) and supplemental activities (in the center).
http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/resources/materials/tn

Other great freebies:

Homeschool Freebie of the Day by the Erskine family
http://www.homeschoolfreebieoftheday.com/

Homeschool Radio Show Audio Programs by the Erskine family
http://www.homeschoolradioshows.com/

Sheppard Software - On-line learning games
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/