Great Websites Helps

• General Homeschooling Websites

   

  This list is not in a particular order I just stuck them in as I came to them or have used them.

• Online lesson planner

• Abundant Life (homeschool curriculum ideas) 
•  Well Trained Mind (classical ideas & helps)

• Charlotte Mason (info, materials, curriculum) 

• Sonlight curriculum 
• A Mind in the Light (great CM information, curriculum, lists)
• CM curriculum list
• Easy Classical (this saved me early on, very easy to follow curriculum for classical learning) 
• Charlotte Mason Institute 
• Charlotte Mason guide 
• CM - A Delectable Education (great podcast for CM ideas) 
• SabbathMood Homeschool - great CM science helps
• Charlotte Mason links - great resource
• Motherhood on a Dime (many activity ideas)
• My Fathers World curriculum 
• Confessions of a Homeschooler  (curriculum and other activity ideas)
• Singapore (Math curriculum)
• Heart of Dakota (whole curriculum for preschool through middle school)
• We Teach Virtues (blog on stories teaching virtues to children)
• Linton Academy (blog on ideas and curriculum ideas for ages toddlers to school age)
• Old Fashioned Education (great free resources for all kinds of curriculum and ages have really liked the character and moral site)
• Classical Christian Homeschooling (the great books list for all ages)
• Yesterday's Classics (great living books for various subjects K-9)
• Living and Learning at Home (classical homeschool blog)
• 100 Most Misspelled Words
• Christianity.com (great website for stories and info on church history)
• Rachel's Reflections (great side on Classical learning ideas particularly using Classical Conversations)
• Happy House Wife (great free resources for homeschooling)
• Homeschool Science Press (good ideas for Science activities)
• Homeschool Tracker (online program to keep records for free)
• List of Free learning sites 
• Sunny Patch (Well Trained Mind based blog good ideas and book lists) preschool-early elementary
• Catholic Homeschool (good blog with some good ideas based on the Well Trained Mind) 
• Great books online link through Well Trained Mind
• Seterra (geography free program to download awesome!!!)
• Easy Peasy Curriculum (free online curriculum preschool-part high school) also great for studying for clep exams!
• Answer in Genesis (curriculum offered)
• Free Classical (a classical curriculum outlined by grade level)
• Grammar practice website for middle-high school
• Bible outlines for books in the Bible
• Ambleside Online (Charlotte Mason type of curriculum detailed by grade year)
• Teknia (Greek for high school course) using this curriculum:  Basics of Biblical Greek 
• Nature Journaling ideas  
• Picture Study (ideas for a Artist study CM)
• Composer Study (ideas for studying music CM)
• Shakespeare with Children (how to study it along side of a CM philosophy)
• Charlotte Mason Help (great website on the CM plan)
• Links and Living Books (great website for CM)
• CM ideas 
• Handbook of Nature Studies (nature journal ideas) 
• Reflections from Drywood Creek (homeschool ideas CM)
• Sage Parnassus (ideas CM blog)
• Classics Reading List
• Roman Roads Media (high school course on the Great Books)
• Reading Through History (list of book suggestions)
• Doctrine Matters (great theology/Bible book list Grade 1-12)
• Handbook of Nature Study (great tool for getting kids in nature CM ideas)
• Afterthoughts blog - (great helps with CM education)
• Language Transfer - (great tool to help you learn languages for free!)
• Book list (thousands of books arranged by time period!) 
• Creek Edge Press - great for Classical/Montessori approach
• Field trip ideas-
• More field trip ideas
• Virtual field trip ideas
• A Book in Time - list of great book ideas
• Good Reads - good book list
• Amyswandering - a GREAT resource for FREE Literature guides
• Living Books Library - great resource for good books to read CM
• Circe Institute (offering good resources for classical CM)
• LibraryThing - great way of keeping track of all of your home books!  :) great resource!
• Hymns at Home - hymn resources 
• Bible at School and Home - digital copy great resource for teaching Bible to students
• Acts of the Apostles (Knox) - great resource for teaching the book of Acts for students
• John Muir Laws - great helps on nature journaling
• Little Songster - great website for songs

Online Schools/Classes (not typical inclusive curriculum schools)

 

• Veritas Press online (school offers courses self-paced and online as well as classical learning materials)
• Potters school
• Landry Academy CLOSED
  
• PA Homeschoolers
• North Star Academy (offers self paced courses)
• Art of Problem Solving (great online courses and curriculum in math for advanced learners)
• Online G3 (online courses for advanced readers) 
• BraveWriter (writing online courses)
• Cindy Marsch’s Writing (writing course)
• Classical Academic Press (foreign language courses & logic courses)
• Blue Tent Online (English courses)
• Write at Home (writing courses)
• Tapestry of Grace (using their curriculum online classes)
• Apologia (using Apologia texts, biology & science courses)
• Webster's Academy (writing courses)
• Inspired Scholar (writing courses using IEW)
• Home2teach (writing courses)
• Writing Foundations (writing courses using IEW)
• Write Guide (writing courses) 
• Biblio Plan (history, Bible & literature curriculum)
• Illuminations (history, Bible & literature curriculum combined)
• Truth Quest (history, Bible curriculum)
• Well trained mind forum (topic list of online classes)
• Derek Owens (self paced classes science & math) 
• Rolling Acres Farm (self paced, online classes Catholic but offers German, and French)
• Wayfarers (great classical curriculum for elementary-early middle school)
• HSLDA (homeschooling helps, many resources here)
• Hilsdale College (offering free online courses) Also have one on C.S.Lewis
• Big River Academy (offering a wide variety of online classes)
• GA Virtual Learning - (offering free classes for MS-HS in all courses)
• Center for Lit (great resources and classes offered for (MS-HS)

 

 Preschool/Kindergarten Websites 

 

 I have not tried all of these curriculum's, but when I was searching for the right curriculum for my little ones I collected a whole bunch of sites and curriculum's that others have recommended.  You can see what I have chosen in my curriculum posts but thought others might like to know all options that are out there.  However, the websites posted I have used and have learned from.

• Starfall.com (my son loved using this online program for preschool and phonics)

• Homeschoolshare ( great lap books for preschool on up)

• Homeschool 4 Me (preschool ideas)

• Mud Hut Mama (preschool curriculum & ideas) 

• Huge List of preschool websites 

•  Best Homeschooling.org (numerous preschool/kind. ideas simple not "curriculum oriented")

• Great Link for ideas for a non traditional homeschool curriculum toddler-kindergarten

• In Lieu of Preschool (preschool ideas)

•  Growing a Godly Girl (preschool ideas & curriculum)

• ABC and 123 learning (blog on combining good books to unit studies great preschool-kind)

• 123 Homeschool 4 Me (great curriculum ideas mostly preschool and kindergarten)

• List of teaching preschool websites 

• Making Learning Fun (great ideas and printables preschool-kindergarten)

• 1+1+1=1 (preschool curriculum) 

• Chasing Cheerios (blog on preschool ideas)

• Itty Bitty Bookworm (great curriculum for preschool-kindergarten using books but a bit pricey)

• Brightly Beaming Resources (complete curriculum for Ages 1yr and up to reading age) 

• Hubbard's Cupboard (complete preschool and kindergarten curriculum)

•  101 Things to do with your preschooler

• Homeschool Creations (curriculum ideas)  

• Delightful Learning (great blog on preschool ideas/kinder using BFIAR as well)

• Activity Mom (blog on activities and ideas preschool-kindergarten)

• Counting Coconuts (blog on preschool ideas and activities) 

• My Pursuit of (blog on great ideas using books from FIAR in a unit)

• No Time For Flashcards (blog for activities baby-early school age)

• Pamm's House (daycare curriculum, preschool great ideas)

• Mathematical Reasoning (math curriculum beginning with preschool) 

• Montessori Mom (blog on activities for preschool and early school age)

• ABC Jesus Loves Me curriculum 

• Singapore Math (preschool- Essentials & Early Bird) 

• Happy and Blessed Home (preschool-k ideas and a good developmental checklist)

• Horizon or Alpha Omega (preschool curriculum)

•  What Your Preschooler Needs to Know (my son loves this book he is an advanced 2yr. old but loves to read it!)
•  Kumon books (great for cheap early learning workbooks)

• Getting Ready for the Code (workbooks to go along phonics learning for preschoolers)

• Hooked on Phonics (phonics program)

• Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading (Classical book teaching phonics by Wise)

• Miquon Math (beginning math curriculum using cuisenaire rods)

• Memoria Press (curriculum for preschool and also elementary ages)

• All About Reading (phonics program)

• Developing the Early Learner (preschool curriculum)

• Sing, Spell, Read and Write (phonics program)

• The Reading Eggs (phonics online program)

• The Reading Bear (phonics free online program) my son enjoyed using this one 

• The Apple Cider Mill (some good ideas for books and units for preschool/kindergarten)

• The Adventures of Bear (great Montessori ideas preschool-kind.)

•  ABC Fast Phonics (free phonics online program)

• Simple coloring pages (toddler to kindergarten)

• Preschool curriculum idea complete

• Writing template paper large lined (preschool kindergarten)

• Coloring Castle (great site for free coloring pages) 

• Child Care Lounge (great ideas for units for preschool/kind.) 

• Artful Homemaking (preschool ideas BFIAR)

•  Lessons with My Little Ones (preschool ideas blog BFIAR)

• LARGE list of preschool ideas units 

•  Measured Mom (great homeschool ideas)

• Preschool printables (mazes, dot dots, many activities)

• Lilbunnyhops (great printable activities for preschoolers)

• Bob books (printables)

Highschool 

• Open Learning Initiative (free college level courses)
• Online German class (free from University of Texas)
• Yabla (foreign language videos free)
• German online for free
• Duolingo (free foreign language courses)
• OSU German online course
• Latin helps- for teaching

Clep/AP Helps

• Study.com
• Clep prep lesson plans
• Hippocampus 
• Opencourse Library (many college courses available to study)
• Prepscholar 
• Free Clep Prep

Please feel free to comment to my list any great site or link that has helped you in your homeschool endeavors I would love to add more!  Thanks!