As we are starting to think about what curriculum we are going to use next year, I am hearing many of my friends having some real concerns with money.  The economy is really tight right now and living off of one income is difficult in the best of circumstances.  I decided to put together a list of sites that offer either free stuff (some the whole site, some just part of it) or they offer really good bargains. 

*Warning* this is going to be long!!!!

Curriculum Sites- These site offer a curriculum guide for free.  Even if you do not follow their plan, the sites have a lot of advice and good stuff to use.

Old- Fashioned Education

 http://oldfashionededucation.com/

Ambleside

 http://www.amblesideonline.org/

Subscription sites- These do charge money, but they have a lot off good stuff.  I use the site frequently, especially Ed- Helper.  They have tons of stuff.  With both sites, you have the ability to really look them over before deciding. 

Ed- Helper

http://www.edhelper.com

Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com

Lots of Worksheets and Lesson Plans

Learning Page – Need to do free sign up

http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/home.html

Teacher Created Materials (400 free lessons)

http://www.teachercreated.com/lessons/

http://www.teachercreated.com/free/activities.php (free monthly activities)

ABCteach

http://www.abcteach.com

Lesson Plans

http://atozteacherstuff.com/Lesson_Plans/index.shtml

Themed Lesson Plans

http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/index.shtml

Themed Printables

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Printables/index.shtml

Activity pages

http://www.schoolexpress.com/news_sub.php

Free worksheets

http://www.schoolexpress.com/fwsindex.php

Free Worksheets gr. PreK – 1

http://www.worksheetuniverse.com/

Free Worksheets

http://www.tlsbooks.com/

Language Arts

Grammar Worksheets

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/grammar/index.html

http://www.rhlschool.com/english.htm

Phonics

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/

Journal Topics

http://freeology.com/journal/index.php

Spelling

http://www.tlsbooks.com/spellingworksheets.htm

http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com/spelling/index.htm

Reading Comprehension

http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/reading_comp/

Free book sites

Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/

Baldwin

http://www.mainlesson.com/main/displayarticle.php?article=feature

World Wide School

http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/catalogs/bysubject-top.html

Many Books

http://manybooks.net/categories/

G.A. Henty Books

http://henty.ae6gn.com/booksalpha.php

Search Lit

http://www.searchlit.org/

Old Textbooks (McGuffys, ect.)

http://www.ignitethefire.com/oldfashioned.html

Literature Guides-

http://www.walden.com/walden/teach/

http://www.littlehousebooks.com/

Book-it Program- This program is free for children k- 6.  If the child meets reading goals set by teacher, they get a coupon for a free pan pizza at Pizza Hut.  They can get a total of 6 pizzas.  Here is the info:

http://www.bookitprogram.com/

http://www.bookitprogram.com/teachers/reproducibles.asp

Scholastic- Offers great prices for books and homeschool teachers can get points for buying books that can be used for free books.  This is an awesome program.  I have gotten tons of free books through them.  I order my nieces and nephews Christmas gifts through them because you get so much more for your money.

http://www.scholastic.com

Scholastic Teaching Shop – right now through May 31 is offering several of their resource books for only a $1.00!  (While supplies last)  Shipping was real cheap too.  I got about $130.00 worth of books for $17 and some change including shipping.  Here’s the link:

http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&langId=-1

Math Worksheets/ lesson plans

http://www.mathworksheetsonline.com/members/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=43

http://www.theteacherscafe.com/Teacher-Directory/Free-Math-Worksheets.htm

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lessons.aspx

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math.html

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Math.htm

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/math.html

http://www.helpingwithmath.com/resources/worksheets.htm

http://www.math-drills.com/

http://www.softschools.com/math/worksheets/

http://themathworksheetsite.com/

Bible

http://www.dltk-bible.com/

Blackline Maps

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/

State Studies

http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/usa/index.htm

Lots of Printable Manipulatives

http://www.senteacher.org/Print/

Science

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SciExperiments.htm

Art

http://www.kidsart.com/lessons.html

http://www.kinderart.com/

http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/teacher.html

Graphic Organizers

http://freeology.com/graphicorgs/index.php

Homeschooling With Index Cards Freebies

http://www.homeschoolwithindexcards.com/Freebies.html

Using movies for Curriculum

http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/Movies/index.html

Book List

http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/Books/index.html

Poems

http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/Poetry/index.html

Book Projects

http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/reading/bookrepts1.html

Notebooking

History Scribe for $2.50

http://www.historyscribe.com/

Notebooking Freebies

http://www.homeschoolwithindexcards.com/Notebooking-Forms.html

Notebooking Nook has some sets for $1 (don’t forget to look at the freebies- especially the Spring freebie set!)

http://www.notebookingnook.com/index.html

President’s *New*

Free George Washington Pages (click on his picture)

13 Colonies *New* - The state  stuff is also  in the  State  Notebooking Pages.  There is some over lap with these two products.

State Notebooking Pages *New* (make sure you have a lot of time before ordering this- it comes as 50 separate files and you have 5 days to down load them)

Homeschool In The Woods Newsletter- They have a really good newsletter.

http://www.homeschoolinthewoods.com/

 
Ok, that’s it for tonight!  My brain is fried.  I will try to add some more soon.

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Posted by Anonymous

This is Awesome! What a list! I will be forwarding you blog site to many friends! oh my...

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Posted by Anonymous

Cool! I have some freebies listed here: www.hwtk.net/links.html and at www.books.hwtk.net if you want to check to see if there are any you missed. It's amazing what you can get for free via the internet. :-)

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Posted by eclecticeducation

To Anonymous:

Thanks for leaving the info about the sites! I went and looked at it and it looked like a lot of good stuff!

To any one else:

Feel free to leave info about any sites you know about.

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Posted by kaysmarmey

Lynn,
You have done it again, putting together another great list of links for us!! Thanks
Melissa

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Posted by andijeane

Thanks so much for sharing and categorizing all of these freebies!

~Andrea

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Posted by 2peter318

Thank you so much for all the work you have done with this. I have bookmarked this page so I can keep coming back and checking the sites out. Thanks again for listing all these. :)
JoAnn

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Posted by Anonymous

The Book Samaritan
http://www.booksamaritan.com/index.html

Betsy
Http://thehomeschoolway.blogspot.com

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Posted by Kinley

I needed some stuff like that. Thank you so much for all those links.


Kristy

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Posted by jenn4him

It truly amazes me how much is available for free or low cost! I am so excited about this coming school year. Now, I must make time to start going through all these resources! (That means more computer time is in order!) You are such a good search engine!
Jenn :-)

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Posted by sharity

Thanks for sharing all this! What a wealth of information!

Blessings!
Sharity

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Posted by CarpeBanana

Your ability to recognize a Miss Dancism is commendable! Woohoo! I expected one of her friends to ID her first. :)

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Posted by Canadagirl

You AMAZE me again !!! You have a wealth of info here !!! I am going to have to look threw ALL of this over time. I love getting so many ideas and you have it all in one spot too. (0= You are such a blessing my SSiC. I am soooooooooo glad you found me and I get a chance to get to know you as time goes by. I sure wish we could live in a homeschool neighborhood together. (0=

Big ((HUG)) and God bless my SSiC
In Him<><
-Mary

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Posted by PlainJane

WOW! Thanks for all the freebies. It will take me weeks just to go through them all! I need to do a little switching of my dd10's math curriculum and may have to check out the freebies first. You are just a fountain of resources. (I love lapbooking & notebooking too).

Happy Belated Birthday, btw, I hope you had a super day!!!

I just read your glad/sad posts too. I'm so sorry to hear of your challanges. It must be very tiring. I know my dd10, although not having any special needs, she is a auditory learner and quite the jabber-box. I adore her, but some nights I get so weary of her constant jabber - but than again, when she is at a friend's house, I can't stand the silence. lol
Have a Blessed Day! Thanks for blessing me with all the freebie info.

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Posted by socalval

You're awesome. You should enter this in the Carnival :)

I just tagged you for Eight Random Things. No pressure... just post 8 Random Things about yourself and then tag 8 random people. I just blogged mine. Have fun!

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Posted by denisebp

You're amazing! As always, thanks so much for the great links!
Denise

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Posted by Anonymous

You are welcome! Hope they are somewhat along the lines of books you could use! I LOVE this free list! I copied it to my documents and am sending it out to friends and exploring new links a little at a time! I was familiar with several but wow! Love the freeology and henty link...have a really good week...

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Posted by Jimmie

Great list of links! :-)
Some of my recent favorites are librivox.org and storynory.com where you can download free mp3 files of stories to listen to. Great while the kids are crafting!
How would we homeschool without the Internet?

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Posted by homeschoolhelp

Great list! Thanks so much -- I'll be passing a link to your blog to others.
Blessings,
Dianne

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Posted by BChsMamaof3

What a great list!! A few of them I have used but so many more to check out. Thanks so much for all of your hard work in putting these together all of the time : )
Blessings,
BChsMamaof3

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Posted by westward

Ooooh! Thanks!! I'm trying to spend as little as possible this year, too. Now, if only printer ink were free..............

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