FREE GENERAL RESOURCES
ARTS & CRAFTS RESOURCES
MATH RESOURCES
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
READING & LANGUAGE RESOURCES
FREE FUN STUFF (GAMES)
RESOURCES ABOUT HOME EDUCATION
THINKING OF COLLEGE?
FREE GENERAL RESOURCES (Covering all topics)
Khan Academy
best free resource you can bookmark :) covers all the subjects
Sparklebox
1000s of FREE teaching resources for Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage One Primary School teachers.
Activity Village
Free coloring pages, kids crafts and printable activities for children including puzzles, sudoku for kids, educational resources, homeschool resources and much more.
School Express
Free Thematic Units, Testimonials, 16000+ Free Worksheets, 1000s Of eWorkbooks,
Super Teacher
thousands of printables for teachers, homeschoolers, and parents - and it's all free!
Homeschool Club
Online Resources (I haven't reviewed all so not sure if all free or only some)
BBC Learning Schools
Free video's, games, lessons, printables,etc.
Woodlands Junior School-Kent
Fantastic site a teacher at the school started, the children grew it...fantastic resources.
My husband spoke with the teacher a couple of years ago and she had lost her job :(
but the website seems to still thrive
Rowse Honey Bee School
We love honey, we love honey bees, we love this site!
The School Run
a fee site, but the link should take you to the free downloads
Nature Detectives
We LOVE Nature Detectives
Think Quest
Lucy Learns
ARTS & CRAFTS RESOURCES
Princeton Onlinefiles that have been shared from art teachers around the world. They come from the Art Education list group and Getty Listserve. - we get a lot of benefit from this site
Deep Space Sparkle
I love her site! we get lots of ideas here
Crayola
Of course they plug their product but some basic projects worth bookmarking the site
Kinder Art
Good place for ideas, even though a bit young for my kiddo's now there's still some good resources that pop up when I'm Googling ideas
Hedgerow Crafts
love these nature crafts :)
Art Smarts 4 Kids
(blog of good ideas)
Blast
kids can share ideas and showcase their talent in various art mediums
The Crafty Crow
Art 4 Schools & Homeschools
Access Art
Arts Alive
24 Hour Museum (Show Me interactive page)
Children & Arts
and even better their Free Arts Teaching Resources
Make a Picasso Head
Go on! it's fun :)
Or Make a Stickman
Inexpensive (yet amazing quality) Art Supplies -> Sea White
(near us to visit...not sure if they ship)
MATH RESOURCES
The free resources starting the listing above have Maths incorporated, but these are specifically Math related Math Salamanders
printable math worksheets
Cool Math Games
Homeschool Math
Hooda Math
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
Periodic Table Printmaking ProjectThis isn't so much a HE resource but it is just TOO cool not to post a link
Crazy Paper Thing
try this!
Science Bob
Steve Spangler
site sells things, but lots of Free science experiments
Exploratorium
NASA Kids
Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
British Science Association
Website is free; however, it's worth getting a few together and signing up to do the CREST awards if you have younger children. our local HE group just started up and was worth the tiny fee.
Young Engineers Club
again, website is free, but you could get a group together and join up
READING & LANGUAGE RESOURCES
Was referred to this one, haven't checked it out, for learning languages
Reading Eggs
Highly recommended! well worth the fee (I list it twice in my list..see below too)
Pearson Reading Books
FREE FUN GAMES & STUFF
just pure fun, but in fun is learning! Feed the Head Took me awhile to figure this out, but once I did...too much fun!
Nitrome advertisements are a pain but just close those
Gimme 5 Games more free games
National Geographic Kids - Games
Fun Brain Games
Lego Online Games My son loves
Barbie's Virtual World My daughter loves
Paper Toys to cut/fold/make (our fave pastime) Paper Toys
My absolute most favourite website....free toys to make! beautiful graphics: The Toymaker
FEE PAYING RESOURCES
Reading Eggs Highly recommended! well worth the feeBrain Pop Jr
We love love love this one, tho is American site (but I'm American!)
there is also Brain Pop for older kiddo's
Aquila Magazine
We LOVE this magazine...fantastic
Miquon Maths
Haven't used this personally but was recommended
Education City
We haven't used this site, but other HE mums have raved about it to us. So we'll likely sign up soon, it's rather inexpensive membership
Study Ladder
We signed up to this one...the jury is still out
CurrClick
Some freebies on there too
Love Reading 4 Kids
Chalkface
I don't know much about this one, but was recommended
ABC Teach
Learning Resources
Time 4 Learning
RESOURCES ABOUT HOME EDUCATION
Home Education Resources
Before putting this list, I want to preface that I think people are way too addicted to reading 'How To' books, and should avoid reading books for the sake of 'instruction'. Don't worry about how other people are 'doing it', and listen to your intuition. Empower yourself with self confidence in what you do and how you do it. In 9 years of home education I've only ever read two books about it all. One ws before I ever even had kids, when I was curious about John Taylor Gatto after finding out he was my friends biological father. The other was 'The Unprocessed Child' by Valerie Fitzenreiter, because she lived near me and someone close to her said to me once 'you're really an unschooler like Valerie', so I read the book. That's it. I don't read about how other people suggest you should homeschool/unschool and I certainly don't bother reading books from people who suggest how I should raise my children. I honestly can't stand parenting books/magazines...........They should all just have one page in them that simply says 'Do It Your Way.....Follow Your Intuition'.......that's it, nothing more.
If you find yourself curious about home education and are looking for the written word on it, then below are a few resources. My list is limited because as mentioned above, I don't think parenting instruction books are valuable.
Education Otherwise
List of Books at Green Parent blog
John Taylor Gatto
One of the pioneers of home education. Ironically, I was very good friends with a guy in my twenties who found his biological father around the time we met, who turns out is JT Gatto. My friend grew up with the name Jeff Gorvetzian but learned he was born with the name Raven Gatto. Anywho, Dumbing Us Down is a good read.
John Holt
another pioneer, the father of 'unschooling'. his 'Growing Without Schooling' is good read if you can find it
Home Educator Forum
Have a Question? Like a good debate? Want to discuss with other HE parents? Join the Forum!
THINKING OF COLLEGE?
UnCollege
Zero Tuition House
Paypal Founder pays to skip college
The Open University (Distance Learning)
with some free online courses too --> Free Online Courses
