Free
Homeschooling Curriculum Materials
Take care not to spend so much that you can't change course
while you take time to plan for the future. Take advantage of
these opportunities to borrow materials or to get some free supplies
outright.
This page has links to physical materials you may send away
for. Free material that is available online is under the relevant
page elsewhere on A to Z Home's Cool. Use the site index or search
engine above to find free internet resources.
Multiple
Topics
Free Resources
AN A TO Z RESOURCE
A sortable database for free curriculum online and off. Sort by age, topic, and specific terms.
Captioned Media Program
We are a free-lending library of open-captioned videos. We are
funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by
the National Association of the Deaf. Currently, we have around
4,000 captioned videos in our collection and are adding more
each year.
Consumer
Information Catalog
Free or nearly free booklets from the government for learning
activities, college planning, parenting concerns.
Free Teaching
Aids
Resource books, that aren't free, which list lots of things that
are available to homeschool parents as well as teachers.
Freecycle Network
Made up of many individual groups across the globe, it's a grassroots
movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free
in their own towns. Each local group is run by a local volunteer
moderator (them's good people). Membership is free.
Lesson Plans
AN A to Z RESOURCE
Websites that have structured lesson plans. Usually these have
goals and objectives and meet state standards.
Teacher Genie
Homeschool teachers and tutors may may get their wish for some
educational supplies valued at under $50. Just make your wish
at this site.
Video Placement Worldwide
VPW offers educational materials FREE to qualified teachers,
librarians, media specialists, and youth leaders throughout the
United States, courtesy of some of America's leading companies
and organizations.
Animals &
Pets
Bear
Safety in Alaska packet
Booklet and sticker to send for, or download pdf file and print
for yourself.
TeachKind
Kindness to animals. Videos, DVDs, lesson plans, worksheets all
free to network members. About how to affect the kind treatment
of all animals.
Arts
& Crafts
Crayola OverWriters®
Markers
Open only to U.S. residents ages 18 and older, who are registered
as educators on Crayola.com. Limit one free sample per registered
educator, while supplies last.
eCals -
Calendars for Kids Recycling Program
Need old calendars for craft projects for your kids or want to
donate some? Here's the place.
Computing
Free Color
Printer from Xerox
If you are running a home business, an association or large support
group, a resource center or cottage school, you may qualify.
You must buy all ink through them, and report on your usage.
Free
Computers
Why throw away that 486 machine when its perfectly usable? Here
is a very incomplete list of groups involved in reusing computer
equipment.
Freebyte's
Guide to Free Computers
Free used and recycled computers, mostly for schools, non-profit
organisations and disadvantaged individuals.
Health
& Safety
FEMA Publications
Order a Disaster Public Information Catalog to find out all the
materials that FEMA offers. You can call, toll-free 1-800-480-2520.
NICHD/Milk
Matters Clearinghouse
View, download as .pdf file, or send away for brochures about
milk. Also available in Spanish.
Safe
Kids
Order free booklets about safety around electricity and natural
gas.
Will
Rogers Institute Educational Resources
Educational material on health issues for teens.
Homeschool-Specific
Tip: Many books specifically on home schooling can be found
under the Dewey Decimal call numbers 371.042 and
649.68 at your public library.
Home
Education Magazine Sample Issue
One of the oldest, most widely respected, and most informative
homeschooling magazines.
Homeschool
Free Stuff
This is a weekly newsletter that compiles free resources for
homeschoolers from around the Internet. We include everything
including free Curriculum, Lesson Plans, Resources, Interactive
Online Studies, Unit Studies and more.
Homeschool
Fun Kits
Free for family quantities. You just pay shipping. Each comes
with a lesson plan. New items offered weekly.
Internet
Site Hosting
Free Online Datebooks
AN A TO Z RESOURCE
Share your homeschooling plans on the web.
Blogger
A free hosting service for Blogger™-powered blogs. Blogger
is the easy (non-tedious!) way to update your home page. Keep
a journal, what's new page, weblog, project page, or any other
type of frequently updated web page.
Math
Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Free curriculum about money, monetary policy, banking supervision,
financial services, and more for elementary through high school
students.
The Kingdom
Of Ern
Free book that explains the relationship between productivity
and inflation to kids. From Monetta Mutal Funds.
Wall
Street Journal Classroom Edition
30 copies may be a bit much for one homeschool family, but may
be just right for an ISP or support group.
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