Great Homeschooling Internet Sites

Since my husband and I are both disabled veterans, it also means that we are also on a tight budget too. That also means that I need to keep my eye out for things I can find to use while homeschooling our nine year old autistic son. Along the five year old road of homeschooling, I've found a lot of really great sites that I've either used or plan to use while homeschooling him. I thought it might be useful if I posted my list to my blog in case someone else could possibly use any of them. If you find out that any of them don't work, I would really like to hear about it. If you want to pass the list along to others, great! If you have  a favorite site or two that might be useful, drop me an email at Familytreeclimber@Yahoo.com. I know, I know where's the list already? If there are asterisks (*) before the link, that means it's a site that I really like! Well, here it is:

General sites for homeschooling Resources
 http://www.tes.co.uk/ lessons on various subjects
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html coloring pages & etc
 www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com
 www.schoolexpress.com
*Currclick.com (some free stuff, some low cost, some expensive!)
 http://www.newbeehomeschooler.com/
 http://www.learningtoday.com/corporate/curriculum.asp
 http://teachers.net/gazette/AUG03/printable.html#moose Teachers Net PreK-12
 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com Over 5,000 freebies but you have to sign up, products created by teachers
*http://www.amblesideonline.org/ free entire homeschool curriculum like Charlotte Mason K-12
*ww.brillkids.com resources for special needs, gifted and talented
 http://www.senteacher.org/Files/ Downloadable pages for Math, using computers, science, communication, the Arts, and other areas.
 http://www.melissaforney.com/blog/the-scoop Teacher blog
*http://allinonehomeschool.wordpress.com/ Entire Free Homeschool Program!
*http://oldfashionededucation.com/index.html Free Homeschool Curiculum, liturature and text books

Books
Audiobooks http://www.allyoucanbooks.com/
***ebooks http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Great site for classic books like Tom Sawyer, Alice in Wonderland, & Treasure Island!
ebooks (read on site) http://www.wegivebooks.org/books
http://www.read.gov/books/

Math
www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets
http://www.meetpenny.com/2012/03/free-multiplication-worksheets-fact-cards-with-visual-cues/ multiplication worksheets
http://www.math-drills.com/
http://www.mathfreebies.com
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm Basic math concepts to pre-algebra games
http://myteacherpages.com/webpages/jgriffin/job.cfm Math Task Cards
http://www.makingmathmorefun.com/news.htm some free some have fee!
http://www.321know.com/g8-int-eval-exp.htm#section1

English
http://www.mcguffeysonlinetutor.com/ McGuffey Reader Weekly Newsletter
http://www.homeschoolcreations.com/preschoolalphabet.html PreK Learning Alphabet

Reading
carlscorner.us.com
readingteacher.com

Writing
hubbardscupboard.org

Penmanship
http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/

History
http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/index.html
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/ Limited, but good history link for making Power Point
http://www.historicaltruth101.com Great to bring history alive through interviews
http://www.mrdonn.org/index.html
another
http://ancientweb.org/
middle ages
http://www.abookintime.com/crafts/projectsmidages.html#knights
Romans
http://www.brims.co.uk/romans/towns.html
gladiator,mummy, exploring,whaling
http://www.salariya.com/web_books/gladiator/index.html
ancient rome
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/ancient_rome/rome.htm
pics for ancient Greece and Rome
http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/
kings,queens and castles
http://happyhomeschool.familyclassroom.net/Archives/History/KingQueens.shtml
history and science
http://www.prontolessons.com/lessons.html


US History
http://jobehistory.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html
http://thomaslegion.net/intro.html
Founding Fathers http://colonialhall.com/biodoi.php
www.AmericanHeritage.org (great curriculum for all grades from elementary through high school)
http://www.scholastic.com/ellisisland a vertual exploration of Ellis Island
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4wzVuXPznk
Links for Presidents of US: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/uspresidents.htm

Native Americans
*** http://www.ri.net/schools/Glocester/WGES/Rsrcpgs/NA/page22.htm
*** http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/curriculum/nativeamericans/index.html
2nd Grade Lesson Plan http://aam.govst.edu/projects/kyoung/index.htm
    Native American Pictures: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Native%20American%20History
7th Grade Lesson Plan http://www.wmsrivera.com/americans/native/americans.html
http://webs.rps205.com/curriculum/ssandvoc/NA.html

Government
http://publications .usa.gov/ USAPubs.php? PubID=6099 - free poster showing how to
get to be the president
iCivics.org - several games to play to understand
government/laws/ bills/courtrooms
Kids.gov - several games and other links to help them understand more how things work
http://www.unitstud y.com/Elections_ Study.html

Geography
http://theopenmindacademy.weebly.com US geography work pages

Maps
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/outline-map/?map=The_World&ar_a=1
http://www.wdl.org/en/
http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxusx.htm Blank US maps
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/outline-map/?ar_a=1 Map Blank Maker
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/mapsofcontinents.htm Continent Maps
Outline Map links
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
http://geography.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/ (many links listed)
http://www.50states.com/maps/ (one for each state)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/maps.htm

Worksheets
 www.education.com  I don't know how good this one is but it has been suggested to check it out.
www.spellingcity.com      "          "          "          "

Posters
http://www.values.com/media_requests

Free Homeschool Materials (Notebook, lapbook, etc)
http://notebookingnook.blogspot.com/2009/10/freebies-organized-by.html
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/
http://dynamic2moms.webs.com/ Lapbooks
http://yeeshallknow.com
http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/ Unit Studies
http://notebookingfairy.com/ Notebooking how tos

Science
https://www.msu.edu/~carusosa/rainforest.htm Rainforest
http://msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/uc/index.html
http://www.neok12.com/    this site has science videos and games all free
http://www.starfall.com/   great site for beginning readers.
http://www.superchargedscience.com/lnc512-7.htm e-Science Activities & Experiments available for limited time!
      Astronomy
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/ Great kids science site and astronomy
In spite of the "kids", there's stuff here for upper levels too - if you go
to Free Online Classes, there is a track for 12 and up.

Classical Music & Art
http://www.blockmrecords.org/bach/download.htm
Biography of Beethoven: www.lvbeethoven.com/Bio/BiographyLudwig.html
Site dedicated to Beethoven: www.lucare.com/immortal
Free listening, videos, concerts: www.last.fm/music/Ludwig+van+Beethoven
Beethoven videos: http://video.search.yahoo.com/
Johannes Brahms free notebook store.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=70_76_77&products_id=258
world's greatest artists: Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Jackson Pollock, Claude Monet, Henry Matisse, Georgia O’keefe, Michelangelo, and Leonardo Da Vinci. If you are interested in this, follow this link:
http://store.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=70_76_78&products_id=194 may or may not be free!
http://www.naxos.com/qcomp.htm
http://www.classicalarchives.com/
http://www.composers.net/ A Music Glossary
http://WWW.thekidswindow.co.uk/homework_help

Religion
http://www.lds.org/bible-videos/videos?lang=eng Bible videos
http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/new-testament-stories?lang=eng Children's New Testament Stories
http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/old-testament-stories?lang=eng Children's Old Testament Stories

Games
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/fireworks_ofglass/games_k2.htm#
http://www.filefolderfun.com/index.html
http://www.currclick.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=624 Low cost learning games

Flashcards
http://www.myfreeflashcards.com

Paper Crafts
http://jacques-mylittlehouse.blogspot.com/search
http://www.korthalsaltes.com/
http://marilee.us/paperdolls.html Paper Dolls

Cooking

http://www.childrensrecipes.com/how_to_make_homemade_marshmallows.htm Homemade Marshmallows

Low Cost Homeschooling materials
*Currclick.com
www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com
http://edhelper.com/    some free stuff, but only costs $20 a year for full access. worth the money for K thru 8
*schoolexpress.com Unit Studies

Lapbook companies
ajourneythroughlearning.com       sign up for newsletter and get free lapbook of their choice
HandsofaChild.com                      free quarterly lapbook and weekly $5 lapbooks
KnowledgeBoxCentral.com          sign up for newsletter and get coupon good for $5 off purchase which means either your first one free or half off! All their lapbooks are either $5 or $10 each!


I know the list is pretty long, sorry about that but some of them I found and others have been passed on to me. After five years, you kind of end up finding a lot of sites if you are looking for things that can be helpful to you! I do hope it is helpful to you though. If anything, take a look at the sites with an *.