Since I’ve already found quite a few sources for free homeschool curriculum, I thought I’d collect them in one post for you. We have been homeschooling our children for over a decade now, and have used most of these free homeschool curriculum sources. Here are our picks for each grade level:
Free Preschool Homeschool Curriculum:
I used this free preschool reading curriculum for our little one, who is now a freshman in high school. I’m glad Letter of the Week is still around for you! See more here:
Here is another one used by our family. At Starfall, your preschooler will learn through free online learning games. Click on a book to read along with the audio.
Free Kindergarten and Lower Elementary Curriculum:
New readers, or struggling readers, could work through this free online reading program. One of our children used Progressive Phonics, and though he’s not an avid reader – he just isn’t into books as much as his siblings – I rest easy know he can read anything he’d like even if he doesn’t choose to do so.
Free Elementary & Middle School Homeschool Curriculum:
This free homeschool curriculum was created by a homeschooling mom for her own children. She has lesson spanning all grades; these are the free homeschool lessons for grades 1-8.
Free High School Homeschool Curriculum:
By the same homeschooling mom as above, this free high school homeschool curriculum contains full lesson plans and daily schedules.
Another option for high schoolers, this free high school curriculum focuses on college. It’s less structured than the curriculum above and below, but worth checking out.
Free Homeschool Curriculum for all grades, from Kindergarten through High School:
Our family’s favorite homeschool curriculum is one in the style of Charlotte Mason. There are full lesson plans and daily schedules for grades K-12.
Do you have one to share? Let us know in the comments!
There is also RoseGate, which is a lot like the Robinson Curriculum. It can be found here:
http://users.gobigwest.com/rosegate/
Also, for anyone that is Catholic and likes Charlotte Mason’s approach, there is Mater Amabilis. It is like Ambleside Online in that several of the books can be found online for free while some may need to be purchased at reasonable costs. http://www.materamabilis.org/
Thank you for your link suggestions!
Awesome links (as usual)!
Thank you, again, for your hard work. 🙂
Thank you for highlighting Ambleside Online and Old Fashioned Education (along with the others too). We combined these two great sites to make a terrific year of homeschooling for our family. My two children, age 7, love the books that we read this past year, and are already looking forward to next year. I love being able to pick the best of either site to fit my children and still know that I am giving them a wonderful education.
Such a great idea to combine the two! I'm crazy about the book selections, too.
Lori
We’re not free homeschoolers. I buy our core curriculum and use the library for reading books. When I find stuff that is free I’ll add to it.
This school year I decided to see if I could truly home educate for free…and so far I have. Freely Educate and Currclick.com has helped me do that. We use Khan-academy,
K12.org, freeworksheets.com and a host of other freebies on the internet. Also, I am hunter when it comes to finding deals on books. Just yesterday, I went to a used bookstore and saw two bible-based curriculum brand new in the pack and got them for $1.95 each…at this same store, I saw to 2 audio CD curriculum sitting off on a shelf that gets overlooked and what do you one was Prentice Hall Earth Science and the other Prentice Hall Biology. I paid $7.95 for each. When I got home, I looked them up and one is worth $76.00 and another $67.00. So yes, you can freely educate or frugally educate. I am an example of that.
Shesta Kimble
13 year Home Schooling Mom of 4
What I’ve found is that it’s easier to use free curriculum in the area of my strengths, but in my weaker areas I need help in making sure that we’ve covered all the bases. We purchase math curriculum, but for the other subjects we use mostly free things, and have for years. I really appreciate your website and emails!! Thanks!
Sheri
We pay full price for this great box that comes to my door, with a tentative yearly schedule and lots of flexibility.(Sonlight is what has worked best for us right now.) Then, I pad the bones with lots of free goodies, thanks to you! It’s been a blast!
Karen
Thanks! I can’t wait to check these out and share with my friends.
We love The Head of the Class! We have been using it for two years. It is so user friendly and customizable. We’ve been using a paid service that is similar for my 8th grader, and I am constantly stunned that there aren’t as many features on there as on Head of the Class!
We use Ambleside Online!! LOVE IT!
http://allinonehomeschool.wordpress.com is a complete, free online homeschool. It covers all the subjects and is not just a list of books. It’s all the assignments. It uses books from places like Ambleside but includes vocabulary, grammar, writing, notebooking, lapbooks, videos, etc. All of the required materials are free.
Funny, I didn’t find Lesson Pathways useful at all, but we use a combo of Ambleside Online and Mater Amabilis. I actually prefer MA, but I add in a lot of AO books.
has anyone had any trouble getting in to lesson pathways? Seems I got a lot of things downloaded but couldnt get to the actual lessons?
freeworldu.com is another one.
homeschoolfreestuff.wordpress.com has a lot of free resources as well, for every subject up to high school 🙂
Thanks so much Lori, I have been subscribed for a long time, but somehow I missed Old Fashioned Homeschooling. I really appreciate what you do.
Sheri
This is the very best site I have found for a complete curriculum. Check it out, we will be doing this next year for all the kiddos!!
Easy peasy all in one homeschool
http://allinonehomeschool.wordpress.com/
I LOVE Old Fashioned Education & Ambleside Online! We have used their resources consistently over the last 5 years. I highly recommend both of these curricula.
We use Lesson Pathways as well, I enjoy using this site to help my children gain strength in areas they are week or to explore special interest subjects. I AM VERY CAREFUL! Review ALL LINKS before allowing your child to explore these lessons.
Just my two cents . . .
Thanks to Lori and all the homeschooling moms that add to the already wonderful information here on this site. I am not giving up on homeschooling. I currently don’t homeschool and my hubby doesn’t agree with it but today I took my 1st step in the right direction. I started teaching my 3 and 1/2 and my 5 1/2 year olds Eye Q Phonics. Before the lesson I got emotional, I know it’s a little weird, but I didn’t focus on the emotions but on the task. It’s a big step but I’m all for it. I’m motivated and my four children are my sole inspiration. So keep up the good work Lori and moms. It is much appreciated. Can’t wait to check out all the goodies that Lori puts out.
Thanks from the heart!
Lourdes.
Yes Easy Peasy is definitely completely free and on top of that such a blessing to mine and many other families! http://www.allinonehomeschool.com
Hi! It seems like all the links for the high school curricula above go to easy peasy. I’m very curious what the other link should be. Thanks. 🙂
Thank you so much for letting me know, Ruth! I fixed the links to send to this correct one: https://freelyeducate.com/2011/07/free-full-high-school-curriculum.html