There has been much discussion about where to find free things to help us along our homeschool journey, so I thought I would put as many free places I know of to find help or curriculum or just interesting things.
Kahn Academy www.khanacademy.org They show videos to help learn concepts
Rays Arithmetic, you can sometimes find these books for free in the library, but if you cannot, they are free online
Rays New Primary
http://books.google.com/books?id=ntTy0NUjKHQC&dq=free+ray's+arithmetic&pg=PP1&ots=1tWQT_uPi2&source=citation&sig=9FLY29dJ8-Mj5BFjbEFufrJ7EBw&oi=book_result&ct=result&hl=en
Rays Intellectual
http://books.google.com/books?id=cddHAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ray%27s++intellectual+arithmetic&ei=JTuKSM6LGYqeswPWjNiPDw
Rays New Practical
http://books.google.com/books?id=tb-blvznpS8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=ray%27s++practical+arithmetic&ei=ZTuKSK22Kof6sQOT1ImVBg
Rays New Intellectual
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZtEpb5LFNVcC&pg=PA5&dq=ket+to+ray%27s+new+intellectual+arithmetic&ei=ID2KSMDICIWQtAOf0Y04
Rays New Higher Arithmetic
http://books.google.com/books?id=cNdHAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ray%27s++new+higher+arithmetic&ei=7z2KSKSPA460sgP48MSXBg
Rays New Higher Key
http://books.google.com/books?id=lyRQTuXaiNUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ket+to+ray%27s+higher+arithmetic&ei=rD2KSNb9E42AsgO20ankAQ
Rays New Test Example in Arithmetic
http://books.google.com/books?id=53O66PcmMEEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ray%27s+New+Test+Examples+In+Arithmetic&ei=OT6KSL2kFYqeswPWjNiPDw
McGuffey Readers for free online and downloadable
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=mcguffey+readers
Sonlight for Reading Level Tests
http://www.sonlight.com/blog/2011/07/what-is-my-childs-reading-level.html
Alpha Omega Free Whitepapers
http://www.aophomeschooling.com/whitepapers.php
Alpha Omega Free Placement Tests
http://www.aophomeschooling.com/diagnostic-tests.php
Lesson Pathways free homeschool curriculum online
http://www.lessonpathways.com/info/homeschool
Free Printable Worksheets, Unit Lessons and More, not everything here is free, but they have tons of resources that are free. Sign up for their email and you will be notified every time some new and free is posted.
www.currclick.com
Math Worksheets and more
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/
That is all I have time for today. I will post more as I gather it all together. I have used or perused through all of these sites and I recommend them.
If you have more to add to the list, please add it in the comment section. Lets help each other be as successful as possible, for a free as possible.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Progress of Our Year, Thus Far
I have been meaning to update on how our year is progressing, so here it is.
All the kids have been using Handwriting without Tears and so far, no tears. We have minimal complaints but it is not the program itself, it is the children who wish to be outside.
All the kids are using Math U See and we LOVE it. No complaints at all. Having the tactile and visual along with the written math problems has been awesome. I do believe that we could easily knock out an entire level of math in less than the typical school year. AWESOME program!
We are doing our daily bible reading and the kids are learning new words and I am hearing them being said throughout the day.
We are not using a curriculum for science or history, we read books, go outside, cook and right now that is working well for us. I do believe, however, after the new year, we will be moving my oldest son into a set science curriculum. I am ready for something more "solid" for him and I believe he is as well. If he is not ready come that time, we will back off and encourage it again later.
Everything else we do is not really planned or programmed into our schedule. We work with the kids motivation and slide things in here and there as we wish.
The year is going well.
I do not really like to make my blog posts this way, it is very choppy and my mind doesn't like the singularity of it all, so it is likely that more often you will read more word "vomit" type of posts. I am tired tonight and singularity is about as good as it can get :) Good night! Okay it just took me 5 mins to find my spell check button...I really do need to go to bed :)
All the kids have been using Handwriting without Tears and so far, no tears. We have minimal complaints but it is not the program itself, it is the children who wish to be outside.
All the kids are using Math U See and we LOVE it. No complaints at all. Having the tactile and visual along with the written math problems has been awesome. I do believe that we could easily knock out an entire level of math in less than the typical school year. AWESOME program!
We are doing our daily bible reading and the kids are learning new words and I am hearing them being said throughout the day.
We are not using a curriculum for science or history, we read books, go outside, cook and right now that is working well for us. I do believe, however, after the new year, we will be moving my oldest son into a set science curriculum. I am ready for something more "solid" for him and I believe he is as well. If he is not ready come that time, we will back off and encourage it again later.
Everything else we do is not really planned or programmed into our schedule. We work with the kids motivation and slide things in here and there as we wish.
The year is going well.
I do not really like to make my blog posts this way, it is very choppy and my mind doesn't like the singularity of it all, so it is likely that more often you will read more word "vomit" type of posts. I am tired tonight and singularity is about as good as it can get :) Good night! Okay it just took me 5 mins to find my spell check button...I really do need to go to bed :)
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