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The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

 

The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading

 

 

Spencerian Copybooks 1-5

 

 

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Links To Free Materials

Dover Books has wonderful free samples! They have three different types of free samples, and they change once a week. They do overlap a little but not completely.
You can download any images from the samples and keep them to use for school; there are coloring pages, word searches, etc.
 
 
Free math worksheets, plus many more with a subscription. They have a free one-week trial of the subscription section if you sign up for it.
 
 
Printout world and US maps, play map games and more

 

Duolingo

Free Foreign Language Lessons

 
Free Lessons from the BBC
 
 
Learn Spanish Online for Free
 
 
Instructional videos and examples
 
Free online typing course
 
 
Word meanings have changed a lot over the years. Read a more thorough and true defintion in the 1828 dicitonary.
 
 
 
 
A Planterium from Home
Use Terra Serva to determine your latitude and longtiude to use Stellarium
 
 
Links to lots (and lots!) of free materials
 

Spelling, Penmanship, Grammar and Vocabulary Worksheets

 
Printables, including mad libs, math worksheets, seasonal and holiday crafts and more
 
 
Grades K-6 math worksheets. Click on the grade, then click "Leveled Practice". This is like having a free math book.
 
 
 
more experiments
 
Experiments and more
 
Downloads available for one day only, but different each day
 
 
Brigham Young University offers several free non-credit web courses for youth and adults
 
 
Links to lots of free materials, divided by subject (and links for virtual field trips). Click on "Choosing curriculum" for subject links and field trips.
 
 
 
 
Sources
 
For Materials and Information
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A place to swap homeschool books
 
Find out the rules for homeschooling where you live
 
 
Experiments and Products
 
Ornamental and Spencarian Penmanship books
 
Lists of 1000 good books, grades 1-12
 
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Curriculum Guide:

The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

 

Reading:

 

Don Quixote

 

The Three Musketeers

Twenty Years After

The Scottish Chiefs

Common Sense

The Federalist Papers

Pride and Prejudice

The Last of the Mohicans

Self-Reliance

The Scarlett Letter

The Real George Washington

Silas Marner

The Importance of Being Earnest

 

The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics

A Man For All Seasons

 

English:

Rod and Staff English Level 10

 

Math:

Saxon Advanced Mathematics

Saxon Teacher CD for Advanced Mathematics

 

History:

Western Civilization, Volume II: Since 1500

 

Science:

Exploring Creation With Chemistry

 

Typing:

Typing.com

 

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Foreign Language:

Duolingo.com

Additional study depending on the language. For Dutch we are also using LearnDutch.org, which has tests.

You Tube has a number of free language teaching videos.

 

Music:

Piano practice with lessons

Music 071 Organ Performance

 

Art:

 

Painting Watercolour Trees

 

Painting Water in Watercolour

Terry Harrison's Complete Guice to Watercolor Landscapes

The Watercolor Flower Painter's A to Z : An Illustrated Directory for Painting 50 Popular Flowers

Watercolors

Van Aaken Modeling Clay 1Lb Flesh 

Sculpt Pro 11 Piece Pottery and Sculpting Art Tool Set


Ceramic Sculpture: Making Faces: A Guide to Modeling the Head and Face with Clay

 

 

 

 

Holiday Travel

Travel Wise Packing Cube System

Travel Bingo

Travel Scavenger Hunt

Mad Libs on the Road

 
 
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