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Free Grammar & Writing Curriculum (Language Arts) for Elementary Students

We were sad to find out that the popular Scott Foresman grammar & writing curriculum was removed from the internet ("no longer available for free online," they said), but of course we found a freebie - just as good, maybe better - to replace it!  

Scholastic offers a free full language arts - grammar and writing - curriculum for elementary students in grades 1st through 6th. Included are teacher lesson plans and student textbooks. 

Here is a screenshot from the grade 1 student book:

And here is a screenshot from the teacher's manual, grade 1:

How to Get this Freebie:  Get Scholastic's free language arts for elementary here

The files are available as downloaded pdf files, which you can save to your computer (or place on a flash drive to save memory space!)

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A big "Thank you!" to our Facebook community for stepping up to our call for help when we discovered the Scott Foresman grammar was taken down. 

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Two Free Preschool & Kindergarten Curriculum Choices!

Teaching a little preschooler or Kindergartener this year?  If so, reading and writing are your primary subjects and I have two free full curriculum choices for you.  Our readers have given us excellent feedback on both of them:

Starfall:  Starting with the alphabet, Starfall will teach your preschool through Kindergarten student to read.  This is the most popular program we've highlighted for preschoolers.  Click on the screenshot below to visit Starfall, or go here to read my review of the site.

Letter of the Week:  This 38-lesson curriculum is especially for ages 2-5.  Focusing on one sound each week, a child learns slowly but retains the knowledge.  Click on the screenshot below to visit Letter of the Week, or go here to read my review of the site.

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Free Full High School Curriculum

Homeschool College USA is free, and, according to their description,

"designed for homeschooling high school students who would like to tailor their courses toward using college-level exams to earn college credits while completing their high school studies."

The site includes a free full curriculum with links to free course material.  The student's entire high school courses are free. 

Amanda shared this with us, and said, "Many of the subjects line up for CLEP exams.  We just started using it and really like it.  It is put together very well."  

Warning:  You will want to screen the art curriculum before letting your kids loose on the site, as there may be some nudity in the art courses. 

How to Get this Freebie:  Visit Homeschool College USA.  Amanda suggests you click on High School Studies in the right sidebar for a breakdown of subjects by year.

For High School, grades 9-12

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Thank you, Amanda, for sharing this high quality, 100% free educational find on our Facebook community page!

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Five Sites Offering Free Full Homeschool Curriculum (K-12)

I love it when a great value is free!  The below sites offer 100% free curriculum for your homeschool or school. When you click on the links, you'll be taken to our full review of the curriculum:

Lessons Pathways:  Full Online Curriculum for K-5

Ambleside Online:  a Charlotte Mason curriculum for preK-12

Old-Fashioned Education: a Christian, living books curriculum for grades K-12

 

Mater Amabilis: Catholic Charlotte Mason Curriculum for ages 6-14

Head of the Class:  Full Online Curriculum for PreK-5th

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Free Charlotte Mason based Curriculum: Ambleside Online

Here is another free curriculum option.   This one, Ambleside Online, is popular with homeschool families who love literature, nature, and time to pursue hobbies & practical skills.  The curriculum is not necessarily easy, but with short lessons and plenty of time outdoors, children thrive on it.  I felt like fresh air came into our homeschool when I was introduced to this style of learning. It suits my personality well! 

"Ambleside Online is a free homeschool curriculum designed to be as close as possible to the curriculum that Charlotte Mason used in her own private and correspondence schools. Our goal is to be true to Charlotte Mason's high literary standards. Ambleside Online uses the highest quality books and costs no more than the cost of texts. The curriculum uses as many free online books as possible, and there is no cost to use this information or join the support group." ~ from Ambleside Online's description

A little encouragement:  If the book lists and schedule at first seem overwhelming, look again.  The children are not sitting for 8 hours at a desk. Rather, they are reading and studying in small amounts, to have time to absorb the information.

How to Get this Freebie:  Visit Ambleside Online

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Free Preschool Curriculum for Homeschool or Preparation for School

Letter of the Week is a 38-week curriculum for teaching preschoolers their alphabet and its sounds.   

Scroll down on the above page, which you will find at this link, and you'll see all of the letters of the alphabet.  Click on one, "A" for example, and you'll find poems, math suggestions, even field trip suggestions - all related to the letter "A"

Also included are scheduling helps.

The website author, Katrina, writes:

I feel it is very important that when teaching each letter you focus on only one sound at a time.  The letter A, for example, has many different sounds.  The first time the letter A is taught, I have chosen to focus on it's short vowel sound.  While words such as airplane, acorn, and aerobics, start with the letter A, they do not focus on the short vowel sound.  Focus on one sound a week, and reading skills will come quickly for your child.  It truly does help!!

How to Get this Free Preschool Curriculum:  Visit Letter of the Week

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Free Curriculum for PreK-5th Grade Students (5th just added!)

Many of our readers comment that they are using - and enjoying - the free curriculum, so I thought you'd be happy to hear that...

Head of the Class Releases 5th Grade Curriculum

In one of the site's largest grade releases to date, Head of the Class Fifth Grader consists of 399 skills your fifth grade learner should know, supported by over 1,000 learning activities.

Fifth grade learners will study math, science, reading, writing, spelling, music, geography, history, the fifty states, and Spanish.

Head of the Class also has curriculum for preK-4th, as well as the new 5th grade curriculum. 

This description comes from Head of the Class:

Head of the Class provides preschool through [fifth!]* grade parents, learners, and teachers with free access to curriculum-based content. Organized by grade-level, you will find instruction, activities, and multimedia on reading, math, spelling, writing, art, history, music, geography, science, Spanish, and more.

At Head of the Class, we believe education should be free. Our team’s goal is to make education readily available to everyone. Our software works on PCs, Macs, as well as Smartboards with no downloads orspecial software required.

*Head of the Class plans on adding 6th-8th in 2011.

To Learn More, Visit One of These Pages:

• Tell Me More 
• Getting Started 

How to Get This Freebie: Visit Head of the Class

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