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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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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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Most Popular Spelling Freebie (you may choose the words!)

Throughout June,  to help you choose the best, I'm highlighting our readers' favorite free finds in different subjects.  Today:  Spelling!  Spelling City is the most popular spelling freebie we have highlighted here on FreelyEducate.com over the years (the most popular spelling program for purchase is All About Spelling). 

From Spelling City:

We are an online spelling program that makes practicing for spelling tests fun.  What makes SpellingCity.com so special?

• It contains over 30,000 words, including plurals, contractions, past and future tenses
• Ten vocabulary and spelling games with your lists
• A totally unique alphabetize game
• All the games are playable online or printable
• Lists with possessives, contractions, and sound-alikes (they're, their, there etc)
• It uses a REAL person's voice to say the word and use the word in a sentence
• Teachers and parents can enter and save spelling lists for their students or children
• Students can play games with their words or any word list

Donna, the homeschooling mom who recommended this site said,

"Just found this online FREE spelling site where you can choose from a set of lists or add your own spelling words.  The student can then pick from a variety of games, listen to the word spoken & used in a sentence, practice the words on the computer or on a printed worksheet, and combine spelling & handwriting with printable worksheets.  Wish I'd seen this at the beginning of the year!  Have seen similar programs for sale on other sites."

How to Get this Freebie:  Visit SpellingCity.com

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Thank you, Donna, for sharing this 100% free, high quality educational find with us.  Have a resource or giveaway to share?  Email me at freelyeducate@gmail.com

Free 6' U.S. Presidents Timeline Poster (in the MAIL!) & More @ C-SPAN Classroom

( psst., this one is a good one!)

Have you heard of C-SPAN Classroom yet?  It's full of resources for social studies and history teachers (and homeschoolers & parents).  They have a lot to offer virtually on their site, and they also offer a free 6' Presidents Timeline poster - mailed free to those teaching (homeschoolers, too!) in the U.S.  I ordered mine last Summer and have it up in our school room now.

Here is what the site creators say about C-SPAN Classroom:

C-SPAN Classroom is a free membership service for social studies teachers. Our mission is to enhance the teaching of social studies through C-SPAN’s primary source programming and websites.

Membership [free, homeschoolers welcome] gives educators access to their own library to store C-SPAN Classroom videos and video clips, supplementary materials such as lesson plans and handouts, and special offers like our American Presidents Timeline poster.

How to Access C-SPAN Classroom:  Go to C-SPAN Classroom to browse and complete a free membership form. 

About that free American Presidents Timeline poster:   "The 6ft long poster details the lives and public service careers of every president, plus key historical events, Supreme Court cases, and technology milestones throughout 280 years of Presidential history." 

How to Get the Free Poster:  Go to the Special Offers page to order the poster, but you'll have to register with the C-SPAN Classroom site to receive it (free, no catches). The poster will be delivered to your mailing address for free.

p.s. I'm not sure of their quantity in stock, but imagine that this may be a Limited Time Offer.

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Our Most Popular Free Finds for High Schoolers

We're continuing our "most popular" series by sharing a few favorite free educational finds for those students in high school (grades 9-12, give or take a couple of years).  Click on the titles or screenshots for a full review of the site:

Alice: Computer Programming

LiveMocha: language learning

GCF: math and computer skills

 
HippoCampus:  Algebra, Biology, Physics, History, to name a few!

Do you have any free high school finds to share with us?  If so, please do in the comments!

Our Most Popular Free Finds for Jr. High / Middle Schoolers

Today we're focusing on the students between elementary school and high school. Whether you call them middle schoolers, junior highers, preteens, or "those kids," we have something here to keep them happily occupied.  Here are my favorite educational finds for students around 6th-8th grade, or so:

Math Moves U

World History

Khan Academy (math program)

JASON:  a free full science program from NASA, NOAA, & NatGeo

Do you have any favorites for middle schoolers?  If so, let us know in the comments!

Our Most Popular Free Educational Finds for Elementary Grades

 Today, it's all about the elementary grades (around 1st through 6th, give or take a year or two, depending on  your students).  Once again, I find myself shaking my head at what is offered free to us educators!  See what you think about my favorites!

(click on the screenshot or links to read a full review of the site):

English Banana's Big Grammar Book

Scott Foresman's Grammar Curriculum for Grades 1-6th

Dick Blick's Art Lesson Plans

Dance Mat Typing

Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (math curriculum)

(p.s. This is an excellent blog post on MEP 101

Share some of your favorites with us, too!  Write them below in the comments.

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