Music & Patriotism Lapbooks

Music & Patriotism go hand in hand with these free lapbook helps.

Orchestra: The String Family Lapbook Unit
The United States Flag
Constitution Lapbook
Patriotic Music Lesson
Orchestra: Brass Family Lapbook Unit

An Old-Fashioned Education

An Old-Fashioned Education is directory of free homeschool curricula, literature and text books organized for the use of homeschooling families. If you click on Full Curriculum it list each grade levels curriculum and a schedule or you can create your own using the Subjects Links.

Free Online Children's Books

Free online books that your children may enjoy. I liked to use sites like these when my children were younger to add a little fun to their reading time. This can really be helpful for kids who struggle with reading by giving them a break from having to always read for themselves.

Aesop’s Fables http://www.aesopfables.com/
Silly Books http://www.sillybooks.net/
Farmhouse Fables http://www.fables.co.uk/stories.htm
International Children’s Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
Wired for Books-Kids Corner http://www.wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm
Storynory http://storynory.com/
Story Place http://www.storyplace.org/
Wacky Web Tales http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
Wishfaery’s Fables http://www.wishfaery.com/fables/

Free Online Books

If you need free books online, you have a few options.

Bibliomania http://www.bibliomania.com/
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html
1000+ Free Books, MP3 Audio Books http://www.free-books.org/index.php
Bartleby http://www.bartleby.com/
Classic Book Library http://www.classicbook.info/
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Free Ebooks http://www.free-ebooks.net/
Audio books for Free http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/screen_main.asp
Google Book Search http://books.google.com/
Wired for Books http://www.wiredforbooks.org/

Word2Word

Word2Word provides links to Free Online Language Courses in the hope of all people developing a better understanding of others through the use of language. These sites contain lessons to help learn one language from another. The courses vary in quality and the quantity of material presented.

Homeschool Share

HomeschoolShare is a site that offers everything for free. They use reader-submitted unit studies and are literature based. The also have lapbooking resources that are very nicely put together.

Ambleside Online

AmblesideOnline uses the Charlotte Mason method and is completely free. Ambleside Online uses the highest quality books and costs no more than the cost of texts. The curriculum uses as many free online public domain books as possible and this keeps the cost way down for you. There is no cost to use this information or join the support group.

Free Homeschool Curriculum on Lulu

Lulu has several free ebooks to download for homeschooing. Just click on the links provided to take you to each download page.

SOTW I Workbook Pages -- Two-Day-A-Week Format
This workbook is for homeschoolers using Story of the World, Volume I (revised edition) By Susan Wise Bauer--available from Peace Hill Press, following a history two-day-a-week schedule. These pages assume you already own the original book and Activity Guide—you must own these already to use these workbook pages. No copyrighted material from the original works is included. You may also want to have the Test Pages from Peace Hill Press.

Penguin Lapbook
This penguin lapbook has mini-folds that can be used with just about any book or Internet source, it is very versatile in the manner presented and information that can be put into any of the mini-folds.

Vivaldi Notebooking Page Free
This is a FREE PDF notebooking page focusing on Antonio Vivaldi.

Primer - Winter Picture Study

Primer-Autumn Picture Study

Primer - Spring Picture Study

Seasonal Artist Picture Study

Grammar Stage Memorization
This file contains Bible verses, Poems, History lists and Science and Geography facts for memorization during the grammar stage.

Copywork - Aesop's fables
The file contains a selection of copywork of the morals from Aesop's fables. The fables are those recommended in Year 1 of the Ambleside Online curriculum (www.amblesideonline.org). The fable is included before the copywork as a scanned page of Milo Winter's Aesop's fables (from www.childrenslibrary.org). There are writing lines after each piece of copywork.

South African History Primary School Level Living Books Reading List
This document contains a list of living books for the study of South African history at the primary school level. Unfortunately, most of these books for children are out of print.

Story of the Ancients Level YG
This is a classical homeschool history curriculum based on the recommendations of The Well-Trained Mind, designed to be open and go for teaching young grammar stage students.

Story of the Ancients Note Book
Note-booking and maps for Story of the Ancients classical homeschool curriculum, Level YG.

THEM THAR HILLS
A comedy western for children, with characters such as Dixie the pantomime horse, Lollipop Lil and the Candy Cane Kid and our hero Jacob Stranger, a stranger in town...

Preschool Math Worksheets
Set of seven math worksheets for preschoolers.

My Frog Project
A workbook to use for a frog study.

Free Sheet of "Reward Bucks"
Download for free! Good behavior is worth more than a dozen bucks, it's priceless. This page can be cut into individual bills to be distributed for good behavior. Dole out generously, and watch your investment grow!

Educational Songs for Kids

Kids Know it has educational songs listed by topic: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Concepts, Foreign Language, Geography, Geology, History, Language Arts, Life Skills, Math, Physics http://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs/index.php

Singing Science Records
http://www.acme.com/jef/singing_science/

Vinyl Records for Children

Art Reformation site has a Children’s Vinyl Record Series http://www.artsreformation.com/records/

Kiddie Records Weekly site is devoted to the golden age of children's records. This period spanned from the mid forties through the early fifties and produced a wealth of all-time classics.
http://www.kiddierecords.com/

Kiddie Rekord King Music Library http://www.kiddierekordking.com/library.html

Donna Young Printables and Resources

http://donnayoung.org/index.htm

This site is a treasure trove of resources such as free homeschool planners, school calendars, household planners, printables in various subjects, and homeschool planning tips.

The Homeschool Mom

Free Homeschooling Unit Studies
http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/schoolroom/unitstudies.php

Unit studies are a great way to homeschool your children especially if you are working with limited funds. You can teach them all the same topic but at varying levels and can utilize library books and online information resources. The best part is its all free.

Freebie of the Day

http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/

Jim Erskine’s site provides you with 1 freebie each day Monday-Friday to an ebook that is active for 24 hours. These are quality offerings and I have enjoyed getting them. Make sure to sign up for the mailing list to get an email of the freebies each week using the “Join List” tab at the top of the page.