delaney Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Awesome List!!I didn't see our current free favorite www.bookadventure.com Reading comprehension quizzes with prizes. This is mainly for elementary-aged students. ETA: I copied and pasted this from the top of their website. Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning. Although I really hate the AR test system I like that the kids can choose to do this for fun! It is also a great resource for searching for books in your child's level about certain types of topics. Thanks!!!!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edytharceo Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 The list are awesome, it is very helpful. Thank you for updating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I did a search in this thread but didn't see Guest Hollow. I really liked using some of her stuff. I think the author is on this forum, or was for a while. http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/curriculum.html Also, for K-3, this curriculum is free. http://blog.lessonpathways.com/index.php/about/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Hmm, yes, there does seem to be something wrong with the 3rd grade one. I remember having this problem myself. Let me see if I can play around with it and find it. ETA: Through a messy Google search, I've managed to locate the links to each chapter via NCERT's website: www.ncert.nic.in/books/c3/c3sse/c3sse01.pdf (1st) ... www.ncert.nic.in/books/c3/c3sse/c3sse15.pdf ... www.ncert.nic.in/books/c3/c3sse/c3sse24.pdf (last) and so on just replace the number at the end for each chapter. These seem to no longer work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Yes, NCERT's website has been redone and is now vastly more functional than it used to be. Here is how to access their books: http://ncert.nic.in/NCERTS/textbook/textbook.htm For these, if you go to Class III --> Environmental Science --> Looking Around, you will be able to get it The new website is very easy to navigate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Yes, NCERT's website has been redone and is now vastly more functional than it used to be. Here is how to access their books: http://ncert.nic.in/NCERTS/textbook/textbook.htm For these, if you go to Class III --> Environmental Science --> Looking Around, you will be able to get it The new website is very easy to navigate. Thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leav97 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Math, Science and Engineering http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEGway Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Just found this thread. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinF Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Chels, I am following you around from Amitys. :001_smile: I found a link for free video resources the other day www.hippocampus.org. Also I don't know if you are on the fb Amitys group but I was asking about you there the other day. I love this resource and love the shared google doc to keep up with it. Thanks for all the hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chels~ Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Chels, I am following you around from Amitys. :001_smile: I found a link for free video resources the other day www.hippocampus.org. Also I don't know if you are on the fb Amitys group but I was asking about you there the other day. I love this resource and love the shared google doc to keep up with it. Thanks for all the hard work. I haven't been around much on Amity's since the new format and fb is well beyond me. I guess I am a bit behind the times. I will make sure hippo campus is on the list. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I follow your blog via google reader :) . I enjoy reading your posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonNative Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 :party::party::grouphug: THANK YOU!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinF Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I haven't been around much on Amity's since the new format and fb is well beyond me. I guess I am a bit behind the times. I will make sure hippo campus is on the list. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I follow your blog via google reader :) . I enjoy reading your posts. I haven't been back to AW since the change over. Just too much junk for me to deal with. You need to join us on FB, there are quite a few amitys moms on there and we enjoy keeping up with each other. Glad you enjoy my blog. I need to get better about posting regularly. I seem to go in spurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerfamilyhomeschool Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lainey Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 That is awesome! Thanks. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeandrea Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Thanks for sharing your list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julesnpebbles@suddenlink. Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Thanks so much! This is awesome!! I also have a blog full of freebies. You can check it out at http://profunditty.wordpress.com I see a bunch of things in your list that I don't have. Thank you!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCTSMOM Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) World History and Geography: http://www.studentsfriend.com/ Math, English, Writing and Reading Study Guides: http://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/perspective/appmanager/tx/family Scholastic Language Arts (click on black line masters): http://www.scholastic.com/dodea/index2.htm Edited February 17, 2011 by JCTSMOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinF Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 World History and Geography: http://www.studentsfriend.com/ Math, English, Writing and Reading Study Guides: http://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/perspective/appmanager/tx/family Scholastic Language Arts (click on black line masters): http://www.scholastic.com/dodea/index2.htm Thanks so much for that last link. I always seem to be on the lookout for more la practice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eesmom Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Thank you so much for posting! To a new teaching mom, it is heaven sent!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetertribe Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 This is AMAZING!! Im 2 years late but lot's of these sites are still active and I am absolutly going to use them. Thanks so much for taking the time to post this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Thank you, Chels~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinF Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 bumping this up so I can find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 bumping this up so I can find it. Have you subsribed to this thread? I'd do that and then put it in a folder so that you can find it later. It is nice for people to see this, but it's a very old thread;). Evidently I didn't delete this when I went through my subscribed threads a few months ago, because it showed up on my control panel today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Have you subsribed to this thread? I'd do that and then put it in a folder so that you can find it later. It is nice for people to see this, but it's a very old thread;). Evidently I didn't delete this when I went through my subscribed threads a few months ago, because it showed up on my control panel today. No harm in bumping it for others that may not have seen it yet though :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinF Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Thanks, I hope it doesn't irritate people to bump this but there are some really good resources here and Chels adds resources all the time. Here is another phonics program. http://www.jollylearning.co.uk/jp.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnmusic Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Oh my, how wonderful! Had no idea all these free resources were out there...thanks so much for bumping this!! Thanks, I hope it doesn't irritate people to bump this but there are some really good resources here and Chels adds resources all the time. Here is another phonics program. http://www.jollylearning.co.uk/jp.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Thanks, I hope it doesn't irritate people to bump this but there are some really good resources here and Chels adds resources all the time. Here is another phonics program. http://www.jollylearning.co.uk/jp.htm A free guide to Jolly Phonics! Cool... thank you :D! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmily Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 My DS used this program to learn piano basics. http://www.freepianolessons4kids.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) My DS used this program to learn piano basics. www.freepianolessons4kids.com I watched the first lesson out of curiousity since I'm a piano teacher. He did a good job of introducing the keyboard and in teaching steps & repeated notes. Hot cross buns is often used as a first song to be played on the three black keys. ETA Although he does a great job of talking and showing posture in the third lesson, there is no way he can help you to do this. I'm planning to let my dc watch this although I'm already teaching them how to play, and I plan to learn from how he explains things because it's always great to increase the ways I can explain something. Ideally, I think this would be good as a brief introduction, a general music class or as a great supplement to lessons. It can also help people who want to learn to play for fun only. If you hope your dc will learn to become a pianist, then it alone is not adequate, because the early years are very important as it's far harder to correct bad habits than to teach them from the beginning and I have yet to have a student who hasn't needed correction and help, even gifted ones who catch on quickly. Edited May 26, 2011 by Karin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam B Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Just bumping this back into circulation again! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Great resource! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AprilinSC Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 This is an amazing list!! I had only seen a few of these before. Thank you all for sharing this....I think it will take me years to look through all these, I Love it!! I just have to figure out a way to organize some of it so that I can USE it:001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. A Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Wow! What a fabulous resource! Hopping on so I can easily find the thread again later. :) Thank you to everyone who has contributed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay3fer Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 This is a nonprofit math program, which I support because it's also local to where I live, but the resources are all free online: http://jumpmath1.org/publications Everything in the program is free EXCEPT the workbooks and you can easily create a full math program without them. The philosophy is based on SCAFFOLDING - building carefully, step by step. Breaking everything down. Advanced students can progress as quickly as they want; slower students get the support they need. The program spirals - each topic is covered twice in a given year. Click on Teachers' Guides at any grade level for excellent material that will guide you through teaching math, with examples, etc. There are printable Blackline Masters to go with the lessons. Even if you only teach the classes that are described in the guides, without the workbooks, you will be well ahead of the game. In their seminars (I took one), they say the workbook is the least important part of the program. For Grades 3 and up, you're supposed to start with the FREE Introductory Unit. It is based on fractions, but it's not a "fractions unit," per se. As long as your child has BASIC multiplication (2s, 3s, 4s) they can do the Grade 3 intro unit. More than teaching fractions, it is a confidence builder that teaches kids that ANYONE can do math if they are given the proper steps. Highly recommended! I don't work for JUMP Math, but I discovered it last year and we're loving it. The author also has a book called The Myth of Success that you might want to read before you begin trying to educate your children. :001_smile: But please, don't confuse this with another Canadian math program called "JUMP at Home" which you can sometimes find at Costco and in big bookstores. JUMP sold the rights to those books to a textbook company and they're quite different. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam B Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 This is a nonprofit math program, which I support because it's also local to where I live, but the resources are all free online:http://jumpmath1.org/publications Everything in the program is free EXCEPT the workbooks and you can easily create a full math program without them. Thank-you Jay3fer! This really sounds interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloquacious Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I've just registered for that Jump Math web site and looked up some of the stuff - I think this deserves its own thread. Super cool. Between that, classic texts like Ray's or even "Everyday Number Stories" by Emma Serl, MEP, and CSMP, there is no reason we can't thoroughly educate our kids in Math for free. Add to that Math Mammoth, especially when it's on sale... score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuzor Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 great list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 We are happy with our math choices but I checked out their samples out of curiosity and one thing that struck me as odd was one of the activities where the child is supposed to select the correct number. The selections besides the correctly written number are reversed numbers and upside-down numbers. This could cause further confusion for a child that is struggling in that area as far as I am concerned. Just an observation I made that I wanted to point out to those considering Jump Math. I closed it shortly after seeing this so did not notice anything beyond that. I thought I would point this out to people to look at the samples closely first to see if they are comfortable with the approach before deciding to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam B Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 (edited) http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx Search by grades, language (english/spanish), fiction/nonfiction, and topic. THEN sort your results by author, topic, rating, interest level, book level. When you find something of interest, ADD it to your AR Bookbag. Then when you're done searching, go to your AR Bookbag and print! Also- each book gives a summary of what it's about. Edited June 17, 2011 by Pam B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam B Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) http://biblicalarcheology.net/ Free Biblical Archeology + other free courses including Biblical Journalism. I guess THIS is the main site. Theology students will enjoy. Edited June 30, 2011 by Pam B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam B Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/history/americanonline.html Free U.S. History curriculum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 (edited) I've marked the ones I found interesting to explore. Someone asked about a way to organize them. I am providing two examples of how I handled mine. 1. http://art4kid.blogspot.com/p/resource-guide.html 2. http://www.delicious.com/rosysmith42 What I like about delicious bookmarking is that it is a social network of bookmarks. You can see others, how many you share in common, and then go to their pages and you instantly get more links that are related. My tags/titles may not make sense to anyone else, but it is done in a way that works for me. As I preview and use each one, I plan on using the note field for more definition. Hope this helps someone else looking for a way to organize them. My most recent favorite is this: http://savethewords.org/ (It's a great and fun way to learn new vocabulary) It is full of archaic words with definitions done in a flash style. You can "adopt" a word of the day and promise to use it in your vocabulary. Even challenging for adults. Edited July 16, 2011 by one*mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplysusan Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Thank you all so much for this listing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevs4him Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Thank you :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamommy2mygirls Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Thanks for the great list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llindseymomoffour Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Thank you!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam B Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 http://diplomaguide.com/articles/Free_Textbooks_You_Can_Read_Online.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillieBoy Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Awesome free links, thank you to all who contributed. Just thought it deserved another bump as a refresher or for some newbies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryRose Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 OMGoodness! I have seen a few of these sites, but WOW! There are many, many, news one for me to explore! Thank you for taking the time to post these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devotional Soul Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I just found this one that we like: http://www.funfonix.com/ Phonics worksheets for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade teachers, free printable worksheets, printable phonics workbooks, and online phonics games for kids from Fun Fonix.com! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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