Sometimes we just want a complete homeschool curriculum that we can "set it and forget it" and know that our children are getting a great education. It takes a lot of time and effort to put together our own curriculum, especially when using free resources.
Not to worry. There are wonderful resources out there that provide everything you need without costing you a fortune. I've put together a list of some of the best that I've found.
You'll notice that there are repeats in this post. That's because I've organized the resources by age group—Preschool & Kindergarten, Elementary & Middle School, and High School. If a resource offers all three age groups, then it's listed under all three sections. My hope is that you can find what you're looking for quickly and easily.
Preschool & Kindergarten Curriculum
Brightly Beaming Resources
http://www.letteroftheweek.com/
Brightly Beaming provides completely free curriculum for ages 0 to 8 and is working on additional curriculum for ages 9 and up.
Teach With Me
https://www.teachwithme.com/
Teach With Me offers preschool lessons by subject, season, and topic. There are thousands of resources here for putting together an academically solid preschool and kindergarten education, all created by a teacher with a master's degree in elementary education
Easy Peasy Homeschool
https://allinonehomeschool.com/
Easy Peasy offers both a Preschool and Kindergarten curriculum that walks you through each day of lessons for 180 days. Everything is completely free online, including the worksheets necessary to complete the course. If you'd rather not print out the worksheets, you can purchase the workbook on Amazon for a very reasonable price.
Elementary & Middle School Curriculum
Plain and Not So Plain
https://plainandnotsoplain.com/free-schooling-resources/
This curriculum saved our homeschool, literally. I was ready to throw in the towel (as were my kids) after a year and a half of using an online and textbook-based curriculum. My kids were burned out, and so was I. Then I found Plain and Not So Plain. This amazing curriculum will cost you nothing more than paper and ink. You can print out the entire year, or just do a week or a month at a time, whichever you prefer. It's super easy to implement and grade and provides a solid education.
Discovery K12
http://discoveryk12.com/dk12/
This completely free online curriculum offers 180 days of lessons in Language Arts, Reading/Literature, Math, Science, History, Social Studies, and even electives such as physical education, performing arts, and art. You'll find everything you need to homeschool here. Use all of it, or pick and choose what you need to complete your child's course load.
AmblesideOnline
https://www.amblesideonline.org/
Based on the teachings of Charlotte Mason, AmblesideOnline offers a complete curriculum for Kindergarten through 12th grade. The description directly from the site: Our goal is to be true to Charlotte Mason's high literary standards. AmblesideOnline 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.
Old Fashioned Education
http://oldfashionededucation.com/fullcurriculum.htm
We have used Old Fashioned Education a number of times throughout our years of homeschooling. It is a wonderful resource for educating! Description from the author: I created this curriculum by researching available texts and combining them together in grade levels to create an appropriate progression from first grade through to graduating Seniors. I am confident that the recommended course of study provides an adequate, if not superior, education.
Easy Peasy
https://allinonehomeschool.com/
Easy Peasy began in 2011 when the author began adding her own children's daily lessons to a website to work independently. It has since grown to be used by thousands of families across the world. Everything you need to provide a complete education for your children from preschool to high school can be found at Easy Peasy, and it's all completely free. Description from the site: We enable families to homeschool who thought they couldn’t because of a lack of finances, a lack of time, or a lack of know-how. EP seeks to free families from the burden of pursuing the “perfect” and encourages them to let it be “enough.” Each family and each child is different and we seek to provide the resources to enable your family to be who you were created to be.
Under the Home
https://www.underthehome.org/home
Under the Home provides 52 free courses in grades K-4 (5th grade in the works) covering music, art, narrated poetry and prose, history, math, reading, language arts, and more! You'll find lesson guides, enrichment activities, review questions, and/or audio recordings accompany most lessons.
Core Knowledge
https://www.coreknowledge.org/curriculum/
If you're familiar with the What Your ___ Needs to Know books, then this site is for you. Core Knowledge not only publishes the books, they have an entire curriculum based on those books that you can use for free! You will need to add a Math Curriculum to this one, but you'll find all of the other core subjects here including History, Geography, Science, and Language Arts. They are also working to add music and visual arts!
Georgia Virtual Learning
http://www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources/SharedLandingPage.aspx
Georgia Virtual Learning provides online classes for middle and high school students in every core subject as well as numerous elective courses such as Journalism, Mythology, Financial Literacy, Computer Science, Marketing, and so much more! This is a GREAT resource for homeschooling.
High School Curriculum
Homeschool College USA
http://www.homeschoolcollegeusa.com/high-school-studies.html
These resources were built specifically for those who are interested in taking college-level exams for credit (such as CLEP). Even if you're not interested in college testing, these are excellent resources for high school learning. They have even organized the resources into grade levels for you, making it super easy to get started.
Easy Peasy
https://allinonehighschool.com/
The sister site to Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool includes everything you need to provide a quality education for your 9th to 12th-grade students. Every required subject can be found here, including science labs! And it's completely free.
Discovery K12
http://discoveryk12.com/dk12/
This completely free online curriculum offers 180 days of lessons in Language Arts, Reading/Literature, Math, Science, History, Social Studies, and even electives such as physical education, performing arts, and art. You'll find everything you need to homeschool here. Use all of it, or pick and choose what you need to complete your child's course load.
AmblesideOnline
https://www.amblesideonline.org/
Based on the teachings of Charlotte Mason, AmblesideOnline offers a complete curriculum for Kindergarten through 12th grade. The description directly from the site: Our goal is to be true to Charlotte Mason's high literary standards. AmblesideOnline 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.
Old Fashioned Education
http://oldfashionededucation.com/fullcurriculum.htm
We have used Old Fashioned Education a number of times throughout our years of homeschooling. It is a wonderful resource for educating! Description from the author: I created this curriculum by researching available texts and combining them together in grade levels to create an appropriate progression from first grade through to graduating Seniors. I am confident that the recommended course of study provides an adequate, if not superior, education.
Georgia Virtual Learning
http://www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources/SharedLandingPage.aspx
Georgia Virtual Learning provides online classes for middle and high school students in every core subject as well as numerous elective courses such as Journalism, Mythology, Financial Literacy, Computer Science, Marketing, and so much more! This is a GREAT resource for homeschooling.
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