Friday, August 2, 2013

Free Educational Sites & the "Curriculum" we use

Free Child Education Websites:

www.starfall.com (phonics/reading)
www.pbskids.org 
www.enchantedlearning.com
http://www.tlsbooks.com/
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/worksheets/
http://www.abcteach.com/
http://www.beginningreading.com/Free Workshe.htm
http://www.lucylearns.com/
* http://www.dltk-kids.com/ *
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/math.html (math)
Www.crayola.com
Www.orkin.com (science bugs) 
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ (science)
http://www.kidzone.ws/
Www.spellingcity.com

We use www.time4learning.com ($19.95 a month) it keeps record of every lesson, print report cards, print lesson plans and worksheets and my kids love it! It's fun enough yet challenging for them and they love it! We do about 2 hours 3 times a week on this (not all at one time either). Everyone thinks that T4L is not a full curriculum on its own but I beg to differ, it's very bright, thorough, and fun. My kids are above their projected grade level for 2013-2014 school year and our main curriculum source has been T4L. That being said we ARE NOT BIG curriculum people and most of our learning is accomplished while we are out and about.

We've also starting using Life of Fred mathematics curriculum and it has been amazing! It was $65 for the first four books. They are hard cover books and very easy to run thru! Each "chapter" is a few pages long (2-3) and then there is a "now it's your turn" assignment section with 2-3 questions the kiddos must answer on a separate sheet of paper. They love it. We got the books on Tuesday and they are on chapter 5 already and I had to slow them down! We purchased this series because I was reading through more AAH emails and a few families were expressing interest in how this math book series is unlike no other. I'm not into "unschooling" per-say but I'll try anything that includes learning outside of the box! 

I hope this list helps a few homeschoolers and I'll make sure to update it as often as I can! 

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