The Home School Herald

General Site Links

These links are to sites that either cover the basics of home school or offer a variety of content options. You may see some of these sites repeated on specific content pages like history or science.

The Well-Trained Mind

A to Z Teacher Stuff For Teachers FREE online lesson plans, lesson plan ideas and activities, thematic units, printables, themes, teaching tips, articles, and educational resources

 The Lesson Plans Page - Over 3,000 Free Lesson Plans!

 Printable Worksheets

abcteach -- 5000+ free printable pages and worksheets

http://www-homeschoolplanner.com/

MrDonn.org -

Site Index FREE LESSONS, ACTIVITIES, POWERPOINTS, FREE STUFF FOR KIDS & TEACHERS K-12 This is quickly becoming a favorite. There are even powerpoint presentations you can download for free and games.

Free Online Interactive Learning Activities and Games for Students in Grades 3-5 | Scholastic.com

Enchanted Learning

A great resource for tons of worksheets for all subjects. You can join as a member for access to banner free worksheets. This is one of my favorites.

DiscoverySchool's Puzzlemaker allows kids to make crossword puzzles online.You can also make your own custom word searches here. This is a great way to reinforce concepts in a fun way.

Courageous Beings -- Brains on Fire - Hearts on Fire : Blueprint and Newsletter 

To inspire and teach parents, homeschooling families, and teachers how to teach students and children in a brain compatible, exciting, inspiring way.  We also include homeschool curriculum for download, and a free ecourse and newsletter.

KidSites.com - The Best Sites for Kids on the Web

Sites for Teachers

 Sites For Teachers -- Hundreds of Educational Websites Ranked by Popularity.

Homeschooling @ Suite101.com: Homeschooling laws, alternative pedagogies, legal issues, testing, government compliance, activities, lesson plans, field trips, textbooks and more.

 Home Sweet Home-School's Educational Resources Page -- General Resources

DonnaYoung.org: Printables and Resources for Home, Homeschooling, and Classrooms

Homeschool Central - all of the resources needed to homeschool your children 

Homeschool Resources TheSchoolPlace.com

Signposts on the Homeschooling Journey

Clicks for Homeschooling

Using these clicks and buying merchandise form these sites gives money to HSLDA by way of donations from these advertisers. 

 Fun School-Funschool offers free online educational elementary games for kids as well as printable activities, coloring and crafts that will help  kids learn and get ready for school.

Teaching Ideas - Free lesson ideas, plans, activities and resources for use in the primary classroom.

Eclectic Homeschool Online - A Creative Homeschool Community An online homeschool magazine and community with thousands of pages of resources and articles for creative, eclectic homeschoolers.

 Free Homeschooling Resources | TheHomeSchoolMom.com

Free homeschooling resources, including unit studies, lesson plans, worksheets, homeschool planners, and software downloads. Over 400 pages of education resources for all grades and ages.

Welcome to Dover Publications! 

You can sign up for free samples of many of their great coloring books. 

Hands of a Child- Resource for unit studies. They offer free downloads of one or more of their ebooks each month. 

Childrens online learning, homeschooling and distance learning resource. Great online learning resource for children looking to improve math, science, social studies and language arts skills through hands on games and activities. Children can also learn easy and fun cooking recipes and many other fun crafts.

 

Standards

Are you wondering what to teach and when? Standards can be useful tools in planning your lessons.

The Best State Standards 

State Standards