Free Unschooling and Homeschooling Resources (other than the library)

The library is a great go-to for homeschooling resources. Truthfully, sometimes, you can get burnt out going to the same place every week or so. Also, not everyone lives near a library.  A lot of stay at home parents on Facebook & Google schooling groups do not have a car or access to public transportation.
When we started our homeschooling journey I was aware of many online free resources. My kids were not bringing home textbooks because of the switch to common core, at the bottom of many worksheets were the website names the teachers used.

Teachers Pay Teachers

Super Teachers Worksheets

Engage NY .org

K12Reader

Education.com


Are a few that come to mind. Since we've started our journey, I've used many of those sites and stumbled upon a lot more.

Pinterest

Project Gutenberg

Easy Peasy All-In-One

Archive.org

History Channel

National Geographic

Art Projects For Kids

YouTube

BBC

Local and national newspapers have wonderful science articles with links to their sources. Just clicking on a link for a resource can lead you down a whole learning path you never realized. Clicking on a link about the international space station could lead you to a biography or a project the astronauts are working on that will help mankind.

Many major cities have museums that offer educational information.
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has an Educate section, Connect your child, student, or classroom with the DSO by placing Flat Beethoven in different places and situations. Cut out Flat Beethoven along the dotted lines and start taking pictures of him in a new environment. Send photos to s.hatler@dalsym.com, and please share any anecdotes or stories about Flat Beethoven’s adventures!


Do you want to introduce Spanish language into your child's life? http://www.gpb.org/salsa/term/episode has spanish videos that are free. You can also head over to http://edu.wyoming.gov/downloads/standards/Salsa_Teacher_Support_Materials.pdf  and print out a free online teachers manual to go along with the Salsa episodes.

Colleges also offer FREE online information - a quick Youtube search would help find one.

The whole point of this post is to help you feel encouraged. There are many of us who feel public school is not the safest place for our children. Many of us cannot afford to send one, or even all, of our children to private school. Losing an income was a hard pill to swallow, but the time I get with my children will forever be with me. Teaching them to care for themselves, be responsible, and boosting their self esteem is worth more in the long run than any amount of money I'd bring home.

Once you learn about different learning styles you'll find your tribe. Maybe your child is more of a Montessori learner, you'll find hundreds of blogs and YouTube channels on that topic to help you along the way.

Just be wary of paid curriculum co-ops, and pyramid scheme booksellers. Just like in an office setting there are many people who are happy to make money off of you.
When we started our homeschooling journey for the first few weeks, I was out and about with the kids enjoying the weather and different parks and meeting several parents who wanted to sell me something or lock us into a co-op with a $200 per kid price tag. We do not attend a co-op. My kids attend a lot of free events offered in the communities near us. AWANA is a great program I've found for them that they love to go to. VBS in the summer is always fun for them too.