Free High-Quality Online Resources for Homeschoolers

Homeschoolers know of MANY free, online resources covering a range of academics. We, love having full libraries of quality children’s literature, non-fiction, and reference material at hand. But, going online is a great (and often necessary) option too. Sometimes you need something quickly. Some days you need a filler or to mix things up. Sometimes you just need someone else to teach a subject.

The resources available are numerous and vary wildly in price and quality. The resources & curriculum we are sharing here are vetted and loved by homeschoolers. We chose resources whose quality is great, websites are easy to navigate, and accounts (if necessary) are simple to set up. There are many so if you have one that you love please comment below!



Free High-Quality Curriculum Resources Homeschoolers Love

All Subjects

All Ages

PreK – Elementary

Middle School – College

Videos, Documentaries, & Movies

Art

Foreign Language

Language Arts & Reading

Beginning Phonics & Reading

  • Homer – Reading for ages 2-8; Free 30-day trial, $7.95/ month after
  • Teach Your Monster to Read – 100% Free on the computer (app has a fee), game-based phonics and reading program

Books

  • Epic! – 35,000+ books, free for educators and free for families for 30 days
  • Libby – Your library ebooks and audiobooks at home! Need a library card.
  • LibriVox – Free public domain audiobooks
  • Vooks – Storybooks brought to life; Free 30-day trial (teachers get 1 year), $4.99/ month after

Math

Preschool

Social Studies/ History

Science

  • Discovery Education – virtual field trips
  • How to Smile – Resources curated from around the web
  • Kids Discover – many free resources, unlimited access for a fee
  • KidsHealth – Health & Human Body lessons for all grades
  • Mystery Science – Very popular comprehensive elementary science lessons, allowing access to a curated list of their most popular lessons for free, but yearly subscriptions for families are affordable.
  • Science Bob – lots of experiments
  • Science Max – new videos every Thursday
  • The Lab of Mr. Q – One 36-week subject is completely free, the others offer the first chapter for Free
  • The Spangler Effect – Videos about all sorts of science experiments
  • Vsauce – Videos about all sorts of science subjects

Coding & Computers

Engineering

Typing

Online resources for homeschoolers

Affordable Options

All Subjects

  • Outschool – Live online classes for ages 3-18, various prices starting at $5
  • The Good and the Beautiful – Complete PK-8, curriculum at affordable prices or Free (Language Arts 1-5 complete curriculums are free downloads), pdf download options are available for almost all products. (Not secular)

Math

  • Beast Academy – hardcopy books and/ or online for logic-based elementary math; $25 to $150 bundle for both options
  • Teaching Textbooks – Gives you the first 15 Lessons for free as part of a trial then $40-70 per year.

Science

  • Mystery Science – Very popular comprehensive science lessons for elementary, yearly subscriptions for families are about $70.

Please share your favorites in the comments below!