Free & Frugal Learning Resources

Homeschooling families are experts at frugal learning experiences.  In this list, I have included some of our favorites, plus I enlisted the help of one of our fabulous local homeschooling support groups for added resources.  The links are for children of various ages and grades. 

MULTIPLE SUBJECTS:

Ace Online Schools – List of 25 virtual field trips

Crayola – Free printables, coloring and worksheets 

Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool – Free

Educents – Free to join, free (enter free in the search field for complete list) and paid resources

DK Find Out  – Free

Homeschool Share – Free

Ninja Plans – Free to join and free downloads, user contributed Alberta curriculum teaching materials and lesson plans

Pinterest – Free

Starfall – Free and membership

Teachers Pay Teacher – Free to join, free and paid products

YouTube Kids – Free app, learning category cover multiple subjects

MATH:

Khan Academy – Free

LEGO Math – Free learning ideas and worksheets from Scholastic 

Prodigy – Free and Membership. Memberships can be billed monthly or yearly, or if you can find a group buy, it reduces the membership down to around $15 for the year

LANGUAGES:

Duolingo – Free

SOCIAL STUDIES / GEOGRAPHY:

Google Earth – Free

Google Maps – Free

SCIENCE:

Crash Course and Crash Course Kids – Free, You Tube

Magic School Bus – On Netflix or DVD (recently spotted at Costco), select episodes also found on You Tube for free, free corresponding worksheets here

Mystery Science – Free for first year of membership

National Geographic Kids – Free

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH

Cosmic Kids Yoga – Free, You Tube

If you know of more links for free or frugal learning resources, please let me know and I’ll add it to the list.