Cost of high-quality homeschooling can be very small

An astrophysicist mom created bedtime Math to help children use math naturally in their everyday lives.

Daily activities take around 5 minutes to complete and can be adjusted to four different skill levels. The app is...

Pitfalls to watch out for:

• Ensure the freebie is really useful. Have a plan in place to make sure homeschooling is thorough, sequential, and appropriate.
• With a plan in mind and the right series of free resources, concepts in maths can be...

Khan Academy is a non-profit educational site started by American educator Salman Khan.

It provides quality educational resources for all students. It is organized by topic and includes math (K-1...

Newsela is a free educational website that promotes literacy using news stories. Articles are adjusted to different reading and maturity levels.

A suite of tools allows parents to evaluate reading comprehension and vocabulary, mo...

Funbrain provides free educational games, comics, books, and videos for children - Pre-K through 8th grade. Content is organized by grade level.

Their activities focus on developing skills in math, reading, problem-solving, ...

Code.org offers structured computer science curriculum for children at all levels. Children can learn at their own pace and stay challenged.

Lessons teach coding and touch on topics such as online privacy and digital citize...

• Free courses for students in grades K-12, The CK12 Foundation and Discovery K12 are useful resources.
• For current events, CNN Student N...

Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool is a free online resource created by homeschooling parents for homeschooling parents. It contains a full homeschool curriculum from a Christian worldview for grades K-12.

It ha...

Free educational apps can be very useful.

• For foreign languages, try Duolingo and Memrise.
• Young learners can benefit from Reading Eggs and ABC Mouse. (subscription required after a trial period)
• For mat...

The Big History Project was created for students in middle and high school. It is a free, social studies curriculum aligned with Common Core ELA standards.

Although designed with teachers in mind, the website offe...

GoNoodle is a free app and website with active games and videos designed to manage kids' energy levels.

It offers a wide variety of activities - from Zumba exercise videos to Wii-like sports games and mindfulness videos.

As an award-winning children's literacy website, Storyline features famous people reading beloved children's books.

Children can listen to the story, follow the words, and enjoy colourful animations.

The Smithsonian Learning Lab is free and puts the treasures of the world's largest museum, education, and research complex within reach.

It offers images, texts, video, audio recordings, and learning activities featuri...

• Many homeschooling families like to suggest museum and zoo memberships as holiday gifts from grandparents.
• Many zoos, museums, and aquariums offer reciprocal memberships, allowing members to visit participating locations at a free or discounted rate.

Don't take for granted a well-stocked library or a moderately stocked one with a reliable inter-library loan system. Homeschooling students can choose fiction and non-fiction books related to topics they're studying or those which interest them.

Series resourc...

Scholastic is one of the best-known names in the educational materials industry. Learn at Home is a site for students in grades Pre-K through 9th. It features two weeks' worth of daily activities ...

Ambleside Online is a free, Charlotte Mason-style, Christian-based homeschool curriculum for children in grades k-12. It has a long-standing reputation in the homeschooling commu...

Chrome Music Lab is a highly visual tool and organized in experiments.

It enables students to explore music and its connections to math, science, and art.

Starfall is a free educational resource for Pre-K through 3rd grade.

It offers an extensive library of interactive online reading and math activities, printable lesson plans and worksheets. It is also available as an app for smartpho...

With parental oversight, YouTube can be a wealth of knowledge to supplement homeschooling.

• Crash Course is a top-rated channel for older kids and covers topics such as science,...

826 Digital is excellent to supplement your ELA (English language arts) curriculum and encourage creative writing. It is designed for students in grades 1 through 12.

The site offers mini-lessons (Sparks), larger less...