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I updated my personal list and thought I would share. I tried to list stuff that seemed complete and whole:

Whole Curriculum:
Ambleside Online Ambleside Online
Old Fashioned Education An Old-Fashioned Education
(Preschool and some elementary) Brightly Beaming Resources
Puritan Homeschool Curriculum. Contains many subjects but is religious. THE PURITANS’ HOME SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Core Knowledge. Teacher jargon outline is at the beginning of each lesson. Scroll past this to get to the actual activity pages of the lesson. Core Knowledge Lesson Plans

Math:
Ray's Arithmetic Ray's Arithmetic - Google Book Search
CSMP Materials. Grades k-6. CSMP Materials
First Lessons in Arithmetic Math
NC Public Schools DPI Instructional Services: Mathematics: Grades K-2 Resources (2003 SCS)
Centre for Innovation (UK) Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching - Mathematics Enhancement Programme
Living Math History (Lesson Plans on Right side of Page) C1 Outline and Booklists

Math Drill:
(Online) Math Magician Oswego City School District Math Games
Printable Math Sheets Free Math Worksheets
(online) Math U See Math·U·See Drill Page
Math Worksheets to create and print http://themathworksheetsite.com/

Phonics:

Word Mastery http://donpotter.net/PDF/Word%20Mastery%20-%20Typed.pdf
(online) Starfall Learn to Read at Starfall - teaching comprehension and phonics
Blend Phonics Blend Phonics

Literature/Reading Guides and Units:
Novel Study Guides Novel Study Guides for the Classroom Teacher
Reading Units by Gay Miller. Awesome resource. Book Units
Garden Of Praise Reading Units. Many popular 2nd and 3rd grade reading level titles. Literature Based Reading Lessons
Glencoe Literature Guides. Lots of popular titles. Glencoe Literature: Literature Library
Literature Activity Guides by Nancy Polette. These are samples, but are in depth enough to test if your child understood the story. Literature Guides
SCORE Cyberguides. California Schools. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyberguide.html

Free Books:
Classical Education Library Classical Education Library
Kids 4 Classics. Read Free Classical Literature Online at Kids4Classics
Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog - Overview - Project Gutenberg
Online Library of Liberty. You could spend a lot of time on this site. Online Library of Liberty - Groups
Google Books.Tons of books to read for free. Google Book Search
The Baldwin Project. Lots of free Classic books to print or read online.The Baldwin Online Children's Literature Project...Bringing Yesterday's Classics to Today's Children
Planet ebook Free section. Lots of Classic literature available to print or read online. Free eBooks at Planet eBook - Classic Novels and Literature You're Free to Share


Spelling/Vocab.:
ZB Spelling Connections Spelling Connections - Practice Pages
Splashes from the River Free Spelling Course
Webster’s Spelling http://www.donpotter.net/PDF/Webster...ook%201824.pdf
(online) Spelling City Online Spelling Program*-*SpellingCity.com
Merriam-Webster. Daily Buzz Word. Merriam-Webster's Word Central

Handwriting:
ZB Online Zaner-Bloser FontsOnline 0.6.4
Writing Wizard Make Handwriting Worksheets - ESL Writing Wizard
Custom Tracer Pages Custom Tracer Pages
Nice Writing Paper printables Patterned Paper Index Page@2Learn.ca

Grammar and creative Writing:
Harvey's Grammar Elementary Grammar and Composition - Google Book Search
Young Novelist Workbooks. There is a workbook for elementary, middle and high school. Designed to go with national novel writing month, but can be used any time. Young Novelist Workbooks | NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program
English Banana Elementary Workbook. For individual pages go to: englishbanana.com - Print Your Own: Big Grammar Book > Free Worksheets for English, EFL and ESL Lessons For complete download go to: English Banana.com's Big Grammar Book - Reviews and free English Banana.com's Big Grammar Book downloads at Download.com
Scott Foresman Scott Foresman Reading: Teacher Resources
Kiss Grammar The KISS Grammar Site -- Main Page
Daily Grammar Daily Grammar Lessons Archive - Comprehensive archive of grammar lessons

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History:
Scripted People of America History Lessons. Home School Curriculum | Free Home School Lessons for Beginners
Little City Kids. Kindy or 1st grade world history and geography. Little City Kids : Daily Lesson Plans
American Heritage. Uses teacher jargon, but is complete. Curriculum
Mosaic Introduction to World History Free Lesson Plans: Mosaic Introduction to World History Part 1: Myths, Maps, and Marvels
American History American History Curriculum

Geography:

Countries and Cultures around the world. Elementary age. Countries and Cultures of the World
Sheppard Software Geography (Online) World Maps - geography online games
Discover America State by State. Uses the C is for...... book series. Gale . Discover America Series . Find Out More . Student Activities
Outline Maps Outline Maps

Current Events:
TIME for kids. Time For Kids | Classroom
NY Times Learning Network. Updated daily and many archived lessons. The New York Times Learning Network

Science:
Engineering for kids ages 8 and up. Single subject lesson plans. Nicely done and easy to understand. TryEngineering : Lesson Plans
Earth Awareness Curriculum for Middle Schoolers NSTA Source Reduction Curriculum
Life Science Curriculum http://www.eequalsmcq.com/Thank%20yo...%20Science.htm
Otter’s Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
K-12 Science Curriculum MSNucleus

Computer Science:
Blender 3D animation creation. blender.org - Home
Computer Programming Course Alice.org
Computer Training Courses Free Computer Training at GCFLearnFree.org
Computer Animating and Design Scratch | Home | imagine, program, share

Art:
Dick Blick Lessons Search ALL Blick Lesson Plans by... - BLICK art materials
Meet the Masters http://www.getinvolvedineducation.co...ram-Manual.pdf
A Lifetime of Color A Lifetime of Color - Lesson Plans By Grade

Typing
Online typing Course FREE ONLINE TYPING COURSE
Dance Mat Typing BBC - Schools - Dance Mat Typing - Home
Touch Typing (Online) online free touch typing program | keyboarding tutor | Free Typing Games
Kiran's Typing Tutor. Free Typing Tutor

Foreign Language:
BBC Languages BBC - Languages - Homepage
Elementary/Middle School beginning Spanish. The first book listed is a free download. National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center - Iowa: List of Standards-Based Thematic Units
Greek and Latin Textkit - Greek and Latin Learning Tools
FSI Language Courses FSI Language Courses
Live Mocha This is a social site, so you may want to monitor your kids closely on this one. Livemocha: Learn Languages Online - English, Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin, å*¦ä¼šè‹±è¯*

Home Economics:
Future Christian Homemakers. FCH Lessons Index

Virtual Field Trips:
Take a field Trip. Take A Field Trip - UEN
Meet Me at the Corner Meet Me At the Corner, Virtual Field Trips for Kids

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High School and College age-ish (Online):
HippoCampus Free Courses http://www.hippocampus.org/
Mixed Courses in many subjects Free-Ed.Net
Printable Courses in all subject areas. Not sure who funds this one, but I like how the curriculum is laid out. http://www.pass.leon.k12.fl.us/Speci...t%20Areas.aspx
University of Berkley Courses. Tons of Free Courses available here. webcast.berkeley | UC Berkeley Video and Podcasts for Courses & Events
Yale University Open Courses. Nicely done and easy to access IMO. Online Video Lectures and Course Materials — Open Yale Courses
University of Washington free courses. OpenUW Free Courses
M.I.T. open Courseware. Tons of completely free courses in many subjects. Free Online Course Materials | Courses | MIT OpenCourseWare


Unit Studies/Notebooking:

A Journey Through Learning Inventor unit study and lapbook. Click on Free products. We enjoyed the lapbook. ajourneythroughlearning.com
H.I.P. Pocket Change. Several Lesson Plans revolving around money. H.I.P. Pocket Change™ Web Site - Lesson Plans
Various Unit Studies Free Homeschooling Unit Studies
Oceanography CurrClick - Christian Cottage - Oceanography - try me for FREE!
Various Subjects: S.C.O.R.E. Language Arts CyberGuides
3 Curriculums about Eyes Ophthalmic Heritage & Museum of Vision
Take a Cloud Walk http://www.nostudentleftindoors.com/...alkMar31LO.pdf
Birds Notebooking pages CurrClick -Notebooking Nook.com - Nature Study ~ Birds ~ Notebooking Pages
Canada Unit Study Canada Unit Study

Planning/Forms/Papers/Worksheets:
Online Lesson Planner, Scheduler, and Tracker Homeschool Skedtrack - Online Lesson Planner, Scheduler, and Tracker
Super Teacher Worksheets. Lots of well done worksheets for all subject areas. Grade level 1st-4th. Super Teacher Worksheets - Free Printable Math Worksheets, Grammar Worksheets, Word Problems, Creative Writing Prompts, and More!
Donna Young DonnaYoung.org: Printables and Resources for Home, Homeschooling, and Classrooms
Free Forms Free Homeschool Forms & Worksheets by Cindy Downes
Highland Heritage Forms http://highland.hitcho.com.au/Forms.htm

My Favorite Freebie Sites:
HSLaunchHomeschool Networking and File Sharing
Homeschool Helper Homeschool Helper
Homeschool Freebie of the day. If you Sign-up for the weekly email, you will receive additional free resources. Freebie of the Day
Currclick. They feature a free product once a week to download. It usually changes Monday afternoons. CurrClick - Curriculum in a click! Affordable curriculum, lapbooks, and homeschooling resources
Freely educate. Lots of great links here. Freely Educate
Hoagies Gifted. Tons of Free high school curriculum links. Hoagies' Gifted: (Free) Online High School Courses
Homeschool Share http://www.homeschoolshare.com/
Education World I really like the lesson of the day feature. Check out the Lesson Plans Page. Education World® The Educator's Best Friend
Internet Activities to coordinate with each grade and subject. Avon Maitland District School Board - Getting Students Connected
ScholasticOnline Activities and Interactive Learning for Students in Grades PreK-12 | Scholastic.com
Softschools Free Math Games and Online practice



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WOW!!!! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Awesome!!! Wish we could still rep! THANK YOU!!
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Wow, what a list! Thank you!
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Three thumbs up for you and your kindness in sharing !

I have many of your links already saved, but will read your list carefully for any others I might use.

I don't think that I saw this one on your list for high school:
http://www.hippocampus.org/ P.S. You did. I was looking for NROC, or the Monterrey Institute on your list, and forgot that they redesigned the resource to have the free courses housed at Hippo.

I taught U.S. history from that resource.

Also, did you include the online lessons from Annenberg ? I skimmed, but didn't see it initially. http://www.learner.org/ A few years ago, I brushed up my conversational Spanish by going through the entire online course.

Again, thank you so very much !

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WOW!! I am impressed! You are so kind to share.
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That is awesome! Thanks.
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