Free Online Homeschool Curriculum
If you’re looking for full, free homeschool curriculums look no further! Below is our master list that is updated regularly with the best full curriculums that you can use as a complete curriculum or to supplement your child’s current course of study.
While there are a few websites that have all (or almost all) of what you need on their website, many of the websites also use books that are free to download or read online. Some require you to get a book from the library, and then others will have free instruction for a college or high school textbook that you would need to buy. While the latter is not completely free, the instruction is, which I think qualifies as a freebie!
And make sure to join our How to Homeschool for Free Facebook Support Group [1] for daily encouragement in your homeschooling journey!
Also, if you are looking for free placement testing for your kids make sure to check out our guide to completely free placement testing resources [2] online.
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Ambleside Online
Ambleside Online is a free home school curriculum designed to be as close as possible to the curriculum that Charlotte Mason used in her own private and correspondence schools. Ambleside Online recommends the highest quality of books and most of the books could likely be found through a library loan system. The curriculum also uses as many free online books as possible, and there is no cost to use this website or join the support group. Learn more about Ambleside online and visit their website here [3].
Old Fashioned Education
Old Fashioned Education [4] offers a directory of free home school curricula, literature and text books organized for the use of home schooling families. It has its roots in Charlotte Mason, but has a more structured routine and schedule. There is a book list, daily schedule, and many other resources for each grade level from K- 12. One of my favorite things about this website is that there is a section where you can find numerous websites to find free online books! Even if you don’t agree with all of the ideals presented, this is a useful website for planning your school year.
PASS (special learning needs)
Complete textbooks in downloadable form (PDF files) for all core subjects are available from the Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS) [5]. These textbooks are written to help students with various learning needs and are presented in an easy-to-understand format. The PDF’s are currently found in the search results from the ERIC educational database, so you will need to scroll through the various results to find the books that you need.
Brightly Beaming Resources
Brightly Beaming Resources [6] is a full and totally free curriculum for preschool age up to age 11. Brightly Beaming Resources is home to a very popular preschool curriculum called Letter of the Week. Letter of the week works exactly how it sounds… you learn one letter per week with your preschooler and Brightly Beaming Resources gives you the lessons, activities, and book lists.
Easy Peasy Homeschool Curriculum
Easy Peasy [7] is a full homeschool curriculum that is online and mostly self-taught. Even if you do not use it as a full curriculum there is plenty of material here to supplement your current homeschooling education!
Under the Home
Under the Home [8] is a FREE full K-5 homeschooling curriculum and is based on the Charlotte-Mason method of learning [9]. The site provides comprehensive lessons in subjects like literature, history, science, math, art, and music, all tailored for students from kindergarten through middle school. It’s user-friendly and flexible, making it easy for parents to integrate high-quality, classical content into their homeschooling routine without the need for extensive planning.
HippoCampus
HippoCampus.org [10] offers Algebra, American Government, Biology, Calculus, Environmental Science, Physics, Psychology, World Religions, and US History. You can follow a course of the curriculum in each class, or select a problem area to get a clear explanation and practice problems. Many of the subject home pages include a corresponding moderated blog created by teachers, for teachers. Each blog contains ideas and activities that teachers can use to use HippoCampus in creative ways. Posted lesson plans include learning objectives, assessment ideas, assignment details, instructor notes, and a rubric for grading lessons. The lessons also utilize some videos from Khan Academy.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy [11] is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere (also available in Spanish [12]). With over 2600 videos, they cover K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reach into other subject with playlists on finance and history. Each video is approximately 10 minutes long, and learning is self-paced. Parents, as teachers, can see any student in detail, have a real-time class report for all students, and see resources for providing targeted interventions in learning if necessary.
CK-12
CK-12 [13] is a non-profit organization that has a ton of great educational resources! Once you create an account, you will have access to full lesson plans (including several with videos) for math, science, engineering, history, english, and technology! Once you click on a subject, you can pick a specific topic that you want to study about OR you can click on the “Concept Map” option to see the order that they recommend teaching the concepts in. Please keep in mind that this is a completely secular curriculum, so any science lessons that talk about the origin of life would come at it from an evolutionary perspective. If you like utilizing a Kindle, or your Kindle App on your smartphone or tablet, then you can also download A TON of CK-12 textbooks for FREE [14]!
“Maths” is Fun
The Maths Is Fun website offers a comprehensive collection of math resources organized by grade level and topic, aligning with various curriculum standards. It provides lessons, interactive activities, and worksheets that cover a wide range of mathematical concepts, from basic arithmetic to more advanced topics like algebra and geometry. Learn more about Math is fun here [15]. If you’re looking for more math curriculum options for all grade levels make sure to check out our master list of full online math curriculum [16]!
Also, be sure to check out our full list of back to HOMEschool supplies here [17] broken down by grade level!
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