Aug 22 2013

Free Homeschool Planners

Posted on August 22, 2013 by olsk_mercado

You’ll definitely need homeschool planners when organizing your schedules. We all have our own ways of staying organized but I find that planners whether online or on paper helps with checking tasks off and also keeping track of your progress.

I’ve found quite a few free planners that you can download for your own personal use.

Confessions of a Homeschooler

Lesson Planners (Colorful, Floral, Arrows)

An Intentional Life

Daily Planner- Please see right side of website for free download of planner

Living Well Spending Less

Daily & Quarterly

123 Homeschool 4 Me

Curriculum Planning, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, and Monthly Lesson Planners, Various Forms, and more

The Life in Bloom

Homeschool & Meal Planner

Holy Spirit Led Homeschooling

Weekly, Monthly Goal Sheets, Unit Study Planner, and more

Five Js

Printable Calendars, High School Credit Planner, Homeschool Conference & Evaluation, Gradebook and Record Keeping, and more

Donna Young

Weekly & Daily Planners, Unit Study, and more

One Fun Mom

Weekly Planner

Notebooking Nook

Teaching Planner & Student Pages

Simblissity

Weekly and by subject

Timberdoodle

Baby, Preschool and K-12 Planners

Ruin Redemption & Regeneration

Weekly Planner and more

The Homeschool Mom

Weekly Planner, Unit Study, Reading Log, Unschooling Record

Teacher Planning and Organization Forms

Yearly, Quarterly & Weekly, Curriculum and many more forms

Printable Homeschool

Weekly Lesson Plan, Report Card, Gradebook

Free Homeschool Resources

Course Planning, Checklists, Journal Pages, Blank Calendars, Attendance Forms

Just Mommies

Planner, Portfolio, Attendance, Montly Goals

Busy Teachers Cafe

Monthly Calendars, Behavior Charts,Organizational Notebooks, Classroom Management, Lesson Plans

Homeschool Views

Calendars & Schedules, Unit Studies, Recordkeeping Sheets, Writing

Homeschool Curriculum for Life

Daily, Monthly, Annual Planners, and plenty more

The Peaceful Mom

Daily & Weekly Planners, Reading List

Eclectic Homeschool Online

Daily & Weekly Planners, Field Trip Planning Forms, Transcripts

Chart Jungle

Daily & Monthly, Charts, and more

Oklahoma Homeschool

Curriculum, Field Trip, High School and Schedule Planning Pages

Mama Jenn

Weekly Planner & Calendars

Passport Academy

Preschool & Elementary Planners

Ironic Adventures

Lesson Planners & Attendance Tracker

Aug 21 2013

Homeschool Teaching Resources

Posted on August 21, 2013 by olsk_mercado

When you’re a homeschooling mom and one that doesn’t depend on a curriculum or affiliate site you’ll need plenty of homeschool teaching resources to create your lesson plans. I’ve discovered quite a few that you can use.

Free Club Web (PowerPoint) All subjects

Cool Science (Hands on Activities)

Pearson (Social Studies, Science and History)

Pete’s Power Point Station (PPST) (PowerPoint) All subjects

Annenberg Learner K-12 All subjects

Learnist All subjects

Discovery Education K-12 All subjects

Homeschool Share K-12 All subjects

Discovery Education K-12 All subjects

National Geographic K-12

Teachers pay Teachers K-12 All subjects

Lesson Plans K-12 All subjects

Easy Fun School All subjects

Scholastic K-8

Teaching Resources by Laura Candler Various subjects

Note: There are links in this post that contain my referral link. Please read my disclosure policy.

Aug 20 2013

Free Homeschool Resources

Posted on August 20, 2013 by olsk_mercado

There are plenty of free homeschool resources but I find that the ones below have made my job as a homeschooling mom easier by compiling all the great resources available into one site or page.

Free Homeschool Deals There’s a deal everyday on this site. You should make sure to subscribe or like their Facebook page so that you can get their daily deals. You’ll find Kindle books, curriculum deals, educational resources, printables and apps.

Homeschool.com Their Free Stuff tab has printables, news, curriculum, contests and scholarships, field trips and podcasts.

Classroom Freebies There are plenty of resources at Classroom Freebies and it’s sorted by grade level and activities.

Free Ebooks for Homeschoolers You’ll have to have a Facebook account to access this page but it’s well worth it. You’ll get all the latest free Kindle book alerts for homeschooling and parenting.

Homeschool Freebie of the Day A collection of homeschool freebies covering various topics. Make sure to go through the whole site as there are plenty of free downloads and printable material.

Surviving a Teacher’s Salary The Deals and Free! tab give you the latest free and discounted resources for your teaching needs

Confessions of a Homeschooler Aside from having a very informative blog, you’ll find a printables page for subjects, lapbooks, mom stuff and planners.

Our Intentional Life You’ll find a list of homeschool resources for curriculum, blogs and freebies.

Frugal Homeschool Family Great blog posts on deals, tips, freebies and meal plans.

Enchanted Homeschooling Mom Get printables, DIY, Early Learning Holiday and recipe resources

Hip Homeschool Moms Excellent site that you can browse through by ages and stages, subjects, methods and styles, special needs, and organization.

Homeschool Creations Go to their Printables tab and you’ll find plenty of resources for book reports, workboxes, assignment sheets and book units

Latter-day Homeschooling Their Toolbox gives you resources for Planning, Organization, Encouragement, Unit Studies, Notebooking and Lapbooking

Teaching with Cents Plenty of resources on homeschool offers

The Homeschool Classroom Resources for Enrichment Activities, Methods and Systems and Organization and Planning

Aug 19 2013

Free Lapbooks for Homeschooling

Posted on August 19, 2013 by olsk_mercado

I only discovered lapbooks when we started homeschooling. I searched for many resources and came across plenty of free lapbooks for various subjects. It’s a great way to incorporate fun into lessons and gives the children a chance to get artistic no matter what the subject.

Here is a list of free lapbooks you can also download and use.

Homeschool Share (Master Lapbook List- Various subjects with templates)

Lapbooks Lessons (Various subjects- includes templates, lessons, videos and photo sources)

CurrClick (Various subjects- templates, samplers, tips)

Practical Pages (Various subjects- templates, tips)

Homeschool Helper (Core and Elective subjects- templates)

Dynamic2Moms (History, Science, Geography, Art)

Teachers Pay Teachers (Various subjects- includes templates, instructions, notebooking and kits)

1 Plus 1 Plus 1 Equals 1 (Various subjects- includes behind the scenes, tips and suggestions on supplies)

One Little Two Little (Human body, book and holiday lapbooks- please see right side of the page)

Jimmie’s Collage (Tips on lapbooking)

These free lapbooks are for personal use only.

Aug 18 2013

Recommended Movies to Watch for Homeschooling

Posted on August 18, 2013 by olsk_mercado

We have been homeschooling for a couple of months now and it being our first year we all definitely need a break. I’ve decided to take a week off from our homeschool schedule to give myself and the kids a breather. They have been a bit overwhelmed with the subjects we’ve covered and I’ve been so jam-packed between being a work at home mom and homeschooling.

Though it will be a week off for the kids and I, I still wanted us to do something that they can still learn from yet provide us with the break that we need from all the lessons, worksheets and activities. I found a great website that provides recommended movies to watch for homeschooling. Teach with Movies provides a list of movies to watch by subject such as English, Social Studies, and Science. It also classifies movies by sub topic per subject. There are also recommended movies for health, sports, music, drama, dance, environment and moral and ethical topics.

I’ll only be asking the kids to write a reaction paper to the movie they watched or maybe answer a few questions that I’ll come up with for a specific movie.

Hopefully after our break we’ll all be recharged and ready for the coming lessons and topics I have scheduled for us.

What do you do during homeschool breaks? I’d love to hear about them and try them out on our next break.

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