9 Free Educational Homeschooling Resources to up Your Game5 min read

We understand your concern that education comes at a high price! Expenses go into everything from resources to school fees. So it’s only normal to look for free educational homeschooling resources.

Wait a minute. Did you make the same discovery? If that’s the case and if you’re also interested in saving your pennies while still nourishing your little one’s mind, then here we have a list of 9 free and inexpensive educational resources you might not have heard of.

9 Free Educational Homeschooling Resources to Add to Your Curriculum

Educents

This platform was recently launched. It is a daily deals site that offers discounts of up to 90 percent off on almost all educational products.

Educents is founded by a family of educators and homeschoolers who aim to make education more affordable and feasible for everybody around.

Moreover, the staff at Educents offers high-quality, well-chosen deals which are worth taking.

Talking about some of the recent deals announced, they are- Green Kid Crafts, Houghton Mifflin, Reading Kingdom, and many more.

Khans Academy

This academy is a free world-class educational platform for anyone anywhere who really wishes to learn and grow as a better being.

Currently, they have uploaded more than 4,000 videos on their platform. These videos include topics that are related to math, biology, chemistry, physics, finance, and art history.

Apart from this, they also have an additional category for teaching SAT.

Every video included is a digestible chunk and doesn’t last for long in terms of duration.

The approximate timespan for every video lasts up to 10 minutes and mind that they are specially designed for viewing on a computer, though you can opt to watch it on your tablets or smartphones as well.

Having your kid enrolled in this academy will allow you to invest your money wisely and take a vacation with the rest of it!

Guest hollow

Before beginning, let us tell you the official website to get access to their official website- https://www.guesthollow.com.

One surprising thing is that this great site is run by a homeschool mom itself.

She has designed this module wherein you’ll find a free curriculum for history as well as for science.

Believe it or not, the history curriculum is amazing and the human anatomy curriculum will help you to know almost everything about your body. Isn’t that amazing?

Scholastic

This resource is one of the most unique educational websites designed especially for young kids.

You’ll commonly find this site directly from the publishers of popular educational magazines.

You can easily find scholastic in schools or public libraries. The scholastic module contains activities organized by grade level K-12.

Thereby kids aged between 3-15 can find learning activities geared toward them.

Cool math

You can call this category “an amusement park of math and more.” Your children can play online math games that will eventually help them to learn more about the real-life application based on addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, borrowing, decimals, money, and much more!

Cool Math is designed for children who are 13 and over. In case your kids are below 13, don’t worry! They have an additional column for children who are below 13.

The designated website for the same is- CoolMaths4Kids.com. If your kid’s age group ranges between ages 3 through 12, then this site is probably for you.

The games section also offers “brain training” games for all ages.

Exploratorium

We know that it’s quite hard to narrow the list of science websites as there are tons of helpful resources available on the internet.

But specifically, San Francisco’s ‘Exploratorium’ at the Palace of Fine Arts website helps to teach kids about science and art in ways that you can’t even think about!

They just don’t stick to hardcopy material, but also let kids tinker with gadgets.

They’ll go below the sea and teach your kids how to implement practical knowledge on the field.

It also specializes in teaching kids about the science of gardening, animals, and living cells, if you ask us to name a few.

Disney Jr

If your kids are fond of Mickey and friends (clubhouse) then they will fall in love visiting Disney Jr. Games section.

In some other popular sections, you’ll find there are- coloring pages and educational videos for learning.

All the games there focus on memory recognition, hand-eye coordination, color matching ability, and other similar skills that help in developing the minds of the younger generation.

Nick Jr

You’ll find various printables, games, and other fun activities for your young kids at NickJr.com (only if your kids don’t mind TV characters).

The games there would allow your little ones to explore their creativity on another level, play dress-up games, learn about the ethical music sense, and put together complex puzzles.

Not only this, but Nick Jr. also helps kids to work on numbers and shape recognition as well!

We recommend you to try this one though.

National Geographic

This resource platform will help your child to learn more about the flora and fauna, watch animal behavior, and what nature looks like in extreme conditions.

Further, your chaps can learn about different countries, try science experiments, and much more on the nat geo ‘kids’ section.

Check out the “Little Kids” section. This is specifically designed for the younger explorers to learn more about Earth.

Keep in Mind…

The educational resources mentioned above will prove to be extensively helpful for you, as a parent, as well as your kids.

These resources can often prove more useful than expensive “full-kit” packages. What’s more, they’re more suited to kids’ learning styles. If at one point it doesn’t seem to work, you can always go for something else.

This can prove to be a bonus for homeschool parents with kids having different learning styles.