I have had numerous requests to share my favorites list lately, or at least some of my freebie sites. I would not have room or inclination to list them all in just one post. These are either the most used sites by our family or understood to be the most popular ones that people forget to check. Keep your list handy and check it daily/weekly/monthly as needed to get the most for your family.

 ANYTIME

**http://www.internet4classrooms.com/k12links.htm This site doesn;t do free downloads or giveaways, but it is a teacher resource site that allows you to find just about anything you need at any grade K-12 and any ability level. You can find lesson plans and that sort of thing if you’re into that. I use the site to find websites that have material (instruction, tutorials, interactive labs, games, etc) on a given subject. You can find material on a given subject within specific grade parameters if you want also (Ancient Egypt grade 2). If I am unsure we have covered everything for the year, I can click on the subject and the grade and just go down the list on the left-hand side of the page to double-check. For record-keeping I usually just print the completed pages or certificates the kids get at the end. I believe these are TN standards. If your state doesn’t require specific standards, this is a good check “just to be sure” as most moms get that spring panic, but you should never feel pressured by a standard.

http://www.archive.org/index.php Almost anything in the public domain can be found at internet archive. Books, pictures, videos, audios, movies, anything that’s been on the internet ever.

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Public domain books reprinted in digital form.

 http://librivox.org/ Free audio versions of books in the public domain. Good for popping into the player for littles to listen to, or even for full family study.

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/ Florida Educational techonology clearinghouse

http://www.homeschoolinthewoods.com/ She has a few free unit studies on her website you can access whenever you need – left side page 2/3 down.

http://www.efantasmicms.com/members/efantasmic If you are a member of e-Fantasmic, then you want to be sure to check in here every once in a while and see what they have. My children are not worksheet lovers by nature, but this works for when I need something in the file or periodic book reviews. They are getting some new stuff up. We’ll see if they have varied their format any.

http://www.wowio.com/index.asp WOWIO has digital format books in both public domain and recent publisher agreed variety. They are no loner free to download, but remain a useful source for research and reading material if you don’t need it physically in your hands.

 Daily

http://homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/ Every *school* day Jim Erskine pops a different homeschool related freebie up onto this website. They have been all over the map so far. There have been kinder things all the way through teen/college adult things. Old style stitching to financing college to science and bridge building. There will definitely be something here for everyone in turn.

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/                    http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/

These sites provides us with a new software programs and new game software programs of varying reliability and usefulness each day. There have been real winners and real foul eggs – I highly recommend checking the download page to see if anyone is having difficulties before downloading the days software. That said; Our house has found some real gems here Mom & Dad would NOT have paid for based on the descriptions.

 Weekly – Usually on Monday because that’s the day Currclick turns

http://www.currclick.com/ Every week currclick offers a different product free for download in whole. Changes each Monday. Sometimes there are extra small freebies on the site if you look and there are usually specials for just $1-2 as well.

http://www.ecobrain.com/ Works like Currclick with downloadable merchandise only, but is strictly for things that relate to the envireonment somehow. I check weekly but so far they are changing freebies less frequently (will get better as they get bigger I think).

http://www.quamut.com/ These are downloadable *charts* (like barcharts – summaries) of assorted topics. You can search in the database to find one if you really NEED it & pay. They give a free one each week (used to be daily – might change back –who knows)

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/ Cliffs doesn’t really seems to restrict what you get right now, but they are relegated more to just the scholastic sector. I wanted you to remember to check them periodically though, so by Quamut they are J

http://www.schoolexpress.com/ You need to sign-up for the newsletter. They send you a link and you will get a free unit each week (topic changes bi-weekly) alternating thematic and activity units.

http://www.teachinglearning.com/free-teaching-ideas.php TLC updates their site each week with new portions of free curriculum for K-8. If you come each week faithfully you will have the entire products and special curriculum items.

http://talk-a-latte.com/category/sweet-goodies-for-you/ While Cindy Rushton does MUCH more then simply provide free goodies, if you are on the hunt, I really must direct you to her desktop to see what she has there this week J. While you’re there, take a look around and see if anything inspires or refreshes you. Cindy & her friends have a way of doing that!

 Monthly – Midmonth as that’s when Hands of a Child changes theirs

http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/toolbox/ This is a subscriber only benefit for The Old Schoolhouse magazine. In months we don’t receive a magazine there is newsletter with loads of useful teaching material and information (mimi-magazine) and we get to come here and download a free product.

http://www.theoldschoolhousestore.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=145&zenid=4314fc68512f6513d7ec1cda1fb382b9 The Old Schoolhouse Store gives away a free product also, and the current one can be conveniently found here under “free”

http://www.handsofachild.com/shop/ If you are a HOAC SUPER member (and I highly recommend the lifetime purchase even for penny watching families) then you definitely want to come here each month and get your free download. EVERYONE gets to share in the fun and get a free download once per quarter – go now, they just changed it. HOAC has excellent customer service and they have online coops to extend these Lapbook studies even further. It’s an all grades affair and you can find out more or join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HOAC-Co-Op-News/

http://www.fortunatelyforyoubooks.com/ Starting in October they will have a free product download each month.

http://christianaudio.com/free_download.php Christian audio gives a free download of one book per month. Pop in and see what they have going on. It’s always nice to have something grown-up to throw in the player to feed your mind J

http://www.thehomeschoolshop.com/sh-freedownload.htm The level of product you get will vary (as do most of these) from K-12 products on their site. All very usable versions.

http://www.baggetta.com/ Bagetta developes software for teachers. As he does so, he places the new software on the website for free for us to try out and let him know what we think.