Today we are learning about VIKINGS! We're watching NOVA's 'Secrets of the Viking Sword' which is available on Netflix, and making a Viking Longboat! We will also take a virtual tour of a Viking Village and Farmhouse. You can also write your name in Runes. You can find a five-part complete lesson plan on the Vikings from Ireland. It has good discussion questions, more activity suggestions and some primary source material is...
As Halloween grows ever nearer and the kiddos get excited with visions of chocolate dancing in their heads, remind them of the virtues of CANDY CORN with this great Candy Corn Math pack by Royal Baloo. It's 17 fun filled pages of candy corn themed math problems. Covering addition and subtraction as well as estimating and a dice game! The best part is that the...
In continuing with the fall theme, today's freebie is a fantastic 65 page Scarecrow Activity Pack It's got great graphics, full of lots of colorful little scarecrows and other fall items. But don't worry, it prints just as well if don't use color ink! So round up the kiddos and set them down with this activity pack, should be plenty to keep them busy,...
Netflix is a great resource that is easy on the family budget. At just $7.99 + tax per month you can stream unlimited videos. Streaming can be done through most current gaming systems like Wii, Xbox, and PlayStation. Blu-ray players also have this function and of course you can stream on your PC or laptop. However if your internet speeds are below 3...
Have your little learner write a Halloween story on this lined Pumpkin Writing Paper! Let them be as creative as they want, it could be a spooky story or a story about what they want to dress up as for Halloween or just some other fun fall story! Enjoy! Have your little learner write a Halloween story on this lined Pumpkin Writing Paper! Let them be as...
Today's freebie of the day is Le Magick Halloween Coloring_Book. Get the kids (or yourself) in the Halloween spirit by coloring some Witches, Ghosts, Haunted Houses or maybe a black cat. Take your pick! This coloring book could lead to great Halloween unit studies. Google old photos of vintage costumes, fall/Halloween customs in other countries, the history of Halloween, etc. Have fun! Today's freebie...
Bats are often misunderstood but really they are adorable helpful little pollinators. They are currently in danger as are our other pollinator friends bees and hummingbirds. This is largely due to pesticide sprays and climate changes. Learn some fun facts about the only flying mammals and have no fear of these great little bug catchers. Here is today's freebie, the Bat Mini Helper. Enjoy! Bats...
It's Fall Ya'll! So to kick off Fall and Halloween we have an Autumn Leaves Mini Science Project. Now that the leaves are turning and beginning to flutter to the ground it is a great time to start leaf identification and leaf collections! You can even take field trips to the park or a state park to collect different species of leaves that you...
We are starting something new here at Home School Freesource. The theme for October is Fall and Halloween, so every day we will be posting a different freebie download for your learning pleasure. So be sure to check us out daily for something new. And since today is the last day of September we are gonna kick it off a day early. Enjoy!...
Recently while looking for some new and interesting science lessons, I came across the Howard Hughes Medical Institute website. Where they believe one should never stop learning. As such, they offer free educational resources that can be ordered straight from their website. You can choose from their printed bulletins, DVD's and even CD-ROM's of interactive labs. I ordered some materials this summer and we are...
One of the great things about home schooling is that you can plan field trips around family vacations or day trips. With a simple Internet search you can locate lots of educational things to do together as a family no matter where you are going. Our son loves reefs and sharks so we turned his 7th birthday into a field trip to the...
Hi there! Welcome to the Homeschool Freesource. It's easy to become overwhelmed by all the different and expensive home school curriculum out there for purchase. But why spend your family's hard-earned dollars on expensive curriculum, when you can save money by utilizing all the free resources out there on the internet? We offer a compilation of all of the best free resources out there on the internet. We...
