Some of the most commonly used websites can also prove to be invaluable resources to homeschool families. Here are some popular sites that can be used by homeschool students for free.
YouTube
A number of channels on this popular video hosting website can be used by homeschool teachers to help their children. The Education channel has a number of videos on all kinds of different topics that children from different grades can use. The videos include topics in primary and secondary education, those related specifically to language development and even business. A quick search is a good idea for a topic that your homeschool students are interested in.
Project Gutenberg
This website offers over 54,000 thousand ebooks for the user to read, download and make easily accessible. A number of old literary titles for which the copyright has expired are available here. The books are diligently digitized with volunteers proof reading them to avoid errors. The best part is that the website is absolutely free. They don’t even need you to register with them for accessing the books. They do have the option of donating a small amount if you so desire.
Home School Legal Defense Association
The HSLDA website is full of useful articles, legal advice and first person experiences in homeschooling. It also has a number of recommendations for free as well as paid resources that the homeschool classroom may require. One of the most popular resources in the free transcripts that they offer. For the new homeschooling parent these can prove invaluable in creating their own homeschool student’s transcripts. They are available in MS Word as well as PDF format and can be easily edited to suit the homeschool teacher’s needs.
Basecamp
This is a project management software that can actually work really well for a homeschool classroom setup. While it is a paid software, it is available for free for teachers and students. It is also available at a fifty percent discount to non profit organizations. It allows a digital way to organize schoolwork, communicate work status, and present completed work. A single account is enough to handle different students and their different subjects as well. Saves a lot of time as compared to paper and pen organizers.
