We are very excited to share over 40 homeschool freebies in our second annual Homeschool Freebie Directory. We hope you'll have a great time browsing through the offers, claiming your freebies, and visiting the websites. Be prepared to pace yourselves. You've got a whole year to explore and discover the many wonderful resources and interesting products along the way. Tell your friends and homeschool support groups, so they too can take part in the free gifts - NO STRINGS ATTACHED. What a great way for them to actually find some terrific new homeschool products without having to buy ANYTHING! Please note: Most of these products are electronic downloads. If you have any trouble downloading or receiving any gift, please contact the individual company for assistance. Enjoy the freebies!
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A Journey Through Learning Specializing in lapbooks and unit studies, A Journey Though Learning is the first place homeschoolers go for all their lapbooking and unit study needs. We make lapbooking easy by providing study guides, easy to understand, color coded lapbook assembly instructions with study guide and correlating activities that your child will enjoy. Sign up for our newsletter to receive your free lapbook. Look for sample pages of our various products. |
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ALEKS Math ALEKS can provide you with the instruction and support you need to homeschool your children in mathematics for grades 3-12. ALEKS offers access to highly-targeted, individualized instruction from virtually any computer with Internet access, making it a comprehensive and mobile educational solution for your children. |
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American Heritage Education Foundation To help teach America’s factual, philosophical heritage, history, and founding principles.• Utilized by homeschoolers and teachers in all 50 states! Social studies, US history and government, civics, economics, geography, reading, music, and more. • $150 value! Written by professional educators. • Proven to raise social studies scores! • Easy to use. No teacher training required! Award-winning design! Free K-12 Social Studies/History Lesson Plans— America’s Heritage: An Adventure in Liberty |
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Barker Creek Email us at freebies@barkercreek.com and we'll send you easy-to-follow directions on how to download your FREE copy of Homonyms, Synonyms & Antonyms (a $10.99 value)—the first book in our top-selling Reading FUNdamentals series! This popular book includes 48 pages of activities that will help your children understand and use homonyms, synonyms and antonyms in their reading and writing. |
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Books For Funds Books for Funds, a nationwide Christian school Book fair company, now offers the same incentive program to individual homeschools. Discover awesome savings on thousands of prescreened books and teaching resources, along with numerous FREE downloads including: Lesson plans, power point presentations, skits, helpful links, how–to-helps, and more! A division of SONday Enterprises & members of the Christian Booksellers Association. |
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Clark Nutrition My wife and I were both homeschooled and blessed to grow up in family businesses, which inspired us to start our own businesses. We want to give back by giving this CD to TOS subscribers. We pray it will inspire you with ideas for starting a family business that can round out your curriculum, develop character traits, and provide independence for your family. To claim your free gift, go to www.startafamilybiz.com. |
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Classical Academic Press Classical Subjects Creatively Taught. Creative, classical curriculum for Latin, Spanish, Greek, Logic, Bible and more. Sign up for access to free samples of all materials, including print, audio and video. Give any program a try! |
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Critical Thinking Our award-winning books and software empower students with the problem solving skills they’ll need for success in school and in life. Free activities and trial software are available online. Request your free catalog and Visual Mind Benders e-books today! |
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Educational Diagnostic Write with the Best “Grade: A+” and “Homeschool Dollar Value: 10 out of 10” Rating by Homeschool Reviews For You Free downloads: www.edudps.com |
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Educational Record Center Click Here for a collection of valuable downloads on “beginning phonics instruction” that any homeschool parent will find very helpful. These FREE PDFs target synthetic phonics instruction, which is the proven phonics teaching method used today, and offer value in helping any caregiver teach beginning reading and writing skills to young learners. Also available – a FREE CD that includes a PowerPoint™ presentation and all of the PDFs. 800-438-1637 |
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Friends Forever Girls Welcome to a world filled with friendship, character and community! Come visit Butterfly Lane, where a community of six dolls comes to life through rich and interesting stories. The Friends Forever Girls were created to promote positive play and foster responsibility while helping young girls to build self-respect. Check out our free download . . . a fun story where your child gets to create her own unique ending! |
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Greek ‘n’ Stuff Download Greek ‘n’ Stuff’s FREE Sample Pages eBook to see an assortment of lessons from Hey, Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek! (biblical Greek for preschoolers and up…even adults enjoy it), Latin’s Not So Tough! (young students study classical Latin), and Alone With God Bible Studies (verse-by-verse studies for mid-elementary students). |
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Heart of Dakota Publishing, Inc.Christ-centered learning from our heart to yours! Watch for our newest product Hearts for Him Through Time: Creation to Christ (For Ages 9-11 with Extensions for Ages 12-13) coming in 2009. Check out our products for ages 2-15 at www.heartofdakota.com Download the 1st week of plans and the introduction to all of our products - FOR FREE at www.heartofdakota.com/sample-pages.php |
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Heather Kendall-A Tale of Two KingdomsA Tale of Two Kingdoms by Heather Kendall traces the history of God’s plan of salvation throughout the Bible and reveals the antagonism between God’s kingdom and Satan’s. Maps, index, timeline, and Points to Ponder aid in Bible study. Download the table of contents, introduction, first chapter, and timeline, free at: |
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Homeschool in the Woods We believe that the best way for a child to cement the lessons learned is through hands-on activities and projects! Our timeline materials, Time Travelers History Studies, and Hands-on History Activity-Paks do just that while developing a love of learning in your child! Check out www.homeschoolinthewoods.com for even MORE freebies and samples! Mini Authors Activity-Pak: |
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Homeschool Science Academy 10th Degree - Unique, Online Science Seminars Veteran homeschool dad and college professor, Greg Landry, offers unique, Christ-centered, free, online anatomy and physiology seminars that he calls the "10th degree," for 6th–12th grade students and their parents: "There's Life in the Blood," "The Incredible Pancreas," "Working Toward Academic Excellence," and more! He also offers discounted online classes: "Anatomy and Physiology," "Sports Medicine," "Pre-Biology," "Chemistry," "Forensics," etc. www.homeschoolscienceacademy.com 828-265-4101 |
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Issachar Press Teaching and learning aids for the classical and popular curriculum—includes Latin, art/drawing, literature, and more. Sample the best-selling Latin Memory Songs and Imitate the MastersTM Art Grid Sketchpad. Get FREE samples of print, audio, and downloadable products. Give us a try . . . we’re here to help. |
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Kinetic Books Kinetic Books creates digital algebra and physics curricula. Our interactive textbooks come with a “professor inside” to explain topics through the use of virtual whiteboards, audio, and animations, in addition to everything you would expect in a printed textbook. For more information, visit www.kineticbooks.com. Request your free trial copy of our comprehensive, interactive, digital Algebra I textbook at www.kineticbooks.com/support/algebratrialonline |
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Life's Building Blocks Nowadays when you wish upon a star you don’t get jiminy cricket, you get zaki the “character” chameleon. Our character/game development experts have developed an award-winning storytelling/light-up plush chameleon (ages 3-6) and chapter & activity books (ages 6-10). Zaki and his friends who make up The Spruce Street Six are faced with the common ethical challenges that confront every child. Freebie Special – “The Big Mistake” chapter book. Download at http://www.lifesbuildingblocks.com/homeschoolfreebie.htm |
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LL TEACH Working like a slate, the Communicator® clearboard allows educational templates to be slipped inside. Children then use dry erase markers to record responses. With a quick swipe of an eraser, they are ready to move on to the next activity. Download FREE sample templates and watch FREE video lesson ideas at www.LLTeach.com/samples. |
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MathXpert MathXpert, software to help you and your kid learn algebra, precalculus, or calculus. Three programs, MathXpert Algebra Assistant, MathXpert Precalculus Assistant, and MathXpert Calculus Assistant, are available for $49.95 to $99.95. These programs can give hints, show students how to take the next step, or even actually take the next step if that is desired. Beautiful, accurate graphs too! For more information, visit www.helpwithmath.com; to download the free trial version, visit www.HelpWithMath.com/homeschool. |
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Mavericks Books Hank the Cowdog books and audios have been providing great family entertainment for 26 years. More than 7.5 million copies sold! We've heard countless times, "Hank is what got my son/daughter to enjoy reading." There are families that say they wouldn't take a trip without a Hank audio. Laughs for the WHOLE family! Hear a John Erickson (Hank the Cowdog) homeschool convention performance at www.hankthecowdog.com/house |
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Motherboard BooksTeach your kids to research the Internet using MotherboardBooks.com’s free Internet Scavenger Hunt, from the Computer Science Pure and Simple Curriculum. |
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MovieLit MovieLit offers a free 2-week unit from their full-year course teaching high schoolers to write literary analysis papers. The free unit covers C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Students learn tools of literary analysis, watch the movie, and write guided paragraphs, then short essays, then a final essay. Parents are provided with the resources for evaluating student writing. Download at www.movielit.com/sample.htm. |
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National Center for Constitutional Studies Discover the fundamental beliefs that the Founding Fathers said must be incorporated into any government or society to produce prosperity and peace. Learn how adherence to or the violation of these principles has directly affected the prosperity or decay of this nation and ultimately all nations. See a free 2-hour video sample of our American Government course online at www.nccs.net/tos. |
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Pandia Press Science and history—subjects that make many parents weak in the knees. You can teach science and history at home! R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey and History Odyssey take out the guesswork and make you feel like a pro. But don’t take our word for it; log on and try these free eBook samples. www.pandiapress.com |
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Perfect Praise Publishing The Kingdom Series . . . a riveting medieval parallel to the Bible and the NEW Knights of Arrethtrae, a companion to The Kingdom Series magic or mysticism! Read two complete chapters and listen to an unabridged, 75-minute sample of Kingdom’s Dawn or Sir Kendrick and the Castle of Bel Lione (available Feb. 2009) for FREE at www.kingdomseries.com/tosfreebie.htm. Narrated by voice actors from Cheltenham, England, with original music and sound effects. |
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Peterson Directed HandwritingNeed to improve handwriting skills? Help your child understand how to make handwriting better. Peterson Directed Handwriting is offering for download, a thorough guide to evaluation and special tools for coaching that will help you to improve both legibility and fluency at any level. Email Rand Nelson at mrpencil@peterson-handwriting.com. Request the link to your Self Evaluation Guide and much more. Peterson wants to be your handwriting company. |
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Remembrance Press The Girlhood Home Companion is abeautiful 4-color magazine that encourages young ladies to enjoy their precious girlhood years while walking closely with the Lord and developing a deeper relationship with Him.
Request a beautiful Girlhood Sampler with highlights from past issues and a free mp3 workshop on |
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The Schoolhouse Store The Fiesta of Freebies E-Book is packed with all the freebies from Freebie Friday, The Homeschool Minute, and Home Where They Belong from November 2007 - February 2008. |
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Soli Deo Gloria Resources Overwhelmed by the thought of unit studies? Download the booklet “You CAN Do a Unit Study” and our one-week unit on the life of William Tyndale – FREE! Receive tips on being successful using unit studies and a unit study on William Tyndale, suitable for preschool through high school! Create an account at our website and put these books in your cart. When checking out, enter this code: TOSFREE. |
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Spears Art Studio Teach your children art from a Biblical World View. Spears Art Studio offers a teacher's manual for Kindergarten through eighth grades, rich in interdisciplinary connections, and a high school art survey student manual. Lessons cover art/design elements, art principles, and historical and contemporary art connections and much more. |
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State History From A Christian Perspective/A Helping Hand Complete state history courses from a Christian perspective for age 3 through grade 12 for every state. Also all 50 states in one book. |
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Talking Fingers Read, Write & Type Online Edition. Try the first 8 lessons FREE at www.talkingfingers.com The Talking Fingers approach is based on a simple idea: text is speech made visible! We use our mouths to talk. We use our fingers (with a pencil or keyboard) to represent those sounds on paper. When children learn to link speech sounds with letters, they can write any word they can say. Their fingers are "talking!" |
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Tobin’s Lab Hands-On Science Serving families who love learning together for 15 years |
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Training For Triumph Learn to be a better writing teacher today! Training for Triumph's FREE audio with accompanying booklet downloads, titled Write On!, will teach you how to teach writing using their directed writing approach. From sentences to paragraphs to multi-paragraphs, give your students the skills they need to write well and enjoy writing. Written by Donna Reish, curriculum author of more than thirty books (including Character Quality Language Arts, Meaningful Composition, and The Well-Trained Heart). |
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Vantage Learning Vantage Learning is recognized as the leader in cost-effective, secure, online assessment and instructional writing programs for K-12 and higher education.
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Video Text Are You Homeschooling Pre-Algebra, Algebra, or Geometry? Get a FREE DVD sampler from VideoText, the course recommended by Dr. Jay Wile of Apologia Science! Dr. Wile says, “I strongly encourage you to look at VideoText Interactive’s algebra course. It is, truly, the best that I have seen. If you want your student to really learn algebra, you should use this course.” Send for your FREE DVD today! |
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Visual Manna Visual Manna offers excellence in art education and art through the core classes since 1992! Our books and NEW online classes are appropriate for all age students, visual and kinesthetic learners, and children with learning disabilities. They offer a different approach to the core subjects through art, and high quality art instruction. Go to our website at visualmanna.com for more information. The first of six Artsy Animals Learn to Read Book and Workbook FREE! |
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Wood Workers Resources Teach your kids woodworking. We’ll show you how! Go to our website to claim your FREE project plans, videos, and more www.WoodworkersResource.com/freebies. While there, check out our woodworking curriculum, Woodshop 101 for Kids. Your kids will learn how to use basic hand tools to make cool projects. If your kids are interested in making things with their hands, this is the book for you! contactus@woodworkersresource.com 865-363-2634 |
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Writeshop Complete WriteShop I lesson (grades 6–10), including assorted pages from the Teacher’s Manual, 30 pages in all. View lesson plans, student instructions, Skill Builder, checklists, and grading rubric. Got K-2nd graders? Download a sample lesson from our new WriteShop Primary. When you link to the download, you’ll find a BONUS gift: a StoryBuilder sampler that’s great for all ages. |