Below listed are learning resources for children whether home educated, self directed or the child receiving a public or private education. This list is updated regularly. Please let me know if you have a wonderful resources that you think we should mention.
Art Apps
- Toontastic
- Museum of Modern Art
Art Online
Curriculum
- MobyMax.com Free K-8 Curriculum
Free Education Lists
- Online Education Database – Portal for free online learning resources
- 12 Dozen Places to Educate yourself for FREE online
Geography Apps
- Stack the Countries
- Stack the States
Geography Online
History Books
- Free Textbooks – all subjects
- Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
- Story of the World book (History) Largely secular, but written from Christian worldview
History Games
- A Sailors Life for Me Role play
Languages Apps/Tools
- Greek and Stuff
- Latin is Not So Tough
- Memrise Learn just about any language. Fantastic tool.
Languages Online
- Learning a Foreign Language in record time – Tim Ferris (article)
- Rosetta Stone
Law / Government Games
Math Apps
- Algebra Touch
- Chalkboard Mathematics
- Chess Pro
- DragonBox
- Dreambox
- Exploratioum Apps
- Lyne (Puzzles)
- Mathtopia
- Set (Pattern matching)
- Sushi Monster
- Unicorn Math
Math Books
- A Better way to teach Math Article
- Mathematics on the Web Resource page
- Family Math
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
- The Multicultural Math Classroom by Claudia Zaslavsky
- Letters to a Young Mathematician
- A Mathematician’s Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
- Hard Math for Elementary School
- Young Mathematicians at Work: Constructing Multiplication and Division – Catherine Twomey Fosnot, Maarten Dolk
- A Moscow Math Circle: Week-by-Week Problem Sets (MSRI Mathematical Circles Library)
- Cambridge Grammar for IELTS Student’s Book with Answers and Audio CD
- Yellow Book (Miquon Math Lab Materials)
- Miquon Math Lab Materials: Orange Book Level 1
- Family Math
- Family Math II: Achieving Success in Mathematics – Grace Dávila Coates, Virginia Thompson, Ann Humphrey Williams
- Is Math a Gift? Beliefs that put Females at Risk Standford University Study (PDF Article)
Math Books – Young Kids
- David Schwartz Fun math books
- The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang
- Martin Gardner Books (Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles )
- Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
- Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians
- Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail – Danica McKellar
- Math Girls – Hiroshi Yuki, Tony Gonzalez
- Math for Girls and Other Problem Solvers – Jean Stenmark, Twila Slesnick, Diane Downie
- MindWare Venn Perplexors: Level A
- One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve with Math by Eric Yoder
- Sir Cumference and the First Round Table (A Math Adventure) by Cindy Neuschwander
Math Games
- 7 ate 9
- Abalone (strategy)
- Blokus
- Circles
- Cover your Assets – Grows counting to 1 million (Card Game)
- Dice and a deck of Cards provide endless math games to reinforce math facts
- Difference War and other variations of the game War (Card Game)
- Double Shutter
- Equate
- Hiss
- Incan Gold
- Logic Links
- Number Chase
- Pentago
- Pico Ferme Bagel Online
- Pile it game
- Prime Climb – (A favorite)
- Rumis
- Set
- Sleeping Queens
- Snap Circuits (Engineering)
- Tsuro: The Game of the Path (Strategy)
Math Online
- Aleks Adaptive online learning for products for mathematics, business, science, and behavioral science
- The Art of Problem Solving Pre-Algebra and up
- Beast Academy Elementary
- Berkeley Parents Network (Online Forum)
- Brilliant Free Practice Problems
- Calculus by and for Young People
- How to become a Pure Mathematician
- JUMP Math curriculum Guides kids through them micro-step-by-micro-step.
- Klein Bottle Maker
- Living Math A collection of math resources by a homeschool mom of 4.
- Making Math Real Provides developmental integration for the full diversity of processing styles
- Mammoth Math
- Spark your child’s love of Math and Science
- YouCubed
Programming Apps
- Cargo Bot
- Codea
- Hopscotch
- Light Bot Hour of Code
- Logo
- Robo & Bobo
Programming Books
Programming Games
- Code Combat
- Codin Game
- Hours of Code at Code.org (Minecraft, Star Wars, and more)
- App Game Kit on Steam
Programming Online
Reading Online
- Bartelby Online books
- The Free Library
- Free Audiobooks by title on Open Culture
- Harvard Classics
- LibriVox Free Audio Books
- Project Gutenberg Free eBooks
Philosophy Online
Science Apps
- Putt the Planets Astronomy
- Tinkerbox (Physics)
Science Books
- Essential College Physics, Volume 1 – Andrew Rex, Richard Wolfson
- Psychological Science AND Cognitive Neuroscience – Michael Gazzaniga
- The Story of Science Series – Joy Hakim
- The Brain: An Introduction to Neurology – Ellen Johnston McHenry
Science Books – Young Kids
- The Boy’s Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up YOU (Boys World Books) by Kelli Dunham, Steven Bjorkman
- Information Graphics: Human Body
- The Invisible ABC’s: Exploring the World of Microbes…
- Micro Mania
- Science Verse (Golden Duck Awards. Picture Book (Awards) – Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith
- Squids will be Squids by Jon Scieszka
- Tesla – Physics Comic Book, via Open culture
Science Games
- Bamboleo (Physics)
- Bausack (Physics)
- Elementeo (Chemistry)
Science Online
- Aleks Adaptive online learning for products for mathematics,business,science, and behavioral science
- Introduction to Forensic Science Warning: Some of content presented in this course may be distressing to individuals, particularly younger learners
- Plato Courseware
Sewing Books
- The Party Dress Book: How to Sew the Best Dress in the Room by Mary Adams, Amy Sedaris
- Sew Serendipity: Fresh and Pretty Designs to Make and Wear – Kay Whitt
- Sew What! Skirts: 16 Simple Styles You Can Make with Fabulous Fabrics – Francesca DenHartog
Twitter Connections
- Gifted Homeschoolers forum @GiftedHF
- Free Your Kids @FreeYourKids
- The Libertarian Homeschooler @TLHomeschooler
- Hoagies Gifted Education Page @hoagiesGifted
Writing Books
- Handwriting Without Tears books to practice letter formation
- Cursive writing work books (pick anyone that appeals)
- Writing Down the Days: 365 Creative Journaling Ideas for Young People by Lorraine M. Dahlstrom
Writing Online
