Internet Resources
Here is a topical index of some helpful homeschooling resources. You can find a more concise list of some helpful resources to get started on our New To Homeschooling page.
+ Arts and Crafts Ideas and Supplies
- Artsonia
- Kinder Printables Christmas ideas for young elementary.
- Crayola Creativity Central
- Discount School Supply has great prices for all your school needs.
- Economy Handicrafts
- Family Fun
- Miller Pads and Papers
- Oriental Trading Company
- S & S Arts and Crafts
+ Bible Studies and Worksheets
- Kid’s Sunday School Place Children’s Ministry Resources & Curriculum
- Bible study curriculum
+ Book Clubs And Publishers
+ Character Building
- Doorposts $5 charts for character building
- Crosswalk.com All animals in scripture
- Calvery Chapel Free Bible Material
- Home Life Ministires Monthly free e-mails on a character quality
+ Christian Websites For Parents
- Crown Ministries helps families learn to budget their finances and plan for all of life’s expenses in a Godly manner.
- Fly Lady If you haven’t heard of this one, you just GOTTA see it!
- Focus on the Family has been very active in the Christian community for over 20 years. Lots of ideas and support.
- Home School Mom Getting Organized Planner
- Homeschool Dads A website for Dads? Check it out.
- Gospelcom Daily devotions and support from other women are offered by Proverbs 31, “a non- denominational, non-profit organization that brings God’s peace, perspective, and purpose to today’s busy woman.” You can sign up for daily devotions to be sent to your email address and receive a monthly newsletter for a small donation.
- Managers of Their Homes The Maxwell Family.
- MOMYS others of Many Young Siblings (lots of help here!).
+ College Resources
- College Degrees Online
- Teaching Degrees
- This is a comprehensive guide from Affordable Colleges Online that provides information for students that want to earn college credits early.
- Homeschool Guide to College Education
Also, see our College Bound Families page
+ Curriculum Resources
- Abeka Book
- Alpha Omega Publications
- American School (9-12)
- Bob Jones University Press
- Calvert School (K-8)
- Christian Liberty Academy
- Covenant Home Curriculum
- Jubilee Academy
- K-12 Curriculum
- Moore Foundation
- Penn Foster
- Seton Home Study School
+ Dictionaries and Reference Aids
- Classic Encyclopedia Online Encyclopedia
- Internet Public Library
+ Foreign Language Studies
- WordReference.com Foreign Language Dictionary
+ Free Curriculum and Supplies Catalogs
+ General Curriculum
- Abeka Book
- Alpha Omega Publications
- Ambleside (Charlotte Mason style-free curriculum)
- Apologia Science for Homeschoolers
- Beginning Publishing House – Rainbow Science
- Bob Jones University Press
- Classical Christian Homeschooling
- Critical Thinking Books and Software
- Educators Publishing Services
- Evan Moore
- Five in a Row
- Geography Matters
- Greenleaf Press
- Lifetime Books and Gifts
- Keepers of the Faith
- My Father’s World
- An Old Fashioned Education – K-12 and completely free
- Penny Gardener (another Charlotte Mason resource)
- Rainbow Resource
- School of Tomorrow
- Sonlight Curriculum
- Teacher Created Resources was created by teachers for teachers and parents
- Timberdoodle
- Time4Learning
- Winter Promise
+ General Studies
- Teachnet.com Lesson helpers and ideas
- BrainPOP Subject references and standards. Some links require subscription.
+ Geography
- Geography Matters features quality hands-on geography and history materials, articles, and activities to help you make learning fun and memorable.
+ Handwrititing and Motor Skills
- Amazing Handwriting Worksheets Need handwriting help? Make your own worksheets
+ Home Economics
- Allrecipes Searchable by Ingredients
+ Homeschool Organizations
- Home School Legal Defense Association
- Christian Home Educators of Kentucky (CHEK)
- Kentucky Home Education Association (KHEAA)
+ Homeschool Supplements, Organizers, and Forms
- Chart Jungle
- Donna Young‘s Homeschool
- Enchanted Learning
- School Express Free Worksheets
- Preschool Printables Great coloring pages
- Homeschool Central
- Homeschool Radio Shows
- Homeschool World
- Homeschool Tracker
- FlyLady.net Personal Organizers
- SoftSchools
- TeAchnology
- TipzTime Free Chore Charts
+ Kids Games And Learning Activities
Parents, please note, it is highly suggested that you monitor your child’s time on the internet. The following sites are kid friendly, and many of them are recommended by other homeschool families. However, this will not prevent a child from surfing to another potentially hazardous site. Please notify Holly Toy if you find anything offensive or inappropriate, so that we may remove the web link from this page. In addition, if you have other websites that you think others may like, please notify Holly with the web address and what category you would like to see it added to. Thanks!
- American Girl
- funbrain
- JigZone
- Kids Games
- Kidszone
- Little House on the Prairie
- PBS Kids
- Scholastic Kids
- Collecting State Quarters
- www.whitehouse.gov/kids
- The School Bell
- Starfall.com
+ Language Arts
- Christian Writers Guild
- English The Easy Way
- Design-a-Study High school curriculum for LA through classic movies
- Brightly Beaming Resources Mostly language arts – day by day schedule
- UsingEnglish.com Need English handouts?
+ Library Skills and Resources
+ Local Interests And Resources
- Challenger Learning Center in Radcliff
- Cincinnati Zoo
- Explorium of Lexington – kids museum
- All Kentucky Parks Enjoy hiking and camping?
- If your children enjoy parks and recreations
- Catalog books online
- Jefferson Memorial Forest
- Louisville area parks
- Louisville Orchestra w/ orKIDStra series
- Louisville Zoo
- Kentucky state home page
- KY Secretary of State’s Office
- Official website of Louisville, KY
- Shaker Village near Harrodsburg has many activities for kids and adults alike. This is a fun and informative field trip for all.
- Southeast Outlook
- Sugarbush Maple Syrup Farm in Salem, IN
- Wonder Valley Christian Camp
+ Math Skills
- Purplemath Algebra lessons and help
- The Math Forum Ask Dr. Math
- Aplus Math Create worksheets for +, -, x, division
- More Than Math Games for 3rd, 4th, 5th grades
- Mrs. Glossers Math Goodies
- Homeschool Math
- Muggins! Math Muggins This website sells math games with unique and challenging formats.
- The Math Worksheet Math Worksheets
- MathStories.com Math Word Problems
- Webmath.com Math Help
- Math Magician Games Online math quizzes
- RightStart Mathematics
- Rhymes Tables Teach your child the Times Tables in 1 hour!
- Kids Bank Saving vs. Spending – Help your child learn about banking
- MoneyInstructor.com Worksheets for money skills, pay for “full membership”
- Lesson Corner LessonCorner’ s Math worksheets generators allow teachers to generate dynamic math worksheets for all grades in 4 easy steps.
+ Music Study
+ Periodicals And Newsletters
- God’s World Newspaper
- Growing Without Schooling (John Holt)
- Homeschool Digest
- Homeschooling Life
- The Homeschool Magazine
- Homeschool Today
- KY Young Authors Program
- Moore Report International
- The Old Schoolhouse
- Practical Homeschooling
- The Teaching Home
+ Phonics
- Progressive Phonics Free phonics books
+ Reading
- Succeed to Read Includes Reading Rescue 1-2-3
- Headsprout Reading
- Reading Horizons You get an extra 10% off your purchase when using the coupon code: LINKED
+ Science
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology Bird Studies can be more fun with coloring pages
- Bird Nests Cool website showing several kinds of nests built by some common birds
- Chem4Kids Chemistry basics
- Exploratorium in San Francisco has a neat website for kids to explore
- howstuffworks Similar to About.com, this website shows you how stuff works!
- Home Science Adventures (Apologia)
- Home Science Tools
- Human Anatomy Online Human Anatomy and Physiology – Please view with child if you are sensitive to certain subjects
- StarChild Lesson plans for solar system, and online games for 2nd grade up
- NASA and Space Studies
- The Great Plant Escape Plant life cycle
- Answers in Genesis Science
- Jeannie Fulbright Science for younger grades & homeschool helps
- Windows to the Universe Solar system, weather activities / lesson plans
+ Social Studies
- About.com All 50 states pages Mystery of History – HS Mom that parallels Bible and world history together – older ages
- whitehousekids.gov American History and Politics – For older students, there is www.whitehouse.gov/index.html
- America’s Library America’s Story
- Mummification Ancient Egypt
- A Book in Time History
- About.com KY State Unit Study
+ Special Needs
+ Spelling
- Scripps Spelling Lists All 23,413 words from the last 50 years of Spelling Bees.
+ Testing Aids
- Brainchild Online Assessments
- Kid Test offers online testing.
- Thurbers Educations Assessments
- Seton Testing
+ Unit Studies, Etc.
- Amanda Bennett Unit Studies
- KET’s Encyclomedia If you are looking for short videos that teach social studies and many other topics, consider joining KET’s EncycloMedia. There is a yearly fee.
- Enchanted Learning Lots of worksheets, mini-books, and activities geared toward the elementary ages. There is a small fee for some of the activities.
- In the Hands of a Child Provides free unit studies periodically on their website.
- TruthQuest History Seeking God’s truth…embedded in the flow of history!
- Learning Adventures Unit studies for 4-8th grade
- HomeschoolShare Free unit studies and lapbook lessons.