Free Online Homeschooling

Enrolling in a free online homeschooling program provides parents with a flexible curriculum and support if it is needed.

For many homeschooling families free online programs solve the problem of uncertainty often feel regarding developing a curriculum and planning lessons. Online homeschool programs provide parents with everything they need to feel confident in their ability to educate their children.

Free online programs are flexible, allowing parents to adjust the curriculum to suit their child’s needs in each subject area. Generally, students work at their own pace, with parents overseeing their instruction and assignments. Working online allows students access to their work anytime of the day or night, seven days a week.

Free homeschool programs online differ from one another. Some provide a full curriculum, while others offer course work in certain subject areas. While most require enrollment in the program, there are a few that do not require students to enroll. Each of the online programs provide parents with resources and instructional materials, making it easier for the parents to focus on teaching their children.

The following are a few of the many excellent online homeschool programs that are free.

A Christian based program, K-12 Free Homeschool provides the core course curriculum tuition free. Once a student is enrolled into the program they receive:

• Interactive CD-ROMs
• Textbooks
• Workbooks
• Audio programs
• Video programs
• Home school activities online and offline
• Software for grading
• Software for record keeping
• A complete curriculum with more than 140 Bible based courses

Parents are asked to pay a small shipping and handling fee for the materials.

A flexible program, the course content of K-12 Free Homeschool is adjusted based on the needs of each child. Parents can mix the grade levels of the subject materials according to the level of the child in each subject area.

The school offers optional fee based upgrades which include:

• Unlimited assistance by a home school teacher
• Elective courses
• Creation of a portfolio

The free curriculum provided by Ambleside Online follows the methods used by Charlotte Mason in her correspondence and private schools.

Parents receive access to the curriculum guides, booklists and online books for their grade level, from kindergarten through twelfth grade, and a weekly schedule following a 36-week school year. Adherence to the schedule is optional as it is intended as a helpful resource for pacing the amount of reading a student must do.

Parents do not need to register or notify Ambleside Online that they are using the material on the website. Joining the email list provides access to support; however, it is not mandatory. The program does not include a math program, a foreign language program or a preschool phonics program.

Available resources include studies in the following areas:

• Bible study
• Picture study - art appreciation
• Folk songs and hymns
• Composer study - classical music appreciation
• Nature study - science
• Study of the lives of Plutarch and Shakespeare
• History
• Geography

The Abacus Educational Service, in association with the Excellence in Education Academy, provides free online classes and a virtual classroom for homeschoolers everywhere. This collaborative effort is an online educational experiment in response to the need for online homeschooling facilities.

Abacus Educational Service uses the famous course management system, Moodle. Homeschooling parents download the Moodle user guide and add themselves as a teacher. They are then ready to share their expertise in an area.

Fee based online homeschool courses are also offered by Abacus Educational Service.

• Homeschool Central
• Splashes from the River
• Connections Academy
• A to Z Home’s Cool

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