Free curriculum

Comprehensive curriculums (just add math, etc.):

- http://lunablog.net/mosaic-myths-maps-and-marvels/ – “A year-long day-by-day schedule coordinating many popular history, literature, and activity books and websites.” – this looks really really good and may be one that we implement….or at least try cause I suck so bad. Includes a version with evolution, one without, a version using SOTW and a version using A Little History of the World instead – also has a timeline component (separate download to supplement) – only has one level up now, would work with multiple grades, should have the next level up by Sept.

- http://www.amblesideonline.org/ – charlotte mason inspired – much of the readings are available free online. Not secular, but relatively easy to secularize. I’ve used this in the past, and we liked it a lot – literature based, classic texts, etc. Pretty complete – history, nature study (science) and literature, etc. – will just need to add math, reading, perhaps grammar and a foreign language, if you are that ambitious.

- http://www.tanglewoodeducation.com/aboutus.htm – also Charlotte Mason inspired, but appears a bit more modern with regards to the readings, etc. Also easier to secularize. I really like this one too. It was at the top of my list during my CM phase. Pretty complete, history, nature study and literature – will just need to add math, reading, perhaps grammar and a foreign language, if you are that ambitious.

- Preschool curriculum – I was looking for this last night, but for some reason spaced on the whole “letter of the week” thing and couldn’t find it. Anyway – the site says it has curriculum guides up to the age of 8 or so – I haven’t looked at them, but I do remember the preschool one for the letter of the week http://www.letteroftheweek.com/index.html I had looked at it when Allison was 3 or so but didn’t use it so I have no reviews to offer. Just that it is what it is

Free math curriculums:

- http://www.themathpage.com/index.html – Includes a complete course in arithmetic and in algebra – haven’t really looked at it though…definitely does not look like a early elementary level course though ;-)

-Money curriculum – for middle schoolers: http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/mar/marmmath.pdf

- for K-6th grade – http://ceure.buffalostate.edu/~csmp/ – this seems like a very comprehensive and large PDF with daily lessons, etc. I didn’t review it too closely because I’m pretty set on math.

- http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/MEP/default.htm – a friend tried out one lesson and found it to be [snore] a bit dry.

- http://www.multiplication.com/teach.htm – teaching the multiplication tables

Science:
- http://www.eequalsmcq.com/homeschoolers.htm – Elementary Life Science program – 36 week, 3x a week – this looks promising and complete.

- How to Teach Science – http://www.howtoteachscience.com/workshop.html She would like for you to make a donation though, so its free-ish -) – I looked at this years ago when it really was free, and it looked interesting. I think she’s changed it some, because it says something about daily lessons, which was not a part of the program when I first reviewed it. If someone gets this, let us know what you think, ok?

- Free science curriculum K-6 I believe – I haven’t really looked at it, except it was just mentioned on the Mosaic email list, so I had to add it to my list )http://msnucleus.org/curriculum/curriculum.html

Spelling:

- http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com/spelling/index.htm – appropriate for middle school – typical spelling program, pretest- activities-test format

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