Free Homeschooling Resources

Homeschooling offers many rewards to its participants, but it can often be very costly. Many homeschooling families can spend hundreds of dollars per child just to buy the textbooks and supplemental materials needed to give him a good education. If you add the income lost from working from the parent teaches during the day, homeschooling is a large monetary investment into the future of your child.

Although most homeschooling families say it is well worth the sacrifice, there are a number of low cost homeschooling resources that can help you educate your child.

Homeschooling Networks

Homeschooling networks can provide with help, encouragement, and information you might otherwise miss. Homeschooling networks can be found online or in your local area. In urban areas, homeschooling parents band together to pay professionals to teach their children advanced subjects. Homeschooling networks also often strive to provide social opportunities for your child such as dances and play dates. They can also be an invaluable homeschooling resource for those trying to register with the state for the first time.

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is site that provides free electronic texts of books whose copyright has lapsed. Although there are books that are not included on the website, what is included represents some of the best literature in the world. There are the complete texts of works by E.M. Forster, Charlotte Bronte, and Henry James. For younger children, Project Gutenberg also offers the full text of Anne of Green Gables and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Older children that like to read for pleasure will delight in the works by Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Margaret Mitchell.