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18 March 2020

Homeschooling Suddenly: Plug and Play

Hey friends! I hope this week finds you slowly easing into the homeschool world without too many trials. If you're still struggling to find an easy way to homeschool, maybe this will help! 

 I've pulled together pre-planned resources (not full curriculums) and listed them below by subject. They're all either free or cheap, so it won't be a financial burden on top of everything else. 

 To put together your "curriculum" for your family...

  1. pick one resource per subject
  2. print it out
  3. gather any resources together from around the house that you'll need
  4. done! Easy. Peasy. 


 English
  • Learning Through Literature - download the monthly FREE (with email subscription) poem, including poet bio, poetry vocab, and related works
  • Reading Log- by Everyday Learn and Play, print with the goal to fill it up every week or fill in one per day! 
Math/Logic
PreK-K
  • Engaging Littles - easy preschool ideas FREE calendar, additional freebies are scattered around her website!
  • Wee Gallery - download their FREE alphabet coloring pages and do one a day

 Science
  • Milwaukee with Kids has put together two weeks of easy at home science experiments!
  • Wild Child Chronicles - $6.50/month you receive a monthly letter in the mail "from" Evie & Alexander, two children who go on outdoor adventures! Easy science lesson or nature study
  • Flower of the Month Club- $2/month you receive a digital flower study with coloring page, picture study, poem, and neat facts!
  • Magic School Bus- FREE lesson plans available for each of their original MSB episodes (available on Netflix). Just print out the list of episodes/experiments and start working through them in order (or jump around!) 
  • Curious Kids Club - a FREE resource by Fiddlesticks Education, print out your "curiosity cabinet" and fill it with "jars" as you complete your challenges, do one challenge per week!
  • Little Passports - fun monthly subscription box, up to 20% off (with code: APRIL2020) buy one box and work through it $20-25 per month/box 
  • Wild Wednesday - free nature study each Wednesday from Firefly Nature School, follow their Instagram to see what each week's offering is, do one study per week! 
  • 1000 Hours Outside - get outside into the sanitizing sunshine! FREE tracker printables (start with the First 100) - fill in at least one bubble per day!
  • KiwiCo - a popular subscription box, is offering 15% OFF (with code: LEARN), average box is $25, grab a single box and there's science!
  • Usborne Books & More - sign up for their weekly newsletter, work through all the activities throughout the week
  • Book Seeds by Blossom and Root - grab the bundle or 1-2 books, each has 2 weeks of lessons, one book is a FREEBIE! 30% OFF (with code: sprout30) through April 
  • 15 Preschool Experiments - easy FREE list of experiments using household items, work through 1-2 a week
History/Geography
  • Post From the Past - ~$9/month you receive a monthly letter in the mail "from" a historical figure, and free digital downloads, easy History lesson!
  • Letters From Afar- $6/month you receive a monthly letter in the mail "from" Isabelle, a girl who explores far away lands, easy Geography lesson! You can even write back to her! 
  • Heritage Letter - $6/month you receive a monthly letter in the mail "from" a historical figure, easy History lesson! 25% OFF women in history digital letters throughout March, and FREE digital downloads 
  • Crafty Classroom USA Bundle $15, do one state per day/week
  • Little Passports - fun monthly box subscription, 15% off (with code: SPRING2020) buy one box and work through it $20-25 per month/box 
Art
  • 52 Drawing Tutorials - a year of weekly tutorials for $10!
  • Papio Press - print off a brand new free coloring page every Monday
  • Usborne Books & More - sign up for their weekly newsletter, work through all the activities throughout the week
  • Daisy Yellow does a yearly Index Card A Day Challenge! Scroll down and find the prompts for 2019- do one a day for quick and simple art class! She outlines HERE tips for kids joining the challenge.
Music
  • SQUILT Music - $5 monthly listening calendar, a clickable PDF with youtube links for a new piece of curated music everyday! 
  • Classics for Kids - free monthly activity sheet on a new composer & music each month (found on their homepage)
Bible
  • Home in the Shire - free printable list of nature study Scripture memory verses for spring, do one per week
  • Catechesis Books - their First Bible Basics coloring pages (10 pages) for FREE through these turbulent times, do 1-2 per week and read the corresponding Scripture story
  • Jesus Storybook Bible - free printable Lent reading plan calendar when you subscribe to the email list!
Gym
  • 1000 Hours Outside - get outside into the sanitizing sunshine! FREE tracker printables (start with the First 100) - fill in at least one bubble per day!

>> SUPER DUPER EASY OPTIONS <<
Now, on the other hand, are you just stressed and overwhelmed as it is, and you just want something easy, relaxed, planned out for you, minimal extra resources needed??? You really just want your kids to stay engaged over the next few weeks, but you're not worried about formally teaching each subject everyday? Oh yea, and you can't break the bank? Here are my top picks for relaxed unit study/curriculums that incorporate a little bit of everything (often without even realize you're learning)!
  • Morning Time Plans - a month of FREE "Morning Basket" weekly lesson plans
  • Gentle & Classical Nature - Term 1 (12 weeks) is FREE when you subscribe to her emails, with optional printable resources for purchase, curriculum is nature study based 
  • Kinder Nature Beginnings- Language Arts ($20), Kinder Nature Beginnings Art Numbers  (currently FREE), Kinder Nature Beginnings Nature Journal (currently FREE) - combined make a great well-rounded curriculum! And this could easily cover up to grade 1 as review work over the next weeks. 
  • Exploring Nature with Children $18 - year long nature-based curriculum for the whole family, featuring nature walk, poetry, art, booklist suggestions, and extension activities
  • On Mission Magazine- $16 mailed or $8 digital quarterly, 40+ pages of content
  • Spring Curriculum from Tanglewood Hollow- $20, nature based learning guide, she also has a Summer, Winter, and Autumn Curriculums
  • Book Seeds by Blossom and Root - 30% off through end of April (with code: sprout30), mini literature-based nature units, pick up their Spring Bundle and start working through them 1 per week
  • A Gentle Feast - get their Summer Morning Time Packet for FREE through the end of March, featuring 4 weeks of plans
  • Clickschooling - sign up for FREE emails, they email out links for educational resources each day- Math Monday, Science Tuesday, English Wed, Social Sciences Thurs, Field Trip Fri, Music/Art/Foreign Lang Saturday

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Homeschooling Suddenly: Math

For those of you who have rapidly become teachers, I'm breaking down my resources into their own posts. So whether you're in the market for a full curriculum, just a few unit studies to tide you over, or simply some freebies or discounted printables to get a little educational fun to your kids- here ya go!
Math Resources
Freebies & Discounts 
  • Math Is Fun completely FREE, worksheets for elementary and online engaging lessons for PreK counting through Algebra and Geometry 
  • Real World Learners a few FREEBIES and ideas for making math fun at home 
  • Coloring Squared FREEBIE math coloring pages/worksheets
  • Mathseeds - 4 week trial for FREE, grow your child's math skills, ages 3-9
  • Boredom Buster Activity Plan - Left Brain Craft Brain has created a FREE 5-course unit plan with low-prep hands-on projects and STEAM learning
  • Khan Academy's Disney Imagineering - stretch your engineering skills with this FREE course in how to design amusement park rides!
  • Khan Academy's Pixar in a Box - stretch your coding skills with this FREE course in how to design animated features!

Curriculums & Unit Studies
  • Kinder Nature Beginnings Art Numbers - FREE during this time of upheaval, coincides with the above program, includes numbers 1-10 and art cards
  • Kinder Nature Beginnings Math - intial part of her curriculum (numbers 1-5) is live for only $5, and will include a coupon to purchase the full curriculum upon its launch
  • Crafty Classroom - math curriculums for younger students, and a few unit studies for various grades 

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17 March 2020

Homeschooling Suddenly: Bible

For those of you who have rapidly become teachers, I'm breaking down my resources into their own posts. So whether you're in the market for a full curriculum, just a few unit studies to tide you over, or simply some freebies or discounted printables to get a little educational fun to your kids- here ya go!
Bible Study Resources
Freebies & Discounts 
  • Willfully Serving His Kingdom - themed baking studies & printables- including Fruits of the Spirit and Armor of God! 
  • Green Urban Mama - affordable Etsy store with gorgeous Easter Holy Week printable
  • Crafty Classroom - lots of FREEBIES & economical resources for PreK-3rd grade. 25% through end of March (with code: SPRING25)
  • Bible Pathways - TONS of free printable activities to correspond with major Bible stories, and select stories are available virtually to read!
  • His Kids Company - adorable FREE Scripture coloring pages
  • A Gentle Feast Morning Time Plans - FREE Holy Week plans for Bible readings, hymn study, prayer, art study, and poetry
  • Home in the Shire - free printable list of nature study Scripture memory verses for spring
  • Catechesis Books - offering their First Bible Basics coloring pages for FREE through these turbulent times
  • Jesus Storybook Bible - free printable Lent reading plan calendar when you subscribe to the email list!
  • Adventure-in-a-Box - tons of resources for every subject, FREEBIES, 50% week of March 16 (with code: MARCH)
  • Stories Begin at Home - cute FREEBIES including Scripture cards, affordable Etsy shop as well with Easter activities on sale!
  • Kids Read Truth - sign up for their email and receive a FREE kids study of Matthew
Curriculums & Unit Studies (that include Scripture)
  • AmblesideOnline - FREE K-12 full year curriculum in the the Charlotte Mason style, focusing on God and nature, provides a weekly schedule, booklist, and resources are linked to online, they've even included an Emergency Lesson Plan for those starting out quickly
  • Gentle & Classical Nature - Term 1 is FREE when you subscribe to her emails, with optional printable resources for purchase, curriculum is nature study based with poetry, art, habit training, French/Spanish vocab, booklist, science, Scripture, handicrafts. Scalable from PreK-early elementary or upper elementary (with a $13 extension grammar activity pack). Terms 2 & 3 are releasing in the next few months!
  • Exploring Nature with Children $18 - year long nature-based curriculum for the whole family, featuring nature walk, poetry, art, booklist suggestions, and extension activities
  • The Kind Kingdom $50 - year long early elementary curriculum featuring reading, poetry, cursive, science, European history/geography, art, life skills, and Bible  
  • The Playful Pioneers $50 - year long early elementary curriculum featuring reading, poetry, cursive, science, North American history/geography, art, life skills, and Bible 

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Homeschooling Suddenly: Play-based & PreK-K

For those of you who have rapidly become teachers, I'm breaking down my resources into their own posts. So whether you're in the market for a full curriculum, just a few unit studies to tide you over, or simply some freebies or discounted printables to get a little educational fun to your kids- here ya go!
PreK-K & Play-based Resources
Freebies & Discounts 

Curriculums, Lesson Plans, & Unit Studies
  • Kinder Nature Beginnings- Language Arts - $20, a gorgeous nature-based phonics curriculum, including poems, art, alphabet, cursive, copywork. We are using this for PreK/K and there's enough challenging material that it spans up to a great 1st/2nd grade phonics review too!
  • Kinder Nature Beginnings Art Numbers - FREE during this time of upheaval, coincides with the above program, includes numbers 1-10 and art cards
  • Kinder Nature Beginnings Math - numbers 1-5 have been released for $5, and will include a coupon for the entire Math curriculum once released!
  • Kinder Nature Beginnings Nature Journal - FREE currently, color and draw with minimal writing, combine with the above two for the perfect PreK/K curriculum!
  • Gentle & Classical Preschool - Full Curriculum. Level 1 (PERFECT for intro to homeschooling!) or Level 2 - FREE, yes FREE, digital versions when you subscribe to her emails! She has optional additional printable resources for purchase to enhance your studies, or you can purchase printed copies via Amazon, curriculum is nature study based with poetry, art, habit training, numbers & letters, booklist, science, Scripture, handicrafts. 
  • A Year of Tales Preschool - $25 through March, a year long PreK literature & nature focused curriculum based around Beatrix Potter's books, including character lessons, Bible art study and copywork, alphabet and numbers, lacing cards, nature study. A K-3 version is also available.
  • Preschool Mom - lots of FREEBIES and has sister sites for Bible resources and K-3rd grade resources with reading, spelling, writing, and science
  • Alphabet Curriculum Notebook from Crafty Classroom $15 paired with their Number or Shape program for $10-15 to get you through the basics! 
  • The Peaceful Preschool $40 - year long Preschool featuring counting, reading, phonics, motor skills, life skills, art
  • Habitat Schoolhouse Preschool  base curriculum- $62, if you really need a plug and play full curriculum, this is a gorgeous one, compete with workbooks, weekly schedule, flashcards, letters, phonics, numbers, colors, shapes, art, nature study, motor skills, & life skills
  • 1plus1plus1equals1 - tons of printable mini units, many are FREE, just pick a new topic each day and you'll be all set!
  • Blossom and Root - 30% off through end of April (with code: sprout30), full secular nature & play-based curriculums from toddler - 3rd grade, youngest curriculum prices are affordable with the sale!
  • 15 Preschool Experiments - easy FREE list of experiments using household items
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Homeschooling Suddenly: the Arts

For those of you who have rapidly become teachers, I'm breaking down my resources into their own posts. So whether you're in the market for a full curriculum, just a few unit studies to tide you over, or simply some freebies or discounted printables to get a little educational fun to your kids- here ya go!
Resources for the Arts

Culinary Arts

Performing Arts
Freebies & Discounts 
  • Green Urban Mama - affordable Etsy store with ballerina resources perfect for a unity study
  • SQUILT Music has a complimentary music lesson on Facebook with free lesson packet download, their listening calendar is a $5/month download for a clickable PDF with youtube links for a new piece of curated music everyday! OR join their Membership Program for $20 a month for a full monthly music curriculum!
  • Classics for Kids - FREE lessons, music, games, composer studies, and more! New FREE activity sheet on a composer & music each month. Advice & resources for being a new music teacher too!
  • BroadwayHD - free 7-day trial and $9/month to stream tons of Broadway performances
  • PBS Learning Media - videos about all sorts of music topics
  • Key'ndergarten - offering 4 FREE printables for teaching music basics
Virtual Field Trips


Art
Freebies, Shops, & Discounts 
  • Deep Space Sparkle - FREE art classes each week and a collection of past classes- our personal favorite art classes!
  • FREE Emergency Kit- from Deep Space Sparkle, an art teacher E-learning lessons, resources, and tips 
  • The Masterpiece Studio - 3 FREE lessons, 30% off with code: STAYHOME in their shop through June, creatively learn about the globe, letters, numbers, books, art, food
  • You ARE an Artist! - various free live chalk pastel art lessons, previous video art lessons can be found throughout their blog as well as on their sister site Hodgepodge
  • 52 Drawing Tutorials - a year of weekly tutorials for $10!
  • Adventure-in-a-Box - drawing prompts and paper dolls!, FREEBIES
  • MiniNatureExplorers - super adorable nature-themed FREEBIES (click the link in their profile) and SHOP (20% OFF code if you sign up for her emails! link in her profile) 
  • Crayola Collection - a FREE Art curriculum!
  • Art at Home - great Google doc of so many online art resources, from contests to tours to live art
FREE Coloring Pages
  • Madison Safer - really adorable whimsical FREE coloring pages (right click > Save As to download)
  • Wee Gallery - seriously adorable FREE coloring pages and paper masks
  • The Disney Nerds - Disney coloring page FREEBIES
  • #ColorOurCollections - over 100 museums and institutions have created FREE coloring pages to accompany their collections, REALLY neat, ranging from cute to historical to eclectic to anatomical 
  • Papio Press - brand new free coloring page every Monday
  • Cheery Human Studios- one of my favorite independent artists has adorable art freebies, be sure to share them with her on Instagram too!

Fun Extras
Virtual Field Trips

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Homeschooling Suddenly: Languages

For those of you who have rapidly become teachers, I'm breaking down my resources into their own posts. So whether you're in the market for a full curriculum, just a few unit studies to tide you over, or simply some freebies or discounted printables to get a little educational fun to your kids- here ya go!
Language Resources
Freebies, Shops, & Discounts 
Book-based Curriculums & Unit Studies
  • Learning Through Literature - FREE (with email subscription) monthly poem, including poet bio, poetry vocab, and related works
  • A Year of Tales - $45, a year long K-3 literature & nature focused curriculum based aroud Beatrux Potter's books, including character lessons, art study, recipes, vocab & spelling lists, Bible art study & copywork, poetry, fables, geography. A PreK version is also available.
  • Passport to Adventures - $30, 30 unit studies following the Magic Tree House series books, features science, history, geography, book list, game list, movie nights, coloring, copy work, cursive
  • Passport to More Adventures - $30, 28 unit studies following the Magic Tree House Merlin Mission series books, features science, history, geography, book list, game list, movie nights, coloring, copy work, cursive
  • Waldock's Wizards and Wands - $40, year long study based on the Harry Potter Books featuring language arts, science, history, art, and music
  • Poetry Tea Time - FREE site to create beautiful poetry-themed tea times! From theme idea lists to Poet bios to recipes and poetry suggestion lists, it's got it all, including a free Quick Start Guide to get you up and running
  • Book Seeds by Blossom and Root, 30% off through end of April (with code: sprout30), mini literature-based nature units
Virtual Books/Authors
  • Storyline Online- huge collection of children's books read by celebrities with accompanying supplemental curriculum
  • Story Time from Space Directory - collection of astronauts reading books!
  • Josh Gad (aka. Olaf) book readings via Twitter (he's very vocal on current events, you may need to wait to invite the kiddos in once he's actually started the reading portion)
  • Mac Barnett, the author, is reading books via Instagram 
  • Atlantic White Shark Conservancy -  Facebook live streaming Shark Story Hour with follow up Q & A, week of March 16, every morning at 10am ET
  • #OperationStoryTime - check out this hashtag on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube to find tons of authors picking up their favorite books and reading them to your kiddos! Here's a list with some of the authors. I'm excited to watch Jan Brett!
  • Virtual Book & Beast - Seneca Park Zoo is livestreaming a book reading and then meet a related animal ambassador! Each Wed at 11am ET
  • @savewithstories - a huge array of celebrities in many disciplines reading favorite stories on Instagram
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
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Homeschooling Suddenly: Geography/History

For those of you who have rapidly become teachers, I'm breaking down my resources into their own posts. So whether you're in the market for a full curriculum, just a few unit studies to tide you over, or simply some freebies or discounted printables to get a little educational fun to your kids- here ya go!
Geography/History Resources
Freebies & Discounts 
Geography-focused Curriculums & Unit Studies
  • On Mission Magazine- $16 mailed or $8 digital quarterly, 40+ pages of content, includes geography, history, memory work, art, music, handicraft, religion, missionary info and prayer points, recipes, advanced work for upper elementary, nature info! 
  • The Kind Kingdom $50 - year long early elementary curriculum featuring reading, poetry, cursive, science, European history/geography, art, life skills, and Bible  
  • The Playful Pioneers $50 - year long early elementary curriculum featuring reading, poetry, cursive, science, North American history/geography, art, life skills, and Bible  
  • Crafty Classroom USA resources for $5-15, their bundle would be a pretty full geography lesson for a year! 
  • Willfully Serving His Kingdom - baking studies! Fairy Tale Baking Study FREEBIE
  • Hidden Figures - NASA has videos, bios, and resources about the women behind the mission featured in the movie Hidden Figures
Fun Extras
  • Post From the Past - ~$9/month you receive a monthly letter in the mail "from" a historical figure, and free digital downloads, easy History lesson!
  • Letters From Afar- $6/month you receive a monthly letter in the mail "from" Isabelle, a girl who explores far away lands, easy Geography lesson! You can even write back to her! 
  • Heritage Letter - $6/month you receive a monthly letter in the mail "from" a historical figure, easy History lesson! 25% OFF women in history digital letters throughout March, and FREE digital downloads 
  • Little Passports - 15% off (with code: APRIL2020) $20-25 per month/box, fun monthly mail subscription, receive themed boxes focusing on geography and science

Virtual Field Trips

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Homeschooling Suddenly: Science

For those of you who have rapidly become teachers, I'm breaking down my resources into their own posts. So whether you're in the market for a full curriculum, just a few unit studies to tide you over, or simply some freebies or discounted printables to get a little educational fun to your kids- here ya go!
Science Resources
Freebies, Shops, & Discounts
  • LittleSparkCompany - lots of great economical resources
  • Fiddlesticks Education - economical nature resources and a Google Drive of freebies
  • Love At Home Education shop FREEBIES and other economical resources
  • Raising Little Shoots nature FREEBIES
  • Stephanie Hathaway Designs- FREE printables and Etsy shop for economical resources
  • Green Urban Mama FREE nature downloads in her shop 
  • Life Abundantly - subscribe for an incredible library of FREEBIES and FREE CURRICULUM
  • Chickie And Roo - lots of great FREEBIES AND affordable mini units and nature studies
  • Crafty Classroom - freebies & resources with reading, spelling, writing, and science
  • Twig & Moth unique freebies, as well as her Etsy Shop (often with sales happening)
  • Tanglewood Hollow - beautiful nature freebies
  • Curious Kids Club - a FREE resource by Fiddlesticks Education, print out your "curiosity cabinet" and fill it with "jars" as you complete your challenges
  • LittleSparkCompany - lots of beautiful resources and 40% off (no code needed) through March
  • Wild Wednesday - FREE nature study each Wednesday from Firefly Nature School, follow their Instagram to see what each week's offering is, do one study per week! 
  • Adventure-in-a-Box - tons of resources for every subject & FREEBIES, $5 OFF (with code: HOMESCHOOL)
  • 1000 Hours Outside - challenge yourself to get you and your kiddos outside into the sanitizing sunshine! FREE tracker printable
  • Colorfulllstudy Human Body Organs and Water Cycle FREE activity sets and other economical learning resources!
  • The Masterpiece Studio - 3 FREE lessons, 50% off with code: STAYHOME in their shop through June, creatively learn about the globe, letters, numbers, books, art, food
  • Stories Begin at Home - cute FREEBIES including Scripture cards, spring board game, and crafts, affordable Etsy shop as well with Easter activities on sale!
  • #ColorOurCollections - over 100 museums and institutions have created FREE coloring pages to accompany their collections, REALLY neat, ranging from cute to historical to eclectic to anatomical 
  • Kinder Nature Beginnings Nature Journal (currently FREE) -a beautiful nature study journal, while geared towards our youngest learners, it's really great for any age
  • Keep Nature Wild - cute family-run shop, great FREE Earth/Earth Day focused coloring pages!
  • Nature Supply Co - in honor of Earth Day, they've released a series of eco-nature studies on various themes for $6 each, or all 5 for $25

Curriculums
  • AmblesideOnline - FREE K-12 full year curriculum in the the Charlotte Mason style, focusing on God and nature, provides a weekly schedule, booklist, and resources are linked to online, they've even included an Emergency Lesson Plan for those starting out quickly
  • Gentle & Classical Nature - Term 1 is FREE when you subscribe to her emails, she has additional accompanying resources for $27 (not required, but very beautiful), an upper elementary grammar pack for $13, curriculum is nature study based with poetry, art, habit training, French/Spanish vocab, booklist, science, Scripture, handicrafts. 
  • Kinder Nature Beginnings- Language Arts - $20, a gorgeous nature-based phonics curriculum, including poems, art, alphabet, cursive, copywork. We are using this for PreK/K and there's enough challenging material that it spans up to a great 1st/2nd grade phonics review too! She has a coordinating Nature Journal, Numbers, and Math curriculum too!
  • Exploring Nature with Children $18 - year long nature-based curriculum featuring nature walk, poetry, art, booklist suggestions, and extension activities
  • Blossom and Root - 30% off through end of April (with code: sprout30), full secular nature-based curriculums from toddler - 3rd grade, also affordable Book Seeds mini literature-based nature units that could be their own easy curriculum, full curriculum prices vary but the sale helps!

Science-specific Lesson Plans & Unit Studies
  • Firefly Nature School - fantastic unit studies & bundles at affordable prices 
  • Survival School $15 - a 6-week course following Bear Grylls Adventure book series, featuring weekly/daily plans, youtube playlists, activities sheets, trivia games, additional resource list
  • Stephanie Hathaway Designs- economical unit studies and resources
  • Global Guardian Project - offering FREE membership, incredible access to courses, activities, art, recipes, and much more, learning how to care for the earth, endangered animals, and each other
  • Magic School Bus- Scholastic has FREE lesson plans available for each of their original MSB episodes (available on Netflix) and books! Perfect for science class and typically uses stuff you already have around the house. Amazon also has science kits you can order for many of the old and new tv show episodes!
  • Playful Learning- FREE online resources for every subject, FREE 30-day online trial access to lesson plans
  • Chickie And Roo - affordable mini units and nature studies
  • Spring Curriculum from Tanglewood Hollow- $20, nature based learning guide featuring songs, poems, art, garden activities and games, science, reading, cooking and recommended book list (she also has a Summer, Winter, and Autumn Curriculum!)
  • Willfully Serving His Kingdom - themed baking studies!  Fairy Tale Baking Study FREEBIE
  • The Little Oak Learning Club - ~$17/month monthly themed studies for 3-7 yros, includes nature exploration studies, games, discussion prompts, vocab, charts & logs, indoor & outdoor activities, animal profiles, and more
  • Milwaukee with Kids has put together two weeks of easy at home science experiments!
  • KiwiCo - a popular subscription box, is offering 15% OFF (with code: LEARN), most boxes are $25 but some are lower (and some bigger kits are higher) and no need to subscribe to pick up a single box
  • 15 Preschool Experiments - easy FREE list of experiments using household items
  • Sea World has a whole website dedicated to teacher resources, whether you're teaching at home or in a classroom

Fun Extras
  • Insect Lore - affordable at home science kits raising insects! Praying Mantis, Ladybugs, Caterpillars, or Ants!
  • Wild Child Chronicles - $6.50/month you receive a monthly letter in the mail "from" Evie & Alexander, two children who go on outdoor adventures! Easy science lesson or nature study
  • Flower of the Month Club- $2/month you receive a digital flower study with coloring page, picture study, poem, and neat facts!
  • Virtual Animal Programs - Seneca Park Zoo is livestreaming book readings and then meet a related animal ambassador as well as a bunch of Virtual Animal Programs for a variety of grades!
  • Little Rock Zoo - FB live Keeper Talks 3pm ET daily through March 29
  • Cincinnati Zoo Home Safari - daily at 3 PM ET, live streaming on Facebook, the zoo highlights a new animal and activity worksheets you can do at home
  • Houston Zoo - FB live at 12noon ET Mon-Fri meet the animals
  • Live Safaris - let WildEarth take you along on their live daily safaris ~11:35pm ET
  • Philadelphia Zoo at 2 - Live Facebook stream of featured animals at 2pm each day
  • OSEARCH - home to great white shark research, twice weekly at 1pm ET Facebook live streaming Learn from Home series for various age levels, also they have 100s of FREEBIES on their website for all grade levels

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