[I decided to create an easy reference page that included all the links I mentioned in my book, All About Homeschool. Some of these links are affiliate links, so if you make a purchase through my link, I will receive a small commission. Thank you!]
Introduction
Bonus Forms (for Kindle & Softcover versions)
(If you purchased the Kindle or Softcover versions of All About Homeschool, you can access the bonus forms at the link below by following the directions spelled out in the book under “Bonus Forms”:
Chapter 1
- Menu planning printables
- Online Cleaning Calendar
- Child’s Weekly Assignment Sheet (Just read the testimonial on this post – this form is included with the book!)
Chapter 2
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
- Sonlight
- My Father’s World
- Ambleside Online
- Simply Charlotte Mason
- Storyformed
- 1000 Good Books List
- Read for the Heart
- Honey for a Child’s Heart
- All Through the Ages
Chapter 11
- Lessontrek (paid)
- Homeschool Planet (paid)
- Homeschool Skedtrack (free)
- Intentional Monthly Planner (paid)
Chapter 12
- Top 10 DVDs We Use in Our Homeschool
- Name That State (game)
- Name That Country (game)
- Muggins & Knock-Out (game)
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
- Child’s Story Bible
- Courageous Christians
- Charlotte’s Web
- The Story of Buffalo Bill
- The Story of Annie Oakley
- Little House in the Big Woods
- Adventures in the American Revolution Book 3: Annie Henry and the Mysterious Stranger
Chapter 15
- Thriftbooks
- Books Children Love
- Read for the Heart
- Honey for a Child’s Heart
- Give Your Child the World
Chapter 16
- Bible Memory System
- Intentional Monthly Planner
- 1000 Good Books List
- All Through the Ages
- Read for the Heart
- Intermediate Language Lessons Part 1 (Grade 4)
- Intermediate Language Lessons Part 2 (Grade 5)
- Create Your Own Learning Portfolio on Any Subject
- Decorated Journal Pages for the Whole Family
- My Bible Copywork – Manuscript
- My Bible Copywork – Cursive
- The Days of Creation
- Horse Copywork Book
- A Child’s Garden of Verses Copywork Book (Also available as Softcover at Amazon)
- Sports Copywork Book
- Children Come Unto Me Copywork Book
- The Lord Is My Shepherd Copywork Book
- Celebrating the Season Copywork and Activity Book
- Leaves of Life – Daily Copywork Through the Year
- Create Your Own Penmanship Pages ebooks
- My Bible Copy Book Series (Softcover versions available at Amazon!)
- Draw & Write – A Journal for Children
Chapter 17
Chapter 19
- Homeschool Survival
- Homeschooling When Learning Isn’t Easy by Heather Laurie
- Homeschooling Successfully When Life Happens
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
- Alphabet Chart & Writing Pages
- ABC Flashcards – Cursive (PDF file)
- ABC Flashcards – Manuscript (PDF file)
- Number Chart & Writing Page
Chapter 23
- Nurturing Competent Communicators by Andrew Pudewa
- A Passion for Reading Aloud – A podcast on Ed Snapshots with Sarah Mackenzie
- Tips & Tricks for Reading Aloud – A Read-Aloud Revival Podcast with Jim Weiss
- A Lifestyle of Reading Aloud – A Read-Aloud Revival Podcast with Melissa Wiley
- The Reading Promise – a Read-Aloud Revival Podcast with Alice Ozma (author of The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared)
- How To Start a Reading Streak – a Read-Aloud Revival Podcast with Sarah Mackenzie
- On Living a Storyformed Life – a Read-Aloud Revival Podcast with Sarah Clarkson
- The Read-Aloud Revival Podcast Series
- Sarah Clarkson’s site – Storyformed.com
- Caught Up in a Story
- Read for the Heart
- The Homeschooler’s Read-Aloud Guide – See Chapter 24!
- The Read-Aloud Treasury Kindle Series
- Yesterday’s Classics Huge ebook bundle
Chapter 24
- All Through the Ages
- Read for the Heart
- The Read-Aloud Handbook
- Honey for a Child’s Heart
- Give Your Child the World
- The Read-Aloud Treasury Kindle Series
- Lessons From History Series – It looks like the Lessons from History site is no longer online, but I found the 6-book set available here for sale. You can also find some of these on Amazon.
- Storyformed.com
- Ambleside Online
- Simply Charlotte Mason
- The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim TreLease
- 1000 Good Books List
- Librivox
- Books Should Be Free
- My Audio School
- Free Classic Audio Books
- Lit2Go
- Living Book List for Science (See Chapter 28)
- Christmas Read-Alouds (See Chapter 29)
- Historical Read-Alouds for the Younger Crew (See Chapter 27)
- Some of our Favorite Read-Alouds
- Need some awesome summer reading material for you and your kids?
- Trailblazer Books
- Old Homestead Tales (Excellent Living Books for Science – FREE)
- Heritage History
- Some of our Favorite Books
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
- Child’s Story Bible
- Courageous Christians
- Charlotte’s Web
- The Story of Buffalo Bill
- The Story of Annie Oakley
- Little House in the Big Woods
- Adventures in the American Revolution Book 3: Annie Henry and the Mysterious Stranger
- Youtube Video
- mp3 file
Chapter 27
- Stories of Great American for Little Americans – This is an old book and one that I sell (ebook and softcover) or you can find it online here.
- Brave Kids-True Stories from American’s Past – Cora Frear
- Pioneer Cat
- The Bravest Dog Ever-The True Story of Balto
- The Long Way Westward
- The Long Way to a New Land
- The True Story of Pocahontas
- Here are the Heroes for Young Readers
Here are the Heroes of History for Young Readers - The Heritage History CDs
Chapter 28
PHYSICS/TECHNOLOGY/INVENTION/ENGINEERING
- The Lever and The Pulley by Hal Hellman
- Mickey’s Magnet by Franklyn M. Branley and Eleanor K. Vaughan
- How Do you Lift a Lion? by Robert E. Wells
- Wheels At Work by Bernie Zubrowski
- Diary of an Early American Boy by Eric Sloane
- Science and the Bible by Donald B. DeYoung
- Robots, What They Are, What They Do by Fredericka Berger
- The Phone Book by MacLeod
- The Way Things Work by David Macauley (His other books, too.) City, Castle, Cathedral, Pyramid, Underground, Ship, Mill
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
- Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Harness
- Eureka! It’s an Automobile by Bendick
- Archimedes and the Door of Science by Bendick
- Rocket: How a Toy Launched the Space Age by Maurer
- Story of Inventions by McHugh/Bachman
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
GEOLOGY/EARTH SCIENCE/ORIGIN OF EARTH
- Exploring Planet Earth, The Journey of Discovery: from Early Civilization to Future Exploration by John Tiner
- Mystery of the Ark
- Mountain of Fire by Paul Thomsen
- Volcanos by Seymour Simon
- Banner in the Sky by Ramsey Ullman
- The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne (topics include geology, physics, and chemistry)
- Precious Gems: Their History and Mystery
- Birth of an Island by Millicent Selsam (also can be used for biological sciences)
- Volcano by Patricia Lauber
- Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation by Dennis Peterson
- Yellow and Pink by William Steig
- Dry Bones and Other Fossils by Parker
- Darwin’s Black Box by Michael Behe (for high school, also for biology)
ASTRONOMY/SPACE EXPLORATION
- The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons
- To Space and Back by Sally Ride
- Destination: Moon by Astronaut James Irwin
- For Signs and For Seasons by Robert Messina
- The Glow in the Dark Night Sky Book by Clint Hatchett
- I’ll See You When the Moon is Full by Susi Fowler
- Wait Til the Moon is Full by Margaret Wise Brown
- Find the Constellations by H.A. Rey
- Our Solar System by Seymour Simon (secular)
- Moonwalk (A “Step into Reading” book)
- For All Mankind (about Apollo missions)
- Astronomy and the Bible by Donald B. DeYoung
METEOROLOGY
- The Weather Book by Michael Oard
- Lightning by Seymour Simon
- Hurry Spring by Sterling North
- Scholastic’s “Wind and Weather” (interactive book)
- The Sun, Wind, and the Rain by Lisa Peters
- Weather and the Bible by Donald B. DeYoung
- Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll (a “Let’s Read and Find Out” science book, Children’s Reading Institute-Harper & Row)
- Exploring Nature in Winter by Alan Cvancara
BOTANY
- Of Skies and Seas by Joanne DeJonge
- The Rustling Grass by Joanne DeJonge
- All Nature Sings all by Joanne DeJonge
- Dancers in the Garden, etc by Joanne Ryder
- This Year’s Garden by Cynthia Rylant
- A Tree is Nice
- Linnea’s Windowsill Garden by Christina Bjork and Lena Anderson
- Rosy’s Garden by Laird
- Shakespeare’s Flowers by Jessica Kerr
- Wild Green Things in the City: a Book of Weeds by Anne Ophelia Dowden
- The Blossom on the Bough: A Book of Trees by Anne Ophelia Dowden
- Consider the Lilies: Plants of the Bible by John Patterson
- The Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel
- The Oak by Andrienne Sutter-Perrot
- Heidi by Joanna Spyri
- The Apple Tree by Lynley Dodd
- What Tree Is It? by Anna Pistorius
- What Wildflower Is It? and similar titles by Anna Pistorius
MARINE/ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY
- The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson
- Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog by Marjorie Flack
- Steven and the Green Turtle by William Cromie (I Can Read Book)
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
- The Sea Brings Forth by Jack Rudloe
- Time of the Turtle, and other titles by Jack Rudloe (marine biologist, for older children, there are some curse words)
- Pond Water Zoo
- Fish Do the Strangest Things
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
- Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
- Pagoo by Holling C Holling
- Jacques Costeau’s Ocean World
- Picta the Painted Turtle by Virginia Frances Voight
EARTH ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY
- Lucky Ladybugs, etc by Gladys Conklin
- Secrets of a Wildlife Watcher by Jim Arnosky
- A Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
- The View from the Oak by Judith and Herbert Kohl
- The Snail’s Spell, and other titles by Joanne Ryder
- The Very Busy Spider
- The Very Hungry Catepillar and other titles by Eric Carle
- Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
- Stella Luna
- James Herriot’s Treasury for Children
- Wolves by Seymour Simon
- Song of the Swallows by Leo Polloti
- Big Red, and other titles about dogs by James Kjeldahl
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- Wild Animals I have Known by Ernest Seton Thompson
- Julie of the Wolves
- My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
- Misty of Chincoteague, and other titles about horses by Marguerite Henry
- Gentle Ben by Walt Morey
- Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
- The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Insects Do the Strangest Things
- Animals Do the Strangest Things (“Step Up” readers 3rd gr level)
- Lad: A Dog by Alberts Payson Terhune
- Linnea’s Almanac by Christina Bjork and Lena Anderson
- If Animals Could Talk by Coleman
- Wonderful Worms by Glaser
- Freckles
- Girl of the Limberlost, and other titles by Gene Stratton Porter
- Slim Green
- Books by Jim Arnosky: Nearer Nature, Watching Foxes, Come out Muskrats, Rabbits and Raindrops, Otters Under Water, All Night Near the Water
- Books by Millicent Selsam (some evolutionary content)
- “I Can Read” titles, Tony’s Birds, Benny’s Animals, Let’s Get Turtles, Egg to Chick, Seeds and More Seeds, Hidden Animals, Greg’s Microscope, Terry and the Caterpillars
- How to Be a Nature Detective, How Animals Talk, etc.
- The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader
- The Year at Maple Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
- Ants are Fun by Mildren Myrick
- How’s Inky? by Sam Campbell
- Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (and other titles by same author)
- “Step into Reading” books, Dolphins!, Hungry Hungry Sharks, Monster Bugs, S-S-Snakes, Whales the Gentle Giants, Wild Wild Wolves
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
- Little Rascal by Sterling North
- Methuselah’s Gift by Mary Elizabeth Edgren
- Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
- The Trumpet of the Swan
- Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
- Animals and Their Young by Anita Ganeri
- Animalia by Graeme Base
- Grasshopper on the Road by Arnold Lobel
- The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible by Paul Taylor
HUMAN BODY/BIOLOGY
- Learning About Sex series for the Christian Family
- Rabies by Elaine Landau
- Focus on Medicine by Susan Destefano
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks (for teens with discernment, stories of mental illness, neurology, psychology)
- My Body Inside and Out by Dr. Anne Townsend
- The Disease Fighters by Aaseng
- The Reader’s Digest ABC of the Human Body (read aloud with suitable editing for teens)
- Germs Make Me Sick by Melvin Berger
- Double Helix by James D. Watson (high school)
- Dr. Beaumont and the Man with a Hole in His Stomach
- Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Philip Yancey
- Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki
Chapter 29
- Grandpa’s Box
- Christmas in My Heart series
- Jotham’s Journey
- Tabitha’s Travels
- Bartholomew’s Passage
- The Tale of Three Trees
- One Wintry Night
- The Shepherd’s Prayer
Online Christmas Lessons
- https://www.jesustreedecorations.com
- https://www.easyfunschool.com/article1679.html
- https://www.easyfunschool.com/NamesofJesus.html
- https://www.easyfunschool.com/Blessed.pdf
- https://www.easyfunschool.com/article1680.html
- https://www.easyfunschool.com/IndexChristmas.html
- https://www.cresourcei.org/jesse.html
Christmas Gift Tag Designer Software
https://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/christms/cgifttags.htm
All kinds of recipes for gift giving, including gifts in a jar and more!
https://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/
MAKE BEAUTIFUL SNOWFLAKES!
https://www.daves-snowflakes.com/patterns.html
https://www.marcels-kid-crafts.com/snowflake-pattern.html
An Easy Christmas Tree Ornament to Make!
https://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts_3.htm
Tons of Great Christmas Activities, Projects, and Unit Studies!
https://www.easyfunschool.com/IndexChristmas.html
Christmas Activities from Eclectic Homeschool Online
https://www.eclectichomeschool.org/christmas/christmasunitstudy.asp
More Homeschool Christmas Resources
https://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/schoolroom/christmas.php
Christmas Worksheets & Puzzles
https://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/holidaycrosswords/Luke2ChristmasWorksheets.pdf
Nativity Bookmarks
https://www.teacherhelp.org/pdf/chrisbkmkniv.pdf
Printable Nativity Scene
https://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/nativityalbum/index.htm
Nativity Lapbook
https://www.scribd.com/word/download/525730?extension=pdf
Christmas Nativity Felt Board Patterns
https://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/felt/index.htm
Online Advent Calendar
https://www.teachingmom.com/features/advent.html
Christian Christmas Advent Calendar
https://www.our.homewithgod.com/mkcathy/MerryChristmas/advent/
The Gingerbread Baby Unit Study
https://www.homeschoolshare.com/gingerbread_baby.php
Jesse Tree Online Calendar
https://www.jesse-trees.com/calendar.html
Chapter 30
Free Complete Curriculum Online
- Lesson Pathways
- Ambleside Online (a Charlotte Mason curriculum)
- Simply Charlotte Mason (a Charlotte Mason curriculum)
- An Old-Fashioned Education
- Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool
- Easy Peasy All-in-One High School
- Khan Academy
- The Puritan’s Homeschool Curriculum
Bible & Character
- My Bible Copy Book (Free eBook Series)
- Free Bible Resources
- Free 900-Page Lapbook & Unit Study on The Book of Virtues
- Calvary Bible Curriculum
Language Arts
- Teaching Children Language Arts the Natural Way
- GradeSpelling – Free Spelling Program for Grades 1-8
- HomeSpellingWords – Another Free Online Spelling Program
- Daily Grammar (free grammar lessons)
- Grammarland Resources (Free Grammar Curriculum)
- Good & Beautiful Language Arts Curriculum
Phonics/Reading
- Huge List of Free Phonics Games, Worksheets, Games & Curriculum
- Teaching Your Child to Read and Write
Math
- Huge List of Free Online Multiplication Games (to Master those facts)
- GeoGebra – Free Online Graphing Calculator
History
- (Free) Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament History
- Free G.A. Henty Books to Download for Free + Free Audiobooks
- Bold Believers (Free resource for your history studies!)
Science
- Free Nature Calendars
- Old Homestead Tales – Excellent Living Books for Science (Free PDF Downloads)
- MatchCard Science (Free Grade 3-8 Science Curriculum
- Elementary Life Science (Free)
Miscellaneous
- Free Homeschool Downloads I Created
- Donna Young’s Amazing Site (tons of free printables for home and homeschool)
Chapter 31
- Homeschool the Easy Way (DVD)
- Educating the Wholehearted Child (Book)
- Sr. High: A Home-Designed Formula (Book)
- You Can Teach Your Child Successfully (Book)
- A Biblical Home Education (Book)
- Top 10 Videos We Use In Our Homeschool
- The Homeschool Handbook {FREE Online or Purchase Subscription}
- Home School Enrichment Magazine {Download the 2012 issues free or Purchase Subscription}
- The Old Schoolhouse Magazine (free online & free apps)
- Rainbow Resource
- Timberdoodle
- Library & Educational Services
- Currclick
- Christian Book Distributors (CBD)
- Thriftbooks
- Amazon Marketplace
Closing
- Our Homeschool eBooks
- www.SheriGraham.com (My main website)
- www.SheriGraham.com/intentionalplanner (The Intentional Planner website)
- www.12weekholidayplanner.com/ (The Holiday Planner website)
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