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Free resources
Genuinely free tools, libraries and courses worth your time.
7 pieces on this topic
Homeschooling on a budget — a complete year for almost nothing
A genuinely free curriculum for every core subject, where to buy used, and the few purchases actually worth paying real money for.
24 Aug 2026
Teaching science at home — without a lab, a degree, or a boxed kit
What science education is for at each age, how to run real experiments in a kitchen, and how to solve lab sciences for exam-track teenagers.
24 Aug 2026
The best homeschool math curriculum — eight compared, honestly
Singapore, Math Mammoth, Beast Academy, Saxon, Math-U-See, Teaching Textbooks, RightStart and Khan compared by cost, prep time and the child each one actually suits.
24 Aug 2026
Homeschool science curriculum — what to use at each age
What science curriculum is genuinely worth buying at each stage, why elementary science needs none at all, and how to solve lab sciences for exam-track teenagers.
24 Aug 2026
Free homeschool curriculum — a complete year, every subject, no cost
A genuinely complete free curriculum for every core subject and every age, with honest notes on where each free option is weakest and what it cannot replace.
24 Aug 2026
Khan Academy for homeschoolers, an honest guide
What Khan Academy does well, where it falls short, and how homeschool families actually use it without making it the whole curriculum.
11 Jun 2026
Libby and your library, the homeschool backbone
How to turn the public library and the Libby app into the engine of your homeschool — holds strategy, interlibrary loan, and librarian allies.
11 Jun 2026
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