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Free homeschool resources
A hand-picked collection of free lessons, reading, and getting-started guides we love. No account needed. Bookmark this page and come back anytime.
Printable worksheets we made for you, organized by how you’ll use them. Free to download and print.
- Homeschool Organization Checklist (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
Plan, set up, and organize your homeschool year: laws and curriculum, learning space, record keeping, routines, community, and a weekly reset.
- Unit Study Planner (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
Plan a unit study: subjects and skills developed, resources and activities, hands-on ideas and field trips, and what you learned.
- Weekly Lesson Plan (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
A day-by-day plan, Monday through Friday: set a focus and check off activities for each day, with a notes space.
- Reverse Planning Worksheet (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
"What Did We Learn?" Look back at the week, capture what your family read, explored, created, and practiced, notice the learning and skills, and get it ready to document in Chalk and Chart.
- My School Day Checklist for Students (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
A fun, colorful daily checklist for kids: get ready, set up their space, do their best, and finish strong, with stars to rate the day.
- Life Skills Tracker (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
For older students: track life skills week by week, coloring a bubble Monday through Sunday across nine areas, from kitchen and money skills to character and citizenship.
- Life Skills Checklist for Younger Learners (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
For younger students: a simpler weekly version, coloring a bubble Monday through Sunday across nine everyday skill areas.
- Nature Scavenger Hunt (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
Explore outside and check off 12 things to find, with a spot to draw your favorite discovery.
- Daily Weather (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
Record today's weather: check the sky, note the temperature, and draw the clouds.
- Plant Life Cycle Worksheet (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
Cut and paste the five plant stages in order, then draw and write about how a plant grows.
- Vocabulary 4-Square (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
Break a new word down four ways: its definition, a sentence, a synonym, and a picture, with the word in the center. Two per page.
- Book Review (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
Review a book: title and author, a star rating, what it was about, a favorite scene to draw, and a recommendation.
- Goal Tracker (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
Set a goal, list the steps, color in a progress tracker, and plan a reward.
- Field Trip Journal (PDF)chalkandchart.com ↗
Record a field trip: where you went, what you saw and learned, a drawing, and a star rating.
Know the rules where you live and start with confidence.
- HSLDA: homeschool laws by statehslda.org ↗
Look up the homeschool requirements where you live.
- NHERI: homeschool researchnheri.org ↗
Fact-based research and statistics on home education.
Free lessons, videos, and full curricula for every grade.
- Khan Academykhanacademy.org ↗
Free lessons and practice in math, science, reading, and more.
- CK-12 Foundationck12.org ↗
Free online textbooks, videos, and practice, with a focus on STEM.
- PBS LearningMediapbslearningmedia.org ↗
Free standards-aligned videos and activities by grade.
- Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschoolallinonehomeschool.com ↗
A complete, free online Christian homeschool curriculum for PreK through 12.
- Ambleside Onlineamblesideonline.org ↗
A free Charlotte Mason curriculum built around living books.
- Core Knowledge Foundationcoreknowledge.org ↗
Free, grade-by-grade curriculum in history, science, and the language arts.
Read-alouds, phonics, and thousands of free books.
- Reading Rocketsreadingrockets.org ↗
Strategies and book lists to help young readers grow.
- Storyline Onlinestorylineonline.net ↗
Actors read favorite picture books aloud, free to watch.
- Project Gutenberggutenberg.org ↗
Tens of thousands of free public-domain ebooks.
- Open Libraryopenlibrary.org ↗
Borrow millions of free ebooks from the Internet Archive.
- Read.govread.gov ↗
Classic books and reading resources from the Library of Congress.
- Starfallstarfall.com ↗
Phonics games and read-along stories for early readers.
Keep it all in one place
Great resources are only half the battle. Chalk and Chart helps you plan lessons, track hours and grades, log reading, and build a printable portfolio, all in one simple place.
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