Unschooling / Homeschooling Free Resources for Pre K and Kindergarten Parents and Kids

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Unschooling / Homeschooling Free Resources for Pre K and Kindergarten Parents and Kids

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Unschooling / Homeschooling Free Resources for Pre K and Kindergarten Parents and Kids

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* Khan Academy Kids: Offers a comprehensive, 100% free platform with no ads or subscriptions, designed for ages 2-8. It includes an adaptive learning path, interactive activities, digital books, animated videos, games, coloring pages, and covers early literacy, reading, writing, language, math, creativity, and social-emotional skills. It also provides supplementary YouTube videos and printable activities.[1, 2, 3]

* PBS Kids: Provides a variety of free educational games and videos from popular shows like Sesame Street and Daniel Tiger.[4, 5, 6, 7] The "Play and Learn Science" app is free, bilingual (English/Spanish), and covers Earth, Physical, and Life Science.[8] The PBS Parents section offers articles with ideas for math, reading, science, and art games.[9, 10]

* ABCya: Offers free educational computer games and activities for kids, organized by subject (Art & Music, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies) and grade level (PRE-K – 1, K – 1, K – 5) on its website (ad-supported).[11, 12, 13, 14] It also has printable materials.[11]

* Starfall: Provides the basics for learning how to read for free, including phonics, fluency, grammar, ABCs, "Learn to Read" sections, and a "Talking Library".[15, 16, 17, 18, 19] It also offers free downloadable Phonics and Sight Word Book Kits [16] and early math songs and games.[20] The platform is ad-free.[17, 18]

* Creative Kids Virtual Preschool: Offers over 70 free online preschool lessons structured around weekly themes, each including 4 daily core lessons (approx. 30 minutes), a fun craft, and Story Time. Downloadable supplies, book lists, daily newsletters, and practice worksheets are provided.[21]

* Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool: A complete, free online Christian homeschool curriculum for preschoolers, offering 180 days of lessons and assignments across subjects like Reading, Writing, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Math, History/social studies/geography, Science, Spanish, Bible, Computer, Music, Art, PE/Health, and Logic, all using free internet materials.[22, 23]

* Smithsonian Learning Lab: A free, interactive platform with millions of digital resources (images, recordings, texts, videos) across arts, sciences, history, and culture. It includes educator-created collections and tools to customize learning experiences, with specific activities for Pre-K through 2nd grade.[24, 25, 26, 27, 28]

* TurtleDiary: Offers extensive interactive games in Math, Language Arts, and Science for preschool.[29]

* Education.com: Provides a wide range of free printable worksheets for kindergarten, covering alphabet recognition, subtraction, numbers, counting, basic life science, phonics, patterns, addition, grammar, and handwriting practice.[30]

* SuperTeacherWorksheets: Offers extensive free printables for preschool and kindergarten, including alphabet worksheets, various math drills, phonics exercises, rhyming activities, cutting skills development, and basic sentence building activities.[31]

* BarefootChild: Offers a blog, comprehensive FAQ section about unschooling, insights into their family's unschooling journey, examples of "government approved unschool plans," and guidance on record-keeping methods. It also provides free nature-inspired printables like alphabet posters/flashcards, art provocation flashcards, counting mats, Montessori-inspired activity packs, and a nature journal.[32]

* Unschooling Mom2Mom: Offers a free "Get Started Unschooling!" mini-course with YouTube videos and downloadable PDFs covering legalities, finding local groups, community building, and creating learning plans without traditional curricula. It also provides free weekly resources via email and a podcast.[33]

* eSchooled: Provides a curated list of "Best Unschooling Blogs" such as Racheous, Happiness is Here, John Holt GWS, and The Homeschool Mom, offering inspiration, respectful parenting, and advice on "de-schooling".[34]