Home Education Resources
ART
Drawing Lessons
Free online drawing lessons for kids that are led by favorite artists and illustrators.
COLLEGE
Affordable Online Colleges Guide
This guide identifies the country’s 10 best universities for online bachelors and master’s degrees on a strict value-for-money basis. Included are reputable schools that rank highly in nationwide surveys of academic quality and student satisfaction.
Online colleges that offer FREE laptops
Online Colleges that offer laptops for students.
HIGH SCHOOL
High School Homeschool Help Page
A great board for asking relevant questions and getting rapid feedback from experienced parents.
COMPUTERS
An easy to follow, fully illustrated Excel tutorial along with 300 examples. Microsoft Excel is an important tool used in many Math projects and jobs. The program is 100% free.
GENERAL
Home school curriculum reviews to help families successfully educate their own children.
A place where you may print lesson planners, household planners, calendars, handwriting lessons, printable worksheets or papers for several subjects.
A central hub of information, tips, training, and tools from across Google for Education to help teachers keep teaching, even when they aren’t in the classroom.
Free video conferencing tool.
GOVERNMENT
Escambia County School District
Home Education Foundation (HEF)
Florida’s home school lobbyist in Tallahassee
State of Florida Legislature
Santa Rosa County School District
MATH
Math unit studies for grades 1-8.
The largest selection of math worksheets for all ages.
Math curriculum for grades 3 through pre-calculus with self-grading. Offers free one month trial.
MULTIPLE SUBJECTS
Accelerated Christian Education (A.C.E.)
ACE takes the conventional style textbook and divides it into 12 work texts. This curriculum is individualized, self-instructional, and has a mastery-based approach.
A comprehensive online learning website whose weekly exercises include: language arts, math, science, social studies and vocabulary. The high school portion provides online preparation for the SAT and ACT.
Christian Institute of Arts and Sciences
A private school with 2 programs: a brick-and-mortar Campus School as well as Home-Based Schools all across the Florida Panhandle and beyond.
This non-profit provides “open textbooks” for K-12 students. It offers free high-quality, standards-aligned, open content in science, math, social studies and, photography.
This is free homeschooling resources and lesson plans for all ages
Subscription offers a stream of the latest science and history documentaries.
Free resources, including teaching strategies, for grades K-6.
Free online school for Florida residents grades K-12.
Free educational games for grades pre-K through 8th that develop skills in math, reading, problem-solving and literacy.
Homeschooling due to Corona Virus
Get free digital home education resources, including daily lesson plans, from HomeEducator.com, an arm of the Texas Home School Coalition (THSC).
IXL is personalized learning for K-12.
Khan Academy’s mission is to provide free online courses, lessons, and practice.
A curriculum that combines the best of Charlotte Mason’s ideas, classical education, and unit studies with a biblical worldview and global focus.
Homeschooling with online courses for grades K-12. You can purchase Acellus, which covers up to 5 classes, through this platform at a fraction of the cost.
Students can test their knowledge in any subject with quizzes, matches, concentration card games, and other activities.
Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing (Pre K to 9th grade).
Reading, language arts, and mathematics resources for preschool children through third grade.
Online education for PreK through high school.
MUSIC
The free online ear training tool for a musician.
A remarkable playground of learning games that teach and reinforce traditional music theory and aural skills.
Northwest Florida Homeschool Band (WFHEMA)
WFHEMA is located in Pensacola and offers home school students quality group instruction, performance outlets, and competition opportunities on band and stringed instruments.
READING
1,000 free audiobooks to include many children’s classics. You can download audio files straight to your computer or mobile device.
Free Christian literature.
SCIENCE
Mark Rober, a NASA scientist, answers basic science questions on YouTube.
SUPPORT
Florida Parent Educators Association (FPEA)
The FPEA exists solely to serve homeschooling families in Florida through support for the legal right to home school, local school board education and interaction, support group networking, a state convention, local conferences and events, informative communications, and individual encouragement, all in accordance with Judeo-Christian principles.
Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
This association fights for the rights of homeschooling families.
Parent Empowerment Resource Center
A four-county project in NW Florida that offers support services to families of children and young adults (birth-26) with special needs.