Homeschooling Websites
Illinois H.O.U.S.E.
H.O.U.S.E. (Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience) is a nonsectarian statewide network of support groups for families involved in homeschooling.
Illinois State Board of Education Homeschooling Information
Information about homeschooling requirements in Illinois, including a comprehensive FAQ.
ISBE: Homeschooling Registration
The Illinois State Board of Education: Homeschooling Registration Form.
Illinois Christian Educators
Illinois Christian Home Educators: provides support to Christian homeschooling parents in Illinois with resources and events.
HSLDA – Homeschooling Legal Defense Association
HSLDA is a homeschooling advocacy group that offers online academy courses for grades 7-12.
Homeschooling.com: The Original Homeschooling Community
Homeschool.com has been in business for over 20 years helping homeschooling families like you get the information they need about the different curriculum, products, and services offered to the homeschooling community.
Southern Illinois Homeschoolers
Illinois Homeschool Support group for Southern Illinois on Facebook.
Homeschooling Resources
C. E. Brehm Library – eBook Resources
Check out our eBooks page to use the Cloud Library (requires library card), EBSCO eBooks, and Gale Virtual Reference Library. These are resources for electronic books and audiobooks that are free to use.
GRE® General Test at Home
ETS (Educational Testing Services) is temporarily offering a GRE General Test at home option in selected areas. The test is identical in content, format and on-screen experience to the GRE General Test taken at a test center. It is taken on your own computer at home and is monitored by a human proctor online through ProctorU®. Click the link above, to find out more information.
Learning Express
(Requires library card to use) Higher education & vocational practice tests, various skills improvement tests (grades 4-12), GED, SAT, etc.
Scholastic Teachables
Printable activities for any subject: math, science, reading comprehension, STEM, writing, and beyond. Download printable lesson plans, reading passages, games and puzzles, clip art, bulletin board ideas, and skills sheets for kids in any grade.
Scholastic ScienceFlix
Focuses on engaging subject-area science content for students spanning grades 4-9. Each of the units will help hone literacy skills while bolstering understanding of crucial subjects relating to science, technology, and engineering.
Homeschooling Books
371.042 KAU
Homeschooling
371.042 LIP
The homeschooling handbook : how to make homeschooling simple, affordable, fun, and effective
371.042 MCE
Homeschool– how & why to do it
371.042 MIL
Home schooling your child : Guide for parents of first year teaching
371.042 RUP
Home learning year by year : how to design a creative and comprehensive homeschool curriculum
371.042 SHA
The A+ homeschool planner : Plan, record & celebrate each child’s progress
371.95 WES
Homeschooling gifted and advanced learners
Pre-K – 12 Education Resources
123 Homeschool for Me
Free printable worksheets and educational activities to help making learning fun. Resources arranged by grade or subject.
Clark Creative Education
Math, social studies, science, and language arts for kids K-12.
Booklist
Literature-based resources for K-8 educators.
PBS Learning Media: Distance Learning Resources
PBS LearningMedia offers educators a variety of features that support distance learning, including easy searching by grade level, curriculum area, and state and national standards, as well as integration with Google Classroom and Remind.
Classrooms, Apps, & More
Khan Academy
Free resource for instructional videos on many topics.
Amazing Educational Resources
Gathered home-school resources placed into a public website. It includes resources for reading, math, history, Chinese, coding, music and more.
AskMo
For grades 7 and up, the math tutoring program is free.
Bamboo Learning
For Alexa-enabled devices. Take advantage of free educational programs including math, history, music and stories. Just say, “Alexa, open Bamboo Books.”
Beanstalk
Online classes in art, science and more for preschoolers up to age 6.
Bright Horizons: World at Home
For young children. A library of free resources for infants up to school-age kids.
California State Parks PORTS Program
Virtual field trips for all ages five days a week through the Home Learning Program
Calvert Homeschool
Offers 30 free days of curriculum during school shutdowns.
Duolingo
A language program, offers free online learning tools.
Ed Helper
Provides free daily workbooks for Pre-K through high school.
Encantos Learning Hub
Tools for bilingual education and geography.
First Book
Activities in English and Spanish for Pre-K through eighth grade.
Fiveable
For high school students, is a free resource for Advanced Placement class learning and test prep. Their new Fiveable Courses provide a virtual learning group for a fee.
Hand2Mind
Learn at Home platform with streaming lessons for grades K-5 and downloadable STEM activities.
Love in a Big World
A free social-emotional curriculum for children K-8.
Omni Calculator
Calculators to solve 1366 problems anywhere from math to finance and business to health.
Open Culture
Free textbooks, movies and audiobooks and links to free online courses from professors.
Outschool
Offers live online classes in small groups, is offering free classes to those affected by school shutdowns.
Preply and Skooli
Online tutoring for a fee.
Prodigy Math
Free video-game-style math learning used by many school districts.
Scholastic Learn-at-Home
Lesson plans for pre-K to age 9 for about $5 a month.
Educational Entertainment Resources for Kids/Teachers/Parents
Storyline Online
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more
Ranger Rick: Stuck at Home
Website and digital editions of the magazine are free for the next few months while people are staying home.
For All Ages
Field Museum at Home
Continue exploring natural history with online resources and at-home activities for all ages.
The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks
Explore the National Parks from your living room.
The Museum of the World: History Connected
Interactive history site. Presented by the British Museum.
Virtual Museum Tours
Virtually explore 2,500 museums.
Wild Earth Safari Drive
Experience a South African safari drive virtually with this livestream.
For Teens and Adults
A Decade of the New Yorker Fiction Podcast
Links to some of the best episodes of the New York Times Fiction podcast from the past decade.
Nightly Streaming Opera – The Metropolitan Opera
The New York Academy of Medicine: Coloring Books
Coloring books from libraries around the world.