NYS Home School and Educational Resources - Newburgh Free Library: K-5 Resources

The New York State Kindergarten Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success
consolidates all kindergarten learning standards into one document. This resource follows the New York State Prekindergarten Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success which is the updated version of the New York State Prekindergarten Foundation for the Common Core Learning Standards, published in 2012.

The New York State First Grade Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success consolidates all frst grade learning standards into one document. This resource follows The New York State Prekindergarten Learning Standards: A Resource or School Success and The New York State Kindergarten Learning Standards: Resource for School Success which were both published in 2019.

The New York State Second Grade Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success
consolidates all second grade learning standards into one document. This resource follows The New York State Prekindergarten Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success, The New York State Kindergarten Learning Standards: A resource for School Success, and The New York State First Grade Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success which were all published in 2019.

Explore our guide with links to many sources of free children's books online. There are hundreds of titles available, most with no library card required.

Links to the books covered in the Robinson Self-teaching Curriculum

A wealth of resources for both students and teachers for discovering, reading, and learning from books, with many books linked to full readings. A free account (with e-mail) provides access to titles and resources, including those regarding diverse books.

An excellent collection of curricula and resources for connecting children to nature and taking schooling outside from Childhood by Nature

Wilder Child includes a blog with ideas for ways to bond with nature as well as resources for more in-depth wildschooling.

Website description: "AmblesideOnline is a free homeschool curriculum that uses Charlotte Mason's classically-based principles to prepare children for a life of rich relationships with everything around them: God, humanity, and the natural world."

This site provides a free curriculum and guidance for creating a Charlotte Mason homeschool along with helpful resources for those who have heard of the CM method and want to learn more about applying it.

Knoweldge-based learning guides for PreK-8th grade and units of study all free to download.

A curriculum resource for preschool through grade 12. Website text: "A complete, free Christian homeschool curriculum"

This site gathers and organizes a broad selection of free curricula by subject (or all-in-one). Both secular and Christian options offered.

A site with many free articles, unit studies, and tools for homeschooling as well as reviews of "for-purchase" curricula.

An extensive list of both Christian and secular curricula for Pre-K to 12 by subject.

A large collection of free homeschool curriculum options as well as indivdual learning resources.

A review of free curriculum resources. Some curricula are for K-12 and some for primary grades, but all contain at least one full year for free in at least one subject (most cover multiple subjects.)

An extensive site with some full curricula and many full unit/subject lessons and pintables.

Includes free all-subject and single subject curricula, plus ideas for finding free books, lessons, and more.

Links to complete free curricula as well as other free resources.

Free downloads of full language arts curricula for grades K-8. Each level contains a course book and supplemental files.

This site provides an extensive list of free homeschooling lessons in 14 subject areas sorted by subject and grade level. Complied by Only Passionate Curiosity.

100 free resources for a wide variety of subjects.

Not a curriculm, per se, but a site with 100,000 pages of resources with which to create custom lesson plans.

Vidcode works with libraries to help offer research-backed computer science and coding education for tweens and teens in their community. Enter the FIRST THREE DIGITS of your library card at the password prompt. You will need to set up a Vidcode account.

These databases provide a wealth of articles and multimedia sources for help with homework or school research projects. Databases include:
Britannica School - Available in Spanish on Britannica Escolar
EBSCO Explora
Gale Literature Resource Center
Gale in Context: Literature
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
Middle School Gale in Context
Vidcode [Coding for teens and tweens] and TrueFlix

Offering dozens of units to supplement social studies and science core curricula learning, TrueFlix® is a highly-engaging multimedia resource that can be used in the library, the classroom, on mobile devices, or at home. Funded by the Newburgh Free Library.