ClimbZone Laurel
If you have homeschoolers, bring them in on select Wednesdays for our Homeschool days!
They can scale OUR book cases (and 70+ other walls) for 2 hours for just $20 between the hours of 10:00 am and 2:00 pm!

Colonial Williamsburg Homeschooler Experiences
HOMESCHOOL DAYS DATES:
September 7-22, 2024
During these special times, homeschoolers and their families can discover history brought to life at a special discounted rate. Join us to visit the historic sites where Revolutionary ideas were shaped, meet the tradespeople whose craftsmanship supported the War for Independence, and so much more. Use our virtual tours, educational videos, activity sheets, and behind-the-scenes blogs to supplement your visit.
Colonial Williamsburg also offers exclusive pricing year round for homeschool groups of all sizes in addition to a wide variety of books, DVDs, and teaching resources.

Barnes & Noble Educator Discount Card
Save 20% off publisher’s list price on all purchases for classroom use, discounts of up to 25% off the publisher’s list price during Educator Appreciation Days, first access to helpful educational resources, valuable email offers, and information on exclusive Educator events

Hershey Park
School groups of 20 or more can save more than 40% on pre-purchased Hersheypark® tickets, participate in special programs, and enjoy discounted dining options. Don’t forget! All guests are required to make reservations prior to visiting Hersheypark.

Joann Teacher Rewards card
Save 15% on every purchase, every day

Michael’s Teacher Discount
15% teacher discount

6 Flags Read to Succeed

Panda Express Reading Rewards
Panda Express offer reading programs (free meals as rewards) and allows homeschoolers! Enroll online in minutes and we’ll deliver bookmark and reward materials to you. We also have digital awards available. Students will have an individual goal of reading 5 books. Each student that reaches their goal gets a free Kids Meal coupon.

Pizza Hut BOOK IT!
BOOK IT! motivates children to read by rewarding their reading accomplishments with praise, recognition, and pizza. The program is simple, flexible, fun, and free to use. For grades K-6th, runs October - March, enrollment opens March 1

MD BOOK BANK
The Maryland Book Bank is a nonprofit organization committed to cultivating literacy in children from under-resourced neighborhoods.
We are pleased to offer Educator boxes to educators in Maryland. We encourage you to use these books in your virtual and in-person classes or as giveaways.
Educator boxes are filled with mixed books in your selected grade categories and will be available for contactless pick-up from our warehouse on select days.
Our volunteers will hand-select one box of mixed books based on the grade range provided. We will contact you as soon as your order is ready to set up a contactless pickup.

The Book Thing
THE BOOK THING OF BALTIMORE
3001 Vineyard Lane | Baltimore, MD 21218
LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER?
OUR MISSION
To put unwanted books into the hands of those who want them.
All books are absolutely FREE. All the books you take have to be stamped, ”Not for Resale.”
Currently Open Once a Month (3/18/2022)

Granite Classical Tutorial (Howard County and Baltimore County)

Heritage Instructional Services (Baltimore County)

Spectrum Christian Homeschool Community (Howard County)

Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
Provides legal support for homeschoolers and serves as a legislative watchdog on issues affecting homeschoolers

Maryland Association of Christian Home Educators (MACHE)
Statewide support organization; hosts annual curriculum fair in Frederick, MD

National Challenged Homeschoolers Associated Network (NATHHAN)
For Christians homeschooling special needs children

Churchville Christian School

Conowingo

Salem Christian Academy

Wellspring Christian Family Schools
Legal oversight, high school classes, parent workshops, MD diplomas

Cathy Duffy Reviews
Official website for Cathy Duffy, author of "100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum."

Buy/Sell Homeschool Curriculum
One of the largest sites on the web for buying and selling new and used homeschool materials, and for finding and announcing homeschool groups, activities, and events.

Christianbook Homeschool Curriculum
Find homeschool curriculum (including Christian homeschool curriculum), workbooks, living books, and resources for all styles and methods of homeschooling

Homeschool Buyers Co-op
Offers groups discounts on curriculum and learning supplie; membership is free

Rainbow Resource
Discount curriculum suppliers (huge selection)

Abeka Homeschool
Educate your children at home using textbooks, video lessons, teaching aids, and more, K-12

Accelerated Christian Education (ACE)
The A.C.E. program offers you an academic curriculum that includes skill building, goal setting, reading practice, and character building—all with strong Biblical integration! This complete package begins with reading development courses and progresses through high school with the core curriculum and a variety of electives.
A.C.E.'s self-instructional PACEs (packets of A.C.E. curriculum) allow your students to learn with minimal supervision. Each core subject consists of 12 PACEs per level. However, students are not locked-stepped by these levels. Students who are more skilled may accelerate in their areas of academic strength, while those who find the material more challenging may take as long as necessary to complete it. Each student, while working at his own level of proficiency, will master the material.

BJU Press Homeschool
Christian homeschool curriculum and video lessons online or on DVD that seamlessly integrate biblical truth with academic excellence, K-12

LIFEPAC Homeschool Curriculum
LIFEPAC is a Christian homeschool curriculum for grades K-12. Students master content in each unit worktext before progressing to the next. Ten LIFEPAC worktexts provide one full year of learning content per grade level; individual worktexts can also be used as supplemental material. In addition, you can mix and match subjects or grade level worktexts to personalize your student's curriculum content. Individual worktexts take approximately 3 to 4 weeks to complete.

Memoria Press
Memoria Press is a family-run publishing company that produces simple and easy-to-use classical Christian education materials for home and private schools. It was founded by Cheryl Lowe in 1994 to help promote and transmit the classical heritage of the Christian West through an emphasis on the liberal arts and the great works of the Western tradition. Memoria Press has developed a K-12 classical curriculum at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, Kentucky, where its popular Latin, logic, and classical studies courses are written and field-tested.

SchoolhouseTeachers.com
Christian, Self-paced, Online Homeschooling Courses with Customizable Curriculum

Sonlight
Uses a literature-focused homeschooling educational philosophy based on children's natural curiosity and love for stories. A highly academic approach that uses outstanding books as the centerpiece for learning. Preschool - 12th grade, plus AP subjects

Veritas Press
Veritas Press provides homeschoolers with a Classical curriculum option that's rigorous and reformed, K-12

Assistive Technology Tools and Resources
Top best Assistive Technology and Apps for Learning Disability
Welcome to our overview of Assistive Technology, organized by category. This is not an exhaustive analysis, but a quick survey of the products that we consider to be valuable tools. Almost all of these apps and services have free trials so you can see if they work for you. We are not including prices because they change all the time, but we note if something is free or involves a subscription.

Brookes Publishing Company
Resources for children with developmental disabilities and delays

Discovery Toys
Preschool/young elementary manipulatives, games, software, books

Future Horizons
Publications and conferences on children with developmental delays

Kaplan Early Learning Company
Supplies, books, furniture, manipulatives for preschool - elementary

Rebounders Gymnastics Sensory-Motor-Gym/Special Needs
A Sensory/Motor/Gymnastics program in Timonium, MD for children of all ages with any minimal to severe physical, mental, emotional, social, language, and/or sensory challenges

Super Duper Publications
Sells games, manipulatives, and visuals for elementary and special needs learners

Discovery Education Puzzle Maker
Allows you to create various kinds of puzzles

Enchanted Learning
Printables in all of the major subject areas. You can print things for free with advertisements or pay a yearly fee ($20 as of 01/2021) for ad-free printables

Homeschool Share
Literature-based lapbooks, notebooking pages, and unit studies for preschool to upper elementary

Howard County Public Library Educators card
With this card, educators may borrow up to 30 items each visit, keep materials as long as six weeks (42 days), borrow all library materials (except fiction DVDs, Launchpads, DIY items, and artwork), and renew materials once.

Lapbook

edHelper
Worksheets in many different subject areas for different grade levels ($40 - $70/year depending on access level, as of 01/2021)

Seton Testing
Sells standardized tests for grades K-12

Teachers Pay Teachers
Worksheets created by teachers in every subject and grade level. Some free, but most paid on a per-file basis.

College Board
SAT prep, registration, results, and study planning; college search; college planning and lots more

FAFSA -- Free Application for Federal Student Aid
THE form to fill out for any kind of college financial aid

Free tutoring and practice tests from HoCo Library System
Brainfuse Online Homework Assistance: Receive free tutoring in math, reading, science, social studies, English/language arts, and writing from teachers with this online service for students from kindergarten through college. English- and Spanish-speaking tutors are available seven days a week from 2:00 pm until 11:55 pm.

LearningExpress Library: Practice tests for AP exams (and AP exam eBooks), the GED, the SAT, grad school entrance exams, and various jobs. Also find tutorials for grades 4 – 12 on math, reading, and writing skills. Plus get college admissions essay writing help.

Testing & Education Reference Center: Practice tests for entering private high school, the AP exams, the GED, the SAT, grad school entrance exams, various career tests, and the U.S. citizenship test. Also includes a scholarship search tool and search tools for private secondary schools, colleges, and vocational programs.

HEAV - Build your own transcript
People from all states can use it; $8 - $25, depending on the level of service you want

Learning Express
SAT, ACT, PSAT/NMQST, and AP tutorials and prep

Homeschool Enrichment
Online magazine offering homeschool advice

Homeschool World
Official website for "Practical Homeschooling Magazine" and veteran homeschooler and author, Mary Pride

The Old Schoolhouse
Magazine and website offering practical advice and curriculum reviews for homeschoolers, also sells curriculum materials

Artistic Pursuits
Homeschool art curriculum

Arts on Stage 2023-2024 Season
The mission of Arts On Stage, Ltd. is to artistically, culturally and educationally enrich the minds of children through live, professional theatre productions. We hope to stimulate, encourage, educate, and promote interest in live theatre of all types in children of all ages. Our media includes theatrical plays, music, dance, drama, and storytelling, which are all accompanied by quality study guides to further advance the educational components of each presentation. $9/ticket www.artsonstage.org

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Mid-Week Concerts
Arts-integrated and engaging BSO concert broadcasts, designed for students in grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12, especially focused on grades 3-6.

Classics for Kids

Howard County Homeschool Band
In an effort to provide musical opportunities for the homeschool community, the ECMA has created a music program for home-schooled families. Now in its 19th season, the Encore Academy offers beginning, intermediate and advanced instruction on all band instruments. Members are grouped in small ensemble settings and meet for one hour each week. Adults are welcome to join the program! Our professional director assists your child from the very beginning, explaining how to select and play the instrument, how to read music, work in an ensemble and perform concerts. The program strives to provide a musical experience in a relaxed and fun environment. Music is a valuable aspect in the educational development of the whole student.
Howard County – Fridays, Crossroads Church
2750 Rogers Avenue, Ellicott City
Beginner 12:00-1:00pm
Intermediate 1:00-2:00pm
Advanced 2:00-3:00pm

Maryland Christian Youth Band and Orchestra
MCYBO offers homeschool afterschool musicians multiple levels of performance groups with professional instruction in all of the orchestral winds, strings, and percussion. They perform from a variety of repertoire including concert selections, classics, and popular pieces. Concerts are given twice a year.
In addition, they also offer early musician training for ages 6 to 8 with classes for Windstars and Ukulele.
Students who have played in the program over the years have gone on to major or minor in music and play for various other groups and worship teams. Students have also had the opportunity to compose for the different groups, and we have premiered several of their compositions.

Meet the Masters
Homeschoolers and small groups

Ricci Adams' Music Theory
Music education curriculum for elementary school; lessons on music theory for older kids

San Francisco Symphony Kids
Information on instruments and sections of the orchestra including brief sound clips of instruments

SQUILT
Super Quiet Uninterrupted Listening Time: Learn by era, composer, season, flashcards, and listening maps

Analytical Grammar
Comprehensive grammar instruction for middle and high school

Handwriting Without Tears
Handwriting program developed by occupational therapist, multi-sensory

Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW)
IEW's unique approach provides the structure that students need to develop confidence in the writing process, while gradually guiding them toward greater independence and creativity. They will learn nine structural models (note taking, writing paragraphs, stories, simple reports, writing from pictures, research reports, creative writing, essays, and critiques) to help them organize any type of composition. Additionally, stylistic techniques (strong verbs, quality adjectives, sentence openers, and more) are taught incrementally to gently move students from the basics into more sophisticated writing. For all grades.

Reading Fluency articles

Reading Fluency scoring chart

Rooted in Language
Rooted in Language provides research-based, multisensory strategies for struggling (particularly in dyslexia and dysgraphia) and typical learners. They provide educator training classes for you to support your learners from K-12, in phonics and spelling, word study, grammar and mechanics, reading comprehension, writing and editing, and more. They also have new super-comprehensive early literacy programs that work well for new and emerging readers (Pinwheels and Wand, respectively).

Shurley English
Publishers of English materials that cover everything step-by-step and include helpful additions such as jingles to learn the parts of speech

Spelling City
Features free custom spelling tests, as well as paid vocabulary, phonics, and writing skill building

The Lantern English Co.
The Lantern English Co. offers online writing & literature classes as well as complete English instruction. Our goal is to teach students how to make words work for them. We believe there is power in the written word, whether we are reading the words of someone else or writing down our own words.
Whatever a student's future path, our aim is to prepare each student to skillfully and confidently utilize the power of words in order to inspire and engage the world around them, rather than merely add to a culture of noise.

Rosetta Stone

Hebrew

Berlitx Language Classes
Many different languages; online classes; immersive technique

Christian Athletic Association
Homeschool PE; sports teams

Christian Home Educators Network (CHEN)
Homeschool Christian Athletics Organization

Elev8 Basketball
ELEV8:
Building Character in our Youth,
Honoring God in our Programs, and
Offering life-changing Hope found in the
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ

Health Learning Objectives Checklist
Over 150 Health Learning Objectives that you can select to cover with your children throughout their school years. Helpful to check off topics that naturally come up in everyday life and to get ideas of new things to cover.

Homeschool Football and Cheerleader (Middle/High School)
*Central Maryland Christian Crusader Player / Cheerleader Elegibility Requirements
All High School Aged (15-18) Football Players and Cheerleaders must be either Home Schooled or in a Private School with no Football/Cheer Team available to them through their school. NOT AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.
All Middle School Aged (11-14) Football Players & Cheerleaders may be Home Schooled, Private Schooled, or in Public School.

Rebounders Gymnastics
in Timonium

Art of Problem Solving
Offers math curriculum from Algebra through Calculus, including online courses

Cool Math
Teaching help for math, including online math games

Helping With Math
Instructions on how to do different types of math problems and printable worksheets

Khan Academy
Free online math lessons with problems/quizzes; K - Calculus, plus AP math and statistics

Math-U-See
Hands-on math curriculum for K-12; good for those who struggle with math, but also solid for everyone

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Shormann Math (Self-paced eCourses for Pre-Algebra thru Calculus)
Standing on the shoulders of math giants like Euclid, Euler, and Newton, together with John Saxon’s proven teaching methods, Dr. Shormann has published a 21st Century curriculum that teaches all the concepts on the redesigned PSAT and SAT.
Enhanced with a state of the art eLearning Campus similar to the systems used in college math classes, students learn more efficiently, building fluency with less homework than traditional Saxon texts.
Shormann Math is built on a biblical and historical foundation that teaches math as the language of science; a tool used to better understand God and His creation. An emphasis on math history gives students a clearer picture of the “why” behind the math they are learning, while shedding light on modern math’s rich Christian heritage. Students learn how to use math as a tool to explore their world and enhance their own God-given creativity.

The Math Worksheet Site
This site has several types of drill sheets that can be printed for free. You can also pay for a monthly or yearly membership which gives you even more options

Time4MathFacts - online math games
Time4MathFacts uses the power of technology and engaging gameplay to motivate students to move from learning math facts to math fact mastery. What students experience as they play games to practice math facts is an immersive world of fun characters, rewards for improving their recall, and confidence-building feedback showing them their progress.Grades 2-5, free trial before monthly payment

Web Math Minute
Free printable, customizable worksheets for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Also an online option with instant grading.

Wolfram Math World
Definitions and examples of higher math terms (Algebra and higher)

Apologia
Creationist, young-earth homeschool science curriculum, elementary - high school

Berean Builders Elementary-Age Science in History
Elementary-age, Christian worldview, young-earth, Dr. Jay Wile is well known as the original author of most of the Apologia science curriculum for upper-grade levels. Now he has written an entirely new science curriculum for the elementary grades. The titles of the five courses in the series are:
Science in the Beginning
Science in the Ancient World
Science in the Scientific Revolution
Science in the Age of Reason
Science in the Industrial Age
The Science in History series is built around three unusual features that result in a unique science curriculum. First of all, every lesson has a hands-on activity or experiment. The activity is generally introduced briefly, then detailed instructions walk you through each activity with students making their own observations. After the activity, the text discusses what the student should have seen or experienced. That activity serves as the jumping-off point to then explore a scientific concept.

Berean Builders Middle School Science
Middle school level, Christian worldview, young-earth, Dr. Jay Wile is well known as the original author of most of the Apologia science curriculum for upper-grade levels. Now he has written an entirely new science curriculum for the elementary AND middle school grades:
Science in the Atomic Age
Discovering Design with Earth Science

Delta Education
"Science in a nutshell" supplemental kits

Discovering Design with Chemistry
(Dr. Jay Wile's replacement to the 3rd edition of Apologia's Exploring Creation with Chemistry.)
Discovering Design with Chemistry is a high school chemistry course designed for students who have completed Algebra 1. This independent-study, college-preparatory course covers fundamental aspects of chemistry such as the classification of matter, atomic structure, spectroscopy, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, physical change, chemical change, stoichiometry, solutions, ideal gases, acid/base chemistry, reduction/oxidation reactions, thermochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, and chemical equilibrium. Weaving together concepts and their mathematical applications, the course teaches students how to think as a chemist so they can analyze the major changes that occur in matter.

Dive Science
Grades 7 - 12, Biblical Worldview, self-paced online science

Friendly Biology
Friendly Biology opens the world of biology to high school students in a gentle, non-intimidating manner. Students are led through meaningful, well-written lessons and lab activities with the goal of attaining a greater respect for the beauty and complexity of living things

Guest Hollow
Faith-based science curriculum ages pre-K to high school; the high school sciences are great for non-math students

Home Science Tools
Science kits

American Heritage
Free American history resources, online lesson plans, curriculum

Beautiful Feet
K-12 history through literature

BiblioPlan
BiblioPlan is a Classical Christian History and Literature curriculum that is multi-aged, multi-grade and easy to use in families and co-ops. It has a history-rich Charlotte Mason styled approach allowing students to enjoy living books while learning history. BiblioPlan incorporates Bible, geography, art, memory work and writing. It is easy to adapt for gifted or struggling learners. BiblioPlan covers history from Ancients to Modern in a four year cycle for grades K-12.

Master Books Knowledge Quest
Sells blackline maps, timeline figures and history and geography curriculum and materials

Notgrass History
1st - 12th grade Christian worldview history curriculum. Bible is also included in the weekly lessons. Literature is extra, but meant to blend with the lessons.

PBS American Experience
PBS has several films from their American Experience collection available for free online viewing

Teen Pact
Seminars that teach leadership, citizenship, public speaking and history

The U.S. 50
Provides free information on all of the states (site contains advertisements)