Math Resources including apps, games, printable worksheets, and more

Being a home school mom and just a mom in general, one of the greatest resources I use is the internet. You can find tons of resources for any subject and many of them are FREE. Here is a compiled list of different math resources and I tried to mainly include FREE resources (unless I thought it was an awesome resource). You will find math worksheets,tutorials, videos, games, apps, and even free math curriculum.

 Math Web Sites

MathisPower4u– This site has almost 4,000 mini math lessons. They are organized by course topic. It has videos lessons for your basic math all the way up to Calculus 3. There is also a Roku Channel for MathisPower4u.

MyOpenMath- This is a FREE self service open textbook course. You can sign up as a teacher or as a student. Many of the MathusPower4u videos are included within the course.

KhanAcademy- Most have probably came across Khan Academy. But for those who haven’t, Khan Academy offers free resources for a wide range of subjects including math.

CoolMath– Offers math games from addition all the way to calculus.

MathUSee– Most of you may know of Math U See curriculum. They also have some free resources such as worksheet generator, Online Drill, fact sheets, and Stewardship Calculators. Math U See also has a math manipulative app. While its not free, it could be a great alternative to buying the blocks.

Math Playground– Math games, Logic Games, and word problems

Math Drills– Tons of FREE math worksheets grouped by categories

Homeschool Math– Need help choosing a math curriculum? This site has a list of different curriculum, details about them, and reviews.

Mathematics Benchmarks– Math Benchmarks for each grade level. The benchmarks show which skills and lessons a child needs per grade level.

Math is Fun– FREE full math curriculum for k-8, algebra 1 & 2, and Geometry.

Math Mammoth– FREE math tutorials and lessons on youtube.

PurpleMath– Purple Math has alot of information for algebra students. Lessons can be found under the Practice section. The Lessons and Tutoring section has a list of sites with reviews.

Donna Young– Lots of good math printables. Some of the printables include graph paper, Number Line worksheets, clock worksheets, printable math manipulatives, charts, and more. She also has a ton of other printables on her site so be sure to bookmark or pin her site!

Five J’s– Here is Five J’s top 10 math resources. She has some of the same links and some new ones as well.

Free Math Help-This site includes math lessons for Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Sports Math, and Statistic.

ABCya– ABCya has educational games and apps for K-5. They cover many different subjects including math.

Sheppard Software– This site has games and activities for many different subjects for little kids all the the way to college. It also has activities for adults.

 

 

 

Math Apps

Here is a list of math apps. Some of them fall under multiple categories. I have tried to include the apps into each category but please forgive me if I missed a multiple category. There were so many apps I found and I know this is far from being complete.

 

Elementary Math

MathUSee Manipulatives for Apple- The app isn’t free. It is $14.99. If you use Math U See, this would be a great alternative for the blocks or even on the go. Even if you don’t use Math U See, this would be a great addition for the hands on/visual learners. This is also available on the Android. MathUSee Manipulative for Android.

FlashToPass Free Math Flash Cards

MathTappers–

Kindergarten Math Drills–

Numbers, Addition, and Subtraction

Counting and Addition

1st Grade Math:Splash Math

First Grade Learning Games

First Grade Math Challenge-Barnyard Edition

Grade 1 Math: First Step Zoo

2nd Grade Splash Math

Splash Math Grade 1 to 5

Second Grade Math Magic

2nd Grade Math: First Step Safari

Turbo Math Games: Grade K-4

 Math Splash Bingo

Splash Math-3rd grade

3rd Grade Frenzy

 4th grade Splash Math

Long Division Touch

DoodleMath

Fractions & Decimals

Math. This app can be found under multiple categories.

Middle School

King of Math

 Buzzmath Middle School

Middle School Math 6th Grade

Math.

iTooch Middle School

CandyFactory Educational Game

7th Grade Math learning Game

Math Animations (Grades 1-8)

Middle School Math 8th grade

Alegbra Game with Linear

Khan Academy PreAlgebra Khan Academy has many apps for many different topics. You can search “Khan Academy” under the App store to view their many different apps. Also check out their web site.

Mathpro

Math Logarithms

Algebra

Free Graphing Calculator

Khan Academy Algebra 1

Math.

iMathematics

Math Pro!!

Mathway

The Fun Way to Learn Alegbra

HMH Math On the Spot

Mathematical Formulas

MyMath: Algebra and Trigonometry equations

Trigonometry

Triangle Solver

Khan Academy: Trigonometry

Trig Wheel

Polar Sweep

The scientific Calculator

Stewardship

ClearCheckbook– I personally use this to keep my checkbook registry. You can log in online or through the app. The app doesn’t store the information on your phone therefore both me and the hubby can log in and enter our transactions. You could use this for personal use and/or while teaching kids about managing money. You can set up different accounts as well as cash on hand. There is also the option to create budgets so you can stay on track for your financial goals.

Khan Academy: Finance 1

Khan Academy: Finance 2

Khan Academy: Finance 3

PiggyBot

Allowance & Chores Bot Free

Kids Bank Free

MyFinanceLab Financial Calculator

Mint Personal Finance

Unsplurge

GoodBudget Planner

Simple Loan Calculator

Loan Simulator Mobile

Amortizator

EZ Financial Calculators

Mortgage Calculator

 

 

I hope you will find these resources helpful! If you have resources that I missed, please share with in the comments. Also, if you have used the resources listed, leave you review in the comments below!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free ebooks

Did you know you can download classic ebooks for FREE? No, this is no gimmick and nothing fishy. Books in the public domain are FREE to the public.  Some of the book titles include Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Little Women, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and many more!

How does this work?

In the United States, copyrights are only for a set time frame. When the copyright expires, the books are then placed in the public domain. No one owns the rights to these books therefore they are free to the public. Now, some of the copyright laws vary from country to country so if you’re not in the United States, you may want to Google your country’s copyright laws. For more information about how the copyright laws work, visit Gutenburg FAQ.

Where to get the ebooks for FREE?

The main sites that I use are Project Gutenburg, Internet Archives, and Amazon.

 

Project Gutenberg offers over 45,000 FREE ebooks! That’s a huge selection and a little something for everyone.

Internet Archives (click here to learn about Internet Archive and Open Library) and Open Library offers more than 6,000,000 books!

I haven’t found a good way to browse Amazon’s selection of public domain books but most of the books listed on the other two sites are available for free download through Amazon. I find it easier to find the books you want to download by going to Amazon and search for “book title by original author.” When you do this, it is also going to bring up titles by Disney and other companies so it is important to search by original author and pay attention to the price for the ebook. Public domain ebooks should display Kindle Edition $0.00.

How to download and read the ebooks?

You have a few options here. You can download them in PDF format, read them online in HTML format, or send them to to your OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Kindle, Kindle Reading App (I use the app on my iPad), or download them directly from Amazon.

On Amazon, the books usually look pretty simple. They are generally easy to spot out. They will have a cream white on the top and a solid red or green color on the bottom.

Where can I find public domain book lists?

You can browse the books on Project Gutenburg, Internet Archives, and Amazon but there are SOOO many, it could be hard to find books for age group. Ambleside Online has a large book list categorized by grade level. Some other sites that have book lists are; Goodreads, An Old Fashioned Education, FreeReaders,  and Best Children’s Books.

 How I use Public Domain Books

One of curriculums we use for Language Arts is Writing With Ease By Peace Hill Press. The curriculum incorporates many of the FREE public domain classic literature into the lessons. For example, this week we are reading Rumpelstiltskin from the Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. At the beginning of the book, it has a Reading List and which books to go along with each week. They are optional to read with the curriculum since the book includes passages. But we like to send them to the Kindle Reading App to read along side the lessons.

My preferred method to download the ebooks is to find them on Amazon. I have the Kindle Reading app downloaded on my iPhone and iPad mini. We can also read them on the Kindle Fire. I just search for the book by the original author. Click on the book that displays $0.00 for the Kindle edition. To the right of the screen, there is a button that says “Buy now with 1 click” and under it there is a drop down menu. I select the device I want it to deliver to. Then select Buy Now with one Click. And it sends the book to the device.

While Amazon is my preferred method and most of the time it has the books I’m looking for, there are a few that are not available. So I will find them on the other sites listed. I download the ebook  to my PC. Then I e-mail it to my “Send-to-Kindle e-mail address.” Each of my devices have a different e-mail address to deliver directly to each device. If you want to access the book from all of your devices, you do not have to send to each device. Just send it to one of the devices.

Then go to the app on your preferred device. On the main screen of the Kindle Reading App, click on Cloud (bottom of screen on reading app, I think it’s at the top on the Kindle). You can browse all books including the ones that are not on that particular device. If it has a check by the book, it is already downloaded on your device. If it doesn’t, simply tap on the book and it will begin downloading.

Finding Send to Kindle e-mail address

For Devices with Kindle Reading App: To find your “Send-To-Kindle email address,” open up the Kindle Reading App. On the main screen of the app, click on settings.  You will find your e-mail address here. This may be different depending on your device. If this method doesn’t work, check out Amazon’s Send to Kindle by e-mail address help page. Oh, and you can do this for regular PDF files, microsoft word files, jpegs and more. Just click on the above link to learn which files are supported.

For Kindle Fire HD: Go to Docs. Click on Cloud. It should show a picture with a little description and “e-mail them to e-mail@kindle.com.” The e-mail it supplies is your Send to Kindle e-mail address. Like I said above, each device has it’s own e-mail address. And if you can’t remember the e-mail address it sets up for you, you can change it by going to Amazon.

To look at all devices: You can also find the send to kindle email addresses for all of your devices by going directly to Amazon. Go to Send to Kindle help page. Click on Manage Devices. This will direct you to a login page. Login and then click on Your Devices tab. You can look at all devices linked to your account. Then you can click on the device and find the e-mail address. You can also edit the e-mail address on this page.

 

Hope all this helps! If you have any questions or comments, leave them below!

 

FREE Fruit of the Spirit Printables

Inspired by a member on a Facebook group, I made a Fruit of the Spirit Behavior chart. It turned out super cute and I have to share. All the resources are free from Bible Story Printables. They have a ton of resources for Fruit of the Spirit lessons as well as many different kinds of bible related printables. So make sure to browse their site. I am not in any way associated with Bible Story Printables. I just love their FREE resources.

Fruit of the Spirit Printables

Here is my chart. 🙂

Here is the size I used. OR you can print out the extra large versions on the Fruit of the Spirit Printables page. The extra large size in under the Fruit of the Spirit Bulletin Board section.

 

You can also print out the basket from their site. (Click on the picture below.)

 

Here is the basket I printed out.

 

How to make

1.) Print out the above printable onto white cardstock.  Write the Fruit of The Spirits (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control) on each fruit and write the name of you child/children on the baskets. I used a sharpie.

2.) Laminate your printables. (Ok, I don’t have a laminator so I used clear packaging tape on front and back.)

3.) Hot glue magnets to back or use stick-on magnets. Place items on magnetic board, fridge, filing cabinet, or anything metal.

How to use

Each time your child displays one of the characteristics of the Fruit of the Spirit, you add that fruit to their basket.

Fruit of the Spirit Resources

Fruit of the Spirit Song

Fruit of the Spirit Hand Jives to go along with the song

Coloring Page

 

Bookmarks

Copywork

Bible Verse Cards

Game

Bingo

Minibook

Make sure to check out Bible Story Printables for ALL of their Fruit of the Spirit resources and other bible resources.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23)

 

What do you think? Leave your comments below! Hope ya’ll enjoy!

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