abcteach
www.abcteach.com
I have stumbled across this site many times in my few short years officially homeschooling. I have found coloring pages, word search pages and many other things to print out to accompany our studies. I also occasionally found some things I could not access because they were for ‘members only’. We school very frugally (Free as often as we can) so purchasing a membership was not something I considered. When we received our free month’s access to do this review, I was glad to have the opportunity to check out ‘the other side’ to this familiar site. After my first ‘quick’ perusal (90 minutes and many downloads later) I had decided I needed the membership to this site.
While this site is not geared specifically to homeschoolers or those using the workbox set up, I found many great resources for just such families. With a membership, you can custom create many ‘worksheets’. We are Charlotte Mason method homeschoolers, we do not do ‘busy’ work or worksheets. My older daughters need drill on certain math facts. I can custom tailor some pages for them. My kindergarten daughter and first grade daughter need basic instruction on handwriting. We are starting them with an italic font. While on the ‘free side’ I could print many different handwriting sheets, none were available in the preferred Getty-Dubay italic font. There are three different font options in G-D Italics with the custom worksheet generators. Not only can I create custom sheets for my daughters just learning their formal handwriting, but I can also input anything I want and make copywork sheets for my older daughter as well. I can even choose this font for those math pages I am making.
As we have been working on more fun things in our school day this year (thanks to workboxes) I have found many activities to download and print from the abcteach members site. I can create our own bingo games to re-inforce our phonics learning, vocabulary program, history lessons and science topics. I can find many things to use for our latest adventure-lapbooks. There are also many themed pages to be used for notebooking. I have spent hours checking this site out, and I know I have not seen all of the possibilities, yet.
Some of these custom-created things may seem a bit difficult at first. The people at abcteach have tutorials to help get you started with many of these members only features. I haven’t yet looked at any of these tutorials. I am the hard-headed type who just figures it out myself–who needs directions 😉
This page shows all of the information pertaining to a membership and should be able to answer any questions you may have. It may seem pricey to some for a site to ‘just print worksheets from’, but I mean it when I say there is so much more than worksheets. There are also many selections in clip art to make all of your coordinating labels and bits for your workboxes. I have also found, through 3rd party groups (like Homeschool Buyers Co-op) the opportunity to purchase a membership at a discount. Even at the full price, it really is worth it. If you plan on only using it for the typical 36 week school year, that breaks down to only $1.11 per week.
To read what my fellow Crew members have to say, check out this page.