The homeschool internet is full of printables. Most of them are either one-size-fits-all templates that don't fit your family's actual schedule, or they're buried behind a $12 bundle you have to buy to get the one page you actually want.
This is a curated list of the genuinely useful ones — free, no purchase required, no strings attached. We've organized them by type so you can find what you need without wading through everything else.
Weekly Schedule Planners
CoopNest Free Printable Weekly Planner
A print-ready weekly planner with a 5-day schedule grid (Monday through Friday, 8am to 3pm in hourly blocks), a subject tracker for Math, Reading, Science, History, and Electives, a chore assignment section with daily checkboxes, and a notes area. Designed specifically for homeschool families — not repurposed from a general productivity template.
No email required. No account required. Download and print immediately.
Download Free Planner →Homeschool.com Weekly Planner Templates
Homeschool.com maintains a library of basic weekly planner templates in PDF format. The designs are simple — functional grids with subject rows and day columns. Good for families who want minimal design and maximum whitespace to write in by hand. Available without registration.
Donna Young's Homeschool Planners
Donna Young's site (donnayoung.org) has been a resource for homeschool families for decades. She offers dozens of planner formats — daily, weekly, and yearly — in various layouts. Some are more complex than others. The advantage here is variety: if one format doesn't work for your family, there are twenty more to try.
Subject Tracking and Curriculum Logs
Reading Log Templates
Simple reading log printables with columns for title, author, date started, date finished, and a rating or notes column. Useful for families tracking books read across a school year for portfolio purposes. Most states that require homeschool portfolios accept reading logs as documentation — check your state's requirements.
Free versions available on Teachers Pay Teachers (filter by "Free"), Pinterest collections, and many homeschool blogger sites. Look for ones with space for both independent reading and read-aloud titles.
Math Fact Practice Sheets
Timed math fact sheets for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The site math-drills.com generates printable practice sheets at any difficulty level, completely free, with no account required. You can generate custom sheets: specify the number of problems, the range of numbers, and whether you want the sheet timed or untimed.
📖 Looking for curriculum recommendations? Check out CoopNest's Curriculum Picks — curated by a homeschooling parent with subject and grade filters.
Spelling and Vocabulary Lists by Grade
Spelling City (spellingcity.com) offers free vocabulary and spelling lists organized by grade level. You can print the lists or use the online games. The free tier includes access to premade lists; creating custom lists requires an account. For most families, the premade lists cover what they need for the early and middle grades.
Chore Charts and Household Organization
Chore Chart by Age Printables
Multiple versions of age-appropriate chore charts are available as free downloads across homeschool blogs. The best ones list specific chores by age range (3-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12+) with checkboxes for daily and weekly tasks. A quick search for "free homeschool chore chart printable" will surface current options.
If you prefer a digital version, CoopNest's chore tracker feature lets you assign chores to each child, track daily completion, and see weekly progress at a glance.
Morning Routine and Evening Routine Charts
Picture-based routine charts work for younger kids who can't read yet. Free versions are widely available on Teachers Pay Teachers and homeschool blogs. Look for ones that use simple icons rather than complex illustrations so kids can follow them independently. Laminate with contact paper and use a dry-erase marker for daily checking off.
Science and History Resources
Mystery Science Free Lessons
Mystery Science (mysteryscience.com) offers a selection of free science lessons with videos and printable activities. The free tier includes enough content for several months of science enrichment. Lessons are organized by grade level and topic, and each one includes a hands-on activity with a printable instruction sheet.
Notebooking Pages (Free Samples)
Notebooking pages are blank templates where children write or draw what they've learned — essentially structured narration pages. NotebookingPages.com has a free sample library. The free pages cover a variety of subjects and grade levels. Notebooking is a popular Charlotte Mason-influenced approach to narration that produces a beautiful portfolio at year-end.
Timeline Figures and History Templates
Homeschool in the Woods (homeschoolinthewoods.com) offers free sample timeline figures that you can print, color, and add to a history timeline. Full sets cost money, but the samples cover enough historical periods to get started. Pair with a homemade accordion timeline made from craft paper for a hands-on history activity.
Planning Tools That Go Beyond Printables
Printables are useful but they have a ceiling. A printed weekly planner can't remind you of what you planned last week, can't track what your kids completed across a month, and can't coordinate with a co-op schedule. Before choosing a planner format, it helps to understand what your week actually looks like — our guide to building a homeschool schedule for multiple ages walks through the four scheduling approaches (block, loop, combined subjects, independent work) so you can pick the planner layout that fits your actual structure.
If your family participates in a co-op, you'll also want planning tools that accommodate co-op days. Our roundup of 10 homeschool co-op activities for mixed ages includes some that benefit from simple printed prep sheets — reader's theater scripts, nature journal pages, and documentary discussion guides can all supplement your weekly planner on co-op days.
When you're ready to move beyond paper planning, CoopNest handles the digital layer: lesson plans, chore tracking, and co-op coordination in one place. It's free to start and designed for exactly the kind of multi-subject, multi-child household that homeschool planners are meant for.
Plan your homeschool week in minutes
CoopNest's free planner gives you a digital weekly schedule, subject tracker, and chore system — alongside the printable you can download right now.
Try CoopNest free →How to Use These Resources Without Overwhelming Yourself
The trap with free printables is downloading fifty of them and using none. Pick one planner format. Try it for two weeks. If it works, keep it. If it doesn't, switch to one other format and try that. Don't collect — implement.
The same applies to subject resources. If you're already using a math curriculum, you don't need additional math worksheets unless your child needs extra practice on a specific skill. Download the math drill sheet when you need it; don't stockpile it for a day that may never come.
Free resources are valuable precisely because they're low-commitment. You don't need to justify downloading and printing one page. But the goal isn't to have every resource — it's to have the one or two that actually serve your family's school week.