Choosing Curriculum

I had a friend tell me recently that curriculum is not necessarily a set of homeschool books. It is whatever tools you put in your toolkit to guide your kids through meaningful learning experiences. That description reminded me that we are teaching all of the time (as all parents are), so doing so with specific intentions and resources (curriculum) is what we call homeschool!

That being said, it is probably the most asked question from prospective homeschool parents, "What curriculum do you use?" I have blogged about my journey (scroll all the way down on this page) in choosing our homeschool resources. How did I come to those choices? I did three basic things: I asked myself what mattered to me, what my priorities are, and what sort of lifestyle I wanted to create through homeschool. Then, I paid attention to my kid, spent time over a summer exploring local resources, "shopping" online and requesting demos to play with, and paying attention to when and how she got excited about learning. Lastly, I found a few parent vloggers and curriculum reviewers that I resonated with, wrote down their recommendations, and dug deeper. I have added those to the teacher/admin resources page under the topic "homeschool advice."

When we tried something we both loved, we stuck with it. When either of us didn't, we tossed it and tried the next thing on the list! To make your online "shopping" easier, at the bottom of this page, there is a curriculum resource library that I have curated. You can filter it based on approaches, subjects, etc.

Curriculum Resource Library

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Quick reference spreadsheet: Public $ for Homeschooling

NOTE: Click on the tags below - the more you click, the more narrow your results.

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Beast Academy

Beast Academy is the math curriculum we wish we had as kids — one meant to spark "Aha!" moments and ignite the joy of problem solving for the next generation of intellectual leaders.

Blue Manor Academy

A Prep School Academy for Homeschoolers. Fully customizable program offering optional guidance to homeschool parents. All access to all offerings offered for $25/month per child. A truly non-denominational faith-based program including apologetics and Bible memorization.

CK-12 Flexi 2.0

Flexi is a FREE AI student tutor to help you learn anything in Math, Science, Social Studies Photography and Adult Education.

Colearn

Help for homeschooling families such as planners, clubs and parent 1:1 coaching as well as supplemental curriculum.

Beautiful Feet Books

Teach your children history, geography, and science through the power of story. Unit studies, faith-based and secular options.

Book Shark

BookShark is a complete, literature-based homeschool curriculum. Planned out for a 4 day a week school week.

Civil Air Patrol

Civil Air Patrol’s cadet program transforms youth into dynamic Americans and aerospace leaders through a curriculum that focuses on leadership, aerospace, fitness, and character. As cadets participate in these four elements, they advance through a series of achievements, earning honors and increased responsibilities along the way.

Core Knowledge

Dedicated to advancing excellence and equity in education for all students, the Core Knowledge Foundation publishes educational books and materials and supports a growing network of Core Knowledge schools.

Bible Project

All of our videos are short visual explanations that show how the Bible is a unified story that leads to Jesus.

Brave Writer

My goal is to help you do your job to draw out the fascinating mind life of your children so that you can capture those precious thoughts in writing. What's on paper ought to be a fair and insightful representation of all that goes on in your kids' busy heads. When it is, you and your young writers will love the results.

Clever Dragons

The "boy" version of MiaAcademy, both K-8 online homeschool curriculum. MiaAcademy is for high school.

Crash Course

Free video lessons on youtube on a variety of classes for classroom or homeschool. Use supplementary to dive deeper into the subject you are teaching or use the lessons stand-alone.