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Homeschool Curriculum

Through our many years of homeschooling, I’ve had the privilege of using many different curriculum, some because I thought it would be the perfect match for our family, some because I was getting to try it out to share with ya’ll.  I don’t know about you, but I find it immensely helpful to see how other homeschool moms like a particular curriculum, or materials, and often use it to make my curriculum buying decisions.

Looking for homeschool curriculum for your kids_ Then check out this great list of curriuclum #homeschooling #ihsnet #homeschoolcurriculum

Table of Contents

  • Our yearly homeschool curriculum picks
  • General homeschool curriculum awesomeness
  • Bible homeschool curriculum reviews
  • Fine Arts homeschool curriculum reviews
  • Foreign Language homeschool curriculum reviews
  • History and Geography homeschool curriculum reviews
    • Geography curriculum
    • History curriculum reviews
  • Math homeschool curriculum reviews
  • Reading and Writing homeschool curriculum reviews
    • Reading and Spelling curriculum
    • Grammar and Writing curriculum
  • Science homeschool curriculum reviews

Our yearly homeschool curriculum picks

Each year I write a post sharing what I think we’ll be using for the year, now almost each year, part of the way through I change something.

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  • Kindergarten homeschool picks
  • First-grade homeschool picks
  • Second-grade homeschool picks
  • Third-grade homeschool picks
  • Fourth-grade homeschool picks, apparently, I never wrote about this
  • Fifth-grade homeschool picks
  • Sixth-grade homeschool picks
  • Seventh-grade homeschool picks
  • Eight-grade homeschool picks
  • Ninth-grade homeschool picks
  • Tenth-grade homeschool picks

General homeschool curriculum awesomeness

This is my catch-all for those things that aren’t a particular subject area but are still homeschool related.

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  • Homeschooling What to Do When You Want to Quit
  • Dream Pad pillow (this has helped both my ADHD daughter and myself with sleep and concentration ability)
  • Typekids Online Typing Course
  • Bridgeway Homeschooling Academy
  • Ultimate Guide to Brain Breaks
  • Enchanted Homeschool Mom member site
  • Homeschooling Preschool (not a curriculum, but what we did for preschool)

 

Bible homeschool curriculum reviews

We’ve used lots of different Bible resources, and it’s one of my favorite resources to teach, so I like to try all sorts of stuff.

The pros and cons of Sword Study

  • Sword Study
  • Cobblestone Path
  • Bible Road Trip
  • Fruit of the Spirit Bible Study

 

Fine Arts homeschool curriculum reviews

Fine Arts is an area I struggle with, while I enjoy both of them, I am not naturally gifted at teaching the subject.  So, I am quite happily using great music and art curriculum others have created.

Zeezok music appreciation

  • Zeezok music appreciation
  • SQUILT music appreciation
  • Mixed Media Workshops
  • SparkethDotCom

 

Foreign Language homeschool curriculum reviews

I have no natural ear for foreign languages, I was quite happy to take sign language in college and not have to mangle accents, so I’m always looking for more ways to learn a new language.

Homeschool Curriculum picks and reviews feature

  • Once Upon a Sign
  • Middlebury Interactive Foreign Language

 

History and Geography homeschool curriculum reviews

I hate the term social studies, I don’t know why, so I’m calling this history and geography, even if it’s bulkier.  There are a plethora of great homeschool history curriculum, and there are a few really good homeschool geography curriculum, of which I’ve only tried one or two.

Geography curriculum

  • Adventurous Mailbox
  • Hands on World Geography

History curriculum reviews

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  • Middle Ages Unit Study
  • Duct Tape Warfare
  • History Rocks Curriculum
  • Heritage History review
  • What do I need to teach Mystery of History
  • Ancient Greece Resource
  • History File Folder Games
  • Dave Raymond’s Modernity
  • Beautiful Feet Books

 

Math homeschool curriculum reviews

In school, I hated math until I had a gifted math teacher in junior high, at which I discovered how much fun math can be.

Homeschool curriculum picks and reviews

  • Life of Fred Math
  • Pirates of Financial Freedom
  • Amoeba Math
  • Math Gym
  • Math U See
  • Knowre math
  • Mr. D. Life Skills
  • Mr. D SAT test prep

Reading and Writing homeschool curriculum reviews

It’s taken me several tries to find reading and writing homeschool curriculum I liked, a lot of tries, I found stuff great for others, but not me.  But, each new curriculum was a new learning experience.

Reading and Spelling curriculum

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  • Scheduling All About Reading
  • All About Spelling
  • Sing, Spell, Read, Write
  • Lexia Reading
  • Adventures in Reading Zig Zag Zebra
  • Books Made into Movies (technically not a curriculum, but it’s what I’m using with my older kids)
  • Seven Sisters Curriculum
  • Ultimate Homeschooling Booklist (also not a curriculum, but useful for reading lists)
  • Pathways 2.0

Grammar and Writing curriculum

English from the Roots up, a great vocabulary curriculum

  • English from the Roots Up
  • Masterbrooks Bible and English Grammar
  • WITS tiles
  • Applied Grammar
  • Classical Copywork
  • The Write Start
  • Cover Story
  • Byline- I apparently need to write this, and it isn’t written like I thought

Homeschool Curriculum reviews and suggestions from a veteran homeschooler of over 10 years #homeschooling #homeschoolcurriculum #ihsnet

Science homeschool curriculum reviews

In order of favorite homeschool subjects to teach science is my third (after Bible and history), and I love to try out new homeschool science curriculum.

Dover publishing science experiments

  • Air is Not Oxygen: Essential Science you should have learned but probably didn’t
  • How to memorize the periodic table of elements
  • Dover Science Curriculum
  • Nature Study for Preschool
  • Apologia Junior Notebooking Journal
  • Apologia lapbooks
  • Real Science 4 Kids
  • Online Homeschool Science
  • Weekend Science Labs for High School
  • By Design Science Curriculum

 

 

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