This is a random list of curriculum/resources I’ve used over the last 7 years homeschooling
- Shurley English levels 1-5
- Story of the World books 1-4
- Usborne Interlinked Encyclopedia
- Wordly Wise
- Teach your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons
- Hooked on Phonics
- Enki (grade 1)
- Oakmeadow (Grade 1 and 6)
- EvanMoor Spelling (on and off K-8)
- Mammoth Book of How it Happened
- Vocabulary from Classical Roots
- Edcon Publishing-Bringing the Classics to Life (Levels 1-5, various stories)
- Prima Latina (beginners)
- Rosetta Stone for middle and high schools
- Classical Myths to Read Aloud (used during various Ancient History studies, mainly during Story of the World history studies)
- KONOS – Obedience Study (Loved this unit study!!!!! Only used KONOS for one semester, but it was SOOOO FUN!) I’ll go into a better description in another post
- Usborne Encyclopedia of World History
- Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
- Usborne Science Encyclopedia Internet Linked
- Kingfisher Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia
- Illustrated Science Encyclopedia Amazing Planet Earth
- National Geographic Family Reference Atlas
- Eyewitness Books Mammals
- Exploration Education Physical Science Beg, Intermediate and Advanced Course (kids like this a lot, but we don’t use it much, not sure why)
- Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry
- Handwriting Without Tears all levels
- Spectrum Spelling and Phonics
- K12 Curriculum for Kindergarten, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade and for 6th Grade American History (if you want a structured school-at-home situation, this is the best I’ve found, but not fit for our family)
- Teaching Textbooks
- Math-U-See
- time4learning.com
- adaptedmind.com
- aleksmath.com
The italics indicate resources that I feel have been good for our family at one time or another. As you can see, we are a very eclectic group of learners! I have tried many all-in-one curriculum sets (Oakmeadow, Enki, K12) What I’ve found is that taking a bit from here and there and putting together something different for each child each year is what works best for us. The reason is that each child learns so differently from the other and has different needs at each stage of development, so our most successful years have been our custom designed years. Often times pulling resources from the all-in-one sets. Nothing is never and nothing is always around here.
