Thank you for visiting the results page for The Homeschool Curriculum Poll!
Contents of this page:
1-Brief recap of poll
2-Summary of all results and Grand Champion Winner across all subjects
3-Questions asked for each subject and full responses from each participant
Participation: 22 respondents (no names were given in this poll)
Subject areas:
1-Math
2-Language Arts
3-Reading
4-History
5-Unit Studies
6-Bible Studies
7-Science
8-Preschool/Kindergarten
9-Art/Music/PE
10-Miscellaneous
The questions in red were responded to and full results are below so you can read comments from real users and get the feedback and help you need!
Questions? Email Holly at: thelampformyfeet@gmail.com
Summary of all results
The number next to the curriculum represents the total number of families who listed it as their favorite. Every curriculum that had at least one vote has been listed.
Curriculums with 2 or 3 votes have links to their website for your convenience.
GRAND CHAMPION WINNER across all subjects areas with 15 votes:
Abeka Abeka | Excellence in Education from a Christian Perspective
1-MATH
Abeka 3 Abeka | Excellence in Education from a Christian Perspective
Singapore 3 Singapore Math | The world’s top PK-8 math education.
Math-u-see 3 Complete Math Curriculum for Homeschool and Small Group Learning |Math-U-See | Complete K-12 Math Curriculum (mathusee.com)
The Good and the Beautiful 3 Curriculum – The Good and the Beautiful : The Good and the Beautiful (goodandbeautiful.com)
Saxon 2 Saxon Math Homeschool Curriculum – Christianbook.com
Teaching Textbooks 2 Home page (teachingtextbooks.com)
Masterbooks
Alpha Omega Lifepacs
Life of Fred
Right Start Math
Beast Academy
2-LANGUAGE ARTS
Abeka 3 Abeka | Excellence in Education from a Christian Perspective
IEW 3 (Institute for Excellence in Writing) Institute for Excellence in Writing (iew.com)
The Good and the Beautiful 3 Curriculum – The Good and the Beautiful : The Good and the Beautiful (goodandbeautiful.com)
Explode the Code
Sonlight
Essentials in Writing
Logic of English
Critical Thinking Comapny
All About Spelling
3-READING
Abeka 3 Abeka | Excellence in Education from a Christian Perspective
All About Reading 2 All About Reading – Official Site | Reading Program, Teaching Spelling (allaboutlearningpress.com)
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons 2 Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons: Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner: 9780671631987 – Christianbook.com
Sonlight 2 Sonlight Christian Homeschool Curriculum and Programs
Bob Books
Generations
Bob Jones
The Good and the Beautiful
The Reading Lesson
The Logic of English
IEW
4-HISTORY
Sonlight 3 Sonlight Christian Homeschool Curriculum and Programs
Abeka 2 Abeka | Excellence in Education from a Christian Perspective
SOW (Story of the World)
Generations
The Good and the Beautiful
Masterbooks
Alveary
History of the World
5-UNIT STUDIES
Gather ‘Round Homeschool 2 On the Savanna – Gather ‘Round Homeschool (gatherroundhomeschool.com)
KONOS
My Father’s World
American Girl Doll Books
Pepper and Pine (Youtube channel)
6-BIBLE STUDIES
Answers in Genesis 2 Shop Homeschool & Curricula | Answers in Genesis
More than Words
Rod and Staff
Sonlight
Alpha Omega Lifepacs
Leading Little Ones to God
Positive Action for Christ
Abeka
7-SCIENCE
Apologia 3 Home – Apologia
The Good and the Beautiful 3 Curriculum – The Good and the Beautiful : The Good and the Beautiful (goodandbeautiful.com)
Sonlight 2 Sonlight Christian Homeschool Curriculum and Programs
Berean Science
Bob Jones
Abeka
Dive Sciences
God’s Design
8-PRESCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN
Sonlight 2 Sonlight Christian Homeschool Curriculum and Programs
The Good and the Beautiful 2
Abeka 2 Abeka | Excellence in Education from a Christian Perspective
My Father’s World 2 My Father’s World | Christian Homeschool Curriculum (mfwbooks.com)
Exploring Nature with Children
Peaceful Preschool
ABC Mouse
Sonlight
Hooked on Phonics
9-ART/MUSIC/PE
M-Simply Piano App
M-SQUILT
A-Art Hub
M-Hoffman Academy
A-Artistic Pursuits
M-Prodigies
10-MISCELLANEOUS
Exploring Nature with Children
Building Thinking Skills
Co-ops
What is your favorite [subject] curriculum?Name of curriculum:
Age or grade of your child(ren) when used:
Approximate cost: under $20, $20-$50, $50-$100, $100+
Format: online, textbook(s), living book(s), combo of all, other
In your opinion, is this curriculum easy/simple for parents to implement?yes/no
If no, why did you use it anyway?
Can this curriculum be used for all students in a home? yes/no
Optional feedback: In a few words, why is this curriculum your favorite? Who should avoid it?
1-MATH RESPONSES
Beast Academy online subscription. My boys (2nd & 4th grade) enjoy the program and are showing real engagement with the lessons and concepts. A year subscription is $96 for one student and $48/year for a sibling. Lessons are taught by recorded videos and engaging text in a comic book style. The math work is fairly advance and challenging, encouraging complex problem solving and mental math strategies. This specific format is used for levels 2-5 but AoPS has other curriculum options for other grades. I love that my boys enjoy this challenging format so much that they ask to “play it” often!
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Singapore Math US Edition — I used textbook, workbook, and home instructor’s guide. It was easy to implement and provided a challenge for my son. It makes you think about solving math problems in more than one way. I photocopied the workbook pages so we can reuse it for my other children. I liked that the home instructor’s guide gave you ideas for using manipulatives to teach the math concepts. We used Math-U-See for Kindergarten. I liked it for that year because it was a straightforwad, logical approach to math. Very easy to implement. But it was monotonous for my child . I bought both curriculums used and spent around $40 total for the Singapore.
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Saxon, 1st and 2nd, $100+, textbook, yes its easy following along in the teachers guide, the teachers guide can be reused and the parent would just need to purchase new student worksheets
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Mathematical Reasoning from The Critical Thinking Company. Grades k-2 so far. Around $35. Workbook. Yes. No. I like that it’s just a simple workbook, with all the teaching in it (no textbook or manual). In the younger grades concepts have to be explained by the parent, and older grades will probably need occasional parent support too, so parents not comfortable doing that shouldn’t use it.
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Singapore US Edition – Textbooks. The textbooks, teachers guide, and manipulatives are reusable when you purchase new workbooks.
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Masterbooks for my kid who doesn’t like long lessons. The good and beautiful for my girls who like the manipulatives.$30-$50/kid. Textbooks.yes.yes.
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Easy-learn maths,Julin Tan Coroneos publications. All ages.$50 for two books and a test book, for one year. Open and go, easy, explains concepts in an easy way, just enough work to go over in a fun way.
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Favorite math curriculum is Alpha omega life pacs. Used it for 3rd, 4th and 5th. Aprox cost $20-$50, format textbooks/workbooks. Yes, very easy to implement. It can be used k-12
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TGATG, $50, grades K-5, paper, some video support, hands-on. KEYS to Series (factions, decimals, measurement, geometry, percent, algebra), 4 bucks a booklet, great middle school Bridge between basic math and high school math, Saxon Math high school for homeschool
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Life of Fred. Ages 5-11 so far but intend to keep going. Under $20 per book but multiple books may be needed in a year as you move at the child’s pace however they are non-consumable so that reduces the cost per use too. Text book, answer on separate paper. Yes, just open and read the section to/with your child, only prep is moving the bookmark. Yes can be used for everybody. It is probably best for auditory learners or kids who learn through stories, should be avoided by people who prefer busy work/worksheets. We have used math as a reward!!! “Finish your dinner and we will do an extra lesson of Fred” what other math book lets you say that.
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Abeka – toddler3; grade 1; grade 2 $100+parent-led online is available though. Comparable rate. Phenomenal curriculum everything easy to use. 10/10 I recommend to all.
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Math u See; k-12; DVD, text & workbook; 100+; simple to use; used for all students in the home; This is my favourite because all my kids from advanced to special needs do well with it.
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Abeka, $50, used for my kindergartener and found it easy to use. I really like the structure of the lessons plans and I don’t feel like I have to do every activity if my daughter understood the material. If you’re a very organized person Abeka is easier to use.
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The Good and the Beautiful K & 2nd, $50ish, easy to implement, not all students it is per grade. I love the manipulatives and the art built into it. I love how they tell stories while teaching math. The worksheets are fun and everything is so beautiful.
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Right Start Math, kids were 5-8,@$100 plus the initial investment in a manipulative set, textbook and workbook, open ‘n go, very easy to use with each kid on his/her own level. It teaches the kids the why in math and how to work with big numbers in their head, no memorization of facts but learning through games
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Abeka, K-1st $100+ if buying extras; textbook; easy to teach, lesson planning done for you. I love the variety and it is not tedious like other curricula
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Teaching with Textbooks 7th thru 10th $65approx, Used the CD only, very easy to use, all students should be able to use. This fit my son better than Saxon which we used for 6th grade as a book only curriculumn
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Math-U-See, $100+, textbooks/DVD, up to a certain level YES, yes, it worked well for my kids and it is a well designed curriculum, someone who wants lots of repetition. My kids are college grads and a high school senior.
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Teaching Textbooks got math. 2-12th grade. Approx $75 a year. Cloud based. Verbal and visual instruction.
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Singapore math dimensions, k-2, $50-100, textbook, yes, I love that it’s mostly mastery with a little bit of spiral. It’s good for all learners and teaches proper math ( not common core)
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2-LANGUAGE ARTS RESPONSES
Explode the Code series — It allowed my Kinder/1st to do work independently once he learned the initial concept. The teacher’s guides provide lots of ideas for building on concepts and review.
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Sonlight (see History for more details!)
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The good and the beautiful. 10,7,and 4. Books. Yes.yes.
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IEW grammar. 12-15year olds. Work book and teacher book. Easy. Only do a couple of sentences a day, rewiring a fun story
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Abeka. 1st, 2nd,3rd,4th. I used just workbook but online is an option. Workbooks Aprox cost $20-$50. Can be used for k-12. Easy to follow and implement even without the online videos
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TGATB for everything, best thing on the market by far!
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Abeka – toddler3; grade 1; grade 2 $100+parent-led
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Essentials in Writing; grade 6+; $100+; DVDs, text & workbook; I like this program for students grade 6 and up but lower ages require a lot more parental involvement; used for older students in the home; My favourite because the kids like it and it covers a reasonable amount of skills without under or over doing it.
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Abeka, I love their approach and like the foundation that was laid for my kindergartener.
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The Good and the Beautiful, PreK, K, 1st, and 2nd,$50 for printed text, free for online version that you can print yourself. Very easy to implement. Easier if you buy the printed version though. It is per grade curriculum. I love how art history and creativity is built into lessons throughout and how it reviews previous instructions. All the lessons and the reader included with the curriculum have good morals and talk about good things. It also feels more modern then other products we have looked at with old language that people don’t really use anymore.
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Logic of English (it includes everything, even reading 🤪). Kids ages 5-8. I bought the PDFs when on sale, for all levels but cannot remember how much they were 🙈 I would say over $100 for Foundations and Essentials together. Textbook and workbook with some free apps on their website, very open ‘n go and easy to use (I am not a native American but my girls are). It can be used with multiple kids, but best if used everyone on his/her own level/speed. The best ever!!! It teaches the why behind the rules and brings joy in learning!
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Still looking for a fav
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I piece-mealed our language arts. Critical Thinking Company, and various other companies such as Steck-Vaughn.
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Institute for Excellence in Writing. 3-12th grade. Approx $100. Teaches step by step method to writing
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IEW primary arts and all about spelling, k-2, textbook?, yes, yes
3-READING RESPONSES
All About Reading worked well for my 1st grader who was progressing his reading ability from early readers to chapter books. The curriculum included a teachers manual, student workbook, readers, phonics and sight word cards and an app for lesson practice and cost about $150 I think. The lessons were scripted and only required a little prep for the activities, so they were pretty easy to implement. This is meant for a single student at once but can be re-used in future with a new student workbook. My son enjoyed the activities and the simple lessons did seem to impact his reading fluency and decoding skills substantially. After finishing level 2 he went on to read a whole series of simple chapter books.
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Teach Your Child to REad in 100 Easy Lessons. — It is open and go and once you get into the rhythm of lessons, each one doesn’t have to last long. Each lessons builds on the previous for constant review. However, it does move quickly. I also use BOB Books for extra practice. The book was only about $10 used and I get the BOB books from the library.
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All About Reading. Grades k-2 so far. $100+. Textbook/hands on. No. It involves quite a bit of prep, but it can be done in advance and is easy to do then. My kids have been very successful with this program, so it seems worth it! It can be reused, but not done together really. This program gives a solid foundation, builds slowly enough that kids become very confident, and keeps them engaged.
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Sonlight (see History answer for more details)
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Generations. Readers and workbook. We did it as a read aloud answered questions orally. Easy doing it with two children together. Loved the classic stories and the way they brought God/bible verse into nearly every chapter. 9-15 year old. every chapter
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Bob Jones university, 5th grade, $100 +, BJU curriculum is k-12
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TGATB, Dick and Jane Books, 100 easy lessons, and AAR
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100 easy lessons. age 6-8, under $20, book, very easy just move the book mark, non-consumable. It is my favorite because it worked after trying everything else with my first and worked issue free for all my others. It is a love it or hate it book, but I love it.
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Abeka – toddler3; grade 1; grade 2 $100+parent-led
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The Reading Lesson; pre-K – grade 1; $50; I only used the main book but there are online options too; easy to use; I used it to teach all my kids to read; This is my favourite because it taught all my kids to read despite their varying ability levels.
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I love Abeka’s approach to reading and phonics! kindergarten, cost $50-$100
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Logic of English of corse, but we supplement with Sonlight’s readers. +$100
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Abeka K-1st $100+ if buying extras; textbook; very easy to use, lessons planned out for you, could be used for children close in age; it is thorough, great for kids with good memory
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Sonlight(taught my kids to read with Hooked on Phonics), textbooks and novels, $100+, it is a lot of time but a huge blessing for the teacher as well as the students, yes, we have truly loved the classical learning style of Sonlight.
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Iew, same answers as above
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4-HISTORY RESPONSES
My boys (1st and 4th grade) enjoyed the Story of the World Ancient Times curriculum. It includes and teacher manual, history reader, student workbook and an optional cd with all book lessons recorded as an audio book. I forget the cost but these are often available used. We all loved listening to the audio book lessons and discussing the chapters orally with the prompts in the teacher manual. The map activities were enjoyed by my boys and there were so many optional add ins that really make it flexible and engaging. This can be used for elementary students all together, with them accomplishing grade level writing prompts or activities.
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Sonlight Curriculum – I have used this for preschool through high school, and I just love the approach. It is an investment ($), but it is reusable for many children – great for large families like ours! I love that it comes scheduled out for you (saves me time and energy), and everything makes connections in your children’s learning – the living books, the engaging stories, the ties back to copywork and grammar assignments… I love everything about it!
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Generations this is when our homeschool became Christain!. 9-15 year old. Work book and readers. We did this as a read aloud answered orally.
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Abeka. Used for 2nd, 3rd, 4th. I used just workbooks but online is available. Workbooks alone $20-$50. Abeka is k-12
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TGATB
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Abeka – toddler3; grade 1; grade 2 $100+parent-led We do utilize the library to build upon things from time to time.
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World’s Story text with Masterbooks guide; $50; text and workbook; easy to implement; suitable for middle school for most kids and high school for my special needs kids; using for all my kids; I find this curriculum goes into enough depth to give the students a good grasp on the topic without over simplifying or getting bogged down with obscure details and dates.
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Sonlight, Pre-k through 2nd, $100+, living books, easy to implement, yes used for a lot or all in the family, I love the focus on missions and missionary stories and reading about people in real life situations. I think it helps history feel more real.
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Used Sonlight with kids 3-8yo, but will take a break from SL since my girls fall under the new age requirement for each level with the new recommendations. Comes together with bible/literature and geography. Not sure it works the best for us. Over $400 in all. Can be used will multiple kids. Living books (Charlotte Mason philosophy – but if I could start it from the beginning I would choose Alveary instead of SL, seems so more CM)
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Still looking
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History of the World 4th and 6th grade. Free to me, borrowed textbook and teacher textbook, very easy, so fun. Any student can use and we used for 2nd through 5th in a group setting.
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Sonlight, see above.
5-UNIT STUDIES RESPONSES
Our favorite curriculum resource of all is Gather Round unit studies. They cost $50 for a full family set of digital lessons per unit, allowing you to print whichever grade levels you need at home. The teacher guide can be printed or used digitally. The lessons are intended to be read from the teacher guide and students have note booking pages to complete in their student notebooks along with experiments or activities to do as a family. There is also an app where parents post relevant short educational videos to supplement the teachings, which are very helpful to keep kids engaged. There is also a suggested book list you can pick up from the library to use as read alongs or additional supplements. One of its key strengths is that you can teach all age levels at the same time from pre-k through high school!
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KONOS character Curriculum!This is an older curriculum, but each unit is overwhelmingly thorough. It is a lot of work on the parent’s part to implement, but again it is very thorough with lots and lots of hands-on ideas and can be adapted to use with younger and older children at the same time.
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My fathers world. I used it for k,1st,2nd and 3rd. Price 100+, can be used and modified to accommodate all grade levels
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I make these on my own using pepper and pine on YouTube for inspiration
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Gather Round; $100; can get printables or download and print yourself; easy to use; best for elementary and early middle school; all students could use it; I like this program because it gives a balance between book learning and hands on lap book-style activities without needing to make a lap book.
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We actually found the older historical American girl doll books to be a great jumping off point for historical unit studies. Books cheap or free if you library or thrift, cookbooks included, interesting for all the kids.
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We did not use unit studies.
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6-BIBLE STUDY RESPONSES
We used More Than Words Bible curriculum this year, which focused on teaching the qualities and character of God. We all go through it together and have enjoyed the short daily lessons. It is a workbook based curriculum that has 2 levels and is pretty affordable at $32.
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Rod and Staff, 2nd and 3rd, $20-$50, textbook, yes, yes,
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Sonlight (see History for more details!)
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Answer In Genesis 6-15 year old. Reader. Read loud. Easy. Children learn their way around the Bible
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AOP life pacs. Used so far for 2nd-5th. Workbooks. Aprox cost $20-$50
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We use one book called leading little ones to God. It is great for age 2-10 contains questions, songs scripture and exposition.
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Positive Action for Christ; $100; text and worksheets; easy to implement; used for all my kids; best for elementary and middle school; The writing is interesting and engaging and the questions make sense. It is also easy to mark.
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Did SL so far, but not very impressed though we’re going to try ABC from Answers in Genesis this next year and I am super excited about it!!! Can’t remember the cost (you can find it online though 🤪). And we plan to have it as a family devotion time.
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Abeka K-2 $100+ textbooks and these great flash a card books with beautiful illustrations; lessons plans for easy teaching, can be used for similar ages. Love the scripture memorization and doctrinal drills
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We attend BSF, but there is Bible included with Sonlight.
7-SCIENCE RESPONSES
We used Berean Science In the Beginning this year for both my 1st and 4th grader. They enjoyed the very brief hands on lessons and we found it worked fairly well as an open and go curriculum, but I did order the optional lab kit so we would have the necessary supplies on hand. I loved how it presented science within the biblical worldview and the lessons were easily understood by my boys. I do not remember how expensive it was but I have often seen this for sale used.
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Sonlight (see History for details!)
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The good and the beautiful science units. 10,7,4. $20-25/ unit. Books. Yes. Yes.
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Apologia Science. 5-15 year old. Primary children do atogether, l read they do experiments and jot down an interesting fact. Easy to use. I do use my phone for help to pronounce some words. High schoolers do there own work. Only use the text book and tests
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BJU. Used for 4th, 5th. Format online videos and workbooks. Cost $100+
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K-8 TGATB, High school: Sheppard, Friendly, or Elemental
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Abeka – toddler3; grade 1; grade 2 $100+parent-led
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Dive Sciences; $100; DVD, lab equipment, notebook; easy to implement; best for middle to high school; this is an advanced curriculum that can give you college credit by doing the AP tests (optional); I used this with my oldest, who was advanced (especially in science); amazing curriculum and very good for retention. Not for struggling science students.
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Same SL but will try God’s design next year
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Still looking
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We used to do video’s from 4th through 7th in 10th grade we used Apologia Exploring Creation , borrowed textbooks, easy to use and can be used for prob 12 yrs and up
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Apologia, $100+, textbooks/online, yes, yes, we have loved Apologia science. They offer much more than science curricula now.
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Good and the beautiful, k-2, under 20, yes, yes
8-PRESCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN RESPONSES
Exploring Nature With Children or the Peaceful Preschool — both are developmentally appropriate for this age range of children. They use living books and lots of hands on activities. Most of the books you use can be found at the library. It is easy to implement and older kids may want to join in. Both curriculums have ideas for handicrafts and keep children engaged and curious.
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Sonlight
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The good and the beautiful.
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My fathers world. Used for preschool-1st. Aprox cost $100+. Format: live books and worksheets. Very hands on and book enriched
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TGATB
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Abeka. Very thorough.
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ABC Mouse; pre-k; used for all my kids; great intro to all the subjects and they feel like they are playing; online but you can do some print outs; I loved this for a general school intro for my kids and for something for them to do when the older ones were busy with school.
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SL
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Loved Abeka for kindergarten, pricey- about $500 for most everything, textbooks and teaching aids. Colorful, engaging, surprised how much my three year old picked up
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We did not use any except Hooked on Phonics.
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9-ART/MUSIC/PE RESPONSES
Our whole family loves using Simply Piano app for piano lessons. It is a subscription service that allows each family member to have their own profile and progress at their own pace. The format is very fun and engaging for my kids and they enjoy using it to practice daily without a fight. I have personally been using it and have progressed much quicker than I expected.
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Music: SQUILT
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Art Hub for Kids (drawing) and Hoffman Academy (piano), both free online, we love them because the kids want to do them all on their own.
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Artistic Pursuits; $100+; all ages; guidebook and supplies; fair amount of parental involvement in the early years; I like that you get the supplies with the curriculum and that it takes the students through general areas of artistic expression over the years.
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We are trying Prodigies, very fun and not very parent intensive, but so pricey 😬 over $700 at a very discounted rate for a lifetime membership.
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Still looking
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My kids participated in sports, gymnastics, homeschool pe at the Y, dance and played piano or took art at co-op.
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10-FAVORITE MISC./NOT LISTED ABOVE
Exploring Nature With Children
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Building Thinking Skills red & blue books; used for all my kids; meant for lower elementary but I used them longer with my special needs kiddos; I loved that the books were big so if we did 2 pages a day they would forget the answers by the next year and we could do it again if they hadn’t changed levels yet; workbook but there are online options; used for all my kids; easy to use; I feel like thinking skills are so often overlooked in education, and this provides great activities to keep them thinking. Good for all skill levels.
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Our co-ops have been instrumental in including subjects I might not have been able to provide!
5/25/2021 6:29 PM