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First Start French is an introduction to French for students at grade levels 3 through 8. Modeled after the Latina Christiana format, the program teaches students conversation, reading and translation, and an introduction to French culture. The student manual introduces vocabulary, grammar, and translation, with practice exercises for every lesson. The teacher manual includes quizzes Continue reading »
Five in a Row is a literature-based unit study curriculum for younger elementary students. Available in both softcover volumes and as digital files (the files include some features not available in the books), many families use FIAR for all but the Grammar / Reading and Math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. For more... Continue reading »
Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is an online education provider that offers publicly-funded courses to students in Florida. Outside the state, courses are available on a tuition basis. Homeschool students can choose from a catalog of elementary, middle, and high school courses that include core subjects, honors, Advanced Placement, world languages, electives, and more.
FunCation Academy is a unique educational program designed for homeschoolers. It includes an all-in-one K-12th grade homeschool program with a customized online curriculum, live teaching support, and an interactive social community.
Geography Matters' flagship product is the Mark-It Outline Maps, which are available in a variety of sizes in paper or laminated for creative write on-wipe off activities. Geography Matters also provides geography curriculum manuals and support materials, such as atlases, to make teaching geography a simple task for homeschool parents and classroom teachers.
This eight book series, spanning K-6 and including a teacher’s guide, has been designed with what the publisher calls the unique "Look-Plan-Practice" approach to self-assessment.” This program teaches italic handwriting with no loops which makes the program legible, logical, easy to write and easy to teach. Each book is $8.75, the entire series is $65, Continue reading »
The biblically based "God's Design" series was designed by homeschoolers for homeschoolers. This twenty-four book set includes the three student books and three teacher's supplements for the "God's Design for Life", "God's Design for Heaven & Earth", "God's Design for the Physical World", and "God's Design for Chemistry & Ecology." The former two series are Continue reading »
Grammar Galaxy is a secular language arts program for elementary students in grades 1-5. Concepts are presented in an entertaining easy-to-understand story format, with literature, vocabulary, spelling strategies, grammar, composition, and public speaking covered in the stories. Students are then asked to save the galaxy from an evil gremlin by completing activities in a workbook Continue reading »
Great Science Adventures from Dinah Zike is an arts and crafts-based science program that allows children at different grades and levels of mastery to be taught at the same time. Each level has 24 lessons, two to three are completed each week. The teacher instructions are embedded in the text, allowing instruction to take place Continue reading »
Greenleaf Press materials include resources for parents and children on Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation, & Modern History, Literature & Art. The curricula are designed for teaching history chronologically and focus on biographies of famous individuals. The publisher describes the course materials as “guaranteed 100% twaddle-free.” The course materials are exclusively books, and can be purchased Continue reading »
Includes levels 1-8, roughly corresponding to grade levels. Each level contains approximately 108 lessons and assumes the grammar course is being taught three times per week during a 36-week school year. Sentence diagramming is taught beginning with Level 3. Each lesson contains a teaching portion and student exercises, and each section concludes with a review Continue reading »
These materials are lapbooks of various subjects to facilitate the teaching of homeschool curricula. There are currently more than 370 subjects available.
This program uses fun, entertaining, and educationally sound instructional methods to teach handwriting to all students: pre-k through cursive. The lessons require minimal preparation time. According to publisher’s materials, the program "follows a developmental teaching sequence by teaching easy letters first, beginning with capitals and then teaching letters in groups of similar stroke sequence. When Continue reading »
Hey Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek is a foreign language course for Biblical or koiné* Greek. Koiné, or "common", Greek is not spoken in Greece today. It is the language of the Bible's New Testament. Hey Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek includes eight levels, each of which contain a Student Workbook, Answer Key, Quizzes/Exams booklet, Continue reading »
High School Science from Elemental Science is a series of secular self-guided science guides that coordinate with the free, open-source CK12 science textbooks. Guides are designed to provide one-credit courses at the high school level in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. An Earth Science guide is coming soon. All guides are available in ebook and printed Continue reading »
This program is presented via video and screen-sharing. The program rotation covers: 1) America and the World We Live In 2) Asia, Africa, and the World We Live In 3) Europe, Russia, and the World We Live In History at Our House provides a comprehensive picture of world history and every major culture. Ancient history Continue reading »
History Odyssey/History Quest offers secular full-year history courses for students Grades 1 through 12. History Quests and Odysseys are broken down into three levels to support elementary, middle, and high school students. Level One (grades 1-6) offers four year-long courses coordinating age-appropriate reading books, blackline maps, activities, craft projects, art projects, cooking, and coloring. Level Continue reading »
History Through the Ages is a collection of clip-art style figures to affix on wall and book timelines. The entire collection is available as one set, or they may be purchased separately as Creation to Christ, Resurrection to Revolution, Napoleon to Now and American History. Resources are available printed on cardstock, as a CD, or Continue reading »
Home Learning Year by Year provides a structured plan for homeschooling curricula from K through 12th grade. The book includes standards that students should meet at each level, additional readings, as well as assistance for parents to determine what is essential knowledge and what can be used for supplemental study or projects.
HomeLife Academy is a non-traditional K-12 private school and ministry that was founded to give homeschoolers and their parents educational access and support from anywhere in the world. They allow parents to teach what they want, on their own schedule and in a style appropriate for their child. Although they do not provide curriculum or Continue reading »
The Homeschool Buyers Club is the world's largest buyers club for homeschooling families. Founded in 2005, they are a business dedicated to providing top-quality curriculum at the lowest price possible. The Club combines the purchasing power of thousands of homeschooling families around the country to give homeschoolers the same purchasing clout as school districts. They Continue reading »
Homeschool Tracker gives you flexible record keeping, planning, and reporting online. With reusable lesson plans and the ability to plan an entire year, or just go day-by-day, this online system takes the pain out of planning.
Homeschool Skedtrack is a FREE online lesson planner, scheduler, and tracking system rolled into one. The heart of the system is the automated scheduling of activities that frees you from the headache of rescheduling everything once an activity/lesson is missed.
Horizons is a brightly illustrated, engaging workbook curriculum filled with consumable lessons and hands-on activities. Designed with fast-paced lessons, Horizons uses a spiral learning method to help your student master concepts through the process of introduction, review, and reinforcement. This learning method allows students to quickly grasp difficult concepts in a colorful, motivating format. Available Continue reading »
How Wee Learn unit studies are designed to ignite curiosity with an interesting fact and discussion question at the start of each of ten sub-topics. Afterward, you can enjoy a recommended book and YouTube video together. After that gentle introduction to the sub-topic, it's time for engaging hands-on activities and other enrichment in the deep-dive Continue reading »
Ignite Christian Academy is the K-12 online school of Alpha Omega Publications. With multiple start dates each month, your family can decide when to begin enjoying the assurance of an accredited private school. Ignite Christian Academy also includes incredible teacher support and individualized learning plans, as well as dual credit for college and graduation ceremony Continue reading »
University of Nebraska's Independent Study High School is an accredited distance learning school that awards high school diplomas. There are more than 80 different subjects that can be pursued. The courses are delivered over the internet and email. Students must accumulate 20 credits to graduate.
Institute for Excellence in Writing is DVD based instruction that provides videos of actual writing instruction. The course includes workbooks. Each level is good for one to two years of instruction. Courses are offered to train instructors to teach students, actual writing instruction for students or combination packs.
International Connections Academy (iNaCA) is a K–12 online private school that students attend from home. iNaCA brings a fully accredited U.S. education directly to your family’s door—anywhere in world.
With resources for Pre-K to 8th grade, IXL Math is a good site for practice and drill. While the site also has a paid membership that includes comprehensive coverage of math skills, the free access provides plenty of interactive practice on a variety of skills arranged by age and topic. The coverage meets state standards Continue reading »
Jim Weiss is a storyteller specializing in classics, wisdom stories, history, and folk tales. He brings characters and stories to life in a way that makes him one of the most popular storytellers among homeschoolers. Story sets are available on CD downloadable mp3 files. Browse a list of stories by title and suggested age range.
Striking at the root of scientific curiosity, Joy Hakim's "The Story of Science" arrests attention with flowing text that effortlessly combines biographies of eminent scientists, the scientific-historical context in which they lived, the manner in which discovery built upon discovery, and the research backing up their ideas. Each book is focused on biographies of great Continue reading »
The K¹² International Academy is an accredited, private online school that offers the world-renowned curriculum from K¹², the market leader in online curriculum programs for grades K-12. K¹² also offers a virtual public school; be sure you understand the difference as the virtual public school is under the umbrella of a local school district.
K5 Learning offers an online math and reading program for kids from kindergarten through grade 5. Kids complete an online assessment of 8 key reading and math skills, and then work independently and at their own pace through over 3,000 lessons and activities. The lessons are animated, interactive and simple enough that even a 4 Continue reading »
Kaplan High School (KHS) is a private, online high school for students in grades 9 - 12. Programs are individually designed to support student's specific goals through a menu of more than 75 courses, including a full range of core curriculum, advanced placement, and honors classes. Students aspiring to attend a university have access to Continue reading »
These standard math workbooks for 4th to 12th grade students provide those students the key to basic math-skill mastery. Key to… workbooks are classroom-tested and proven successful with students at all levels. The workbooks are grouped into broad subject areas like measurements, fractions and algebra and may be purchased separately or a la cart starting Continue reading »
KneoWorld is an online digital program supporting literacy, math, social-emotional learning through play-based, story-based, and game-based learning concepts for pre-K through Grade 6. KneoWorld's program includes a curriculum planner, with day-by-day lessons, workbooks, and hands-on activities. Customization allows parents to set varying learning levels by subject so students can learn at optimal rates. Subscriptions are Continue reading »
Konos is a Christian unit study curriculum help that is based on character traits. Many families use it for all but the three Rs, and others use it simply as a curriculum supplement. For more information on Konos... Continue reading »
KONOS History of the World is a high school unit study curriculum based on world history. It covers History, English Composition, Literature, Bible, Drama/Speech, Art Appreciation, Geography, Studio Art, Study Skills, and some Latin (in HOW II). It is available as a two volume set.
Introduce your whole family to the basics of a foreign language when you join Señor and Señora Gamache's friendly Spanish class! Games, songs, storytelling, cooking, and handcrafts are used to teach letters, numbers, greetings, animals, colors, and more. Kit includes two DVDs, a practice CD, teacher's manual, two student workbooks, and two sets of craft Continue reading »
Laurel Springs School is an innovator and pioneer in online education that provides a flexible learning experience for students, from kindergarten through 12th grade and beyond, establishing foundational pathways for academic, career, and personal success. Engaging global learners in a private school education that values them as individuals, Laurel Springs offers a diverse curricula of Continue reading »
The Leap Frog DVDs teach basic phonics, reading, and math. The content and songs tie into other Leap Frog items, which is good for repetition.
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