Curriculum Links
MY FAVORITE CURRICULUM LINKS
Curriculum Authors (complete curriculum)
Well-Educated Heart / Libraries of Hope An extensive library of classic history, literature, and art. What a treasure of wisdom, beauty, and resources to educate the child's heart, not just train the mind. Includes a preK-12 guide that can easily be adapted. Oh, why did I not find this earlier?
The Family School LDS Based
Mentoring Our Own A beautiful blend of Charlotte Mason/TJed/and Principle Approach.
Kimber Curriculum LDS based*
The Four Year Plan LDS based*
Ambleside Online A complete, free K-12 Charlotte Mason based curriculum with some public domain texts. A great reading list.
An Old Fashioned Education A complete, free k-12 curriculum similar to Ambleside except using all public domain texts.
Robinson Curriculum An inexpensive, self-teaching, quality k-12 curriculum - as long as the child is developmentally ready. A wonderful classic library.
Ron Paul Curriculum K-12 Liberty minded.
Queen Homeschooling Supplies Charlotte Mason style curriculum titles.
*I have known of Non-LDS families using all of these "LDS" plans. They are very adaptable.
MY FAVORITE CURRICULUM TITLES (individual subjects)
Beautiful Italics Handwriting for Children
Bob Books
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts programs
Family Math
Frontier Girls Clubs Scouting for Girls
Happy Phonics
Heritage History
Getty-Dubay Italics Handwriting Series
Janice VanCleave's Science for Every Kid series
Khan Academy A fun interactive opportunity for kids to practice their math skills. Includes thousands of videos on math, science, and humanities topics.
Life of Fred Math in story form and very funny.
Living Math
The Logic of English A fabulous phonics/spelling program that teaches the Rules of English. Once known, the phonograms and spelling rules explain 98% of English spelling. How great is that? Turns out there aren't nearly as many exceptions as I thought. There are two titles: Foundations for beginning readers and Essentials, for 8 years and up. Both include phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, handwriting, grammar, and composition while addressing auditory, visual, AND kinesthetic learners. An amazingly thorough program!!
Math U See With video lessons and fabulous manipulatives, this remains high on my favorites list.
The Power of an Hour A simple way to have a classical education
Nitty-Gritty Grammar A Not-So-Serious Guide to Clear Communication A fun reference book.
Real Science 4 Kids
Right Start Math
Teaching Textbooks
ST Math My new favorite. Great for special needs or anyone who wants to visualize mathematical concepts.
The Writing Course Simple, Straight forward. I am quite impressed with these results.
Through the Ages A master history book list by era, region, subject, and reading ability.
Visual Latin Fun and very affordable.
Homeschool Shakespeare Edited plays, How to Teach, How to put on a production. YES!
RESOURCES
Mentoring Our Own How-To Webinars, Teaching Resources, Wisdom, Encouragement, Mentoring
The Underwhelmed Mom The Why and How of teaching Self Learning: The Self-Propelled Advantage by Joanne Calderwood
Penny Gardner's Charlotte Mason site So many resources for anyone, not just Charlotte Mason proponents.
Heart of Wisdom How and Why of Hebraic-Bible based teaching. A beautiful blend of the Principle Approach and Charlotte Mason using Unit Studies, Lapbooking, with a Hebraic-Biblical Base. Also contains some good articles on Greek vs. Hebrew education.
Homeschool Curriculum Reviews
Love to Learn Catalog, wonderful articles from an experienced homeschooling mother.
Rainbow Resource Catalog
Donna Young's printables and resources. Forms and work pages for everything.
The Home Scholar Helping parents home school high school.
Titus 2 Encouraging, equipping, and exhorting families.
Rosegate Harbor Resources for Robinson curriculum, Living Books, LDS Education.
College Plus earn an accredited Bachelor's Degree while still in High School.
HOMESCHOOLING SPECIAL NEEDS
S'cool Moves - Occupational therapy for home and school. Exercises help balance everyone, not just the" special needs" child
Dianne Craft - Dyslexia and other right/left brained learning helps.
Special Needs Homeschooling blog
Aspbergers Experts Two young men, on the spectrem explain to us neurotipical types how it really is. Fabulous resources.
HOMESCHOOLING IN WASHINGTON
Washington Homeschool Organization
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I have listed several resources and curriculum titles, but it is not the curriculum as much as the delivery. Whatever curriculum you choose (if any), remember you are not teaching a curriculum, you are teaching a child. It is a tool: use what you want or what works and forget the rest. Generally the simpler the better.
