Here is a list of the home-school resources we are currently using or have used (and liked) in the past:
Intro to Homeschool
100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum—very comprehensive review of a huge variety of homeschool curriculums.
So You’re Thinking about Homeschooling—Easy-to-read “case studies” of different homeschooling families.
Homeschooling for the Rest of Us—LOVE this book!
The Well Trained Mind—I really like the philosophy behind Classical education even if the practical application wasn’t a good fit for us.
Curriculum {1st Grade/Preschool}
The Prairie Primer—This unit study curriculum based on all of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books is supposedly intended for grades 3-6, but can work for older or younger students as well. It is awesome! We are taking our time–each “day” of curriculum takes us weeks to get through–and enjoying every minute! At this rate we will be doing it for the next 3 years!
Math-U-See—after struggling through Singapore Math for several months we finally switched to Math-U-See and couldn’t be happier. The girls LOVE doing math and actually beg to start with math each day. The low-tech videos help me see what I am supposed to be teaching too!
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
Timechart History of the World
Leap Frog Learning DVD Set—We try to limit screen time as much as possible, and for the most part Trouble simply tags along with whatever happen to be doing, but this DVD set has been a great resource for when I need to distract her for a few minutes so that I can do some one-on-one work with Princess. She has mastered all of her letters and phonics and is already spelling words on her own.
Reading List
Independent Reading {1st Grade}
- A Series of Unfortunate Events series
- Magic Tree House series
- Fancy Nancy series
- American Girl series
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School
- Ramona series