The Elementary years are full of excitement & discovery! There are roughly 3 stages in this age group: the early years, preschool & kindergarten years, and the elementary years. Before you get started take a moment to read what veteran homeschool mom of 5 wrote about homeschooling the elementary years!
Click HERE to read her article!
The following are not a full listing of all curriculums available to homeschoolers, but a list of some used by Alabama homeschool parents to he help if you are feeling overwhelmed with options. These curriculum’s run the gamut. They are religious, and secular, they are right leaning and left, they are common core aligned and NOT Common core aligned. The only thing they all have in common is that they were recommended by homeschool parents. You will need to refer to the “about” tabs to find out if they match your beliefs and educational styles!
Language Arts
Easy Grammar, Growing with grammar, Soaring with spelling
Grapevine Bible curriculum, Explode the Code, Handwriting without tears,
Progressive Phonics, Brave writer, The Good & the Beautiful Language Arts, Teaching Text Books, Easy Grammar, Winning with Writing, Teaching Text Books, For Grammar we really like Easy Grammar and for writing Winning with Writing, Moving Beyond the Page, CLE units Language Arts, Analytical Grammar, Essentials in Writing, and Soaring with Spelling, spelling work and Vocab comes from IEW. Institute for the Excellence of Writing.
Math:
Teaching textbooks, EnVision Math by Scott Foresman/ Pearson Education, Wild Math curriculum, Prodigy Math, Happy Numbers, Life of Fred, Saxon Math, Dr. Shorman, an instructor in TX, with live or pre-recorded math instruction for Saxon Math courses, Math U See, Rod and Staff.
History:
Veritas self paced history, Veritas self paced history, Mystery of History, Story of the World, Primary Sources or immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.
Science
Apologia Science elementary, Pandia Press REAL Science Odyssey, Apologia,
Multi Subject Curriculum:
Masterbooks, BJU, allinonehomeschoo.com, The Good & the Beautiful, Well Trained, Life Pac, Guest Hollow, Five in a Row, Beyond Five in a Row, Khan Academy, Sonlight, Ambleside Online, Heart of Dakota , ABEKA, Switched on Schoolhouse, ABC Mouse, Reading Eggs, Oak Meadow.
The following chart is helpful for you to gauge how much time during the day you should be spending doing school work. You should not be doing 6 – 8 hours of school at home. *The Illinois State Board of Education released “remote learning recommendations”
