SOURCES
Choosing Curriculum
Home education offers the opportunity for craftsmanship in education. Loving parents, rather than book publishers or school administrators, are the experts in education. Remember the effective methods of education you used before your children began "school." Inquire of godly parents with experience home-educating. Find out what teaching materials they use, what they like and don't like about them, and why. Attend several home-education support group meetings. Read books and articles about home education to broaden your perspective. Visit a curriculum center or educational store in your area. Examine the actual materials you are considering (not just a catalog). The goal is to choose teaching materials that will work for you and your student(s) in your home. Most importantly, pray and seek the Lord for direction.
Suggested Reading for Parents
102 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum, by Cathy Duffy, 2014
The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling, by Debra Bell, 2009
Educating the WholeHearted Child, by Clay & Sally Clarkson, 1996
How to Home School (A Practical Approach), by Gayle Graham, 1997
The How & Why of Home Schooling, by Ray E. Ballmann, 1995
A Charlotte Mason Education: A How-to Manual, by Catherine Levison, 1996
Approved Sources (not comprehensive)
A Beka (video available)
ACE [Accelerated Christian Education (Paces)] School of Tomorrow
Alpha Omega (Monarch[online], LifePac, & Horizons
Alpha-Phonics by Samuel L. Blumenfeld
Bob Jones University Press (video available)
Christian Light Education (CLE)
Discovery K12
Easy Peasy - allinonehomeschool.com and allinonehighschool.com
The Good and the Beautiful (K-8)
Handwriting Without Tears (HWT)
Institute for Excellence in Writing
Learning Language Arts Through Literature (LLATL)
Math-U-See (Manipulative-based math program)
Right Start Math (K-8)
Rod & Staff
Saxon
Sonlight Curriculum (Literature-based unit study)
Story of the World
Teaching Textbooks (Math)
Veritas Press
Weaver Curriculum
Homeschool Curriculum Online Stores
Magazines
The Teaching Home (back issues only)
Resources
Achievement Testing
Legal
Home School Legal Defense Association
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