2025-2026 Homeschool Curriculum Picks (for six children grades 3-12)

World Watch (All) – It is a unbelievable 10-minute each day Christian information program for teenagers and households. It’s a motivating option to get the children up within the morning, too, as a result of they don’t need to miss it!

Sound Phrases for Children: Classes in Theology – We’ll be going by this collection once more as our essential Bible curriculum. It’s nice for elementary ages however will likely be a great refresher for the older children, too. It consists of notebooking and actions, for elementary ages. It additionally prompts numerous dialogue and fascinating rabbit trails! (My oldest may also be doing one other theology curriculum for highschool.)

Biblical Artwork Classes – The children, particularly the older ones, loved the Foundations of Artwork: Bundle 1 of the on-line artwork programs by Biblical Classical Neighborhood. We plan to proceed with bundle 2, doing it as soon as every week. These water shade classes are taught utilizing the Precept Method and I really like the content material.

Themed Chalk Pastel Challenge – We may also be bringing in You Are an Artist chalk pastel classes topically — Bible tales, holidays, historical past, maps, literature, and extra. I really like that the initiatives could be carried out rapidly and utilizing a fundamental set of chalk pastels and building paper.

Artwork Appreciation – I needed so as to add an artwork appreciation course however I needed one thing that offered artwork and artwork historical past with a biblical worldview and providential view of historical past. Cornerstone Curriculum was advisable to me, so we’ll be making an attempt their Adventures in Artwork – Intermediate course for a gaggle lesson as soon as every week.

Literature examine: We like utilizing the Heart For Lit Educating the Classics strategy to debate literature, together with worldview and biblical ideas. It is extremely efficient and could be utilized to any of the group reads we do collectively, in addition to particular person books the older children learn. This 12 months we’ll be utilizing the strategies to have extra group discussions in regards to the literary components and themes of our readings, in addition to extra intensely with our teenagers.

Bible – Along with our group Bible research, the three youthful boys will likely be doing the Kingdom Brick Builders Membership, which is a web based useful resource that goes by month-to-month matters with devotions, Bible classes, brick constructing, and extra. We’re excited to get began and construct that group!

Studying – We realized final 12 months that this kiddo is dyslexic like considered one of his brothers and must run by a studying program that has extra help. We’re working by All About Studying (glorious Orton Gillingham program).

Handwriting – For this kiddo, the bodily act of writing is a problem. My objective is to proceed having him observe writing every day, whether or not that’s with copywork or notebooking throughout different topics or with a lesson out of A Cause for Handwriting. It’s nice for letter formation, handwriting observe, and Scripture copywork.

Science – I’ll assist him undergo God Made Every part from Generations this 12 months. That is our first time actually splitting out science. for every child as a substitute of doing it as a gaggle. Might be totally different!

Math U See – We bounced round with math fairly a bit with this kiddo, looking for the best match. Ultimately we each landed on Math U See. He has some but to work by in Beta however then we’ll transfer on to Gamma.

Spanish – The older children are doing their very own overseas language tracks, however the youthful three boys and I’ll persevering with with FlipFlop Spanish. It’s a complete household curriculum. That is 3 days every week for about quarter-hour and is enjoyable and hands-on!

Bible – Along with our group Bible research, the three youthful boys will likely be doing the Kingdom Brick Builders Membership, which is a web based useful resource that goes by month-to-month matters with devotions, Bible classes, brick constructing, and extra. We’re excited to get began and construct that group!

Spelling: All About Spelling – That is on his loop schedule and we’ve been slowly working by the degrees. They’re actually serving to him enhance her spelling expertise! (Tip: We like utilizing the app as a substitute of the tiles so we don’t lose them.)

Math – He’ll be persevering with with Christian Mild Training Math, stage 5. It is a unbelievable conventional spiral-based curriculum that has served us effectively for a lot of of our kids no less than as much as highschool, and thru it for my oldest.

Composition and Grammar – He’ll be working by Necessities in Writing stage 5. It consists of grammar and composition. (Though EIW is a Christian firm, the content material isn’t overtly Christian. We in biblical/worldview matters for writing prompts and discuss biblical ideas in relation to writing and communication.)

Science – He’ll do God Made Me from Generations this 12 months. Must be a great one!

Spanish – The older children are doing their very own overseas language tracks, however the youthful three boys and I’ll persevering with with FlipFlop Spanish. It’s a complete household curriculum. That is 3 days every week for about quarter-hour and is enjoyable and hands-on!

Bible – He’s nonetheless working by his copy of Bible Investigators – Creation – It is a unbelievable new useful resource that makes use of puzzles and investigation to show private examine habits utilizing the inductive Bible examine methodology.

Piano – This child LOVES piano, identical to his oldest brother. He accomplished the whole program for the Mr. Hoffman piano classes, in order promised, we moved him over to classes this summer season with our native piano trainer. (Good factor for us our oldest determined to finish his piano classes this summer season, too, as a result of we wouldn’t have the ability to pay for 2! 😬)

Bible – Along with our group Bible research, the three youthful boys will likely be doing the Kingdom Brick Builders Membership, which is a web based useful resource that goes by month-to-month matters with devotions, Bible classes, brick constructing, and extra. We’re excited to get began and construct that group!

Spelling: All About Spelling – This kiddo completed Lexercise and eye remedy this previous 12 months and received an ideal basis that helped him take off with studying despite his dyslexia. It gave him a great begin with spelling, too, so we’ll proceed engaged on that sill with AAS.

Math – This kiddo wants hands-on math together with his dyslexia and dyscalculia challenges. I’m so pleased with the progress he has made with Math-U-See! He’ll proceed with Epsilon this 12 months.

Composition and Grammar – He’ll be working by Necessities in Writing stage 6. It consists of grammar and composition. (Though EIW is a Christian firm, the content material isn’t overtly Christian. We in biblical/worldview matters for writing prompts and discuss biblical ideas in relation to writing and communication.)

Science – He’ll do God Made Animals from Generations this 12 months. His favourite matter!

Spanish – The older children are doing their very own overseas language tracks, however the youthful three boys and I’ll persevering with with FlipFlop Spanish. It’s a complete household curriculum. That is 3 days every week for about quarter-hour and is enjoyable and hands-on!

Bible Examine – As a result of You Are Sturdy is a straightforward examine excellent for his age. We’ll be going by it collectively throughout out “devotion time with mother” slot on his loop schedule.

Bible – The excessive schoolers and I’ll do an inductive Bible examine of 1 and a couple of Corinthians this 12 months, which additionally occurs to be the books they’re learning/memorizing for Bible Quizzing. We’ll use this Precepts useful resource and I’ll lead the by it with the objective of giving them good examine expertise and observe making use of biblical ideas to any Bible examine. I’ll additionally pull in materials for some fundamental examine classes from Greedy God’s Phrase: A Arms-On Method to Studying, Deciphering, and Making use of the Bible. (I have already got an older version I’ll be utilizing.)

Dwelling Economics – With my oldest graduating in 2026, it appeared like a good suggestion to ramp up some residence economics expertise and embody my different two excessive schoolers in on it, too. I nonetheless must map out what precisely we’ll cowl, however the objectives are that they’ll depart with a set of tried-and-true recipes they practiced effectively, fundamental residence upkeep expertise, fundamental mending expertise, menu planning and grocery budgeting, and so on. I’ll use the residence economics programs from Plain and Not So Plain as my launching pad.

Composition and Grammar – She’ll be working by Necessities in Writing stage 9 with the grading add-on. (They don’t actually grade – simply present suggestions for a few of the writing assignments.) I don’t know if we’ll do the entire thing, as a result of I feel she’d wish to take a detour into extra artistic writing exploration. She and I’ll determine what which may appear to be. I’m eying The Younger Author’s Workshop.

Spelling: All About Spelling – We’ll hold working by AAS to strengthen these spelling expertise, in addition to lifting spelling phrases from her writing to observe.

Vocabulary: Wordela – It is a new useful resource to me, so we’ll see the way it goes. It’s a web based homeschool vocabulary program that lets me assign pre-made or custom-made lists. I believed it is likely to be extra enjoyable/efficient than a guide she would possibly lose. I can have a number of college students, so a few of the different children would possibly strive it, too.

Math – Denison Algebra 1 – Pre-algebra labored very well for her final 12 months, so she’d wish to proceed with Denison. Actually, Denison has been an excellent discover for us. I’ve a few math whiz children, however the others hit struggles proper round pre-algebra. Denison is nice. (I’d in all probability select one thing else for a kid pursing a math-heavy science diploma, however in any other case it’s unbelievable and sufficient for school prep.)

Science – She and her sister will likely be doing chemistry this 12 months utilizing the next. They did one thing comparable for biology and it was *good.”

Historical past – She and her sister are working by the Antiquity historical past course from Compass Classroom. They’ll probably proceed with Christendom, which is church historical past and the center ages. I just like the biblical worldview of this course, the fascinating movies (they take notes), the incorporation of supply paperwork, and the easy portfolio exercise to interact with it. I’ll additionally add in some historic fiction reads and he or she’ll add to her timeline as she goes by it.

Observe: There are artwork historical past classes that generally have nudity within the art work. Completely different households deal with this in several methods. For my two women we inform them to only skip the art work content material and are utilizing a special useful resource for artwork historical past/appreciation.

Bible – The excessive schoolers and I’ll do an inductive Bible examine of 1 and a couple of Corinthians this 12 months, which additionally occurs to be the books they’re learning/memorizing for Bible Quizzing. We’ll use this Precepts useful resource and I’ll lead the by it with the objective of giving them good examine expertise and observe making use of biblical ideas to any Bible examine. I’ll additionally pull in materials for some fundamental examine classes from Greedy God’s Phrase: A Arms-On Method to Studying, Deciphering, and Making use of the Bible. (I have already got an older version I’ll be utilizing.)

Apologetics – We had Apologetics in Motion from Grasp Books scheduled for her final 12 months and forgot about it. She’d love to do it, so we’ll strive once more this 12 months. 🙂 I doubt we’ll do the workbook however slightly will use it for dialogue and a few written narrations. We additionally plan so as to add Case for Christ and probably some C.S. Lewis to the combo.

Dwelling Economics – With my oldest graduating in 2026, it appeared like a good suggestion to ramp up some residence economics expertise and embody my different two excessive schoolers in on it, too. I nonetheless must map out what precisely we’ll cowl, however the objectives are that they’ll depart with a set of tried-and-true recipes they practiced effectively, fundamental residence upkeep expertise, fundamental mending expertise, menu planning and grocery budgeting, and so on. I’ll use the residence economics programs from Plain and Not So Plain as my launching pad.

English – She’ll be doing choose parts of ninth grade Necessities in Writing stage together with her sister for some additional observe (I simply grabbed an additional workbook to make it simpler) after which the remainder of her writing efforts will likely be associated to different course work for literature and historical past.

It’s additionally time to show her do pace essays, which is a option to mix written narrations, her essay group and writing expertise, and analysis/evaluation expertise into a brief weekly. I hope to try this over the past quarter of the 12 months. It’s a wonderful behavior for highschool writing!

Chook Unit – She and her sister will end up their Audubon course from Biblical Classical Neighborhood. It’s a stunning course however we began somewhat late final 12 months and it’s substantial! So we’ll hold doing it at their tempo and end after we end.

Math – Denison Geometry – Taking a while in Geometry this coming 12 months! I feel she’ll like he break from Algebra. 😆

Science  – She and her sister will likely be doing chemistry this 12 months utilizing the next. They did one thing comparable for biology and it was *good.”

Historical past – We switched her to the Generations world historical past course and he or she actually likes it. She’ll end the second half this 12 months. She and her sister may also work by the Compass Classroom course, Christendom, which is church historical past and the center ages. She’ll add to her timeline as she goes by each. I don’t assume the Generations course must be supplemented. She simply enjoys doing the Compass Classroom movies and discussions together with her sister.

French – She’ll proceed with The Ulat French, Simple French movies on YouTube, and a workbook for writing and grammar like Simple French Step-by-Step. We may also do a weekly tradition/undertaking/writing exercise.

Artistic Arts – That is my inventive one! She spends numerous time crafting and portray already. Right here’s what she’ll do that 12 months:

• Internship at a homeschool theater co for costume design, set design, and make-up (she’ll take some brief on-line programs about a number of of those matters, too)
• Studying to stitch from a fellow homeschool mother, with an eye fixed towards costume creation
• Cake and cupcake design
• Digital illustration and animation
• Comedian guide writing and illustration
• Numerous handicrafts

Bible Quizzing – That is his third and final 12 months, so he desires to step it up! He plans to check an hour a day no less than and go for “Reminiscence Masters,” so it’s a precedence this 12 months.

Bible examine of 1 and a couple of Corinthians together with his sisters, utilizing this Precepts useful resource and with a give attention to biblical ideas. We’ll additionally do a fast survey of various Bible examine strategies.

30 Days to Understanding the Bible – this will likely be a fast overview, reviewing the group, themes, and threads of Scripture. We’ll in all probability undergo it together with the Bible examine.

Foundations of Religion – My oldest has realized the fundamentals of doctrine and theology, particularly by Sound Phrases for Children, however I like that this goes extra in-depth for older children and covers extra matters. He additionally likes workbook codecs, so it’s proper up his alley.

RLV Discipleship Curriculum – I’ve heard good issues about this and I feel he’d get pleasure from it! Good for biblical context research and sensible discipleship. He’ll do it within the second semester.

Some Extras:

• Each day journal – Referring to each day Scripture studying, devotions, prayers, assigned books, or anything. However have to be stored each day and be no less than a paragraph.
• Put together a sermon and every week of household devotions (his dad will assist him with this)
• Service Initiatives – 2 every semester, training on the lookout for methods to serve in our church and group

American Civics with Michael Farris – This self-paced video course by Michael Farris, founding father of Patrick Henry Faculty and Chairman of HSLDA, seems wonderful. I can’t wait to undergo it with him! PLUS they gave me a 20% off coupon code to move on to you! 🙌 Use code PROVERBIAL20 at checkout to get 20% off and lifelong entry.

Shopper Math for Actual Life – He’s completed Algebra 2, so the maths will likely be straightforward, however he likes that he’ll study budgeting, investing, taxes, worker advantages, enterprise planning, and extra.

Life Expertise and Private Improvement

• Auto maintenance – pulling some issues from this guide after which sensible work together with his dad on the teenager automobile
• Entrepreneurship course by Dave Ramsey
• Books to learn/narrate:

English 12 – We’ll undergo a set of literature picks and have discussions on biblical ideas and evaluation with Heart For Lit. (With the Pelican Society membership, we’ve entry to a stay and recorded guide membership, so we’ll decide some which might be from that record).

For writing, we’ll hold training essays and written narrations for literature and different topics, strengthening his writing. He’ll additionally undergo a few of the initiatives within the Actual World Writing Information: Excessive Faculty Information to Skilled Writing from 7 Sisters. I’m including it it do an Op-Ed, an informational interview write-up, a enterprise proposal, satire, {and professional} correspondence.

Dwelling Economics – With my oldest graduating in 2026, it appeared like a good suggestion to ramp up some residence economics expertise and embody my different two excessive schoolers in on it, too. I nonetheless must map out what precisely we’ll cowl, however the objectives are that they’ll depart with a set of tried-and-true recipes they practiced effectively, fundamental residence upkeep expertise, fundamental mending expertise, menu planning and grocery budgeting, and so on. I’ll use the residence economics programs from Plain and Not So Plain as my launching pad.