Curriculum Library

Homeschool curriculum, curated.

15 picks across math, language arts, science, history, and more — every entry hand-reviewed for grade fit, teaching philosophy, religious content, and cost. Use the filters to narrow to your family.

Writing · 2–4

IEW Structure and Style for Students Year 1 Level B

Institute for Excellence in Writing

Top pick

IEW's Structure and Style uses sentence combining, imitation of models, and guided outlining to teach writing conventions and composition organically. Students build skills progressively through copying, combining, and expanding pre-selected passages before creating original work. The method emphasizes understanding sentence patterns and rhetorical devices through practice rather than grammar rules.

Secularclassicaleclectic

Reading · K–2

All About Reading Level 1

All About Learning Press

Top pick

All About Reading Level 1 uses a structured, phoneme-based approach to teach beginning reading and phonics. Lessons combine direct instruction, hands-on activities, and guided storybook reading to build decoding skills and confidence.

Seculartraditional textbookeclectic

Reading · 1–3

All About Reading Level 2

Peace Hill Press

Top pick

All About Reading Level 2 uses systematic phonics instruction with multisensory tools (letter tiles, hand motions) to build decoding skills. Lessons progress from simple to complex sound patterns, with decodable stories that immediately apply new skills. The parent-led format emphasizes daily, consistent practice with clear teacher guidance.

Seculareclecticcharlotte mason

Language Arts · 1–3

IEW Fix It! Grammar Book 1: The Nose Tree

Institute for Excellence in Writing

Top pick

Fix It! Grammar uses daily mentor sentences from a charming story to teach grammar inductively. Students mark, copy, and correct sentences, building mechanics awareness through pattern recognition and repetition rather than rules memorization.

Seculartraditional textbookeclectic

Language Arts · K–2

All About Spelling Level 1

All About Learning Press

Top pick

All About Spelling Level 1 uses a multisensory, phonics-based approach to teach spelling and early reading skills. Students manipulate letter tiles and cards while learning sound patterns and spelling rules, reinforcing learning through multiple sensory channels. The structured, daily lesson format emphasizes mastery before progression.

Seculartraditional textbookeclectic

Language Arts · 4

Wordly Wise 3000 Book 4 (4th Edition)

EPS Learning

Strong alternate

Wordly Wise 3000 uses structured, mastery-based vocabulary instruction embedded in short reading passages and contextual exercises. Each lesson progresses from basic word identification through application activities, culminating in reading passages that incorporate all lesson words with comprehension questions. The program emphasizes multiple exposures to words through varied exercises including word parts analysis, synonyms, and contextual usage.

Seculartraditional textbookeclectic

Reading · K–1

Explode the Code Book 1

School Specialty Publishing

Strong alternate

Explode the Code uses explicit, systematic phonics instruction with a mastery-based approach to teach early decoding skills. Each lesson introduces letter sounds and simple code patterns that students apply immediately through decodable words and sentences, building confidence in sound-symbol relationships.

Seculartraditional textbookeclectic

Full Curriculum · K–12

Time4Learning Homeschool

Time4Learning

Strong alternate

Time4Learning uses colorful, interactive online lessons designed to engage younger and middle-grade students through gamified learning. The spiral curriculum reviews and reinforces concepts across grade levels. Parent dashboards provide oversight but require minimal daily prep.

Seculareclectictraditional textbook

Language Arts · 1–3

Logic of English Essentials Volume 1

Logic of English

Strong alternate

Logic of English Essentials uses explicit, systematic phonics instruction grounded in the orthographic principles of English. Each lesson introduces specific phonetic rules, reinforced through decodable text, writing, and spelling activities. The approach combines phonological awareness, decoding, and encoding (spelling) in coordinated daily lessons.

Seculareclectictraditional textbook

Language Arts · K–1

Logic of English Foundations A

Logic of English

Strong alternate

Foundations A uses structured, systematic phonics to teach early literacy through phonograms and explicit spelling rules. Lessons combine oral practice, handwriting, and phonetic decoding in a mastery-based progression suitable for emerging readers in K–1st grade.

Seculartraditional textbookeclectic

Writing · 3–8

The Writer's Jungle by Brave Writer

Brave Writer

Strong alternate

The Writer's Jungle uses nature observation and playful discovery to develop young writers' confidence and voice. Rather than prescriptive rules, it encourages authentic expression through freewriting, editing lessons, and grammar in context, aligned with Charlotte Mason principles of learning from living books and personal observation.

Secularcharlotte masoneclectic

Language Arts · 3–5

IEW Phonetic Zoo Spelling Level A

Institute for Excellence in Writing

Strong alternate

Phonetic Zoo uses an auditory mastery approach where students listen to spelling words on CD, write them, then self-correct using audio feedback. The program emphasizes that hearing words spelled letter-by-letter reinforces correct sequence storage in the brain. Students work independently, repeating each lesson until achieving 100% twice consecutively before advancing.

Seculartraditional textbookeclectic

Language Arts · 1–2

Spelling Workout Book A

Modern Curriculum Press

Strong alternate

Spelling Workout uses a structured, phonics-based approach to teach spelling patterns and word families through daily practice exercises. Each lesson builds progressively on prior knowledge, emphasizing mastery of sound-symbol relationships and common spelling rules appropriate for early elementary.

Seculartraditional textbookeclectic

Language Arts · 1–2

Spelling You See Level B: Jack and Jill

Braxo Publications

Strong alternate

Spelling You See integrates spelling instruction with handwriting through tracing and copying passages from classic children's literature. Students internalize spelling patterns and letter formation naturally without heavy rule-based instruction, aligning with Charlotte Mason principles.

Secularcharlotte masoneclectic

Reading · K–2

Build Your Library Level 1

Peace Hill Press

Strong alternate

Build Your Library Level 1 uses structured phonics with real literature to develop early reading fluency and comprehension. It emphasizes careful word study and meaningful text engagement in the Charlotte Mason tradition.

Secularcharlotte masonclassical

How we curate

Every entry is researched against the publisher's official page plus at least two independent reviews — Cathy Duffy, Rainbow Resource, and homeschool community sources — so the grade range, religious content, philosophy fit, and cost reflect reality, not guesses.

We tag each curriculum on a 9-value religious-content scale (secular through classical Christian) and a 6-value teaching-philosophy axis (classical, Charlotte Mason, eclectic, traditional textbook, unit studies, and unschooling-leaning), so you can find something that fits your family without reading 30 reviews first.

Each row is reviewed before it's published. Pricing is approximate; always confirm with the publisher before purchasing.