There is an enormous market for homeschooling curriculum and resources, so the companies listed below are just a tip of the iceberg! Nevertheless, here is a partial list, in alphabetical order.
Major Curriculum Suppliers
- A Beka (my favorite for Arithmetic and readers)
- Alpha Omega (includes LifePac, Switched-On Schoolhouse, Horizons, Weaver and more)
- Ambleside Online – a free literature-based curriculum
- Bob Jones University Press
- Calvert School
- CBD, or Christian Book Distributors, sells homeschooling books (and MUCH more) at a discounted price.
- Helpful lesson plans for those who use the Core Knowledge learning sequence.
- Far Above Rubies, Blessed Is the Man, and Covenant Academy
- Five in a Row is a highly-recommended literature-based curriculum for the preschool & elementary years.
- K12 Online Home Schools
- Keepers of the Faith homeschool resources & curriculum
- Learning Adventures — voted best unit study for 2002 and 2003
- Learning by Grace — online curriculum provider
- Love to Learn – catalogs and helpful advice
- Mott Media — excellent homeschooling books
- Notgrass Company – homeschool curriculum that’s Bible-based and easy to use!
- Rainbow Resources – a huge catalog, where you can find everything you can’t find anywhere else (I suggest having them mail you a catalog rather than trying to see it all online)
- Robinson Curriculum – Teach your children to teach themselves and to acquire superior knowledge as did many of America’s most outstanding citizens in the days before socialism in education.
- R.O.C.K. Solid – Resources of the Christian Kind (homeschooling curriculum, teacher supplies, Christian books and study materials)
- Rod and Staff — Anabaptist publishers of excellent homeschooling curriculum
- Sonlight – my favorite literature-based curriculum
- Student of the Word — a Bible-based homeschooling curriculum
- Tapestry of Grace — a unit study curriculum with a classical education feel
- Usborne Books at Home — wonderful for homeschoolers
Other Resource Sites
- A+Homeschooling — sells homeschooling-related materials and offers a poetry-writing course, all compatible with a Charlotte Mason/Ruth Beechick philosophy
- Academic Superstore — discounted computer software for educators (including homeschoolers)
- Bedell Curriculum — Bible-based and includes history and science
- Blackstone Audiobook — unabridged audiobooks
- Charlotte Mason-style High School Curriculum – a free resource!
- Classroom Connect Quest Channel
- College at Home — for FREE! This is a great site for adults, high school students, and anyone who wants to learn more about a variety of subjects!
- Debra Bell Homeschool Resource Center
- Dover Publications — wonderful books! I especially like their coloring books.
- Easy Fun School has a variety of resources to help you plan your daily activities.
- Education PLUS (Patterning Learning Upon Scripture) has great advice for homeschooling families.
- Enchanted Learning has an unbelievable amount of resources to help you teach your kids
- Forms and Planners — compiled from across the Web
- ETap is a free, online resource for teaching math, language arts, science, social studies and more
- Great Source Education Group
- Hands of a Child — tools to bring your child the excitement of hands-on learning
- Heart for Home — innovative products and planners for homeschoolers
- Heart of Wisdom — Bible-based learning with a Charlotte-Mason flair
- Hearthstone Crafted Curriculum — very unique; includes life skills
- Home Education Magazine
- Home Scholar — help for homeschooling high school students
- Home School in the Woods — Excellent resources for historical timelines and help teaching with unit studies
- Home School Enrichment Magazine
- HomeschoolCo-ops.com – start and run a homeschool co-op without burning out!
- Homeschool Freebies – new things every day! Highly recommended
- Homeschool Radio Shows
- Homeschool Reviews — highly recommended if you’d like someone’s opinion on curriculum you’re considering
- Homeschool Tracker – free software you can download and use for lesson plans, grades, journaling, and more — highly recommended! (donations are helpful)
- Ignite the Fire!
- Internet Public Library
- Joyce Herzog is an expert in helping special needs children.
- Lamp Post Publishing
- Lakeshore Learning Materials
- Library and Educational Services
- Links — a large listing of homeschooling links
- The Old Schoolhouse (TOS) Magazine — my favorite
- The Moore Foundation — articles, teacher training, and catalog — EXCELLENT!
- Online Homeschooling Resources — a list of links
- Patterning Learning Upon Scripture
- The PEGS System — helps you organize your family and time as you teach responsibility to your children
- Progeny Press — literature guides
- Rainy Day Resource — An online guide to activities for children
- Seton Testing Services — Providing professional testing to homeschoolers
- Songs That Teach
- TeachNet.com – “Smart tools for busy teachers”
- Tanglewood School — classical education merged with the Charlotte Mason style
- The Teaching Company — High school courses, at what looked like reasonable prices. I haven’t used them personally, but it was recommended by an online friend. I might try them!
- Timberdoodle
- Trivium Pursuit Online — Christian homeschooling in a classical style
- Winter Promise Publications — a living-books curriculum, with a hands-on touch
Literature Online
- The Baldwin Project — Bringing Yesterday’s Classic Stories to Today’s Children (wonderful for reading aloud to your kids)
Help for Special-Needs Children
