All About Reading is a fun and engaging program that starts with essential pre-reading skills and continues on to teach all five key components of reading. Based on the Orton-Gillingham approach, this program teaches phonics, decoding, fluency, and comprehension to… Continue Reading
Life of Fred Math is a unique math curriculum that is a story of a boy named Fred who encounters math problems in his everyday life. Life of Fred math is available for elementary, middle school, and high school… Continue Reading
Handwriting Without Tears is a secular handwriting program designed by an Occupational Therapist. It teaches a clean vertical style and is designed for Kindergarten through 5th grade. Read more about it here.
Classical Writing is a classical writing curriculum designed for grades 1-12. It consists of theory, analysis and imitation, and practice. Read more about it at the Classical Writing website.
Excavating English is a study of the history of the English language. Designed for 11-15 year olds, this curriculum covers how the English language developed and changed over time. There are chapters to read with activities to complete after each… Continue Reading
Startwrite is a computer program that allows you to design your own handwriting sheets. It gives you the choice between several popular handwriting styles and includes print and cursive options. You can also adjust the sizing of the letters as… Continue Reading
Movies as Literature is a secular one year high school level course that is designed to teach elements of literary analysis. Classic movies are used to teach concepts. Questions for discussion and writing are included. Read more about it at… Continue Reading
All About Spelling is a seven-level program that teaches encoding skills, reliable spelling rules, and multisensory strategies to help your student become a proficient speller for life. Based on the latest research, this award-winning program provides complete and comprehensive “no… Continue Reading
A Reason for Spelling is a Christian-based spelling program for grades 1-6. Read more about it at ChristianBook.com.
Bob Books are a series of books designed to guide your child from pre-reading to early reading skills. Read more about the program at ChristianBook.com.
AVKO’s Individualized Spelling covers over 5000 of the most important words to learn to spell. They are organized in the order of difficulty. Each word corresponds to a pattern of English spelling and can be looked up in AVKO’s huge… Continue Reading
Rod and Staff is a comprehensive textbook and workbook style curriculum designed by Mennonites. Rod and Staff materials consist of simple black and white pictures. Rod and Staff Math is a Christian-based traditional math program with a focus on drill… Continue Reading
Sonlight covers history, geography, language arts, bible and science. Math, Handwriting, and electives need to be added. Sonlight has their favorites available on their website. Sonlight Science uses hands-on activites and living books to teach scientific concepts. The curriculum ranges… Continue Reading
Spell to Write and Read is a curriculum designed to teach spelling, reading, and phonics for the first 4 to 6 years of schooling. It can also be used to remediate poor skills. Read more about it on Amazon.
Excellence in Literature is a 5 year curriculum that combines literature and writing to provide your child with a full English credit. Units are focused on a classic work. The book provides links and information about the author, the classic… Continue Reading
An online phonics and reading program designed for preschoolers through 2nd grade. It can be found at ReadingEggs.com.
Apples and Pears is a scripted spelling program from the United Kingdom. It takes a morphological approach to spelling with phonological awareness activities built-in. Spelling is taught in a logical order and broken down into small steps. It can be… Continue Reading
Explode the Code is a series of workbooks that take a child from learning letters through reinforcement of phonetic patterns when the child is reading fluently. The Get Ready, Get Set, Go for the Code series is for PK. Explode… Continue Reading
NaNoWriMo is a program to help inspire writers to complete a novel in the month of November. Free workbooks to help your child write a novel can be downloaded for elementary, middle, and high school students. Read more about the… Continue Reading
Figuratively Speaking is a secular workbook curriculum that can be used between 5th and 8th grade. It teaches literary terms and uses examples from literature. Read more about it at Amazon.
Bravewriter offers writing instruction, online classes, and language arts programs for Kindergarten through high school. The Writer’s Jungle is written to the parent to help teach the parent how to be a good writing coach and create a good environment… Continue Reading
This secular curriculum for writing and grammar helps students imitate great writers and learn grammar in the process. Books are available for elementary through college. See samples and find out more at Amazon.
Windows to the World is a Christian-based introduction to literary analysis for high school. This one semester class can also be stretched into a year’s class by adding literature. Read more about it and see a sample at ChristianBook.com.
English from the Roots Up is a root-based vocabulary curriculum that comes in two volumes. They can be used from elementary through high school. There are 100 Latin and Greek roots in each book. Read more about them at the… Continue Reading
One Year Adventure Novel is a high school writing curriculum that takes the student through the process of writing a novel in the course of a school year. It has a textbook, workbook, and DVD instruction. Read more about the… Continue Reading
Italic Handwriting by Getty Dubay is a series of workbooks for Kindergarten through 6th grade. Italic handwriting allows for an easier transition from printing to cursive. You can find it on Amazon.
Red Hot Roots is a secular workbook curriculum that teaches vocabulary through learning prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Two books are available. The first book is suitable for grades 3-5 and the second book is designed for grades 6-9. The second… Continue Reading
Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts is a secular language arts program that seeks to create a love for language. It covers grammar, writing, vocabulary, poetry, and literature. Parents can use the entire program or a portion of it. Read more… Continue Reading
Sequential Spelling is a secular spelling program for grades 2 through adult. It teaches spelling through word families. Read more about it at ChristianBook.com.
Megawords is a workbook based curriculum that teaches spelling, reading, and usage with word lists arranged by spelling patterns and word structure. It is designed for grades 4-12. Read more about it here.
Natural Speller is a one book program for grades 1-8. It gives word lists for each grade and you can customize it to go at your child’s pace. Read more about it at the Big Idea’s Press website.
Rummy Roots and More Roots are card games designed to teach Latin and Greek roots. They can be used for 3rd grade and up. Read more about the games at ChristianBook.com.
KISS Grammar teaches grammar in the context of real literature. It is a free grammar curriculum that can be printed off online. It is appropriate for grades 2 and up. You can read more about it here.
Phonetic Zoo is a sequential spelling curriculum for grades three and up. It is a rule-based program with an audio component. Read more about it here.
Moving Beyond the Page is a curriculum designed for gifted and creative children. The curriculum is concept-based and will help your child make connections between different subjects.
Spectrum Vocabulary is a secular workbook vocabulary curriculum for grades 3-6. It contains vocabulary related exercises including synonyms, plurals, suffixes, and more. Read more about it and see samples at Amazon.com.
Harvey’s Grammar is a classic grammar curriculum from 1880. Workbooks are available to go along with the textbook. This grammar program is often used with the Classical Writing curriculum. Read more about it and see samples at the Rainbow Resource Center… Continue Reading
Our Mother Tongue is an introduction to the 8 classes of grammar as well as the different parts of the sentence. It is appropriate for late elementary or middle school. Examples in the book are taken from the Bible and… Continue Reading
McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers are revised vintage readers that come in seven volumes. These extend from the primer level through the 6th level. Read more about them and see samples at ChristianBook.com.
The Total Language Plus study guides are Christian-based guides for selected books. They cover comprehension, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, listening, and critical thinking. They can be used from grade 3 up through high school. Read more about them here.
Learning Language Arts through Literature is a comprehensive literature based program that includes reading, spelling, writing, and grammar. It is available for grades 1 through high school. Read more about it at ChristianBook.com.
Wordly Wise is a secular workbook-based curriculum designed to teach vocabulary words in context. It offers books to cover K-12. Read more about it here.
Sing, Spell, Read, Write is a secular curriculum that teaches phonics, handwriting, reading, and spelling. It begins in preschool with letter recognition and continues through level 2 where your child will be spelling over 1400 words. Read more about it… Continue Reading
Soaring with Spelling is a workbook curriculum for grades 1-8. It features a pretest on the first day and a test on the 5th day. Exercises in the workbook help your child learn the spelling words. Read more about… Continue Reading
Vocabulary from Classical Roots is a workbook-based vocabulary program that focuses on learning Latin and Greek roots. It goes from 4th grade through 11th grade. Read more about it at ChristianBook.com.
Spectrum Spelling is a secular workbook curriculum for grades K-6. It uses word patterns and weekly word lists with related activities. Read more about it on Amazon.
Jump In is a workbook-based curriculum designed for 5th-8th graders. It can also be used for a reluctant writer during high school. A teacher’s guide is also available. Read more about this Christian curriculum on Amazon.
Vocabulary Vine is a spiral study of Latin and Greek roots. This study covers 108 roots during one school year. It is appropriate to use starting in late elementary. Read more about it and see samples at ChristianBook.com.
Published by a classical Christian company, the Memoria Press Literature Guides are available for select books in grades 1-8. They teach vocabulary, comprehension, spelling, and writing. Read more about them here.
Explode the Code Online is an online interactive phonics curriculum designed for grades K-4. Read more about it at the Explode the Code website.
Growing with Grammar is a workbook based grammar curriculum for grades 1-8. It features daily grammar lessons. Read more about the curriculum here.
