Wonderful educational books include titles on the human
body, encyclopedias, history refrences, various topics in science, classic literature, etc.
Sonlight Curriculum
www.sonlight.com
Although this company is Christian,
they use many secular books (great literature, Usborne science books, etc.). Bible
can easily be omitted. Pre K - 12
Singapore Math
For math, there is Singapore math www.singaporemath.com, which is excellent. This
program is, as the name suggests, is the curriculum used in Singapore. Singapore
students have scored high on international math tests, and it is easy to see why with this rigorous program. Pre K - 12
Saxon Math
Also, there is Saxon math
http://saxonhomeschool.harcourtachieve.com/en-US/saxonhomeschool.htm,
another excellent secular program. Pre K- 12
Loyola Press
For English, there is Loyola
Press This is a Catholic publisher, but they have removed all of the religious content from their materials. The textbooks are wholesome and rigorous.
http://www.loyolaeducationgroup.org/ K-8
The Well Trained Mind
Another excellent resource is
The Well Trained Mind (available at local
bookstores) and http://www.welltrainedmind.com/ This book is based on classical education, and covers all subjects. Pre K - 12
Harcourt and Pearson Education
Of course, the secular textbook
publishers also offer books to home
educators, such as Pierson Learning, etc. http://www.pearsoned.com/
Harcourt, etc. http://www.harcourtachieve.com/ K - 12
Teacher Created Materials (Resources)
http://www.teachercreated.com/
This company has a lot of supplemental
material like Spectrum Math, etc. K - 12
Educator's Publishing Service
http://www.epsbooks.com/
Good stuff for grammar,
reading, phonics, etc. This is the publisher of the famous “Wordly Wise”
vocabulary series. K- 12
Rainbow
Resource
http://www.rainbowresource.com/index.php
This is a good catalog to have. They have almost everything that you can imagine for home education. They cater to secular as well as Christian families. K – 12
Oak Meadow
Accredited K – 8.
www.oakmeadow.com
IQ Academy
www.gotoiq.com
Accredited.
Compuhigh
Accredited high school.
www.compuhigh.com
Mott Media
www.mottmedia.com
Very old traditional schoolbooks,
like the ones that were used in the Little House on the Prairie school! Rays
Arithmetic, etc.
Free-Ed
Just found this one, don't know
much about it, but it looks interesting:
http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/ High School
Sycamore Tree
This company has curriculum as
well as accredited secular and Christian programs that you can enroll in.
http://www.sycamoretree.com/ K - 12
Calvert School
http://www.calvertschool.org
This is a well known accredited
school. You can purchase some courses individually, or, enroll your student for
at home distance learning. K - 8
Connections
Academy
http://www.connectionsacademy.com
Public school program at home. Free.
K - 10
K12
http://www.k-12.com/
Traditional, classic education. Online learning. K – 9
CHRISTIAN CURRICULUM PROVIDERS
ABEKA
www.abeka.com
Every subject, Pre K- 12, and
they are well known for their rigorous math program. DVD school also available. Choose accredited enrollment or just the textbooks.
Bob Jones University Press
This curriculum moves more at
the public school pace, but is very good. They offer satellite dish feeds for
lessons as well as DVD’s and just textbooks. They also offer testing services.
www.bjupress.com
Covenant Home
www.covenanthome.com
Sonlight
www.sonlight.com
Alpha Omega
www.aop.com
Self-guided teaching via the Switched
on Schoolhouse computer CD’s are available here. Grads Pre K – 12
(SOS grades 3 – 12)