Before you purchase curriculum for the next school year check out these reviews, written by real homeschooling moms, giving their unbiased opinions. With over 50 curriculum reviews this list is a great resource for anyone considering homeschooling or looking to try a new curriculum. If you have a homeschool review you would like added to the list, submit it here.
Preschool
Abcmouse.com (Purposeful Homemaking)
All About Reading (Homeschool Creations)
All About Reading (The Fantastic Five)
Alpha Omega PreK Horizons (The Tuckers Take Tennessee)
GyMathtics (Raising Olives)
Inglés 360: Early Language Arts Skills (The Cardamom’s Pod)
K4 Curriculum (Confessions of a Homeschooler)
Letter of the Week (Confessions of a Homeschooler)
Math Tutor: Young Minds Numbers and Counting (Raising Olives)
Monkisee (Homeschool Lite)
PreK Scholars (The Tuckers Take Tennessee)
Sign Babies Flash Cards (One Little Word She Knew)
Your Baby Can Read (Homeschool Lite)
Elementary School
Bible
Apologia ”What We Believe” series: Biblical Worldview of God and Truth (The Cardamom’s Pod)
Bible Curriculum (Educating Layton)
Discovering Jesus in Genesis (and Exodus) (The Cardamom’s Pod)
Grapevine Bible: Esther Study (Raising Olives)
Jamie Soles Psalm CDs (Raising Olives)
Positive Action for Christ Bible Curriculum (The Johns Family)
Training Hearts, Teaching Minds: Family Devotions Based on the Shorter Catechism (The Cardamom’s Pod)
Electives
Building Thinking Skills (A Day in the Life)
Child-Size Masterpieces (Harmony Art Mom)
Prima Latina (Homegrown Mom)
See The Light: DVD Art Classes (The Cardamom’s Pod)
Song School Latin (A Day in the Life)
Speekee: Spanish For Young Children (The Cardamom’s Pod)
Sue Patrick’s Workbox System (Raising Olives)
Teach Me Tapes (One Little Word She Knew)
Time4Learning (Purposeful Homemaking)
The Getty Art (Homeschooling While Living the Life of Easier)
Web Design for Kids…and Curious Grown-ups (Raising Olives)
History
Expedition Earth (Confessions of a Homeschooler)
The Mystery of History (Joy and Contentment)
Mystery of History, Volume 1 { with eager hands }
Road Trip USA (Confessions of a Homeschooler)
Language Arts
All About Spelling (Raising Olives)
All About Spelling (Homeschool Creations)
Beehive Reader from All About Spelling (Raising Olives)
Bob Jones English (The Cozy Nook)
Bonnie Terry: The Comprehension Zone-Rocket Rap (Raising Olives)
Growing with Grammar (The Johns Family)
Handwriting Without Tears (Homeschool Roundup)
KinderBach (Raising Olives)
Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading (Daily Dwelling)
Presidential Penmanship (Raising Olives)
Reading Pathways (The Happy Housewife)
Rocket Phonics (Raising Olives)
Rod and Staff English (Five Js)
Rod and Staff: Follow the Plan (Possibilities and Peas)
Sequential Spelling (The Cardamom’s Pod)
Spelling Power (Smockity Frocks)
Spelling Power (The Cozy Nook)
SpellQuizzer (The Cardamom’s Pod)
Spelling Workout (The Cozy Nook)
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons (Smockity Frocks)
Wordy Qwerty (A Day in the Life)
Math
Facts First by Saxon (Raising Olives)
Horizons Math (The Cozy Nook)
Jumping Joeys Numberline (The Tuckers Take Tennessee)
Math in Focus (The Cozy Nook)
Math-U-See (Joy and Contentment)
Math-U-See (Homeschool Roundup)
Mathletics (Raising Olives)
Math Tutor: Basic Math Word Problems (Raising Olives)
Saxon K (Daily Dwelling)
The Critical Thinking Co. (my blessed life)
Time4Learning (Nutrition for Healthy Kids)
Quarter Mile Math (Raising Olives)
Science
Journey Through Learning Lapbooks & Unit studies (Raising Olives)
Shining Dawn Books: NaturExplorers (Adventures in Home Education)
The Curiosity Files Unit Studies (The Johns Family)
The Curiosity Files (Purposeful Homemaking)
The Curiosity Files (K-Tribe)
Unit Studies
My Father’s World 1st Grade (One Little Word She Knew)
Sonlight (Daily Dwelling)
The Case of The Missing Mountain (Educating Layton)
Unit Studies by Amanda Bennett (The Cardamom’s Pod)
Middle School
Electives
A Young Scholar’s Guide to Composers (Raising Olives)
Artistic Pursuits: Jr. High Color and Composition (Raising Olives)
Educaching: GPS based learning program (Raising Olives)
Jean Welles Worship Guitar Class (Raising Olives)
Nutrition 101: Choose Life (Raising Olives)
Sense and Sensibility Online Sewing Class (Raising Olives)
Tektoma (Raising Olives)
The Great Latin Adventure (A Day in the Life)
Visual Latin (Five Js)
Language Arts
IEW Student Writing Intensive (A Day in the Life)
My ACCESS! (Raising Olives)
Roots and Fruits (Raising Olives)
Winston Grammar (The Happy Housewife)
Write Source (Homeschooling While Living the Life of Easier)
Write with the Best: Vol 1 (Raising Olives)
Math
Aleks Math (Raising Olives)
Daily Word Problems (A Day in the Life)
Make it Real Learning (A Day in the Life)
Mathscore (Raising Olives)
History
Sonlight (Raising Olives)
The Mystery of History, Volume 1 { with eager hands }
The Mystery of History Vol 2. (Raising Olives)
The Story of the World (The Happy Housewife)
Science
The Story of Science (Homeschooling While Living the Life of Easier)
High School
Electives
Artistic Pursuits: Sr. High Color and Composition (Raising Olives)
Sue Gregg Cooking Class (Raising Olives)
TeenCoder (A Day in the Life)
Visual Latin (Declared Unto Him)
How To’s
Teaching High School at Home (Life as Mom)
Language Arts
One Year Adventure Novel (Five Js)
Math
Teaching Textbooks (The Happy Housewife)
Science
Apologia - Exploring Creation with Physics (Harmony Art Mom)
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Thank you for compiling all of these wonderful reviews…. it is so wonderful to get information about curriculum from trusted sources who give honest opinions!!
I wouldn’t say that all of these are “reviews” if it just links to the curriculum author’s blog. Thanks for compiling the list though! It’s nice to see what others are using and enjoying or not.
That’s a great collection, Toni! Thanks for rounding it up!
You have a great list here, but left off my favorite elementary math curriculum: Miquon math. Very hands-on, creative, great! Although, like Saxon, not complete by itself, but needs additional drill. On the plus side, it’s half the price of Saxon. You should look at it! My kids like it.
I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on Heart of Dakota curriculum. We’ve just started using if for Kindergarten. So far, so good.
These are not all unbiased. Some of these websites are the developers of the products. However it is nice to see what is available and what not. Thanks for your time and efforts! you have a great site.
I have a ton of reviews that I have done on my website at http://www.homeschool-how-to.com/homeschool-curriculum-reviews.html You’re welcome to link to those too.
This was such a great idea. Thanks for pulling it together last year. Do you plan to do this again this year? If so, I’d love to jump in again! Thanks! Becky