My daughter is in the middle of tenth grade, so we are reaching our tenth year marker for homeschooling! If I had to do it all over again, I would probably tweak a few things here and there curriculum-wise. Mostly, I would use LESS, not more. Below are my favorite choices from over the years:
Reading
Pre-K/K - Learn to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
also: read lots and lots of books! Fiction and Non-fiction!
Middle/High School: BJU Literature
Writing
Pre-K - 4th - Handwriting Without Tears
2nd - How to Write a Paragraph (workbook)
3rd - 9th - Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) levels A, B, C
7th - 9th - Unjournaling
Spelling
K - 6th - for natural spellers: Spelling Plus
or: for not-so-natural spellers: Sequential Spelling
also: The Logic of English (book and maybe curriculum)
Vocabulary
7th - 12th - Wordly Wise
Grammar
4th - Junior Analytical Grammar
7th - 11th Analytical Grammar
'Rithmetic
K - 8th - A Beka Math
also: Right Start Math Games
9th - Teaching Textbooks Algebra
10th - Teaching Textbooks Geometry
also: ALEKS
Science
K - 2nd - A Beka Science
also: Rub a Dub Dub, Science in the Tub
3rd - 6th Apologia Junior series (Botany, Flying Creatures, Swimming Creatures, etc.)
7th - 12th Apologia series (General, Physical, Biology, etc.)
History
2nd - 4th - Mystery of History I (MOH)
4th - MOH II
5th - MOH III
7th - MOH IV
8th - MOH I (again)
9th - MOH II
10th - MOH III
11th - 12th - MOH IV
supplement with library books!
Geography
2nd - 7th grade - Maps, Charts, Graphs workbooks, levels A - H
Foreign Language (Spanish)
4th - La Clase Divertida 1
6th - La Clase Divertida 2
8th - La Clase Divertida 3
Foreign Language (Latin)
9th - Getting Started with Latin
10th - Linney's Latin (free online)
Must-Read Read-Alouds
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Goodnight Moon
Little House on the Prairie (series)
Julie of the Wolves (trilogy)
Henry Reed (series)
Pippi Longstocking (series)
The Chronicles of Narnia (series)
Left Behind - (kids series)
Left Behind - (adult series - PG)
Brother Andrew
The Hiding Place (PG)
China Cry (PG)
If I Perish
The Wheel on the School
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Giver
This Present Darkness (PG)
Not a Fan
So, What's the Difference?
It Couldn't Just Happen
Princess and the Kiss
Squire and the Scroll
Before You Meet Prince Charming
I Kissed Dating Goodbye
Chester the Crab Comix (read on their own!)
Young Peacemaker Comics
