Oak Meadow has offered innovative, creative, and independent learning materials for homeschooling families around the world for 35 years. Oak Meadow offers both a complete, creative, and well-rounded curriculum designed for homeschooling families and a distance learning school with teacher support and full academic credit.
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Online G3 classes
Online G3 is an online class provider for humanities instruction. It is geared to gifted/advanced learners working at a middle school or high school level. It also has a sister academy for upper elementary ages, Athena's Advanced Academy (Online A3): http://www.athenasacademy.com/
Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading
The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading is a complete phonics program- very inexpensive, comprehensive, and so easy to use. Little to no parent preparation required. Lessons are scripted to make it even more simple if you wish. Once complete, your child will be reading on a fourth grade level. The program uses a no Continue reading »
Our America Series
Finn's & Ginny's parents are lost back in time, and the two young twins have decided to go back to early America to find them. In the first book of The Our America series, The Pilgrim Adventure, they discover that the Pilgrims had far more adventures than they had ever realized. Their second American adventure Continue reading »
PandaTree
PandaTree offers live, online, one-on-one foreign language lessons in Mandarin and Spanish. Carefully screened, friendly tutors make it fun for kids ages 5-15 to build language fluency. Immersion-style lessons happen on the proprietary PandaTreeLive! video platform using interactive standards-based curriculum developed by PandaTree. Lessons are designed to get kids engaged and talking with content modules, Continue reading »
Phonics Pathways
Clear Steps to Easy Reading and Spelling by Dolores G. Hiskes
Phonics Road to Spelling and Reading
Phonics Road to Spelling and Reading is an all inclusive Language Arts program. Strong in all areas except perhaps writing. A child as early as 5 years can begin. DVDs are included with teacher manual for easy prep. Great Grammar Tunes help kids remember all the rules and exceptions.
Pinwheels Program
"Pinwheels [by Rooted in Language] is a comprehensive literacy program for new readers and writers . . . Within each level of Pinwheels, children learn to use their verbal language skills to strengthen their new literacy skills, layering speaking, listening, reading, and writing for a comprehensive understanding of language arts. "Across Pinwheels, students will develop Continue reading »
powerspeaK¹²
Foreign language educational services created for online delivery to students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Curricula are self-paced, including age-appropriate content, games, and culturally relevant activities. Graphics, videos, music, and games encourage multi-sensory learning and promote retention of material.
Practical Proverbs
The Practical Proverbs series by Dara Halydier will take the student deep into God’s word. Practical Proverbs for Younger Students is a 36 lesson workbook for 4th- 8th graders that covers subjects at that maturity level such as self-esteem, anger, relationships, trust, truth, modesty, money, words, etc. After each lesson are 1 to 2 worksheets Continue reading »
Primary Phonics
Primary Phonics is made by the same publisher as Explode the Code and has a similar feel. Primary Phonics is repetitious, ensuring mastery. Multiple workbooks and storybooks are available for each level.
Progeny Press Literature Guides
Progeny Press offers dozens of study guides to accompany literature for all grade levels. Each guide is presented from a Christian perspective, and asks questions related to understanding the story, vocabulary, and deeper themes. Accompanying activity suggestions are also included. These study guides are designed to allow parents a choice in the literature studied in Continue reading »
Reading Eggs
Reading Eggs is an online reading resource with hundreds of online reading lessons and thousands of e-books for 2-13 year olds who are learning to read. The content contains interactive animations, fun games, great songs and lots of rewards. It supports each child’s learning by offering individual, one-on-one lessons that allow children to progress at Continue reading »
Real Science 4 Kids
Real Science 4 Kids is a worldview-neutral curriculum that focuses on real science and gives your kids the tools to evaluate both philosophical and religious perspectives. It was designed by a homeschool mom, Dr. Rebecca Keller, who has a PhD in Biophysical Chemistry. The curriculum covers chemistry, biology, physics, geology and astronomy. Dr. Keller's philosophy Continue reading »
REAL Science Odyssey
REAL Science Odyssey is a secular homeschool science curriculum from Pandia Press for students grades K through 10. Elementary (Level One) topics are presented in entertaining story-like formats, followed by hands-on activities, background science information, parent instructions, labs, reading lists, journaling ideas, and websites. Level One titles: Life, Astronomy, Earth & Environment, Chemistry, and Physics. Continue reading »
RightStart Mathematics
This curriculum is divided into levels rather than grades and features extensive use of hands-on materials. The course is workbook-based and employs a great deal of interaction with an abacus and other counting skills. The publisher says that incorporating the abacus into the training allows the teachers “to provide a visual, auditory, and kinesthetic experience” Continue reading »
Robinson Curriculum
Created by Dr. Art Robinson to homeschool his children after the death of his wife, the Robinson Curriculum is known for allowing children to self-teach. Children using this curriculum are able to advance at their own rate through learning of skills and facts whether or not their parents have this knowledge - and to do Continue reading »
Rosetta Stone
"Rosetta Stone Homeschool is a powerful learning tool that provides students with an immersive, interactive and engaging language-learning experience while also giving parents the tools and resources needed to track and manage student progress. Utilizing a variety of immersion techniques and administrative features, the software accelerates language learning and provides quantifiable measurements of success. Rosetta Continue reading »
Sassafras Science
Sassafras Science is a secular science program co-authored by Johnny Congo and Paige Hudson available through Elemental Science. Each program starts with an action-packed novel following the Sassafras twins as they travel around the world on an invisible zip line invented by their eccentric Uncle Cecil. The Sassafras Series Adventure books are designed for grades Continue reading »
Saxon Math
According to its publisher, “Saxon Math is the only major math program on the market today that systematically distributes instruction, practice, and assessment throughout the academic year as opposed to concentrating, or massing, related concepts into a short period of time--usually within a unit or chapter. Saxon Math's approach to math instruction ensures that students Continue reading »
Saxon Phonics
Saxon Phonics provides comprehensive solutions to teach reading that target foundational skills using a unique research-based method. The curriculum includes a multi-sensory approach that engages the visual, auditory, and tactile senses. Saxon Reading is based on current research that indicates that the most successful phonics programs include daily oral language activities, phoneme play, immediate follow-up Continue reading »
Science for High School in Your Home
Science for High School in Your Home is designed for the three textbooks, Biology, Chemistry and Physical Science, to be the leaping off points for students to do independent research to fully understand the concepts introduced at the beginning of the week. At the end of the week, the student will explain the concept, take Continue reading »
Sequential Spelling
Sequential Spelling uses spelling lists which build on words to help children spell bigger words. For example, if they can spell stand, they can spell understand and misunderstand and misunderstanding. The sequences are not based on grade level curriculum. The sequences are based on building from easy words to advanced words as from all, tall, Continue reading »
Seton Home Study School
Seton Home Study School offers both curriculum resources for Catholic families and online courses. Seton's Home Study School is an accredited school offering diplomas to high school students. Seton Home Study School is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. They are also internationally accredited by AdvancED (of which SACS is a member), Continue reading »
Shiller Math
ShillerMath is a complete Montessori-based math curriculum solution for ages 4-12 for the home. The course addresses 6 areas of learning: Kinesthetic, Visual, Auditory, Tactile, Writing, and Mental. The curriculum itself is completely scripted and involves a great deal of movement from the students and instructors.
Shurley English
This curriculum was specifically written for Homeschool students K through 7. Materials for each grade level are sold in a kit package. A kit contains everything needed to teach one child for an entire school year. Each kit contains a Teacher's Manual, a Student Workbook and a Audio CD. Bible-related activities, writing assignments, and sentences Continue reading »
Signing Time Videos
Signing Time videos are resources for teaching your baby-elementary-aged child (even parents!) sign language. They have excellent visuals and music.
Sing, Spell, Read and Write
Sing, Spell, Read and Write is a learning-to-read curriculum that uses a 36-step program of carefully sequenced systematic, explicit phonics instruction to build fluent independent readers. Using look, listen, point, sing-along, and echo routines along with gross motor and fine motor activities, the program actively engages the senses and effectively reaches all types of learners. Continue reading »
Singapore Math
Singapore Math is a curriculum modeled on the way math is taught in Singapore. Children in Singapore traditionally score highly in math when compared to those in other countries. Singapore method is demanding and relies heavily on mastery of the material. There are textbooks, workbooks, manipulative and teacher’s guides for each grade run from $9 Continue reading »
Singapore Science
Singapore Science course materials are based on the science curricula presented in the Singapore Public schools. The elaborate curricula cover many subjects, and are based on the inquiry method of study. The publishers caution that some of the practicals are not appropriate for home schooling. Materials include texts, workbooks and teacher’s editions for various grade Continue reading »
Sonlight
Sonlight Curriculum provides quality, literature-rich K-12 Christian homeschool curriculum and related educational products, resources, and programs. Sonlight is a Christian company specializing in literature-based homeschool curriculum programs which selects engaging books and readers that cover topics such as Bible, history, language arts, handwriting, math, science, and more. They provide complete homeschool curriculum packages and individual Continue reading »
Spectrum
Spectrum offers supplemental workbooks in the following subjects: Math, Early Childhood Reading & Language Arts, Science, Social Studies and Testing. The materials are grade appropriate, but there are not materials for every grade.
Spell to Write and Read
Spell to Write and Read is a language arts, spelling, and grammar program inspired by The Writing Road to Reading. Spell to Write and Read works from some of the same outstanding sources that Romalda Spalding used in The Writing Road to Reading. Both systems draw from the 70 Phonograms (the sound-letter system to the Continue reading »
Spelling City
SpellingCity offers a fun and easy way to practice spelling words and vocabulary. Teachers and parents can create their own spelling lists, save lists, share lists or use those already provided. Students enjoy the benefit of hearing the 43,000+ words and sentences spoken by a “real” human voice. Users have a variety of options available, such as the ability to see spelling words in flashcard format, hear them spoken by a real human voice, play games with the words, and even take practice spelling tests. With each created list, a student has the option to: Teach Me, Test Me, or Play A Game. The "Teach Me" option allows students to reflect on each word of their spelling list while the list and coordinating sentence are being read aloud. The "Test Me" option allows students to take a test from any spelling list at any time. This test option gives the students the ability to hear just the word or have a sentence read. The "Play A Game" option allows students to play a variety of learning games with any spelling list. SpellingCity offers learning games such as HangMouse, Word Search, Unscramble, and many more. Continue reading »
Spelling Power
Spelling Power gives your children the opportunity to master the 5,000 most frequently used words at their own pace — in just 15 minutes a day — using research-proven strategies. Everything you need to teach your entire family is found in the one "Big Orange Book". Spelling Power is written by a home educator for Continue reading »
Spelling Wisdom
This is a series of books designed to teach spelling using the Charlotte Mason method. Both British and American versions are available. Each book gives dictations out of what they describe as 'the writings of great men and women of history' using 6000 of the most frequently used words in the English language. The child Continue reading »
Stanford Online High School (OHS)
Stanford Online High School (OHS), accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), is a selective school for grades 7–12 that brings together top students from across the world who seek a rigorous education. Their academic program includes a wide range of AP and university-level courses, and students are placed based on ability. Continue reading »
Starfall
Starfall offers both a free online phonics/reading program and a (fee-based) reading/language arts curriculum that is "magical, creative, sequential, integrated, and combines content area instruction in Social Studies and Science - that's kindergarten, the Starfall Way. Starfall uses fantasy as a springboard for motivating children to use their natural sense of wonder and curiosity to Continue reading »
Streams of Civilization
Streams of Civilization is a two volume set of history stretching from Creation through 20th Century American history. The material gives both evolutionary and creationism points of view for natural history and a Judeo-Christian perspective for world political history. The texts also include a list of important words and concepts at the end of the Continue reading »
Supercharged Science
This is a complete hands-on online science curriculum for homeschoolers taught by Aurora Lipper, a former Mechanical Engineering instructor at Cal Poly University. It is designed to be totally kid-friendly so that you can just point your kids to their next science lesson. The curriculum includes videos, texts, homework, a teleclass featuring the textbook author, Continue reading »