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Curriculum

A collection of 11 posts

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Choosing a world history curriculum: Curiosity Chronicles

A look at the reasons we chose the Curiosity Chronicles curriculum, and how we're using it.

The covers of three levels of Exploring the World through Story side-by-side: D, E, and F

Exploring the World through Story

First impressions of Exploring the World through Story, a literature-based curriculum.

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Free homeschool curriculum

There are outstanding free educational materials available to homeschoolers, including many aligned to common core standards. I've collected a list.

Young girl following a typing lesson on a laptop.

Typing lessons

Some things about homeschooling are so dead simple, there's not much to say about them. That doesn't necessarily mean it's not worth saying anything, though. I figured it would be good for Wanda to know how to type. I googled "online typing lessons&

Beast Academy Math

Beast Academy Math

Our math curriculum, Beast Academy [https://beastacademy.com/], is an unusual one: it's comic books. It’s a strong curriculum, but not likely a great fit for many kids, so I can’t give it a blanket “use this!” recommendation. (For a more general math curriculum recommendation, take

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How I got started with homeschooling

Here are the steps and phases I went through as we were first getting a foothold on homeschooling. If I knew back in 2019 what I know now in 2021, I'd skip some of this and get straight to the good stuff. First stop was figuring out the

Michael Clay Thompson

Michael Clay Thompson

This is the language arts curriculum that's given us the best learning: Michael Clay Thompson. Pictured is the first level, "Island." This curriculum works quite differently from our other language arts curriculum, Logic of English, and I'm finding it to be a much better

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Phonics curriculum: Logic of English Foundations

In my last post, I mentioned that I'm using a few different pieces for language arts [https://homeschool.humuhumu.com/language-arts/]. Here's some of the promised detail, this time about the curriculum we're using from Logic of English, called Foundations. This is our phonics

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Language arts

This one has not been a smooth road, lots of figuring things out as I go along, lots of experimenting and course correction. I read through alllll the California state standards for language arts at each grade level, and I can pretty well figure out where my kid sits on

Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding

Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding

Here's my biggest-bang-for-the-buck curriculum: Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding. The name may not be catchy, but it's accurate—it does what it says on the tin. In homeschooling circles it's commonly shortened to BFSU. I love this book, because it truly does step you

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Our curriculum

By far, the number one question I get asked about homeschooling is what I use for curriculum. It’s not an easily answered question, so I’m writing it all up here. Given the current state of things, I thought some folks might find it relevant. This is what I