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Down Home Jesus Lovin' Homeschool Family
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items We stepped into homeschooling late. Grades 7 and 10. Now that we've completed one year and are about to embark on our second, here are some things that have worked for our family!
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Curriculum - Middle School
Curriculum - High School
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Curriculum - Middle School
My top picks for middle school Biblically based homeschool curriculum. What I've tried, what I'd like to try, what worked, and what didn't. I only have boys, so keep that in mind, but I don't think any of the courses I've chosen are gender specific.
I originally chose this course for my middle schooler last year (grade 7) and it was too difficult for him to understand. We decided to put a pause on it and pick it up again another year because it looks like it's going to be a really great course o...
Applied Engineering: Studies of God's Design in Nature
My middle schooler LOVED this one! There are so many fun projects included in this book, including a lot of recipes that we've been able to create together in the kitchen. There's a lot of independent reading involved, but that can always be done wit...
A Child's Geography Vol. 4: Explore Medieval Kingdoms
A really great and thorough Language Arts course for Grade 7
Language Arts: English Grade 7 Homeschool Student Kit
A great choice for middle school science! We chose this one for grade 7. Includes a lot of units on weather, animals, and plants.
Life Science Grade 7 Homeschool Student Kit
Did you know that The Good and the Beautiful have free curriculum? You just have to download it and print it yourself! We tried the Grade 7 math, and it was challenging, but he was able to do it. I know another family who also tried Grade 7 math for ...
Free Homeschool Math Curriculum | The Good and the Beautiful
Free (printable) language arts curriculum! For grades K-8, you really can't go wrong. Just gotta make sure you have enough paper and ink in your printer, because there are a LOT of papers!
Free Homeschool Language Arts Resources | The Good and the Beautiful
Here's a free unit for grades 3-8 on Marine Biology! Fun if your kids are into aquatic life
Free Homeschool Science Resources | The Good and the Beautiful
This cursive handwriting book is great for all ages, but I'll stick it in with middle school. I had both of my kids (middle school and high school) working in this book. They each had their own, and worked through it at their own pace. Handwriting is...
The Art of Cursive Handwriting Workbook
Be Internet Awesome is a great site that empowers kids to be safe online. It's free, and great for kids grades 1-7
Be Internet Awesome
We have chosen Teaching Textbooks for our middle schooler this year. He will be taking pre-algebra. They have placement tests and free trials, which count towards the full course if you continue with it. It does come with a price, but it's worth it f...
Teaching Textbooks - Pre-algebra
An easy version to read, my middle schooler really enjoyed this. He read The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe as well, but found he really liked this one, almost more! The book study we found on teachers pay teachers for a really affordable price. Let...
The Horse and His Boy in Everyday English
Purchased this for my middle schooler to work at over the summer, to keep his brain fresh. Really fast and easy assignments!
Complete MathSmart: Grade 8 (Enriched Edition)
A great resource for moms of preschool aged, right through middle school. Tons of great downloads, resources, and more! There is a free trial, to try first to see if you like it!
Elementary Resources - Kindergarten, Primary, Junior ...
My middle schooler really loved this book study. His favourite part was that we let him watch the movie after he was finished with the book. :)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Curriculum - High School
My top picks for high school Biblically based homeschool curriculum. What I've tried, what I'd like to try, what worked, and what didn't. I only have boys, so keep that in mind, but I don't think any of the courses I've chosen are gender specific.
This was a heavy course, but my Grade 10 student was able to get through most of it. It recommends Grade 9-12 but I would say it's best for Grades 10 or 11.
Jensen's Grammar
This high-school literature course covers five of the greatest life narratives of all time. Great to be used as a Language Arts credit. My high schooler found it too difficult for Grade 10, so we will revisit this one, and he will be taking this for...
Great Christian Classics
This course was full of information! We found the Money Wise course really informative. Unfortunately, as a Canadian Family, understanding American money problems was a little confusing, and it was hard for my high schooler to pay attention to the ta...
Intro to Economics : Money, History & Fiscal Faith
My high schooler took the first part of this two part course, for Grade 10 science. He really enjoyed it, and did so well that he decided to take the second part for Grade 11. Stay tuned to see how it goes!
Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology 1
This is what we will be trying for my high schoolers' Grade 11 Science. He did the first part of this in Grade 10, and excelled, so let's go for it!
Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology 2
Our pick for Grade 11 History (Social Studies). This revised version is in full colour for better engagement, and includes the So Noted complete commentary of Genesis
World History
Excited to try this all-in-one Language Arts course - contains everything from book studies to grammar to spelling...all in one (large) book. I'm so glad I won't have to supplement with anything else for Language Arts this year
Language Lessons for a Living Education 11
I am MOST excited about this Consumer Math High School course!! Having a high schooler who has struggled immensely with high school math (algebra and geometry), this is something that is totally up his alley, and something I know he will excel at. Th...
Consumer Math
This was a great book study for high school.
Treasure Island
I really like using IXL for high school, but it can be used for all grades! It's not free, but it boasts a plethora of information, and the fee really isn't too bad when you think about what you're getting. You will never wonder if your kid knows eno...
Enrich your homeschool experience with IXL
Alison offers Free Online IT and Computing Courses! For anyone high school to adult, there's a lot of information to learn
Free Online IT and Computing Courses | Alison
Created by Dave Ramsey, this course will help give teens and adults a solid foundation on how to properly use our money
Financial Peace University
My high schooler took the Geometry course last year, and while he did pass, he really struggled. It was easier than trying to do it on his own (We tried master books geometry first) so teaching textbooks was the right decision. I'm glad we have pivot...
Teaching Textbooks - Geometry
We are going to study this book as part of social studies this year. I may also get my middle schooler to read it with us. We will watch the movie after we have completed this book study.
The Hiding Place
We read and did a report on the life of this amazing man. It's a very short version of his story, but I didn't want to subject my high schooler to such a huge book in the middle of the school year.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: In the Midst of Wickedness
FREE Curriculum/Units/Assignments
The internet has a plethora of free resources for homeschooling families! I've included my tried and true resources that I continually go back to, and I've also included many other great options, that may not have worked for me, but are worth trying!
Have you heard of Teachers Pay Teachers? It's an incredible resource, filled with tons of FREE units, assignments, tips, tricks, you name it. Of course, you can pay for a lot of it too, but there are a LOT of free things, as well as a lot of things f...
Teachers Pay Teachers
Easy Peasy All-in-one Homeschool AND Easy Peasy All-in-one Highschool have been GREAT tools to have. When Science wasn't working for my middle schooler, we pivoted to the free Zoology course on Easy Peasy. And it really was easy peasy! My middle scho...
Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool
This free Theology program is great for anyone ages 14+ - even adults!
The Theology Program | Bible.org
This book is available to be downloaded for free, and is a manual for studying the Bible period by period. Great for high school students.
The Bible Period by Period by Josiah Blake Tidwell
This site is so great! Something for every single age -- and easy ways to connect God's word with what's going on in our every day lives.
Creative Bible Study for All Ages
If you haven't checked out Bible Project, I highly suggest it. Very engaging videos, that the whole family loves. We've learned a lot from Bible Project videos!
Short Animated Bible Videos | Watch and Download for Free
This is a great free rescource! Teach real-world finance and practical life skills with Banzai's free interactive financial education platform.
FREE financial literacy education and life skills training | Banzai
This graphics-based computer science curriculum is taught using Python. Each course includes interactive notes, automatically graded exercises, creative tasks, and projects. And it's free!!
CMU CS Academy
Khan Academy boasts a large number of FREE courses, lessons, and ways to practice and hone in on a skill that you're struggling. Really nice to use as a supplement to the curriculum you already use.
Khan Academy
Master the use of Excel in this free course!
Compute Expert - The Place to Learn Excel
This curriculum, created by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, covers a wide range of topics including computing systems, programming, and creating media. And again! FREE!!
The Computing Curriculum | Free Teaching Resources
Family Devotional Tools
The way I've been structuring family devotions, is going through a question and answer book. I also will create my own ‘worksheets’ out of the information provided. It helps my kids to be able to follow along and pay attention. Here are some of the t...
Great addition to our homeschool! I was able to listen to the author speak at a coference in March 2025. Very great, down to earth guy who teaches the bible correctly
Foundational Truths: A Modern Catechism
We went through this book as part of our morning routine during the week. I had my kids find the verses that were mentioned in the chapter we were reading, and we would go through it together. Really sparked some interesting conversations, and answer...
77 FAQs About God and the Bible
Let's be real, even teens don't like sitting and listening to mom and dad drone on and on with a boring devotional. These are actually exciting, and they're SHORT and SWEET. This book helps kids, teens, and parents strengthen faith, build bonds, and ...
The 52-Week Family Devotional: 5-Minute Devotions
Max Lucado really has an incredible way of grabbing the attention of kids. Grace for the Moment, is exactly that.
Grace for the Moment: 365 Devotions for Kids
A great book to go through together as a family.
What We Believe Series, Who is God? And Can I Really Know Him? Volume 1
A great book to go through together as a family.
Who Am I? What We Believe, Volume 2
Another good option to use as a devotional. Could go through one argument per day, or per week, depending on how in depth you want to go, and the ages of your kids.
Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy, and Science
Another great devotional option
The Bible Recap
I was SO excited to see a student version of this book! I absolutely love the original version, can't wait to introduce it to my kids. It's available on amazon to pre-order!
Another Gospel? Student Edition: Christian Truth
Adventures in Odyssey has been around since I was a child, and they're still coming out with new content. These fun mealtime devotions are great conversation starters
Whit's End Mealtime Devotions: 90 Faith Ideas