After four years of homeschooling, I'm compiling my favorite things to foster learning at home!
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Planning & Organizing
Language Arts
Modest-Mom Approved Books for Independent Reading
Math
Planning & Organizing
I created this Google Sheets template to help homeschool parents plan and schedule the entire school year! Visit me on TikTok (@yep648) for multiple video explanations! The template download also comes with a video explanation on how to enter your ow...
Homeschool Planner | Google Sheet
Language Arts
We absolutely loved Year 1 Level A of IEW for my 9 & 11 year old! We've recently started Year 2 Level A because we can't get enough of Andrew Pudewa.
Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level A Premier [Forever Streaming] UNAVAILABLE | SSS-1A-PREM-FS
SO GOOD. One of the few things my kids NEVER complain about during our school day.
Fix It! Grammar: Level 1 Nose Tree [Teacher/Student Combo] | FIX-L1-TS
For early literacy - matching written words with pictures to see that words have meaning
Phonetic Reading Cards Level 1 (5 packets)
Used as prompts for storytelling, sentence formulation, verb tense, and sentence expansion
What's Going on Here? Conversation Flashcards
Used as prompts for storytelling, sentence formulation, verb tense, and sentence expansion
Animal Village Create A Story Pre-Literacy Cards
Used to practice making connections and forming meaningful sentences
Go Together Flash Cards - 50 Realistic Matching Cards for Therapy & Learning
Used for naming people, places, and things, and forming noun-based sentences
50 Noun Flashcards Picture & Word Cards
Noun picture cards: Used for naming people, places, and things, and forming noun-based sentences
Verb picture cards: Used to identify and practice action words and build sentences
Adjective cards: Used to add descriptive details to nouns
School Zone Nouns, Verbs & More Game Cards
Modest-Mom Approved Books for Independent Reading
Tired of not letting my kids check out books at the library for fear of undesired content, so I created this book prompt on ChatGPT so that I can run any title through a strict filter. This pdf includes an in-depth description of the filter, a pre-ap...
Safe and Virtuous | A Christian Reading Guide for Kids
Fast reads with mild adventure; strong family teamwork; no adult themes and very low conflict.
The Boxcar Children Bookshelf: Mysteries 1-12
Short and gentle frontier stories about family and belonging; clean and heartwarming.
Sarah, Plain and Tall Complete Set Series
Gentle, small-town stories with wholesome family relationships and subtle humor.
The Moffats 4-Book Classic Children's Set
Very similar to Little House but with a “boy grows up ranch life” focus; wholesome values, frontier work and family life.
Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
Rustic adventure living in the wild — survival with nature focus and very little human conflict.
My Side of the Mountain Trilogy Box Set
Classic survival tale that’s clean and character-building; some emotional depth but no romance.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Loved by young men for nature/adventure; though some intense survival scenes.
Complete Hatchet Set (Hatchet & Brian Series)
Lovely character growth with light humor; very mild sass but grows into virtue.
Anne of Green Gables
Clean fantasy adventure about courage and loyalty (no human relationships/romance).
The Official Green Ember Series 4 Book Set + Activity Book
Frontier adventure much like Hatchet but with historical setting; very little modern content.
Tucket's Travels: Francis Tucket's Adventures
Older classic with family focus and no romantic subplots; excellent for imagination.
The Swiss Family Robinson (Illustrated Classic)
Math
For real-life math practice! Perfect for pretend play.
Pretend & Play Calculator Cash Register | Learning Resources