Resources

Curriculum We Recommend:
– Parent Child Journal
– Thinking Tree Curriculum (Writing)
– Hooked on Phonics (Reading)
– Preschool Prep (Reading)
– Beast Academy (Math and Science Options)
– Life of Fred (Math)
– AOPS (Math)
– Learning Without Tears (Handwriting)
– Spelling U See (Spelling)
–IEW (Writing)
– Story of the World (History)
–The Sassafras Science Adventures (Science -but will need additional supplements)
– Systematic Theology Workbook (Bible)

Social Emotional and Special Needs Resources:
– Liquid Timer
– Warmies (Comfort Pal)
– Dyslexia Games and Curriculum
– Communication and Choices Game
– Yeti Mindfulness Free Resources
– Emotional Water Toy
– Mind Up Brain Buddies

Advanced Courses:
–ASU Early College Credit
–BerkeleyX: The Science of Happiness
–Introduction to Statistics
–An Introduction to Physics
–Blue Ridge Community College (One Free Class)
–California Baptist University (One Free Class)
–Anna Maria College (Must apply for dual enrollment)

Other General Resources:
– The Ocean Network
– Easy Peasy Free Online Homeschool
– Starfall (Learn to Read- Physical Curriculum)
– Book Screening
– Dolly Parton Imagination Library (ages 0-4)

Supplemental Learning:
– Prodigy (Math)
– Night Zookeeper (Writing)
– Education.com (Math & ELA)
– Freckle (Math & ELA)
– Starfall (Reading and Math Games)
–Vooks (Reading)
– EPIC (Reading)
– Kanopy (Multimedia)

Books for Parents:
– The Underground History of American Education, Volume I
– The 5 Love Languages of Children
– Praying Circles around Your Children
– Love Lives Here: Finding What You Need in a World Telling You What You Want
– Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode–and into a Life of Connection and Joy
– Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
– Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids
– Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
– The List is Growing! Check out new additions here: Amazon

Pre-K (ages 0-4)
– A Little SPOT: My First Emotions
– Bear Counts (The Bear Books)
– Kindness Makes Us Strong
– How Do I Feel?: A little guide to my emotions (First Emotions)
– Little Blue Truck
– Llama Llama Feelings
– Toes, Ears, & Nose! A Lift-the-Flap Book
– Where Is Baby’s Belly Button? A Lift-the-Flap Book
– Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book
– Peek-a Who? (Lift the Flap Books, Interactive Books for Kids, Interactive Read Aloud Books)
– The Little Engine That Could (Original Classic Edition)
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Kindergarten (ages 5-7)
– The Day the Crayons Quit
– The Girl and the Dinosaur
– Leaf
– Little Sock
– Don’t Forget to Remember
– Woodland Dance! (Boynton on Board)
– Your Forest (Your Places)
– The Shapes Trilogy Series 3 Books Collection Set By Mac Barnett (Triangle, Square, Circle)
– A Little SPOT of Feelings: Emotion Detective
– Hello, Ninja
– Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

First Grade (ages 6-8)
– We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States
– Aesop’s Fables Hardcover: The Classic Edition by acclaimed illustrator, Charles Santore (Charles Santore Children’s Classics)
– The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Picture Book Edition (Chronicles of Narnia)
– Maybelle the Cable Car
– Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner
– If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
– My Mouth Is A Volcano: A Picture Book About Interrupting
– We Don’t Eat Our Classmates: A Penelope Rex Book
– An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
– Firebird
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Second Grade (ages 7- 9)
– Persnickity (Serendipity)
– Stuart Little (A Harper Trophy Book)
– Mercy Watson Boxed Set: Adventures of a Porcine Wonder: Books 1-6
– The Heath Cousins and the Moonstone Cave: Book 1 in the Heath Cousins Series
– The Best Seat in Second Grade: A Back to School Book for Kids (I Can Read Level 2)
– On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness: The Wingfeather Saga Book 1
– The World of Beverly Cleary
– The Green Ember (The Green Ember Series Book 1)
– Amazing Sharks! 
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Third Grade (ages 8-9)
– Dealing with Dragons: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book One
– Sir Cumference Gets Decima’s Point
– The Mysterious Light (Jack Jones)
– The Secret of the Old Clock: Nancy Drew Mysteries Book 1
– Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
– The Box-Car Children
– 100 Cupboards (100 Cupboards Book 1) (The 100 Cupboards)
– Dandelion Cottage
– The Wild Robot
– Charlotte’s Web (A Newbery Honor Award Winner)
–The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Fourth Grade (ages 9-10)
– Small Flames: Zuri the Golden Dragon
– Sarah, Plain and Tall
– The Dragons of Blueland
– The Storm Book
– The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers
– Recruited by the FBI
– The Tuttle Twins Learn About the Law
– Awful Egyptians (Horrible Histories)
– Princess Academy
– Little House in the Big Woods
– City Spies
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Fifth Grade (ages 10-11)
– Love Does for Kids
– Fablehaven
– The Girl Who Drank the Moon
– The Key House (The Noland Kids Adventure Series)
– Lightningborn: (Storm Dragons, Book 1)
– Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
– The Call of the Wild
– Bridge to Terabithia
– A Series of Unfortunate Events #1
–The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Sixth Grade (ages 11-12)
– Light: A Fairy Tale (Fairy Tale Physics)
– Across the Desert
– Bella Arabella
– The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of the Classic Fantasy Novel (Hobbit Fantasy Classic)
– Watership Down: The Graphic Novel
– Illustrated Classics – Journey To The Center of The Earth
– Treasure Island
– A Hundred Horses
– Everybody, Always for Kids
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Seventh Grade (ages 12-13)
– The Snow Pony Mystery
– The City of Ember (The City of Ember Book 1)
– Inside Out and Back Again
– Number the Stars
– Tuck Everlasting
– The Book Thief
– The Outsiders
– Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II
– Refugee
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Eighth Grade (Ages 13-15)
– Soul Surfer
– Treasure Island 
– Journey to the Center of the Earth
– Around the World in Eighty Days (Illustrated)
– The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
– The Three Musketeers
– Pippi Longstocking
– My Sister’s Keeper
– Found (The Missing, Book 1)
– DragonSpell (Dragon Keepers Chronicles, Book 1)
– Flight #116 Is Down!
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Nineth Grade (Ages 14-15)
– The Lost King’s Daughter
– Caroline’s Purpose
– David Copperfield
– The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
– Secretariat
– The Little Prince
– I Am a Cat
– Hidden Figures
– Night
– Out of the Silent Planet
– Seabiscuit
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Tenth Grade (Ages 15-16)
– Seventh Dimension
– The Finest Hours
– True Spirit: The True Story of a 16-Year-Old Australian Who Sailed Solo
– A Good Kind of Trouble
– Piecing Me Together
– Fahrenheit 451
– Animal Farm
– A Christmas Carol
– The Last Unicorn
– The Princess Bride
– Sold on a Monday
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Eleventh Grade (Ages 16-17)
– Forged by Fire
– A Wagon Train Weekend
– An American Plague
– Unbroken
– The Great Gatsby
– Frankenstein
– The Last of the Mohicans
– Moby Dick
– Brave New World
– The Count of Monte Cristo
– Firekeeper’s Daughter
– Black Like Me
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon

Twelfth Grade (17+)
– I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
– The Hate U Give
– Fire in Beulah
– This Present Darkness/Piercing the Darkness
– An Accidental Spy 
– End of the Spear
– The Ragamuffin Gospel
– Dream Big
– A Week in the Life of a Slave
– Reflections on the Psalms
– The Screwtape Letters
– The Entire List can be found here: Amazon