My thought process for choosing curriculum for next year - homeschool history, science & Bible

Hey Friends! I know we all see YouTube homeschool moms who share all of their curriculum choices each year. But we all go through the process of narrowing down our curriculum choices, weighing options for what would best suit our children's needs, what types of curriculum we prefer to teach, and about a hundred other decisions that goes into the process of choosing curriculum. I'm in that stage right now for next year, and I want to share my thought process for choosing curriculum, what we've enjoyed and might continue to use, and what we are totally changing. None of this is set in stone, but it's more of my thinking out loud and sharing my thoughts with you as we start to make curriculum decisions for next year.

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[amandab.]

I love the concept of this video. I wish more people would do videos of this sort, working through their thought process.

[amandab.]

I've had the same struggles with history, there aspects I like of the different styles. So I think what I decided to do is use Master Books America's or World's story as a spine, and pull in the book list from Sunlight for the corresponding topic (either American or world history), to get those great extra books in!

[Yarngoodcrochet]

It sounds like you would enjoy the answers in genesis ABC homeschool curriculum. It isn’t bible stories, it delves deep into different subjects and the character of God. It is amazing. I wanted something deeper this year for my 2, 3, 4th graders. They love it 🙂

[kiras]

We started this year for my 5th grade son with Beautiful Feet Books American History Intermediate because I didn’t want to do the “boring” textbook approach, but it actually wasn’t right for us and we ended up switching to Notgrass America the Beautiful and we are loving it! It really is not a typical textbook/traditional curriculum even though at first glance it looks that way. It is kind of like a unit study organized into textbook form and it also has an optional literature portion as well which we are doing also. I do separate the lessons into 2 days. So we do the textbook reading the 1st day and the various activities (map work, timeline, historical poems letters, songs, speeches, etc.book) and literature reading the 2nd day. I think it is worth looking more into while you make your decision.

[EverydayArmyWife]

Consider adding audiobooks to your history choice. That takes the stress off of having to read the chapter books but everyone can still listen to them while you tend to baby.

[jenniferchildress]

The Mennonite curriculums, Christian Light and Rod and Staff, have in depth Bible studies for homeschoolers. They don’t get too specific on differing theologies, they stick to mainstream Christian ideas but they teach you to dissect what is in the Bible. A lot of chronological history.

[PenniesAndSalt]

We used America’s Story 1 with Story of the world Volume 3. The timeline lines up perfectly and it was great to read about what was happening in the world while each event was happening in America. We used SOTW more as a read aloud and America’s Story as an actual curriculum.

[patriciajackson]

Now I'm very curious for your math & LA video!

[cortneymckinney]

Thank you for doing this early!! I love it! Most people wait until the new school year starts or right before, and it’s too late! I hope you are feeling well! ❤️

[shelbybuttimer]

I appreciate videos like these so much. I know a few homeschooling moms from a local group in our small town, but if I ask what curriculum they use, I’m met with blank stares and shrugs. “A bit of this and a bit of that.” Or, “whatever we’re into at the moment.”

I was starting to feel like I was crazy overthinking it all, looking at different curricula, thinking about what we liked and didn’t like, what worked and didn’t work. I’m glad there are other homeschooling moms who put a lot of thought into it. This is our first year homeschooling and it’s been such a journey and we’ve both learned so much. I’m already excited for next year.

[brendahowell]

I think it's so important to go deeper with kids than the normal Bible stories. Life is hard now a days. We tell are kids not to lie, steal ETC but they need.know why. They need learn when little how to live a godly life. So many false teachings now a days!!!

[courtneyhaas]

I’m going through the same thing with bible this year! I’m looking at Christian light education bible curriculum for next year and it looks really good from my initial research!

[pajamamama]

I enjoyed this video and your thought process. You're blessed that you can use standard curriculum and not be concerned with special needs or artistic students. Your children sound very smart and academic. I hope your newborn will be an easy baby

[kristinmariejesch]

I loved the idea of a literature based history program (and still do) but my kids haven't always been interested in the books I wanted to read. I have really enjoyed Notgrass because the incorporate stories in many of the lessons. It's also nice because if we are not very interested in a topic we can move on and not feel like we are stuck in a long book. We read several of the suggested chapter books along with it, but not all of them. They have an additional list of books beyond their book pack. I am excited to try the World Geography program from Beautiful Feet next year though. Enjoyed hearing your thoughts about it all! Totally agree with you about spending a year on birds lol.

[karivanhorn]

We use Positive Action for Bible and we love it!! We are also going to rotate using Not consumed studies (like my brother's keeper and contentment)

[trishacastle]

I had the same desires for Bible curriculum and found Positive Action and have really enjoyed it!

[readingbliss]

We are 2nd grade using Beautiful Feet Around the World part 2 for world history/geography, Logic of English level D for phonics, the old edition of The Good and The Beautiful level 2 for grammar plus a Teacher Pay Teachers worksheet compilation for grammar practice, Memoria Press for spelling, Masterbooks/Sassafras and misc for science. We are making a change in our math from Singapore to Math U See because Singapore was too fast-paced for my son. We will do several other things this year but these are the main ones. We have enjoyed all of these but we just started Sassafras so I can’t speak to that one. I am very thankful for each one of these curriculums bc they really helped me and my son make the most of this homeschooling journey. I would highly recommend any of these if it fits your learning and format styles.

[ashleyacosta]

Masterbooks God’s Design is great. The science lessons are short and easy. Worksheets are available in the teachers guide.

[Deb]

I love curriculum talk! A couple thoughts for your history. We have used Sonlight for 4 years and love it! They have world history in 2 years, HBL B & C. It is geared for kids a little younger than yours but even I learned so much through it! One down fall would be the family read alounds and student readers don't correlate to the history cycle but thats pretty easy to supplement. The book A Child's History of the World is excellent. They also have a 2year cycle for older kids, HBL G & H. They use Story of the World but use 2 books/year. My SIL is using SOTW this year and they're on their third book I think. If your just reading through it, it sounds easy to get through more than one a year. It was fun to hear your thoughts!

[intoalltheworld]

We are loving Notgrass this year! It’s textbook style but they also have a literature portion you can do as well. My 7th grader has enjoyed it and I plan to do it with my younger boys next year. 😊