Resources

All of these places sell curriculum and books online.  Some of them also offer great classes, communities, or focus on specific subjects.  They are all on this list, but grouped by their speciality. The grouping was chosen by us and may not align with their specific mission.  Please understand that this page is to connect you to many resources, but is not designed to show preference for one over another.  We are always on the lookout for more great resources to share, and will only share on this page those resources that we find worthy of your time.  

 

Booksellers: 

• Abebooks: Not technically a curriculum seller, but generally a book seller.  Most books can be found here for a truly affordable used price.  If I'm looking for literature including classics and new fiction, I always check here first!

 

• Christian Book Distributors: CBD has an extensive selection of homeschooling materials.  Often times their prices are cheaper than Amazon, I always check here when price checking a book choice. 

 

•  Classical Academic Press: They offer both curriculum, online classes, and support.  Classical Academic Press is quickly becoming a one-stop place for books, classes, and community.

 

• Memoria Press: You could call Memoria Press the sister of Veritas Press.  Memoria offers a wide range of workbooks and educational materials for students.

 

• Sonlight: Sonlight Christian Homeschool offers complete homeschool curriculum packages for all grades.  They offer their own materials as well as third party items, and can help you piece together a whole program or just one subject.

 

• Veritas Press: Veritas Press offers great classical educational resources.  They produce some of their own curriculum as well as endorse and carry other companies' materials. Their catalog is a great place to gain inspiration for learning too!

Community:

• Classical Conversations: Classical Conversations offers some great books for teaching your child classically. They operate primarily through local communities of families who come together to walk out the classical tradition.  You can find a local community near you at their website. 

 

• Schole Groups: Schole Groups are education co-ops that use classical christian content.  Each group is run independently and thus all groups vary from a simple book club format to a full blown co-op. 

Courses both DVD and streaming: 

• Compass Classroom: Looking for some great elementary and middle school electives? Then check these guys out.  They have Dwane Thomas' visual latin as well as RC Sproul Jr.'s great economics class.  They also sell their material as downloads or through a subscription.  

 

• Dwane Thomas: Do you want to learn latin and have fun?  Dwane Thomas, the teacher behind Visual Latin, hosts weekly latin webinars to help walk you through your latin text at home.  This is a great place to help your student take ownership of a subject that they may need help with.

 

• Roman Roads Media: A great place for Classical Educators to delve into western culture including latin, literature, and history is at Romans Road Media.  They offer materials as well as live online courses.

 

• Music Theory:   For those of us trying to add some music theory material into our child's daily instrument practice, this site is a great free way to introduce some basic music theory concepts. 

Literature: 

• Folger Shakespeare Library: The home of one of the best Shakespeare resources! The Folger library contains plays, notes, and articles on everything Shakespeare!

 

• Read Aloud Revival: Check out Sarah at the Read Aloud Revival to learn what your family should be reading next.  She has a great podcast about reading aloud and wonderful book lists for you and your family to explore.

Mathematics:

• AOPS: The Art of Problem Solving is a company that publishes math curricula aimed at students looking to compete nationally on math teams.  Their books are advanced and well written.  The answer keys are a must as they contain the answers with an explanation. They have math books for grades 3-12. 

 

• The Critical Thinking Company: The critical thinking company produces some of the most fun books for kids to use to learn how to think like a scientist or mathematician.

 

• Right Start Math: A new math program that contains many games to help make learning math fun.  They also offer live online courses through their website.

 

• Singapore Math: An easy to follow, thorough worksheet based math program, Singapore Math offers three versions. A standard edition, US edition, and common core aligned edition.  You can read more about what Singapore offers on their site.

 

• Teaching Textbooks: A computer and online based mathematics program for grades 3-12, Teaching Textbooks is video based and becoming very popular with home educators. 

Writing Classes and Books:

• Circe Institute: Home to the Lost Tools of Writing and some of the greatest education podcasts out there, the Circe Institute is a great resource for learning and teaching your student how to write.

 

• IEW: The Institute for Excellence in Writing is a one stop shop for great writing curricula.  Andrew Pudewa has introduced how to write well and overcome the blank page to thousands of kids through his DVD course and workbook materials. 

 

Need help drilling the math facts?  Check out these online resources!

 

• Math Games: Play some math games using flashcards, blocks, and tiles.  Mobi is a great game that can be found at Amazon.  Right Start Math also has some great math games. 

• Math Worksheets : Some great math worksheets can be found at super teacher worksheets.  These worksheets are designated by concept. SuperTeacherWorksheets.com

• xtramath.org : xtramath is a free online drilling website that helps your child see, compute, drill, and track their progress in learning their math facts.  You can select which facts to have your child drill with the program.  This is a great way to learn math facts, especially for all of your visual learners.

 

The following companies offer some great live online classes.  These are all classes that students attend live.  A course through a DVD program where students watch and learn, but aren't able to ask questions, would be listed in our general curriculum section of the resources. 

 

• Classical Academic Press: They offer online classes in most core classical courses through their Schole Academy.  

 

• Dwane Thomas: Do you want to learn latin and have fun?  Dwane Thomas, the teacher behind Visual Latin, hosts weekly latin webinars to help walk you through your latin text at home.  This is a great place to help your student take ownership of a subject that they may need help with. 

 

• Memoria Press: Memoria Press's online academy offers live classes in most subject areas. 

 

• Veritas Press: Veritas Press' signature class is their omnibus program which you can choose to take live online or as a self paced program, but they also have classes in science, language, math, and more.

 

 

One great way to strengthen your math abilities is to participate in STEM programs. 

• First Lego League is a great beginner STEM program to help kids take what they love, Legos!, and learn how to program.  They also learn great team building skills, and how to compete respectfully. This program is for 9-14 yr olds in the USA.  Check out their website for more information about a group near you.

 

• First Tech Challenge and Robotics is a high school robotics program picking up where First Lego League left off.  Check it out on the their website.  

 

• VEX robotics is a robotics team competition program with options for students in grade 4 and above.  Similar to First, only with different materials and types of competitions.  Check out their information at their website.

 

• The Hour of Code is happening over at Code.org where students are learning from a very young age how a computer uses a program to complete a task. With everything from a one hour introduction to a complete middle school science program, Code.org has something for everyone.