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Click the tabs below to see recommendations sorted by subject area. Some resources may need supplementing; please discuss this with your support teacher. The links provided below often bring you to the publisher’s website; however, most of these products can be purchased from one of our preferred vendors.

 

Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies: Design Thinking and Making

  • Artistic Pursuits – Featuring art instruction, art history, and art technique in a homeschool art program that encourages creative participation.
  • Discovering Great Artists, 2nd Ed – includes easy-to-follow icons to indicate the experience, preparation, and materials necessary for each project and guides to each artist’s style, movement, or era.
  • How Great Thou Art – Teaches the fundamentals of art with easy-to-follow instructions.
  • Come Look With Me series of art education and appreciation books for children.
  • Fine Art Adventures: 36 Creative, Hands-On Projects Inspired by Classic Masterpieces by Maja Pitamic (ages 6 and up)
  • Art and How it Works: An Introduction to Art for Children by Ann Kay
  • Art Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Adventures in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Paper, and Mixed Media-For Budding Artists of All Ages
  • Usborne Children’s Book Of Art by Rosie Dickins

Curriculum/Bible Studies

Bibles and Bible Story Picture Books

Christianity and Christian Worldview

Highly Recommended Christian Curriculum Publishers

Phonics and Reading

  • All About Reading is a scripted, comprehensive, and multisensory program for teaching reading.
  • Foundations Phonics – open & go curriculum teaches phonics through Biblical interactive lessons, engaging worksheets, and exciting hands-on activities.
  • First Start Reading is a balanced, age-appropriate approach to phonics and reading with a serious focus on correct pencil grip and letter formation.  Uses the (vowel-consonant) approach combined with word families.
  • Simply K is scheduled as a 3-day-a-week course focusing on the following areas: Bible, Rhyme Time, Life Skills, ABC’s and More.
  • Explode the Code – workbooks address phonological awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling.
  • Phonics Pathways teaches reading using sounds and spelling patterns which are introduced one at a time and slowly built into words, syllables, phrases, and sentences. Simple step-by-step directions begin every lesson.
  • Primary Arts of Reading – a blended sound-sight approach combining phonics with some sight words; games, activities, and stickers add interest for the child; includes clear directions and thorough explanations.
  • Reading Rods is an excellent complimentary item for hands-on learners

Cross-Curricular, Literature-Based Unit Studies

  • Come Sit By Me – Canadian picture book unit study for grades K – 2
  • Five in a Row – unit study lesson plans to use with classic children’s literature, grade K – 6

Comprehensive LA programs (may need supplementing in some areas)

  • Language Lessons for a Living Education –  incorporates picture study, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, observation, poems, psalms, letters, and practical application through creative writing – all working towards mastering reading and grammar and the mechanics of communication and writing.  
  • Learning Language Arts Through Literature – students learn the skills appropriate for each grade level in the context of quality literature.

Grammar

Grammar and Composition Combined

  • Essentials in Writing –  includes an instructional DVD and a workbook; a complete grammar composition curriculum for Grades 1 – 12

Handwriting

Literary Analysis & Novel Studies

  • Veritas Press has some wonderful choices in their Literature Studies, which are by grade level.
  • Classroom Complete Press’ Novel Study Literature Kits include higher-order thinking questions.
  • Progeny Press Novel Studies from a Christian Perspective – Grades K – 12

Spelling & Vocabulary

  • All About Spelling is a program based loosely on the Orton Gillingham method of teaching spelling. It is a little more time-consuming but has had great results for both struggling and strong spellers.
  • Spectrum Spelling – an easy-to-follow workbook format. Grades K – 6.
  • Building Spelling Skills by Christian Liberty Press Grades 1 – 8
  • Spellwell by EPS- activities help students recognize spelling patterns. Other thinking skills come into play in activities such as identifying rhyming words, words that fit the same categories, and antonyms and synonyms. Two worktexts per grade level; Grades 2 – 5
  • Sequential Spelling is a good option for students who struggle with spelling
  • Wordly Wise 3000® 4th Edition provides direct academic vocabulary instruction to develop the critical link between vocabulary and reading comprehension.   Grades K – 12

Writing –  Composition

  • Institute for Excellence in Writing provides the structure students need to develop confidence in the writing process while gradually guiding them toward greater independence and creativity.
  • WriteShop – materials that teach your child how to write—and show you how to teach.  Engaging, step-by-step lessons present students with the building blocks of the writing process and help educators edit and evaluate their work.
  • Just Write – students are guided through the writing process from the initial idea to the final edited and published narrative. The drawing activities in Write About Me and Write About My World for Kindergarten help children bridge the gap between thinking and talking about an idea and writing about it.  Gr. K – 4.
  • Brave Writer – various writing courses for students of all ages.

Comprehensive

  • Horizons Math – a somewhat traditional approach with full-colour workbooks and an easy-to-follow teacher guide.  Includes hands-on activities and uses a spiral learning method to help students master concepts through introduction, review, and reinforcement.
  • Jump Math is a scaffolding program that breaks math down to learn each step.  Access the correct free teacher guide online here, as the workbooks are being updated. (you must sign up for a free account first).  Well-aligned with BC’s modernized curriculum for content, although it is not overly strong in hands-on learning.
  • Life of Fred – This curriculum is cautiously recommended; please consult your support teacher first.  Students are drawn into why math procedures are useful to be learned – everything first happens in Fred’s everyday life, so every piece of math is motivated by a need.  It does not fit neatly into grades, although we have done our best to give you a road map of which books to complete in which grades in our Math Correlations Index here.
  • Math Lessons for a Living Education – Convenient daily schedule,  15-30 minute lessons, an instructional blend of stories, copywork, oral narration, and hands-on experiences.  Works well with the new BC curriculum curricular competencies; has a Charlotte Mason “flavour.”
  • Math-U-See  We recommend this program more for the lower grades (K-3) because as the program progresses, it seems to grow farther away from addressing BC’s curriculum’s content and curricular competencies.  It can be carried into the higher grades for students who struggle in math because it uses manipulative blocks, is broken down to teach students specific skills that build as the student progresses, and is structured with step-by-step procedures for introducing, reviewing, and practising concepts.    
  • Right Start Mathematics. Very hands-on and great for younger kids. Lots of games, manipulatives and activities.  Requires a bit more work on the part of the teacher.
  • Saxon Math – an incremental approach whereby concepts are woven together and connected throughout the year. Skills or concepts are reinforced throughout the years, helping students build a strong foundation of understanding.
  • Singapore Mathematics – Here are placement tests (highly recommended for anyone transferring in after grade 1
  • Math Mammoth Blue Series – this is a great series for catching up students who have fallen behind and need to pick up the foundational skills before moving on to Grades 9 and 10 and beyond.  Each book includes explanations of the concepts and lots of varied problems, essentially a textbook and workbook into one.
  • Math with Confidence – a complete math curriculum with an instructor guide and student workbook; includes short, hands-on, fun lessons, games, and optional math literacy book recommendations.

Supplemental

  • Apologia Science – creation-based science curriculum
  • Berean Builders – hands-on, multilevel; introduces scientific concepts using history as its guide. Each lesson is built around an activity or experiment.
  • Christian Liberty Press Science books for Grades K -3 are beautiful, easy-to-follow full-colour text/workbooks in one
  • God’s Design series (Masterbooks) – fun and educational activities/challenges are incorporated into the course; includes worksheets with helpful supply lists, quizzes, and tests.
  • Let’s Talk Science series –  engaging experiments and activities; discussion starters, activity pages for students to create their own Science Notebook.
  • Christian Kids Explore –  students will learn to observe, question, and explore our world. Gr. 1 – 6.
  • The Sassafras Science Adventures Grades K – 5.
  • WonderBox – STEAM activities that align directly with the British Columbia curriculum. Achieve curriculum goals for Kindergarten to Grade 6 while having fun!

Supplementary

  • Let’s Read and Find Out Science – Stage 1 and Stage 2 (read-aloud books for younger children.
  • ScienceWiz kits include the required materials for hands-on learning and an informative book.

Supplementary