Check out my 2021-2022 grade 5 homeschool curriculum picks for this year!

It’s time to unveil our homeschool curriculum picks for grade 5. When it comes to my daughter, she’s the oldest, so it becomes the first time I’ve done this grade level. It certainly adds new things for me to think about.

2021-2022 Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

Bible

• NIrV Adventure Bible for Early Readers
• Teach From Love
• Growing Up With God
• Growing Up With God Workbook

Character

• The Book of Virtues
• Our 24 Family Ways

Language Arts

READING

• All About Reading Level 4

READ-ALOUDS/WRITING/SPELLING/VOCABULARY/GRAMMAR

• Brave Writer The Writer’s Jungle (teaches me how to teach writing)
• Brave Writer Partnership Writing
• Brave Writer Dart, which includes these read alouds:
  • The Year Of The Dog
  • Rickshaw Girl
  • Skunk And Badger
  • Ways To Make Sunshine
  • Wishtree
  • The Boxcar Children
  • The Turtle of Oman
  • Heartwood Hotel
• Aesop’s Fables: 240 Short Stories for Children
• Favorite Poems Old and New
• All About Spelling Level 3

HANDWRITING

• Nothing specific at this time other than asking for printing and cursive to see how her writing is coming along

TYPING/KEYBOARDING

• Typing Club

Math

• Math 6/5: Home School Kit 3rd Edition

Social Studies

• Creation to the Resurrection, Mystery of History Vol. 1 3rd Edition
• Timeline History through the Ages Creation to Christ, Packet
• The Student Bible Atlas: Revised Edition
• Historical Atlas of the World – 6th edition
• The Story Of Canada
• Canada Map Book 2
• Hero Tales: A Family Treasury of True Stories from the Lives of Christian Heroes, Volume I

Science

• Science in the Ancient World Set
• Lab Set of Science in the Ancient World
• Thames & Kosmos Kids First Intro to Engineering Kit

Art

• Discovering Great Artists
• How To Teach Art To Children

Second Language

• Hebrew For Homeschoolers by They Call Me Blessed

Music

• Fun with Composers – “Just for Kids” (library books)
• A Child’s Introduction to the Orchestra (library books)
• Piano Lessons

Health

• Canadian Health Activities Grades 1-3
• Canadian Health Activities Grades 4-6
• Show Don’t Tell Resource Ring

Mom

• Are My Kids On Track?
• Raising Great Kids
• Home Learning Year By Year
• For The Children’s Sake
• The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life
• A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning
• Laying Down The Rails

Have you used any of these homeschool resources in your homeschool? Or do you have any questions about them?

Feel free to let me know and I’d be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Also, check out these Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks from just a couple of years ago.

Anchored in Christ,
Melanie

Here we are, entering the new year and I’m excited to share with you our 2019-2020 grade 1 homeschool curriculum picks!

Being that my daughter is in grade 3, preparing for grade 1 and the curriculum choices seem easier, but my son definitely has a different learning style than my daughter. So I’m wondering if the same homeschool choices that we went with for my daughter in grade 1 will be okay for my son. The only way to find out, is to do it!

Combining Learning

One thing I like to do is combine learning where I can. My children are just 2 grades apart which makes learning the same thing altogether (for certain subjects) adaptable and doable.

With my children being in the elementary grades, my involvement is heavier and more hands-on. This is totally fine, but I need to plan accordingly and combine learning to avoid my potential burnout with too much curriculum.

Fueling Curiosity

I haven’t included everything that we’ll be doing in our grade 1 homeschool curriculum picks as I tend to add more materials along the way as needed.

This summer I read the book, The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart, and it really enlightened my perspective in homeschooling and children when it comes to exploring a topic as curiosity stricks a child and digging deep until the flame is no longer there. I will be more intentional in this area as I feel this is truly what education is all about. It’s not about fitting into a box, creating a template of people and leaving them to enter workforce and community.

Homeschool is about fostering a love for learning while helping our children find their God-given gifts to share with the world and impact others with the love of Jesus by their character and actions.

That said, I will choose to fan the flame of curiosity this next year!

Grade 1 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

My little guy will be learning alot as he will be taking in what my grade daughter is as well!

Language Arts

• Reading – All About Reading Level 1 by All About Learning Press
• Handwriting – My Printing Book by Handwriting Without Tears
• Writing – Brave Writer Jot-It-Down
• Grammar – First Language Lessons Level 1 and Brave Writer’s Arrow Study Guides.
• Read-alouds – Trumpet of the Swan, The Tale of Despereaux, The Boxcar Children, Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little

Math

• Saxon Math Grade 1 and Saxon Manipulative Kit

Science

• Daily Science Grade 3 by Evan-Moor (We’re doing this together with my grade 3 daughter)
• Nature Journaling using Nature Anatomy

Social Studies

• Around the World With Pictures Books Part 1 by Beautiful Feet Books
• A Pioneer Sampler 

Art

• How To Teach Art To Children by Evan-Moor
• Discovering Great Artists

Music

• Piano Lessons
• Drum video tutorials on Youtube

Bible

• Growing Up With God by Shawn Bolz
• Bible Studies for Kids by me!

Health

• Fitness – BMX, swimming, some physical education challenges at home and other activities as they come up in the year.
• Food – Talk about healthy food choices in our everyday life during shopping, meal preparation and snacks.
• Bodies/Mind – Recognize how much time to spend on devices, moving is good for the body including stretching and strengthening it.
• Relationships/Friendships – Talk about these areas as they come up.
• Safety – Talk about naturally as they come up.

Have you used any of these curriculums above? If so, which one?

Anchored in Christ,
Melanie

I’m so excited to share with you our 2019-2020 grade 3 homeschool curriculum picks!

I LOVE the process of choosing curriculum – which for me is finding out and keeping tabs throughout the past year on all that’s out there and the possibilities. If our choices of curriculum can help you in any way with your choices, than I’m so happy I’ve shared it with you!

Combining Learning

First of all, where I can, I’m combine learning. My children aren’t that far apart in age, so to have materials that are designed for a grade 3 child can easily be adapted for a grade 1 child.

One thing I don’t want to do is become anxious and stressed out about having materials for every child in every grade and the pressure I put on myself to get it all done. This means only one thing for me and it’s burnout.

My children are at the age where I’m heavily involved and hands-on, which is totally fine, but recognizing it and acknowledging it is part of knowing that you can’t do it all.

Fueling Curiosity

What is excluded in my grade 3 homeschool curriculum picks for the year are all the other materials I naturally add along the way.

I struggle with feeling like I’m out of control and not having my children finish a particular curriculum or that we’re not going to get it done on time. But after reading Julie Bogart’s book, The Brave Learner this summer, it’s given me the confidence to fuel my children’s learning by the curiousity they display about a certain topic. This year, I WILL choose to fan the flame of curiosity.

Let’s also be real here – I want to keep to the curriculum and not loose ground so that we’ll finish by May AND I’ve checked all the boxes. That said, WHY we homeschool, the beauty and benefit of this lifestyle isn’t about keeping to a box or a formula and being held within its parameters; it’s about a fluidness to learning when hunger is deep. It’s about permission to explore a topic by means of library books, videos, documentaries, field trips, etc. until the topic is exhausted and the flame has sizzled (as far as my kids are concerned).

Fueling my children’s curiosity is definitely what I’m doing different this year.

Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

So, here we go – the feast of rich learning we are diving into for this upcoming year…

Language Arts

• Reading – All About Reading Level 3 by All About Learning Press
• Spelling – All About Spelling Level 3 by All About Learning Press
• Handwriting – Cursive Handwriting by Handwriting Without Tears
• Writing – Brave Writer Jot-It-Down
• Grammar – Reviewing First Language Lessons Level 1 with Grade 1 sibling, review First Language Lessons Level 2, and Brave Writer’s Arrow Study Guides.
• Read-alouds – Trumpet of the Swan, The Tale of Despereaux, The Boxcar Children, Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little

Math

• Saxon Math Grade 3 and Saxon Manipulative Kit
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Science

• Daily Science Grade 3 by Evan-Moor
• Nature Journaling using Nature Anatomy

Social Studies

• Around the World With Pictures Books Part 1 by Beautiful Feet Books
• A Pioneer Sampler 

Art

• How To Teach Art To Children by Evan-Moor
• Discovering Great Artists

Music

• Piano Lessons

Bible

• Growing Up With God by Shawn Bolz
• Bible Studies for Kids by me!

Health

• Fitness – Dance, swimming, some physical education challenges at home and other activities as they come up in the year.
• Food – Talk about healthy food choices in our everyday life during shopping, meal preparation and snacks.
• Bodies/Mind – Recognize how much time to spend on devices, moving is good for the body including stretching and strengthening it.
• Relationships/Friendships – Talk about these areas as they come up.
• Safety – Talk about naturally as they come up.

Have you used any of these curriculums above? If so, which one?

Anchored in Christ,
Melanie