If you are new to homeschooling, welcome! This is my one stop shop for linking all our curriculum ideas and homeschool resources for preschool and early elementary. We have personally used everything listed at one point or another.
We have used different curriculums for different subjects over the years, so I’ve tried to organize things by both subject and by grade level.
If you are brand new to homeschooling, I recommend beginning with my posts How to start homeschooling for the beginner as well as my list of Pros and Cons of Homeschooling.
If you are leaving any kind of traditional school setting to homeschool, here’s everything you need to know about deschooling before you jump into homeschooling.
We currently have a second grader, third grader, kindergartener, and 1 year old so I will continue to add and update this homeschool resource page as the kids grow!
Homeschool printables
Homeschool supplies
Homeschool supplies list: What you need and what you don’t
Epson Ecotank Printer (this is our exact one). Here is my detailed review of it.
Review of my homeschool ProClick binding machine
Homeschool organization
How to set up a homeschool binder for each child for weekly work
How we organize our nature study printables
Reverse Homeschool Planning: How to record activities you actually do for your records
Homeschool crate system to organize one full year of curriculum
Tips for homeschooling multiple grade levels
How to set up a homeschool loop schedule
Handwriting & Tracing
The Good And The Beautiful (Pre-K & Level K)
Lots and Lots of Letter Tracing Pages
100 sight words tracing pages (pre-k through grade 2)
Handwriting Without Tears Review for levels k, 1st, and 2nd
Handwritng Without Tears workbooks and chalkboards
Math
Kindergarten Math With Confidence Review
First Grade Math With Confidence Review
Addition and subtraction games for 1st and 2nd grade
Addition Facts That Stick review
How to Teach Your Kids To Count Money
Math Lessons For A Living Education by Masterbooks
Math Lessons for a living education level 1 & 2 review
Singapore Math Primary US Edition Review 1A
Singapore Primary 2022 vs Primary US edition: What’s different?
Singapore Primary 2022 vs Math With Confidence Review
Learning to read
Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons
Dash into Learning Books (20% off using code BLUEANDHAZEL20)
Nature Study
Exploring Nature With Children by Raising Little Shoots (1 full year of nature study. Can be used every year with all ages)
Why we love Exploring Nature With Children Curriculum
How to make your own hummingbird sugar water
What to feed ducks instead of bread (and why bread is bad for them)
FREE nature curriculum for all 50 states (a MEGA blog post I put together full of resources)
Nature Journal (blank): 3 pack with 50 pages each, thick paper and unlined
Kids binoculars (we own 3 sets and they are great!)
How to raise tadpoles into frogs at home
Wild and Free Nature Co-ops nationwide
Art
Lily and Thistle Watercolor Art Classes Monthly (or yearly) subscription
FREE 12 watercolor bird tutorials for beginners we’ve use
Art For Kids Hub (YouTube)
Art projects for kids (step by step printables)
John Muir Law’s how to draw videos (great for beginner nature journaling)
Art With Miss Linda (YouTube channel)
Handicrafts
How to finger knit using one finger loop (with video)
Bible
Egermeier’s bible story book for kids
Educational TV Shows
Wild Kratts (Amazon Prime)
Bear Grylls (Any of his series are great for learning about survival outdoors! We rent DVD’s from our library)
Octonauts (Netflix)
Magic School Bus (Netflix)
Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood (Amazon Prime)
Bill Nye The Science Guy (library)
The Backyard Scientist (YouTube)
Mark Rober Science & Engineering (YouTube)
Nature shows by National Geographic on Disney +
Curriculum Reviews
Busy Toddler’s Playing Preschool Review: 190 Days of At Home Learning
How we teach our kids to read with “Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons“
The Good And The Beautiful Level K Math Review
Kiwi Co Review for kids ages 6 and under: Is it worth it?
Language lessons for a living education review level 1
Math Lessons for a living education review level 1 & 2
Singapore Math Primary US edition review
Dash into Learning beginner reader book review
Brave Writer Darts and how to use them
Brave Writer Jot It Down for creative writing little years (5-8)
Night Zookeeper for grammar and creative writing (ages 6-12)
Preschool
How to homeschool preschool: Getting started
Playing Preschool by Busy Toddler: 190 days Of At Home Learning It’s a complete curriculum with daily activities, book lists, poems, and letter of the week activities created by a former kindergarten teacher.
How much time should preschool take each day
Big Preschool Workbook (one workbook with worksheets on shapes, colors, numbers, tracing, and more)
Phone number practice printable
How to teach preschoolers to write letters of the alphabet
Preschool Treasure Hunt for Teaching Prepositions
Kindergarten
How much does it cost to homeschool kindergarten?
Our relaxed homeschool kindergarten schedule and curriculum 2019-2020
Kindergarten and 1st grade curriculum picks 2020-2021
Curriculum picks by year
Kindergarten & 1st grade curriculum 2020-2021
1st and 2nd grade homeschool curriculum 2021-2022
Mid year update for 1st and 2nd grade 2021-2022
2nd and 3rd grade homeschool curriculum (+ kindergarten too) 2022-2023
Just for homeschool moms
Helpful homeschool Facebook groups
Homeschool burnout for the tired mama
Useful gifts for homeschool moms
Homeschooling during pregnancy with baby #4
Homeschooling multiple grade levels
17 time saving tips for moms with toddlers
Realistic house cleaning schedule for busy moms
Lifeskills
15 Chores for 5 year olds that are actually helpful
What to do when your kids won’t stop whining for things