Suggestions for 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum?

If you want a lot of opinions on the options available, try http://www.homeschoolreviews.com/ It's a site that gives homeschoolers' reviews of various curricula.

It is rather difficult to give specific recommendations without knowing more about what you do (or don't) want in a curriculum. Recently we've used "The Well-Trained Mind" and it's classical education approach, using "Story of the World" for world history, "First Language Lessons" for grammar and such, Saxon for math, lots of nonfiction library books and "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" videos for science, "Spelling Power" for spelling, and a lot of classic children's literature for reading. But I've seen lots of curriculum that looks great. And the library has a lot of great resources that can be used to create your own curriculum (you don't *have* to use textbooks). There are so many methods and options to choose from...

If you still have no idea, try reading "Mary Pride's Complete guide to Getting Started in Homeschooling"--it is a huge book but there are several chapters in it that describe various methods of homeschooling. Read it and see which one sounds like the homeschooling you are imagining, the homeschooling that you think will work for you, and then check out the curriculum options she suggests for that approach.

Third Grade Homeschool Curriculum

3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum

I totally understand her being bored with LifePacs. I suggest you try My Father's World, or KONOS. Use Learning Language Arts Through Literature for English, Reading, Grammar, etc. Definitely do Annie's Book of Etiquette and Manners, from How Great Thou Art. Apologia Science is very good, and definitely not boring. For math, I suggest Math-U-See, AL Abacus, or Teaching Textbooks.

You made a good decision to continue homeschooling and find better curriculum.

If you can't go online to buy these, go to a good homeschool conference. You can get these popular curricula there.

We love Christian Light Education for Math and Language Arts. http://www.clp.org/store/by_grade/5

I've used them for 3 years and I'm amazed at what my daughter has learned. The new math concepts are learned so gradually that she never gets frustrated with it. Each day there is a new concept and some review of previous info. I like the real life situations for word problems.

It is a Mennonite/Christian based curriculum, so if you're looking for something secular, it may not be for you. It references country life, helping others, and some scriptures. I've been very pleased with my daughter's progress using this. I'm sure the other subjects are also good, but I haven't had the chance to try them. They used to send a free sample but I don't see that on their website. If you're interested, I can send you a used Math and Lang. Arts workbook to look through.

MEP Math is a free online curriclum that some homeschoolers use. I've heard good things about it. You can print the worksheets out if desired, or kids can just work the problems on paper.

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mep/defaul...

I don't know if you're familiar with Charlotte Mason but she uses classical literature for language arts. http://www.charlottemasonhelp.com/2009/07/cm-educa...

Enjoy your homeschooling adventure!

suggestions 3rd grade homeschool curriculum

This year we are also doing 3rd grade. We have almost went completely curriculum free. With the exception of The Story of the World. To my surprise my child liked it. Part of our school is sort of unschooled with areas of interest. I buy field guides and science books and that subject has been covered so well without any curriculum that I just continue to support it with fresh content often. We don't use workbooks for reviews other than a small one for math. For math we are beginning to use the Khan Academy and we also use math games online. I fill in any unknown areas of math with lessons from a math handbook.

In geography we look up places we read or hear about while studying history. We also use current events to locate areas of interest. We have a globe and a wall map. We also have a geography encyclopedia for general reference. A ton of geography comes from science from learning environments and habitats. When you combine the current events, history, science, literature, and whatever else that may come into play geography is being covered without much extra effort. I feel confident that we are covering our basis well.

We use Charlotte Mason methods for review. Even though I don't follow the other die hard Charlotte Mason home school curriculum's online for everything. I do like her method of teaching language arts. We are using literature, poetry, copywork, dictation, recitation, and narrations for language arts. I purchased a writing handbook for reference. I am finding the more his writing skills increase the more he self initiates writing projects. I plan to put some of the literature reading on auto-pilot using librivox recordings that I have downloaded for our MP3 player.

We are using classical recordings for music appreciation. We may also purchase a recorder since he has shown an interest. For art we are using a drawing book for a guide and teaching drawing techniques. This will be the first year for formal art lessons.

I have come to the point in our home school that I glance over a list or standards of what the other kids are doing just to be sure we are covering all our basis. Then I buy books usually not textbooks. I also buy documentaries as I find them for a good price. We use online content like videos and games; I have created a folder on the desktop with preapproved sites. I focus more attention on weak areas, rather than sludging through an entire curricula of things he already knows. I gather my resources from many different things and it all forms a good curriculum naturally. Since we are not purchasing a lot of curriculum we can use our budget to fill up our bookshelves with books. I have found that creating this sort of environment takes the pressure off me to teach him every little thing. He finds his own knowledge often. He has time to explore our resources because he is not locked up all day long in school or doing textbook/workbooks.

We have never really liked using curricula ourselves, but a good way to approach it is to consider what your needs & preferences are, then looking for one that fits them.

For example, what kind of learner is your child? Does she do well with traditional structure? Does she need something that offers more hands-on activities and creative ideas? What about the other curriculum made her bored? Do you want something you can loosely adapt or do you want the whole plan laid out for you?

Once you figure out what you're looking for it's easier to ask around for which one's fulfill it.

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We are beginning our 9th year of homeschooling. I have tried a LOT of different curriculum over the years. A couple of years ago we switched to Bob Jones University Press and I fell in love with it. :) Happy homeschooling!