Homeschooling Resources and Supplies

There is an enormous market for homeschooling curriculum and resources, so the companies listed below are just a tip of the iceberg! Nevertheless, here is a partial list, in alphabetical order.

Major Curriculum Suppliers

A Beka (my favorite for Arithmetic and readers)
Alpha Omega (includes LifePac, Switched-On Schoolhouse, Horizons, Weaver and more)
Ambleside Online – a free literature-based curriculum
Bob Jones University Press
Calvert School
CBD, or Christian Book Distributors, sells homeschooling books (and MUCH more) at a discounted price.
Helpful lesson plans for those who use the Core Knowledge learning sequence.
Far Above Rubies, Blessed Is the Man, and Covenant Academy
Five in a Row is a highly-recommended literature-based curriculum for the preschool & elementary years.
K12 Online Home Schools
Keepers of the Faith homeschool resources & curriculum
Learning Adventures — voted best unit study for 2002 and 2003
Learning by Grace — online curriculum provider
Love to Learn – catalogs and helpful advice
Mott Media — excellent homeschooling books
Notgrass Company – homeschool curriculum that’s Bible-based and easy to use!
Rainbow Resources – a huge catalog, where you can find everything you can’t find anywhere else (I suggest having them mail you a catalog rather than trying to see it all online)
Robinson Curriculum – Teach your children to teach themselves and to acquire superior knowledge as did many of America’s most outstanding citizens in the days before socialism in education.
R.O.C.K. Solid – Resources of the Christian Kind (homeschooling curriculum, teacher supplies, Christian books and study materials)
Rod and Staff — Anabaptist publishers of excellent homeschooling curriculum
Sonlight – my favorite literature-based curriculum
Student of the Word — a Bible-based homeschooling curriculum
Tapestry of Grace — a unit study curriculum with a classical education feel
Usborne Books at Home — wonderful for homeschoolers

Other Resource Sites

A+Homeschooling — sells homeschooling-related materials and offers a poetry-writing course, all compatible with a Charlotte Mason/Ruth Beechick philosophy
Academic Superstore — discounted computer software for educators (including homeschoolers)
Bedell Curriculum — Bible-based and includes history and science
Blackstone Audiobook — unabridged audiobooks
Charlotte Mason-style High School Curriculum – a free resource!
Classroom Connect Quest Channel
College at Home — for FREE! This is a great site for adults, high school students, and anyone who wants to learn more about a variety of subjects!
Debra Bell Homeschool Resource Center
Dover Publications — wonderful books! I especially like their coloring books.
Easy Fun School has a variety of resources to help you plan your daily activities.
Education PLUS (Patterning Learning Upon Scripture) has great advice for homeschooling families.
Enchanted Learning has an unbelievable amount of resources to help you teach your kids
Forms and Planners — compiled from across the Web
ETap is a free, online resource for teaching math, language arts, science, social studies and more
Great Source Education Group
Hands of a Child — tools to bring your child the excitement of hands-on learning
Heart for Home — innovative products and planners for homeschoolers
Heart of Wisdom — Bible-based learning with a Charlotte-Mason flair
Hearthstone Crafted Curriculum — very unique; includes life skills
Home Education Magazine
Home Scholar — help for homeschooling high school students
Home School in the Woods — Excellent resources for historical timelines and help teaching with unit studies
Home School Enrichment Magazine
HomeschoolCo-ops.com – start and run a homeschool co-op without burning out!
Homeschool Freebies – new things every day! Highly recommended
Homeschool Radio Shows
Homeschool Reviews — highly recommended if you’d like someone’s opinion on curriculum you’re considering
Homeschool Tracker – free software you can download and use for lesson plans, grades, journaling, and more — highly recommended! (donations are helpful)
Ignite the Fire!
Internet Public Library
Joyce Herzog is an expert in helping special needs children.
Lamp Post Publishing
Lakeshore Learning Materials
Library and Educational Services
Links — a large listing of homeschooling links
The Old Schoolhouse (TOS) Magazine — my favorite
The Moore Foundation — articles, teacher training, and catalog — EXCELLENT!
Online Homeschooling Resources — a list of links
Patterning Learning Upon Scripture
The PEGS System — helps you organize your family and time as you teach responsibility to your children
Progeny Press — literature guides
Rainy Day Resource — An online guide to activities for children
Seton Testing Services — Providing professional testing to homeschoolers
Songs That Teach
TeachNet.com – “Smart tools for busy teachers”
Tanglewood School — classical education merged with the Charlotte Mason style
The Teaching Company — High school courses, at what looked like reasonable prices. I haven’t used them personally, but it was recommended by an online friend. I might try them!
Timberdoodle
Trivium Pursuit Online — Christian homeschooling in a classical style
Winter Promise Publications — a living-books curriculum, with a hands-on touch