March 11, 2023

Eclectic Homeschool: Choosing the Best Homeschool Curriculum Options

Welcome Eclectic Homeschooler!! (Not sure what that is? That’s okay, we’ll cover that briefly here.) I’m assuming you’re here because you took our Homeschool Type Quiz and it identified you as an Eclectic Homeschooler. (If you haven’t taken the quiz yet, be sure to do that here.)

Best Homeschool Curriculum for Your Unique Teaching Type

Let’s do a quick recap of the Eclectic style before we jump into talking about the best homeschool curriculum options.

Eclectic homeschooling is an approach to education that is based on the idea of combining different curriculum options to create a personalized learning experience for each child. This approach can be a great way to meet the unique needs and interests of individual students.

Now, because the whole premise behind this approach is choosing what you like, that can be a little difficult to pinpoint some curriculum options. So what we’ve done here is gathered some of the best homeschool curriculum options that haven’t already been mentioned in the other posts. Another option would be for you to go back through all of our curriculum posts and highlight your favorites from those lists.

Ready to see our list? Here are some of our top choices of homeschool curriculum options:

  • Khan Academy – Khan Academy is a FREE online resource that offers a wide range of video lessons and interactive activities in math, science, history, and more. It can be a great supplement to other curriculum options or used as a stand-alone resource. They have a parent/teacher dashboard that allows you to keep track of the progress of each of your children. And each of your children get their own account to log into and complete their videos, tasks, and quizzes.

  • Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool – Easy Peasy is a complete, FREE, online homeschool curriculum that is designed to be flexible and adaptable. Their materials cover a wide range of subjects, including language arts, math, science, and social studies, and they are designed to be engaging and interactive. This website also has a digital portal that allows you to keep track of your family’s progress.

  • Time4Learning – Time4Learning is a comprehensive online curriculum that covers a wide range of subjects, including language arts, math, science, and social studies. Their materials are designed to be engaging and interactive, and they can be adapted to the needs and interests of individual students. This platform also uses a lot of games to help teach concepts.

  • Sonlight – Sonlight is a very similar program to My Father’s World, as discussed in the Charlotte Mason section. It’s a Christian based, literature rich boxed curriculum, that has a more structured learning approach. This curriculum takes inspiration from the Charlotte Mason, classical and unit study approaches. Instead of a Family Cycle, they group their history and science into smaller 2 to 3 year age ranges. So you simply find the age range that includes most of your children and you can adapt up or down, based on the bundle you feel would work best.

  • Brave Writer: This is a language arts curriculum that focuses on developing writing skills through poetry, literature, and creative writing exercises. It can be used as a standalone curriculum or as a supplement. This is a fabulous curriculum, and is truly more of a lifestyle, as author Julie Bogart likes to say. Reading her book, The Brave Learner, is a great place to start here.

Eclectic homeschooling can be a great way to meet the unique needs and interests of both your children and yourself. These curriculum options are designed to be engaging, flexible, and adaptable, and they can be combined and customized to create a personalized learning experience for each child. Although the sheer number of options can be overwhelming, there are just as many online reviews and trusted sources to help guide your way. Don’t forget to also consider the learning styles of your children when considering curriculum. (And be sure to subscribe to our email list, because we’ll have a new quiz soon for determining your child’s learning style.)

Any one of these curriculum options would give you a great start to providing your family with an Eclectic approach to homeschooling. But remember, the curriculum you choose is only meant to be a tool for you, it’s not meant to be your master. (You can read more about my thoughts on that in my Quick Start guide by purchasing that HERE.) And if you’re curious about what we use in our homeschool, check out the final post in this series. Still have questions? Reach out to us at support@homeschooltribe.com.

Happy Homeschooling!