What are the top homeschooling curriculums?

Question

which are the best?

Answer 1

Check out FLVS.net it is Florida Virtual School and has real classes for students in homeschool programs or students in regular high school/middle school just looking for extra credits. I take eight classes with them online and then I go to my college campus to take three clases there through dual enrollment. FLVS is free to all florida residents. But if your not in Florida you can still take classes wih them. It is a great progam. The classes are harder than regular high school classes because you are expected to know the information and teachers call parents once a month to discuss the students progress in the course. Your expect to do anywhere around 3 to 5 assignments a week, depending on the class your in. Also parents can access the students grades at anytime they would like to. Once students have completed the class they recieve their credit which is applied to their high school diploma, just like a regular school class. Also students are allowed 4 weeks to try the class out and if they decide it isn't for them they can drop the class without penalty and it wont go on their transcript. I'll say it again, it is a great program and top notch. They also have student clubs that students can join and participate in by traveling or going to competitions. Here is the list of the high school course offerings with FLVS.net (Keep in mind they also have honors credit classes and classes for middle schoolers) -

Art / Visual Arts
Adv Pl Art History
Business Systems and Technology
Web Design I
Web Design II
Adv Pl Computer Science A
Computer Programming-Basic I
Adv Pl Eng. Lang. and Composition
Adv Pl Eng. Lit. and Composition
English I
English II
English III
English IV
American Studies
Chinese 1
Latin I
Latin II
Latin III
Spanish 1
Spanish 2
Spanish 3
Adaptive Physical Education IEP or 504 Plan
Fitness Lifestyle Design
Life Management Skills
Personal Fitness
Adv Pl Calculus AB
Algebra I
Algebra I A
Algebra I B
Algebra II
Geometry
Liberal Arts Mathematics
Pre-Calculus
FCAT Prep - 10th Grade Review
FCAT Prep - 10th Grade Review
FCAT Prep - 8th Grade Review
SAT Preparation
Driver Education/Traffic Safety
Adv Pl Biology
Biology I
Chemistry I
Earth-Space Science
Marine Science
Physics I
Adv Pl Macroeconomics
Adv Pl Microeconomics
Adv Pl United States Government and Politics
Adv Pl United States History
American Government
American History
Economics
Global Studies
World History

Answer 2

I would say the top selling curriculums are probably A Beka and Saxon. Although Singapore Math is becoming more popular around these parts than Saxon. (Singapore's not actually a homeschooling-oriented program.) The Well-Trained Mind is very popular, too, as are Switched-On-Schoolhouse, Sonlight, BJU press. Perhaps not as popular but I've still heard good things about are Oak Meadow, Robinson and a few others whose names I can't come up with at the moment.

What is best is what works best with the family, in particular the child. One family might have one child working with Saxon math yet a different child working with just a generic math workbook or something more hands-on like Miquon math. So, the best thing to do would be to have an idea of what your children work best with, perhaps even have them give opinions on the curriculum possibilities you are looking at, and ideally see the materials (other homeschoolers may be using them and you might be able to set something up where you live to have a look) before buying.

Most people I know who homeschool don't use a single curriculum. They kind of use a mix of this and that.

Answer 3

We are not a christian or religious family, yet we use Sonlight and love it! We drop some of the books, discuss some of the opinions offered (i.e. New Earth vs. Old Earth) and go on from there. We love this curriculum and have used it as our "spine" for 5 years with outstanding results. We use Saxon for math, and Real Science 4 Real Kids for our science. Find a homeschool curriculum fair near you and check out what there is to use - you will be amazed!! So much cool stuff! have fun

Answer 4

Saxon math is by far the best math curriculum. We used Alpha and Omega for all other subjects, mainly because it is more teacher friendly as far as layout goes. I liked the way A&O separated into 10 booklets and had a more structured way of doing things.

Answer 5

www.K12.com developed by William Bennett. This is not a christian curriculum, but we used it because it was tops and incorporated our christian beliefs into it. If your state covers this program, it's even free. You can find out on their website and click under options for your state. It'll tell you there what is covered. My children have excelled in the state tests. Now, that we moved, we enrolled them into public school in VA and they are all in the top of the class. K12 is way ahead.

Answer 6

The American School of Correspondence and Penn Foster are both accreditted.
www.americanschoolofcorr.com
www.pennfoster.edu

Answer 7

I used A beka and Saxon, but I don't know if they are necessarily the best.

Answer 8

Abeka is the best.