Homeschool curriculum, kindergarten through fifth grade
This is the parent side of the site. Six subject guides, kindergarten through fifth grade, each laid out by what a child is actually expected to learn in that year and what will teach it. The Texas TEKS is the spine, since that is where this family lives, with Common Core noted where the two disagree enough to change your plan. Free comes first in every section, and the license gets named so you know whether you may use a thing, adapt it, or only look at it. Paid programs are covered honestly, including the years where paying buys you something real. Nothing here is copied from a publisher. We describe, compare and point you to the source, the way a review does.
Start with the year you are teaching
Kindergarten
Ages 6 to 7First grade
Ages 7 to 8Second grade
Ages 8 to 9Third grade
Ages 9 to 10Fourth grade
Ages 10 to 11Fifth grade
Or by subject
Math
A grade-by-grade guide to K-5 math curriculum, free options first, with licenses and prices checked.
K through 5Reading and Phonics
A grade-by-grade guide to teaching a child to read at home, free options first, with every license and price checked.
K through 5Writing, Grammar and Spelling
What a child is expected to write, spell and punctuate in each year from kindergarten through fifth grade, what teaches it for free, and what the paid programs really cost.
K through 5Science
A free-first K-5 science plan built on federal agency material that is genuinely public domain, with the paid programs reviewed honestly for the families who want a book to open.
K through 5History and Social Studies
A free-first K-5 history and social studies plan built on the Texas TEKS, with the paid programs reviewed honestly and every license checked.
K through 5Art, Music, Movement and Life Skills
Four subjects Texas never asks a homeschool to teach, and the free, legal way to teach them anyway.
New to this
The questions everyone asks first
How long a day really takes, what the law wants, and what to do if your child is behind.
Costs nothing136 free resources, with their licenses
What each one is, and what you are actually allowed to do with it.
On this site44 learning games
Free, no sign-up, works offline. Built for a child who cannot read yet.