Homeschool Reading & Language Arts Curriculums
Your guide to the best homeschool curriculums & resources for literature and language arts.
Top 5 Homeschool Language Arts Curriculums - Voted by YOU!
If you are like other home school moms and dads, you are looking to make an informed decision on the best Homeschool reading and language arts programs out there. We have a top 5 list based on feedback from several thousand homeschool families!
Allow your child to fall in love with reading and language arts with one of these enriching, entertaining, and Biblically based curriculums.
Click below to download our 2019 Homeschool Family Favorites curriculum guide!
Top 5 Elementary Reading & Language Curriculums
Reading & Phonics
- Explode the Code
- All about Reading
- Abeka
- Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
- Language Lessons for a Living Education
Language & Literature
- Sonlight
- Abeka
- First Language Lessons
- My Father's World
- New Literature
For elementary reading and language curriculums, we have these broken out into two categories: Reading and Phonics and Elementary Language Arts and/or Literature.
Top 5 Middle School Language & Literature Curriculums
- Essentials of the English Language/Words Aptly Spoken
- IEW Literature
- Abeka
- BJU Press
- Learning Language Arts through Literature
Reading comprehension and literature becomes more complex as students get into middle school as well as correct grammar usage, sentence structure and organization.
These are the top-rated middle school literature and language programs available for home school families.
Top 5 High School Language & Literature Curriculums
- Words Aptly Spoken/Latin Workspace
- Abeka
- BJU Press Literature
- Learning Language Arts through Literature
- Excellence in Literature
As students approach high school, literature and language arts skills like critical and analytical thinking are introduced.
Finding the best homeschool literature and language program can really help your student master these skills and get him/her ready for college level courses. Knowing you have a solid plan will also help reduce stress and create a more peaceful learning environment.
Plus, since you won’t be lesson planning, it will leave more time for the fun stuff!
Sonlight offers a comprehensive language arts curriculum from preschool through high school.
Sonlight offers a flexible curriculum using the natural language learning method that students find to be an easy way to process and learn.
Homeschool Language Arts Resources
Top 10 Elementary Writing Curriculum Choices For 2021
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Top 10 Elementary Reading and Phonics Curriculum Choices For 2021
Teaching your child to read is a daunting task. You want to set your child up for success, so you look for the best reading
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Conquering the Challenge of Homeschooling Boys
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Be Thankful and Learn ABC’s Activity for Children
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Teach Reading with Word Sort to Young Children
I love word sort! Word sorts are such a fabulously hands-on way to teach spelling and phonics. Word sorts help kids focus on spelling patterns
Free Curriculums for Preschoolers Make It Easy to Get Started
Do you have a preschooler this fall and need a curriculum? Many homeschooling parents get concerned that they will not be able to homeschool their
Tips for Introducing a Love of Reading
Parents who might be intimidated by the idea of teaching their child to read, don’t be! Though a seemingly daunting task, teaching reading can be
Take The Time To Read Aloud With Your Family– You will ALL benefit from it.
Jim Trelease, author of the fantastic Read Aloud Handbook, says the most important thing to KEEP doing is reading aloud to your kids. Most of
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TTD365 Audio Resources - Language Arts (Members Only!)
Discipline with Love so We Don’t Break Our Child’s Spirit
Speaker: Monica Irvine I know you have felt the pain of regret when you have had a moment of failure when discipling your children. I know many of you are fighting against habits you learned from your parents that you swore you would never do. I know you want to parent with love, honor and…
The Titus 2 Woman – Is She Relevant for Today?
Speaker: Lisa Schmidt In the book of Titus, Paul instructs Titus about what to teach the older men of the church. He tells us that the older men are to then teach the younger men and the older women of the church. Based on what they learned from the older men, the older women are…
How Studying Science Reveals God’s Character and Our Purpose
Speaker: Sherri Seligson In the same way that a painter’s style and character are revealed in his paintings, we can see glimpses of God’s character in his Creation. The Bible mentions that He is light and living water. And as we study light and water, we understand his magnitude Him more clearly. Studying salt, darkness…
Change: Teach Them Don’t Tell Them
Speaker: Dr. Kathy Koch Are you frustrated because your children won’t change or don’t seem able to change in ways you want them to? Dr. Kathy will help you understand several subtle attitudes and habits that make change difficult so you can determine which ones are relevant and how to decrease their effects. Then learn…
Raising Godly Girls
Speaker: Patti Garibay This session includes scripture-based teachings and applicable advice on how to navigate Christian parenting on topics affecting girls in this post-Christian culture we live in today. Listen Now Favorite
Getting Started: OH Homeschool Regulations and Notification
Speaker: Debbie Gibson If you are a new homeschooler, a relatively new homeschooler, or a prospective a homeschooler, this session will make you confident in understanding Ohio’s regulations and sending your notification. We’ll walk through the regulations and notification process step-by-step. Forms for notification will be provided to attendees. Listen Now Favorite
The Most Powerful Words You Can Say
Speaker: Norm Wakefield Do you know what the most powerful words are that you can say to your children? God said them to all of the Hebrew fathers. Then He said them repeatedly through His Son to His disciples. These words will encourage your hearts and fill you with faith as you homeschool and disciple…
The Biblical Model of Friendship
Speaker: Cecelia Schmidt Do you desire to be a better friend? Are you finding it difficult to forgive someone who has hurt you? Do you struggle with trusting God when friends fail you? Is communication a challenge? If your answer to any of these questions is “yes,” then this workshop is for you! In this…
This Present Darkness: Protecting Homeschooled Children from the Gender Deception of the World
Speaker: John Stemberger This Present Darkness: Protecting Homeschooled Children from the Gender Deception of the World Listen Now Favorite
Biblical Entrepreneurship
Speaker: David Nunnery In 2008, the world witnessed a significant milestone. In our ever-changing world, more people officially live in urban areas than rural areas. The 20th Century experienced a tenfold increase in the population of urban areas across the world, while the world’s mission force has stayed relatively static the past several decades. In…
Learning Through Play
Speaker: Heather Underhill Learning Through Play Listen Now Favorite
The Way You Pray Wil Change The Way You Parent… and How You Live
Speaker: Leslie Nunnery Are you strategic in the way you pray for your children? For your husband? For yourself? Let’s look together at how God will fundamentally change the way you approach parenting, marriage, and every other area of your life through the way you pray. Then, we will all spend some time praying together…
Responding Biblically to Conflict
Speaker: Lisa Schmidt Marital conflict began with Adam and Eve in the Garden. Neither of them was willing to take responsibility for their own personal sin and instead blamed someone else for it. Not surprisingly, we still do the same thing today. We blame our spouse, our children, our parents, our past, our circumstances and…
Technology’s Influence Over Children’s Beliefs and Behaviors
Speaker: Dr. Kathy Koch Understand how technology is influencing children’s beliefs and behaviors (and ours). Learn how technology is the root of some of your biggest concerns (e.g., your children’s complaining, expectations, inability to know what to do after graduation). Discover the five big lies technology is causing especially young people to believe and communication…
Standing Alone: The Ultimate Test of Character and Leadership
Speaker: John Stemberger Standing Alone: The Ultimate Test of Character and Leadership Listen Now Favorite
Why you need to know history in a changing landscape of politics
Speaker: Marc Hays How do cultural norms change when its citizens forgot their culture’s history? When a nation’s people abandon their historical past, that nation begins to fall apart. However, not all hope is lost. By remembering history and resuming cultural norms forgotten to the past, there is always hope for a brighter future. Come…
Help, Lord! I’ve Messed Everything Up!
Speaker: Debbie Gibson We can find peace, even in our mistakes. All is not lost, even on our worst days. God is still sovereign! Listen Now Favorite
Raising our Boys to be True Gentlemen and Being an Example for our Daughters
Speaker: Monica Irvine Imagine what it will feels like, as you watch your son, even while they are young, be an example to those around him of what a true gentleman looks like, acts like and is. His focus is on others. He notices without effort when someone near him is in need, and then…
What’s a Mom to Do with Sons?
Speaker: Norm Wakefield Blossoming young men can be very challenging to a mother. What’s a mom to do with her son’s seeming disrespect? How should she correct him? Does there come a time when a mom can no longer tell her son what to do? Wives have similar questions about relating to their husbands. What’s…
Learn How to Meet Your Children’s Needs
Speaker: Dr. Kathy Koch Children have five legitimate needs that drive their wants, choices, actions, and attitudes. (You have the same five needs.) When God meets their needs, children will be whole, emotionally well, content, and so much more. Learn how to parent so their needs are met in God and other healthy ways. You’ll…
Am I Ruining My Children? What I Wish I Knew As a New Homeschool Mom
Speaker: Sherri Seligson Let’s face it. At one time or another we all feel that by homeschooling our children, they are missing out on “something.” Yet these worries come because we are living in the moment and can’t see the big picture. After all, we’re pretty sure the 7th grader down the street is up…
A Woman Woven on Purpose; Discovering God’s Calling on our Life
Speaker: Trudie Schar Do you ever wonder if you have purpose? Or maybe what your purpose is? Why did God put you here? And is being a homeschool mom enough? In this interactive workshop Trudie will share a process she goes through to live more intentional. Digging into how God made us, the circumstances we’ve…
Table Manners Essentials for the Whole Family
Speaker: Monica Irvine Let’s imagine…your children chew with their mouths closed, don’t make weird noises at the table, never announce what they don’t like at the table, sit still and respectfully while eating, show sincere gratitude each and every time they are served a meal, allow their elders to go first, never forget to ask…
How to Find the Library Books and Keep Your Sanity
Speaker: Melissa Romero We all deal with a lot of Chaos. Homeschooling adds clutter, having children home all day creates dishes and makes more food prep. Laundry, cleaning, and finding missing library books keeps us busy. Add all the extras, ballet, piano, 4-h, sports, drama, coops – our lives can be so full. We wonder…
Legislative Update
Speaker: Melanie Elsey Updates will be provided on current legislation (state and federal) and other policies that affect our families, including our capacity to home educate our children. Listen Now Favorite
Resiliency Rescues: Helping Children Break Bad Habits
Speaker: Dr. Kathy Koch Do your children repeat unhealthy choices? Are they not changing their behaviors? Their mindset matters. How can we help them believe truth and change their mindset so their behaviors change? They need to develop resiliency – the choice and ability to make changes and to try something new. Learn how to…
The Power of Words for Our Children: Edifying and Terrifying
Speaker: Sherri Seligson Our world is filled with words. Whether we are reading them, writing them, or instructing with them, they are our tools to build stories, create emotions, and make connections. Yet we need to be aware that words have the power to build up others as well as to tear them down, especially…
Creating A Grateful Home: Way Beyond Please and Thank You!
Speaker: David Nunnery Gratitude is so powerful in the heart of a believer. It will transform your home, your heart, and your mind. It will improve your platform for teaching, heal your marriage, and so much more. Listen Now Favorite
Putting Your Husband in His Place (and Taking Yours)
Speaker: Debbie Gibson It’s not hard for a busy homeschool family to err in defining and executing Biblical spousal roles and responsibilities. Let’s sort these out! Listen Now Favorite
Determining and Managing Priorities
Speaker: Jeff Reep This practical session will cover the importance of determining your priorities and then managing those priorities. We each have the same 168 hours per week. The question is how we are using this time. We’ll discuss some practical tips that could be helpful in maximizing the minutes of each day to accomplish…