Here's an in-depth look at what you'll receive and learn with this homeschool curriculum package.

Instructor’s Guides

Includes a 36-week, 4-day schedule designed to save one day a week for co-ops, music lessons, sports, field trips, or other extracurricular activities. Features colorful map answer keys, discussion questions and answers, and background notes to help you maximize your time with your child.

Virtual Learning

An optional online platform enables students to access their reading schedules, take assessments, and receive instant auto-grading results. Parents can track and review student work, customize assessments, and communicate with students directly from a computer or mobile device. A Virtual course includes 1 student account and 1 parent/teacher account.

If purchased in April, May, or June of this year, access to Virtual can start as early as July 1st. You can begin on a date of your choice up to 6 months from the purchase date. Virtual courses must be started within 6 months of purchase, and you will have 12 months from the start date to complete the course.

History & Geography │ Eastern Hemisphere

Travel to North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia! Excitement and adventure await your children in the mysterious Eastern Hemisphere.

The history centerpiece is Journey to the Eastern Hemisphere, a new book (2016) that combines articles and photos about various countries and regions including China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India, and more.

Read-Alouds

Share adventures of life overseas with your children through 16 Read-Alouds. Experience different cultures as you walk with a young Tibetan girl or follow Marjan, a disabled Persian girl, on her daring journey.

Readers

Your children will gain more insights into life in the Eastern Hemisphere through their Readers this year. Meet characters who inspire courage, curiosity, and fun! After reading Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, children will use included paper to create their own authentic Japanese origami.

Language Arts

This complete Language Arts program helps your child expand their imagination and refine communication skills through various writing assignments, including creative writing.

Optional supplements such as Wordly Wise 3000, Book 5 & Teacher's Key and Keys to Good Language 5 are scheduled in the guide for your convenience but are not required. (These are not included in this All-Subject homeschool curriculum package but can be added using the Customize Tab).

Spelling

Spelling You See follows a unique approach that focuses on imprinting words on visual memory. This design allows students to naturally develop spelling skills at their own pace, with direction and encouragement from the instructor. Refer to the General Spelling Readiness Guidelines for placement.

Science

This engaging new Science course combines BookShark’s literature-based approach with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Through captivating literature and experiments, students will explore various scientific concepts including stars and the solar system, human impact on materials and systems, and properties of matter.

Students will start with How to Be Good at Science: Technology, and Engineering, featuring eye-catching illustrations that cover topics from atoms to the earth's structure. Exciting experiments include engineering a catapult, constructing an articulating hand, and creating plastic from corn!

Math

The >Math-U-See Epsilon Universal Set is included with this All-Subject Package. You may also select from other math programs like Saxon and Singapore using the customize tab. To determine if your student is ready for Epsilon, take the Epsilon Readiness Assessment.

Required Resources for Your Homeschool Curriculum

A few essential resources enrich your learning experience this year, including The Timeline Book, Markable Map & Markers, and a 3” Binder with Tabs to organize your Instructor’s Guides.