This year will be our eighth year homeschooling. I’ve loved every second of it.
One of the things I love to do here at Thinking Kids is to let you know about great Christian resources I’ve found. The other day I received an email asking about our favorite Christian homeschool resources. In eight years of homeschooling, we’ve certainly found some resources worth using year after year. I’m so happy to share them with you!
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We’ve tried a lot of curriculum, but there are homeschool resources we’ve stuck with from the beginning. Some, I couldn’t find a resource I loved, so I wrote our own, and some I’ve come across for our boys as they’ve entered middle and high school, and I’m thrilled.
Tapestry of Grace
We’ve been using Tapestry of Grace from the beginning. I LOVE it. The program takes your students through history from Creation to modern day, at four separate levels. Literature based, the program also offers suggestions for writing, crafts, speaking projects, timeline work (get my free timeline here), and co-op activities.
The program does require some scheduling (I use the homeschool planner I designed). I’ve used the curriculum as a schedule, adding and substituting books as I go. It was a little pricey up front, but after purchasing the four years, I only had to locate the books I wanted to use all the way through high school.
Click on the pictures below to find out more about each year plan.
Tapestry of Grace Year OneTapestry of Grace Year Two
Tapestry of Grace Year Three
Tapestry of Grace Year Four
Bible Road Trip™
I wrote Bible Road Trip™ because I wanted to take my kids through the Bible in three years, then do it again at a deeper level. The program has five levels from preschool to high school, and includes suggestions and scheduling for extra resources, discussion questions, Bible verse memory, crafts, notebooking, research projects, and praying around the world.


Life of Fred
We love, love, love Life of Fred. This is a fabulous math program! We use Life of Fred, a creative literature-based math curricula, as a stand-alone math program. My boys’ test scores have been awesome. You can purchase the sets at Amazon (click the pictures below). When I did my initial research, I found this program comes from a Christian worldview, but that’s not overt.
To learn more about the program, visit the author Stanley Schmidt’s page. It’s not an elegant site, but you’ll learn a lot, and you can download samples. To purchase individual books, you can shop at Z-Twist. (Note: My kids hated the language arts program. But we love the math! Dr. Schmidt is a mathematician, and quite entertaining.)
Life of Fred Complete 10-vol Elementary School (Apples through Jelly Beans) Homeschool Kit in a BagLife of Fred Kidneys, Liver, Mineshaft Homeschool Kit in a Bag
Life of Fred Middle School Set–fractions, Decimals, Algebra 0 Physics Homeschool Kit in a Bag
Life of Fred COLLEGE PREP–Fractions through Trigonometry Homeschool Kit in a Bag
NotebookingPages.com
We absolutely love notebooking about what we’re learning. I’ve found that having premade notebooking pages is much easier than having the kids just use notebooks to take notes. You can read more about my love for notebooking, and see how we use it, at Ode to Notebooking.
NotebookingPages.com is an excellent resource for notebooking for a large range of topics and ages. You can click on the photo below to learn more about NotebookingPages.com ‘s lifetime membership. And you can get a free membership that will give you access to hundreds of pages.

Apologia Young Explorer Series
If you’re looking for a college-prep-worthy science curriculum for elementary school students. My boys and I thoroughly enjoyed the Exploring Creation series. It has great labs, wonderful information, and we loved learning to notebook with the great notebooking journals. Click on any of the photos below to see the individual products on Amazon.
Exploring Creation With Astronomy (Young Explorer Series) (Young Explorer (Apologia Educational Ministries))Junior Astronomy Notebooking Journal for Exploring Creation with Astronomy
Astronomy Notebooking Journal for Exploring Creation with Astronomy
Exploring Creation With Botany — Young Explorer Series (Young Explorer (Apologia Educational Ministries))
Botany Junior Notebooking Journal (Young Explorer Series)
Botany Notebooking Journal (Young Explorers Series) (Young Explorer (Apologia Educational Ministries))
Chemistry and Physics Textbook (Young Explorers Series)
Chemistry and Physics Junior Notebooking Journal (Young Explorer Series)
Chemistry and Physics Notebooking Journal (Young Explorer Series)
Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day — Young Explorers Series (Young Explorer (Apologia Educational Ministries))
Zoology 1 Junior Notebooking Journal: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day (Young Explorer Series)
Zoology 1 Notebooking Journal: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day (Young Explorer Series) (Young Explorer (Apologia Educational Ministries))
Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day (Young Explorer Series) (Young Explorer (Apologia Educational Ministries))
Zoology 2 Junior Notebooking Journal: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day (Young Explorer Series)
Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day (Young Explorer Series) (Young Explorer (Apologia Educational Ministries))
Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day (Young Explorer Series)
Zoology 3 Junior Notebooking Journal- Young Explorers Series
Zoology 3 Notebooking Journal (Young Explorer Series) (Young Explorer (Apologia Educational Ministries))
Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology (Young Explorer Series)
Junior Anatomy Notebooking Journal for Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology
Anatomy Notebooking Journal (Young Explorer Series) (Young Explorer (Apologia Educational Ministries))
Apologia Middle and High School Science
In middle and high school, the Apologia series is–again–an excellent choice. We are loving this program. I suggest getting the student notebooks whenever possible. Click on the individual photos to check out the curriculum items on Amazon. (These are in the order you’ll want to do them until after physics. The advanced courses are all optional and can be selected based on student interest.)
Exploring Creation with General Science, 2nd Edition (Textbook Only)Exploring Creation with General Science Student Notebook
Solutions and Tests for Exploring Creation with General Science, 2nd Edition
Exploring Creation with General Science: 2nd Edition
Exploring Creation with Physical Science Student Text
Exploring Creation with Physical Science Student Notebook
Solutions and Tests for Exploring Creation With Physical Science
Exploring Creation with Physical Science 2nd Edition Companion CD
Exploring Creation with Biology (Textbook Only)
Exploring Creation with Biology Student Notebook
Solutions and Tests for Exploring Creation with Biology 2nd Edition
Exploring Creation with Biology 2nd Edition Companion CD-ROM (Version 8.0)
Exploring Creation with Chemistry, 3rd Edition Text only
Exploring Creation with Chemistry 3rd Edition Student Notebook
Exploring Creation with Physics
Solutions and Tests for Exploring Creation with Physics 2nd Edition
Exploring Creation with Physics 2nd Edition Companion CD-ROM
Exploring Creation with Advanced Biology: The Human Body
Advanced Biology – THB 2nd Ed. – Student Notebook
Exploring Creation With Advanced Biology Human Body – MP3 Audio
Exploring Creation with Marine Biology, Student Text only
Exploring Creation with Marine Biology, Solutions and Test Manual Only
ADVANCED CHEMISTRY IN CREATION
Advanced Chemistry in Creation 2nd Edition solutions and tests Manual
Advanced Physics in Creation
Advanced Physics in Creation Solutions Manual
Cobblestone Path™ Church History Research Journals
Once we realized how wonderful notebooking is, I wanted my kids to notebook and research their way through Christian history. Cobblestone Path™ is designed for middle and high school students. Learn more here.

Dr. James P. Stobaugh’s Literature Series
For middle and high school students ready to move beyond reading and notebooking, Dr. James P. Stobaugh’s Literature series from Master Books is amazing. My boys are learning so much, and they’re largely independent in their daily work. I help with writing and editing. This program is amazing. I’ve placed the books in order from 6th grade on.
Skills for Language Arts (Student)Skills for Language Arts (Teacher)
Skills for Literary Analysis (Student)
Skills for Literary Analysis (Teacher)
Skills for Rhetoric (Student)
Skills for Rhetoric (Teacher)
American Literature (Student)
American Literature (Teacher)
British Literature (Student)
British Literature (Teacher)
World Literature (Student)
World Literature (Teacher)
Write Through the Bible
Trisha Gilkerson’s Write Through the Bible series is fabulous. It comes in a junior or regular edition, and you can choose ESV or KJV, ball-and-stick, D’Nealian Manuscript, or cursive.
Write Through the Bible, Junior: Philippians 2:1-18 ESV, Ball-and-StickWrite Through the Bible, Junior: Philippians 2:1-18 KJV, Ball-and-Stick
Write Through the Bible, Junior: Philippians 2:1-18 KJV, D’Nealian Manuscript
Write Through the Bible, Junior: Philippians 2:1-18 ESV, D’Nealian Manuscript
Write Through the Bible, Junior: Philippians 2:1-18 KJV, Cursive
Write Through the Bible, Junior: Philippians 2:1-18 ESV, Cursive
Write Through the Bible: Proverbs 3:1-26 ESV Ball and Stick Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Matthew 5:1 – 20 ESV Ball and Stick Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Psalms 1, 23, and 121 KJV Ball and Stick Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: The Nicene Creed Ball and Stick Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: The Lord’s Prayer Ball and Stick Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Psalms 1, 23, & 121 ESV Ball and Stick Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Psalms 1, 23, and 121 ESV – D’Nealian Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: The Lord’s Prayer Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Exodus 20:1 – 21 ESV Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: The Apostles’ Creed – D’Nealian Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Psalms 1, 23, & 121 ESV Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Psalms 1, 23, & 121 KJV – D’Nealian Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Matthew 5:1 – 20 ESV Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Proverbs 3:1-26 ESV Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: The Nicene Creed – D’Nealian Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12 KJV Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12 ESV Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Psalms 1, 23, and 121 KJV Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Exodus 20:1 – 21 KJV Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Apostles’ Creed Manuscript
Write Through the Bible Workbook: The Nicene Creed Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Philippians 2:1 – 18 KJV Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Matthew 5:1 – 20 KJV Manuscript
Write Through the Bible: Philippians 2:1 -18 ESV Cursive
Write Through the Bible: Exodus 20:1 – 21 KJV Cursive
Write Through the Bible: Psalms 1, 23, and 121 KJV Cursive
Write Through the Bible: Psalms 1, 23, & 121 ESV Cursive
Write Through the Bible: Exodus 20:1 – 21 ESV Cursive
Write Through the Bible: Apostles’ Creed Cursive
Write Through the Bible: Proverbs 3:1-26 ESV Cursive
Write Through the Bible: The Lord’s Prayer Cursive
Write Through the Bible: Matthew 5:1 – 20 KJV Cursive
Write Through the Bible: Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12 ESV Cursive
Write Through the Bible: Philippians 2:1-18 KJV Cursive
Write Through the Bible: The Nicene Creed Cursive
Write Through the Bible: Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12 KJV Cursive
Spelling Power
I’m including Spelling Power just because it’s a great program. You can purchase one book to use with all of your students all the way through high school, and it takes just a few minutes a day. This isn’t a Christian homeschool resource, but we still love it.
Spelling Power, Fourth Edition
Well, friend, those are my very favorite Christian homeschool resources. God bless your coming school year!

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