Does anyone know of a homeshcool curriculum NOT bible based?

Question

I am homeschooling a 7th grade student and she is doing well. But I have been looking for a curriculum that is not Bible based. She does Bible study through her course work, but I don't necessarily want it in her science, history and language arts classes. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

odella. they give you a computer and stuff for free too.  i'm pretty sure it goes through the public school system, except that you're the teacher.

Answer 2

You can put one together yourself with library books, history can be done chronologically from ancients to present; you can get books on each time period.

Usborne books are great for both history, and science for those who have a non-creation point of view, or want to include other theories in their teachings.

Science can be taught in increments, and be divided into subjects; again you can get books on each of those through the library, as well as books for experiments.

Usborne books are also Internet linked for further study, or research material.

For language arts I would recommend Wordly Wise 3000, it includes spelling, vocabulary, reading, and writing.

The narratives are also good for social studies since they are short stories about just about everything, including biographies.

The workbooks are inexpensive, around $10.00 each with the answer key's being less than $5.00; you may need something else for grammar, unless she is pretty proficient in sentence structure and other mechanics.

Book 1 starts around the 4Th grade level, and goes up to the 12th grade level.

for examples see here:

http://shop.rocksolidinc.com/shared/Stor...

A web site that refers to secular home schooling materials is:

http://www.angelfire.com/or/mtdewbydo/se...

Hope this helps a bit.

Answer 3

Use the text books that the public school uses.  

We work at the school, so we ask for discarded books.  They are still up to date, just a little ragged.

You can also use the library to create your curriculum.

There are also many free websites where you can study history, science and language arts..

Answer 4

Laurel Springs School ...www.laurelsprings.com

Answer 5

There are many that are not Bible based. I suggest going to a curriculum fair and seeing what suits you best. For language arts I'd point you to Shurley or Winston Grammar, we use Sonlight for History, but drop the bible work portion (not hard, we just don't do it).  For science avoid Apologia (religion and pro-creation) - look for some unit studies (Microscope Unit Study by Kay...) Real Science 4 Kids by R. Keller.

Good luck.

Answer 6

If you want her to do an online curriculum that is not bible based then go to globalstudentnetwork.com and check it out.

Answer 7

www.k12.com

It is a great, non-faith based but not anti faith based curriculum.

Answer 8

laurel springs isnt bible based. the person i know it reminds them of going to schoool without the teachers and kids. thy have all he books of a regular school

Answer 9

Have you looked into Sonlight? They have a Bible package you can add to it and it's included in the lesson plans they send you but you can easily skip that part of the day and move on to the History and literature parts. I think you can choose different science programs with it as well. I bought Core 3+4 and it cam e with a program that we are using. www.sonlight.com

Answer 10

K12 is secular:

http://www.k12.com

You can purchase it just like any other curriculum.  You don't have to use a virtual public school to get it.  It's called their "Consumer Direct" option.

I've used K12 for five years and LOVE it.

Answer 11

Sycamore Tree has both a Christian program and a secular one.

http://www.sycamoretree.com

Also check out:

http://www.edanywhere.com

http://www.K12.com