Best homeschool curriculum, by grade and style
There is no single best homeschool curriculum on this site. The lists below group programs the directory already records, using the grade span and style tags from official pages.
The order inside each group is a published rule, the same idea as the methodology: use fields we can point at. Verified starting price, lowest first. Programs with no verified starting price go last. Ties break by name. A lower price is not a quality award. A partial kit price is still the starting figure stored for that listing, and the program page says what the number is. Checked October 17, 2026.
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Pre-K to grade 2
Programs whose listed grade span overlaps pre-k to grade 2, ordered by verified starting price, lowest first. Unknown prices are last. This is the first eight in that order, not a claim that they are the eight best.
- AmblesideOnline — K-12 (Years); Free
- Connections Academy — K-12; Tuition-free (public online school, where available)
- Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool — K-12 (levels); Free
- K12 Online School — K-12; Tuition-free (K12-powered online public schools, where available by state)
- Starfall — PreK-5; Home membership $35/year
- RightStart Mathematics — PreK-8 (levels); Level B book bundle shown at $109.25
- IXL — PreK-12; $9.95/mo single subject; $15.95/mo math + language arts; $19.95/mo core subjects
- Singapore Math — PreK-8; Grade sets shown (e.g., $123, $137)
Grades 3 to 5
Programs whose listed grade span overlaps grades 3 to 5, ordered by verified starting price, lowest first. Unknown prices are last. This is the first eight in that order, not a claim that they are the eight best.
- AmblesideOnline — K-12 (Years); Free
- Connections Academy — K-12; Tuition-free (public online school, where available)
- Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool — K-12 (levels); Free
- K12 Online School — K-12; Tuition-free (K12-powered online public schools, where available by state)
- Starfall — PreK-5; Home membership $35/year
- RightStart Mathematics — PreK-8 (levels); Level B book bundle shown at $109.25
- IXL — PreK-12; $9.95/mo single subject; $15.95/mo math + language arts; $19.95/mo core subjects
- Singapore Math — PreK-8; Grade sets shown (e.g., $123, $137)
Grades 6 to 8
Programs whose listed grade span overlaps grades 6 to 8, ordered by verified starting price, lowest first. Unknown prices are last. This is the first eight in that order, not a claim that they are the eight best.
- AmblesideOnline — K-12 (Years); Free
- Connections Academy — K-12; Tuition-free (public online school, where available)
- Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool — K-12 (levels); Free
- K12 Online School — K-12; Tuition-free (K12-powered online public schools, where available by state)
- RightStart Mathematics — PreK-8 (levels); Level B book bundle shown at $109.25
- IXL — PreK-12; $9.95/mo single subject; $15.95/mo math + language arts; $19.95/mo core subjects
- Singapore Math — PreK-8; Grade sets shown (e.g., $123, $137)
- Thinkwell — Middle & high school math/science; Courses shown at $169.00 each (e.g., Pre-Algebra)
Grades 9 to 12
Programs whose listed grade span overlaps grades 9 to 12, ordered by verified starting price, lowest first. Unknown prices are last. This is the first eight in that order, not a claim that they are the eight best.
- AmblesideOnline — K-12 (Years); Free
- Connections Academy — K-12; Tuition-free (public online school, where available)
- Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool — K-12 (levels); Free
- K12 Online School — K-12; Tuition-free (K12-powered online public schools, where available by state)
- IXL — PreK-12; $9.95/mo single subject; $15.95/mo math + language arts; $19.95/mo core subjects
- Thinkwell — Middle & high school math/science; Courses shown at $169.00 each (e.g., Pre-Algebra)
- BYU Independent Study — Grades 7-12 and university; High/middle school: $229 per 0.5-credit standard course; $329 specialized; $130 best value (effective Aug 1, 2026)
- Memoria Press — PreK-12; Preschool Curriculum Set $235.42 sale (list $271.72); other grade sets on page
By teaching style
A program appears under a style only when that word is one of its style tags. The first six in the price order are shown.
Traditional
- Seton Home Study School — traditional; Grades 1-12 base $530/student (full payment) plus grade fees (e.g., +$260 grades 9-12); PreK/K $210; single courses $40-$230
- Abeka Homeschool — traditional, video; Abeka Academy, Video & Books: accredited Gr 1-6 $148.40 x 10-month plan; unaccredited Gr 1-6 $143.40 x 10; K5 $98.40/$93.40 x 10. Other plans on page.
- Saxon Math — traditional, math; unknown
Classical
- AmblesideOnline — charlotte mason, classical; Free
- Memoria Press — classical; Preschool Curriculum Set $235.42 sale (list $271.72); other grade sets on page
- Classical Conversations — classical, community; Varies by local community (not listed on home page)
Charlotte mason
- AmblesideOnline — charlotte mason, classical; Free
- Heart of Dakota — charlotte mason, literature-based; unknown
- Master Books — charlotte mason, workbook; Individual books shown (e.g., $27.99)
- My Father's World — unit study, literature-based, charlotte mason; unknown
Literature-based
- Brave Writer — writing, literature-based; unknown
- Heart of Dakota — charlotte mason, literature-based; unknown
- My Father's World — unit study, literature-based, charlotte mason; unknown
- Sonlight — literature-based; unknown
- The Good and the Beautiful — literature-based; Individual items shown from about $17.99 (varies)
Online
- Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool — online, free; Free
- Starfall — online, early learning; Home membership $35/year
- IXL — online, supplement; $9.95/mo single subject; $15.95/mo math + language arts; $19.95/mo core subjects
- CTCMath — math, online, video; One student $39.90/mo or $257/yr; multiple students $59.90/mo or $397/yr
- Alpha Omega Publications — workbook, online; Monarch: $439.95/yr per student full access (or $43.95/mo); single course $109.95/yr (or $10.95/mo)
- Time4Learning — online, self-paced; $39.95/month (PreK-5th grade curriculum, per pricing page)
Math
- RightStart Mathematics — math, hands-on; Level B book bundle shown at $109.25
- Singapore Math — mastery, math; Grade sets shown (e.g., $123, $137)
- CTCMath — math, online, video; One student $39.90/mo or $257/yr; multiple students $59.90/mo or $397/yr
- Art of Problem Solving — math, live online classes, gifted; unknown
- Beast Academy — math, online, gifted; unknown
- Math Mammoth — math, mastery, open-and-go; unknown
Frequently asked questions
What is the best homeschool curriculum?
There is no single best program in this directory. A program is listed under a grade band only when its recorded grade span overlaps that band, and under a style only when it has that style tag. Inside a group, the order is verified starting price, lowest first, then name. That is a scan order from the data, not a review.
Do you publish star ratings?
We do not assign our own score or average other sites. A program page may quote a third-party rating from a page we loaded, with that source’s URL and the date we read it. Those quotations do not order this list.
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