FIRST GRADE CURRICULUM PICKS | Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2022-2023

Homeschool curriculum choices 2022-2023 - let's chat about them! I'm kicking off these videos with my first grade curriculum picks! When making my first grade homeschool curriculum choices, I really wanted to lean into Charlotte Mason curriculum. While we're not Charlotte Mason homeschool purists and definitely include things that reflect our eclectic homeschooling, my first grade curriculum choices definitely pull from the tenets of a Charlotte Mason education. You'll see throughout my homeschool curriculum choices that we have a Charlotte Mason inspired homeschool, and I'm intentionally trying to embrace that this year. Charlotte Mason homeschooling truly provides such a beautiful educational feast, and I'm so excited for the 2022-2023 homeschool year!
I have more homeschool curriculum videos coming your way, so stay tuned! I hope you enjoyed learning about our 1st grade homeschool curriculum choices! Share your homeschool curriculum picks in the comments!
*Shop my Amazon storefront for my first grade homeschool resources: www.amazon.com/shop/livewellj...
*Free trial class with Homeschool Spanish Academy: bit.ly/39WXMzr
My First Reading Library: b11022.myubam.com/p/5914/my-f...
Math Mammoth: www.mathmammoth.com/
*McGuffey's Eclectic Primer: amzn.to/3cEoFJs
*McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader: amzn.to/3z4gi1j
Under the Home: underthehome.org/
*Kinder Nature Beginnings Copywork Level A: www.chickieandroo.com/product...
*Explode the Code: amzn.to/3PQS1me or bit.ly/3OseaGs
*Spelling You See Level A: amzn.to/3S0qvVq or bit.ly/3PBDHyb
Places I shop for discount and secondhand books online:
^ ThriftBooks - Get a free book with $30 purchase: www.thriftbooks.com/share/?co...
^ Book Outlet - $5 off your first purchase of $25+: bookoutlet.com/loyalty/referr...
^ Discover Books - 15% off on 2 or more books: bit.ly/3gJ0j17
*Amazon (I always compare the price for their used book listings): amzn.to/3gEAS0O
*AbeBooks: affiliates.abebooks.com/theho...
Ebay.com
I'm Jess, a homeschool mom raising three awesome girls. I'm a reluctant homeschooler turned full-blown homeschool convert! Now, my girls and I love being a homeschooling family! I've embraced my love for Charlotte Mason and running an eclectic homeschool. I'm so thrilled to be part the homeschool community here on KZbin and enjoy getting to know other homeschoolers. Whether you're a fellow homeschooling mom or are just interested in learning more about home education, I'm so glad you're here! Subscribe to follow along as I share our homeschooling journey and my family's experience living, loving, and learning at home. Introduce yourself in the comments so I can say hello!
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[@kazmynjohannes5163]

Your excitement is contagious!!! I’m over halfway through my 6 year old’s 1 st grade year. It’s been so fun and rewarding.

[@laurapinkham3488]

Love this! I would love to see how you are scheduling your homeschool this year with your two younger ones and their individual and group subjects.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you! I'm still working on pre-recorded content from before I had my surgery, but I'm hoping to start filming again within the next couple weeks so I can get a video like that up! I know it's helpful to see how everything falls into place.

[@susanwalker9029]

I would LOVE to see more about your schedule and how you incorporate all of your curriculum/resources etc. So excited you are making videos again!!!!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you! I love being back here! I definitely plan to share a video about how I’m scheduling our days.

[@PatriciaRoxana78]

Omg I just found you 20 minutes ago and am so grateful to find you! You have given the best recs for first grade in such a short amount of time, thank you!

[@lifewithginab]

Yes we love explode the code here too! Great choices Jess! Spelling you see is so great!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you! I’m looking forward to trying Spelling You See!

[@homeatthehochstetlers]

As a first time Homeschooler this fall, I have loved Watching your videos. I've actually been binging them over the last week or so -- esp the book hauls. Thanks for providing such awesome content and information for those of us who are just starting out. Spanish is the 2nd language that I'm wanting to have my girls learn throughout school, so this was awesome! I'll definitely be checking out that site. I also never thought to check out ebay for early readers.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you for the sweet encouragement! I’m so happy and humbled to hear my videos are helpful! I’m still learning from others as I go, as well. This little homeschooling community on the internet truly is so great. ❤️ I’ve found many of the books we need on eBay! I love ThriftBooks and some other secondhand books sites as well.

[@sarahescobar4828]

Thanks for sharing! ❤️ hope you are feeling well and getting good rest!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I'm feeling really great in my recovery, thank you! Lots and lots of rest still! I'm glad I was able to pre-record some content because it's been so helpful.

[@kayleighjohnson3612]

Thank you for your time and care in putting these videos together! I intend on homeschooling my K next year, but I don’t have any support or connections yet beyond my hubby. Women like you having a channel on homeschooling has been such a comfort to me in feeling less alone in my hopes to homeschool. Thank you!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you for such a sweet and encouraging comment! I’m so glad this KZbin homeschooling community makes you feel less alone. I know this community has been a blessing to me, as well!

[@gabbyrodriguez6236]

This was so helpful. ❤ and yes please show us your routine! 🎉😊

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I’m so glad! I definitely plan to do so!

[@organicmamajones2743]

Love your couch!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you! It was a secondhand find on Facebook Marketplace. 😁

[@VanessaLStrada]

I just love your content, mama! Your heart, and your love for teaching, shines through in every post. I would love to hear more about how you're structuring your days and weeks and how you use all your resources. When is your official start date?? Do y'all do anything special for the first day of school?🤔 So glad to see your content popping back up on my home page. God bless!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you so much!! 🥰🥰 Our start date is this Monday, August 1! We’ll be taking a couple weeks to settle in though, so we’ll start with language arts, math, and morning time, add in our other subjects the following week, and then the enrichment classes the girls take at our homeschool fine arts academy start the week after that, and we’ll be fully transitioned to our fall schedule.

[@jennifersanchez4245]

Thanks for sharing! I have a 1st grader too! My son started the good and beautiful and we love it! My 3 year old girl started good and beautiful for preschool and she loves it. We use Handwriting, math and language arts in The Good and the Beatuiful. We also use preschool prep, meet the phonics and math facts from utube (we pay the $14.99 for no commercials). I work fulltime and love your videos to see your love of home school and visually see different options we could use to add. I like to add little things here and there to change it up but keep the learning structure still going. My son asks to spell things all the time so I am also looking to implement some type of spelling. Right now we are choosing 3 words and writing them twice a few times a week. We also take a flash card then try and spell the word on a white board then put the card in a hard see through sleeve where he can practice writing it a few times (with a dry erase marker) while I practice the same with my daoughtor but, with letters. It's helped a lot but, kept spelling fun and low pressure. The key for us has been allowing my children to pick out their writing utensils to do school with. For writing they use markers, for language arts they use a pen(my son) or a color pencil (my daoughtor). We have tried several circulums with my son and as long as my kids can choose their writing utensil they do the lessions. I've been the particular one on what we use🙂 I've watched you for years. We are very simular in that we both research and educate ourselves in most everything we share with others. Another reason I really enjoy your videos because I feel like I can trust your opinions❤. So greatful us Moms have this wonderful opportunity to home school our children! Have a blessed year! May God guide you during this year and continue to bless your home with joy and health!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

You are so sweet! I feel so grateful to read your encouraging words and am so humbled that you trust my opinions. It sounds like you’re ready for a great school year! Praying blessings over your homeschool!

[@captain7471]

I love seeing what you picked and why. My oldest won’t meet the age requirement for my state this year, but that’s not stopping me from teaching 😂 we are having a year of lots of read alouds so your videos are a gold mine!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I'm so glad my videos are helpful! There is so much richness to be found in reading aloud together!

[@captain7471]

With two under two as well, it’s all we can do most days

[@tammyron5705]

Would love to see how you’re planning everything out. 👍🏽

[@Homeschoolology]

Well I just learned from you how Primer is pronounced! We will not have a first grader this year, but in the past we have loved Pinwheels from Rooted in language and I am excited to try out the new Quill program from Brave Writer this year (we love Brave Writer around here!). We love learning through literature around here as well! So we do a ton of that as well. Thanks for sharing your picks and explanations! I love hearing about why someone picks something!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I’ve heard wonderful things about Brave Writer! I really like Julie Bogart.

[@jamiecamacho3900]

My son(youngest) will be going into first grade this year. I am so happy I came across your channel… we are trying explode the code for the first time for both of my children and I am very excited to be naturally going into more of a Charlotte mason approach as well. I look forward to seeing more of what your doing. Thank you for the information!! Literally going to look into your suggestions now !!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you so much for watching! I’m so glad this video was helpful. 🥰 Wishing you all a wonderful school year! When are y’all starting?

[@MysteryExodus]

Love the purple couch !

[@jcross9251]

Thank you for sharing 🥰it was all so encouraging

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I am so glad! 🥰 Thank you for watching!

[@darlinglittlethree5860]

Oh I love your choices! I'd definitely love to see how your planning everything out.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you! We're excited about the school year! I'm still working on pre-recorded content from before I had my surgery, but I'm hoping to start filming again within the next couple weeks so I can get that up! I know it's helpful to see how everything falls into place.

[@darlinglittlethree5860]

@@TheHomeschoolConvert I hope your healing well and have a speedy recovery! I almost never comment on yt period but we started homeschooling around the same time and your channel is one of my favorites. Thank you for sharing all that you do, I can't imagine it to be easy, but your videos are truly wonderful ❤️

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you so much! I so appreciate your sweet encouragement! I'm humbled that I can provide content that is of value to other homeschooling mamas.

[@xiixiixo]

I agree that encoding words along side of decoding words are complimentary skills. I used Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons in tandem with Spelling You See. It was a great combination.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Rowan already tried to spell things now, so I think she’ll really enjoy working on those skills.

[@katerinasalabova8067]

Thank you! Under The Home will make everything easier and I am so looking forward to using the website. Honestly,LOL,I am also taking Art History grade 1! Thanks!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Yay! I’m so glad my recommendation was helpful!

[@faithhomeschool2789]

We used all the sonlight readers last school year too and they were great. Some we owned others we checked out. I bought the math mammoth our very first year of school and haven't used it yet. Love the extra resources.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

It’s so great to have some extra readers on hand! You might try giving Math Mammoth a go if you already have it. I really like the way it’s laid out.

[@thethespian12]

Thanks for including the Spanish academy!

[@TeachingTinyDisciples]

Great choices!! I also have a 1st grader this year ☺️

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you! Wishing you a wonderful new school year!

[@Farmchic]

Love everything! I also have a first grader, would love if you would film your routine. Also the link for kinder copy work was not working for me. Thanks again for the video!! Blessings to you all in this school year💜

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you! I definitely plan to do that! Let me figure out why that link wasn’t working…

[@prachimittal1036]

Luv the video.. very helpful.. I m not able to find the copy work bundle for sight words.. looks like the link in the description box is not working..

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

Great choices! I love pulling everything together with different curricula too! We used Sonlight B last year and are on C now. We’re loving it and my daughter has enjoyed all the 1st-3rd books and is now on to the 4th grade set. That’s pretty good for an almost 3rd grader. She’s a voracious reader because I always try to have good books on hand. But she’s just naturally a good reader. I feel like I had very little to do with that! 😂 Can’t wait to see how she loves first grade. ❤️

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you! It’s so fun to see our children develop a love for reading! Sounds like your daughter is doing great! Does she have a favorite type of book to read?

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

@@TheHomeschoolConvert She loves fantasy and adventure mostly. Anything from mice to mermaids to royalty to Boxcar Children. Secret of the Hidden Scrolls are a huge favorite. ❤️

[@simplyjen334]

Under the Home is an amazing resource

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

It really is, and it’s rarely talked about!

[@gbcflower]

In first grade last year, my daughter LOVED Draw Write Now. I'm not sure why, but those books really helped her conquer her dislike of writing. I plan to use more from that series during her 2nd grade year.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I’ve thumbed through those books and they’re really great! So glad they’ve worked well for your daughter!

[@user-fb5ze9fx7e]

LOL we're the same person. I also got too excited and bought the Sonlight I Can Read It! books a year ago.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Too funny!

[@aprilhutchens2105]

We started our homeschool year July 5. For my first grader, I'm trying out TGATB for math and English this year, but I'm considering going back to Blossom and Root next year. We're also doing Live Love Letter (I think) unit studies this year, but I probably won't do those again next year. They're very time consuming to be something I paid for 😂 I'm using old textbooks for Social Studies and Reading, and an ArgoPrep workbook for Science (it's awesome!). Explode the Code, of course, and Evan Moor Spelling.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Good luck!! Hope y'all have had a great start to your school year!

[@sanakhalid5817]

Hello I loved your video.. I'll appreciate it if you guide me how to restart homeschooling my kid grade one I had some home issues so I had to send him to school for a year but school just destroyed his base.. Phonics and hence reading is difficult for him

[@homeschoolinthemountains7936]

We also enjoy the McGuffey readers. I'll have to visit "Under the Home " thanks for recommending.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

You're welcome! It's a great free resource!

[@joellecollins2936]

My son is learning how to read as well and I have been on the hunt for some quality readers. I have to Usborne my first library as well. I don’t know what you think about the good and the beautiful, but they just released “my first nature reader” (and second and third as well) and the illustrations are so beautiful. They also have a silver and gold series which are hardback books that are level 1B and 2, which I assume is about 1st and second grade levels that are like mini chapter books. I love the illustrations and quality of their books and was hunting for more so I ended up purchasing the readers from the all about reading curriculum, but just the readers. Apparently they recently updated their readers with colored illustrations. I was hoping the two bookshelves in our library of readers would be useful, but most of the level 1s are so difficult… I don’t know who is in charge of determining the levels. I wish it were universal. But they did have the bob books so I was able to snag those since I didn’t want to buy them. Thanks for sharing some more examples of readers.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

You’re so welcome! I love sharing my finds and what works for us. I agree that I wish there was a universal system for ranking readers! It definitely varies by publisher.

[@ericahamilton4967]

Would love to see a schedule next please!!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I definitely plan to share that! I’ve been recovering from surgery and am working through some pre-filmed videos, but I hope to be filming again in the next couple of weeks.

[@mrsl1252]

I just finished watching your Kindergarten curriculum choices from last year and am wondering why you decided not to continue with Math with Confidence for first grade? Love your videos!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

We loved Math with Confidence for kindergarten! I can’t speak to their first grade curriculum since I didn’t try it, but I used Math Mammoth with for second grade with my other daughter and really liked the way it was set up. My daughter Rowan is naturally gifted at math and picks things up very quickly, so I was okay with departing from the gentleness of Math with Confidence to move more quickly and at her speed. It’s been a great fit.

[@maryanngill3576]

We are using Horizon Math, All About Reading, and some workbooks called 180 days of -- I am really liking their social emotional, geography, and science books. I'd love to know what you are using for Science and Social Studies. Thanks a bunch!!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I'll be sharing science, social studies, and more in an upcoming video about our family subjects for my younger two! :)

[@themodernhomemaker]

Do you have a more in depth schedule for your reading and phonics? We’re using over the home and McGuffey along side ETC too but I don’t really have a system in place

[@KatsGrimm]

I would love a review on Homeschool Spanish Academy. I keep looking for something for my kids and haven't found anything I love yet.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I’ll have to do a review after my younger two have experienced it for awhile! I’m sure the format will be a little different than how it was with my high schooler. Definitely do the free trial class so you can get an idea of how it works! They’ll likely assess the level your child is at during that first session.

[@staceylo789]

Hi I do have a first grader! We will be using in the fall, Christian Light for math, tgatb science for little hands, tgatb handwriting, masterbooks for language, complete Canadian curriculum for "history" along with many read alouds and readers!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Hope y’all have a wonderful first grade year!

[@staceylo789]

Thanks you too!

[@heatherkliewer1963]

i would love to see how you schedule all of these materials during the week.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Definitely will film this!

[@Oo_Chameleon]

I would love to see how you are going to plan your days I have a Kindergarten and a 4th grader 😁

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Definitely will film a video!

[@katieramsey1359]

So fun! Do you mind sharing what kind of camera you use for filming?

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I typically use my Canon T5i that I've had for many years. Occasionally I use my mirrorless DSLR - Canon M3. Both have much more updated versions, but they continue to work well for my purposes. Using an external mic helps significantly with the audio though.

[@bethart1985]

I'm actually the opposite about color. If a workbook is black and white, I won't use it. I think the colors are more engaging. There are a lot of workbooks I would like to try but I won't for that reason. This is our 3rd year homeschooling. My first grader will be doing Evan Moor skill sharpeners workbooks and Reading Eggs and Mathseeds Workbooks. Love these books! I love how every family finds what works for them.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Yes, that’s the beauty of homeschooling!

[@danaerakstad7924]

We love explode the code my son needs the half books my daughter doesn't. I didn't see your link for handwriting on your links?

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I love how simple but effective Explode the Code is! The handwriting book is linked in my Amazon storefront, which is in the description box. I found it secondhand though.

[@daniguerra1711]

My name Daniella Mommy of a 1st grader. Ty for all the tips

[@user-te7dk6qp4e]

Hello, I'm new to the homeschool community and will be begining homeschooling my 1st and 3rd grader in the fall. I'm noticing quite a few curriculum options are only downloadable/printable. Do you recommend a printer/needed supplies for this choice of curriculum? Thanks in advance

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I have an HP printer and an HP Ink subscription. Takes the guesswork out of buying ink.

[@Barbaragonzalez80]

❤

[@bringinglifehome]

Great picks! I will need to look into spelling you see for my daughter. She is going into first grade this coming year and we are using the good and the beautiful as our main curriculum and a few other supplements 😊

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thanks! I’m really looking forward to seeing how Spelling You See works for us.

[@iguanasincamouflage9029]

Is there a website where you can customize your own copywork? Love this

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Yes! Here's one: handwritingworksheets.com/

[@samanthagraveswalters8443]

Try the original McGuffey too and mom delights

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Mom Delights has some great resources!

[@sharpfamily4938]

How did everything go with the McGuffey's?

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

We still use them for reading practice! My current second grader also uses them for copy work. Simple and to the point.

[@samanthagraveswalters8443]

They are meant to last year.