Curriculum — Savvy Schoolhouse
curriculum I've actually used

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30
curricula reviewed
7
years teaching K-12
0
paid placements
Math · Grades 2–5
Beast Academy
Comic-format math for the kid who's bored by drill. Hard problems, real reasoning, no busy-work.
Secular $$ 30–60 min Mixed
Best for: the kid who resists drill
Language Arts · Grades K–5
Blossom & Root
Literature-rich, nature-forward, arts-integrated. For the family that homeschools slow and on purpose.
Secular $$ 1–2 hrs Screen-free
Best for: the Storyteller + Maker family
Reading & Phonics · Grades K–3
All About Reading
The phonics program most Curators eventually land on. Scripted, multi-sensory, works for struggling readers including dyslexia.
Neutral $$$ 30–60 min Screen-free
Best for: struggling or dyslexic readers
History · Grades 1–8
Story of the World
Read-aloud history the whole family can share. Susan Wise Bauer's four-year cycle told as a story, not a textbook.
Neutral $ 30–60 min Screen-free
Best for: multi-age families sharing one read-aloud
Full curriculum · Grades K–12
Sonlight
Open-and-go literature-rich curriculum. Everything shipped in one box, scripted teacher guide, nothing left to plan.
Faith-friendly $$$$ 1–2 hrs Minimal-screen
Best for: the Planner who wants one provider
Math · Grades 3–12
Teaching Textbooks
Fully independent math. Kids work on-screen, teacher grades automatically. The option when you can't sit 1:1 for math every day.
Neutral $$ 0–30 min Screen-based
Best for: independent learners, multi-kid households
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About this curriculum
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Contents
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Scope & sequence
Exactly what gets covered, week by week. The part that took me hours per curriculum to extract manually — it's already done here.
Review videos
Real walk-throughs from Jessica and the homeschool community — not the publisher's own marketing.
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why I review curriculum differently
No affiliate arrangement has ever influenced a review on this site. Every recommendation is one I've made to a friend, using my own money.
Jessica
Jessica
K-12 · 7 years · mom of 7
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