I can even remember being told by a few people that it couldn't be legal for me to homeschool if we weren't religious lol. But the secular homeschool world has gotten vicious since I started homeschooling. Being a secular homeschooler was the minority within the minority as homeschooling was still a bit of a weird thing to do when I started. We have always been secular homeschoolers but I've never had much issue at all with the occasional mention of religious views as long as I can edit it out easily if I want to. Programs like All About Reading/Spelling and Logic of English that have come since SWR was at the height of its popularity are an improvement on the dry and boring aspect. I also don't see 100 Easy Lessons or MEP or Five In A Row mentioned as much any more. I think that was part of its decline. I used it to some extent with all my kids (and still have my original manuals) but I will be the first to admit it is dry as a desert and boring if used as it is exactly. It has a learning curve for the teacher especially if you aren't familiar with Spalding or Orton-Gillingham style instruction. I remember when Spell to Write and Read (SWR) was THE spelling program. I noticed a decent showing about Night Zookeeper last fall that seems to have petered out to non-existence, but I haven't paid attention to what has taken its place yet. It's balanced with the other extreme: Time4Learning, MobyMax, and whatever the new, $10/month online, will-teach-your-child-everything-in-15-minutes-a-day-and-make-it-fun program is out there. The big trend now is the nature-based: Blossom & Root, Wild Math, that sort of thing that people can shove to the side when it gets to be a month of -15 degrees and the idea of going outside to do school is not appealing. Neo-classical folks started splintering off, and the literature folks joined them to find Charlotte Mason ideas in a more CM centered program: Ambleside, The Alveary, and the spin off of those that incorporated elements of CM but were more comfortable to new folks- Torchlight, Gather Round, Build Your Library.I'm sure Biblioplan fits in there, too. WTM methods, Memoria and Veritas, My Father's World. That was in kind of a weird Sharks/Jets relationship with neo-classical, which was rising. Sonlight was the standard, FIAR up there, HoD to a lesser extent, and the more relaxed reading through the subjects. Literature based/family style was huge for a while.

Specific curriculum, yes, but there is always a growing philosophical trend behind it.

Other Resources for Learning Challenges.

Resources (and Curricula) for Processing Difficulties.

Science Courses: Text/Online Support Packages.

Apps, Learning Games, and Online Enrichment Activities.

Getting Started: Beginning the Home Education Adventure.Stories and Tales From Around the World.

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