First Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices

How is my youngest child old enough for 1st grade?!?! This is the seventh time I’ve taught first grade as a homeschool mom and every time has been different. I have learned that the key is finding what works best for each unique child. So here is a look at our 1st grade homeschool curriculum choices for the 2022-2023 homeschool year.

This post contains affiliate links. Read my full disclosure here.

Homeschool Curriculum Choices

This year I’ll have six children to homeschool. Because it’s impossible for me to teach every subject to each of my kids, I’ll be using some video lessons and multi-age learning to assist me in educating my kids at home.

Family Learning

This year we will be gathering together as a family for morning basket time, lunchtime Bible and logic lessons, and evening family devotions. I shared more about what we are doing during these times and what resources we are using in this blog post.

Group Learning

I’m putting my first grader and third grader together for history and literature lessons. I’m so excited to be using curriculum from Notgrass History with all of my kids this year! My first grader and 3rd grader will be using Our Star-Spangled Story along with their literature recommendations.

Our Star-Spangled Story | U.S. History for Grades 1-4

Learning One-On-One with Mom

One of the subjects I like to teach to my younger kids is English. Our focus this year will be phonics and reading along with handwriting. Once he makes more progress in these areas, we will add in spelling.

Here is what my first grader will be using:

Independent Learning

My son really enjoyed his BJU Press K5 math video lessons last year and is excited to use their first grade math curriculum this homeschool year. He will also be using the BJU Press Science 1 video lessons for science. BJU Press video lessons have been a life saver for me. My first grader is thrilled to have two video lessons to watch this year!