Resources 

Reading Curriculum

All About Reading

The most comprehensive and thorough reading program I have found. This program is ideal for children who struggle with reading, as well as children who catch on super quick.

There is a free reading placement that will let you know where to start your child.

Spelling Curriculum

All About Spelling

This program can be used in tandem with the All About Reading program as they complement each other and enforce the concepts. However, it can also be used as a stand-alone program without needing to buy the reading program. 

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The reading program employs the use of a magnetic board and colored letter tiles for tactile and visual learners but is a benefit to all. If you are short on space in your home, you have the option of an inexpensive app instead of the magnetic board, which is great if you are short on space but still want the hands-on learning component.

Math

Abeka Math

This program is my personal favorite, not because it is Christian material, but because it is the most solid foundational math program out there. It offers the most practice in mastery of computational skills, (add, subtract, multiply, divide), of any program I have found. It is very solid in computation and mathematical processes. It uses the mastery approach to learning, which gives the students quite a lot of practice on one particular concept being taught, while offering a few review problems at the end from previous lessons. This approach works well for many students, though there are some kids that need more consistent review, or they forget what they learned. 

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Saxon Math

This is a very solid math program that uses the spiral approach, which mean that it teaches a new topic each day, offers a few practice problems to learn the new topic, and then the student spends the rest of the lesson doing problems that review everything he has learned to date. This method works very well for many kids, but not all. Some kids need more of a mastery approach to learning math, which offers many problems and practice on the current topic taught, while offering a few problems at the end of each lesson that are a review of previous concepts.