One piece of advice I would give to new/prospective homeschooling families is to NOT buy a curriculum for your 1st year. Learn what works best for your family 1st, then you will have info with which to evaluate curricula.

Also... you can homeschool without curriculum. 😉
Read good books. Learn math through daily life. Go outside & explore God's creation for science. Gather art supplies & recycled materials (boxes, bottles, etc) & allow your child/ren to be creative.

Make the study of God's Word your 1st priority & biggest focus.
Halfway through our 3rd year of homeschooling, we ditched our curriculum. We are using resources like Mcguffey's readers, Hamilton math (in public domain), & real books for science & history.

We found that "schoolish" materials (like textbooks) took joy out of our homeschool.
There are so many quality materials for free in the public domain. Textbooks were just not for us & that's fine!! My daughter's interest primarily are driving our study. (Of course she has required marerials.)
For example, she is currently studying early American history & our presidents. She regularly teaches my husband & myself new facts about the presidents. For science, we are going through One Blood for Kids at her request.
Instead of textbooks, I recommend filling your home with quality, "living" books. These are often vintage books, in my experience. When your child/ren develop an appetite for these books, they will want more & more!

They will be so eager to learn from real books.
Also, most textbooks are consummable &, thus, not cost effective. You can find used vintage books for a fraction of the cost that can be used for all your children & passed down too.
For young children, learning to read & understand basic math concepts is the priority (2nd to Bible time, of course). When children have mastered those, they can teach themselves.

Until then, develop their enjoyment of real books through read alouds.
Most importantly here, find what works best for your family. If that's a boxed curriculum that's fine too! Just don't be afraid to take a different route if a boxed curriculum isn't for you. 😊

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