Crocuses, daffodils, and hyacinths blooming means it’s spring. And that means it’s time to reveal the Blue Ribbon winners for 2024. Blue Ribbons are selected from among the favorite homeschool and educational companies via the Homeschool Influencer Network. This year we are proud to announce the following winners as our homeschool favorites:
- Favorite History Curriculum: Beautiful Feet
- Favorite Language Arts: Common Sense Press
- Favorite Math Program: CTCMath
- Favorite Grammar Resource: Easy Grammar
- Favorite STEM Resource: Excalibur Solutions STEM Academy
- Favorite Elective: Hue
- Favorite Foreign Language: JAM with Latin
- Favorite Learn to Read: Little Lions Literacy
- Favorite App: Lou Adventures
- Favorite High School Product: Progeny Press
- Favorite Video Resource: Redeem TV
- Parent Favorite: Rookie Rescuer
- Favorite Music Program: Sarah Strings
- Children’s Favorite: Solve It! for Kids
- Favorite Bible Resource: Bible Investigators: Creation
- Favorite Game: The Reading Game (Allsaid & Dunn, LLC)
- Favorite Book Series: Towers of Light
- Favorite Children’s Book: The Magnificent Mulligans: What a Croc!
- Favorite Online Resource: History Plus
Homeschool Favorites: Reading
Whether your children are learning to read or you are looking to delve deeper into literature with your high school student, members of the Homeschool Influencer Network have looked at several very useful resources in their homeschools during 2024. From Progeny Press and their literature guides to Little Lions Literacy and Little Lions Decodable Books, you’ll find it here or on our Instagram page.
Build reading comprehension skills for young children with the Lou Adventures App or improve student writing skills with the Wordsmith Series from Common Sense Press. Dig deeper into grammar with a mastery approach with Easy Grammar Systems. There is no one way to approach language arts instruction when you homeschool, especially with so many homeschool favorites to choose from. You can even bring in a favorite of ours: The Reading Game (Allsaid & Dunn, LLC)!
Homeschool Favorites: Mathematics, Science, and STEM
How does your family approach math? Do you use games, textbooks, or online lessons? One of the favorites of the Homeschool Influencer Network is CTCMath which provides self-paced online math lessons for elementary math students all the way through calculus!
Tie together science, technology, engineering, and mathematics when you invite STEM resources like Excalibur Solutions STEM Academy and Hue into your homeschool. The online lessons of Excalibur Solutions STEM Academy help all children learn about computer programming, electronic circuitry, 3D design, and more! And HUE Animation Studio allows your children to develop their creative side and dig into writing, videography, and editing.
Wonderful Products for the Family
If your children enjoy reading, we’ve shared about several fun books and series here in the past year including the Towers of Light series and The Magnificent Mulligans: What a Croc!
Another fun way for the family to spend time together is through Solve It! for Kids. This series allows you to learn about different areas of science through fun and educational podcasts.
Learn Latin together as a family! Or find the tools you need to help your children progress on their own Latin journey with JAM with Latin. JAM with Latin was created to help students and parents learn and love Latin. Lessons align with the Henle first year textbook.
In addition to reading, exploring science, and Latin, you can explore the life of a first responder with Rookie Rescuer. Rookie Rescuer is a 137-page workbook designed for second- through sixth-grade students. There are lessons to read, field trips to take, and more in this unique book.
Introduce your children to violin lessons with Sarah Strings. Sarah Strings was created by Sarah Van Kleeck, a Suzuki-certified teacher with over thirty-two years of experience and a homeschool mom.This is a flexible online program that allows you to set your own dates and times for music lessons.
Learning about History
Whether you want to use living books and research history with Beautiful Feet or you want to enjoy fast-paced videos online with History Plus, there are multiple options to learn about history when you homeschool. There is no shortage of history-related homeschool favorites!
Explore the Bible with Bible Investigators: Creation. Independent learners, aged 8–12, will love this book of puzzles that helps them dig deeper into the Old Testament. Have your children get into the front seat of their own Bible study with this unique book from Danika Cooley.
More to Come
The year 2024 was an exciting one for the Homeschool Influencer Network, and we found a lot of wonderful educational products to share with you. We can’t wait to see what 2025 has in store!
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This article has been written by Kristen Heider. She is the Director of Marketing for The Old Schoolhouse® and the Social Media Manager of HomeschoolingFinds.com. She shares more about her family’s homeschooling journey at A Mom’s Quest Teach.