Homeschool history and geography curricula for pre-K and kindergarten, compared

What this list holds

Programs for pre-K and kindergarten, usually short lessons with letters, sounds, counting and a lot of reading aloud and play.

History curricula for homeschool are often built on read-alouds and books rather than one textbook, and many go through history in order over four or more years, starting again at a deeper level.

This list holds programs sold for history and geography on their own. Full curricula that teach it along with every other subject are on homeschool all-in-one curricula.

At a glance

• All 5 show a price on the publisher's site. For one child and one year of the main package they run from free to $255.95, and 1 is free.
• How the child works: 4 books and workbooks, 1 on screen.
• 3 of the 5 have a placement test or level guide on the publisher's site, linked on each card.
• Grades: all reach pre-K or kindergarten, all reach the elementary grades, all reach middle school and all reach high school.

Each program in a line

• Beautiful Feet Books: A family that wants to teach history and geography through real books read aloud together, with discussion rather than worksheets, across several grades at once.
• The Good and the Beautiful: A family that wants low-cost, open-and-go printed lessons and likes teaching science and history to several children at once.
• Khan Academy: A family that wants free, self-paced practice in math and other core subjects, with a parent who is happy to choose the courses and check progress on a dashboard.
• The Mystery of History: A family with children of different ages who wants one world history read together in time order, with a choice of activities at each child's level.
• Tapestry of Grace: A family with children of several ages who wants one shared history and literature plan built on living books and discussion, and is willing to plan each week.

Before you buy

Check how many minutes a day the program expects, and how much of it is reading aloud and play.

Check which books you have to buy or borrow beyond the guide, and how the program fits more than one child at once. Map and timeline work is common, and some programs fold geography and literature into history.

Most publishers post samples and a placement test; each card links the placement test where the publisher has one.

Side by side

• Tapestry of Grace vs The Mystery of History

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• Secular homeschool curricula for pre-K and kindergarten 25
• Homeschool all-in-one curricula for pre-K and kindergarten 21
• Faith-based homeschool curricula for pre-K and kindergarten 19
• Homeschool language arts programs for pre-K and kindergarten 11
• Homeschool math curricula for pre-K and kindergarten 10
• Homeschool history and geography curricula 8
• Print homeschool history and geography curricula 7
• Homeschool history and geography curricula for high school 6
• Faith-based homeschool history and geography curricula 5
• Homeschool history and geography curricula under $100 a year 3
• Literature-based homeschool history and geography curricula 3
• Every program, with a filter for any combination

How we label

Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.

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