Trail Guide to Learning
Trail Guide to Learning is a homeschool curriculum for every subject except math. Each one-year level ties history, geography, science, language skills, literature and the arts to one theme, with notebooking, art, cooking, music and games: Paths of Exploration (3rd to 5th grade), Paths of Settlement (4th to 6th), Paths of Progress (5th to 7th) and Journeys Through the Ancient World (6th to 8th).
Grades it covers
- PK
- K
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Subjects
- All subjects: reading and phonics, language arts, science and history and geography
- Grades
- Four one-year levels for 3rd to 8th grade, with extensions sold for younger children (K to 2nd) and older ones source ↗
- Method
- Unit studies source ↗
- Format
- Books and workbooks source ↗
- Faith label
- Faith-based
- Cost a year
- No price on the publisher’s own site when we checked. Ask the publisher.
- Placement
- No placement test on the publisher’s site when we checked.
What it does well
- One theme carries most subjects, so siblings of different ages can study the same topic together.
- Language skills are taught inside the history and science reading rather than as separate drills.
- Lessons are hands-on, with notebooking, art, cooking, music and games built in.
- Package specials bring the curriculum together with all the required books, atlases and maps.
Watch for
- Math is not included, so you choose and buy your own math program.
- The student notebook pages are required and are sold separately from the teacher's guides.
- Younger and older siblings need extension guides and notebooks, sold on top of the main level.
- End-of-unit assessments are optional and sold separately.
It fits
A family with several children close in age who wants one themed plan for everything but math, with plenty of hands-on projects.
It doesn’t fit
A family that wants each subject taught separately at the child's own level, or a course that includes math.
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Lists it is on
- Homeschool all-in-one curricula 32
- Faith-based homeschool curricula 29
- Unit study homeschool curricula 8
- Homeschool curricula for pre-K and kindergarten 73
- Homeschool curricula for middle school 83
- Print homeschool curricula 68
- Faith-based homeschool all-in-one curricula 20
- Faith-based unit study homeschool curricula 6
- Faith-based homeschool curricula for pre-K and kindergarten 25
- Faith-based print homeschool curricula 27
- Homeschool all-in-one curricula for pre-K and kindergarten 30
- Homeschool all-in-one curricula for middle school 31
What we read, and 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.
The publisher’s pages we read on October 31, 2026:
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