Homeschool (page 4)
Schedules, checklists, planners and records for teaching at home.
- Project-based learning: what it is, how to plan a unit, and what the research saysGuide
Project-based learning for teachers: the evidence rating (two recent school trials positive, one null), what made the successful units work, how to plan one by grade, examples, mistakes and tools.
- How to teach phonics step by stepGuide
A step-by-step way to teach phonics: what the evidence supports, a typical sequence of patterns, a 30-minute daily lesson with scripts, blending, spelling, decodable text, tricky words and checking progress.
- Infant and toddler lesson plans by monthPrintable
A week of play for every month, for infants and for toddlers: a sensory or play idea, a song, a book and outside time each day, on one page to print. Free.
- Class skills checklistPrintable
A free printable class skills checklist: a row for each child, a column for each skill, a box to tick. Type your own skills and your class list, which stays in this browser, and print.
- Missing work logPrintable
A free printable missing work log: a row for each assignment, its due date, who still owes it and a box to tick when it is in. Edit the assignment list and print.
- Parent contact log templatePrintable
A free parent contact log template for teachers: date, how, who started it, what was said and the next step, one page per child, to print or copy, with a filled example.
- Planning a school yearGuide
How to plan a school year: the district calendar, counting real teaching days, mapping units, pacing with buffer weeks, assessments before grading deadlines, and monthly check-ins.
- Australian CurriculumGuide
The Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 in plain words: Foundation to Year 10, eight learning areas, NAPLAN, Year 1 phonics checks, and how NSW's syllabuses and Victoria's curriculum fit.
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- Canada's provincial curriculaGuide
How Canada's provinces set their own curricula: Ontario's 2023 Language curriculum and EQAO, British Columbia's know–do–understand model, Alberta's new K–6, and how to follow one at home.
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- Child care training hours trackerTool
Log each course, see the training year's hours against your state's, and get calendar reminders before CPR and other certificates run out. Free courses listed.
Checked 2026-10-31
- Core KnowledgeGuide
Core Knowledge in plain words: E. D. Hirsch's free PreK-8 Sequence, why knowledge matters for reading, a lesson, the Colorado lottery study and how to use it at home.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Curriculum for Excellence (Scotland)Guide
Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence in plain words: the five levels from Early to Fourth, P1 to S3, how they compare with England and the US, and how to support a child at home.
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- Curriculum for WalesGuide
The Curriculum for Wales in plain words: six areas of learning, progression steps at about ages 5, 8, 11, 14 and 16, Welsh and English, and the Years 2 to 9 online assessments.
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- EL Education K-8 Language ArtsGuide
EL Education K-8 Language Arts in plain words: its design ideas, how the materials are sold, what the pages do not say, and the free Peabody pages that go beside it.
Checked 2026-11-09
- HighScopeGuide
What the HighScope preschool curriculum is: plan-do-review, the eight content areas, a day in a HighScope room, and what Perry Preschool and the curriculum comparison study really found.
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- Ireland's Primary CurriculumGuide
Ireland's primary curriculum in plain words: Junior Infants to 6th Class, the 2023 Primary Curriculum Framework, the new maths curriculum, and the reading and maths tests in 2nd, 4th and 6th class.
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- Knowledge-building EnglishGuide
What knowledge-building ELA is: why background knowledge drives comprehension, how CKLA, EL Education and Wit & Wisdom work, and what reviewers found.
Checked 2026-11-06
- National curricula abroadGuide
England's key stages and SATs, Australia's F–10 and NAPLAN, Canada's provinces, Singapore's subject banding, Finland's core curriculum and Japan's Courses of Study, in plain words.
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- National Curriculum in EnglandGuide
England's key stages, year groups and national checks (phonics in Year 1, times tables in Year 4, SATs in Year 6), how they compare with US grades, and how to follow it at home.
Checked 2026-11-06
- New Zealand Curriculum (Te Mātaiaho)Guide
New Zealand's refreshed curriculum, Te Mātaiaho, in plain words: structured literacy from 2025, year-by-year English and maths, a new-entrant phonics check, and Years 0 to 13.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Northern Ireland CurriculumGuide
Northern Ireland's curriculum in plain words: the Foundation Stage in P1 and P2, Key Stages 1 and 2 to P7, six areas of learning, and how P1 compares with Reception and pre-K.
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- Project-based learningGuide
Project-based learning in plain words: the seven Gold Standard elements, a project from start to finish, the AP trial evidence, what goes wrong, and a first project to try.
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- Reading ReconsideredGuide
Reading Reconsidered explained in plain words: the book of methods, the separate book-based curriculum for grades 5 to 8, how units run, and the free Peabody pages that go beside it.
Checked 2026-11-09
- South Africa's CAPS curriculumGuide
South Africa's CAPS curriculum in plain words: Grade R to 12, the Foundation, Intermediate, Senior and FET phases, home and additional languages, assessment and matric.
Checked 2026-11-06