Christian Literature-based Curriculum for Homeschooling Families

  • Curriculum options for Kindergarten through High School, written from a biblical worldview
  • Unit Study Tools to build your own historical units
  • Structured open-and-go Daily Lesson Plans
  • Integrates history, language arts, science, and fine arts
  • Charlotte Mason-inspired, research-based teaching methods
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Train Up a Child Publishing: 60 Assignment Ideas for Using Real Books

60 Assignment Ideas (K-HS) Using Real Books

How to bring life to your kids’ education by teaching history, science, and language arts using excellent literature instead of dry textbooks!

“Greetings! I’m still sharing the best curriculum with all the homeschool moms I meet … Thank you for creating such a fantastic, REAL, usable, family-centered, multi-age, awesome curriculum! … All true and spoken from experience and from the heart! God bless you.”

~Jennifer
Train Up a Child Publishing: Subject Integration

Subject Integration

Train Up a Child Publishing: History Cycle

History Cycle

Train Up a Child Publishing: Curriculum Options

Curriculum Options

Her favorite subject is now HISTORY!

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We have absolutely loved using your Daily Lesson Plans for first grade. The reading list integrated beautifully with our classical conversations program. The books have brought such depth to our homeschool! My seven-year-old now says her favorite subject is HISTORY! It’s absolutely because of the way the books you recommended brought all the time periods to life. I’m so grateful for your work to create such an amazing curated list along with all the activities/lessons.
Kathryn B.

Layering history through the timeline is brilliant!

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Thanks so much, Dana! I just wanted to tell you that I think the “layering” of history by going through the timeline each year is brilliant!
Brenda

School was an uphill battle until Train Up a Child Publishing!

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I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your curriculum. We’ve been homeschooling for several years but never seemed to find our “groove.” School was always an uphill battle. Until beginning with Train Up a Child Publishing this year. Your unit studies are flexible enough to meet the needs of my six children of different ages and learning styles (and some minor learning disabilities) yet structured enough to give me confidence that I’m doing enough. Thank you so much for providing a curriculum that meets the needs of our family like nothing else has
Rebekah O.

I can’t say enough great things about this curriculum!

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This is our 3rd year using daily lesson plans. I can’t say enough great things about this curriculum. I love that we start each year in the Bible, it’s a great way to start off the school year. I personally have learned so much history and sometimes I will catch my high schooler listening in. Spelling words are pulled from the weekly reading so my daughter makes a connection with the words instead of just handing her another “boring” list of words. And as with each year we are enjoying all the great books!
Abbey G.

Thanks for giving us a thoughtful and excellent curriculum choice!

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I think the reason I like your [High School] courses so much is that they do not spoon-feed… they make a young person think and that is what we should be striving for. In this dangerous world of ours where we can be fed all kinds of lies and untruths, it is important for a person to have the skills to think independently and come to their own conclusions. Sometimes being able to trust your own thoughts is better than trusting the news media or biased history books – there are too few real thinkers today, just lots of people with agendas, and the truth is often not part of that agenda. So thanks for giving us a thoughtful and excellent [high school] curriculum choice… I recommend it wherever I can.
Linda L.

The curriculum i easy to follow and change if you need!

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My twin girls just finished 1st grade. I’ve been amazed at how much they have learned. The use of good literature has definitely increased their retention. The curriculum is very easy to follow and change if you need. My mom was a 1st grade teacher for decades and comments often about how impressed she is with what they have learned. I really believe the integration of subjects is a huge factor in this.
Brenda M.

I love having all the subjects tie together!

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We had a wonderful year using this curriculum. We were given the gift of so many wonderful books to read. I love having all subjects tied together, makes for a smooth transition from one subject to the next.
Abbey

About Us

At Train up a Child Publishing, our vision is to help you bring your children’s home education to life and help you to have a happy, thriving home. We believe the first pillar of home education is Christ-centered mentoring and discipleship between parents and children. That belief informs our literature-based homeschool curricula, our blog posts, and our experienced mentoring.

Train up a Child Publishing provides literature-based, Charlotte Mason-inspired homeschool curricula for Kindergarten through High School, written from a biblical worldview. We use the best children’s literature instead of dreary, ho-hum textbooks to teach history, science, language arts, and fine arts.

Whether you want a unit study framework to build on with our Unit Study Tools, the open-and-go structure of our Daily Lesson Plans, or our customizable High School Courses, we’ve got you!

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Curriculum

Train Up a Child Publishing: Kindergarten and Elementary Curriculum
Kindergarten / Elementary
Train Up a Child Publishing: Middle School
Middle School
Train Up a Child Publishing: High School
High School

Bio & Awards

Dana Wilson is a homeschool mom “graduate” who home educated from Kindergarten through High School. Her children attended a popular S.C. university (Go Tigers!), graduated from a medical university, and are now medical professionals with families of their own. Her mission is to help homeschool mamas think biblically, bring their children’s home education to life, and help them have happy, thriving homes.

How to Homeschool Award: The Best Homeschool Curriculum and Products on the Planet 2022
Practical Homeschooling Reader Award 2019
Dana Wilson, Founder of Train Up a Child Publishing

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