Welcome to the page where I have listed companies that provide "one stop shopping" for curriculum. In other words, you can order specific curriculum kits that will meet most of your needs, all together, in packages designed for specific grades or ability levels.

Please note that companies providing "multiple-subject" items including some of the curriculum and items sold by the companies below are listed on the Multi-subject page.

Have fun browsing!

Please contact us if you'd like a company name to be listed!

We will add items we as we come across them, if they meet our requirements!

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Icon explanation:
Connecting Waters families may order from this company

This is a personal favorite or a company we order from frequently

An openly Christian company or a company offering a large number of Christian items

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All charter schools serving Los Banos are welcome to submit a list of the providers/vendors that are approved for your school. Currently we are marking Connecting Water's vendors as a convenience to CW students living in Los Banos.

Please note that all companies listed below are NOT just for families living in CA but applicable to all in the homeschooling community. (International homeschoolers will have to contact each company for their policies on international shipping.)

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Quotes are taken from each company's website.

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A Beka A well known Christian curriculum provider with colorful materials and an academically "strong" program. Most of the materials are workbook based. Main products: Christian curriculum

Alpha Omega Publications Christian curriculum provider (computer curriculum (Switched on Schoolhouse), Lifepacs, Weaver, Horizons and more). Main products: Christian curriculum

BJU Press Christian based curriculum AND a satellite dish distance learning program. Main products: Christian curriculum (math, science, history, language arts, etc.), distance learning

Calvert School Curriculum for K-8. You get everything you need in one box. We used Calvert's first grade program (when we were "new" to homeschooling) and it worked out very well.

Classical Home Education They provide classical education curriculum packages. "All of our packages follow a classical style of education with history studied chronologically and the introduction of age-appropriate classic literature." Main products: curriculum, language arts, history, science

My Father's World Homeschool and Christian school curriculum. They claim their materials are: "easy to teach", have "strong academics, hands-on activities, integrated Biblical content", take "less preparation", have an "international focus" and are "multi-age unit studies". They offer programs and materials for preschool through 8th grade. Main products: A little bit of everything! Curriculum

Oak Meadow "Oak Meadow publishes homeschool curriculum materials and has an accredited distance education school." They have a "Waldorf" feel to them. Main product: Curriculum

Sonlight Literature based curriculum. Sonlight also provides lots of other materials and books. They are a Christian company but not all of the materials are Christian. Check out their samples. Main products: Curriculum, history, science, math and more

Read our REVIEW and OPINION piece about Sonlight.

Veritas Press I love the books and curriculum offered by Veritas Press. This is another company that believes in teaching through literature and not boring textbooks. They have a beautiful phonics program as well as lots of other top-notch materials from preschool through senior high. The only thing I have to say is that I'm not so fond of some of the books offered at the senior level, but that's a personal "taste" issue. Please check them out and order a free catalog. Main products: Curriculum, and a little bit of everything!

Winter Promise We LOVE this new company that provides terrific literature based studies and other curriculum items. The author of the curriculum has provided excellent notebooking materials as well as hands on crafts and activities related to your studies for the year. Please note that the owner of Winter Promise offers a special package for CW students with no religious materials included in order to comply with the school's rules. Main products: Curriculum, history, language arts, science, math
Click here to read our review of WinterPromise's materials.

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