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Best Secular Homeschool Curriculum

12 curricula in this guide

Finding quality secular homeschool curriculum has gotten easier in recent years, but it's still harder than it should be. Many of the most popular programs integrate Christian content — which is fine for families who want that, but leaves secular, interfaith, and worldview-neutral families with fewer options.

We've compiled every secular and worldview-neutral curriculum in our directory below. These programs teach subjects without religious content, making them suitable for families of any background. Our editorial picks highlight the strongest options across subjects.

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Build Your Library

Secular, literature-based curriculum following a historical timeline with Charlotte Mason methods. Teacher's guide PDFs are affordable; books purchased separately.

PreK K–2 3–5 6–8 9–12

$30–$60/grade

Beast Academy

Art of Problem Solving

Advanced problem-solving math for gifted elementary students, presented through comic-book-style Guide Books and an interactive online platform.

K–2 3–5

$100–$192/year

Math Mammoth

Affordable, conceptual mastery math curriculum with self-teaching worktexts. Strong on mental math and number sense. Available as printable PDFs.

K–2 3–5 6–8

$30–$40/grade

Mystery Science

Inquiry-based elementary science with engaging video lessons and hands-on investigations using household materials. NGSS-aligned, zero prep required.

PreK K–2 3–5

$199–$259/year

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Mathnasium @home

Mathnasium

Live online math tutoring delivered via webcam by trained Mathnasium instructors. Uses the proprietary Mathnasium Method. ESA-eligible in multiple states including AZ, FL, TN, UT, WV, and IA.

K–2 3–5 6–8 9–12

$2400–$4200/year

Prodigy Math

Prodigy Education

Gamified RPG math platform where wizard-themed battles are gated by adaptive math questions. Standards-aligned, free base game, ESA-approved in multiple states.

K–2 3–5 6–8

$59–$119/year

Khanmigo

Khan Academy

Khan Academy's GPT-4-powered Socratic AI tutor. Guides students to answers rather than giving them. Integrates with Khan content across math, science, humanities, AP, and SAT prep. $44/yr covers up to 10 children.

3–5 6–8 9–12

$44/year

IXL Learning

Adaptive skill-by-skill practice platform with over 17,000 standards-aligned skills across math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish. Strongest as practice and diagnostic, not initial instruction.

PreK K–2 3–5 6–8 9–12

$79–$159/year

Math Mammoth

Affordable, conceptual mastery math curriculum with self-teaching worktexts. Strong on mental math and number sense. Available as printable PDFs.

K–2 3–5 6–8

$30–$40/grade

Duolingo

Featured

Gamified language-learning app with streaks, XP, and AI-adaptive lessons across 40+ languages. Best as supplemental vocab and exposure; insufficient on its own for high school foreign-language credit.

K–2 3–5 6–8 9–12

$0–$120/year

All About Spelling

All About Learning Press

Multi-sensory Orton-Gillingham spelling program using letter tiles and scripted lessons. Companion to All About Reading, with seven mastery-based levels and reusable materials.

K–2 3–5 6–8

$50–$65/grade

Lexia Learning

Cambium Learning Group

Science-of-Reading, Orton-Gillingham-aligned structured literacy program for PreK-12. School-market dominant; available to homeschool families only through reseller Family Literacy Centers.

PreK K–2 3–5 6–8 9–12

$165–$175/year

Khan Academy

Featured

Free, nonprofit, mastery-based online learning platform spanning PreK through college. Short video lessons paired with adaptive practice and unit tests, especially strong in math and SAT prep.

PreK K–2 3–5 6–8 9–12

Rosetta Stone

IXL Learning

Immersive foreign-language program covering 25 languages using image-association lessons and TruAccent speech recognition. One of the few apps that can carry a high school foreign-language credit.

3–5 6–8 9–12

$149–$219

DreamBox Math

Discovery Education

Adaptive, gamified K-8 math platform with virtual manipulatives and an intelligent learning engine that tracks tens of thousands of data points per session. Especially strong in K-5.

K–2 3–5 6–8

$99–$150/year

Singapore Math (Dimensions Math)

Singapore Math Inc.

Conceptual math curriculum using the concrete-pictorial-abstract (CPA) method and bar model problem-solving. Develops deep mathematical understanding through the approach that made Singapore a global math leader.

PreK K–2 3–5 6–8

$123–$169/grade

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