I started a new school year with my girls at the end of May. While I love our new year-round homeschool schedule, I’ve been distracted and recently realized that I haven’t yet shared our curriculum choices with you!

Come check out these homeschool curriculum choices for grade 3! #homeschooling Share on X

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So, without further delay, here are our homeschool curriculum choices for Grade 3!

Our Grade 3 Curriculum Choices

Language Arts

Last year, we switched the Language Arts curriculum halfway through the year because I felt my daughter needed a change. We used Bob Jones English, and my daughter loved it. Since we switched halfway through the year, we will complete Bob Jones English 2: Writing and Grammar before we switch to Bob Jones English 3.

For spelling, we are working through the Dolch sight word lists. I found FREE downloadable flashcards on this site HERE.

We also love our literacy-based activities. I create original plans or schedule a week from Five in a Row. We do our literacy-based programming once every six weeks. 

We’ll play games like Boggle and Scrabble this year to increase my daughter’s spelling abilities.

Also, after searching for a couple of years, we finally found the best dictionary! We love the newly updated Scholastic Children’s Dictionary. It’s colourful and has many exciting entries throughout.

We also plan to study another novel for the year: The Courage of Sarah Noble.

Math

My daughter enjoys the Jump Math curriculum, so we’re using JUMP Math 3.1 and JUMP Math 3.2 this year.

She also still adores the Life of Fred curriculum. If you’re unfamiliar with Life of Fred, it’s a story about Fred and his doll, Kingie. Fred is five years old, brilliant, and teaches at Kittens University. Every chapter has a Fred adventure, and there are short quizzes at the end of the chapter to test comprehension of the lessons taught.

I love this curriculum because it teaches more than math. Science, social studies, and language arts insights are woven into the text, too.

Social Studies

Last year, we did not align with Social Studies and decided not to align with the Alberta curriculum again. We enjoyed The Story of the World and will continue with that again this year. We have the curriculum bundle, which includes the book, the curriculum guide, the narrated CD set, the tests, and the answer key.

My daughter loves all the hands-on activities included in the curriculum. This curriculum is a winner, from creating special artwork to making unique recipes, exploring geography, and learning history!

We just started the Exploring Canada book by On The Mark. It contains plenty of worksheets, three reproducible storybooks about Canada, and map skills activities.

We also read the biographies of impressive historical figures. We especially love the “Who Is?” series.

Science

Since Grade 1, we’ve enjoyed the Experiential Education Science Units from The Natural Learning Centre, and we’re using them again this year.

We already completed the Animal Life Cycles unit. We raised butterflies! It was a fabulous experience. We obtained our butterfly kits from Butterfly Wings and Wishes.

Health

Health is easy to teach because its lessons are embedded in everyday life. We use some curriculum prompts and ideas, though.

Health is another subject in which we use the Experiential Education Units from The Natural Learning Centre.

Bible

This year, we are doing the Jesus Storybook Bible Curriculum. We explore one chapter once a week, and on the other days, we read from the Jesus Calling devotional for kids.

Art

Every year, we’ve done an artist study. In Grade 1, we studied Paul Klee. In Grade 2, we studied Maud Lewis. This year, we will be studying Emily Carr.

Outside of our artist study, we do regular drawings in our drawing journals, paintings, collages, clay sculptures, and assorted 3D artwork.

My daughter will also attend weekly art lessons from September to November.

Physical Education

We plan a half-hour physical education lesson every day. My girls may do Kid’s Yoga, WiiFit, Zumba Kids, or Dance Kids. Outside of that, we have regular outings for bike riding, community walks, and active times at the playground. My oldest daughter also attends a 2-hour Kung-Fu class once a week and will be taking swimming lessons in October.

Practical Life Skills

Teaching practical living skills is one of my favourite activities with my children. I educate my girls while grocery shopping with them, include them in cooking and baking, and schedule times to sew with them. This year, I’m hoping to include more home and car maintenance tasks in our practical life skills lessons.

That’s our grade three homeschool curriculum choices for the 2015-2016 school year!

If you’re curious about our curriculum choices for Grades 1 & 2, you can check them out here:

Grade 1 Curriculum Choices

Grade 2 Curriculum Choices

Jennifer Bly

Author of My Kitchen, My Classroom: An Introduction to Homeschool and creator of The Deliberate Mom. Jennifer writes about parenting, homeschooling, her faith, and life with her husband and two girls. Jennifer has a Bachelor of Applied Human Service Administration Degree with a specialization in Early Learning in Child Care.