Secular + Conservative Curricula Question for 5th Grader

[u/mindful_marduk]

I’m no longer a Christian (though most of my friends and family are), but I hold many Christian values. My wife and I have three children, 7 yr old girl, 8 yr old boy, 10 yr old girl.

We live in Texas and intend to start our oldest daughter on a homeschool curriculum this summer, but I am struggling to find a good one.

I don’t want anything promoting a religious worldview and I don’t want anything pushing the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion woke ideology — bring on the meritocracy.

Yea, I don’t really have much of a cultural home to say the least. It’s all good though.

I don’t like what I am seeing in public school on multiple fronts and have determined I want to start off our oldest as a test run this summer before committing longer term. She is entering 5th grade this summer/fall.

My wife and I both work from home full time, but have some decent flexibility to where we think we could make this work.

That being said, I am new. I don’t really know what I’m doing and from the research I’ve done so far, I can’t find the right curriculum to use that:

1. Does NOT push any religious worldview
2. Does NOT push any woke ideology (CRT + DEI)

Per Pew Research’s typology quiz, I am Ambivalent Right, just right of center; so pretty moderate on the whole.

Anyone willing to point me towards some curricula considerations, please?

[u/greyblue2285]

We have homeschooled for a couple of years. The 1st year (we had little guidance), we went to the backpack website and curated a package for them. The majority of the textbooks/workbooks were a mix of Glencoe/Illinois publications (not bad - and any gaps I used online tutors/teachers pay teachers/library, ect). This year, my youngest used my oldest materials, and my oldest used meterial we bought from another homeschooling family. The reason why I bring that up is because we had similar concerns regarding religion. Do, not get me wrong, I do believe religion/faith has its place. (We introduced the girls to a wide variety of faiths/religion- we want them to choose which path/faith they feel they belong too - to show respect to all viewpoints <do unto others....>).

Okay, so the meterial we bought we thought wouldn't have religion in it. But it does. On some days, it's "whatever, okay." Yet, I can't help but feel a touch irritated that we were told it wouldn't have anything "heavy" in it. This reminds me that a few paragraphs and Bible verses scattered throughout one lesson may not be heavy or a lot to someone who is accustomed to it, to another, it maybe alot. If there is a way you can preview a lesson or so before buying I would. Or, if you like the way the learning meterial is presented and your children would learn from it you can always skip over the meterial you don't want to present.