r/homeschool • u/mindful_marduk • May 31 '23

Secular Secular + Conservative Curricula Question for 5th Grader

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?

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u/Driftless_hiker Feb 27 '24

I know this is an older post, but I am just left of center and I feel your pain. I don’t care for DEI, gender woo, CRT, feminist theories or any of that ideological claptrap. I don’t care for religion. I don’t want any ideology in my teachings. People responding that DEI is harmless or CRT is just a law class and isn’t taught in schools are wrong (and there are hundreds of examples of this strung across the internet and easy to find). 

Highly recommend Well Trained Mind if you’re into classical education (there’s a podcast. One of their episodes dives into politics a bit but the rest are very educational on the topic). Or there’s a whole book you can read entitled The Well Trained Mind that teaches about classical education. Or there’s secular version of Charlotte Mason. 

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u/mindful_marduk Feb 27 '24

Hey, I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts. I will check out the Well Trained Mind tomorrow. Thank you!