Dear Sis,

Workbooks are very budget and user friendly homeschooling tool! In a recent post I listed several secular publishers of workbooks that meet common core/state curriculum standards. In this post, I’ll be giving specific examples.

Multi-Subject

Covering more than one subject in one workbook is perhaps the most thrifty of all options.

Series: Big Fun Workbook

Subjects: English, Math, Science

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 2

Publisher: Highlights / Cost: $12.99

Series Conquering “your” Grade

Subjects: Math, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Writing

Individual Levels: Pre-K – Grade 5

Publisher: Shell Education / Cost: $19.99

Series: Critical Thinking Detective

Subjects: Language Arts, Math, Thinking Skills

Spectrum Levels: Grades 3 – 12

Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $9.99

Series: Dr. Funster’s Think-A-Minutes

Subjects: Language Arts, Math, Thinking Skills

Spectrum Ages: Grades 2-3, Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8

Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $7.99

Series: The One Big Book

Subjects: English, Math, Science

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 8

Publisher: Ace Academic Publishing / Cost: $19.95

Series: Reading & Math Jumbo Workbook

Subjects: Math, Reading

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 4

Publisher: Scholastic / Cost: $11.99

Series: Spectrum Math & Language Arts

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $16.99

Single Subject

Art

Artworks for Kids (Teacher Edition)

Spectrum Level: Grades 1-6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $23.99

How to Teach Art to Children (Teacher Edition)

Spectrum Level: Grades 1-6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $19.99

Geography

Series: Daily Geography Practice (Student, Teacher)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $7.99, $29.99

Series: Geography

Individual Grades: Grade 3 – Grade 6

Publisher: Spectrum / Cost: $11.99

Series: Skill Sharpeners Geography

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $10.99

Series: The 7 Continents (Teacher Edition)

Titles: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia & Oceania,

Europe, North American, South America

Spectrum Level: Grades 4-6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $21.99 each

Series: 180 Days of Geography

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6

Publisher: Shell Education / Cost: $22.99

Health

Series: 180 Days of Social-Emotional Learning

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6

Publisher: Shell Education / Cost: $22.99

Language Arts

Language Arts fits a broad range of topics such as: grammar, handwriting, literature, phonics, reading, spelling, writing, vocabulary, etc. For this reason I’ve added a line for “scope” which describes which parts of Language Arts are covered, when it is not otherwise apparent.

Series: At-Home Tudor: Reading & Language

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 2

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $8.99

Series: Basic Phonics Skills (Teacher Edition)

Spectrum Levels: PreK-K, K-Grade 1, Grades 1-2, Grades 2-3

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $29.99

Series: Big Fun Practice Pad: Reading and Writing

Individual Levels: PreK – K / Publisher: Highlights / Cost: $9.99

Series: Building Spelling Skills (Student, Teacher)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $7.99, $29.99

Series: Building Writing Skills

Spectrum Levels: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-7, Grades 6-12

Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $12.99

Series: Common Core English Workbook

Scope: Grammar, Reading, Writing / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 8

Publisher: Ace Academic Publishing / Cost: $14.95

Daily Language Series by Evan-Moor:

Daily Academic Vocabulary (Student, Teacher)

Individual Levels: Grades 2 – Grade 6 / Cost: $7.99, $29.99

Daily Handwriting Practice (Student, Teacher)

Cursive Options: Contemporary and Traditional

Manuscript Options: Modern and Traditional

Spectrum Levels: K – Grade 6 / Cost: $7.99, $20.99

Daily Paragraph Editing (Student, Teacher) / Scope: Grammar

Individual Levels: Grade 2 – Grade 8 / Cost: $7.99, $24.99

Daily Phonics (Teacher Edition) / Cost: $29.99

Individual Levels: Grades 1-3 & Spectrum Level: Grades 4-6

Daily Reading Comprehension (Student, Teacher)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 8 / Cost: $7.99, $29.99

Daily 6-Trait Writing (Student, Teacher)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 8 / Cost: $7.99, $29.99

Series: Dr. DooRiddles & Spelling Do Riddles

Scope: Comprehension, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary

Spectrum Levels: PreK – Grade 2, Grades 2-3, Grades 4-7

Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $9.99

Series: Draw… Then Write (Teacher Edition)

Spectrum Levels: Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $16.99

Series: Editor in Chief

Spectrum Levels: Grades 2-3, Grades 3-4, Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Scope: Grammar / Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $19.99

Fundamental Language Series by Evan-Moor

Language Fundamentals (Teacher Edition) / Cost: $29.99

Scope: Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – 6

Reading Comprehension Fundamentals (Teacher Edition)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $23.99

Vocabulary Fundamentals (Teacher Edition)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 3 / Cost: $26.99

Series: Grammar & Punctuation (Teacher Edition)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $21.99

Series: Language Smarts

Scope: Grammar, Spelling, Writing / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – 4

Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $42.99

Learning Fun Workbook Series by Highlights / Cost: $4.99

Titles: Reading and Writing / Individual Level: K

Titles: Reading and Writing and Phonics and Spelling / Levels: Grade 1 & 2

Series: Reading Detective

Scope: Literature, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary

Spectrum Levels: Grades 3-4, Grades 5-6, Grades 7-8, Grades 6-12

Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $24.99

Reading Text Series by Evan-Moor

Reading Informational Text (Student, Teacher)

Reading Literary Text (Teacher)

Scope: Comprehension, Literature, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $7.99, $22.99

Series: Reading & Writing / Publisher: Kumon

Scope: Comprehension, Reading, Vocabulary & Writing, Grammar

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $7.95

Skill Sharpener English Series by Evan-Moor

Reading (Comprehension, Phonics, Reading, Vocabulary)

Grammar & Punctuation and Spell & Write

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 6 /Cost: $10.99 each

Series: Smart Start Read & Write

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 1

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $9.99

Spectrum Language Series / Cost: $7.99 – $11.99

Cursive Handwriting / Spectrum Level: Grade 3 – Grade 5

Handwriting Manuscript / Spectrum Level: K – Grade 2

Language Arts / Individual Levels: K – Grade 8

Phonics / Individual Levels: K – Grade 2

Reading / Individual Levels: K – Grade 8

Sight Words / Individual Levels: K – Grade 1

Spelling / Individual Levels: K – Grade 8

Word Study and Phonics / Individual Levels: Grade 3 – Grade 6

Writing / Individual Levels: K – Grade 8

Vocabulary / Individual Levels: Grade 3 – Grade 6

Success With Language Series by Scholastic / Cost: $4.79

Scholastic Success with Grammar / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 5

Scholastic Success with Reading Comprehension / Individual Levels: Grades 1 – 5

Scholastic Success with Sight Words / Spectrum Level: K-Grade 2

Contemporary Cursive or Traditional Cursive / Spectrum Level: Grades 2-4

Scholastic Success with Writing / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 5

Series: Wood Roots / Scope: Vocabulary

Spectrum Levels: Grades 3-4, Grades 5-12, Grades 7-12

Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $24.99

Series: A Word A Day (Student Workbook, Teacher Edition)

Scope: Vocabulary / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $7.99, $23.99

Writing Composition Series by Evan-Moor

Creative Writing Ideas, Grades 2-4 (Teacher Edition) $16.99

How to Write a Story, Grades 1-3 & Grades 4-5 (Teacher Edition) $16.99

Paragraph Writing, Grades 2-4 (Teacher Edition) $16.99

Write a Super Sentence, Grades 1-3 (Teacher Edition) $14.99

Write Every Day: Prompts, Grades 2-6 (Teacher Edition) $23.99

Writing Fabulous Sentences & Paragraphs, Grades 4-6 (Teacher Edition) $18.99

Writing Detective / Scope: Reading, Writing / Cost: $12.99

Spectrum Level: Grades 3-6 / Publisher: Critical Thinking Co

180 Days of Language Series by Shell Education

180 Days of Language / Scope: Composition, Grammar

180 Days of Reading / Scope: Comprehension, Fluency, Vocabulary

180 Days of Spelling and Word Study / Scope: Spelling, Vocabulary

180 Days of Writing / Scope: Composition, Grammar

Individual Levels: K – Grade 6 / Cost: $22.99

Mathematics

Series: At-Home Tutor: Math

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 2

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $8.99

Series: Basic Math Skills (Teacher Edition)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 5

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $ 29.99

Series: Big Fun Learning Pad: Math

Individual Levels: PreK – K

Publisher: Highlights / Cost: $9.99

Series: Common Core Math Workbook

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 8

Publisher: Ace Academic Publishing / Cost: $18.99

Daily Math Series by Evan-Moor

Math Practice (Student, Teacher) and World Problems (Student, Teacher)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $7.99, $22.99

Learning Fun Workbook Series by Highlights / Cost: $4.99

Titles: Math Concepts, (Level: K) Addition, and Subtraction (Levels: Grade 1 & 2)

Series: Math Fundamentals (Teacher Edition)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $21.99

Series: Mathematical Reasoning

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 6

Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $32.99 – $42.99

Math Workbooks by Kumon Publishing / Cost $ 7.94

Addition and Subtraction / Individual Levels: Grades 1 – 3

Addition & Subtraction / Grade 3

Multiplication and Division / Individual Levels: Grades 3 & 4

Decimals & Fractions / Individual Levels: Grades 4 & 5

Geometry & Measurement / Individual Levels: Grades 1 – 6

Word Problems / Individual Levels: Grades 1 – 6

Middle School Math by Kumon Publishing

Spectrum Level: Grade 6 – Grade 8 / Cost: $14.95

Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Intro to Geometry, Geometry and Word Problems

Series: Skill Sharpeners Math

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $10.99

Series: Smart Start Math

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 1

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $9.99

Scholastic Success with Math Series / Cost: $4.79

Addition & Subtraction / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 2

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, & Division / Individual Level: Grade 4

Fractions & Decimals / Individual Level: Grade 5

Multiplication Facts / Spectrum Level: Grades 3-4

Multiplication & Division / Individual Level: Grade 3

Scholastic Success with Math / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 5

180 Days of Math Series by Shell Education

Titles: 180 Days of Math and 180 Days of Problem Solving

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $22.99

Science

Series: Daily Science (Student, Teacher)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $7.99, $29.99

Series: Hands-On STEAM Learning Fun Workbook

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 2

Publisher: Highlights / Cost: $4.99

Series: Science Lessons & Investigations (Teacher Edition)

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $21.99

Series: Skill Sharpener Science

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 6

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $10.99

Series: Smart Start STEM

Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 1

Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $9.99

Series: Spectrum Science / Cost: $11.99

Individual Levels: Grade 3 – Grade 8

Series: STEM Lessons and Challenges (Teacher Edition)

Indvidual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6

Publisher: Evan- Moor / Cost: $19.99

Series: 180 Days of Science

Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6

Publisher: Shell Education / Cost: $22.99

Social Studies

History Pockets Series by Evan-Moor (Teacher Edition)

Titles: The American Civil War, The American Revolution, Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Colonial America, Explorers of North America, Life in Plymouth Colony, Moving West, Native Americans

Spectrum Levels: Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6 / Cost: $16.99