It’s curriculum planning season, which means a lot of homeschool moms are deep in research, deep in comparison, and slowly losing their minds trying to figure out what to use next year. Sarah’s been there. And after many years of homeschooling three kids with a toddler underfoot, she’s developed a planning process that actually works.
In this episode she walks through her entire curriculum planning process: from knowing your why before you look at anything, to the Google spreadsheet she uses to map everything out before spending a single dollar, to the mistakes she sees most often (including one that quietly kills more homeschools than any bad curriculum ever could). If you’re in the thick of planning right now, this one is worth a full listen.
A blog post breakdown of the full 2026–2027 curriculum picks for kindergarten, third grade, sixth grade, and toddler with links, discount codes, and Sarah’s full reasoning for every choice.
The Starter Glue-Print is a free resource that includes a weekly rhythm builder to help you map out your curriculum into a repeating weekly plan before September hits. Plus four other systems you can implement today!
Links:
• Episode 004 — Stop Rebuilding Your Homeschool Every Sunday (weekly rhythm deep dive)
• Buds, Blooms + Bees science curriculum