2026 Curriculum Choices

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Hear about these resources and our new homeschool year on the NHC Podcast!

2025 was the best homeschool year we’ve had yet! It wasn’t without it’s daily challenges, and I went through two tough first trimesters of pregnancy- the first when we miscarried in March, the second Sept/Oct when we were surprised with our rainbow baby. Life also had many busy ministry aspects throughout the year. In spite of all the ups and downs, it was a year where so much learning and loving happened. I am grateful!

2026 will hold much for our family as well as we are expect Baby #6 in June, host three different groups of family visiting, and have our normal busy ministry schedule. And that’s just the known events! As I plan, I remember to do what I can with the capacity God gives and embrace margin in seasons of special moments.

The more I walk this journey of homeschooling, the more I learn what works best for our family, and the rhythms that help us thrive.

  • 4 Day School Week: After several years of tweaking and reworking our schedule, a four day school day has been where I’ve landed. We do school Monday-Thursday. Fridays we rotate biweekly between meeting with a co-op and having a family fun day. This is a blessing to our schedule because being in ministry, Saturday is taken up with outreach and Sunday prep, and of course Sunday is church. Having Friday gives us time for family and fun.
  • Daddy Day: I have written more on this below, but one day each week (Wednesday this school year), Simeon takes over with the kids and does their schooling. If you ask the kids what school day is their favorite, it will hands down be “Daddy Day”!
  • Loop Schedule: I don’t do every subject every day. That’s just what works best for us. Below, I will post a photo of our schedule, and you will see how we focus on certain subjects on certain days. This keeps our days interesting, and allows margin to cover a broader variety of subjects without making our school day too long.
  • Learning Together: I have five children with one on the way. Though only three of them are currently in school, there is no way I can teach each child all of their individual subjects, nor do I want to! A big reason why we’ve chosen to homeschool is so that we can do life together, and part of that is learning together. Below, you will see the subjcts that we do together. We gather around the table, usually with a snack distributed to all, and work on our “together” subjects. This works well for us for so many reasons, but memorization is a big one. I find that we accomplish our memory work much more quickly and with more ease when we are all doing it together.
  • Daily Quiet Time: I wrote an entire blog post on this here, but this has been one of the best rhytms we’ve implemented into our daily lives. From 1:30-3, we have quiet time. Everyone finds their own corner of the house for rest. The littles nap, the older kids can read, listen to audio adventures on their headphones, draw, or do a quiet activity. Depending on the day, I spend this time reading, getting a shower, prepping dinner, working on my podcast, etc. This time is lifegiving for me as I rest and refresh after a busy homeschool morning and prepare for the afternoon and evening together as a family.

Balanced School Day Schedule for Kids - No Higher Calling.

2026 Curriculum Choices

Learning Together: Morning Moments

Learning Together: Core Subjects

Eden’s Year 5 Curriculum

Knox’s Year 3 Curriculum

Ivy’s K5 Curriculum

Daddy Day

Wednesday is Daddy Day! My husband steps in and schools the children while I get a day to work on ministry, home, or No Higher Calling tasks. This has been the biggest blessing to me, but also to the kids! This year, Simeon will be taking a few subjects that will be his focus on this one day each week.

Daddy Day Schedule:

  • Bible: Resources mentioned above from Not Consumed. While I work on other aspects of the kid’s Bible education throughout the week such as Scripture memory and character growth, this will be a focused discipleship lesson with Dad.
  • Fallacy Detective: This book has lessons that teach reasoning and logic. The older two began working through this with Simeon at the end of our previous school year, and they will continue throughout this school year.
  • Independent Work: The kids have a list of tasks as mentioned above that they work through for 30 minutes.
  • Science: Physical Science resource mentioned above from Journey On Homeschool. Simeon will dive into physical science with the kids as they learn through living books, engaging lessons, and hands-on experiments. This is definitely Simeon’s area of strength, so it will be great for everyone to have him lead these lessons.
  • Weekly Piano Lesson: Eden and Knox both have their 30 minute piano lesson on this day.

Homeschooling is one of my FAVORITE things to talk about! I have learned so much through the years (though I stil l have much more to learn), and each year gets better as my confidence and vision grows. The Lord is always so faithful to guide as Simeon and I make decisions regarding curriculum choices, learning styles and needs of our children, and direction for our family. This year we are changing up many aspects of our school, and I am so excited to see what is in store for us this year!

Brettnay Brazzell

Pastor's Wife. Mama to 6. Homeschooler. Author. Podcast Host at No Higher Calling. Encouraging women as they pursue Christlikeness

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