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Life & fun · March 20, 2023

Great Books Homeschool beta program

I built this customizable literature-based K-12 homeschool curriculum, based on my experience as a homeschool parent. It's designed especially for intellectually curious kids who love to read. One of the main benefits of homeschooling is the ability to design customized programs of study that let kids learn at their level of challenge in each subject. But since designing custom curricula from scratch requires a huge time commitment and familiarity with children's literature and academic materials, most homeschooling parents don't take advantage of this potential and instead opt for…

Great Books Homeschool beta program launched on March 20, 2023 with 45 votes, #1,666 of 5,007 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

In plain words

Great Books Homeschool is a customizable, literature-based K-12 curriculum designed for homeschooled children who are intellectually curious readers. Built by a homeschool parent, it generates a default program of study for each student and allows parents to customize it by subject and difficulty level, reducing the time required to design a complete curriculum from scratch. The platform automatically generates transcripts and academic records.

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From the sources

A complete, secular K-12 homeschool curriculum drawn from living works of literature, science, and history. Fully scheduled, endlessly customizable, and screen-free.

In the maker’s words, at launch

I built this customizable literature-based K-12 homeschool curriculum, based on my experience as a homeschool parent. It's designed especially for intellectually curious kids who love to read. One of the main benefits of homeschooling is the ability to design customized programs of study that let kids learn at their…

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