homeschool books by grade

Homeschooling Resources by Grade from Usborne Books & More

Here is a concise list I have made for suggestions on books to use, by grade, from award-winning publishers, Usborne Publishing and Kane Miller Publishing!

Each grade has suggestions for five essential categories of learning:

1. Read Aloud Book
2. Outdoor & Nature Book
3. Science Together 
4. Workbook Activities for Language Arts & Math at Home
5. Reading on Own

Usborne Books & More: Homeschool Books by Grade

Find this complete homeschool books by grade list in my Google Doc, this may be easier to read and navigate!

To hear an explanation for why these are five key learning areas, watch this video.

Homeschooling Books from Usborne & Kane Miller

Preschool

Read Aloud Book: 

• Illustrated Fairy Tales

Nature Book: 

• First Sticker Book Nature
• Bug Hotel
• My Very First Outdoor Book
• Science Together:

• 50 Science Things to Make and Do
• Why Do We Need Bees?
• How Do Flowers Grow?

1. Workbook Activities for Language Arts & Math at Home:

• Alphabet Sticker Book
• Wipe Clean Alphabet Cards
• First Math Slide and See Adding
• First Math Slide and See Subtracting

1. Reading on Own:

• Usborne Book of Fairy Tales
• Max and Millie Collection
• Aesop’s Stories for Little Children

Kindergarten

1. Read Aloud Book: 

• 10 Ten-Minute Stories
• Just So Stories for Little Children

1. Nature Book: 

• Little Children’s Nature Activity Book
• Birdhouse
• 1000 Things in Nature

1. Science Together

• 100 Science Experiments 
• Young Beginners Books

1. Workbook Activities for for Language Arts & Math at Home: 

• Wipe-Clean Ready for Reading Phonics
• Wipe-Clean First Math
• Wipe-Clean Adding
• First Words Cards 

1. Reading on Own: 

• My First Reading Library
• Ted and Friends

Read with Usborne Series (There are many books to choose from for each level, here are some examples)

• Level 1: The Ant and the Grasshopper, Clever Rabbit and the Wolves 
• Level 2: The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Goldilocks and the Three Bears 
• Level 3: The Little Mermaid, Stories of Dogs
• Level 4: The Wind and the Willows, Alice in Wonderland 

Learning Palette Literacy (Set 1) for Kindergarten

Learning Palette Math Set for Kindergarten

First Grade

1. Read Aloud Book: 

• Illustrated Fables Around the World
• 10 More Ten-Minute Stories

1. Nature Book: 

• Look Inside Nature
• Nature Journal
• Wipe-Clean Word Book Outdoors

1. Science Together: 

• Science with Plants
• Beginners Animal Box Set

1. Workbook Activities for Language Arts & Math at Home: 

• Usborne Key Skills Wipe-Clean Beginner Pack (4 reusable, wipe-clean books including Adding, Subtracting, Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation) 
• Wipe-Clean Telling the Time
• Adding and Subtracting Activity Book

1. Reading on Own: 

• My First Phonics Reading Library
• Hey Jack Collection
• Billie B Brown Collection
• Cow Takes a Bow & other tales
• Raccoon on the Moon & other tales
• Unicorns in Uniforms & other tales

10 Days to Addition & Subtraction Mastery with Learning Wrap-Ups

First Grade Learning Palette Reading Center Kit

First Grade Learning Palette Math Center Kit

Learning Palette Math Kit for 1st Grade

Second Grade

1. Read Aloud Book: 

• Illustrated Stories from Aesop 
• Illustrated Norse Myths

1. Nature Book: 

• Outdoor Book 
• Nature Journal
• Look Inside Animal Homes
• Nature Activity Book

1. Science Together 

• Science in the Kitchen
• Scientist Academy
• Beginner Science Box Set

1. Workbook Activities for Language Arts & Math at Home: 

• Usborne Key Skills Wipe-Clean Intermediate Pack (4 reusable, wipe-clean books for Multiplying, Dividing, Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation)
• 99 Math Puzzles
• Measuring Things Activity Book
• Wild Animals Activity Book

1. Reading on Own (books may be purchased individually or as a part of a collection): 

• Billie and the Mini Monsters series
• Olivia’s Secret Scribbles series 
• Fizz Series
• The Secret Mermaid series
• Fairy Unicorns series

New Story Book Packs, these books include audio using a QR code: 

• Beginner Reader (2nd grade level, 12 books), 
• Developing Reader (3rd grade level, 10 books), 
• Confident Reader (4th grade level, 10 books)

10 Days to Subtraction Mastery with Learning Wrap-Ups

Second Grade Learning Palette Reading Center Kit

Second Grade Learning Palette Math Center Kit

Learning Palette Math Kit for 2nd Grade

Third Grade

1. Read Aloud Book: 

• Book of Greek Myths 
• Illustrated Classics Huckleberry Finn and Other Stories
• Illustrated Adventure Stories

1. Nature Book: 

• Woodland Book
• Nature Journal
• Never Get Bored Outdoors

1. Science Together: 

• 365 Science Experiments
• See Inside How Things Work

1. Workbook Activities for Language Arts & Math at Home: 

• Usborne Key Skills Wipe-Clean Advanced Pack (4 reusable, wipe-clean books for Telling the Time, Fractions, Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation)
• Times Tables Practice Pad
• Times Tables Activity Book
• Multiplying and Dividing Activity Book
• Usborne STEAM Scribble Book (Engineering, Inventions)
• In the Wild Activity Book

1. Reading on Own: 

• Graphic Novels
• Bear Grylls series
• Ella Diaries series
• Axel & Beast series

New Story Book Packs, these books include audio using a QR code: 

• Beginner Reader (2nd grade level, 12 books), 
• Developing Reader (3rd grade level, 10 books), 
• Confident Reader (4th grade level, 10 books)

10 Days to Multiplication Mastery with Learning Wrap-Ups

Third Grade Learning Palette Reading Kit 

Fourth Grade

1. Read Aloud Book: 

• The Railway Children
• The Jungle Book
• Little Women

1. Nature Book: 

• Woodland Book
• Outdoor Book
• Nature Journal 

1. Science Together: 

• The Biology of Bananas

1. Workbook Activities for Language Arts & Math at Home: 

• This is Not a Math Book
• Usborne STEAM Scribble Book (Math, Science, Technology)
• Fractions and Decimals Activity Book
• Storywriter’s Ideas Journal

1. Reading on Own: 

• Mythical 9th Division series
• EJ12 series
• Gateway series
• Illustrated Odyssey

New Story Book Packs, these books include audio using a QR code: 

• Beginner Reader (2nd grade level, 12 books), 
• Developing Reader (3rd grade level, 10 books), 
• Confident Reader (4th grade level, 10 books)

10 Days to Multiplication Mastery with Learning Wrap-Ups

Fifth Grade

1. Read Aloud Book: 

• Complete Shakespeare

1. Nature Book

• Outdoor Book
• Nature Journal 
• Stargazer Journal

1. Science Together: 

• The Chemistry of Cola

1. Workbook Activities for Language Arts & Math at Home: 

• This is Not Another Math Book
• This is Not a Science Book
• Write Your Own Mystery & Suspense Stories

1. Reading on Own:

• Heidi
• Around the World in 80 Days
• Extraordinary Lives series
• Trues Stories of Ghosts
• True Stories of Survival
• True Stories of Heroes

Sixth Grade

1. Read Aloud Book: 

• Complete Dickens
• Complete Jane Austen

1. Nature Book: 

• Outdoor Book
• Nature Journal 
• Stargazer Journal

1. Science: 

• Usborne Science Encyclopedia (Paperback) 
• Usborne Science Encyclopedia (Hardback) 
• Illustrated Dictionary of Science

1. Workbook Activities for Language Arts & Math at Home:

• Creating Writing Book
• Creative Writer’s Handbook

1. Reading on Own: 

• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
• Black Beauty
• Treasure Island
• White Fang

Middle & High School

1. Read Aloud Book: 

• Complete Dickens
• Complete Jane Austen
• Complete Shakespeare

1. Nature Book: 

• Outdoor Book
• Nature Journal 
• Stargazer Journal

1. Science: 

• Usborne Science Encyclopedia (Paperback) 
• Usborne Science Encyclopedia (Hardback) 
• Illustrated Dictionary of Science

1. Workbook Activities for Language Arts & Math at Home:

• Creating Writing Book
• Write Your Own Poems
• Write & Design Your Own Magazines

1. Reading on Own: 

• Little Women
• Wizard of Oz
• Impossible Quest series
• Clockwork Sparrow series
• Mapmaker Chronicles series
• Star of Deltora series
• 6 Chelsea Walk collection

1. History & Social Science:

• Timelines of World History
• Usborne Encyclopedia of World History (paperback)
• Usborne Encyclopedia of World History (hardback)
• Usborne Geography Encyclopedia (paperback) 
• Usborne Geography Encyclopedia (hardback) 
• Understanding Money
• Understanding Politics & Government
• Understanding Business
• Managing Your Money

Additional suggestions for specials:

Art

Art Activity Book

Famous Paintings Art Cards 

Art Treasury

Spanish

Listen and Learn First Spanish Words

Big Book of Spanish Words 

First Hundred Words in Spanish

Este no es mi perrito (find 100+ Spanish books under “Spanish” category)

History & Geography

Beginners History Box Set

Epic Expeditions

Lift the Flap Picture Atlas

History Uncovered: The U.S.A.

Picture books for the whole family

Shine a Light Starter Collection

Nibbles Picture Book Collection

Puzzles & Activities for critical thinking skills 

• Origami
• 100 Paper Planes to Fold and Fly
• 100 piece puzzles: 

Jungle

Under the Sea

Unicorns

Dinosaurs

At the Zoo

Bugs

• 200+ piece puzzles:

Solar System (200 pc) 

The World Atlas & Jigsaw (300 pc) 

Flags of the World (300 pc) 

Periodic Table (300 pc)