There is a wide array of educational and curriculum materials available to homeschoolers. In planning for your child, keep in mind the importance of teaching to your child's strengths through multisensory and participatory methods. It may be tempting to purchase textbooks and workbooks specifically designed for homeschoolers, but most of these materials are not designed to reach children with divergent learning styles. You will either want to supplement such materials or focus on using materials geared for children with visual or kinesthetic learning styles.

When it comes to teaching reading, there are many methods, kits, and books to choose from. Homeschoolers of struggling readers report a high level of success by following the approaches outlined in the book Reading Reflex, by Carmen and Geoffrey McGuinness, which details the PhonoGraphix approach to teaching reading; or The Gift of Dyslexia, by Ron Davis, which explains the key elements of the Davis Dyslexia Correction program. These are two very different approaches, but both books provide detailed instructions for how to use and apply the methods.

Many homeschoolers like Avko Sequential Spelling, which teaches spelling patterns through a word-family approach, such as a beginning lesson including the word set: in, pin, sin, spin, kin, or a word-building approach that lets a child progress from all to tall, stall, install, and installment. A popular program for teaching math concepts is the manipulative-based Math-U-See curriculum.

If possible, it is best to integrate different types of skill learning with in-depth exploration of a topic or subject area, also including fun activities such as art or construction projects. Cooking projects are a great way to introduce and apply basic math concepts (counting and measuring) and to start learning about science. Literature can be enhanced with projects, play-acting, and activities geared to exploring history, geography, and science themes raised in the book.