Meet Branches Curriculum: A hands-on homeschool program for curious kids and their families. Branches gives families a fresh take on elementary homeschooling – one that’s rooted in knowledge, built for connection, and designed to be flexible and easy to use. With rich unit themes, step-by-step guidance, and layered lessons for multi-age learning, this program makes learning at home feel achievable, meaningful, and fun.
- Who is Branches for?
- An Overview of Branches
- Why Branches Curriculum Works
- One Program. Eight Units. Learning Together.
- How the Branches Curriculum Works
- A Peek Inside Branches
- Learning Through Discovery
- What Multi-Age Learning Looks Like
- A Look at Your Day
- Not Only for Homeschooling
- Support & Guidance While Teaching
- Homeschooling That Works for Your Family
Who is Branches for?
Branches is a secular homeschool curriculum created for families with children ages 6 to 12 who want to build knowledge, spark curiosity, and make learning a joyful part of daily life.
This hands-on, multi-subject program is grounded in a powerful idea: families learn best together. Branches is designed to support parents and caregivers with dynamic, fully planned lessons, because homeschooling should feel enriching, not overwhelming.
Unlike other programs that rely on rigid schedules, endless prep, or single subjects, Branches gives you everything you need in one place: detailed plans, engaging unit themes, and clear guidance for teaching. No guesswork. No stress. Just meaningful learning, made simple.
An Overview of Branches
Branches is a year-long homeschool program made up of 8 themed units that span 32 weeks of engaging, discovery-based learning across subjects like science, social studies, the arts, language arts and more.
Each unit explores a large concept through lessons, carefully chosen books, open-ended discussions, and hands-on activities that link subjects together. It’s structured enough to guide you, but flexible enough to work with real life.
Branches is a mixed-age program, undefined by grade levels, that helps children build deep, lasting knowledge while encouraging critical thinking and shared learning experiences.
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Why Branches Curriculum Works
Branches is a dynamic, interconnected homeschool program that’s big on knowledge and light on stress. It’s a secular program designed to help kids build general knowledge and critical thinking skills through hands-on activities, meaty conversations, and thoughtful unit themes.
Rooted in the belief that families thrive when learning together, Branches was created to take the overwhelm out of homeschooling. With everything clearly laid out and intentionally organized, there’s no need to spend hours figuring out what to teach or how to teach it.
Some homeschool programs pile on the prep work or expect parents to design lessons on their own.
Not Branches.
Branches is ready when you are. It’s deeply educational, developmentally layered, and built to support parents and kids alike. It’s flexible enough to fit your life and structured enough to keep learning meaningful and magical.
Learning at home should feel doable – and fun.
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One Program. Eight Units. Learning Together.
Branches curriculum is made up of eight thoughtfully designed units, each built around an engaging theme meant to spark curiosity and connect learning across subjects. From science and social studies to language, fine arts, and STEM, each unit invites kids into a rich, hands-on exploration of the world around them.
Created with mixed-age families in mind, Branches isn’t divided by grade level. It’s written to support learners from kindergarten through fifth grade – all in one cohesive program.
Each unit spans four weeks and is broken into focused subtopics that help kids dive deeper, build vocabulary, and make meaningful connections across disciplines. With Branches, your whole family learns together, whether that’s siblings or the parent and child learning side-by-side.
While each unit has a central theme, like science, social studies, or literature, the learning goes far beyond a single subject. Every unit blends in poetry, fine arts, language, STEM, sensory play, movement, and dramatic play to create a rich, layered experience.
You can choose the order of units based on your family’s interests or the time of year. Inside each unit, though, lessons are carefully sequenced to build knowledge step by step, so it’s important to maintain that order.
How the Branches Curriculum Works
Branches is a secular, evergreen, program with 8 themed units that stretch across 32 weeks of engaging, knowledge-rich learning for elementary-aged kids.
This isn’t a set of worksheets or rigid textbook-style plans. These are thoughtfully written lessons that invite curiosity, connection, and critical thinking.
Inside the program, you’ll find:
- A consistent daily flow to help kids feel comfortable and confident
- Fully planned lessons with clear explanations for parents
- Light scripting and built-in teaching tips to support you as you go
- Curated multimedia links to bring learning off the page
- Carefully designed printables, specially made for each unit
- Detailed supply lists for each unit
- Unit specific suggested materials, including books, games, and a Spotify playlist
And to make getting started easy, Branches includes a Start-Up Guide that walks you through how the program works so there’s no confusion, no second-guessing, and no extra prep.
It’s structured without being rigid. Supportive without being overwhelming.
Flexible, affordable, and made for real life.
A Peek Inside Branches
Every Branches lesson follows a steady, easy-to-follow routine so you’ll always know what to do and how to do it. The structure helps kids stay engaged and gives parents the support they need to teach with confidence.
Here’s how a typical day flows:
- Begin with a quick review to activate prior knowledge
- Read a book that ties into the unit theme
- Spark a discussion with a guided family conversation
- Practice a language skill like grammar, poetry, or copywork
- Dive into a hands-on activity that brings the topic to life
- Wrap up by revisiting the big idea and connecting the day’s learning
Consistent, thoughtful, and designed to help learning stick.
Unit Introduction
Weekly Overview
2-Page Daily Lesson Plan
2-Page Daily Lesson Plan
A consistent daily rhythm, easy-to-follow lessons, and clear guidance remove the stress of planning, boost your confidence, and help your child(ren) feel comfortable and excited to learn.
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Learning Through Discovery
Branches lessons are thoughtfully crafted to blend subjects together, rather than teaching them in isolation. With a focus on the discovery subjects – like science, social studies, and the arts – this curriculum invites curiosity, inspires wonder, and encourages children to make meaningful connections with the world around them.
Science
Investigate physical, Earth, and life sciences with engaging experiments, thoughtful discussions, and simple demonstrations.
Language Arts
Strengthen language arts through themed writing prompts, copywork, and gentle grammar practice woven into each unit.
Social Studies
Foster personal growth and global awareness through meaningful topics and open-ended conversations.
Fine Arts
Discover meaningful works of art and music thoughtfully connected to each unit’s theme.
STEM
Build engineering, applied math, and technology skills through interactive activities.
Literature
Develop a deeper appreciation of literature with curated book lists, diverse genres, and poetry studies.
What Multi-Age Learning Looks Like
Branches was built with real families in mind, whether you’re teaching one child or a whole group of siblings. Instead of dividing by grade, Branches invites learners of different ages to grow together. This includes the parent as a learner, too. Open-ended prompts and flexible extensions allow every child to contribute in a way that matches their own thinking and stage of development.
Take a question like, “Why don’t animals at the bottom of the ocean float away?” A six-year-old’s response may be wildly different from a ten-year-old’s, but both are thoughtful, creative, and exactly right for where they are. That’s the beauty of this approach: it creates room for every voice and for everyone to learn from each other.
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A Look at Your Day
Branches fits easily into your day without feeling like too much. Each lesson weaves together conversation, reading, hands-on exploration, and creativity, all within about 45 to 60 minutes (not counting the rabbit holes your kids may joyfully follow).
With a 4-day week, there’s space to breathe, whether that’s for appointments, park days, co-ops, or just slowing down. The lessons are organized, thoughtfully outlined, and gently guided, but always adaptable to your family’s rhythm.
Not Only for Homeschooling
Branches isn’t only for homeschooling families. It’s for anyone who wants to bring meaningful, connected learning into their home. The program was thoughtfully created to complement all kinds of educational paths.
Use it during school breaks, over the summer, or as enrichment alongside a traditional or hybrid school schedule. However your family learns, Branches can be a seamless part of the journey.
Support & Guidance While Teaching
Along with the full curriculum, you’ll receive a 20+ page Start-Up Guide that walks you through exactly how Branches works, so there’s no confusion about where to begin, how to teach, or why the lessons are structured the way they are.
You can read the guide as a digital PDF or listen to the audio version, read by author Susie Allison, M. Ed, for a more flexible introduction.
Additionally, each weekly overview also comes with Notes Before Teaching – a collection of information to help you, the teaching adult, feel confident with the materials and build your own background knowledge.
Homeschooling That Works for Your Family
Branches takes the stress out of teaching at home by giving you a clear, organized path. No more scrambling for resources, second-guessing your choices, or wondering if you’re covering enough.
It’s everything you need to teach your family together, with lessons that are structured but not rigid, flexible but never overwhelming, and supportive without adding pressure.
Designed for real families and real-life days, Branches brings learning to life through hands-on activities, meaningful conversations, and moments that truly stick.
Learning at home should feel doable, joyful, and just right for your family.
And with Branches, it does.
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