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Curriculum finder

Curriculum that fits.

There are hundreds of curricula, and every one swears it’s the best. Pick wrong and you’ve lost a few hundred dollars — and worse, a year your kid won’t get back, plus the creeping fear you’re not cut out for this. Choosing shouldn’t feel like a gamble.

How it works

You describe your kid. We do the reading.

Describe your child

Start with your child, not the catalog.

Answer a few quick questions: how your child actually learns, what you believe, how much prep you’ve got in you. No wading through publisher brochures — you describe your kid, About Time does the reading.

About Clara3rd grade

A few quick questions — you describe your kid.

How she learnsHands-on
What you believeSecular
Prep you've gotLow
BudgetUnder $100

Honest matches

Matched, ranked, and honest about it.

You get programs that fit, with the why spelled out — structure, cost, the time it’ll ask of you, and where each one is weak. We tell you what a curriculum isn’t good at, not just what it’s selling. The honest pick is the one that lasts.

Top matchesMath · 3rd
Saxon Math 3Best fit
TraditionalSpiral
96%
$89/yr
Math-U-See Gamma
Hands-onVisual
92%
$155/yr
Honest note: strong on drill, lighter on writing — pair it with a reader.

Head to head

Put your finalists head to head.

Down to two or three? Compare them side by side — prep load, independence, price, teaching style — no spin, just the differences that decide it.

Compare finalists
Saxon
Singapore
Prep load
Low
Medium
Independence
High
Medium
Style
Spiral
Conceptual
Price / yr
$89
$45

Just the differences that decide it — no spin.

From “where do I start” to a year mapped out — in an afternoon.

Choose one, and it’s already in your planner, paced across the year and ready Monday morning.

Find your curriculum — free