There are several online homeschool programs that are actually run or sanctioned by the state and are free to homeschoolers. Technically, these programs are public school-at-home programs and not officially considered homeschooling. They are Connections Academy, Palmetto State E-cademy, Provost Academy, and SC Cyber, which will launch in 2011.
Many of the umbrella schools suggest that parents use major and well-known homeschool publishers. Using established homeschool curriculum publishers will ensure that you are approved by the school district. These include BJU Press, Scott Foresman and Saxon. A Beka Book publishers conduct presentations around South Carolina and is another highly recommended publisher.
Full prepared curricula (delivered in a box) are becoming more passe with the increase of online delivery of curricula and an abundance of homeschool publications. Still, there are a couple of these that South Carolina homeschoolers use with success. They are the Robinson Curriculum, Calvert, Covenant Home Curriculum and Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) PACES.
Several homeschool curriculum options are delivered online and are used regularly by South Carolina Homeschoolers. BJU Press Academy of Home Education
AHE is recognized as a homeschool association by the South Carolina Department of Education. It uses the BJU curriculum combined with an online database to help homeschoolers manage their studies. Accelerated Christian Education (ACE), also known as School of Tomorrow, delivers and monitors homeschool curriculum over the Internet. Time4learning has been accepted as part of an approved homeschool curriculum.
As many homeschoolers like to pick and choose books for each separate subject to get a better fit for their child, some subject specific resources stand out and are suggested to South Carolina Homeschoolers. They include Mathtutor.com, Teaching Textbooks, Sparknotes.com, Rod and Staff English, and Apologia Science.