How Do Timberdoodle Kits Line Up With My State Requirements?

Required Subjects: You must teach using a curriculum of a quality that is equal to what is taught in the public schools, and subjects must be taught at the same grade level they are in the public schools. This includes teaching the Declaration of Independence in elementary school and The Federalist Papers in high school.

Timberdoodle Kits: As far as we can tell, our kits would fit these requirements.

Maine

Required Subjects: English, language arts, math, science, social studies, physical education, health, library skills, fine arts, Maine studies (in one grade between grades 6 and 12), computer proficiency (in one grade between grades 7 and 12).

Timberdoodle Kits: P.E., health, library skills, ME studies not included.

Maryland

Required Subjects: math, English, social studies, science, art, music, health, physical education

Timberdoodle Kits: Music, health, and P.E. not included.

Massachusetts

Required Subjects: spelling, reading, writing, English language and grammar, geography, arithmetic, drawing, music, United States history and Constitution, duties of citizenship, health (including CPR), physical education, good behavior

Timberdoodle Kits:

U.S. history and Constitution, duties of citzenship not included in every level.

Health and P.E. not included.

Good behavior is not a separate curriculum in our kits.

Michigan

Required Subjects: reading, spelling, math, science, history, civics, literature, writing, English grammar

Timberdoodle Kits: Good to go.

Minnesota

Required Subjects: reading, writing, literature, fine arts, math, science, history, geography, economics, government, citizenship, health, physical education

Timberdoodle Kits: Health and P.E. not included.

Mississippi

Required Subjects: None listed.

Timberdoodle Kits: Good to go.

Missouri

Required Subjects: reading, math, social studies, language arts, science

Timberdoodle Kits: Good to go.

Montana

Required Subjects: language arts, math, social studies, science, health, arts, career education

Timberdoodle Kits: Health not included.

Nebraska

Required Subjects: language arts, math, science, social studies, health

Timberdoodle Kits: Health not included.

Nevada

Required Subjects: English (including reading, composition, writing), math, science, social studies (including history, geography, economics, and government)

Timberdoodle Kits: Good to go.

New Hampshire

Required Subjects: science, math, language, government, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, the history of the constitutions of New Hampshire and the United States, art and music appreciation

Timberdoodle Kits:

Health, music, and NH studies not included.

U.S. Constitution is not included in every kit.

New Jersey

Required Subjects: Education must be academically equivalent to public schools.

Timberdoodle Kits: Health and P.E. not included.

New Mexico

Required Subjects: reading, language arts, math, social studies, science

Timberdoodle Kits: Good to go.

New York

Required Subjects:

Grades K–12: patriotism and citizenship, substance abuse, traffic safety (including bike safety), fire safety.

Grades 1–6: arithmetic, reading, spelling, writing, English, geography, U.S. history, science, health, music, visual arts, physical education.

Grades 7–8: math, English, history, geography, science, health, music, art, practical arts, physical education, library skills. At least once before grade 9: U.S. and New York history and constitutions.

Grades 9–12: math, English, social studies (American History, government, and economics), science, art or music, health, physical education, electives.

Timberdoodle Kits:

Patriotism and citizenship, substance abuse, traffic safety, fire safety, library skills are touched on but not included as separate subjects.

Health, P.E., music, NY studies not included.

North Carolina

Required Subjects: None listed.

Timberdoodle Kits: Good to go.

North Dakota

Required Subjects:

Elementary and Middle School: language arts (reading, composition, creative writing, grammar, spelling), math, social studies (U.S. Constitution, U.S. history, geography, government, and, in the 4th and 8th grades, North Dakota studies), science (including agriculture), physical education, health (physiology, hygiene, disease control, alcohol, tobacco, narcotics).

High School: language arts (literature, composition, speech), math, science (biology and chemistry or physical science), social studies (U.S. history, civics, economics, personal finance), physical education, foreign languages or fine arts or career and technical education.

Timberdoodle Kits:

Health, P.E., ND studies, agriculture not included.

Listed high school elective options available but not all are included in kits.

Ohio

Required Subjects: language, reading, spelling, writing, geography, U.S. history, Ohio history, government, math, science, health, physical education, fine arts (including music), first aid, safety, fire prevention

Timberdoodle Kits: Health, P.E., music, first aid, safety, fire prevention, OH studies not included.

Oklahoma

Required Subjects: None listed.

Timberdoodle Kits: Good to go.

Oregon

Required Subjects: None listed.

Timberdoodle Kits: Good to go.

Pennsylvania

Required Subjects:

K–6th grade: English (spelling, reading, writing), arithmetic, civics, U.S. and Pennsylvania history, health and physiology, physical education, music, art, geography, science, safety education (including fire prevention)

7th–12th grade: English (language, literature, speech, composition), math (general math, algebra, geometry), social studies (civics, U.S. and Pennsylvania history, world history) health, physical education, music, art, geography, science, safety education (including fire prevention)

Timberdoodle Kits: Health, P.E., music, safety education, PA studies not included. U.S. History is not included in every kit for Grades K-6. (World History is included instead some years.)

State	Required Subjects (as a private homeschool)	Timberdoodle Kits
Alabama	physical education	P.E. not included.
Alaska	None listed.	Good to go.
Arizona	reading, grammar, math, social studies, science	Good to go.
Arkansas	None listed.	Good to go.
California	Courses commonly taught in the public schools.	Health and P.E. not included.
Colorado	U.S. Constitution, reading, writing, speaking, math, history, civics, literature, science	U.S. Constitution is not included in every kit.
Connecticut	reading, writing, spelling, English grammar, geography, arithmetic, United States history, citizenship	U.S. history and citizenship are not included in every kit.
Delaware	None listed.	Good to go.
D.C.	language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, health, physical education	Music, health, and P.E. not included.
Florida	None listed.	Good to go.
Georgia	reading, language arts, math, social studies, science, electives	Good to go.
Hawaii	None listed.	Good to go.
Idaho	Subjects commonly and usually taught in the public schools.	Health and P.E. not included.
Illinois	language arts, math, science, social studies, fine arts, health, P.E.	Health and P.E. not included.
Indiana	None listed.	Good to go.
Iowa	math, reading, language arts, science, social studies	Good to go.
Kansas	None listed.	Good to go.
Kentucky	reading, writing, spelling, grammar, history, math, civics	Good to go.
Louisiana	You must teach using a curriculum of a quality that is equal to what is taught in the public schools, and subjects must be taught at the same grade level they are in the public schools. This includes teaching the Declaration of Independence in elementary school and The Federalist Papers in high school.	As far as we can tell, our kits would fit these requirements.
Maine	English, language arts, math, science, social studies, physical education, health, library skills, fine arts, Maine studies (in one grade between grades 6 and 12), computer proficiency (in one grade between grades 7 and 12).	P.E., health, library skills, ME studies not included.
Maryland	math, English, social studies, science, art, music, health, physical education	Music, health, and P.E. not included.
Massachusetts	spelling, reading, writing, English language and grammar, geography, arithmetic, drawing, music, United States history and Constitution, duties of citizenship, health (including CPR), physical education, good behavior	U.S. history and Constitution, duties of citzenship not included in every level. Health and P.E. not included. Good behavior is not a separate curriculum in our kits.
Michigan	reading, spelling, math, science, history, civics, literature, writing, English grammar	Good to go.
Minnesota	reading, writing, literature, fine arts, math, science, history, geography, economics, government, citizenship, health, physical education	Health and P.E. not included.
Mississippi	None listed.	Good to go.
Missouri	reading, math, social studies, language arts, science	Good to go.
Montana	language arts, math, social studies, science, health, arts, career education	Health not included.
Nebraska	language arts, math, science, social studies, health	Health not included.
Nevada	English (including reading, composition, writing), math, science, social studies (including history, geography, economics, and government)	Good to go.
New Hampshire	science, math, language, government, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, the history of the constitutions of New Hampshire and the United States, art and music appreciation	Health, music, and NH studies not included. U.S. Constitution is not included in every kit.
New Jersey	Education must be academically equivalent to public schools.	Health and P.E. not included.
New Mexico	reading, language arts, math, social studies, science	Good to go.
New York	Grades K–12: patriotism and citizenship, substance abuse, traffic safety (including bike safety), fire safety. Grades 1–6: arithmetic, reading, spelling, writing, English, geography, U.S. history, science, health, music, visual arts, physical education. Grades 7–8: math, English, history, geography, science, health, music, art, practical arts, physical education, library skills. At least once before grade 9: U.S. and New York history and constitutions. Grades 9–12: math, English, social studies (American History, government, and economics), science, art or music, health, physical education, electives.	Patriotism and citizenship, substance abuse, traffic safety, fire safety, library skills are touched on but not included as separate subjects. Health, P.E., music, NY studies not included.
North Carolina	None listed.	Good to go.
North Dakota	Elementary and Middle School: language arts (reading, composition, creative writing, grammar, spelling), math, social studies (U.S. Constitution, U.S. history, geography, government, and, in the 4th and 8th grades, North Dakota studies), science (including agriculture), physical education, health (physiology, hygiene, disease control, alcohol, tobacco, narcotics). High School: language arts (literature, composition, speech), math, science (biology and chemistry or physical science), social studies (U.S. history, civics, economics, personal finance), physical education, foreign languages or fine arts or career and technical education.	Health, P.E., ND studies, agriculture not included. Listed high school elective options available but not all are included in kits.
Ohio	language, reading, spelling, writing, geography, U.S. history, Ohio history, government, math, science, health, physical education, fine arts (including music), first aid, safety, fire prevention	Health, P.E., music, first aid, safety, fire prevention, OH studies not included.
Oklahoma	None listed.	Good to go.
Oregon	None listed.	Good to go.
Pennsylvania	K–6th grade: English (spelling, reading, writing), arithmetic, civics, U.S. and Pennsylvania history, health and physiology, physical education, music, art, geography, science, safety education (including fire prevention) 7th–12th grade: English (language, literature, speech, composition), math (general math, algebra, geometry), social studies (civics, U.S. and Pennsylvania history, world history) health, physical education, music, art, geography, science, safety education (including fire prevention)	Health, P.E., music, safety education, PA studies not included. U.S. History is not included in every kit for Grades K-6. (World History is included instead some years.)
Rhode Island	reading, writing, geography, arithmetic, health, physical education, civics (U.S. and Rhode Island history, government)	Health, P.E., RI studies not included.
South Carolina	reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and, in grades 7–12, composition, literature	Good to go.
South Dakota	language arts, math	Good to go.
Tennessee	None listed.	Good to go.
Texas	math, reading, spelling, grammar, good citizenship	Good citizenship is not a separate curriculum in our kits.
Utah	None listed.	Good to go.
Vermont	reading, writing, math, citizenship, U.S. and Vermont history and government, physical education, health (tobacco, alcohol, drugs), literature, natural sciences, fine arts	Health, P.E., VT studies not included.
Virginia	None listed.	Good to go.
Washington	occupational education , science, math, language, social studies, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, art and music appreciation	Health and music not included.
West Virginia	reading, language, math, science, social studies	Good to go.
Wisconsin	reading, language arts, math, social studies, science/health	Good to go.
Wyoming	reading, writing, math, civics, history, literature, science	Good to go.