We finished homeschooling a couple of years ago. I used NO curriculum (tho I bought a lot...)but lots of Usborne paperbacks on specific subjects. Their science books are great. We also LOVED Straight-Forward Math, published by Garlic Press. They have an English series too. It is the math concepts without hundreds of workpages, which we were so tired of.
We bought lots of fiction, too, like the Redwall series etc., read lots of bios and historical fictions and did lots of reading aloud. You can read Dickens and challenging books aloud to kids who might not be capable of reading it silently. We discussed big words, what was happening in the plot, etc., as we read.
We also did a LOT of field trips.
Have fun. I learned so much.