I am bias because after 17 years of working in centre care using those types of programs I am no longer a lover of 'boxed theme based curriculum' specially after having been introduced to emergent child led adult supported play based curriculum ... so would be reluctant to spend money on a curriculum of that nature.

That said - I do have the Jolly Phonics curriculum - something I had already purchased when I worked in a centre before starting home childcare and I do still use 'aspects' of that curriculum however I make them more 'emergent and natural learning' verses the worksheets and stuff that came with the actual curriculum.

Did I read you are doing a before and afterschool focused program? Cause personally after having been in 'school' for 6-7 hours I think most school agers would be happy to just PLAY verses do more structured programming....but again that is my own personal philosophy about how children learn