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Choosing Middle School Homeschool Curriculum

Can You Homeschool Middle School? Yes, You Can! The authors at the Curriculum Choice have many, many years of experience teaching middle school between them.  They’ve joined together to help you feel confident teaching middle school, too!

Favorite middle school homeschool curriculum and resources including reviews, helps, and more from our Curriculum Choice Authors.

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Welcome back to Five Days of Choosing Curriculum! We will be helping you with curriculum choices for specific age levels. Today is all about middle school homeschool resources. Don’t miss our schedule at the end of the post. We invite you to browse every topic!

Choosing Middle School Homeschool Curriculum

Below are some of the many middle school reviews our Curriculum Choice authors have written.  You’ll enjoy learning more about the plethora of resources available to you as you teach 6th-8th graders!

Be sure to also browse all the reviews and resources under our Middle School tab.

More Encouragement from Our Authors

The Curriculum Choice authors share some of their favorite resources to encourage you as you homeschool middle school. Reviews, helps and more.

Most of the Curriculum Choice authors have active blogs where they share all kinds of homeschooling advice and experiences.  Below, you’ll find links to helpful middle school posts from a couple of our veteran homeschooling authors.

Cindy West from Our Journey Westward

Cindy loves teaching middle school!  Sixth-eighth graders are ready to dive deeper academically, but still enjoy lessons that allow them to get dirty and have fun.  Here are some of her “outside the box” curriculum ideas for middle school.

Project-based learning and more for middle school @Cindy West (Our Journey Westward)

Apologia and Nature Study – How to integrate nature study and a popular science textbook in the upper grades.

Logic and Critical Thinking – Middle school children are the perfect age to dive deep into logic studies that will prepare them for so much in the future!

Project-Based Learning Series – Many kids want (or need) to learn on their own terms – whether delight directed, hands-on, gifted, struggling, etc. – project-based learning can be a great answer.

Dr. Seuss in Middle School – This fun character-building lesson uses a children’s book for some deep thinking.

Tricia from Hodgepodge

artist page Harmony Fine Arts

Middle School Homeschool Curriculum – Our middle school girl is a busy, kinesthetic learner who loves to craft. She loves to make things. Do things. Move. Participate. Give her a display board for a biography report. Let her make a salt dough map. She loves to color while I read. Crafts, creations, busy. That’s her.

You ARE An ARTist Fine Arts Plans for Art and Music Appreciation – (we use this together as a family – for all ages! But we’ve mostly enjoyed the middle school plans) Are you like me? Do you long to enrich your homeschool with studies of composers and artists? Do you wish that someone would just do it all for you? You know, invest the time in research, find the online links, point you to the resources you need? It’s done. Yes, really. It’s all done for you. Barb-Harmony Art Mom has created just what you need. She, too, was like us.

Lynda.com Online Training Library – Our eldest son is using the Lynda.com library to learn computer programming.  The courses are engaging, and the lecturers really know their topics. One of the best things about Lynda.com is that 10% of the training catalog is available free.  You can truly “try before you buy”.

GloBible App – They have created an engaging Bible study tool that will (and has) fascinated and captivated our Bible students.  My 13-year-old son says “I love the Glo Bible”.

New Millennium Creative Writing for Tween Girls –Crafty. Creative. Busy. Reader. Writer. Tween. Do you have one of those too? Yes, I have a tween girl who thrives on creative projects. So when we had a chance to review the New Millenium Girls Creative Writing Bundle by Jan May, I knew it was for us.

Science with Multiple Ages at Hodgepodge

Answers in Genesis: God’s Design for Science – For our middle schoolers too! Gone are the days of buying separate science curriculum for various levels. Focusing on different topics in multiple grades. For me, as homeschool parent, I no longer have to set aside time to “do science” with each child. Everyone is learning together. A unit study approach for the whole family. Four years worth of units for grades 1-8. Each with 3 units. Even more on Answers in Genesis God’s Design for Science in Homeschool Science for Multiple Ages.

Heidi from Starts At Eight

Everything Homeschool Middle School from Starts At Eight

Middle school is a time of transition from the very guided work of elementary school to the independent work of high school. During these years we not only cover the core subjects, but things like, time management and planner usage.

One great way to get an idea of what we do in our homeschool and how we do it is to check out our curriculum choices. Here is just one of our 8th grade years!

I also find this an important time to work on teaching life skills. Here in NYS we are required to fulfill certain “practical arts” requirements. I also created a Life Skills as High School Electives course for my teens to both learn important skills and get high school credit for it!

Annie Kate

101TopPicks

In my opinion, the most important resource when choosing curriculum is Cathy Duffy’s guide, 101 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum, which helps you determine what curriculum suits your family. 

I recommend it to all new homeschooling families and use it regularly myself even after 17 years of homeschooling and 4 years of reviewing curriculum. 

The older version, 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum, is still useful, but does not mention some of the great new curricula available.

And there is an even newer version called 102 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum

Even More Homeschool Resources!

Be sure to also check out The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Homeschool Curriculum.

In this Ultimate Guide to Choosing Homeschool Curriculum you will find all the advice and tips on Choosing Curriculum from our veteran team of homeschoolers both past and present here at The Curriculum Choice.

As well as our full collection of homeschool curriculum broken down by subjects and ages – The Incredible Index of Homeschool Curriculum Options

The Incredible Index of Homeschool Curriculum Options - an index of all our ultimate guides, one per subject, 4 different grade level ranges, and more! From The Curriculum Choice

And even our full guide to homeschool methods – What do Homeschool Methods Look Like in Real Life?

What do homeschool methods look like in real life? Come with us as we take a look at how the various methods play out in real homeschools, going beyond just a basic definition and supplying you with tons of resources for each homeschool method.

Our Curriculum Choice review team features a topic monthly. You can see all that our authors have shared on electives, math, curriculum choices and more under Review Team Features.

Our Curriculum Choice Pinterest boards! reviews of all kinds from our archives and more.

Five Days of Choosing Homeschool Curriculum

~Originally published June 2017, hosted by Cindy West, an eclectically Charlotte Mason mom of three from KY.  She homeschools elementary, middle and high school students.  You can find her writing about homeschooling, and learn about her creative homeschool curriculum at Our Journey Westward.

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The biggest reason Cindy chose to homeschool was because she loves experiencing life with her children and watching them grow inside and out. She's sure that’s why the Charlotte Mason method first caught her attention. It allows her to be creative in scheduling, rigorous in learning, yet opens the door for plenty of close-knit time, opportunities for her children to explore their interests and offers enough free time for them to be children. She implements many of Charlotte Mason's methods with an eclectic twist of things that work for her family! At Cindy's website, Our Journey Westward, you will find a blog packed with fun learning ideas and a shop full of creative curriculum, including the NaturExplorers studies.


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  9. jen s says

    AiG has wonderful resources for homeschooling! We have used some of the Science and would love to try out the History!

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  11. Stacey E. says

    Facebook is the easiest way for me to connect online with other homeschool Moms! Thanks for another great blog post today.

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  17. Heather says

    I mostly love to talk to other homeschoolers on Facebook!! Would love to win this, history is stumping me!

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  18. Carol says

    I connect with other homeschoolers most on facebook. 🙂 And I really want to win this History Revealed giveaway!! Love Diana Waring.

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  36. Mary Ann says

    What a wonderful post! I love all the resources mentioned! And the give away for Answers in Genesis is FUN! Thank you!

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  37. Julie says

    I use Facebook to keep up with most things homeschool, but prefer talking with other homeschool families to anything else.

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  44. Renée Gotcher says

    Like many above, Facebook is my easiest place to connect with other homeschooling mamas – love the blogs too, but I rely on their FB page to keep me in the loop! 🙂
    Renée at NextGen Homeschool

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  45. Tammie Bairen says

    I appreciate all of the research that went into this blog. You have provided some great ideas for middle school. I’ll definitely be checking out a few of these with my middle schoolers.

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  50. megan says

    I already use AiG science and I would be thrilled to try their history too. I have 5 kids, so they would be well used!

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  51. Christy S. says

    I find that Facebook is the most convenient way for me to connect with other homeschoolers online. Sometimes a couple of forums, but mostly Facebook.

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  53. Courtney R. says

    I like to connect with other homeschoolers through Google+; but after reading all the other posts I guess I should use Facebook more.

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  56. sandy says

    I actually purchased the first set and we r so excited to start in August . I would love to win them and know we con continue to learn about God and history whenever we are ready.

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  57. Amy says

    I connect on FB, but my favorite way is going to the park and meeting with other homeschool moms while our kids hang out.

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  63. Aimee says

    This has been really great! Looking forward to taking some time to read it all over again a little more slowly!

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  66. Jennifer Cantner says

    Facebook is an amazing tool for connecting with homeschool moms. I don’t even have to leave the house!

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  72. Marcie says

    I prefer to connect with other homeschoolers via Facebook. I can connect with homeschoolers in my area, my province, my country, around the world, to share support and resources.

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