I have lots of great memories of homeschooling middle school. My daughter did irish step dancing, really loved doing nature photography
Here are our favorites for middle school homeschooling curriculum:
Here are our favorites for middle school homeschooling curriculum:
1. MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH CURRICULUM
We have two favorites for middle school English. Oak Meadow and 7 Sisters Homeschool Curriculum
Both are high quality and well put together. Let's start with Oak Meadow.
---- Oak Meadow Middle School English
We started using Oak Meadow homeschool curricula when my daughter was in 4th grade. Oak Meadow also offers courses for middle school in math and science, which I also would recommend.
Here's why -
Oak Meadow is a hands-on project oriented curriculum, that "strives to reach the child's head, hands, and heart."
It was stimulating, creative, and very flexible.
Each lesson offered a number of creative activities to choose from.
Oak Meadow is a hands-on project oriented curriculum, that "strives to reach the child's head, hands, and heart."
It was stimulating, creative, and very flexible.
Each lesson offered a number of creative activities to choose from.
All of the social studies curricula was paired with literature, that went right along with the topic of study.
Sixth Grade English focused on composition and grammar, with three lit selections. Click above to see a sample lesson. Each year was full of creative approaches to lit and writing.
In 7th Grade, my daughter's essay writing skills blossomed. She loved the selection of the novels included in this course called Seventh Grade English.
English 8 from Oak Meadow, focuses on reading 7 classic novels and then writing about them. I loved the questions for both comprehension and critical thinking in this course. I have a review of the course here.
But Oak Meadow homeschool curriculum tends to be quite pricy.
Here's a much more frugal option for English that we also love.
---- 7 Sisters Frugal Middle School English
7 Sisters Homeschool is a popular site that is run by veteran homeschool moms. So all of their resources and courses are tried and true.
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| Literature Guides |
These veteran homeschool authors know how to capture a student's interest and then lead them into a solid study of literature, all while avoiding any busywork.
They are perfect for making your own middle school English course!
---- 7 Sisters Literature Guides
Let's take a look at their frugal Literature Guides. They offer over 40 of them including:
- A Separate Peace
- A Raisin in the Sun
- The Scarlet Letter
- The Hobbit
- British Poetry Selections
- Joni
- Anne of Green Gables
- Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
- The Invisible Man
- The Three Musketeers
- Animal Farm
Each guide gives your student questions to answer as they read their literature selection.
This is a great way to introduce literary analysis to your middle schooler.
AND many of the lit guides are for free reading like books, in addition to their classic literature.
AND many of the lit guides are for free reading like books, in addition to their classic literature.
---- 7 Sisters Homeschool Writing Courses
---- Middle School Short Story Writing
It also will help your child learn what literary analysis is, while they are having fun putting together their own story.
This guide is designed to be used only 4 days a week for 5 weeks.
The lessons are short and set up for success.
The conversational tone makes the course easy to follow and understand, and helps to eliminate any anxiety about putting words onto the page.
Do you want help teaching your young teens how to write essays? 7 Sisters has a great course for that, too.
---- Middle School Guide to Essay Writing is a frugal course that will teach your teen how to write essays
It gentle introduces essay writing to your young teen with an easy to follow, NO busywork approach.'
This guide will teach your student how to write a coherent essay, starting with Basic essay format, then going on from there.
It also offers an easy way to grade your kid's essays.
2. HOMESCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM
Sixth Grade - Ancient Civilization
Oak Meadow's 6th grade history curricula was stellar, and our very favorite of all of their social studies courses.
We learned all about world history, one country at a time, with an emphasis on ancient history. It has respect for all cultures in its tone.
This was our ALL TIME FAVORITE history course, full of child-oriented lessons and excellent hands-on activities to go with them.
Then Oak Meadow Social Studies continues into 7th grade with:
Seventh Grade - World Civilization - From Age of Enlightenment to the Present
Sixth Grade - Ancient Civilization
Oak Meadow's 6th grade history curricula was stellar, and our very favorite of all of their social studies courses.
We learned all about world history, one country at a time, with an emphasis on ancient history. It has respect for all cultures in its tone.
This was our ALL TIME FAVORITE history course, full of child-oriented lessons and excellent hands-on activities to go with them.
Seventh Grade - World Civilization - From Age of Enlightenment to the Present
3. WRITING - NaNovWriMo
In November each year, we dropped our regular studies and joined in the fun at the National Novel Writing Month (NaNovWriMo). I
t is a time to join others who are working on creative writing that month. We used this book for middle school to help us get started.
1,000's of other great middle school homeschool curriculum finds can be found at the Rainbow Resource Center.
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Thanks for stopping by BJ's Homeschool,
Betsy
Betsy
Betsy is mom to her daughter, whom she homeschooled through high school. She blogs at BJ's Homeschool, about the early years, high school and wrote the book - Homeschooling High School with College in Mind.