Middle School Curriculum That Set Us Up for Success in High School | Looking back on our favorites

Curious about which curriculum programs we used in our homeschool back in the middle school years? Today I'm sharing the ones that I felt best prepared my kids for high school, and why we loved them.

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[realnerd]

This is so helpful! We just adopted a 7th grade boy and he’s seriously struggling in public school, so I’ve been trying to build a curriculum for home and this is the best video I’ve found

[sha-toinaswint]

So good! I have middle schoolers and we use almost everything except BJU products that you named. Our primary curriculum is Memoria Press and it’s been phenomenal. We use Saxon and Dr. Shormann, IEW fix it along side Memoria Press Grammar and Latin, Apologia and Dr.Shormann for science, all of the literature from Memoria Press, geography from Memoria Press along with Classical studies from MP, writing from Memoria Press and Classical Academic Press. I do have IEW structure and style that I will pull out if need be. our History we use a Sonlight HBL. Thank you for sharing!

[vanessamoore]

This is so helpful! I’ll have a 7th and 6th grader and the transition to middle school has been a little hard as far as choosing curriculum.

[juliequezada]

We have used most of the curricula that you mentioned in this video, but we have also loved Heart of Dakota for middle school history and Bible study.

[apologiaworld]

Thanks for including us in this video! Those middle school years are so imperative to laying the groundwork for a solid high school career.

[laurenm.]

For 6th grade we are using Memoria Press as a core with substitutions for Art of Problem Solving Pre-Algebra, Novare Life Science (watching Science Mom videos for fun), and Writing with Skill and Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind. It’s been a great year so far with a lot of growth.

[velviteenrabbitt]

Thanks for this Abby. We're using IEW thanks to you. My son is about five weeks into structure and style and feels very accomplished. Despite being quite, well, structured, it actually gives him the freedom within that structure to be very expressive. It builds a lot of confidence. So happy! My other son really loves Guest Hollow - again thanks to you. It's great that you're ahead of us and have such wisdom to share x

[effiemeandmydolls]

Thanks for the detailed why’s for all of the curriculum. We’re doing the apologia general science this year for 7th grade, but last year we did the anatomy and physiology apologia course, and because my daughter was 6th grade we heavily expanded on the topics, so I’m thinking of skipping the anatomy portion this year and starting physical science at the semester.
For maths we use ctc for the spine and enrich with beast academy/ art of problem solving. I find ctc is very straight forward in teaching the concept, but challenging outside the box questions are lacking so the two balance each other well.
For everything else I self design courses around countries or states. We study the country from ancient to present, all geography, plants, animals, culture, food, music, art etc., and find 2-3 ( or more) novels. Very much like guest hollow (which I will use next year). Most of our writing centers around our social studies. I use the geospell books for vocabulary. Here’s hoping for a good high school transition in a year. Your videos are really inspiring and so helpful. Thank you for taking the time to produce them.

[tfontan]

Just found your channel! This video was so helpful. Thank you for sharing!!

[koinonia-bnxz]

Yes I agree…so helpful to give a guide to setting up our kids for success in high school. Thank you so much.

[JoleenGraves]

This was exactly what I was hoping for! Thank you!!

[amandamendoza]

So very helpful. I have a 8th and 5th grader this year along with our curve ball, a 2 year old!😊😂

[myshaharmon]

This was INCREDIBLY helpful! All the great middle school information in one succinct video. Thank you!

[marykateyang]

I found this incredibly helpful. Thank you so much.

[mar]

Thank you for this video! All this information is very helpful!

[shayj]

Oh this is so great.... TY for sharing... 🤗💕

[WanderingFreeTV]

Thank you so much for making this video!

[DCFashionGirl]

I loved all your choices! What do you recommend for a base phonics/early reading course? I need a foundation for my daughter who is struggling with reading.

[agni]

Would you mind to share the daily schedule looks like for middle school? Thank you!

[Ibyte]

I know I’m a little late, but thank you for this!! What did you use for their health credit?