So, um, it’s been four years since wrote my first Top Picks series. That’s, like, 20 years in homeschool curriculum years (which are longer than dog years) considering all the new and exciting stuff that comes out each year. I thought it was time for an update and what better place to start than middle school, since we’re firmly entrenched in all things middle school at my house?

So, here you go: The Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers Top Picks for Middle School.

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Top Homeschool Curriculum Picks for Middle School
Math

It may have been four years, but my top picks for math are still Horizons and Teaching Textbooks.

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Since Josh was diagnosed with dyslexia, I’ve had many opportunities to talk with other parents of kids who have or may have dyslexia. I love being able to share helpful resources for dyslexic students in hopes of preventing the years of struggle and frustration that we went through.

I’ve compiled a list of the resources that we found most effective. Now, I can just point people here instead of bombarding them with information in the corner of the grocery store.

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This was supposed to be Brianna’s 8th grade year and our practice year for high school.  Mid-year, she decided she wanted to catch up the year we “repeated” in fifth grade (a mutual decision and one of the best choices we made for her as far as school is concerned).  I was fine with that since I really felt that she was doing 9th grade level work in most areas already, only really needing to catch up math, which can easily be done with some summer work.

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Math.  Since Horizons only goes through 6th grade, this would be the point where, if you haven’t already, I’d recommend checking out Teaching Textbooks.  Let’s just suffice it to say that I had one of those horrible teachers for Algebra — you know the ones;  they know how to do it, but they don’t know how to teach you to do it.  I squeaked by with my first C ever — the C that kept me out of the Honor Society and the Top 10% of my class.  Stupid Algebra!  That being said, I love that Teaching Textbooks offers step-by-step video teaching lessons.  No need for me to dredge up painful memories.

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Today, I’ll be sharing my top picks for 5th and 6th grades.  Really, there aren’t a lot of changes this week because so many of my favorites just move into higher levels.  But, for what it’s worth…

Math.  My top picks are still Horizons and Teaching Textbooks.  Up until Pre-Algebra, Teaching Textbooks does the grading for you, plus you’ve still got the video teaching lessons.  This makes it really great for fifth and sixth graders who are most likely ready to begin working mostly independently, if they’re not already.

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