2022-2023 Grade 6 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

2022-2023 Grade 6 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

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Choosing homeschool curriculum can be a challenge and your experience will be different from mine. I’ve now been homeschooling my daughter for 8 years.

I had the privilege and opportunity to work at a homeschool store for 2 years before my daughter was born. This gave me a strong foundation in beginning our homeschool journey. Though, I will say, each year there are more and more homeschool options available to consider.

My approach has always been to choose the curriculum that’s right for my children’s learning style. If a curriculum is working for my child, I don’t usually change anything. I only consider a new curriculum if something isn’t registering or working with her.

So here it is, our grade 6 homeschool curriculum picks for the 2022-2023 learning year!

2022-2023 grade 6 homeschool curriculum picks! Includes Saxon Math, BraveWriter, Mystery of History, etc.
2022-2023 Grade 6 Homeschool Curriculum Picks
2022-2023 Grade 6 Homeschool Curriculum Picks
2022-2023 Grade 6 Homeschool Curriculum Picks
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Are you familiar with any of these curriculum choices? Let me know if they’re new or familar to you!

Also, check out these Grade 4 Homeschool Curriculum Picks from just a couple of years ago.

Anchored in Christ,
Melanie

2021-2022 Grade 5 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

2021-2022 Grade 5 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

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Check out my 2021-2022 grade 5 homeschool curriculum picks for this year!

It’s time to unveil our homeschool curriculum picks for grade 5. When it comes to my daughter, she’s the oldest, so it becomes the first time I’ve done this grade level. It certainly adds new things for me to think about.

Our 2021-2022 grade 5 homeschool curriculum picks! Includes Saxon Math, BraveWriter, All About Learning, Mystery of History, etc.

2021-2022 Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

Bible

Character

Language Arts

READING

READ-ALOUDS/WRITING/SPELLING/VOCABULARY/GRAMMAR

HANDWRITING

  • Nothing specific at this time other than asking for printing and cursive to see how her writing is coming along

TYPING/KEYBOARDING

Our 2021-2022 grade 5 homeschool curriculum picks! Includes art, character and Bible
2021-2022 Grade 5 Homeschool Currirulum Picks Language Arts & Math
Our 2021-2022 grade 5 homeschool curriculum picks! Includes social studies and science.
Our 2021-2022 grade 5 homeschool curriculum picks! Includes read-alouds.
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Have you used any of these homeschool resources in your homeschool? Or do you have any questions about them?

Feel free to let me know and I’d be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Also, check out these Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks from just a couple of years ago.

Anchored in Christ,
Melanie

2021-2022 Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

2021-2022 Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

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Check out my 2021-2022 grade 3 homeschool curriculum picks for this year!

It’s our 7th year homeschooling and for me, it’s just as exciting as the 1st year. We can’t help but sift through the new books, and find out what our feast of learning will involve.

2021-2022 Grade 3 Homeschool Currirulum Picks
2021-2022 Grade 3 Homeschool Currirulum Picks
2021-2022 Grade 3 Homeschool Currirulum Picks
2021-2022 Grade 3 Homeschool Currirulum Picks
2021-2022 Grade 3 Homeschool Currirulum Picks
Homeschool Books For Mom
20 Best Tips

Have you used any of these homeschool resources in your homeschool? Or do you have any questions about them?

Feel free to let me know and I’d be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Also, check out these Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks from just a couple of years ago.

Anchored in Christ,
Melanie

Ways to Practice Spelling For Grade 3

Ways to Practice Spelling For Grade 3

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We needed ways to practice spelling. This was an area of struggle for my daughter and up until now I’ve learned that although she’s learned spelling rules which have been helpful, she also learns through repetition. 

I’m now really seeing how my daughter learns and so is she. We’re at a place in our homeschool where we’re able to talk about various homeschool curriculums, what they offer, the goal and what she thinks she can commit to. By this, we’re able to determine whether we’ll invest the money and the time to achieve the goal.

I had a look at the Evan-Moor Building Spelling Skills Grade 3 E-book, and had my daughter look at it, too. She was able to feel confident about giving it a try, so we did. I reached out to Evan-Moor and they gave me this product in exchange for my honest review.

Help your child retain how to spell words with the Evan-Moor Building Spelling Skills Grade 3 E-Book

How My Daughter Learns

My daughter appreciates learning why words are spelled the way they are. Though the rules are not enough to hold a word’s spelling for her. She needs more. She needs repetition.

Incorporating PRACTICE is an absolute must when it comes to spelling. Just like learning to read requires repetition, everything else does too, including spelling. Well, at least it does for my daughter.

So, we looked for ways to practice spelling without it feeling too mundane. (Let’s face it, word lists aren’t that much fun). Another important item on my daughter’s wishlist, was that it needed to have some fun elements.

Fun elements involved different ways to incorporate spelling without it feeling like spelling. Activities, exercises or games are the perfect compliment for her learning style. 

Help your child retain how to spell words with the Evan-Moor Building Spelling Skills Grade 3 E-Book
Ways To Practice Spelling For Grade 3
Ways To Practice Spelling For Grade 3

What We Like About Building Spelling Skills

  • Variety – each day’s assignment was different and each week’s involved different elements
  • Amount – easily doable each day
  • Practice – lots of repetition in different ways
  • Printable – we could review a portion of a day’s lesson again if needed by printing it out
  • Inexpensive

What We Left Out

Some portions of exercises we left out.

This had nothing to do with the program itself, except that we had other work that day that required a lot of writing.

This is the best part of homeschooling – you know what you’re doing for the day. So, don’t do it all. Just because a book has a portion in it that you’re doing in a different way that day, doubling up can be too much. 

Ways To Practice Spelling For Grade 3
Ways To Practice Spelling For Grade 3
Ways To Practice Spelling For Grade 3

What We Think About Building Spelling Skills

I really like being able to ask my daughter what she thinks about a program. I can see how much it’s helping her and she can give her honest feedback, too.

My daughters thoughts – she like this style of program. Although spelling is not her favourite subject, she knows she needs repetition to master it. As a result, she highly recommends the program because it involves different exercises and it’s helped her remember how words are spelled.

My thoughts – my daughter was able to retain words that she was spelling. She doesn’t always think about the rules when she spells (and neither do I). My daughter is very much like me. So although she doesn’t quite understand that she’s a visual learner through seeing words and remembering how something is spelled by how it looks, my guess, is that she’s like me. So we’ll continue to use this program because it’s been effective.

Ways To Practice Spelling For Grade 3

Check It Out!

I highly recommend you check out Evan-Moor’s Building Spelling Skills. They have samples of their product which is really helpful to gauge which grade is appropriate and if your child would like it!

2019-2020 Grade 1 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

2019-2020 Grade 1 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

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Here we are, entering the new year and I’m excited to share with you our 2019-2020 grade 1 homeschool curriculum picks!

Being that my daughter is in grade 3, preparing for grade 1 and the curriculum choices seem easier, but my son definitely has a different learning style than my daughter. So I’m wondering if the same homeschool choices that we went with for my daughter in grade 1 will be okay for my son. The only way to find out, is to do it!

Combining Learning

One thing I like to do is combine learning where I can. My children are just 2 grades apart which makes learning the same thing altogether (for certain subjects) adaptable and doable.

With my children being in the elementary grades, my involvement is heavier and more hands-on. This is totally fine, but I need to plan accordingly and combine learning to avoid my potential burnout with too much curriculum.

Fueling Curiosity

I haven’t included everything that we’ll be doing in our grade 1 homeschool curriculum picks as I tend to add more materials along the way as needed.

This summer I read the book, The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart, and it really enlightened my perspective in homeschooling and children when it comes to exploring a topic as curiosity stricks a child and digging deep until the flame is no longer there. I will be more intentional in this area as I feel this is truly what education is all about. It’s not about fitting into a box, creating a template of people and leaving them to enter workforce and community.

Homeschool is about fostering a love for learning while helping our children find their God-given gifts to share with the world and impact others with the love of Jesus by their character and actions.

That said, I will choose to fan the flame of curiosity this next year!

2019-2020 Grade 1 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

Grade 1 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

My little guy will be learning alot as he will be taking in what my grade daughter is as well!

 

Language Arts

Math

Science

Social Studies

2019-2020 Grade 1 Homeschool Curriculum Picks
2019-2020 Grade 1 Homeschool Curriculum Picks
2019-2020 Grade 1 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

Art

Music

  • Piano Lessons
  • Drum video tutorials on Youtube

Bible

Health

  • Fitness – BMX, swimming, some physical education challenges at home and other activities as they come up in the year.
  • Food – Talk about healthy food choices in our everyday life during shopping, meal preparation and snacks.
  • Bodies/Mind – Recognize how much time to spend on devices, moving is good for the body including stretching and strengthening it.
  • Relationships/Friendships – Talk about these areas as they come up.
  • Safety – Talk about naturally as they come up.

Planning your homeschool curriculum is easier than you think! I use a Google Sheets year-at-a-glance planning calendar, and I’m happy to share it with you for FREE! Be sure to grab it below.

Get Your FREE Google Sheets Year-At-A-Glance Homeschool Planner Below

Have you used any of these curriculums above? If so, which one?

Anchored in Christ,
Melanie

2019-2020 Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

2019-2020 Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

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I’m so excited to share with you our 2019-2020 grade 3 homeschool curriculum picks!

I LOVE the process of choosing curriculum – which for me is finding out and keeping tabs throughout the past year on all that’s out there and the possibilities. If our choices of curriculum can help you in any way with your choices, than I’m so happy I’ve shared it with you!

Combining Learning

First of all, where I can, I’m combine learning. My children aren’t that far apart in age, so to have materials that are designed for a grade 3 child can easily be adapted for a grade 1 child.

One thing I don’t want to do is become anxious and stressed out about having materials for every child in every grade and the pressure I put on myself to get it all done. This means only one thing for me and it’s burnout.

My children are at the age where I’m heavily involved and hands-on, which is totally fine, but recognizing it and acknowledging it is part of knowing that you can’t do it all.

Fueling Curiosity

What is excluded in my grade 3 homeschool curriculum picks for the year are all the other materials I naturally add along the way.

I struggle with feeling like I’m out of control and not having my children finish a particular curriculum or that we’re not going to get it done on time. But after reading Julie Bogart’s book, The Brave Learner this summer, it’s given me the confidence to fuel my children’s learning by the curiousity they display about a certain topic. This year, I WILL choose to fan the flame of curiosity.

Let’s also be real here – I want to keep to the curriculum and not loose ground so that we’ll finish by May AND I’ve checked all the boxes. That said, WHY we homeschool, the beauty and benefit of this lifestyle isn’t about keeping to a box or a formula and being held within its parameters; it’s about a fluidness to learning when hunger is deep. It’s about permission to explore a topic by means of library books, videos, documentaries, field trips, etc. until the topic is exhausted and the flame has sizzled (as far as my kids are concerned).

Fueling my children’s curiosity is definitely what I’m doing different this year.

2019-2020 Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

So, here we go – the feast of rich learning we are diving into for this upcoming year…

Language Arts

Math

Science

Social Studies

2019-2020 Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks
2019-2020 Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks
2019-2020 Grade 3 Homeschool Curriculum Picks

Art

Music

  • Piano Lessons

Bible

Health

  • Fitness – Dance, swimming, some physical education challenges at home and other activities as they come up in the year.
  • Food – Talk about healthy food choices in our everyday life during shopping, meal preparation and snacks.
  • Bodies/Mind – Recognize how much time to spend on devices, moving is good for the body including stretching and strengthening it.
  • Relationships/Friendships – Talk about these areas as they come up.
  • Safety – Talk about naturally as they come up.

Planning your homeschool curriculum is easier than you think! I use a Google Sheets year-at-a-glance planning calendar, and I’m happy to share it with you for FREE! Be sure to grab it below.

Get Your FREE Google Sheets Year-At-A-Glance Homeschool Planner Below

Have you used any of these curriculums above? If so, which one?

Anchored in Christ,
Melanie