Are you homeschooling 6th grade?
Today, I am sharing some of our favorite homeschool resources to use with 6th graders. I hope you find something that your 6th grader will love!
Sixth Grade Homeschool Curriculum: Resources by Subject
Homeschooling 6th Grade: A quick note
I always say that we are “curriculum dabblers” and it’s true! We use a patchwork of creative educational resources. What we use with one child when he is in fourth grade is often different from what we used with a sibling.
Below, I am sharing our favorite resources for homeschooling sixth grade from past years. Please do not think that we used all of the resources listed under each subject concurrently. That would be impossible! Just know that the resources listed are ones that our family has enjoyed and I hope they will help you homeschool your sixth grader.
To see what homeschooling a 6th grader looked like in our homeschool, check out these articles:
If you’d like to see our homeschool curriculum choices year by year, you can view them here:
- Homeschool Curriculum Choices Year by Year
- Homeschool Curriculum: How to Ditch the Schedule and Embrace a Lifestyle
Check out My Little Poppies Course Offerings:
- The Lazy Homeschooler’s Guide to Unit Studies
- How to Rock THE MOST IMPORTANT PART of Your Homeschool Day
- Gameschooling 101: How to Add More Play to Your Homeschool Day
Homeschool resource landing pages:
- Homeschooling: Resources by Academic Subject
- Gameschooling: Resources by Academic Subject
- Books: Resources by Academic Subject
- The Best Homeschool Subscriptions and Memberships
One more note on homeschooling 6th grade (and beyond)
Many parents stop reading aloud to their children when they become independent readers. This is a mistake because reading aloud continues to be important, even when your child can read independently. Reading aloud is important even during the teen years!
Reading aloud is crucial for struggling readers and advanced readers. The academic and social-emotional benefits of reading aloud don’t end when your child hits age eight!
When you read aloud to a struggling reader, your reader can sit back and enjoy the experience without all the hard work. This is super important! Remember: we want to protect the joy of reading so that our children will want to put in the effort!
Advanced readers tend to read quickly. If they don’t know a word, they often skip over it because their reading comprehension is strong enough so that they can use context clues to carry on with the story.
Listening comprehension is greater than reading comprehension for all readers.
This means that your child will understand more when you read aloud than when she reads on her own, whether that child is a struggling reader, an advanced reader, or somewhere in the middle. When you read aloud, you aren’t going to skip over difficult passages and vocabulary words. You will share all of the sophisticated language and rich vocabulary with your child. You can pause to look up words and discuss questions.
Here’s another reason to continue reading to your school-aged kiddo: at this age, kids tend to find a reading niche and get lost in it. That is wonderful! We want our children to read for the sheer joy of it, but we also want to expose them to different genres. Reading aloud exposes your children to many genres while allowing them to read what they love independently.
Another important reason to keep reading to school-aged kiddos is for the connection that reading aloud provides. Remember: connection over curriculum!
Also, I want to remind you that you can still read picture books at this age. There are fantastic picture books on the market today on any topic imaginable. Don’t feel like you can’t read picture books to your big kids. You can!
For more resources on the importance of reading aloud and where to find the most delicious books for your 6th grader, check this out:
Homeschooling 6th Grade: Art & Music
- Art Picture Books
- Music Picture Books
- Art and Music Games
- Art History Kids
- Simply Charlotte Mason Picture Study Portfolios
- SQUILT Music Appreciation (Read one of our SQUILT reviews here.)
- CuriosityStream (Read one of our many CuriosityStream reviews here.)
To read more about the resources listed above and many more, check out our art and music resource list.
Studying Rothko and making his own with Art History Kids!
Homeschooling 6th Grade: Geography
- CuriosityStream (Read one of our many CuriosityStream reviews here.)
- Draw the World
- Games for geography
- Geography Picture Books
- Globe
- Story of the World
- These fantastic placemats
- Universal Yums (Read more about how we use this resource in our homeschool here.)
To read more about the resources above and many more, check out our geography resource list!
Homeschooling 6th Grade: History
- CuriosityStream (Read one of our many CuriosityStream reviews here.)
- Podcasts
- Big History from Great Courses
- History Picture Books
- History games
- Story of the World
- Reading with History (with advanced readers) from BookShark
To read more about the resources listed above and many more, check out our history resources.
Homeschooling 6th Grade: Language Arts Curriculum
- All the read-alouds (Yes, still.)
- All of the audiobooks (Yes, still.)
- Podcasts
- Language Arts Games
- IEW
- Writing with Ease
- Coffee and Books
- Marie’s Words
- Michael Clay Thompson’s Language Arts program
To read more about the resources listed above and many more, check out our language arts resource list.
Homeschooling 6th Grade: Math Curriculum Options
- Art of Problem Solving:
- Algebra A
- Counting and Probability
- Introduction to Number Theory
- Mr. D Math Online Pre-Algebra
- Math Picture Books
- Math Games
To read more about the above math resources and many more, check out our math resource list.
Homeschooling 6th Grade: Nature Study
- CuriosityStream (Read one of our many CuriosityStream reviews here.)
- Podcasts
- No Sweat Nature Study
- Nature Backpacks
- Nature Picture Books
- THiNK OUTSiDE Boxes
Homeschooling 6th grade: Science
- CuriosityStream (Read one of our many CuriosityStream reviews here.)
- Biology 101 through Athena’s Advanced Academy
- Art of Inquiry
- Podcasts
- Home Science Tools
- Science Picture Books
- Groovy Lab in a Box
- Khan Academy
- Pocket Microscopes
For more about the above and many more, check out our science resource list.
Gameschooling 6th grade
- Gameschooling Teens and Tweens: How to Boost Learning and Connection
- NEVER BOARD LEARNING
Never Board Learning is a private online community for creative parents and educators who enjoy play-based learning and gameschooling. Never Board Learning features a private (non-Facebook) community forum, guest speakers, Q and As, day in the life family spotlights, and a growing resource library filled with challenges, monthly giveaways and promos, documentation resources, and print-and-play activities. Homeschooling can be almost all fun and games. The NBL Community will help your family to play more and learn lots!
Other resources we used in 6th grade:
New to homeschooling? Check out these resources:
- How to Get Started with Homeschooling
- How to Homeschool Little Ones (Without the Overwhelm)
- 5 Wonderful Homeschool Secrets No One Will Tell You
- 3 Bold Moves to Shake Up Your Homeschool Today!
More homeschool resources for 6th grade and beyond
- Homeschooling by Subject {A Resource Page}
- Gameschooling by Subject {A Resource Page}
- Books by Subject {A Resource Page}
- Homeschool Curriculum Choices by Year {A Resource Page}
- 10 Amazing Homeschool Subscriptions
- There are countless resources available for homeschoolers today, but I firmly believe you could homeschool with a library card and THIS.
More homeschool resources for sixth grade and beyond
- Homeschooling by Subject {A Resource Page}
- Gameschooling by Subject {A Resource Page}
- Homeschool Curriculum Choices by Year {A Resource Page}
- 10 Amazing Homeschool Subscriptions
- There are countless resources available for homeschoolers today, but I firmly believe you could homeschool with a library card and THIS.
