This school year has been a whirlwind! We moved our family across the country in 2020, so we decided that even though we had our curriculum picked out for the year, we would join a Classical Conversations group to connect and meet people in our new town. We LOVE our group and are thankful for God’s provision, as it has become a wonderful part of our week!
These curriculum picks are actually a mid-year review. We started this year with a very heavy load, and over the first semester we slowly dwindled it down to the curriculum that fit into Adyn’s interests, the most challenging for his developmental stage and what worked best overall with Classical Conversations.
Some of the books we set aside this year were Spanish for Children, so he can properly focus on finishing Latin. We decided to set aside IEW because we began Lost Tools of Writing through Classical Conversations. We also lightened up on enrichment activities, making them more part of our daily life than an added line on the lesson plan. Such as music and art are now hobbies enjoyed outside of “school time”, so Adyn spends time on the trumpet and making comic books! Nature study is found through his science curriculum.
All that said, here’s the list for 7th Grade this year, with links to easily explore the curriculum yourself:
- Bible – Memoria Press Christian Studies IV
- History – Master Books America’s Story II
- Math – Math U See Pre-Algebra
- Finance – Ramsey’s Foundations in Personal Finance middle school homeschool edition
- Science – Apologia Exploring Creation with General Science
- Logic – Art of Argument (1st semester) and Fallacy Detective (2nd semester)
- Geography – Memoria Press US Geography (1st semester) and Classical Conversations Exploring the World Through Cartography (2nd semester)
- Language Arts – Classical Conversations Analogies for Us All and Lost Tools of Writing
- Latin – Henle Latin 1
- Literature – The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; Carry On, Mr. Bowditch; The Magicians Nephew; Number the Stars; Amos Fortune, Free Man; The Secret Garden; The Door in the Wall; The Gathering of Days; Crispin: The Cross of Lead; The Bronze Bow;
- Nature Study – Classical Conversations sketch journal on various subjects and Science Fair
- Typing – Mavis Beacon
If you’re Interested in seeing what his typical school day looks like, jump over to our daily schedules to see all the kids lessons in action each week!
Please leave comments and feedback! We’d love to hear what you think about these choices, and ones you’ve done as well!
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Hey Nikki! Iād love to know how you like MB middle school history & the Lost Tools for Writing. We are interested in adding these in next year, too. (Bella will be in 7th next year!) great to hear from you!
Hi Crissie! It’s so great to hear from you! Can you believe Bella will be in 7th grade next year!! I love reviewing curriculum and talking about it, so I’m so glad you wrote me! We have done MB history for 2 years now, volumes 1 & 2 in their American History series. The content of information is wonderful, they really pack each chapter with a lot of facts and interesting history. With so much information available, it makes it easy to get creative projects or field trips put together! The textbook is accompanied by a student workbook, so there are worksheets available to help kids study and retain information. My 7th grader Adyn has enjoyed The Lost Tools of Writing, in his words, “it goes deeper than IEW did” š It has helped him form better papers, kind of a step up from the foundational work in IEW, does that make sense?! I’m always happy to send more info if I can! I hope you are all doing well!