Best curriculum by grade
Best homeschool curriculum, picked grade by grade.
Per-grade landing pages from preschool through high school. Each page presents subject-by-subject curriculum picks (math, phonics, spelling, writing, science, history, Latin) organized by worldview, with a complete-year bundle recommendation per worldview and direct outbound links to each publisher.
Ages 3-5
Preschool
Preschool homeschool is mostly read-aloud time, outdoor exploration, and habit formation. The curriculum picks here are the gentle introductions that respect that priority, organized by worldview.
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Ages 5-6
Kindergarten
Kindergarten homeschool focuses on phonics readiness, early math (counting, patterns, basic addition), and habit formation. Full-day formal academics are not appropriate. The picks below are the publishers families most commonly choose.
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Ages 6-7
1st Grade
1st grade homeschool is where formal academics begin in earnest. Phonics, math, and beginning reading are the priorities; science and history are supplemental at this age.
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Ages 7-8
2nd Grade
2nd grade is when most families add spelling, formal handwriting, and the first taste of structured science and history. Reading should be fluent for most children by mid-year.
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Ages 8-9
3rd Grade
3rd grade is the transition year: reading is fluent, math is solidifying, and many families add Latin, formal grammar, and longer writing assignments.
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Ages 9-10
4th Grade
4th grade is upper-elementary: long-division math, multi-paragraph writing, and the first taste of formal logic. State testing also tends to begin at this grade in many homeschool tracking arrangements.
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Ages 10-11
5th Grade
5th grade is the last year of elementary. Reading independence is full; writing assignments are multi-paragraph; math is preparing for pre-algebra. Many families begin formal logic and continue Latin.
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Ages 11-12
6th Grade
6th grade is the transition into middle school. Pre-algebra begins, writing becomes essay-length, and most families restart a new four-year history cycle (often the second pass through ancient/medieval/early-modern/modern). Science becomes domain-specific.
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Ages 12-13
7th Grade
7th grade is when most homeschoolers begin pre-algebra (if not already there), formal logic, and Apologia Physical Science or its equivalents. The second-pass world history continues; writing becomes paragraph-then-essay focused.
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Ages 13-14
8th Grade
8th grade is the on-ramp to high school. Algebra 1 begins for most students, Apologia Biology starts the high-school science sequence early for some families, and writing becomes academic essay length.
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Ages 14-18
High School (9-12)
High school homeschool requires transcript-grade work, typically across four years of English, math, science, history, foreign language, and electives. Most families commit to a single publisher's high-school sequence or build an a la carte stack with college admissions in mind.
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