Planning Our 4th Grade Homeschool Year (2025-2026)
There’s something so exciting about planning a new homeschool year. Right now, I’m looking ahead to 4th grade in 2025-2026, thinking about what we’ll explore, the books we’ll read, and the hands-on projects that will bring everything to life. I love the planing process and already have my 4th grade Pinterest board up and running!
I know things will shift along the way—because that’s what homeschooling does best. Some things will work beautifully, others might need adjusting, and we’ll follow new interests as they come up. But having a plan full of possibilities makes me even more excited for the year ahead!
Language Arts: Growing Skills & Confidence
For language arts, we’re keeping a mix of structured learning and creative exploration. My daughter will be using Evan-Moor workbooks to strengthen core skills, but I also want to include plenty of storytelling, narration, and creative writing to keep things engaging.
Writing can sometimes feel like a chore, so I’m looking for ways to make it more fun and meaningful—whether that’s writing short stories, creating letters or postcards, or dictating her ideas while I write them down. I love seeing her confidence grow when she realizes she has something to say!
Math: Building Confidence & Thinking Creatively
Math has been such an interesting journey—she enjoys problem-solving and puzzles, so I want to keep building on that. This year, we’re using Beast Academy Online, which brings in a fun, comic-style approach to deep math thinking, along with Math with Confidence, which keeps things hands-on and approachable.
Alongside formal lessons, I want to bring in math games, real-world applications, and puzzles to make numbers feel like something to explore, not just something to memorize. Whether it's measuring while baking, figuring out time and budgeting, or solving tricky logic puzzles, I want math to feel exciting and full of discovery.
History & Science: Storytelling & Hands-On Learning
History and science are subjects where I love to go deep and get hands-on. This year, one of our biggest topics will be Ancient Egypt, which is full of incredible stories, myths, and discoveries. I can already imagine us trying our hand at writing hieroglyphs, learning about mummies, and maybe even baking a simple ancient-inspired bread.
Science will follow our natural curiosity, with topics like bees and pollination, apple trees and the changing seasons, and owls and the wonders of feathers. We’ll also be doing a week of slime experiments, just because sometimes science should be messy and exciting! And, of course, astronomy will be a big focus, because looking up at the stars always leads to the best questions.
Unit Studies: Leaving Room for Curiosity
While I have some unit studies planned, I also want to leave space for new interests to emerge. That’s one of my favorite things about homeschooling—the freedom to follow an interest and see where it leads. But, in the winter months, we’ll be reading H.C. Andersen’s fairy tales as part of our literature studies, which feels like the perfect cozy learning experience. I love having a few topics planned while also knowing we can add new ones as the year unfolds and the fairytale topic has been on my list for a long time!
Looking Ahead
Right now, I feel excited, inspired, and ready—not because I have every detail figured out, but because I know we’ll find our rhythm as we go. Some things will go exactly as planned, and others will shift, and that’s part of the adventure.
Homeschooling isn’t about following a perfect plan—it’s about learning, growing, and embracing the journey together.
💬 Are you starting to think about next year’s homeschool plans? What topics are you excited about? I’d love to hear!
