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In my adhd easily distracted brain I was shouting in my mind just put your hair behind your ear lol this is great information, thank you!

Love these. We did math U See and swapped to teaching textbooks around.. 4th grade?? My junior is doing algebra 2 this year. But I have a preschooler as well - making notes about this math curriculum! But my main comment was intended to be about wordly wise - we have used that and easy grammar every year. It’s simple, fast, and engaging.

Do you feel it’s ok to use Ambleside online curriculum but choose to skip some of the books? I just feel it’s too much for my son

Thank you. I came here after a friend insinuated I shouldn’t have more kids because we would be too poor (in context of ‘affording dance lessons’) . This upset me so much as I have worked hard for years to try and get financially stable and she is richer. Thank you for your kindness. It is so hard these days the world hates kids.

Our kids have loved this!

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Amen 🙏

I have a new baby and then an upcoming 3rd and 1st grader. Before baby was born, we followed a pretty rigorous routine. We liked doing all the things. I am a very type A mom, so I enjoyed checking all of my boxes. But now with a baby, I feel like I am lost. She will be 3 months old when we start our new year. I know I will need to be more flexible. But I almost feel I can't really have any structure because we are kind of living moment to moment depending on the baby's needs. She is not a chill baby and is frequently fussy. I struggle with an "all or nothing" mindset, so I really need to figure out how I can manage to fit in the necessities here and there, knowing we won't get to everything I want to each day.

Joy, are you still using BA? We tried it last year. I had a hard time following what my student was actually getting done, and whether or not they spent their whole math block designing their beast or playing games and not actually doing the lesson. He could complete the math problems but didn't read the comics. He loved it. But I wasn't confident in what he was actually learning!! I'd like to give it a go again this year. But I'm not sure how to structure our lesson time. Start the week with the comic or each lesson has their own comic and then practice sheets? Or maybe we should just do pen and paper. The online grading is so helpful but I'm concerned it's too distracting. Thoughts? Thanks so much!

I added this Little piggy to my wish list. I love that it has the sheet music with it. A great gentle introduction to reading music!

So extremely helpful!! Thank you! 🙏🏼💕

This video was so timely because my four-year-old always wants to "do school," and I am looking for something for her for next year; she'll be nearly five at the start of the 24/25 school year. I had a bunch of laundry to fold, and I often peruse your channel to find something to watch and listen to during these tasks! Speaking of which, I hope you return your video cover back to you! The new look, while pretty, looks so much more like a generic Charlotte Mason video, and I have always enjoyed your cheerful and witty covers with you on it! Maybe I am the odd one out, but I am much more drawn to a person!

May I ask why you didn't go with AGF? Thinking about switching myself.

May I ask why you didn't go with AGF and went with CMEC instead?

so inspiring! thanks

I CZcams AO info and your video pop up, but what is CEMC ???

Such a beautiful verse to hear

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Thank you!!

Thanks for the info. My son who is still in kinder has been doing grade 3 general curriculum math book as additional work at home. He started online Level 1 and he really likes BA. He seemed to struggle with the some very challenging questions but it's great that he can choose his pace. With his current speed (30-40 mins a day), he can complete level 1 (all exercises) in 3-4 months in total. He usually gets 90%+ right. Do yo think we need to slow down and have him take more time before jumping to level 2?

My biggest issue with CM curriculum is actually the science. I’m fine with nature study and the books for elementary, but for middle and high school, I think many drop the ball. I’m not impressed with sabbath mood for science in high school. Those books might be nice side reads (although one of them I would not give a teen at all)- but if you have a science minded, college bound student, it’s better they work through a more traditional science curriculum. It’s a big disservice to avoid “textbooks” because you are CM. I was homeschooled with a mom who did CM methods not knowing who she was and making textbooks work for me- and I have two college science degrees.

Why did you switch to cmec?

Our nature study started when we moved to our farm and we had no idea what the local flora and fauna were so I downloaded a plant and insect identifier app and now my 5 year old son's favorite thing to do is identify new plants and critters (and then birds and mushrooms)! I am amazed by how many weeds he can identify and he has even taken up the task of removing our dangerous ones. He calls it Adam's Poisonous Plant Removal Company! I love it so much. He and I have learned so much and now we are teaching little brother.

The princess and the goblin, do you use that for your son's too or just your daughter's?

Thank you for sharing . I’m getting encouraged to learn a skill, too.

Okay... I've been trying to feel successful with home education and by successful I mean the children (4 kids 6 and under) are enjoying the content, staying interested, and are looking forward to things. Lemme tell ya, since I took your tips, first about having a plan or daily flow and incorporating fables and fairy tales I've seen such improvement. 🥲 Also bought that Aesop's fables book per your recommendation and they LOVE it.

Joy, I just joined the CMEC for 24-25 and I'm going through some of the courses. I currently use AO and I do love it. I am looking forward to the curriculum launch next month to see what books assigned for Form 1. So do you switch some CMEC books to be able to accommodate AO books? I'll have a Y3 and Y2 next school year.

This sounds like writing and rhetoric from classical academic press. This course sounds good.

This video helped me SO much!! 😭 May God continue to bless you and strengthen you 🙏🏾

What would you recommend for a mama switching to CM? Start with CMEC or Ambleside?

Isacc Newton was a mason not a Christian...research masonic lodges and their religion... LORD JESUS guide!

I'm super thankful that you chose to put yourself out online 😂 I was introduced to you through Lisa from FOB and have been plodding through your content. The new podcast format is enriching!! Your education is showing 😂 Anyways, thank you thank you!

How do you utilize audiobook time and how much time a day?

Thanks for sharing your hard won wisdom

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Going to listen to more than once!

woah woah .. so good!

I would love to see u go through the books and tell us which ones we need physical copies and which ones would be great as audio books/ put on yoto cards for just listening to. And that goes for your book library not just curriculum. I maybe group videos on this into subjects or topics or periods. Almost like a book review\ recommendation. That would be so cool and I don’t see anyone doing it. If they do it is more like this is what I bought. Not how they were….. hope that makes sense. You’re awesome!

We do this but we use one notebook with tabbies.

This was a lovely conversation! I've used one of Heather's guides but now I'm going to look at her others.

SORRY FOR WRITING IN CAPITALS, BUT I PREFER, IM SURE YOU ARE AN EXCELKENT MOTHER, WHO WOULD NEVER HIT THEIR CHILDREN AND NOT TOO STRICT, AND YOU XAN PUT YOURSELF IN YOUR KIDS' SHOES, WHICH IS AWESOME, IM ALSO VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THEY DO PLAY OUTSIDE A LOT, FOR CONTACT WITH NATIRE IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLWDGE, ITS A DUTY OF THE PARENT TOWRDS THE XHILDREN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GROW HEALTHY, ROBUST AND CLEARLY HAPPY, AND IM SURE THAT THEY ARE ALL THAT, IM SURE YOU ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM AND THAT THEY ARE GOID CHILDREN, BUT THERES ONE THING I FROWN UPON, SIMETHING THAT PLENTY OF OTHER PARENTS DO, AND IT WINDS ME UP, IT MAKES ME FEEL SO FRUSTRATED TO READ THAT CERTAIN PARENTS, AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE NUMEROUS, ARE FIXATED WITH WANTING TO MAKE SURE THEIR KIDS ARE UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN, AND IM SORRY TO NOTICE THAT YOURS WERE UN THE SAME SITUATION AS FROM FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN THEY WERE ALL IN PRIMARY SCHOOL, I MEAN PEIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL CLASSES, ITS VERY IMPORTANT, IT IS ACTUALLY IF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE FOR CHILDREN TO GET ENOUGH SLEEP AT NIGHT, THEY SHOULDVALWATS GET NINE HOURS ' SLEEP, THEY DONT BELONG TO THEIR PARENTS, GOD CREATED THEM AND GAVE THEM LIFE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE HAPPY, AND COERCING THEM TO WAKE UP BEFORE SEVEN, AT SIX EVEN, WHATEVER THE SGE, IS CRUEL AND VERY YNKIND TOWARDS THEM, THEY SHOULD GET UP NATURALLY, FOR THEIR BODY BELONGS TO RHEM, IT DOESNT BELONG TO THE PARENT TO INVEST IN PEOPLE SND FILL THEM WITH KNOWLWDGE, MAKING THEM GOBBLE UP A LOT OF FOOD AS IF THEY WRRE GEESW, THIS IS MENTIONED IN LITTLE MEN, ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BOOKS IN THE WORKD, WRITTEN BY LOUISE MAY ALCOTT,, CHILDREN NEED THEIR SLEEP AND THEY FUNXTION MORE IF THEY SLEEP ENOUGH, NOT THE ENOUGH DECIDED BY THEIR PARENTS, BUT THE ENOUGH ESTABLISHED BY THEIR BODIES, IVE SEEN VIDEOS OF PARENTS WHO KET THEIR KIDS SLEEP TILL THEY NATURALKY WAKE UP, AND THATS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, FOR CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT TO WAKE UP NOT FEELING TIRED AT ALL, THERE S A FAMOUS MUSICIAN, HE WAS POLISH, AND HE WAS COMPLELLED TO WAKE UP AS EARLY AS FOUR ON MOST MORNINGS, WHICH WAS CERY CRUEL TOWARDS HIM, FOR PARENTS ARE OBSESSEDBWITH YIELDS AND PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFUCIENCY, AS IF WE WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN, BUT MACHINES THAT MUST RUN ON OILED WHEELS, THIS COMPOSER DIED IN HIS THIRTIES, CARRTING AWAY WITH HIM, DRAGGING, I SHOULD SAY, A HIGE TOTEDNESS, FOR HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN TOLD TO BE BUSY, TO STUDY, TO PRODUCE, TO BE PRODUCTIVE, ALL THE TIME,VAND , ALTHOUGH HE COILD PLAY AS WELL , THEYVSHOULD HAVE LET HIM SLEEP MUCH LONGER, I KNOW YOUVE GOT A VARIED ROUTINE, FOR ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS THEY DO WAKE UP AFTER SEVEN, WHICH IS EXCELKENT, BUT I WISH YOU KEPT THAT UP AND WERE MORE LENIENT ON THAT ACCOUNT WITH THEM ALL, ALSO CHRISTIAN PARENTS THINK THAT THEIR CHILDRENS RIGHTS BELONG TO THEM, THAT IS SO PREPOSTEROUSLY WRONG, CHILDREN MUST YES BE OBWDIENT AND RESPECT THEIR PARENTS, BUT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY WANT UP TO A POINT, ESPECIALLY AS THEY BECOME OLDER, THEY HAVE THE RIFHT TO WAKE UP AT SEVEN OR SEVEN THIRTY, AND START THEIR MORNING OF STUDY AT HALF EIGHT OR NINE, NO PATENTS HAVE THE RIFHT TO DENT THEM THAT, FOR THEIR RIFHTS BELONG TO THE CHILDREN, CERTAINLY NOT TO THE PARENTS AT ALL, FOR, THE PATENT, COULD NEVER SAY TO THE KIDS, I AM YOUR BOSS UNTIL YOU ARE EIGHTEEN OR UNTIL YOU LEAVE THIS FAMILY, AND FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN IF YOU ARE ALREADY FIDTEEN, BUT BECAUSE IM YOUR MOTHER AND I HOMESCHOOL YOU ALL, YOU MUST OBEY ME AND YOU MUST WAKE UP WHEN I SAY SO, NOT A MOMENT LATER, THIS IS VERY WRONG AND NO PATENT SHOULD DO IT, GOD AKSO WANTS FOR PATENTS TO RESPECT THEIR CHILDREN AND RESPECT THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH AS WELL,IT SHOULD NEVER BE AN ARMY STSTEM, THAT IS AWFUL, PARENTS MUST HE WISE AND MOTE RESOECTFUL OF THEIR KIDS' HEALTH, , ALSO PARENTS ARE NOT RUNNING A RACE AFAINST TIME, AND IN INSISTING FOR THEM TO FINISH ALL CLASSWORK EVERY DAY BY LUNCHTIME, YOU DO PUT THEM UNDER PRESSURE AS WELL, AND ITS NOT FAIR, YOU ARE CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD TO DO SO, BUT IT DOES OCCURR IN YOUR FAMILY AS WELL, AND I WISH YOU GAVE THEM A BIT MORE RESPITE, DO NOT BE AFRAID OF MELLIWUNG A LITTLE IN THAT SENSE, IM NOT VEING FUNNY, BUT HEALTH IS ONLY ONE, YOU DONT HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPECT THEM TO WAKE UP TOO EARLY FOR ANY TIMETABLE ADVOCATED BY YOURSELF, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I know that this video was 11 months ago, but do you have a video or template of how to create a timetable. I would like to implement this timetable with my 6 children. We are new to Charlotte Mason, so I am learning and trying to make our home life and school time more enjoyable and peaceful. I need to stay accountable and trying to get my kids to be more accountable with their assignments without me having to tell them what to do everyday. I need to get more organized in my homeschool as it is stressing me out and kids are not getting their assignments done in a day. I have a rambunctious toddler too, when I need to incorporate in our school day, but struggling to find ways to keep him busy and out of trouble. He likes to climb and wrestle with his older sister who is six years old and she gets upset because he is too rough. I finding that he needs lots of outdoor time which some days are hard to do. When he gets his energy out he is much cam inside and makes it easier to do school with older children. But lately it has been survival mode and trying to just get the bare minimum done because my toddler needs so much interaction, plus he doesn't really like to sit and play with blocks or toys which is frustrating because I don't know how to entertain him.

Loved listening! We love your guides, Heather! Thank you for all your hard work and love you’ve poured into them!

How do you incorporate the kinetic sand maps? Also, are you doing geography as a family subject? At what age do you recommend The Book of Marvels if you have mixed age groups?

Joy what age would you start this with?

This was so insightful Joy, thank you for the encouraging video. I am about to start piano with my kids also, and this was so timely to see💕.

Thank you for the encouragement! I’m planning to ficus on music this year. I’m with the CMEC and am loving all the encouragement there for music. I play the piano myself but struggled getting my daughter inspired. But she is excited about violin so I’m planning to learn that with her this year. I totally identify with the dinner prep time playing! I used to do that a lot when I had a piano in the house. I got a lot of playing in that way, and yes... burnt some dinners... looking forward to the new direction of the podcasts 😊

Love your new podcast Joy! The first episode was such an encouragement to me! I am just beginning our homeschool journey with my oldest who is 6 & we started AO earlier this month. I can definitely see how the short lessons that CM encourages are really helping him. Also so inspired to hear you’re learning piano! I had the intention of teaching myself last year, then I had another baby so that fell by the wayside. Hopefully I can pick it back up again this year. 💖