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Do you have a more in depth schedule for your reading and phonics? We’re using over the home and McGuffey along side ETC too but I don’t really have a system in place

Please share when you decide on a Latin program. I am very interested but I don’t know where to start :)

Cc is an idol. It can be cult like. Cc employees act like the homeschool police. If you love being told what to do and love not being allowed to think for yourself or make decisions about where your children get educated (in order to Tudor or Direct all your children must be in the program no exceptions ), then cc is for you. We have a terrible district and area manager and they act like the Gestapo with the rules. I The rules are ridiculous and are treated like homeschool gospel. Cc can ruin families and relationships because if you buck a decision, you are going against “God’s sovereign will” to them. Be careful friends.

Sounds like youre using AO how it was intended to be used. You should definitely read the book Six Voices One Story written by the advisory which goes over how AO came to be and how it was intended to be used. ❤

15:40 the “what big teeth you have” reminds me of “little red riding hood”.

I don’t like planners that don’t include at least Saturday. We usually do some school on Saturday because we like to lighten our load of the week since my daughter is young and can’t do all morning. She has no concept of what “the weekend” is lol and that’s good for us being able to do some school on Saturday.

13:59 you can tell how much you like homeschooling

Ibwas i. The military ,she can do collage during srrvice online or when she finis

Where can my daughter take a placement-level test? I'm sorry, I'm new to this. She's a gifted kid.

Did you ever release a geography curriculum? I’m a newer subscriber so watching old videos. ❤

It's interesting you chose Ambleside over Simply Charlotte Mason. I think Ambleside is a really great curriculum but I tried it a few times and didn't work. I need more stuff laid out for me and the short lessons of many many different topics ( The Feast) actually didn't work well for my kids who need less subjects and more focus. I struggled with The Feast of Charlotte Mason it really stressed me out to engage in so many topics for short amounts of time. It was too chaotic. But I do think a literature focused curriculum is good and I like the narration of CM. Beautiful Feet and Sonlight work well for us.

My 4 high schoolers are using the History of Us books, but we are breaking it up into 2 years, with lots of added videos, books, and activities. Like you, I searched long and hard for a US history curriculum that wasn’t too liberal or too conservative and showed diverse perspectives. It’s been a lot of work for me to build my own curriculum around it, but our first year was AMAZING! Can’t wait to start the second part in the fall ❤️

How did it go using Sonlight for this?

absolutely love the Mardel planner! Going on my 4th year using it and it's still my favorite!

Wow this video was so helpful! thank you for sharing your experience with us <3

Honestly, my kids LOVE mythology BUT this is YOUR homeschool. You teach what you want your children to learn. That is why these curricula and programs are wonderful to guide you but in the end it’s what your homeschool is guided to do by your family, your children, your own dynamics. Do NOT feel bad at all. On another note: There is a very good animated movie about Pilgrim’s Progress. All my older kids love it except my 5 year old who has difficulty with some of the scenes which can be scary. Many blessings!

God...skip the first 7 minutes. Its the SAME thing over and over and over about how every childs different. Never watching her to learn anything again

Beautiful room. Really like the antique look of some of the items you have it makes it so unique. Thank you for sharing it with us.🙋🏻‍♀️

Thank you 🙋🏻‍♀️ very helpful

For anyone looking into CM, The paraphrased Parables of Nature has been our favorite. I highly recommend, such great lessons in there. Im glad we did the paraphrased, it helped my daughter (and myself) fully understand the story.

If you have a chance, check out Sabbath Mood Homeschool Science. They use living books and have hands-on activities. Plus, they have lesson plans that are reasonably priced!

I also realized I LOVE the planning and piecing together aspect of homeschooling, even though we’re only just finishing up preschool! I’m finding myself researching so many curriculums for future years and it’s so inspiring! Ambleside has been a clutch resource for me among a few others. Thanks for your video!

Since this video is a year old, what are your current thoughts on A History of US? Were there any major issues or would you still recommend it as a spine? Your original reasons for using it are in line with what I’m looking for. I’m just making sure you still feel the same way about these books. Thanks!

I was gifted an unused planner by a friend who has finished homeschooling all of her children. It's by Gather Round. I will be using unit studies this year so it should work out.

Loved this! Now I'm excited to buy more books for our Summer learning! (:

These are the exact same conclusions I’ve come to for this coming school year!

That planner looks awesome! I've had planner struggle for YEARS! I always find one I like then never use half of it. Last year I had a Homeschool Nest planner, for curriculum a Happy planner for events, and I had a planner I put AHG stuff we were working on. I was so tired of going from one to the other I took them all apart and combined them into one planner. Now I LOVE IT!

I love many of the graphics being in black and white. I would probably leave them, but you could color them. That’s fun! I have had my eye on this planner for a few years too. 😊 I will be using some of my own planner pages along with the Sonlight planner. It came free with my HBL package so I thought I would give it a try!❤

Looks great!! Does this have a calendar year version? we school February to November, so I love a 2025 planner vs July to June

Thank you for sharing this with us

I’ve been working on making my own. In the past, teaching in traditional school, I used a bullet planner❤ I also love to make daily slides of a record of what we’ve done and link anything needed for the day

I bought this planner and the accompanying student planner, too. I know there are sample pages, but I’d love to see a short walk-through video with a week filled out in both your planner and a child’s. I’m trying to wrap my head around writing in multiple Forms on the planner. Thanks!

I looked at way too many planners this year, but I'm excited about this one I purchased from Mardel! What homeschool planner are you using next school year?

This was very helpful! A review of other curriculum that you used this year would be appreciated!

How do homeschooling parents/kids feel about being around each other 90 percent of the time. An average non home school kids are away from home 40 hrs a week. How do the kids not get tired of being around a parent this much time, no matter how great the parent is. Just curious

Hi Jess, I struggle with my health too and lost bone marrow with my second pregnancy. As a home school mom I’ve always appreciated how we have flexibility when I get sick. God has been really good in all these last few years when I get sick. And yes, my plans get pushed to the side 😅but He always leads us to what we need when we need it. ❤️ So I’m always learning daily how He’ll meet us. We are His children and He always has a good plan. Praying for a hopeful summer for you and your family. 🙏

My daughter loves history and devours the Who Was Series and has read the Everything You Need to Know Big Fat Notebook for American History. It’s for middle school but She started it in Fifth Grade and finished it earlier this year in 6th grade. We’re a Christian family too but we notice how imbalanced some texts can be so I read from both, but it is unsettling to read texts that gloss over the harder truths. As a mixed culture and ethnic family, my husband and I teach our girls that God covers us all in grace and Truth. Truth isn’t true without grace and Vice versa. The Bible still tells us about King David’s mistakes and flaws without glossing over it so as history students we should seek that kind of balance as well. This was such a helpful video! Thank you for your insight!!! I’ll look to see if you have an resource update too❤

Audio books are not cheating! It’s just another option for reading aloud!😊

I appreciate you listing some secular resources! Thanks for the review!

Do you feel the Student Journal from Delightfully Feasting is necessary to accompany the special study?

We did ancient history this year and also skipped over Greek Mythology. I have no interest in diving into what greek pagans believed, and our time would be better suited elsewhere. Theres a disney movie called Hercules that skims over the various characters of mythology, thats about it. We have been reading Aesop's Fables for some time which is suggested during Ancient History. Looking forward to covering Medieval middle ages next year. 😊

Where did you get your advanced biology book? Thanks

Love book hauls! If you ever get a Google Doc for your book titles, please share with me LOL!!

Really love your book hauls! Library hauls are the best!! They are FREE lol!

I feel the same about mythology. Everyone insists on it and I’m just like… blah. I tried reading d’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, and while it was written well like most of their books, the actual myths themselves just bore me to tears. I don’t know why! I just can’t.

I can not even tell you how Happy i am that you do library hauls again.

Thank you❤ I always enjoy your inspiring videos. Your open and realistic heart is very refreshing!! I’d love to shop your Usborne but the site provided seems to be expired. Do you have an alternative?

You’re one of the few that does LIBRARY hauls, thank you for the recommendations & flip-throughs

please more of this <3

We have these squirrels that chase each other up and down two of the trees in our front yard! They are hilarious! Loving the book suggestions. Thinking some of these would be awesome for my boys! Our library catalog maybe the first thing that pops up in my search browser now. 😅 We love our library! ❤