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Gotta love Sen. Sir. Ship. Removing or otherwise editing things you don't like isn't always the best idea. It's part of how we got here. Sigh. Oh well. Thanks for the recommendations. Added some to my list.

I agree with your daughter on The Wild Robot series. I think the series should have ended on the second book.

I love how you modify by doing math orally instead of requiring them to write everything.

So many great books!

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Thank you for the review this was really helpful! Do you have the link to the FB Group?

Plastic slides is a great idea!

Mali & Keela! We loved that book a few years ago. I love your selections.

Love your choices!!! We’re doing Wildwood’s folk songs too!! Someone on the Facebook group made a file of all the songs with the lyrics! Also, we just finished the McElderry Book of Aesop’s Fables and my 3 kids all LOVED it!! They want to read it again!

Love your content and ideas! Is there a way to find your Amazon storefront to support your channel? I’d hate to purchase something based on your recommendation and not use your link, but sometimes I can’t go back to each individual link for purchase. Hope that makes sense! Thanks for the inspiration!

This was very helpful! Thank you

Blossom and Root has released v1&2 of River of Voices, which is sort of a secular exploration of US history from many perspectives, and is more progressive. I know better than to plan too far ahead, but im hoping to be able to combine RoV and HQ when we get there since Build Your Library turned my STEAM kid into a history lover.

I need all of this 😅 So many great things!

We are secular and have been using Story of the World too. While it isn't perfect, I think it is the best elementary world history option! It is written in a really engaging and approachable way.

Great video, really helpful seeing your planning. Thank you! I have loved How to Homeschool the Kids You Have, and am looking forward to diving into The Well-Trained Mind.

My almost 7 and 5 year old really like “The Kingdom of Wrenly”, “Greetings From Somewhere”, and “Dragon Masters” series. Each series have adventures or mysteries they solve along the way, but nothing too intense. Definitely worth checking out!

I just received this book from a family member who no longer needs it. Thank you for this flip through. It was helpful!

Maybe it’s because I’m old??…but I write much more like Zaner Bloser (continuous stroke). I was public schooled. The first hand writing I used with my kids was ball and stick and it caused a lot of frustration. We much prefer continuous stroke. We are going with either Zaner Bloser or D’Nealian this coming year. I really like the D’Nealian font.

I hadn’t realized that about HQ’s US History… that’s kind of disappointing to me as I had just kind of planned on continuing with it as we moved through each level. 😕 Have you checked out Oh Freedom’s US history curriculum for grades 3-7? It’s one I’ve been considering utilizing as well and it does cover both World Wars. Looking forward to your family subjects vid! 😊

I would love to see how you planned out through high school! I’m doing the same bc I like to know what I’m doing is putting me towards my end goal.

It is hard to find a progressive history curriculum. I got a good deal for Story of the World (everything) secondhand, so we'll be doing the medieval times this year. We also started doing Mint and Bloom: Power of the People this summer, which we'll continue through the school year. We are a literature based family, so I'm sure I'll add in other inclusive/newer books that go along with the topics that we are discussing.

Great choices!!! Have you looked into Build Your Library? They schedule Story of the World Early Modern for their Level 3- I’ve haven’t used that level yet, but they might add other resources in to round out the perspective of SOTW… her literature and reader choices connect to the history so beautifully, it would be worth checking out either way!! We’re currently using BYL Level 5 and it’s early American History and we love it so much!!! The resources she picks are so diverse and interesting- so in depth!! We’re starting BYL Level 1 which schedules History Quest early times and you’re making me excited for jt!!! 😍 I’ll have to go back and watch your other videos on HQ!!

I crossed Curiosity Chronicles off the list almost immediately after glancing through it because the dialogue style made ME crazy. I also crossed off The History of US because of its use of the second person point of view.

That is so interesting about your observation with dialog style and SPD....because my son has SPD and also hates listening to heavy dialog.

Thank you for the video. How long do your FLL and WWE lessons take each day? Will you be continuing with these 2 next year?

Thank you for putting this together! As someone who is looking at potentially switching to Zaner Bloser, this was super helpful and informative! 🥰

I love that human body graphic novel! I feel like my son would love that book! He loves all the facts etc. if you don’t mind me asking which human body unit did you use? We are huge fans of core knowledge so I’m considering that. Thanks!

Your son sounds very similar to my son so it’s nice to see others that get it. I feel like people wonder why I do any curriculum at all but honestly it’s usually his idea! We’ve been dabbling since 3.5 years old. He’s 5 1/2 now and going into “kindergarten” this coming school year. My other son though is almost 4 and not quite ready yet. It’s funny how different they can be. ❤

Thanks for sharing! Saved to the playlist!

Very informative thank you 🙏🏽

Your son sounds a lot like my son. ❤ I’m going to check a few of these out.

Thank you for sharing. I was considering buying all about reading but I just couldnt justify the price.

Great review! We use a lot of the same curriculum you do, except we use Handwriting without Tears. We have no issues with the handwriting program, but I see Zander Bloser everywhere and I’m intrigued! 😂 Do you like it? Any chance you have used HWT and could do a comparison between the two? 😊

This was extremely helpful and I love how the lessons are laid out

Your son realizing the the Penderwicks siblings were not very nice to one another, shows how good of a realationship your own kiddos have.

This was very good, thank you

That's amazing

My daughter is exactly like your son, and I SO appreciate the sensitive kid viewpoint!

I am here from Facebook 😍

Thank you!

Well, I was actually looking for field guides on butterflies and moths, but I’m saving this for later because my niece would love those Audubon first field guides. Wish I had seen that Sibley guide for birds sooner. My Nana would have loved it. God bless.

Thanks for the video! How long do the all about spelling lessons take? Do you do it daily?

Thank you for the video! Question, at what point of reading ability that you started spelling with your daughter?

I checked out kitten math and everything on that website was really cute.

Thanks for mentioning my channel! I really like the looks of the FDIC Money Smart website. I was looking for some resources now that my kids are getting older and it looks perfect.

Thank you! This was very helpful, as always. I have a question: do you also do some of the other activities listed in the last section ("Questions/Discussion/Activities...")? I'm always confused how do these. Is the science journal entry enough as review? I'm still in Volume 1, if that matters.

This was so helpful. I have a soon to be an eight yo

Thank you so much for doing this video! It was so helpful to see how you plan out your lesson. 😊

Did you also bought the online course? Or the book(with dvd) is enough without the online course? Thank you!

So would plants typically be in a flower guide or a tree guide? I was trying to find info about ferns we saw on a nature trail and my flower guide did not have ferns. Thanks for the video!