My Minimalist Christian Homeschool Curriculum + Get Your Child to Read by 4 & FREE printables
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- » I first began to homeschool, I had a lot of fears and questions. I’ve since come to learn that one of the beauties of homeschooling is that it can be tailored to your family’s needs. I have seen my young children thrive and love learning, as well as improve in responsibility, confidence, and respectfulness. Today, I’ll share with you my simple minimalist Christian homeschool curriculum that is actually FUN. This is how I am able to keep things simplified, cheap and affordable, and maintain my sanity by letting go of the desire to do it “perfectly.” I’ll also share how I got my child to read before the age of 4, and how you can do it too with little time and money. This video is NOT sponsored, however, The Good & The Beautiful has lots of free printables you can use.
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📚LEARNING TO READ:
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🔭FUN SCIENCE BOOKS:
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» The Sheep No One Could Find (rhymes - forgiveness, repentance) - amzn.to/3xHymBs
» The Donkey No One Could Ride (rhymes- a sad, weak donkey redeemed & used for God's mission) - amzn.to/3Uquwpm
» A Saint A Day (has lots of martyr stories but no gorry details) - amzn.to/3Wci8ue
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Had a minimal style too but with boys...They are more hands on so we learned the Montessori way. Reading at 3 from play activities..this year moving to classic/Charlotte Mason with formal lessons by heavy reading and oral/art narration until 9 y.o.
That’s something I absolutely love about homeschooling! That you can tailor it for each child. Thanks for sharing what’s worked for you because different approaches work differently for everyone, and my way is not going to match everyone’s needs. ❤️
I love this ,we used the teach your child to read at age 3 ! My daughter is in kinder now and reads at a 2nd grade level!! Now using it for my second ❤
I’ve recommended it to pretty much everyone I know. It’s so easy to follow and helps out a lot! I’m glad to know it worked for you too. 🖐️
A video showing how you maintain minimal life with toddlers would be great!
Ohh I’ll jot that one down. It could be a long one! 😅
Just because you learn to read late doesn't mean you can't develop at the same pace as other kids. At a young age probably the most important thing is hands on learning.
Oh every child definitely has a different pace! Yes.
To me having them read early is super important. It’s helped so much because now my oldest reads things throughout the day that I don’t teach her.
Also, when I work on lessons with the younger child, my older child can follow lessons on her own because she can read instructions. This helps a lot.
But yes, every child is different and they all have their own unique strengths! Thanks for helping to clarify this.
Thanks for sharing. :) We don’t use much of TGATB, but I do appreciate how open and go and compact it is!
We homeschool as well. My kids are almost 8, 6, 4, and 2. :) I’m a bit eclectic and use a variety of things.
Love that you included the outdoor play. We do the same! It’s great for the kids and parents! 👏
We wouldn’t survive otherwise! 😂
Great video thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for your very informative video and sharing the simple homeschooling life! I’ve been feeling overwhelmed trying to decide which curriculum to choose and what to do regarding teaching my 3 year old soon how to read so it was very helpful. Thank you.
My only question to you is, how do you manage screen time with your children if you even do screen time? Thanks again! ❤
I’m so glad it was helpful! 😁
I allow my oldest some time to use the app Simply Piano and Duolingo every day, and a few times a month they’ll watch a movie. Other than that, we don’t allow them access to tablets, phones, etc. (except for road-trips).
we don’t own a TV or video games. It’s the best thing we could’ve done! Because my kids love to read.
We underestimate kids' abilities to learn sometimes. But they learn EVERYDAY by looking at US. =) That little sheep book is now on my list & the calendar. Maybe I can find the latter at a place like Ollie's (discount store; who doesn't love a good deal?) Lol. Loved this video!
Kids are definitely learning sponges.
I hope your child loves them! They’re such precious books that make for great conversations with them.
We loved 100 easy lessons for our first 3 kids. I got curious about other programs so am using another one but 100 easy lessons is solid. We love dry erase books too. Loved your video. Just subscribed. I also have a channel with tons of homeschooling videos. I would love to be friends and connect. Looking forward to watching more and following.
That sounds great, I’m sure I have a lot to learn from you! I am only one year into homeschooling, but so far it’s been amazing.
@@YesiIbarra it’s definitely a learn as you go sort of thing. That’s awesome that your first year was amazing. I was so lost and overwhelmed our first year.
A video on how you teach your kids Spanish would be so great! My husband is bilingual and I’ve been learning but I’m mostly the one teaching the kids.
I’m no professional, so take my advice with a grain of salt, but I would recommend he try as much as possible to speak to them ONLY in Spanish.
Kids are sponges when they’re so young and they will quickly pick up what they hear.
They can still learn it through books, lessons, apps, etc., but I didn’t have to do anything specific besides avoid speaking in English to them until they were 2 (because both my husband and I are fluent in Spanish it was easier). Until they were 2, I only taught them numbers, colors, etc. in Spanish. Because we live in the USA, I knew they’d pick up English easily.
But in case it helps, I’ll tell you what helped me learn English when we moved to the USA.. watching caption shows in English and leap frog books that could read the book to me (because my parents knew little English).
I kept hearing the audio spoken in English, and eventually picked up on how to read the captions.
I hope it helps!
Any other advice is welcome! I’m certainly no pro in this department. 😬
My name is Yesenia too!! I’m starting homeschool this year. I’m behind with my kids but I’m working on teaching my 5 year old to read she knows all the sounds and identifies letter. I started with phonics as well. Any recommendations for blending the two letter sounds. She’s struggling with blending. Purchased elemental phonics level one. She can say the two sounds but can’t blend.
It takes lots of practice, so patience is key.
My suggestion is do it consistently and for short amounts of time so they don’t get overwhelmed.
The book I used 100 Lessons teaches how to do this. I first showed them through repetition of different words saying them “slow” then “fast.” (Not reading, just repeating out loud),
For example: rrruuunnn (I say it and child repeats) then I say “say it fast” and the child would say “run.”
We do this for lots of words and repeat it several times before beginning the lesson on blending 2 or 3 letters.
This part took the longest for my child, but once they learn this part, it gets easier for them.
Do you teach them spanish? Did you teach them to read in Spanish too?
With my toddler we are doing spanish too then adding english.
Thanks for the video
Yes, I made it a point to only speak to them in Spanish until they were 2 years old (because they’ll pick up English around others anyway) and after reading English, then we started to work on reading Spanish.
I was surprised at how quickly my child picked up reading Spanish because of already knowing how to speak it.
After you did teach your child to read in 100 lessons, what level did you go to in TGAB LA?
After we finished the 100 lessons book, I used the other books I talked about and the level K mini books in TGAB. When it was time to start Kindergarten formally, we still worked through the level K curriculum books, but I found we had to skip many of the Language Arts level K book (as well as reading cards they provide). Basically I skipped SOME of the language arts level k if I saw she had already mastered it through the 100 Lessons book (and I don’t want to confuse two different methods). Math and writing, however, we worked normally by starting with level K and doing it entirely before moving on to level 1.
I hope it helps!
What is the organizer you have with the books and wood shape puzzle in the top corner?
I’ll check the description and add the links if not already there, but if you’re referring to the clear organizer, unfortunately I got that from a yard sale many years ago.
I’m not sure what it would be called, but I’ll try and see if I can find it or something similar. It’s nice to have for puzzles or books.
@@YesiIbarra yes, it was the clear one! Of course it was a garage sale! 😂
@@Akdub7 I added one similar in shape to mine, but I couldn’t find anything clear. (It was probably from back in the day when people stored VHS tapes) but you can try the one I added to the description and see if it pops up similar ones or maybe type “file organizer.”
I hope it helps!
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What are your thoughts on homeschooling? 📚
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Just so people watching have correct information, The Good And The Beautiful is NOT Christian, the author is Mormon. There is a team of different religious backgrounds helping to write the curriculum so Christians need to be aware and make their own choices if they are comfortable or not using the curriculum.
Oh wow.. 😯
This is news to me. I am surprised because all the info I found about it describes it as Christian, and I haven’t noticed anything conflicting in the lessons.
I will definitely have to do more research.
@@YesiIbarrathe only thing in the curriculum as far as religion goes is that it sometimes mentions God and God’s love. There is no Mormon doctrine or any other denomination’s for that matter. They purposely did this so more than just Christians can enjoy the curriculum. We love it and haven’t found anything that makes me uncomfortable with teaching my children, and I’m a Baptist.
Keep in mind-just because she is Mormon, it doesn’t mean the curriculum is automatically bad/inappropriate. We are Christian (non denom) and have been using it. There is nothing promoting Mormonism. Definitely do research but that’s our experience.
@@Akdub7 Thats been my experience as well. I would never have known if someone hadn’t mentioned it. As someone else commented, I’ve also found their info mentioning they just wanted it to be more inclusive for any denomination.
The creator is mormon but alot of her staff and writers are christian and catholic. They pull from all of them. I saw a documentary on it
don't use Teach Your Kid to Read In a Hundred Easy Lessons if your kids are dyslexic we did not find out for 2 years and very shortly into book my twins ended every lesson with crying and had to switch back to a phonics based curriculum Hooked On Phonics. may work well with some but not with others it does not teach the letters
Im surprised to see sight word flash cards, especially since nowadays we know sight words are actually harmful to kids learning to read.
Yes, I use phonetics first, and AFTER they are able to read, then we use sight words for the words that do not follow phonetic rules. My daughter called them "funny word practice." 🙂
For me, it was definitely reading FIRST, then the "funny words."
Hope that makes sense.
I’m curious who “we” is? I used sight words for all of my kids, and every one could read fluently by the end of first grade. Also, every single one read and still reads above grade level.
@@disfollower2239 reading specialist and teachers trained in the current science of reading
@@YesiIbarra yes definitely makes sense! Glad to hear phonics come first.
@@disfollower2239 “we” is my family, as I am talking about what “we,” AKA my family, did and what worked for us.
I’m glad to know you found your own system that worked for your family.