What is Gather 'Round Homeschool
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- Curious about how Gather 'Round homeschool works? What style it is? How long it takes? Or what makes it different from other homeschool curriculum and methods? This video will help explain the philosophy behind Gather 'Round Homeschool.
Links:
Free sample: gatherroundhomeschool.com
Homeschool group: / gatherroundhomeschool
I haven't looked into your curriculum yet, but this video spoke to me. As a mom of 4 I give my kids every single part of me each day and it still doesn't feel like enough. Its a constant battle of am I doing enough, am I doing too much, and so on. I'm so glad to know I'm not the only homeschool parent that has gone through this. The honesty in this video was great.
OMG, I wanted to jump through my computer and give you high five!!! As an educator of 18 years in public school and now a homeschool mom- YES YES YES- you make such valid points on how we DONT teach kids to THINK for themselves!!!!
We have all three units and we love them! My son, who has hated all the other curriculum we have used, loves Gather Round. He said that it’s the first curriculum that doesn’t stress him out. Now our days are so peaceful. There are no more tears! I can’t thank you enough.
How old is your son? I'm wondering how an early teen would like this program.
Alison Miller he will be 12 in September.
You have hit the nail on the head!!! I am going to check into your curriculum. It sounds amazing ❤️
I do this with everyday life bc it helps my child to understand and make a connection! I love this idea. They can learn multiple things at once and makes them so much more educated.
I really like how the units are purchased separately and I think the cur as a whole looks beautiful. We will def be buying some in the future. Great job!
I love how passionate you are about this! The curriculum sounds amazing! 💛
Love this! I love how they are all intertwined.. sounds amazing.
I am a second year homeschool mom. I found your curriculum watching many homeschool mom reviews here on CZcams. I do have a suggestion! You have an awesome curriculum but not only as a homeschool mother who is from Puerto Rico I find that your North America curriculum you mention Mexico , Bahamas and others, however; Puerto Rico is part of the United States and it was not mentioned in your curriculum and to my surprise Cuba is mentioned when Cuba is not part of the US. I know that many Puerto Rican parents now are also looking into curriculums because of the present situation and I would love to be one of the parents to suggest your curriculum but I’m hesitant to do so because I feel that we have been discriminated when not included in your and other curriculums. I hope and pray you take this into consideration because I do love your curriculum and how it is set up. Thank You for your time. Have a Blessed day!
Yep, not only is Puerto Rico a US territory but it is also a part of NorthAmerica so yeah that would be a great thing to integrate into her curriculum
Hey Rebecca, just browsing your site. I was a bit confused at first on which curriculum was an English study and so happy I found your video. What a great idea that keeps things exciting, fresh and gathers so much curriculum into units. Love the idea of group learning. My youngest always wants to interrupt his brothers one on one time as he feels left out so this is a blessing.
Thank you very much Rebecca for allowing God to use you to create this out of the box curriculum. I know that it probably took great faith, courage and hard work. God bless you and reward your labor abundantly. I just love this presentation, it put a smile on my face.
I’m SO glad you did this video, explaining more about your curriculum, Rebecca! I have four in school (grade 4, 2,1, and JK) and it’s always a challenge trying to divide my time between them all! I’ve been very intrigued in Gather Round ever since I first heard about it. I’m definitely considering it for next year 😊
That is a lot! I feel like even 2 is hard, it's just hard to balance everything in general: home, cooking, 5 subjects x however many kids.
I just wanna cry
It's like your speaking RIGHT to me
I'm pretty sure I've FOUND the curriculum we will use!!!!
I am new, never homeschooled and honestly am overwhelmed with many questions
One curriculum that all 3 of my boys will be working together.....AMAZING
Where have you been all my life ❤❤❤
I'm getting excited for my children learning
Gather Round app is amazing! I love love love your curriculum, love the links and how everything is so organized! This is truly a love for learning approach!
I cannot explain how amazing the timing is of your unit study release schedule! I have been trusting God in this new journey of taking my daughter out of school in January and starting homeschool and I asked her what is something she really wants to learn more about. She said sharks and the ocean! I have been struggling to find a unit study I liked and you will be releasing one just in time!!! Holy cow God is so great! I love his confirmation in the smallest things.. we are going the right direction! Yayyyy
Is there anything about God and/or the Bible? And if so, is it KJV
I've never felt such a spiritual connection over a curriculum it wasn't what I came for but wow I just purchased all my curriculum and there's no way I can let this year go by without adding at least a subject from here. Thank you being sensitive to Gods calling
This program looks exactly like what my 9 yr old would love ❤️ she currently is enrolled in the Abeka program, but we will definitely be switching to this program for the 2020/2021 school year. This looks so much less stressful than the Abeka program.
Love you & LOVE your curriculum! Got two of my mama friends to do it with their children as well! :)
Thank you!
Praise You, Abba!!! You are great. Thank You for this.
I'm loving the idea of schooling all kids together at their level. It's just smart. I ordered you Christmas mini unit digitally and can't wait to do it with my 6yr and 3yr old. I'm holding off until next school year to buy GRH year. Maybe that's what I'll get when we get our taxes this spring.
Absolutely brilliant Rebecca 💕💕
You (bc of God) have blessed the homeschool community !!!
This answered many questions,
I thought I was going to have to wait for a week for this video since you said it was a series...
Anyways, i will definitely try the week sample you are offering!
I get your point about the round table, my family actually did that over the dinner table. Many of our mealtime discussions were on things such as science that are not typically appropriate lol.
Talk about hitting the nail on the head. You just talked about everything I have been thinking and feeling with my kids. Currently I am only homeschooling my daughter, my 6th grader. Thanks to all your videos ans curriculum reviews we went with Masterbooks. Its simple and easy for me to use and easy for her to follow. However I do feel like therr is a lot of fill in the blank and not enough free thought. While she was in regular school she was falling behind and just struggling. After some research into her various issues it appears as though she is dyslexic. So her reading comprehension is low. I currently read her books to her and she just fills in the blank or answers the questions. But then I disco eres she really doesn't know how to write. Writing a paragraph to summarize what she just learned is beyond her. I plan to add writing strands to help her out, but I'm afraid of over whelming her at the same time. Then there is the issue of wanting to homeschool my younger kids. I hate that I can seem to do work with her ams find something to engage my nearly 4 yr old into what we are reading. I feel like he is left out. I had my kindergartener home with me for a few days this week. He cut open the bottom of his foot and refused to walk on it. I guess it was too scary for him because it hurt so bad when he cut it. He wanted to do school with us. I just happened to have one of those work books from Wal-Mart on hand that he could practice his letters and such in, but again nothing to tie him into what we were working on. This is actually the first I have heard of your new curriculum, very exciting. I just wish you to e had sent me notifications. I was about to go watch the first video first before I got to far into this one, but you started talking about all of my concerns. I felt like God was talking to me. Saying see there is a way. Pay attention. Yes Lord, I'm listening. I will be checking out your website and looking at some different things. Also I will be joining your group on face book and talk to some people there before I make my purchase. Figure out what I might want to get. Then hopefully I will be better prepared for next year and maybe feel confident enough to start homeschooling my younger kids as well. You have been by far the most informational and helpful person in the homeschooling area for me.
This is super exciting! So glad I found you Rebecca!:)
My only problem is we don't have Facebook, and don't intend to join.:/
A girl after my heart and passion. This virus shut-in once again has highlighted what’s not working in American education. I have been screaming that all it takes is 2 to 3 hours daily if that much daily 4 hours tops. Finland ranks No.#1 internationally for decades. So what are they doing? Less is more! I’m impressed!
We just had our first go with North American Birds unit this morning! Let me just say wow it was a game changer!!!!! My children absolutely LOVED it! For the first time they actually said “wow this is so fun! Can this be our curriculum all the time!?!” My oldest daughter (who doesn’t like math too much) said “ hey is there a math curriculum???” 😂 Needless to say we making the switch🥳
If only I found this 2 days ago!! I just purchased this years curriculum and unfortunately now I will have to stick with it.
As a momma of 4 young kiddos less than 2 years apart, I wish there was a secular version. This is such beautiful work!!
I agree. I'm interested but our faith is different. Wondering if it can still work. Just how much religious material is in it?
I don't think that they miss that group connection with the conversation so much in school. for me it was more of a profound conversation when I got to college not so much in high school
Wow this sounds like the Konos curriculum we used when I was younger but better bc I can’t find half of the books and videos recommended to use with Konos bc it is so old now. Am thinking to try this as I need to get the joy back in homeschooling and this sounds like the ticket for 3 kids at 3 different elementary grades to not.lose.my.sanity. 🙏🏼
This is brilliant!!
Anxious for the 3rd part! When will it be up?
I completely agree with your philosophy regarding drive to learn and how its lost in the public system. This sounds great!! My babies are still young but I do hope to homeschool. What is the youngest age you recommend?
Looking for part 3 to see inside the curriculum! Am I missing it? Thanks! And thanks for pioneering this!
I start making a curriculum plan for next year, and the next day I find these two videos. Hmmm... I was looking at the freebies, and am not sure if I want to do this now with my kindergartner, or wait until my 1 year old is in Pre-K... This looks good.
Same here
Hi Rebecca! I love watching your videos and ur ideas! We love more than words:) so how does this work if ultimately use a unit for two students that are only 2 years apart? So let’s say I do space we use upper elementary for 5th grade and lower for 3rd grade then next year will there be different unit studies so we don’t do the same thing again ??
Rebecca--do you have read aloud book recommendations that you give for each Unit Study? Also, if we sign up now, will we get access to previous Units?
Brilliant!
I personally love that this doesn't include math because I come from Canada and our math units and money is different so I prefer to buy my own math, if you do offer it later pls make it optional. Thanks loved this video
This curriculum looks great but it's a shame Mexico was cut out from the North America bird study.
Just heard about your product yesterday, looked it up and was happy to see your face because I recognized you from CZcams.
Love hearing about this! It sounds great 👍
Is this also good for homeschooling 1 child?
yes! We have lots of families that use it for one, and then you have the files and can use the older books in the future when they are ready.
Love this
I'm so excited about this I don't want to wait til August! I have a five year old who will be six in July and a three year old with a birthday in December. Can I start now??? Or would it be better to start in August?
Thanks, We need more Canadian curriculum based on history, geography and animals
We do have some Canadian units coming early next year!
This is awesome, we are an Australian family and trying to find great curriculum here is a struggle. We have been homeschooling for 6 months and already worked though 2 curriculum nothing is fitting. Can I just beg you to please make your Units easy to adapt to any country. Homeschooling is taking off here but we still rely heavily on American curriculum and adapting isn't always easy.
NAB is the only one so far that is focused on North America. All the other units are used by people all over the world!
Awesome Rebecca, my teacher husband is impressed with the samples. So we are going to give it a go....we will do the North American Bird Unit next year just before pur trip to the USA :)
Also, Rebecca is Canadian so I think that helps her to not have such an "American-centric" view. So far, the samples I've seen are suuuuuper international friendly. We are Canadians living in Vietnam so the fact that she brought out the Asia unit was just so awesome! Also, love that it's pdf printable! Great for people living overseas 😊
Since this is a new curriculum, as you develop this on a ground level, will there be updates for those of us who have purchased the units?
Currently found this book by John Taylor Gatto called "Dumbing Us Down". Did not realize how much of the public school indoctrination was still in the recesses of my mind. I have been unknowingly teaching my kids to just do what they are assigned to do.
I feel like I've wasted so many years. 😔
Where can I find part 3? I'm hoping to see how exactly to use the curriculum.
my question is... Do you go through the unit study again when your kids grow so that they learn from a different perspective? Or once you have done the unit as a family you move on? Are there enough units to carry them through all 12 years of school?
Where can I find the third installment of these introductions? I believe I've watched one and two but I can't find anything that seems like a third.
Question? Is this enough to help teach your kids to learn to read for the pre reader/early reader? Or do you recommend using supplement materials for this? I know math is still needed with this but would reading me needed to if child still learning to read?
What age or grade is considered early elementary & upper elementary?
How well does this curriculum work for those with only children? It seems very wonderful but a little dissuasive for those with small families. It seems like a beautiful program and I am considering it but would like some insight on that concern.
Where’s video 3 in this series? I can’t find it and I’d love to see inside the curriculum.
Yay cursive notebooks. Thank you thank you!!!
Looks so interesting but I'm confused. What subjects does this curriculum cover? I've seen a comment that said you have to add math. So is this considered language Science and History?
11:50 she mentions it, it includes so many subjects except math.
I can’t find the one with the look inside of your first 3 units
I LOVE THIS HOMESCHOOL THING
Can this be adapted for a secular family? We are still Christian in faith but we don’t do church currently.
Hello, I’m a mom of 5 and after a lot of thinking and praying I’m going to homeschool my seventh grader. I’m so nervous ,but watching your video I think this will work for him and now I’m considering homeschooling my second grader and kindergarten. Any advice to what to do with my 2 year old? Thank you 🙏
it is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, I've been following your videos. We really love them. We are a Muslim homeschooling family and we love the concept behind gather round homeschool. I do have a few questions though, like how do we follow this from year to year? Like when we follow a traditional LA curriculum it goes through concepts in a certain order and then repeats and reinforces throughout the year , then the next year it works on a more advanced set of concepts. How do we do this with this curriculum? Is there a particular order to follow so that it builds on the concepts? This is our 1st year homeschooling and I have 3 boys 5, 3 and 5 months, so I'm looking for more information on this family style curriculum. Thank you.
Roshenara Nizam I am curious about this as well. How does the LA build over the units and progress through the notebooks?
@@ericag6794 I joined the Facebook group for gather round homeschool and there are multiple discussions going on. It may help us understand how to use this curriculum too.
So would you recommend using this along side Brave Writer, Real Science 4 Kids and Rightstart Math? Or would that be too much. I currently homeschool 2 kids and I'm part of a school connection that I have to report with (to get state funding). I have to report on 4 main subjects, Math, Science, History & L.A. and that can't be religious; I am a Christian. Anyways, I currently use Rightstart Math, Real Science 4 Kids, Brave Writer & Sonlight for reading & history. I also use More then Words for bible. :) Sonlight I have loved but I can't ever seem to get it to come together and we are WAY behind lol.
We've had a lot families start GRH with the intention of adding it to the other materials they are using and most have found that it was too much and end up just using GRH. I'd say give it a try and see what you think. That's the beauty of being able to purchase one unit at a time. No long term commitment. :)
Would it be beneficial to do the same unit study over again when the child is at different ages? Because it sounds like the different ages have different content so they would learn different things?
This is my first year homeschooling. I only have one child; he's 9 years old would this be good for us?
What would you recommend for high school math, that works well with your program?
Lifepacs
Are you doing master books and gather round?
I'm new to home schooling. If you buy the print, you need to buy each level, but if you buy the digital version it includes all the levels? I have 3 kids and all different ages and I am looking to invest in something that we can use long term. Buying curriculum for each grade and each subject is very costly!
Would this work for Quebec ?
Next year I'll have a 2nd grader and 3k kiddo. Would I need to ideally wait till my younger is kindergarten age?
You could start your youngest in our pre-reader notebook which teaches letter recognition, phonics and number recognition. It's a great place to start a little one!
I am very interested in using this curriculum but I’m wondering if we would enjoy using this as a non-Christian family?
Will you be at teach them Diligently Atlanta to present your curriculum?
Not this year! TTD Nashville instead.
Are you going to do more and more and more units? Are you supposed to repeat the same units again and again each year?
the beauty of it is that you could, you could buy one year and redo it in different notebooks each year. However, the plan is to do 40 units (4 years worth) at a minimum so you can do a cycle and not get bored.
Homeschool On ok cool. That's what I was hoping. Kind of assumed it too....13 years straight of birds would be like 🙈🙈🙈 haha.
A 4 year rotation sounds great.
This is so interesting! Is there a notebook for each subject for each child?
1 student book per grade level. All subjects are in the student book. You can go to the website to see samples :)
I'm trying to understand the curriculum. You said every month a new unit is released. Does that mean every month it is costing us $49.95 for digital(or print $30 for student notebook & $25 for the teacher's guide:$55 total)? So, a full year of the curriculum would be $495(plus whatever math we need)? Are you writing a different curriculum every year? God has been working on my heart for homeschool and I haven't found yet what works for us. I have 3 kids and I have thought of sending two to private school. I want God first in everything in our lives. I have really struggled with feeling like I'm not putting him first in homeschool and that everything is broken up: Devotional, prayer, breakfast, school work, etc. I have been going crazy! I would love to know more about the curriculum. How it would work? Would I get books and have to re-order every month? Thank you!
Blake Day if you can, check out the FB group. There is a lot of helpful info there!
You got the pricing right. Each unit will cost $49.95 for the digital bundle (unless your only buying for one student, then it is $19.95). In the digital bundle you get the teachers guide and all the levels of student notebooks.
She is planning to make at least 40 units (10 units a year for 4 years) plus some mini units, I believe.
I understand if the price is concerning but for all that you get, it is a pretty great value. If you feel this might be a good fit for you check out the curriculum and the FB group too, if you can. It’s helped me out a lot. Good luck!
When will the christmas unit be available?
November 24th
How does this curriculum work for kids with dyslexia?
Wow! I really love this curriculum idea! Does anybody know if it’s allowed in California
Jewel Joy oh ok !! I’ve been doing some research and found that what I’m doing is actually home charter school which I thought was home school. So I’m looking into switching. Would you say this curriculum covers California’s required ?
Jewel Joy thank you
Jewel Joy I would love to have a conversation with you about starting the homeschool process. Would you be open to giving me some advice?
do you have to do the units in order? we're not that interested in birds...
only for pre-reader! The rest of them you can bounce around, content goes wide rather than stepping. The stepping happens in the notebook levels if that makes sense?
Hey mama, I’m trying to understand this for high schoolers. How would you recommend assessing credits and such for these studies? I have 7 kids from 15-4. My oldest is in sophomore year and my second will entire in 2021. Just want to wrap my head around the credits 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Same.
Will this work with just one child ?
yes! Lots of people use it with just one!
I have just one child and it works fantastic! Has really brought us closer :)
@@MayflowerHomeschool Love hearing this! I am gonna be making this leap with my only! And this is def my hope!
Do you have to go in unit order ?
Only for pre-reader. Otherwise, you can jump around between the units.
What if you have only one child ?
We tried another Homeschool curriculum where they were doing it month to month, and... Life happened and they quit. They're still Homeschooling, but they've moved away from sharing the curriculum. Will you be sticking with this?
Yes, we plan on 4 years, more if people want it
@@HomeschoolOn yay! Thank you! I was just about to write my own, but I don't have time! 😂 Can't WAIT to try these!!!
@@heidihovan1331 out of curiosity what were you using before?
Hey sweet I want to order your history curriculum 6th grade history
Is there any thing related to the Bible/God? And if so, is it KJV?
Looks great however we live in the uk
Did you have a whole bunch of videos that got deleted? I just found your channel a few days ago and planned to come back to watch videos on unschooling and Charlotte Mason but can’t seem to find them. Am I crazy?
Hi rebecca! Do you have any science experiments or activities you can do with the unit?
yes, there are optional science experiments in our space unit as well as our oceans unit!
@@HomeschoolOn oh that's great! Any suggested art projects aside from drawing?
@@priscillashaw5715 older ones suggest painting, pastels, and other forms of media but we have other things built in. Optional build your own solar system for space, etc. In Christmas they make ornaments and crafts, a manger/stable, amongst other things.
Very cool! I feel like that is the one area that lacks for us unless I have it built into what were doing. We are growing tired of the traditional nature drawing and clay. So that is a big draw for me! Thanks for responding so quickly. I appreciate all you do. Great Godcast today ;)
When will the flip through be available?
1 unit 1 year?
One unit will take you 4-5 weeks to complete, depending on your pace. We are releasing 10 units for this school year.
This sounds amazing.
Is this Christian / Creation based?
It is!
What if you have an only child?
But what if you are teaching an only child
1 lesson per day? 1 lesson per week?
One lesson per day
Is she Canadian?
I think she is from B.C.
The connections part is iffy to me. Those topics you mentioned, the elephants for example, what real meaning does that have? The connections you speak of, what are they connecting it to in reality? The purpose of the Christian homeschooling parent isn't to only prepare your children to get through college if they go....it's to prepare them for life, prepare them with a solid foundation in the Lord. You focus on the academic, not practical, learning and I don't see how it is not busy work because the knowledge you speak of has nothing to do with the child's actual life. The opposite of busywork is practical and relevant and useful information. Obviously all homeschoolers cannot get away from this unless they are unschoolers. We are all doing school at home no matter the setting but not sure why that's negative. A teacher can only decide what is relevant to the child by knowing that child, knowing what the child might encounter, knowing what that child is interested in. The Bible as the source branches off to so many subjects I wish someone would make a curriculum using what is there. I thought it was going to be deeper, like habit training and so on.
That is one single page from 1,200+ pages that your child will work through in a year. It is scripture copywork, Bible daily, character building, and more! This was a glimpse of how it works, but if you truly want to understand I encourage you to check it out for yourself. Or come to the group and ask people for their opinions on how it goes into all of that.
Hi! I would STRONGLY encourage you to check out Rebecca’s “More Than Words” bible curriculum if you want to get a sense for how biblically grounded, accurate, and passionate she is for teaching children their identity in the Lord and knowing his character well! We have had the best discussions with this curriculum, and my young children (5) are remembering the key truths! My husband is a pastor, we long to follow Jesus completely and teach our children to as well and this is a wonderful resource! Thank you Rebecca, I am SO excited about Gather Round...it sounds exactly what I’ve been longing for and how we do school!! I LOVE how you’ve emphasized this whole journey has been covered in prayer and from the Lord!!❤️❤️❤️
But can I pull out the religion? Not anything we are interested in.
Def not, Jesus is the spine in this cur. Moving Beyond the Page is like this but secular.