✏️📚Homeschool Kindergarten Curriculum and Preschool Curriculum 2023 / 2024
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- Today I'm sharing what we'll be using for our upcoming 2023 / 2024 homeschool year as we begin kindergarten for my daughter as well as a very gentle approach to preschool for my son!
This is a fun but LONG video so grab a cup of tea, a snack and enjoy!!
You can also view time stamps below as well as links + discount codes (when available) to all the items mentioned in today's video!
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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Intro + Homeschool Life Updates!
4:20 Gentle and Classical Press / Charlotte Mason Program
6:05 @TheGoodandtheBeautiful Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten Program, Kindergarten Math and Early Readers
15:10 Little Bud Kids Hands On Learning Toys For Phonics and Math
16:55 Dash Into Learning Early Readers, Handwriting Program and Emotional Resilience Program
23:38 Little School Of Smiths - Me On The Map, Human Body, Space Program
25:33 Preschool Program, Construction Site Busy Book, Preschool Busy Book
29:33 Ending!
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✏️ PRE-K & KINDERGARTEN:
The Gentle and Classical Primer Program (Kindergarten): shopgentleclassical.com/colle...
Kindergarten Morning Binder: shopgentleclassical.com/colle...
The Good And The Beautiful Pre-K and Kindergarten Program:
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The Good and The Beautiful Kindergarten Math: www.goodandbeautiful.com/prod...
📚 SOCIAL STUDIES:
Little School of Smiths Bundle!! Me On The Map, Human Body, Space: littleschoolofsmiths.com/prod...
✏️ WRITING:
DASH INTO LEARNING Handwriting Program:
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📚 NATURE and ART Programs:
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Art + Music Program: shopgentleclassical.com/colle...
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I watched till the end! This was so helpful as I plan to homeschool my 3 year old son. Thank you!
Aw yay thank you!! Love that you're starting to homeschool as well! I'll be starting homeschool with my son this Fall too!! :) Here if you ever have any homeschool questions! xx
I watched to the end. ❤
This was the best homeschool video I’ve seen yet! Thank you 🥰
Wow, thank you!! Means so much to hear this :)
Watched to the end!! It was amazing. I've been considering homeschooling my little girls, but it feels so overwhelming! This video was just what I needed. Thank you
So glad you enjoyed the video! I felt very overwhelmed by the idea of it at first too! Even with each new year I think - okay, this is going to be a lot for me! But I believe where God guides He provides! He makes it possible for me to have the passion, space and energy to do this amazing role! I truly believe that homeschooling is one of the best decisions I have made for my family. It gives me so much more time with my kids and I LOVE being able to learn with them and watch their sweet faces light up as they learn something new or get excited about an activity. I am cheering you on and I'm always here to chat if you have any homeschooling questions!
Have a good homeschool year as well 💕 thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much!
Watched the the end. Thank you for the readers inspiration. 😊
Thanks so much for watching!! :)
Thank you so much for making this video! So many great resources. I have a toddler who just turned 2 but I feel like it is never too early to check out good resources. I found lots of inspiration here and really appreciate this content!
Hi! Thank you so much! I totally agree with you! I love to see what homeschool moms are using whether it's for our present year or to get ideas for the future!! :)
I watched through to the end :) helpful information, especially the flip through of dash into learning, thanks!
You're so welcome! I love flip throughs to really see into a program!! Glad it was helpful!! Thanks for watching!
I commend you on homeschooling your children and think it is just wonderful and a blessing! Thank you for sharing and enjoy your channel!:)
Thank you SO much!! What a beautiful and kind thing to say, I really appreciate it! :)
Watched till the end. Thank you for the information ❤
Wow amazing, thank you!! :)
My first video of yours and I watched to the end!! This was a great informational video. Not only did I watch to the end, but I backed up and rewatched sections over and over! Definitely a new subbie!
Aw yay I love this! Thank you! xx
I love watching your videos!! I am starting pre-k this year with my son that is 4 yrs. TGATB is the one I have had my eye on for awhile now. Thank you for this informative video. I totally watched until the end! haha
Aw thank you so much! This means so much to me :) If you decide to get the TGATB I hope you love it! We've loved everything from them so far :) Always thanks for watching till the end!! :)
Thank you for such a thorough video! Everything you said right at the end was spot on. Seeing a flip-through and getting another mom's perspective is so helpful! And a few curriculums I didn't know about. Off to shop!
So glad you found the video helpful!! xx
I watched to the end!! Thanks for all the great information and resources. Looking forward to starting preschool with my little.
Aw I love to hear this! Congrats on starting preschool with your little one! I love preschool! I will be starting preschool with my son this upcoming school year too :)
I wat hed till the end. I enjoyed and love the ideas from homeschool you discussed.
Appreciate this post
Thank you so much!
Watched to the end! I’m starting the Playing Preschool with my 3 year old over the summer. I needed to hear that I could do multiple lessons at once instead of one lesson per day. That’s a great point. Thankyou.
Hi! That's wonderful! It's a fun program! Yes totally feel free to customize the program to what works for you and your child!! We'll be starting this program again soon too with my son! :)
I watched the whole video! I love getting ideas from homeschool CZcams videos and this one was great, thank you for sharing! Nutrition is very important to me as well so I'll be checking out your other videos 😊
Thank you for watching! So glad this video was helpful! I love watching homeschool CZcams videos too :)
I watched to the end! You have a lot of things I haven’t seen on other homeschool channels, very interesting. Thanks!
Thank you so much for watching! So glad you enjoyed the video!
Wow. Absolutely fantastic video - this is EXACTLY what I have been looking for. Such a helpful video as I have a very busy boy that I plan on homeschooling. Also construction/heavy duty equipment obsessed. Thank you for taking the time to make this video, such a great resource and I will be purchasing literally everything you have covered in this video.
My son is very busy and active too! I made the construction book for him to cater to his interests but also include some learning! Also thank for your kind comment and for watching my video! Homeschool and motherhood is better when we can connect and have community with other mamas in a similar season who "get it" and learn from one another! I'm so glad my video was helpful! xx
I made it to the end of the video! I love hearing what resources other moms use who are drawn to the classical/Charloette Mason education. I would love to see more homeschool videos!
Me too!!!
I watched until the end!!! This will be my first year homeschooling my 3 year old/preschooler. This was very helpful. I enjoyed this video. Thank you
Hi! Thank you so much for watching!! Congrats on your first year of homeschooling!! Our first year was when my daughter was 3 for preschool as well! It's a fun age! :)
I watched to the end. Thank you for sharing so much helpful information! I am starting to explore the idea of homeschooling for my twins and I really appreciate your video.
So glad you found the video helpful! Thanks for watching and wishing you the best as you begin to explore homeschooling! :)
Thanks for a great and super informative video! Really helpful as I figure out what I want to start doing for homeschooling my kids.
So glad this video was helpful!! Also congrats on beginning to homeschool your kids, it's a wonderful journey and I wish you and your family a great experience!
I watched till the end. Love homeschool resources
Thank you so much!! Me too :)
I watched until the end and thank you so much!! I’m starting homeschool this year for my first time and I’ve really been struggling with what programs to pick. Im literally going to use every single one of these. They’re perfect for us. Thank you.
Hi! Thank you so much for watching!! There are so many resources out there! So glad my video could help give more insight into what these programs include and how we've enjoyed them! Wishing you a wonderful first year of homeschool! From one homeschooling mama to another, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
I actually watched till the end.
I’m new to homeschooling and it really helps.
I think i would love the good and beautiful for our daughter.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much for watching! We have loved the Good and the Beautiful and highly recommend it! :)
About ten years ago I discovered your channel when I got really into nutrition, so excited to watch you so passionate about homeschooling now too! Looking forward to utilizing this with my daughter.
Oh how fun!! Thank you for being here for the evolution of my content and passions on this channel :D
Still watching
Thank youuuuu
To the end, I loved it! ❤
Woohoo! Thank you for watching :)
Watched to the end! 👍🏻
Thank you!! :)
Loved loved all your resources!
I would love to see a daily rhythm or a schedule to figure out how you worked all this in throughout your week and still got to do all the other things! Lol!
It seems like a lot, but, seriously if you're willing to share, I would love to see it🙏🏼
Thank you again!
Hi! Thank you so much!! Maybe I will make a video sharing more about our daily rhythm and schedule! xx
I watched until the end! First year homeschool will be next year. Looking for the same kind of type of learning. Thanks for all your info! Enjoyed the video. God bless!
Woohoo! The first year of homeschooling is so magical and special and sweet! Praying for a wonderful first year!! xx
Thank you for this
Thank you for watching!!
I watched to the end! I loved all the neat resources you talked about that I had never heard about before! Could you share how you made the construction themed busy book?
Yea more homeschool videos!!!❤❤
Yay! So glad you enjoy these type of videos! :)
We are just finishing TGTB kindergarten with my daughter. We have both loved it and she has learned so much! I printed the entire curriculum for free and put it in page protectors so I can reuse for my son 😀 I really wish the preschool curriculum was free so I could use it with my 3 yo!
Oh I love hearing this! So glad you enjoyed the TGTB Kindergarten!! I know I wish the Preschool and Pre-K were free! But it's great so many of the upper grades are!
I watched to the end!
Thank you! :)
I watched till the end! 👍👍 my son is 1yrs old but I'm planning on homeschooling him when he starts preschool when he is 3yrs old so I'm learning now
Love it! You're a great mama getting ahead and learning about your options!
great video!
Thank you!
I watched until the end. Most expensive video because I kept pausing you to go buy all the resources haha. We have a 5 year old and two 3 year olds so we will be doing kinder and early pre-k this year as well. Thanks for all the good tips!
Haha!! One tip to save money is to try and reuse resources as much as you can for the second child!! I'll put a lot of pages in sheet protectors and we'll use dry-erase markers or if a program has a lot of pencil work that could be replaced with something like - Instead of drawing a circle around the letter, place a button on the letter! Then we'll do other activities to practice handwriting, but this helps us reuse some resources!! :) My kids are the same ages so we're right there with you!! xx
I totally watched til the end! Thank you so much for this video. It’ll be our first year and I have a 4.5 year old who’s VERY INTERESTED in learning and though our state says she should be in prek4 I feel like she might be ready to venture into kinder land GENTLY. Your resources have me feeling so much more confident about what I think may work for her. I’ve added some to my carts already! Thank you thank you!
I should add that she’ll be 5 in September so I’m not pushing my newly 4 year old into any crazy or rigorous schooling. 😬 🤦🏾♀️ just wanted to clarify.
Hi! Thanks so much for watching and watching until the end!! Isn't it wonderful to be able to cater the learning and resources to meet your child where they are at whether slowing down or advancing? I love that about homeschool! You sound like a wonderful mama! Wishing you and your daughter a great upcoming school year!
Haha I totally get it! :)
Definitely watched until the end! I really appreciated this because we are heavily considering homeschool (and by that, I mean that this is what we want to do, but not sure where to start), and with my daughter being 4, my son being 2, and my youngest being 2.5 weeks old, the material you covered was spot on for what I needed. My next obstacle is that I’m a working mom, so I’ll need to know what that will look like! My schedule is relatively flexible, but because I do have the weekly meetings/calls and need to be “on call” for things that could pop up, I need to find a way to organize my weeks so that we can still make homeschooling work for us!
So glad you enjoyed the video! One great thing about the age your kids are at right now for homeschool is that is can really be so simple! Children learn SO much through play, reading books and conversations at age 4 and 2! We avoid screens or tablets in the car for the very reason of being able to have lots of conversation about what we see in the world around us, how things work etc! I also work (I work from home though so that is a bit different than perhaps your situation!) and we make up our own schedule that works for us! That means we may not do school on a Monday if that day doesn't work fo us that week and instead do some school on a Saturday! One of my favorite homeschool quotes is "homeschool is not public school at home, but a completely different way of learning!" I have also found that you don't have the have the perfect plan or schedule in order to start. Just get started and adapt as you go to what works well for your family and what doesn't! You know your kids and family best! The beauty of homeschooling is making it a truly custom experience that works great for the child but is also enjoyable and works for the parents and family unit!
@@HealthyGroceryGirl this is so encouraging! Thank you! I work from home as well so I really appreciate you sharing that with me. Gives me hope that this CAN be done and done well. And yes, I wouldn’t mind doing something on a Saturday if needed… after all, it’s only a few hours here and there especially at this age (and if we choose to do something year round with weeks off here and there). Do you find yourself feeling stressed/guilty if something for work pops up and a planned lesson or fun commitment with kids has to be canceled? How do you handle pivoting that and trying to fit that experience/lesson to another day? Does it ever happen too many times in one week? On days that you choose to not homeschool, how do you fill the kids’ times (since play is still learning)? Do you plan things out for them while you try to get work done, or did you typically try to squeeze it all in while they napped? Also, how many times a week did you homeschool your kids at this age- and for how many hours each day? Sorry for all the questions!! Appreciate your time and any info you could give!
I am grateful that with my job I have a lot of flexibility in my work schedule being my own boss! I like to carve out days or times of the day where I work and then times where we do our school. It's too hard for me to feel like I am always needed in both areas. So when we are doing school, that is my priority in that moment. I can't recall a time where something so urgent popped up I had to stop a lesson. But there have been days where we all just weren't feeling it or we felt tired and we just decided to read instead of do a lesson! Also some days my kids will be REALLY into school and we'll do like 5-10 lessons in one sitting ha! My daughter has been known to work through an entire workbook in one or two days that I thought would last months ha! So it all balances out if some days are slower and some or more filled! As far as mom guilt I try and give myself a lot of grace! Big picture, it's more important that we are building a really great relationship together, a great relationship with their siblings and over the course of the year have learned some key milestones for that age range! So if one day doesn't go as planned, that's okay! You can always do more school the next day to makeup for it or pivot and do something else still educational but that works for your family that day!
@@HealthyGroceryGirl yes, of course! Being your own boss I’m sure helps to get your own schedule made (that obvious point flew past my head!). Thanks so much for your help!
I watched until the end🎉
You're amazing! :)
I watched til the end and ive watched this like 3 times!
Oh that is so sweet! Thank you!!!
watched to the end, new kindergarten homeschool mom also was a nutritionist before I became a homemaker ☺️
Love it!!
I watched til the end 🎉
Woohoo!
I learn alot
Till the end :)
Woohoo! I hope you enjoyed the video :)
I love the flip through you did and explanation!! Are you still using Gentle & Classical press kindergarten bundle? We are doing PreK learning the letters and not sure if I should do their preschool or kindergarten bundle?
Yes we are! :) I sort of use it in my own style versus following the program exactly - but we use elements of the program / resources every week!
This was so helpful! I’m totally interested in what a day in the life of homeschooling looks like for y’all. Also, are you satisfied with the faith aspect in TGATB? Do you notice it being a prominent arching theme throughout the curriculum? That’s my hold up with it, definitely want something that will integrate faith into our education.
So glad you enjoyed this video!! I share a lot of "day in the life" with our homeschooling on my Instagram Stories! instagram.com/healthygrocerygirl/ The faith aspect in the Good and The Beautiful is very minimal and is mostly mentioning of God such as when looking at a piece of art together in the program it may say, "God created so much beauty in this world for us to enjoy. Look at the painting on this page..." To add more faith-based learning moments into our days we'll read books, character cards, children's devotionals, listen to music and more!
I am considering using the gentle and classical curriculums they have a preschool and a primer and they are for children up u til about 8-9 years old. They focus more on the faith part and focus aloooot less on the academics. So I am considering a combo of that curriculum plus the good and the beautiful for the academic (language arts and math)
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We used TGATB and G+C last year and loved them both! My daughter struggled half ways through with TGATB level K math. We ended up getting Kate Snow's Math With Confidence level K to help her grasp some concepts she could not undestand from TGATB math. Kate Snow has an amazing book Preschool Math at Home which has all the games used in the Kindergarten level! It was recommended by Erin in her Gentle Classical preschool program. 😊
Hi! Thanks so much for sharing! Good to hear of other options to keep in mind! I've seen the book Preschool Math at Home and have considered it for my son this year as he starts preschool! Thanks for the reminder!
I love that you’ve really gone through 3 curriculums. If you had to buy only one, which would you choose? Or would you mix? As in, buy curriculum 1, but supplement with flash cards of #2? I would love your opinion. Thank you!
Hi! Good and The Beautiful is our favorite for how thorough it is for Language Arts, Math, Writing, Phonics and More! The Gentle and Classical Press is our favorite for the "beauty subjects" that enrich our education so much such as nature, art, living books as well integrating manners, hygiene habits and more!
This video was incredibly helpful. My oldest is starting Kindergarten and I've done preschool for him the last several years. My youngest will be 3 in November and will be starting very gentle preschool. I used Playing Preschool from Busy Toddler for my oldest and hope to do some of those same things with my younger one. I used G+C preschool with my oldest last year and doing her Primer this year. I know you mentioned Primer in a different video. Are you doing it this year for his K or did it last year for preschool? (P.S. I watched til the end. Lol!)
Hi! I am using the Primer from Gentle and Classical for Kinder! Although I'm not following the program exactly as she has it planned out. We are just integrating the manners, hygiene cards, nature study, art as well morning binders in our own way! I explain a little bit more in my recent Morning Basket video! :) The only programs we follow exactly are the open and go programs like Good and The Beautiful :)
I would love to see a follow up video about how you use the different curriculums together... Like do the dash into learning books work along with the good and the beautiful curriculum? Do you do one and then the other? How do you use the gentle and classical stuff with them? I love everything you picked! But would like to know more about how you use them together, if that makes sense. 😅
Hi! Thank you for this video suggestion! I will think through how I can make a video to share our school day! :) In the meantime, we start with morning circle group learning together such as the weather, days of the week / month of the year, morning binders. Then I do LA with my daughter (Good and The Beautiful) usually 1 lesson, maybe 2 if she wants to. Then we'll do a page in her writing book (Dash Into Learning), then 1-2 early readers. We then do Math 1-2 lessons from her math books. Then we'll do my sons preschool program and anything I have set up for him that day. My son often plays blocks or builds something while I do school with my daughter and then my daughter likes to help me do school with my son. In the afternoons we do group learning so we'll work on our ABC books we're making, chapter book read aloud, history, science, social studies, art etc! We do the core subjects each day but I rotate science, history, social studies, art etc so throughout the week so we usually focus on one each afternoon! This is a general idea but each day we really adjust the schedule based on what we are learning and what makes sense for that day! Hope this helps! :)
@@HealthyGroceryGirl it does! Thanks! It sounds very similar to what im planning for next year, except instead of doing one day each of social studies, science, etc I decided id rotate them like as a whole... So basically do science everyday for the whole unit, then do history everyday for the whole unit, etc.
Hopefully it goes well! 😅
I watched to the end :) question for you. Did you start with playing preschool, then did gentle and classical, then the good and the beautiful preschool? I’ve been exploring these for my preschooler and they’re all different enough that I’m trying to decide which to start with. 😊
Hi! Yes! The first "homeschool" program that caught my eyes was Playing Preschool, which is what we started with for my daughter while also slowing adding in Gentle and Classical! Then in her Pre-K year we did a blend of Gentle and Classical and The Good and The Beautiful Preschool then Pre-K, in the same year. The Good and The Beautiful Pre-K program is really short. That's just the flow I followed for my daughter! For my son, my second time teaching preschool, I actually am not using Playing Preschool as much as I thought I would! Rather we are just focusing on learning letters, counting and numbers, lots of reading and time in nature! Giving myself more grace as I teach two now! He learns SO much just by observing what his sister is learning! We do a lot of family style learning for all subjects besides math and LA!
Hello! Very new to homeschooling so I loved this video, thank you!! I am wondering why you put TGATB practice sheets into the binder but did not do the same with the handwriting practice sheets for your daughter? Wouldn’t your son need those too later on? Or would you rather just get his own book? Thank you! :)
Hi! The practice sheets every page you write on so that made sense for me to put into sheets for dry erase markers! With the programs there are many more pages so that would have required a lot more sheets (which would get expensive) and the child doesn't write on every page so it felt a little wasteful to buy / use sheets for pages that don't really need them while keeping the program in order. So I just came up with creative ways to use the program as is without writing in it! But you could very well tear out all the pages from the program and put then into sheets in a binder too for dry erase marker use!
@@HealthyGroceryGirl ohhh interesting! Thank you!!
do you think any of this is available in Spanish? loved it all. 😢
Let me look into this more for you! I know that the Gentle and Classical Press has Spanish Nature Program Cards!: shopgentleclassical.com/products/spanish-english-nature-flashcards-4-part-cards-digital?aff=6
When working on handwriting what do you feel like is the easiest tool for a four-year-old to begin do you use large pencils or markers or pens I have tried triangle pencils but all of them seem to have not the right fit
We use regular pencils or shorter pencils (like a golf pencil). I feel pencils are honestly better than markers or pens to really have the child have more control in how their writing turns out! Dry erase is good for circling or drawing lines between matching items etc. But to really write out letters or words we love pencils!
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My son is too active and plays too much to learn. I feel defeated. I’m a nurse and mentally and physically drained daily. I have no energy to give but for some reason I want to lock myself in an asylum because I want to homeschool lol. Crazy I know 😂
My son is very active as well! I try and use that as a tool for learning. So instead of expecting him to sit still (he is about to turn 4) I will do letter flashcards with him and have him look at the letter then jump as high as he can and shout the letter! It's silly and fun and a great way for him to expend energy while working on letter recognition! We also have a wood piklar triangle with a wood slide... sometimes he will slide down the slide while saying his letters! At this age, I don't expect him to sit still for long so I try and meet him where he is at and that is being active and busy while also including learning at the same time! :)
@@HealthyGroceryGirl I love this ideas. Thanks 🙏🏾
Watched till the end and am excited about that construction busy book - I have 5 year old Ella and 1.5 year old, Asher. You had such great suggestions here so I messaged on IG so I could go there and see more tips.
Aw yay! Thanks so much for watching! Looking forward to connecting in IG as well!!
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