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It was neat hearing about your schedule 😊

I would love a video about SOTW ...

I'm the same way! My oldest is only just turning TWO but we already know we want to homeschool and I love researching! (but I DEFNITELY don't need to be buying anything for homeschool right now, haha!) Fortunately, I already knew this about myself and God lead me to a solution. I made myself a Google document for homeschool ideas and I'm allowing myself to research and put as much as I want into that document but ONLY up to Kindergarten. And I'm only allowing myself to purchase items for what he will CURRENTLY use (or the upcoming school year when he is older) EVEN items from the thrift store or garage sales. This has really helped curb wasting of time and wasting of money.

History is so tricky!! Definitely keen to see that video

My rule for myself is now… if I’m not going to use it immediately, this school year or next school year, I’m not allowed to purchase it.

I don’t buy curriculum until we need to!!! I know I may change my plans!!! We love the ordinary parents guide to teaching but I’m using it with older kids who have reading challenges!!! It is a good reference as well!!! We use CC memory work but as we come up to the topics!!! We come back to the memory work as we want to and do memory work as we want to!!! We don’t do science curriculum till about 3rd grade and my now 3rd grader isn’t ready for science curriculum so she isn’t doing it!!! I prefer waiting to buy curriculum so I know we are going to use it!!! My older kids didn’t do well with story of the world!!!

You’re definitely not the only one guilty of this! lol What helps me to resist a sale for a future curriculum choice is to remind myself that if it’s on sale now, it will likely be on sale around the same time next year… so unless I need it before then… just wait it out. Gives us freedom to change our minds without making the commitment. It’s helped a LOT. Great video idea!

Hey friend. This was very helpful to keep in mind and plan ahead. 🙌☺️

What is the memory work you are going to be doing for History?

What are some homeschool items you've purchased too far in advance and now regret? :)

I love having time to myself in the morning. Right now it’s hard with the baby to wake up early but I really miss that. It’s such a good idea to give the kids a check off list!

New subscriber. Im in the collab too. Our routine isnt time sensitive because of various appointments and such is can be different every day.

I really need to set up a cleaning schedule for myself

Our school year has started out rough too.

I love waking up before everyone else. It really sets a good tone for the day.

Book ending your day with Family subjects sounds nice. 😊 I think the Mom morning routine is SUPER important to start the day off right! 👍🏻 Thanks for sharing!

Loved learning more about your routine! You’re right, all of the things we have to take care of during the day are so interconnected.

I wish I could be an early riser!

I admire your discipline to get up so early! We rarely start school before 9:30, because our mornings start out pretty slow… 🤭

Thanks for posting!

Yes so important to have a routine/flow of your day. Kindergarten year was figuring it out tho! 1st grade, this year, is definitely better!

I appreciate hearing about your before school routine too :)

I totally agree with you about just jumping in without an idea of what you want your day to look like, could end very badly… a basic framework is key!

We have a flow and ours is very loose and we love it that way!!! This year we adopted another teen athlete that works with us!!! We started homeschooling one and ended up adopting him after what was happening and we ended up with a 2nd extra teenager!!! It’s worth it but it’s not been easy!!! My kids won’t make their beds and I don’t care!!! We sometimes start with Bible but it depends upon my teenagers schedules!!! We love TGTB nature readers!!! I’m Doing beginner German with the 2 adopted teenagers!!!

What kind of schedule do find works best for you?

I would buy a newer edition for level C knowing that fact!!! I don’t care about the order of the information or common core information!!! I don’t care if the materials by lesson are given as I can see what’s needed!!!

Thank you for sharing this! I just bought this book for my 3 year old and read a few stories like you did and I just thought it was a little different but a part of me was actually unsure if I was ok with it. I’m glad you pointed out that it’s an interpretation and at first I thought I was ok with it but you made a good point about Satan. The temptation he presented Eve with was to be like God not that she deserved to eat all the fruit and that God was holding out on her. I’m disappointed because I really wanted to like this Bible but I’m glad you pointed all this out. Thanks again for being willing to put this out there!

I like “The Child’s Story Bible” by Catherine F. Vos.

My mom got this for my toddler. It’s literally blasphemous. Psalm 23 is atrocious. I do like the illustrations though. But i will be throwing it away.

Any pilgrims progress book isn’t easy to understand but worth it and we read it often!!! I don’t mind going back over it as the story grows as my kids grow!!! We read a different kids version and love it!!! I bought it before we had kids tho!!! I wanted a easy to read but true to the story and my teenagers love it!!!

Honestly, I often hesitate to buy Christian curriculum because I am worried about the same issues. If I am going to bring something in to teach my kids the Gospel, I wanna agree with it!

Why I don't buy children's bible books. I'll just read the bible itself 4:57

The stars were not created until the fourth day. Not, hello stars. “ In the beginning… God said “ Let there be light and there was light.” Big difference! No change. Not one jot or tittle. Thank you

There are over 450 known versions of the Bible in English alone. So finding the true Word of God won't be easy to find! Don't get baby or children's books if you want them to know God. Get a Torah with the prophets and take the time to explain it to them, don't look for the easy way out, learn it yourself first then teach them. No disrespect but your husband should be doing this as the spiritual leader of the home. As for the "Jesus Storybook Bible" goes ... Burn it!!!

"don't want to have to constantly correct what I'm reading to my child" YES!! This is why we have abandoned history curricula in our homeschool. They're all so packed with LIES that we were taught, too, so 99% of parents don't even realize it! I got so frustrated having to constantly stop and say, "actually..." or "the (real) reason why _______" every lesson. Some things were so egregiously wrong that it made me sick to my stomach to read. Also, we use a Children's Bible that I had growing up (cannot recall which one and I'm not home to go look), which simplifies and paraphrases it, but we also use the *actual* Bible to flesh it out and give context. It's all so frustrating.

Thank you for this!!

I'm so glad you did this! I have this book but haven't opened it yet. Now I probably won't....I really like the BJU Press bible curriculum as I feel it does a good job at paraphrasing the bible while still keeping the Scriptures true.

We’ve not used this book!!! I do being Jesus into the Old Testament when we see it but thru discussing it!!! I understand that bible stories should be paraphrased not tell me what it is form a persons point of view!!! Our Church teaches us how to shape views from the Bible!!! I’m glad we haven’t used this book and I fully agree with ur view on this book!!! We walked out of a church who teaches like this book!!! We often read from the Bible as a family!!!

Thank you for sharing this! 😊 We read the actual Bible for our family devotion time and any of the Bible curriculum that we use, I read the story from my Bible instead of reading whatever paraphrase story the curriculum uses. 😊 My husband has always been very purposeful about making sure we read the actual scripture, not a story form.

We read through this storybook bible multiple times with my then three year old. I thought it did a great job of pointing to Jesus in every story it includes. I was especially moved by how Jesus’ anguish on the cross was portrayed, specifically when He was separated from the Father on our behalf. My husband shared similar concerns about the liberties taken in the text and we’ve since gotten rid of it.

We have this bible and we haven’t read it yet. I always thought this Bible was so overrated though from what I had looked into. I didn’t understand why it was so popular, I don’t like these points you brought up either. I completely agree with you we can’t add thoughts to it and changing it a lot and this sounds like it’s being changed or added to in many ways. Very interesting! I definitely agree. I definitely want to look at this book closer before we consider reading it. Thanks for sharing!

Honestly I’ve felt this same way with so many story bibles - including this one. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this ❤

Wow 😲 Thank you for sharing 🙏 I agree with you 💯 Thank you again 🙏

Just popped in to see your home organization, my kids are all grown up, but I homeschooled them a bit. Love your space, and that it is functional and works, thanks for sharing!

This is so similar than what we do. I love it.

I haven’t heard of the Hurlbuts one yet - it sounds really awesome! My kids and I really enjoyed Gods Big Promises Bible Storybook a couple years ago ❤

I don't think leaving the shelf in the baby's room is a good idea. My 2 year old would have all the books shredded and would be sitting on the top shelf screaming at the top of his lungs because he doesn't know how to get down

So great!! TY for sharing! =) <3

Where did you find your grade assessments?

Last year my husband graciously gave up his office for us to have a homeschool room. I’m currently in the process of giving it back! As the year went on we found ourselves doing more school back at the big table and the whole home classroom just wasn’t really what we thought it would be lol. I’m back to big table and some bookshelves myself! Thanks for sharing.