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If homeschool is an option for you I totally recommend it but I also understand it’s just not possible for everyone. I also think you don’t have to feel stuck with making a choice to homeschool for a year. They can always go back :)

@ I applied for the California Virtual Academies career & college prep option. It’s under review still 🙏. Feeling uncertain on what to expect really but actually excited to stop commuting to private school.

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

@@roseinthedesert3911 you’re welcome glad you enjoyed it!

And thank you for creating such beautiful curriculum!

Thank you! Welcome!

@@jasropergoins2468 no worries thanks for subscribing! The gentle and classical programs are not phonics based programs like the Good and the Beautiful. They’re humanities, Bible, classic books, etc. So you could do G+C curriculums and TGATB programs if you wanted. I loved TGATB preschool for phonics. I felt the phonics portion of program would move too quickly in Kindergarten for my son so that’s why I didn’t choose that as his phonics program for his Kinder year

Me too haha. We really are loving BFB. My son loves the big huge map. Part of me wants to get a big huge map for this curriculum too because it’s been so fun for my son but I also kinda look forward to a simpler textbook based curriculum lol. So I may not get anything extra to do

We are using BFB Around the World and this looks much simpler but equally as enjoyable! I think we will use Notgrass Our Fifty States next year for geography. I don’t think you can go wrong with either!

Honestly it was the emphasis on water color that sold me!

Aw I love this! How cool that such a different age range still got a lot out of it. I’m excited as an adult to learn!

Yes you can buy the art and music pack separately! I thought you could buy the print but I’m only seeing digital: shopgentleclassical.com/collections/preschool-level-2/products/art-music-pack-for-preschool-level-2

@@RelatableHomeschoolMom thank you

@@themodernhomemaker I’m glad you liked it! Which one are you choosing?

@@RelatableHomeschoolMom beautiful feet!

My son loved it!

And the brambly hedge book looks so good too 😍

Thanks for subscribing! The struggle is REAL in choosing curriculum and NOT getting too much 🤣

@@RelatableHomeschoolMom for real 😅😅

You’re welcome! If you’re doing primer, they both use the brambly hedge book but I don’t think it’s a big deal to repeat readings since one reads it from a science/nature lens and the other uses it for language arts and narration

Oh good to know! Clearly I still need to do some looking through our primer list haha. But, my kids request rereads so often that that might be a bonus 🤣 plus the less books I have to purchase the better for our budget haha.

Exactly my thoughts!

You know I struggled with finding it as well. I wonder if it’s going out of print or something. I just found it here on ThriftBooks www.thriftbooks.com/w/everyday-graces-childs-book-of-good-manners-foundations/256344/item/7512590/?srsltid=AfmBOoq-_j78Na7kdEarDSH8keUgd9EJVuzsqEsJk60zCHYF14-lRDSsnaM#idiq=7512590&edition=4406155

Alright I just heard back from the G+C team. The Everyday Graces book is out of print 😢 Erin, the owner, has reached out to the publisher to see if they will be reprinting the books but they haven’t gotten back to her yet. They said this, “Ebay and BST groups are the two places I have seen the best prices. If you turn on notifications on eBay, you will get an email if a copy becomes available there, and while most of the copies I see now are unaffordable, I've seen several over the last few weeks for around $30, which is not too far from the original price. I have also seen copies in homeschool BST groups for affordable prices. It may be worth posting an ISO in BST groups to see if anyone is willing to part with their copy for an affordable price.” Also they said that the memory statements can be used without the book since they are general statements like “I honor my father and mother.” If you do use G+C, they have a community similar to a fb community but on the app “mighty” which is where I reached out.

Ok one last update. Search and Join this fb group called “gentle classical book swap.” 7hrs ago someone posted their everyday graces book available for cheaper than the thriftbooks link I sent you. I would send screenshot but it’s not letting me do that here on the comments.

@@RelatableHomeschoolMom thank you so much for all your help! I really appreciate the time you have spent looking into this. I will be joining the group. Thank you once again! God bless you!

Thank you!

Im glad you liked it! so the only reason I didn’t choose g+c nature for this year for my son was because I had already purchased both the beautiful feet geography and science curriculums and all the accompanying books that go with those. I thought I was going to use the beautiful feet curriculums last year but didn’t end up using it. I actually have both digital g+c nature volumes and will likely use it at some point (maybe first grade). I’ve seen several other TH-cam reviews on the g+c nature curriculums so you should totally check those out. I was actually thinking to do a comparison video in a couple weeks between the g+c nature volume 1 and beautiful feet science. So stay tuned for that!

@@RelatableHomeschoolMom Gotcha, makes sense! I saw you have a beautiful feet flip through video, I intend to watch that one but a comparison would be wonderful, I'll go ahead and subscribe so I don't miss it. My eldest is just about to start kindergarten so I am very new to this world of homeschool curriculums. I work from home as well so I'm eager to check out some of your videos on that as well! Grateful to have stumbled upon your page :)

@@torifreeman993our boys are the same age wish they could meet and be buddies! Are you anywhere near Vegas?

I just posted the comparison video between both nature curriculums :)

@@RelatableHomeschoolMom Sorry I'm just now seeing this but we are in Texas!

Aw thank you for your encouragement! I’m learning as I go and someone gave me advice to not give up until I make 100 videos so I’m taking that to heart and will try to get better every time. And apparently I need to work on how to pronounce a lot of words 🤣I believe God wants to use me through this homeschooling journey. I’m not exactly sure how but will keep asking God for more wisdom! Also your story seems amazing. That is a lot and very inspiring to start over homeschooling again!!

Hi! Hmm that’s weird. I just went and scrolled through several sections of my video on TH-cam and it was working for me. The two are actually working really easily together. We technically already started his kindergarten year, except for Beautiful Feet Science which we will start in the Fall because it’s more of a seasonal curriculum. G+C Primer is much more of our daily read aloud time either in the morning or at lunch time. For beautiful feet geography, we work through the lessons in this curriculum anytime once or twice a week. So far this is by far my son’s favorite curriculum and he brings out the map from the bookshelf asking to do geography! So we don’t have any issues getting both done because he keeps me accountable for the geography ha! Rachel’s new kinder curriculum is so good! She’s my favorite homeschool mom TH-cam channel and I follow several haha.

Figured it out! I was only listening with an AirPod in my right ear and the audio is just on the left for that section. That’s so encouraging to hear it’s working well for your family; I hope my son enjoys it too!

Yeah I agree. I talk to teachers all the time in my full time job who want out of the classroom. But it’s for various reasons so even I have a hard time narrowing down exactly what they don’t like. States across the country are raising the wage for teachers so that could help but money really isn’t everything. I was in the classroom. Personally, I wanted out because it was just hard to be “on” all day for students. I loved them to death but a classroom of kids is draining for me emotionally.

Thanks for your thoughts! That would be absolutely AWFUL to have a satanic school! There's also some pretty bad things happening in public schools across our country too that I also think could be considered satanic...I guess my hope is that there will also be lots of good things that come out of school vouchers. My biggest hope would be that more kids will have opportunities to be educated in a Christian environment, one that isn't a battleground of spiritual conflict like what I see happening in public schools. There's certainly not a perfect answer for all this, but I'd like to be a light for moms who now have the opportunity to homeschool, when previously, they didn't have the ability :)

I hear ya. Politics makes everything complicated but basically I feel that if our tax dollars are being used anyway on public education, I would rather that money go towards private or homeschool to give kids better opportunities. But I wouldn't want to feel so tied to that money in case needing to opt out of the program. I love your crochet work on your channel btw!

@@RelatableHomeschoolMom thanks I wish I had time to make videos :)

Actually I AM a trained educator. I worked as a teacher in two public high schools. I currently work full time for one of the largest public education companies in the country. I’ve trained public school teachers across the west coast on best practices for education. And after working the last ten years in public education, I’ve determined homeschool is the best solution for my kids. Subscribe and you can learn from me ❤️

@@RelatableHomeschoolMom Like I said on all points. You don't know more and your kids will pay the price for your hubris. Maybe you're just trying to get paid to stay home with your kids because of your insecurities with the outside world. So unless your kids will be spending the rest of their lives at home, be assured they will have to try and assimilate at some point.

Thank you! I’ve been watching the news on school vouchers in Texas. I hope it passes there too. Your kiddos should definitely be the priority for vouchers!

Hopefully the case gets thrown out right away!

I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

Your welcome! I just watched your getting started with homeschool video. Love it and want to get the Christian magic tree house book now!

@@RelatableHomeschoolMom they are great. I have them on my thrift list.

I’m so glad it helped! The only thing so far I’m needing to change since I posted this video is a resource that shows where the state capitals are. Since I didn’t buy the main recommended state book “our 50 states” I’m having to use my phone with my son to find the capitals and then plot it on the map. It’s a pain. So I’m looking for a kindergarten friendly resource or book we can use that clearly shows the state outline and capital that we can copy onto the big map as we are going through the states. The 50 states book is only 10$, so I’ve been debating purchasing it. BUT I still think it has so many words on the page that it’s a bit overwhelming for his level. So idk I still can’t decide. With all this being said, my son absolutely LOVES this curriculum. This is the only curriculum that he actually asks me to do and will even dig out the books from the school shelf and bring them to me to do with him. So it’s totally worth it and a great program even for five year olds!

Oops, try this! relatable-homeschool-mom.ck.page/2e0d1ff5d5

Thank you! I’m so glad you find it helpful.

Thank you!

Thank you!

My son really had so much fun with it and it got him excited to learn how to read. I'm so glad your kids like it too!

I believe Amazon! I can try to find them from my purchase history awhile back and add the link.

sorry I’ll add it :)

Links are there now!

Awesome let me know how it works for you guys!

Your welcome. I’m so glad it helped!

Thank you! We had a lot of fun :)

You’re welcome I’m so glad you liked it! How old is your child that you would use it with?

Thank you!

Glad you liked it!