We basically changed everything 😳 // Homeschool Curriculum 2022 End of Year Review + Update.
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I’d love a video that shows how you homeschool so many levels during the day with little kids around. Like what does your day look like? How do you do direct instruction (especially in All About Reading, plus grammar, writing, and math) for so many levels in a day? Next year is going to be my first year with three in our home school (Kindergarten, First, and Third).
Same! The logistics of how she manages it all would be helpful i think.
I have a little bit of experience with this, we just finished 4th, 3rd, and 1st grade, with a new 5 year old, and a baby born in February. 😅
For me, I start with anything we are doing together, and we go through those subjects first. Such as history, and science. Once I'm done with that, I try to get the oldest one situated in something that can be completed without my help, or at least started. Then I bounce from one child to the next giving instruction, and the ones who I'm not helping, but need my help get to take a break. If I have a subject that needs a lot of help, I try to schedule that during the nap for the youngest, so I can focus on them one at a time. It takes a little while, but usually I can finish all our school work within 3-4 hours for 3 kids.
My younger kids will do something like play with Play-Doh, or toys, or look at books while I work with the older ones.
@@amieparham7657 sounds like how I do it my kiddos are 13,9,5,3 and1 this summer I nurse while I work with kiddos, do read alouds and book work. I out together baskets for the youngers to have 'work' like the older kiddos, with color pages, sticker pages, puzzles, blocks, play doh, stamps, flash cards, and picture books!
My kiddos each have their checklist of independent work and I have my checklist of work that I have with each of my kiddos. As I work through my checklist, working with each kiddo, they are working on their independent checklist. Works in our home!
I completely agree with you!!!🙌
We are so thankful for homeschooling. It is a blessing to be able to serve homeschooling families and to be able to see the fruits of that work over the past few years. Parent-led education is essential if we want to transmit worthy values to the next generation.
Homeschool vet here - also math teacher/tutor. I love love love Notgrass and 5 in a Row. I will 100% agree with you on both of those. I also agree with the math professor. I don’t love how math is organized. I find that most math is taught part to whole so you get the puzzle pieces without the picture and the student is supposed to see the big picture. I think most student do better with whole to part so they get the bigger picture and then learn all the concepts around that. For the homeschool I find that Math U See is a fantastic curriculum to learn in that manner. I also like that it’s pretty no nonsense and math can be completed quickly. I find with curriculum like Teaching Textbooks, though it’s good, it is just so much work and takes a very long time. Math U See tends to work smarter not harder.
We love Learn Math Fast! It really helped my younger student find his appreciation of math! Their company is super supportive, too, no matter where you buy their curriculum. They have extra worksheets for practice online, too!
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Lol what you said on math interest - THANK YOU. Me my entire life in public school: gets left behind in math class, actual anxiety about math, feeling like a failure, hated learning because of repetitive failure or perceived defeat. I’m so excited to homeschool freely.
Yes!! speak to me momma!!! Having things click with my daughter when she has convinced herself she is no good at something and then with the right approach she lights up!! worth the price of homeschooling right there
Would love to hear about your older kids what it looks like homeschooling with them and grading.
I have to work full time outside the home. Im trying to prepare for next year and trying to figure out how to work out is the home and still homeschool
Every time I watch one of your videos I come away with some new resource or curriculum that we end up loving! Thanks so much!!
Thanks for the mention of Learn Math Fast. Math has been the most challenging subject for us. My son has ADHD and it’s been a huge challenge finding something that works for him, which has led to us being either “behind” or having gaps. My daughter is struggling with a few things just because of how the curriculum we’ve been using explained things. I was even confused! After reading a bunch of reviews I ordered levels 1-4 to see if they can help us fill in our gaps and give my kids more confidence.
Learn math fast is so good. It fixed the damage that common core did to my 4th grader. We started at the beginning and he gained his confidence back. Caught back up to 4th grade in about 6 months.
I'd love to hear more about Notgrass! Especially what it's like to have "a history curriculum with a Christian worldview" and what that all entails. Love these types of videos! When you asked if we were still there/alive, I was thinking, "Wait, it's over already!?" I always want more ;)
I personally have been trying to homeschool more with a Christian world view. Idk about Notgrass but
We were gifted a large book that us adults enjoy and it's great for our youngest special needs child as well. I can develop lessons from it easily. It's like a Biblical Encyclopedia written by several PH.D holding professionals. "Children's Book of the Bible" (Publications International, Metts and Causey). 🦋It's a beautiful book and has so much structured, practical information about the times of the Bible and can even compare and contrast to today. I would pay a good amount for this book had I not been blessed with a free copy. It's probably pricey but I think worth it personally.
I'm surprised at what you can find with a quick search online! Of course just considering sources.
If you're working on US history a great place to start is the Quakers. We found neat videos about them and just articles by professionals.
I recently found some cool information I didn't know! (I was not raised Christian; went to Catholic school then public). We are learning about Westward Expansion for 4th grade.....so I started to look into what to teach as a pre-cursor. (Brief lessons about the pilgrim's again but in more detail...and next year even more on that ..) I like to have several workbooks for planning!
I started to learn about the order of events; that many Europeans from Spain to France and Norway were participating in trade on the East coast a while before the pilgrim's arrived in the Mayflower...but learning what their religion was (and wouldn't bow to the Church of England) was interesting! A lot of the forefathers that wrote out constitution were actually of the Church of England teachings which contrasts the pilgrim's that in school we are taught all had the same mission.
The natives and pilgrims actually did work together for quite some time. The puritans idk much about yet ..they came next and ended up persecuting the quakers...which had come next. The Quakers actually are some of the most genuine Christian it seems. They had much peace with even some of the most aggressive native tribes.
I think it's also important to explain that there's bias...and one of the frequent ways we see that is calling Catholics "Christian" (not the same thing...Catholics go against much of the Bible especially the New Testament) . My special needs child was able to even see how crazy it was during one fun video by "Brain Pop" that they say "Catholic Missionaries " (when we were talking about the CA mission system) then in a few minutes talk of the same exact people as Christians....the internet has this issue all over the place.
We get to compare and contrast...why they are not Christian and also their practices do not follow the word of Christ because of the slavery, etc ..
We've enjoyed studying various poems and other styles of writing/songs that are Christian (and Quaker recently) from an ELA context.
I have a "Holy Bible" app by Youversion that has fantastic video lessons for youths that I love myself, and ones for me, I can also compare some of the oldest versions of the Bible to a modern KJV easier to understand. But you can teach what various things meant then vs now. Especially for older kids.
Buried Secrets of the Bible with Albert Lin on Disney+ (I know..Disney..😵💫) is amazing. Archeological and geographical studies of Biblical events...Albert seems to try to discredit things but turns up with more proof of God's miracles IMO and it's so cool! Ex; the Red Sea was likely mistranslated from the sea of reeds...where the tide is blown away at certain times and parts the water completely. A miracle of timing! It could've been deeper at the time, and also makes more sense for the route the Israelites would've taken in the Exodus.
You can look into similar and discuss your own opinions...the Nephalim in the Bible and how many archeological sites have found giant skeletons, as well as structures that appear to be made by giants (only have loose theories to explain differently). The petrified wood of a giant ship/Ark that was found on Mt Ararat before the govt closed that off to public eye. SO much exciting info in those ways.
I know this is an older video but I have been keeping my eyes open for the video on how you build your units or curriculum. We have changed so many things the last 3 years and I have a new spark of joy in our homeschool but this is one area I struggle with. Any info on how you pull things together would be so appreciated!
Lastly I am excited to see that you looked into learn math fast. I had a 6th grader when we first started homeschooling who just couldn’t grasp math concepts and assessed at a 1st/2nd grade math level. We used LMF and she not only flew through the lessons but she is now all caught up and excelling in math. The thing you said about having a kid who has convinced themself that they are just bad at something and then you find something that works for them and they not only are capable but they actually enjoy it. That was this curriculum for my oldest who just turned 17. It’s crazy how that curriculum doesn’t work for my middle schooler though😂 I’m going to check out the math mindset book you shared and hopefully that will be a better fit for her.
Sorry for the novella but thank you for always bringing so much wisdom and honesty to these curriculum videos. I have come to greatly appreciate your honesty and the simplicity of how you explain curriculum choices and had to revisit this video.
Thanks again! Have a blessed day!
I am brand new to homeschooling this year and two of my kids are in high school. I'm really looking forward to your video on creating your own curriculum. I am planning on doing that for some of their subjects and I believe could learn a lot from you. Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom!
I am also looking forward to it. I am trying my hand at curriculum creation for the first time.
We recently learned about Learn Math Fast as well and are excited to try it!
Definitely a video on educational apps and ages they are each geared towards!
As a dyslexia therapist, I completely agree with you on the Orton-Gillingham method of teaching reading. I often recommend the Bob book series as well. You're doing a fantastic job!
I love the Bob books!! My 8 year old has really struggled with reading, and these books have given him so much confidence.
Please a homeschool tour and organization !! 🙏
What’s the app name for the b and d app you were talking about. You never mentioned the name.
Educator here. Tip on teaching d and b
When writing d. Start like an a. I say the “donut” is first.
When writing b. Start with the “stick” the bat if first then the ball.
Hope this helps!
This is how TGTB does their b and d differentiation.
I would love to know your curriculum picks for your older girls as soon as you are willing to share! I am currently looking through curriculum for my 9th grade girl! Always love your content!
I completely agree with you!🙌
We LOVE learn math fast. Started in pre alg and are finishing up Alg 2. We do “the lesson” on Monday and then the child works on the problems during the week…spacing out, etc…it’s thorough and gets the job done!!! 4th year math will be consumer, hesi prep, or ACT prep, career math…
I would love a two hour video.. seriously need it!
Please do the video on educational apps ❤️ I only know of a couple. My kiddos are 6 years old, 3 years old, and 3 months so I need a few more apps to help get through this season.
What was the name of the second app you talked about, you didn’t say?
I would love a video about the education apps you use
Can you do another homeschool day in the life?? Or help explain how you set your day up or what your schedule is? Like what you teach as a group vs how you do individual work?
Would love to hear about what you keep as far as finished work and how you store it all. Love all the homeschool content you put out for us!
I’ve used Notgrass History for my kids for six years now, I think🤔. I think it’s awesome! We don’t utilize it to its fullest potential, but it has been one of my favorite history curriculums.
I've been WAITING!!! Why am I so excited for this
My oldest is using ‘learn math fast’ he’s 17 and was “behind” it is definitely helping him “get caught up” and get the it. We tried a lot of different things for him over the years. It’s perfect for him. My little kids 4-10 are using good and beautiful math. Then the middles are using Saxon. Oh Math. 😭 I think we’ve found a sweet spot finally.
Please do a video ASAP on building a course for a high schooler!😍 We are undecided on History and Lit... I'm going to have to check out NotGrass!
With getting kid to read. As a person that was very far behind. 4th grade reading level in the 11th grade and got to an 11th grade reading level by the end of 12th grade. This advice is for the slight older kids. Find a series that you think they would like. Mainly reading the 1st book to them that is Slightly above their level. This allows them to get connected to the story and the characters. And create a will to read the rest of the books.
The books that I could read where to simply of a story line to where I wasn't interested. The ones above I couldn't get to a place of enjoying, getting connected to the story with how hard it was for me. By a teacher reading a book in a series it gave me an connected and desire to know what happens next.
LOVING the homeschool content! Love flip throughs, how to set up different curricula, school room set up, book organization, scheduling multiple levels of learners, read aloud picks, books you love, etc....thanks so much for this video and for all the effort you put into creating content! Blessings! ;)
I've been wondering how you all felt about Notgrass, thanks for the update. We used it for the first time this past year as well(From Adam to Us and Exploring Geography). We LOVED it! My oldest said she wishes we had tried it sooner so she could use all the levels. We are definitely using it next year!
I completely agree with you!🙌
My 7th grader did the Notgrass From Adam to Us and seemed to really enjoy it, as well.
Would love to hear what outings or travels the Braniff team are doing or are planning for homeschool, used to love your fun outing ideas!
My son started Learn Math Fast this past November and he loves it.
Thank you for these videos! They are so helpful! I would love to hear about the educational apps you use. Also, if you’ve experienced a child who continually refuses to transition to learning mode/fights “doing school” (in their words) and how you handle that, or how you help kids go with the daily flow in general. I have a 6 year old son and 10 year old daughter and just finished our 2nd year of homeschooling…plus moved across the country 2 years ago. It’s been a lot 😕 so I try to give myself and them grace, but I’m ready for us to accomplish more and with more joy. ❤️
Great question! My daughter is never "ready to learn."
@@danaking3568 it’s our biggest hurdle! Hope we both figure it out!
My daughter used a-z learning headsprout & raz online books in 1st & 2nd grade. She really loved using this curriculum. It really made it fun for her & has a real focus on phonics & annunciation. This gave her the ability to read just about anything & enjoy reading that she initially struggled with.
I'd love a video on how you find your curriculum
I just did this course and it's amazing. She really gives you lots of printables to help you get established. Everything matches (not that, that matters to do a good job but it makes my brain relax and settle.) If you are all over the map, her course really will get you organized to help you get going! Loved it.
You are absolutely right!👏
Can you do a beauty routine video. Your skin looks so healthy and glowing!
Yay! I can't wait for the video where you share how you create a course for high school credit! 😍
My kids have all done Notgrass. When they have shared facts or things they have learned in school from their reading it is almost always from a Notgrass book. For some reason they remember it. I am looking forward to trying the geography next year.
High school Science seems to be our trickiest area! Three students and next year I will be trying a fourth "curriculum"! LOL Learn Math Fast has been an excellent help for my youngest. Looking forward to your "high school" picks video.
Your hair in this video is goals! I know that’s not the point, but still! A tutorial on this look would be awesome!
She DID recently do a tutorial and I was totally influenced and bought the inexpensive styling tool she recommended. Let me just say that my East Coaster hair has never looked so perfectly Texas crimped. I'm channeling a slightly toned down version of my 1980s fourth grade school photo every day and it's delightful. 😂
I just have to say a big thank you for continuously providing your knowledge of what has worked for you and your kids. The homeschool content that you put out each year is helping me build a reference list of materials that I can try when my son and all our future kids get to school age. I love planning so I have thoroughly enjoyed learning about your eclectic/unschooling style. I would not know where to start if it weren't for these videos!
I would absolutely love to see more homeschool organization videos especially around books! I also always enjoy seeing what apps homeschool families use. Another fun video would be flexible daily scheduling or record keeping for high school!
You're really authentic. I appreciate that
New Here - really appreciate your refreshing reality of changing part way!
When I was a kid I struggled with b’s and d’s forever until one of my teachers showed me to write the word bed at the top of my page and turn the written word Into a picture of a little bed, add a pillow or whatever as a kid made sense. The stick portions of the letters turn into the head board and the foot board and for whatever reason that helped me sooooo much.
I ask my kids if the letter has a "b"elly or a "d"iaper. This has worked so well for them! I saw a picture with this online somewhere and my.kids love it.
I love listening to your videos and hearing your take on stuff. Great for watching while cleaning around the house.
We love learn math fast!!! I have a special needs child/ teen rather who really just didn’t grasp the concept of math. After I brought her home between 5th/6th grade for homeschool she assessed at a 1st grade math level and was really just so lost and confused. We got learn math fast and she is not only caught up but one year away from high school graduation and doing amazing. Thank you for your videos you’re amazing and so helpful and inspirational!
My 7 year old overheard this video and said, “Oh my gosh, I really love The Good and the Beautiful’s handwriting.” 😆
I used Five in a Row for Kindergarten with my youngest son. We loved it, we had a lot of fun with it. I also did this with another mom in our homeschool co-op. She did the science and I did the arts and crafts. I was also the one who read the book to the students. The kids enjoyed both classes and I used it for about five years.
Check out Layers of Learning along with their Writer’s Workshop book. I really think it would be right up you alley!
I second Layers of Learning! 😄
Please do the educational app video!! I struggle so much with finding good apps for education!
What was the name of the second app? You explained it but didn’t actually say the name of it. Thanks! 😁
We're using Notgrass World Geography next year for my 9th grader and I'm not sure who's more excited, her or me. It looks amazing! She's also struggled her way through pre-algebra this year so I think we will be trying Learn Math Fast over the summer.
Oh that sounds so great.. my 9th grade dtr will be doing the same.. I’m so nervous but gonna pray it works out great for us all ! Good luck!
Now to figure out the language arts part..
@@Panda-hv3rt thanks! Good luck to you as well!
As always, thank you for sharing what y’all are doing for school! These videos are a sweet spot in my day. We loved Notgrass Our Star Spangled Story and are just did our first lesson Our 50 States yesterday. Also loving AAR1. Looking forward to your upcoming back to school videos!
I don't even homeschool but I LOVE these videos! So please keep them coming!
PLEASE! make a video all about teaching children to read! how to use the Orton gillingham way and the other things mentioned in this video! my children are 9, 7 and 5 and I NEED this!
The course was SO worth it! Highly recommend 👍
Great video. I got lots of ideas for my own homeschool so thank you very much! I hope your upcoming school year is just great! Much love to your whole family!❤️😘
I've learned so much from watching your videos! It's truly inspiring ✨️ 🙌 thanks for sharing your life with us!
Oh my goodness!! I think learn math fast might be what my daughter desperately needs!! We are struggling and now after trying so many different math curriculums she is very behind at 5th grade now in Fall.
Thank you! 😊
I just found your channel and your videos are so helpful and inspiring to me as a mom of three feeling in over my head. Thank you for making them!
I enjoy and appreciate your videos like this. I look up to you and your experience as a homeschool mom! Thanks for sharing ❤️
I’m using notgrass history for my rising 3rd graders this fall for the first time. I looked at various history curricula and I’m excited to try Notgrass. I hope it’s a good fit! 🤞🏼
I love your videos! I am an art teacher and always wanted to start my own channel but kept talking my self out of it. I know this isn’t part of back to school related, but would you do a video of how you started, why you started, and how you record and edit videos? I would love to learn from you. I watch your homeschooling videos for inspiration to use in the classroom as well as teaching my kids during summer while on break. To fill the gaps were I believe they are missing information during the school year. There is nothing against school teachers, I am one, but there is only so much information that can be shared during a school year. Thank you🙂
We struggled for years with finding a math program that would work for my daughter. Learn Math Fast is the only math she actually enjoys and understands. I think Five in a Row would be great for someone who had all younger kids or kids that are somewhat close in age. I got excited about FIAR and bought Volumes 1, 2, and the Bible Supplement book and we did not do much of it either. I still LOVE the idea of doing it, we just didn't do it. I have 2 high schoolers, a middle schooler and my a 6 year old. I think that's why I didn't use FIAR. I feel if my kids were all younger and closer in age it would have been a wonderful resource for us. I was just too busy with everything else and the FIAR sat on the shelf and guilted me until I sold it. I did keep the books and we will be using those.
Really appreciate you sharing mathematics books!! I really needed that . I’m doing Gather round with my 6 yr old and need a math curriculum. ❤️❤️ENJOY your summer break 🌸
Thank you for sharing the math books. They look amazing.
so helpful, as usual. And yes, would love to see a video about which apps you use for the various subjects & age levels! :)
Thank you for sharing all this information. Would love to hear more information on how and what you teach your daughter with special needs? Our daughter has a rare genetic condition and is 2 grades or more behind and trying to figure out what/how to do educational things at home feels challenging. Thanks again!
These are great resources! A few I am definitely going to look into - especially the math
I really need a video on how you create a course yourself 🙏! We are beginning homeschooling this year with my 5th grade son. There are some things we purchased such as math and a writing curriculum as he struggles with writing. The rest we are planning to take a “unit study” approach to. I would love to see how you compile your courses.
I would like to see how you build your own literature and grammar based units.
Great to know Notgrass was a hit! We are planning to use it this year after a very long drawn out year with current curriculum.
Great video. Would love you to do one on tips/tricks/curriculum for SEN kiddos next!!
Good vid, I have many thoughts. We have 11 children with seven still homeschooling. We've bought the curricula in spades. For years, German pastor and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrestled with the seemingly-simple question: "What is the church?" As a college-educated dad and avid learner, I find myself still wrestling with the question "What is a great education?" This is particularly in light of the unique point in history in which our children are growing up. What will matter for them if universal basic income is instituted, if AGI (the singularity) happens fairly early in their lifetime as is widely and credibly predicted? What do they really need to know about pronouns? I find myself looking for ways to apply Deuteronomy 6 more. I find myself wanting to prune more so that I can focus better on the tremendous mission of discipling and loving the precious never-dying souls that have been entrusted to me.
I realize that we would benefit well from engaging much more with the Bible, in terms of priority in the day, frequency of study, consistency, reading passages together, discussing it together, unpacking what the words in the verses mean, comparing versions, memorizing it, writing it, creating art inspired by it, and better applying God's way of living in each of our lives daily. Similarly for prayer: being involved with each other in more times of family prayer and where the children consistently contribute their prayer requests and do the praying.
Interestingly, most of Jesus' disciples weren't people educated by much, if any "book learning" (i.e. curriculum). What is important to Jesus is so often counter-intuitive and counter-cultural. Who had you rather been, a highly-educated and prestigious Pharisee, or the widow who put her last two mites (about a penny) in the temple offering?
Yes, some academic subjects are still quite important, as are the arts. Pursuing academic excellence can also be an act of worship; for example, achieving new insights in math can open windows into aspects of God's nature that can't be had any other way. If we can only manage to teach our children to read well, write well, and do basic arithmetic then they can teach themselves most anything.
However, two important areas that we parents need to emphasize much more are in teaching logic, and teaching critical thinking skills.
In keeping with their maturity level, it is for us parents to ensure that they have a strong vision, a clear path and good opportunity for rich, effective education. Also it's key that we stay involved all along the way. We need to discern a wise pace for each child. We need to lovingly hold them accountable to put in the work when it's called for. We need to serve them faithfully as their primary teachers and exemplars and sources of inspiration.
I'm thinking about how to apply Cal Newport's book "Deep Work" both to our teaching and their learning (age-appropriately). Oliver and Rachel DeMille at tjed.org have many excellent insights on education in their books and resources. Reading aloud as a family is very important (try "Little Britches" by Ralph Moody), as is fostering a love of reading classic "living" books. Keeping closed the lids of the Pandora's boxes of the Internet is very, very important. I also want to lengthen the stretches of time off of screens.
Most recently, we've been using and liking several Good & Beautiful items, including Language Arts, high school history, newest Math K-4, musical multiplication, and a number of the readers and poetry that they offer. Middle grades like Bob Jones Science; I find BJU does the best job of integrating things of God in an engaging and natural way, and the science itself is solid. We like abeka Health for younger elementary ages. We have several Apologia science books; Astronomy is a favorite. My 16-year old is learning well with Singapore Math. I recommend that you get one or two Zaner-Bloser handwriting books, around level 2M and 3C, and incorporate w/G&B handwriting. ZB has a 3-month free trial where you can make your own handwriting printables, and I also used InDesign to make my own blank lined handwriting sheets in a few sizes (much cheaper than pads).
Pencils: get mechanical ones, avoid the constant sharpening--Pilot G2 are favorites.
If you have any visual artists, invest in some artist-grade materials to give them an opportunity to truly experience what working with the media is like. Great art tutorials abound on YT; try "Mind of Watercolor", "Peter Draws" (fun), Kirsty Partridge Art, Jake Parker, James Gurney to name a few. Cheers!
Excellent comment and I have had the same convictions. I will say The Good and the Beautiful is founded by Mormons, just an fyi
@@aprilm1866 Thank you! Yes, I'm aware that Jenny Phillips is a professing Mormon. So far, she's been true to her word re: 'non-denominational' content--I've seen nothing from G&B's curriculum or videos that contradicts the Bible (i.e. 'Protestant' Bible-- ESV, CSB, etc.) but rather from all I've seen they support those truths. A large quantity of her curriculum is available as a free download, so you can look through it and see what you think about it.
Another resource that I've had since the '90s and have recently come back to again is a wonderful book called "Educating the Whole-Hearted Child" by Clay and Sally Clarkson. In fact, I received my newly-purchased revised & expanded copy just this evening. So many messages in the original edition still resonate strongly with me, and I can't wait to get into this new edition, highlighter and pen in hand!
Also, I recommend you check out BibleProject here on TH-cam--they do a superb job communicating Biblical truths and "10,000-foot views" using concise, engaging animated videos.
So wish you were around when I was homeschooling!
Math 3 from tgtb broke my love of their math 🙈. But I’m so happy for people who love it bc it really is so beautiful!!!
I just had to stop the video, because I have dyslexia.
This is how I learn the difference between a small b and a small d (I dont know the English word so it is the direct translation from Norway where we use the term “small” and “big/large” letter.
“b” has a stomach, and “d” has a backpack. Sound so easy and almost dumb, but I learn that for almost 30 years ago and it still sits. 😆
(Edit: maybe today with more focus on terms and what you can say and not say, you can still say that “d” has a backpack, but that “b” is pregnant, or has a belly. I don’t know it just suddenly hit me that taking about “b” having a stomach/belly is maybe not something you say today, but we didn’t even think about it 🤔)
I started first grade in 1992, so it was the school year 92/93, in a small group subject class room just for us struggling with reading. I had special ED for my first 9 years of school and they fixed the work load and the testing for me at high school. You normally don’t get special ED at high school here. That is from 16 to 19 years old, but you get help in other ways. (We have special classes, programs, school and so on if you need it, I am taking about just “regular” schools)
Thank you for sharing, love from Johanne, Norway 🇳🇴
You said so many helpful things in this video, thank you!!
Angela thank you very much for you help! My older daughter is 8 years old and she goes at 2th grade of our school. The mathematics are really demanding and she is get a little difficult to her. Here in Greece go to school is required and we don't homeschooling our kids but this book will be perfect for summer to help her improve her math knowledge!
Love you Angela! I want to do your homeschool course! I have 4 kiddos and am homeschooling my neighbors daughter! I need some encouragement/motivation for this next year!
Thank you so much! Please talk more about high school homeschool!! Thank you 💖💖💖
YESS! First year homeschooler with an 8th grader here lol Preparing for next year!!
@@ktidesmith this is my 4th year but oldest is going into 9th!!! Yikes I’m nervous.
We can do this! 💖💖
You guys can do this!! I started homeschooling my oldest in K4 and he will be a senior next year. Next year I will have kids in 9th, 11th, and 12th (as well as 6th and k5). My kids are doing so well and I don’t think they would be if they weren’t being homeschooled due to their learning issues.
@@toomanyboys that’s awesome!!! Great job! Such an amazing accomplishment! Thanks for sharing 💖
Definitely would love to see an app video :)
Omg thanks for those work books for dyslexic we use pride it's Orton Gillingham but I didn't know about the workbooks
Would love to see how you teach your younger kids letter and number recognition. My daughter is 3.5 and is just now becoming interested in learning letters and numbers but she still has trouble grasping it at times. I know you have said in the past that your little ones learn through playing, so if you have any recommendations on what you love that has helped them, I would love to hear them. ❤️
Love this video! Can’t wait for the next one! Love hearing about curriculum as a home school mum of four! ✅👍👋👏
I wish I had been helped more with math! I struggled with it the whole time I was in school and hated it! I’m so glad my daughter excels at it because there’s no way I could help her with it! I would love to see a video on school supplies!
Thanks for the Video. I had never heard of fascinating education. We have always used apologia for Science, but my last child learns a little differently than the other ones so this might be a better fit. Definitely checking it out and trying a sample lesson.
You are the best family!!big hug from Croatia!
My favorite video of the year! I laugh every time about how similar we are in our teaching styles and curriculum choices. I’ve even been looking into the Learn Math Fast books for when my older kids age out of TGTB math. I have a daughter with special needs also and would love more of your ideas along that line.
We love learn math fast. In middle school we started over with the first book. Addition and subtraction. Counting. We zipped through it. And the next one. Fractions slowed us down a bit. Now we are on pre algebra and algebra. Love it!! I also recommend the Life of Fred Books. I just read them at read aloud time. The stories are funny and the math concept is there.
We love LMF too, started it with my oldest after pulling him out of ps. Life of Fred was a miss here though.
Loved you mention notgrass..its a hidden gem 💎
Yes please do it earlier!!!
Thank you! Recently joined your channel, love hearing about all things 'homeschool'. Look forward to what you will be doing this coming year, (particularly the higher two grade levels) but of course I find the, even more valuable video, is how did it go?
We're starting on some new things this year. Starting with some G&B for maths and some readers! Not always easy with choice, as we are over in the UK and some suppliers, to get over here, is extortionate shipping rates.
Thanks for the update!
Yes, would like to see a video of schedule for juggling multiple ages at same time during the school day with a baby