Love your videos! Zaner-Bloser for handwriting made cursive so easy for my 2nd grader. Finding these secular homeschool curriculum videos is so hard. So glad to see a fellow Secular Homeschool TH-camr.
I remember when I was learning cursive it was always in a slant which I always felt it made it easier and I liked that , that’s how Zaner Bloser teaches it . Handwriting without tears teaches it up and down, which I thought was kind a hard for my son, your hand doesn’t flow as easily
I Love so many of your suggestions! I will say that Exploring Nature with Children is NOT secular and neither is Story of the World BUT a wonderful and beautiful nature based program is Blossom and Root. Its AH- maziing and PDF as well. I would however suggest editing the title in case people purchase those items thinking they are in fact secular! Thanks for sharing so much great material on your channel!
I was confused about those! Because one reason I keep searching for a history curriculum is that Story of the world , as far I had understood is Christian. And, for a split second I thought I could go with it... I have nothing against a religious based curriculum. I like to keep science and history minimally religious. Thanks for bringing that up!
@@milaalvarez3145 yeah, unfortunately so many people will believe this title and buy these items thinking they are actually secular. She has ignored my comment and suggestion about changing the title. I love her channel but wish she would be more clear on this topic.
Thank you ,, I'll have it up soon.. I want to work on the pages first and see if I need to adjust or fix anything before I sell them.. I appreciate the interest
Wreck this Journal is such a fabulous choice!!! My son also doesn’t care much for writing, but he LOVED this journal and it helped a lot. I’ve never heard of Oh!Freedom, thanks so much for sharing! I’m going to check that out and see if they have younger grades! (My kids are k and 2)
As far as I know Oh freedom! only has this one out, but I like the fact it is mostly literature-based , so it’s just a matter of reading out loud to your kids
Yay! New video! I’ve been rewatching your old videos 😁thanks to you, I’m implementing more art in our daily schedule. I got draw write #6 and my little one loves it!!
katex48 that’s great!! Hey I forgot to mention art I think we’re gonna stick to deep space sparkle for next year if you haven’t checked it out you should it’s an awesome website she offers free art lessons
This year we had to break the monotony of workbooks as it just got repetitive and boring. Your age of Kids is great for that , mine is going to 7th grade and we are going more digital based but its so hard finding good curriculum.
I’m very interested in Oh Freedom curriculum. Please review it ASAP! Also, any chance you could post the book list. I want to see how hard it would be to get the books from the library. Thanks!
Thank you so much! Oh Freedom looks like the answer to my concerns with a particular social studies curriculum that is HOT GARBAGE. 😂 Bless you for sharing this option with me. I ain’t raising my child to praise the colonizers... 🤢 Every time we travel the US this year, we’re going to use the land acknowledgement text line to open a discussion about the native cultures that lived there. It looks like this might help us both learn about them. ❤️
I had a question about the Harcourt Trophies. There seems to be SO many Volumes/Themes. Do you only need one book per school year? Is it only 1x a week you do this literature enrichment? I like the content and the choice, I just wondered if we do the harcourt more than 1x a week do we need 2 books? Your advice greatly appreciated.
Im hoping to put them up on my TPT late July .. Im most likely going to release them seperately , like that people dont feel obligated to purchase all the books and just choose the books they like.
I love Chicano Studies.! Already bought some books you showed in a different video. I'm intrested in Chicano Studies workbook, could you show it a little bit more together with reading journal?
Marta I did a video about my reading journal , I gave a complete flip through and showed how I use it .. I’ll be doing a flip through on my Chicano studies sometime in July
ok so I was a bit curious so I tried my best to calculate ,, I didnt add the items that im reusing from my older son .. I came up with a rought estimate of about $300, buying used and pdfs ... definetely cheaper than boxed curriculums ... Remember this is for 2 students...
Love this video! Can you share how you go about printing your pdf’s and turn them into books? I’m brand new and have no idea how to go about that. Yours looks amazing
it's not sad to say that ur younger son can spell a bit better than ur oldest... every child learn things at their own pace. plus he has dyslexia, which ur younger son does not.
So true,,, and I also always have to remind myself... according to who's standards? I'm usually really good about not comparing my kids to others,, I need to check myself on that ! :)
Rae ASMR we do anything pertaining to language arts,,, reading, writing , grammar , and spelling Monday-Thursday we generally begin at 8 am and finish by 12pm ,, on Fridays we do all of our extra subjects like Science, social studies, history , and art
Harcourt Trophies looks great! I have had high hopes for nature study and occassionally we'd see something cool and be really inspired, but scheduling it regularly and wanting drawings every time flopped with us. I'll be interested in your update on how you did it. Are your children fluent in Spanish?
SK Language Yeah I think what I like about this curriculum as it’s once a week I think we can do once a week and then we go to the park usually in the evenings anyway no they are not fluent in Spanish as it currently I’m looking into a new Spanish curriculum but the lady told me to contact her in August about possibly doing a sponsorship or some thing with her
@@HomeschoolOfBelAir We are learning Spanish as a second language. I am conversational (with lots of grammar errors) and I can read. We watch cartoons with Spanish audio a couple times a week and we homeschool one or two subjects in Spanish -sometimes Bible, sometimes science. We use easier books than we would use in our native language. I found textbooks in Spanish for natives online, (they are religious, so not your cup of tea). In the future I hope we get to spend time with native speakers, but it's difficult with our previous busy schedule, and now, the shut down. Spanish and English are so much alike, that with the photos in the books and our background knowledge of the subjects, and everything, the kids will get the gist. It's okay if they can't understand every word. Just keep going. They will pick up the language naturally. Anyway, this way of learning is working for us. Taking Spanish classes alone never gets people fluent-nobody gets fluent from high school Spanish or an app or a textbook. Immersion in real Spanish is necessary. I am hoping to get my kids to the point that if they moved to a Spanish speaking country they could survive, and would become fluent in a matter of months.
That is so great!!! I’m focusing more on conversational Spanish ... mainly to be able to communicate with their grandparents .. right now we’re just teaching them phrases I’m using out Chicano studies as vocabulary.. I pull out all the Spanish words from the stories and make flash cards .. they es picked up a bit . We’ll see how it goes
Lorraine Quinones yes they’re pretty easy to find on Amazon usually they’re so used you just have to look at the condition and make sure they’re in good condition most sellers will tell you if they are in good condition same thing with the workbooks.. you want to go for used like new..
If you like Trophies based on the reasons you stated, you might like Wonders. I mention it because Wonders is a bit more current and have components you may like for grammar and reading comprehension. I am excited to hear how you like "Oh Freedom" I still have not picked a social studies.
Fance E ish I’ve heard of wonders,, I’ve just stuck to Harcourt Trophies cause I’m so familiar with it now... yes we’re pretty excited about OH FREEDOM! It’s fairly inexpensive but having to purchase all the books to go with it , not so much .. I would recommend looking at the book list first
I have been looking at Oh Freedom! The sample online doesn't give me a good enough idea about how their journal is. It would be great to see that more in depth if you're able to.
I personally purchased the teacher guides for the first second and third grade level. I don’t think I will be purchasing them for the next grade levels the only ones I ever really used was a first grade level and that’s because they show you a lot of the beginning phonics and beginning reading lessons..
Sorry it didn’t add the link,, I tried again for some reason it’s not allowing me to add the link but that’s the full title I’m sure if you look it up you can probably find it
Love your videos! Zaner-Bloser for handwriting made cursive so easy for my 2nd grader. Finding these secular homeschool curriculum videos is so hard. So glad to see a fellow Secular Homeschool TH-camr.
I remember when I was learning cursive it was always in a slant which I always felt it made it easier and I liked that , that’s how Zaner Bloser teaches it . Handwriting without tears teaches it up and down, which I thought was kind a hard for my son, your hand doesn’t flow as easily
@@HomeschoolOfBelAir I will need to look into this for my little one. Thank you so much for the info!
I Love so many of your suggestions! I will say that Exploring Nature with Children is NOT secular and neither is Story of the World BUT a wonderful and beautiful nature based program is Blossom and Root. Its AH- maziing and PDF as well. I would however suggest editing the title in case people purchase those items thinking they are in fact secular! Thanks for sharing so much great material on your channel!
I was confused about those! Because one reason I keep searching for a history curriculum is that Story of the world , as far I had understood is Christian. And, for a split second I thought I could go with it... I have nothing against a religious based curriculum. I like to keep science and history minimally religious. Thanks for bringing that up!
@@milaalvarez3145 yeah, unfortunately so many people will believe this title and buy these items thinking they are actually secular. She has ignored my comment and suggestion about changing the title. I love her channel but wish she would be more clear on this topic.
Thanks for sharing your curriculum picks, great ideas... please please can you add your Chicano studies to TPT. I just love the idea!
Thank you ,, I'll have it up soon.. I want to work on the pages first and see if I need to adjust or fix anything before I sell them.. I appreciate the interest
Thank you. Most options are very religiously based. I have really been struggling to find a good option that doesn’t involve that.
I would love a review on Oh Freedom!
Me too!!
Looks like a lot of great picks! I love your nature study backpacks that you put together!
Thank you!! With the current pandemic, I'm not too comfortable sending my kids back to school so I might look into a secular program.
Good for you! best of luck !
I love that Wreck Your Journal! Nice to see more secular curriculum ❤️ thank you for sharing!
I have never heard of oh freedom that looks so good! Thank you for sharing. I love your videos. ❤️
Love Learning Everyday thank you ! We’re excited to start it
Wreck this Journal is such a fabulous choice!!! My son also doesn’t care much for writing, but he LOVED this journal and it helped a lot. I’ve never heard of Oh!Freedom, thanks so much for sharing! I’m going to check that out and see if they have younger grades! (My kids are k and 2)
As far as I know Oh freedom! only has this one out, but I like the fact it is mostly literature-based , so it’s just a matter of reading out loud to your kids
Homeschool Of Bel Air thank you for the info!
Yeeeeesss please! I need the Chicano studies! I bought most of the bilingual books you mentioned in a video last year lol.
I enjoy seeing your picks because our kids are in the same grades! Thanks for sharing.
We love using nature journals for handwriting practice. ❤️
Great to see your choices! Thanks for sharing. Best wishes for the new home school year
thank you ! you as well..:)
Yay! New video! I’ve been rewatching your old videos 😁thanks to you, I’m implementing more art in our daily schedule. I got draw write #6 and my little one loves it!!
katex48 that’s great!! Hey I forgot to mention art I think we’re gonna stick to deep space sparkle for next year if you haven’t checked it out you should it’s an awesome website she offers free art lessons
I love that Social Studies curriculum and yay for Chicano Studies!!! I'll have to check it out Oh Freedom, thanks so much for sharing it!!!
WESPROUT West End Sprout yeah I was pretty impressed by it
@@HomeschoolOfBelAir Hey looping back around to see what you thought of Oh Freedom.
We all have our strengths and weaknesses with different subjects. No worries.
This year we had to break the monotony of workbooks as it just got repetitive and boring. Your age of Kids is great for that , mine is going to 7th grade and we are going more digital based but its so hard finding good curriculum.
I’m very interested in Oh Freedom curriculum. Please review it ASAP! Also, any chance you could post the book list. I want to see how hard it would be to get the books from the library. Thanks!
Will do! I'll be working on that soon...
Where do you find the Harcourt trophies curriculum?
Aw, we did Me a Compendium this past year. Super sweet!
Awesome choices. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much! Oh Freedom looks like the answer to my concerns with a particular social studies curriculum that is HOT GARBAGE. 😂 Bless you for sharing this option with me. I ain’t raising my child to praise the colonizers... 🤢 Every time we travel the US this year, we’re going to use the land acknowledgement text line to open a discussion about the native cultures that lived there. It looks like this might help us both learn about them. ❤️
We used Trophies when I taught school in Las Vegas. I enjoyed the stories in the 4th grade text.
I'm pretty excited about it ,, we'll be starting it in a couple of months
Hi! It looks awesome, what is the difference between 3-1 & 3-2?
I had a question about the Harcourt Trophies. There seems to be SO many Volumes/Themes. Do you only need one book per school year? Is it only 1x a week you do this literature enrichment? I like the content and the choice, I just wondered if we do the harcourt more than 1x a week do we need 2 books? Your advice greatly appreciated.
I have watched so many videos and you are truly the most informative. Thank you for that. How do you create the reading journal in that binder?
I have been looking everywhere. You think she made it? Man that explains why I can't find it 😅
Where did you get the reading journal? It looks so beautiful
Do you have to make your own curriculum? I have so many questions. The spiral workbook, did you print that yourself?
Thanks for sharing!
I’d love to use your Chicano studies! That looks amazing. Any chance you’ll be adding that to Teachers Pay Teachers?
Im hoping to put them up on my TPT late July .. Im most likely going to release them seperately , like that people dont feel obligated to purchase all the books and just choose the books they like.
So the Chicano studies you put together yourself or us it a course? Either way do you have a link?
i Put it together myself ,, I have them up on my TeacherPayTeachers store
I’m going to see if our library has the coding project in scratch book!
karbear26 anything by DK for coding is pretty good
I love Chicano Studies.! Already bought some books you showed in a different video. I'm intrested in Chicano Studies workbook, could you show it a little bit more together with reading journal?
Marta I did a video about my reading journal , I gave a complete flip through and showed how I use it .. I’ll be doing a flip through on my Chicano studies sometime in July
How do you make your journals? Inmean what kind of binding? Good idea!
th-cam.com/video/mlrZeZWvJ48/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!!
How much did you think this all cost? You definitely have this down! Was it as much as a full curriculum set? Also, do you have a schedule?
ok so I was a bit curious so I tried my best to calculate ,, I didnt add the items that im reusing from my older son .. I came up with a rought estimate of about $300, buying used and pdfs ... definetely cheaper than boxed curriculums ... Remember this is for 2 students...
Love this video! Can you share how you go about printing your pdf’s and turn them into books? I’m brand new and have no idea how to go about that. Yours looks amazing
Probably had it done at an office supplies store or a Kinko's.
Hi ! Thank you ! i have a video that i did a while back as to how i put them together.. th-cam.com/video/mlrZeZWvJ48/w-d-xo.html
it's not sad to say that ur younger son can spell a bit better than ur oldest... every child learn things at their own pace. plus he has dyslexia, which ur younger son does not.
So true,,, and I also always have to remind myself... according to who's standards? I'm usually really good about not comparing my kids to others,, I need to check myself on that ! :)
What does your weekly schedule look like with this curriculum?
Rae ASMR we do anything pertaining to language arts,,, reading, writing , grammar , and spelling Monday-Thursday we generally begin at 8 am and finish by 12pm ,, on Fridays we do all of our extra subjects like Science, social studies, history , and art
Harcourt Trophies looks great!
I have had high hopes for nature study and occassionally we'd see something cool and be really inspired, but scheduling it regularly and wanting drawings every time flopped with us. I'll be interested in your update on how you did it.
Are your children fluent in Spanish?
SK Language Yeah I think what I like about this curriculum as it’s once a week I think we can do once a week and then we go to the park usually in the evenings anyway no they are not fluent in Spanish as it currently I’m looking into a new Spanish curriculum but the lady told me to contact her in August about possibly doing a sponsorship or some thing with her
@@HomeschoolOfBelAir We are learning Spanish as a second language. I am conversational (with lots of grammar errors) and I can read. We watch cartoons with Spanish audio a couple times a week and we homeschool one or two subjects in Spanish -sometimes Bible, sometimes science. We use easier books than we would use in our native language. I found textbooks in Spanish for natives online, (they are religious, so not your cup of tea). In the future I hope we get to spend time with native speakers, but it's difficult with our previous busy schedule, and now, the shut down.
Spanish and English are so much alike, that with the photos in the books and our background knowledge of the subjects, and everything, the kids will get the gist. It's okay if they can't understand every word. Just keep going. They will pick up the language naturally. Anyway, this way of learning is working for us.
Taking Spanish classes alone never gets people fluent-nobody gets fluent from high school Spanish or an app or a textbook. Immersion in real Spanish is necessary.
I am hoping to get my kids to the point that if they moved to a Spanish speaking country they could survive, and would become fluent in a matter of months.
That is so great!!! I’m focusing more on conversational Spanish ... mainly to be able to communicate with their grandparents .. right now we’re just teaching them phrases I’m using out Chicano studies as vocabulary.. I pull out all the Spanish words from the stories and make flash cards .. they es picked up a bit . We’ll see how it goes
Is the moffatt girls bundle for 2nd grade ?
Do you like the grammar book?
Where do you purchase the Harcourt Readers and workbook, Amazon?
Lorraine Quinones yes they’re pretty easy to find on Amazon usually they’re so used you just have to look at the condition and make sure they’re in good condition most sellers will tell you if they are in good condition same thing with the workbooks.. you want to go for used like new..
If you like Trophies based on the reasons you stated, you might like Wonders. I mention it because Wonders is a bit more current and have components you may like for grammar and reading comprehension. I am excited to hear how you like "Oh Freedom" I still have not picked a social studies.
Fance E ish I’ve heard of wonders,, I’ve just stuck to Harcourt Trophies cause I’m so familiar with it now... yes we’re pretty excited about OH FREEDOM! It’s fairly inexpensive but having to purchase all the books to go with it , not so much .. I would recommend looking at the book list first
Do you use the all about reading workbooks or just the readers?
Carina Aguirre we use both My boys love the workbooks that come with the curriculum
I have been looking at Oh Freedom! The sample online doesn't give me a good enough idea about how their journal is. It would be great to see that more in depth if you're able to.
Estrella AKA Star yes I’ll work on a more in depth look In all honesty I feel like the journal was pretty basic that’s why I didn’t even print it out
@@HomeschoolOfBelAir That's exactly what I'm wondering about. Ty
I would love to hear your opinion on this curriculum after you have gotten a good feel for it as well!!
Was Oh, Freedom printable?
Is Story of the World secular?
Do you have treacher manual for Trophies? If yes, did you find it useful?
I personally purchased the teacher guides for the first second and third grade level. I don’t think I will be purchasing them for the next grade levels the only ones I ever really used was a first grade level and that’s because they show you a lot of the beginning phonics and beginning reading lessons..
@@HomeschoolOfBelAir where did you purchase the Trophies from ?
@@jaimemaceno4571 Hi!! The easiest place to find them is EBay you can sometimes get lucky through Amazon used..
Where did you purchase the pdf etc for Story of the World?
CynthiaMarie0o you can find them on the Well Trained mind website , I’ll find the link and post it
welltrainedmind.com/c/history-geography/story-of-the-world/?v=7516fd43adaa
Much appreciated. Thank you for the awesome ideas! 😁
My girls are the same with spelling. My 7 yr old can spell way better than my 9 yr old.
Your Spanish is damn sharp!
Thank you !!
How old are your sons??
11 and 8 my eldest has Dyslexia ,, he generally reads at a lower grade level .. Technically (public school) grade level he should be in 5th grade
Do you have the link for the grammar muffet girls on tpt ? 🙂
Keepin’ it Homeschool 1st Grade Language Arts and Grammar MEGA Bundle by The Moffatt Girls on Teachers Pay Teachers
Sorry it didn’t add the link,, I tried again for some reason it’s not allowing me to add the link but that’s the full title I’m sure if you look it up you can probably find it
Thank you so much!!