I switched all my younger kids to math with confidence and even used the 3rd grade with my oldest to help fill in gaps and we are loving it! It's by far the best math curriculum we've used (we've used a lot). I wish it was out when my oldest was younger bc it would've solved a lot of our problems with math.
I used to switch curriculum a lot as well, but have finally found my groove with AAR,AAS, and IEW. There’s something to those old classic curriculum’s that just works! We’ve also used the good and the beautiful math for 5 years and it works so well for us.
My son does 4th grade math with The Good & The Beautiful curriculum and he absolutely loves it! He also does musical math facts with them too and it has been the best thing ever in helping him memorize his math facts! He learned his math facts in a month
Congratulations on finishing AAR, COMPLETELY & AAS 1 & 2! 🎉🎉🎉 My son is 11 and we are almost finished with AAS 2 (we started AAS 1 last year). I just want to encourage you & your 5th grade son because my son has really matured in his reading, writing, spelling, & math SO much in the last year. It's been an uphill climb, but we are both starting to see that hard work pays off. I struggle with consistency too, so it was refreshing for me to hear you voice the challenge you're having with the written naration. We started using IEW SSS level 1 last year, didn't finish, & are doing it again this year. But typing the paragraphs this year has made this less of a struggle because my son was very frustrated by writing a rough draft and then a final draft. I'm curious about the writing you mentioned, so I need to go back and watch that video. Math - ugh so hard. My 10th grader is finally happy and learning with a positive mental attitude thanks to Mr. Dennison and Algebra 1. My son & 14 year old daughter have started using Math U See this year (I couldn't afford to do a second child in Dennison at the time). They're doing ok. Better than before, but we stopped all curriculum at the end of last year and through the summer and worked on addition & subtraction facts for all 3 kids, then quickly worked on multiplication and division (which still is not mastered, but MUCH better). I looked at CTC math, but was able to borrow Math U See, so that's ehat we did. I'd love to know what you think of CTC. ❤ Jesus has all of this, but the day-to-day is "noisy". Let us not loose our joy. 🙏🙏
Thank you for sharing! It sounds like our kids and you and I have a lot of the same struggles! 😆 I'm so glad you are finding things that work for you. Sounds like we are trying a lot of the same things :)
You will love Denison Algebra. My daughter went from hating math to loving math. She is about to complete prealgebra in 28 lessons. 🎉 It truly changed math in our home.
Switching my youngest from TGTB math to Math with Confidence for first grade next year it looks so good! My oldest LOVES Denison Math which is saying A LOT lol hopfully your daughter will love it too. I will also be using AAS and AAR for my youngest. I used level 1 and 2 with my oldest and love some of the changes they have made in the newest versions!
We use All About Learning Press as well and love their products. My eldest (4th grade) finished level 3 AAS last year and he’s now doing SCM Spelling Wisdom/Using Language Well this year. I love it! My 2nd grader is using AAR Level 2 and AAS Level 1. We also loved Math With Confidence for my younger but switched to MUS because lessons took us way too long and all the components made me feel disorganized 😅. We love LOF too 🫶🏻
Funschooling seven continents for geography is amazing! We pair it with the Simply Charlotte Mason geography texts and uave learned so much! Thanks for the update.
We use All About Spelling as well! I love how thorough it is with the spelling rules. We are repeating level 1 to solidify those rules because we found that short vowel sounds were still getting confused after completing level 1, and he was not segmenting but still guessing words. We also use All About Reading, almost done level 2! Excited to move to level 3 and we also are committed to finished both AAR and AAS
Yay! So happy for you!! I am realizing I should have started AAS earlier for my 5th grader, and he would have been fine. I'm glad you are sticking with it. It's been a great program :)
We have that Funschooling Journal also! We go to the Funschooling Co-op and the author of the books is so wonderful. We’ve really enjoyed the journals and the logic curriculum from there.
I think I will be switching my oldest in 7th grade to Denison Algebra as well. Also in the pre algebra. We received unlock math for a year to review and it has gone really well. But I am seeing her often get problems wrong because she won’t write down information or if she does write it down, something is incorrect. I’m hoping Denison helps train her a bit more to follow through with her work. Plus Unlock math is more expensive than Denison Algebra. We will also be using funds 😃
Yay! My daughter is doing so well so far! Right now it's pretty easy she says, but it's still review time. I think she'll do so well when it gets to the pre-algebra part.
We where using MWC 3 but, it was moving a little to fast for my young 7yr. older so, we paused for a little and hoping to pick it back up soo. My other 2 daughters use TG&TB Math and it works amazing for them. Maybe you can check TG&TB math out for your oldest. It comes with video lessons as well. You can print each math level out for free if you don't want to purchase it. I have to say it is beautiful when you get it from the company. Give it and try and it may be a good switch. Also, you might need to check out The Magic Tree House & Merlin Mission books. Those are great books for kids.
I use MWC 3 with my 8 year old, he did MWC 2 when he was 7, did you try that level?? Thanks for your input on TGTB math! My oldest is 13 and has always been beyond whatever levels of math TGTB have available. It seemed like she would have liked it. I’m glad you’ve made it work for you :)
I'm curious the difference between Imitation of Writing and IEW? Is there a reason to pick one over the other? From what I can tell IOW uses story source material and IEW is more information text?
Do you have suggestions for assigned reading? I’ve been staying away from assigning particular books because I don’t want to ruin their joy of reading BUT when it’s reading time they only pick up Wimpy Kid books or graphic novels. They are 4th & 5th grade and I feel like their missing out on great stories because they don’t have large reading stamina. Any thought you have would be wonderful!
I know exactly what you are talking about! My boys are the same way when I allow them to choose. What I’ve done is allow them to pick the graphic novels once a month, and the other times I let them pick from a list I’ve chosen. I pick books I think they would like, but that they would normally never choose for themselves. And like I shared, I allow audiobooks. As far as building stamina, I’ve started buddy reading, where we read the book together: I read a page, he reads a page, and we alternate. My hope is this will help them both read for longer periods of time as we go!
@@JoyfulNoiseLearning such a good idea to take the time to buddy read. I’m seeing a ton of other 11 year olds just zip through books on their own that I’m like, that’s what she should be doing too!! Have to stop comparing!!
I have also heard of parents paying their kids to read the assigned reading. Personally, I can see a place for some *encouragement* in some departments where you really don't want to ruin their fun.
I have the Epson EcoTank 2400 (or something, whatever the 2,000 one is). I don't LOVE it, it's not the most crisp printing of color, but it gets the job done! And it was affordable, the ink is affordable too and lasts a long time. But If you're looking for a smooth print for color, this is not the printer to get. (HP is better! Or maybe a higher Epson EcoTank version).
I mainly print black and white I just need something that the ink lasts longer on. Thanks for sharing with all of us your videos have helped me a lot not to feel so alone in this journey.😊
I switched all my younger kids to math with confidence and even used the 3rd grade with my oldest to help fill in gaps and we are loving it! It's by far the best math curriculum we've used (we've used a lot). I wish it was out when my oldest was younger bc it would've solved a lot of our problems with math.
I loved listening to your update! 🥰 Especially when you talked about reading lists for your boys. Really great insights! ❤️
Thanks!
I used to switch curriculum a lot as well, but have finally found my groove with AAR,AAS, and IEW. There’s something to those old classic curriculum’s that just works!
We’ve also used the good and the beautiful math for 5 years and it works so well for us.
My son does 4th grade math with The Good & The Beautiful curriculum and he absolutely loves it! He also does musical math facts with them too and it has been the best thing ever in helping him memorize his math facts! He learned his math facts in a month
😊 So happy for you with All About Spelling!!! I felt the same when we finished Math with Confidence 2 on Friday last week!!!
Yay!!! Great job!! We did it! 🎉🎉
We adore the Hank the Cowdog books!! The audio books are super good too. It's the author, and he does a fantastic job!
Congratulations on finishing AAR, COMPLETELY & AAS 1 & 2! 🎉🎉🎉
My son is 11 and we are almost finished with AAS 2 (we started AAS 1 last year). I just want to encourage you & your 5th grade son because my son has really matured in his reading, writing, spelling, & math SO much in the last year. It's been an uphill climb, but we are both starting to see that hard work pays off. I struggle with consistency too, so it was refreshing for me to hear you voice the challenge you're having with the written naration.
We started using IEW SSS level 1 last year, didn't finish, & are doing it again this year. But typing the paragraphs this year has made this less of a struggle because my son was very frustrated by writing a rough draft and then a final draft. I'm curious about the writing you mentioned, so I need to go back and watch that video.
Math - ugh so hard. My 10th grader is finally happy and learning with a positive mental attitude thanks to Mr. Dennison and Algebra 1. My son & 14 year old daughter have started using Math U See this year (I couldn't afford to do a second child in Dennison at the time). They're doing ok. Better than before, but we stopped all curriculum at the end of last year and through the summer and worked on addition & subtraction facts for all 3 kids, then quickly worked on multiplication and division (which still is not mastered, but MUCH better).
I looked at CTC math, but was able to borrow Math U See, so that's ehat we did. I'd love to know what you think of CTC. ❤
Jesus has all of this, but the day-to-day is "noisy". Let us not loose our joy. 🙏🙏
Thank you for sharing! It sounds like our kids and you and I have a lot of the same struggles! 😆 I'm so glad you are finding things that work for you. Sounds like we are trying a lot of the same things :)
You will love Denison Algebra. My daughter went from hating math to loving math. She is about to complete prealgebra in 28 lessons. 🎉 It truly changed math in our home.
So GOOD to hear!! I can’t wait 😄😄
Would love a flip through/look at Imitation in Writing 🤩
YAY for finishing 🎉🎉🎉🎉 I totally get it. I have a hard time finishing stuff too, but I've been doing so much better.
Thank you!!!
Switching my youngest from TGTB math to Math with Confidence for first grade next year it looks so good! My oldest LOVES Denison Math which is saying A LOT lol hopfully your daughter will love it too. I will also be using AAS and AAR for my youngest. I used level 1 and 2 with my oldest and love some of the changes they have made in the newest versions!
That is awesome! Denison Math is going well so far! I'm so thankful I found it!!
We use All About Learning Press as well and love their products. My eldest (4th grade) finished level 3 AAS last year and he’s now doing SCM Spelling Wisdom/Using Language Well this year. I love it! My 2nd grader is using AAR Level 2 and AAS Level 1. We also loved Math With Confidence for my younger but switched to MUS because lessons took us way too long and all the components made me feel disorganized 😅. We love LOF too 🫶🏻
What is mus
@@elaineknoche Math-U-See
What a great update. Thanks for sharing. Imitation writing sounds so tempting. And are there answers for the Minecraft math book?
Funschooling seven continents for geography is amazing! We pair it with the Simply Charlotte Mason geography texts and uave learned so much!
Thanks for the update.
That's so neat! Thanks for sharing!
We use All About Spelling as well! I love how thorough it is with the spelling rules. We are repeating level 1 to solidify those rules because we found that short vowel sounds were still getting confused after completing level 1, and he was not segmenting but still guessing words. We also use All About Reading, almost done level 2! Excited to move to level 3 and we also are committed to finished both AAR and AAS
Yay! So happy for you!! I am realizing I should have started AAS earlier for my 5th grader, and he would have been fine. I'm glad you are sticking with it. It's been a great program :)
We have that Funschooling Journal also! We go to the Funschooling Co-op and the author of the books is so wonderful. We’ve really enjoyed the journals and the logic curriculum from there.
That's awesome! She lives about an hour north of me! I wish she was closer :)
Really looking forward to Part 2! I'm so glad you found some things that are working for you.
Ctc math is a hit for all of my kids. Finally!!!
I just ordered it!!
I'd love to know what you think of CTC, @JoyfulNoiseLiving, after you use it for a while.
Great share! Looking forward to part two.
Thanks! It came out yesterday, finally!
I think I will be switching my oldest in 7th grade to Denison Algebra as well. Also in the pre algebra. We received unlock math for a year to review and it has gone really well. But I am seeing her often get problems wrong because she won’t write down information or if she does write it down, something is incorrect. I’m hoping Denison helps train her a bit more to follow through with her work. Plus Unlock math is more expensive than Denison Algebra. We will also be using funds 😃
Yay! My daughter is doing so well so far! Right now it's pretty easy she says, but it's still review time. I think she'll do so well when it gets to the pre-algebra part.
My son is juuust about to finish level 4 of AAR. Definitely looking ahead so this is helpful!
Woohoo!!!
We where using MWC 3 but, it was moving a little to fast for my young 7yr. older so, we paused for a little and hoping to pick it back up soo. My other 2 daughters use TG&TB Math and it works amazing for them. Maybe you can check TG&TB math out for your oldest. It comes with video lessons as well. You can print each math level out for free if you don't want to purchase it. I have to say it is beautiful when you get it from the company. Give it and try and it may be a good switch. Also, you might need to check out The Magic Tree House & Merlin Mission books. Those are great books for kids.
I use MWC 3 with my 8 year old, he did MWC 2 when he was 7, did you try that level?? Thanks for your input on TGTB math! My oldest is 13 and has always been beyond whatever levels of math TGTB have available. It seemed like she would have liked it. I’m glad you’ve made it work for you :)
No, I didn't try that level. Maybe I will try that. Thanks@@JoyfulNoiseLearning
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I'm curious the difference between Imitation of Writing and IEW? Is there a reason to pick one over the other? From what I can tell IOW uses story source material and IEW is more information text?
😊 completed curriculum!
Thank you!! We did it!! 🎉🎉🫶🏼
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Do you have suggestions for assigned reading? I’ve been staying away from assigning particular books because I don’t want to ruin their joy of reading BUT when it’s reading time they only pick up Wimpy Kid books or graphic novels. They are 4th & 5th grade and I feel like their missing out on great stories because they don’t have large reading stamina. Any thought you have would be wonderful!
I know exactly what you are talking about! My boys are the same way when I allow them to choose. What I’ve done is allow them to pick the graphic novels once a month, and the other times I let them pick from a list I’ve chosen. I pick books I think they would like, but that they would normally never choose for themselves. And like I shared, I allow audiobooks. As far as building stamina, I’ve started buddy reading, where we read the book together: I read a page, he reads a page, and we alternate. My hope is this will help them both read for longer periods of time as we go!
@@JoyfulNoiseLearning such a good idea to take the time to buddy read. I’m seeing a ton of other 11 year olds just zip through books on their own that I’m like, that’s what she should be doing too!! Have to stop comparing!!
I have also heard of parents paying their kids to read the assigned reading. Personally, I can see a place for some *encouragement* in some departments where you really don't want to ruin their fun.
What type of printer do you use? I think you mentioned it in another video but I can’t find it 😮
I have the Epson EcoTank 2400 (or something, whatever the 2,000 one is). I don't LOVE it, it's not the most crisp printing of color, but it gets the job done! And it was affordable, the ink is affordable too and lasts a long time. But If you're looking for a smooth print for color, this is not the printer to get. (HP is better! Or maybe a higher Epson EcoTank version).
I mainly print black and white I just need something that the ink lasts longer on. Thanks for sharing with all of us your videos have helped me a lot not to feel so alone in this journey.😊