I think that having kids look at art and respond to it is not just about art education it's also teaching them the skill of inferencing which helps with literacy because often when you read a book you have to infer information that isn't being directly said to you.
Yup! Also teaches them to see things from different perspectives. My daughter went to a magnet school for elementary school and they did this and asked a couple incredibly open ended questions and the responses were amazing.
Love your take on choosing a level not based on grade! We just received our Level 3 for our 4th grade son and he doesn't care at all, but my own pride took a little hit! I chose to go with what was best for him and not worry about my feelings. I don't want him to struggle from the start!
Yes!!! Please please please do a video about homeschooling a child with special needs! Our daughter, age 5 1/2, adopted from India almost 3 years ago, has some significant developmental and cognitive delays and trying to figure out how to do school with her is incredibly difficult.
Hello! Your comment caught my eye because our story is so similar. Our daughter was adopted from India at 19 months and has pretty serious cognitive delays as well.
My 3rd grader who finished 2nd grade ABeka math is using Teaching Textbooks level 4. I compared all the scope and sequence of ABeka math 3 and Teachong Textbooks level 4. They are very comparable. This enables her to do lessons without Mom or me (grandma) teaching her. She found it very easy to start. 15 lesson trial is free. She always wants to do extra lessons!
I just ordered TGATB for our first year as homeschoolers. I found your channel when I first started pondering the idea of homeschooling. That also led me to The Sister Show. I love it btw!! Youve been an amazing help. 💜
I adore TGTB. It doesn't visually frustrate me to teach from. I can adjust it to my child's understanding. I never used the pre k but I would love to see your video on special needs teaching using TGTB. I hope to stick with the company because their layout is so consistent and organized.
Love this homeschool recap video. Can’t wait for your back to school series! And I agree, Usborne books are just amazing. So well-made and a wonderful homeschool resource.
I love the Good and the beautiful. It has made home schooling so easy. My friend works for them too so its been fun to hear all the projects they are working on behind the scenes. Theres lots to look forward too.
I just looked up the Math Lessons for a Living Education that you mentioned...I'd never heard of them! Those look great! Might have to try that for my little guy next year. Glad you had a great time at the convention!! Hugs xo
Yes! Yes! Yes! Homeschooling is so different when your little one has a special need! My youngest is adopted, and has special needs (not all of which has been identified), and I'm constantly going back to the drawing board for her. It's not easy, but it's so worth it!
Check out Beautiful Feet for history or even MasterBooks! I wanted to like TGATB's science units, but I didn't find them to be as rich as Apologia. My kids did enjoy the ones we did though! 😊
Homeschooling vids are some of my most favie! 💚 I really love for you to talk more about teaching history. I have *huge* concerns about whitewashing in particular!
I love your homeschool videos! As a former homeschool kid (currently in college) i love watching them and relating to some things. Would love to see more!!
Thank you for this video, Angela! I use MathUSee and have been considering masterbooks math, so it’s good to hear your comparison. Also, I would definitely love to see a video of teaching a child with special needs! I currently homeschool our oldest (finished gr 3) and will add my 2nd (finished gr 1) in the fall. The youngest of our 4 kids has DS and, though she’s only currently 2, I like to explore my options for the (not so distant!) future. So it would be awesome to hear about that from you. 😊
We also use the good and the beautiful. We did preschool, then primer and then Kindergarten but had to stop because it was pretty challenging compared to the level K primer and my kids got very discouraged. I do think it is a great curriculum- just the jump between primer and level K seemed to be a little too big for my kids. Glad to see that my kids weren't the only ones not on "grade level!" Keep the homeschool videos coming!
I totally get that the sister channel doesn't work out for now, but i have to be honest...i am sooo sad-i loved you 2 together! It was so much fun and something different! Too bad, it has come to an end!
Am so glad I came across your video this morning and Very much appreciated the information you shared. I plan to check in regularly with you SO keep up the great work....especially looking forward (and DO hope you find time) for that video on homeschooling special needs ❤ God Bless You and your Family and Thanks Again.
I absolutely love how the good and the beautiful is set up .. only thing I wish I could change would be rather than using level k than on to the numbers .. just keep it letters that way it doesn’t take a hit on the littles Confidence level. My 10 year old was like ummm I’m not this grade and we tried to explain the system and he’s like that’s nice .. I’m not this grade. The curriculum it self is amazing!! Love it 🥰
Love it when you do homeschool videos!! We switched to Master Books math for one of my daughters this year too. She is super wiggle and has a short attention span. She loved her math book this year!
I agree with you about the levels!!! All of my kids do the same level. My oldest was borderline and could possibly have moved up one, but I held him on the same one as my girls and we do it all together. It has worked wonderfully for us!!
I’m so glad you said Jonah gets bored. My 4 year old will not sit down to do the pre-K workbook. He only wants to do the cutting part and refuses to trace anything
We love The Good and The Beautiful, but felt the same about the history. We are switching back to master books for that, my son seemed to do much better with it.
Angela Braniff - we loved bookshark also but it was a little too overwhelming with all the reading (for us). Masterbooks America’s Story and World’s Story is awesome and very interactive.
Thank you so much for this encouraging word. I'm starting the good and the beautiful with my child this year and I was nervous about picking the right level for her. This helped calm my nerves a bit.
Love that you're doing more homeschool videos!! For Bible, you could look into Master Books morning basket resources. They have so many great books! Also, it seems people like their history too, if you're looking to change that. Just thoughts....love your video! :)
Just wanted to let you know that i love your family and especially little Rosie. I have a 4 year old girl with Down. And every time i see Rosie i can see what she will be like in a few of years.
You are the first homeschool mom I’ve found with a child with Down Syndrome! I homeschool three boys, my oldest, 7 has Down Syndrome too. I’d love to see videos on her curriculums and pace you go at, things you’ve learned works. My son did TGTB primer last year, but a lot of it was to difficult, so this year I ordered TGTB pre-k and a lot of it is to easy. So we are also doing All About Reading, but moving at a much slower pace, with lots of review. I laminate the work sheets so he can practice them more than once. What do you use for handwriting? I did Hand Writing without Tears last year and he really struggled. So I’m doing it again same curriculum this year. It’s so hard to find good handwriting curriculum. He struggles writing letters still. I also just started using So Happy To Learn! It’s a curriculum for children with Down Syndrome! He loves it, so we add that in too. It’s great, but there isn’t a lot of structure or help, it’s all printable worksheets and reading. For math we are doing TGTB K, but I’m worried a lot of it will be to difficult. And he needs hands on for math, abstract concepts are to difficult. So you recommend a different math. I’ll let you know how math goes for this year, I also have a couple other books to add in..
Dakota Jean not sure if you are still looking but rightstart math is excellent for children with special needs.. my daughter has brain damage and we use rightstart it’s very hands on and she loves it. It’s the program that has the most manipulatives, it’s pricey at first bc of the manipulatives but cheap every year after that.
I can’t wait for your videos on special needs! I have a daughter with ASD and ADHD so I would love to see how you work with your kids with special needs!
I can really relate to art appreciation woes. I myself am that way still and I am way beyond school age! I had to laugh at your comment "It's a house, a tree." I am enjoying your vlogs. I am a retired Georgia public school first grade teacher and like learning about homeschooling. 😊
Thank you for this review! We switched up our curriculum this coming school year. What we were doing was NOT working towards the second half of the year. We’re doing classical conversations with the good and the beautiful. I friggin LOVE your honest homeschool reviews. Ps- so cool to see my favorite TH-cam mamas together at TGTB convention!
Hey Angela! It was so good getting to meet you at the convention! We use TGTB for everything and with history we took a break last year and I ordered Notgrass Our Star Spangled Story but I just didn’t like it as much, so I returned it and we came back to TGTB but I went to library and got tons of books on each subject and it made my daughter like it so much more! I also let her follow the script along with the audio and that helps her. She’s my oldest and she was in 2nd grade.
Thanks, this vlog really helped me in the curriculum decision making. Right now my oldest 2 use ACE curriculum but my 5 year old is going to need more manipulatives, and he loves stories. Still researching but I think The Good And The Beautiful may be a good fit for him.
How do you handle teaching different levels? Like, how does your day look? I’m looking at The Good and The Beautiful for my twins going into first grade but they will be on different levels for language arts. Does Rosie realize she’s on a lower curriculum than her brothers? I’m not sure how to handle one twin knowing he’s not able to do the same work as his twin. They were in different classes in public school last yr. I’m worried his self esteem will be squashed. I always tell him him as long as he’s doing his own best than that’s great, not to compare but that’s hard for a 7 yr old.
Tiffany, my daughter had cerebral palsy, she went to private school. My attitude with both my children was as long as they got good remarks I didn’t care about the results.
Janine Bell I’m not worried about the level he’s at. I’m worried about his self esteem knowing that his twin is able to do much more than he is able to.
My daughter always new that she would never be the level of her brother but we worked on things she was good at. English was never her good point but she was good at maths. She loved music and theatre and did those. She did English as a second language.
When my almost 2-year-old granddaughter is a little older, I plan to start TGTB preschool curriculum. I used ABeka with my older ones and though they did do OK, I think maybe it was too intense and I as too intense teaching K3 and K5 together using ABeka.
Could you do a more in-depth review of TGATB History and what you liked and didn’t like? Love your videos!! I am really starting to figure out what I want homeschooling to look like for my daughter when it it time for us to start.
My oldest found a way to Cheat with teaching textbooks quite easily 😭🤪 but we still love the curriculum so now I just monitor him more closely (and of course had big talks about how cheating is wrong) as it is very easy to cheat using it unfortunately. We are trying out the good and the beautiful next year and are excited! Thanks for this video!!❤️
We're in our 15th of home schooling here (5 kids, 3 have graduated). We've tried so many curriculums over the years. What I've found for math for my highly distractable child is Christian Liberty Press. They have K through 2nd grade. They use grayscale and one color so the pages aren't overwhelming. I've been very pleased with the content both in what they teach and how they present it. Just thought I'd mention that in case you need to try something else with your littles in the future. One thing I should add is that Christian Liberty press math does not come with an answer key. Even though I don't have a math brain, I've never struggled to figure out an answer for the k through second grade books but I could totally understand it being easier just to see an answer key to check their answers rather than doing the math yourself with many kiddos like you have, that might be frustrating for you. I'm not insulting your math skills at all just looking at the time factor, LOL!
I would love to see a video about the apps that you use. My son will be starting kindergarten at a public school in August and it would be great to have a few tools to use at home to reinforce what he's learning at school.
hilary armstrong I think it taught all the concepts I wanted to hit, but there wasn’t enough reinforcement and review for my kid to maintain the learned skills! After level 2 in master books we tried the teaching textbooks 3.0 and it changed my world!
I have done several of the science units with my kiddos, and I think it would be pretty easy to make them secular since the mention of a divine creator is very minimal (and doesn't go into great detail).
@@cassandramarie8046 You are welcome! I love the science units. Although I am religious myself, I have done secular science until now because I don't like the "new earth" and "universal" models. I've even had a friend review them that has a significant science background before we went "all-in". I have been so happy with these unit studies (we completed space, introduction to energy, and half-way through the human body--which we will complete in the fall).
@@kerstinanderson6172 that's wonderful! I'm pretty sold on this curriculum, so far I have just loved it! We are an agnostic family, but I think it'll work for us until we get to the point of learning about evolution and history. Thanks for your input once again, it's very helpful! 👍😊
As an ADHDer I totally get the distracted thing. When I was in primary school, they had dolphin tasks and bee tasks and I feel like a number or letter would have been better. I think it's great that homeschooling offers the flexibility to address these issues and change the roots of them instead of just coping. It can probably help him realise his true potential. By the way, didn't you mention you have ADHD yourself? Could you ever make a video on that? How it impacts you in general or your parenting? You seem to rock it, so that would definitely be good to know😅
Thank you so much for making this video. I recently found the first one when you referenced using the good and the beautiful and I was curious what your thoughts were on it. 😊
Hey Angela! First off, I just wanted to let you know that homeschooling has been tugging at my heart for a while now.... If I am being completely honest, I never felt that I was capable. I was terrified of failing my kids. But a few months ago I started researching it and that's when I discovered your channel! FYI...pretty sure we may be neighbors! Well not technically but we're both rollin around "The Hill!" And who knew?! When I started watching your channel on you tube I had no idea that we lived in the same area! Another funny side note....My kids saw a silver passenger van the other day when we were at lunch and said... "Look it's Mrs. Hucks( my bestie and partner in crime on this new journey in homeschooling..who also happens to have a silver passenger van)!" And I said "noooooo..... But I am pretty sure that is Angela from you tube!" Anyways, Long story short..... It has been thru YOU, attending the THRIVE homeschool convention, and lots of prayer that I have found the confidence to take on homeschooling! Soooo BIG shout out to you and your fam for being an open book and an inspiration to so many! Okay, now that I have laid that all out on the table.... I have a question....We are leaning towards math u see for this year. Do you think it would beneficial to supplement with the Math- master text books? Or would that be too much/confusing? I have one going into 1st and another going into 6th! And math is not my strong point😣
Oh yeah! Hey neighbor!!!! Do y’all ever go up to the local park? Maybe we will run into you there! I think math u see is totally all you need. We’ve used it for our older girls before they could move into teaching textbooks.
I was just wondering what made you kind of on the fence with The Good And The Beautiful History program. I’m only asking because I was thinking about using it this year for our 7th, 4th, and 3rd grader this year.
Thank you for this informative overview! Seems like we have very similar homeschool curriculum choices! I am loving all of the things we have gotten from The Good & The Beautiful so far. This is our first year using their curriculum and we’ve been really enjoying the Handwriting and the Language Arts along with a handful of other supplementary materials I’ve ordered from them. I was considering their Math for my first grader, but after watching several negative TH-cam videos about it, decided to buy the same Masterbooks Math for a Living Education that you have. We are enjoying the more Charlotte Mason approach of it, but I feel like I want just a little more written practice and critical thinking than what we’ve gotten so far. So I’m planning to order a Mathematical Reasoning book for her to do as well, which I only heard about from a review I read of another parent combining the two curriculums. Are you familiar with the Mathematical Reasoning books? I’m planning to get one for my older daughter also who is doing the first level of Teaching Textbooks (which I also love).
The cheating with TT....I am oblivious! Lol! Can someone tell me how?? We use it and have for two years...I know my boys are not aware of this either...yet!😉😃
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Love you homeschool videos! I would love to see a video on the apps that you use to help reinforce their learning experience!
I think that having kids look at art and respond to it is not just about art education it's also teaching them the skill of inferencing which helps with literacy because often when you read a book you have to infer information that isn't being directly said to you.
Yup! Also teaches them to see things from different perspectives. My daughter went to a magnet school for elementary school and they did this and asked a couple incredibly open ended questions and the responses were amazing.
Home schooling is what brought me to your channels and now i watch all the videos you post on both channels! :)
Please keep doing homeschool videos ! Love them !!
Me too
Long before I had a channel... I found your OLD homeschooling videos. Been here ever since. Love when you talk homeschool ❤️
Awww!!! Thanks friend!
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Love your take on choosing a level not based on grade! We just received our Level 3 for our 4th grade son and he doesn't care at all, but my own pride took a little hit! I chose to go with what was best for him and not worry about my feelings. I don't want him to struggle from the start!
Yes!!! Please please please do a video about homeschooling a child with special needs! Our daughter, age 5 1/2, adopted from India almost 3 years ago, has some significant developmental and cognitive delays and trying to figure out how to do school with her is incredibly difficult.
Hello! Your comment caught my eye because our story is so similar. Our daughter was adopted from India at 19 months and has pretty serious cognitive delays as well.
The Simple Farmhouse awe! India mamas ❤️
I absolutely love how attentive you are to your children's needs. The beauty of homeschooling! 🙂
SO much YES for vanity level VS actual level 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 That’s always a struggle for me 🤦🏻♀️
Can you do a video talking about the history program and what you like and don’t like about it ?
Yes please to an app video!! We love using apps for supplemental learning! Love finding new ones.
I'd love to see a video on how you manage personalities and behaviors in your classroom!
My 3rd grader who finished 2nd grade ABeka math is using Teaching Textbooks level 4. I compared all the scope and sequence of ABeka math 3 and Teachong Textbooks level 4. They are very comparable. This enables her to do lessons without Mom or me (grandma) teaching her. She found it very easy to start. 15 lesson trial is free. She always wants to do extra lessons!
Beautiful feet books is amazing for history, love their book packs
I just ordered TGATB for our first year as homeschoolers. I found your channel when I first started pondering the idea of homeschooling. That also led me to The Sister Show. I love it btw!! Youve been an amazing help. 💜
I adore TGTB. It doesn't visually frustrate me to teach from. I can adjust it to my child's understanding. I never used the pre k but I would love to see your video on special needs teaching using TGTB. I hope to stick with the company because their layout is so consistent and organized.
Love this homeschool recap video. Can’t wait for your back to school series! And I agree, Usborne books are just amazing. So well-made and a wonderful homeschool resource.
Thanks for your comment about TGTB LA levels. I’ve struggled with that. My kids haven’t, but I have. Wise advise. 😘👊🏻
Hahaha "it's a tree and a house ...what do you want me to tell you it has emotion" had me cracking up 😂🤣
I love the Good and the beautiful. It has made home schooling so easy. My friend works for them too so its been fun to hear all the projects they are working on behind the scenes. Theres lots to look forward too.
I just looked up the Math Lessons for a Living Education that you mentioned...I'd never heard of them! Those look great! Might have to try that for my little guy next year. Glad you had a great time at the convention!! Hugs xo
Miss you friend!!!! 😊😊😊
We love TGATB! We used the Preschool and K levels this year. I love your homeschool videos. 😊
Yes! Yes! Yes! Homeschooling is so different when your little one has a special need! My youngest is adopted, and has special needs (not all of which has been identified), and I'm constantly going back to the drawing board for her. It's not easy, but it's so worth it!
Exactly! It’s a constant ebb and flow. I swear they teach me more than I could ever teach them! 😂
We homeschool 5 as well (10-16) and one with serious cognitive delays! Thanks so much for your recap! I love hearing what others are doing
Check out Beautiful Feet for history or even MasterBooks! I wanted to like TGATB's science units, but I didn't find them to be as rich as Apologia. My kids did enjoy the ones we did though! 😊
Homeschooling vids are some of my most favie! 💚
I really love for you to talk more about teaching history. I have *huge* concerns about whitewashing in particular!
Me too
I love your homeschool videos! As a former homeschool kid (currently in college) i love watching them and relating to some things. Would love to see more!!
Thank you for this video, Angela! I use MathUSee and have been considering masterbooks math, so it’s good to hear your comparison. Also, I would definitely love to see a video of teaching a child with special needs! I currently homeschool our oldest (finished gr 3) and will add my 2nd (finished gr 1) in the fall. The youngest of our 4 kids has DS and, though she’s only currently 2, I like to explore my options for the (not so distant!) future. So it would be awesome to hear about that from you. 😊
Homeschool videos first brought me to your channels! Love your homeschool videos! 💕😃
We just started using TGATB and we are loving it :D
We also use the good and the beautiful. We did preschool, then primer and then Kindergarten but had to stop because it was pretty challenging compared to the level K primer and my kids got very discouraged. I do think it is a great curriculum- just the jump between primer and level K seemed to be a little too big for my kids. Glad to see that my kids weren't the only ones not on "grade level!" Keep the homeschool videos coming!
I totally get that the sister channel doesn't work out for now, but i have to be honest...i am sooo sad-i loved you 2 together! It was so much fun and something different! Too bad, it has come to an end!
Am so glad I came across your video this morning and Very much appreciated the information you shared. I plan to check in regularly with you SO keep up the great work....especially looking forward (and DO hope you find time) for that video on homeschooling special needs ❤ God Bless You and your Family and Thanks Again.
I absolutely love how the good and the beautiful is set up .. only thing I wish I could change would be rather than using level k than on to the numbers .. just keep it letters that way it doesn’t take a hit on the littles Confidence level.
My 10 year old was like ummm I’m not this grade and we tried to explain the system and he’s like that’s nice .. I’m not this grade.
The curriculum it self is amazing!! Love it 🥰
Haha, yeah I totally get that!
Would love the preschool recommendations! I have a 2nd grader with a 2.5yo side kick and we are homeschooling for the first time this year!
My son used the preschool last year and my daughter is using it this year!
I would love to see the home school room and see how you have things in that area.
Love it when you do homeschool videos!! We switched to Master Books math for one of my daughters this year too. She is super wiggle and has a short attention span. She loved her math book this year!
I’m interested in seeing what you choose for teaching the Bible to your littles. We love The Good and the Beautiful as well!
I agree with you about the levels!!! All of my kids do the same level. My oldest was borderline and could possibly have moved up one, but I held him on the same one as my girls and we do it all together. It has worked wonderfully for us!!
Thats what makes it so great- the flexibility!
I’m so glad you said Jonah gets bored. My 4 year old will not sit down to do the pre-K workbook. He only wants to do the cutting part and refuses to trace anything
Love your homeschooling videos. Im glad you're doing them again!
Love seeing how things worked or didn't work for you. So helpful.
We love The Good and The Beautiful, but felt the same about the history. We are switching back to master books for that, my son seemed to do much better with it.
I need to look into Master Books, we are also looking at Book Shark.
Book shark is just like Sonlight I think. We always love our sonlight books, but I end up ditching the guide and just reading the books.
Angela Braniff - we loved bookshark also but it was a little too overwhelming with all the reading (for us). Masterbooks America’s Story and World’s Story is awesome and very interactive.
Woohoo!! More videos talking about how you homeschool please! 🙏🏻
Want that video with the apps!!!
Master Books just came out with a Bible curriculum called More than words. It is written by Rebecca Spooner from Homeschool On here on YT.
Thank you so much for this encouraging word. I'm starting the good and the beautiful with my child this year and I was nervous about picking the right level for her. This helped calm my nerves a bit.
Thank you for your recap! I always love watching your homeschooling videos!
Love that you're doing more homeschool videos!! For Bible, you could look into Master Books morning basket resources. They have so many great books! Also, it seems people like their history too, if you're looking to change that. Just thoughts....love your video! :)
I will definitely check that out!
Just wanted to let you know that i love your family and especially little Rosie. I have a 4 year old girl with Down. And every time i see Rosie i can see what she will be like in a few of years.
You are the first homeschool mom I’ve found with a child with Down Syndrome! I homeschool three boys, my oldest, 7 has Down Syndrome too. I’d love to see videos on her curriculums and pace you go at, things you’ve learned works. My son did TGTB primer last year, but a lot of it was to difficult, so this year I ordered TGTB pre-k and a lot of it is to easy. So we are also doing All About Reading, but moving at a much slower pace, with lots of review. I laminate the work sheets so he can practice them more than once. What do you use for handwriting? I did Hand Writing without Tears last year and he really struggled. So I’m doing it again same curriculum this year. It’s so hard to find good handwriting curriculum. He struggles writing letters still. I also just started using So Happy To Learn! It’s a curriculum for children with Down Syndrome! He loves it, so we add that in too. It’s great, but there isn’t a lot of structure or help, it’s all printable worksheets and reading. For math we are doing TGTB K, but I’m worried a lot of it will be to difficult. And he needs hands on for math, abstract concepts are to difficult. So you recommend a different math. I’ll let you know how math goes for this year, I also have a couple other books to add in..
Dakota Jean not sure if you are still looking but rightstart math is excellent for children with special needs.. my daughter has brain damage and we use rightstart it’s very hands on and she loves it. It’s the program that has the most manipulatives, it’s pricey at first bc of the manipulatives but cheap every year after that.
I can’t wait for your videos on special needs! I have a daughter with ASD and ADHD so I would love to see how you work with your kids with special needs!
I can really relate to art appreciation woes. I myself am that way still and I am way beyond school age! I had to laugh at your comment "It's a house, a tree." I am enjoying your vlogs. I am a retired Georgia public school first grade teacher and like learning about homeschooling. 😊
I was born in Georgia 😊 so glad you’re here! Yes, teaching art appreciation is whole different game 😂
I hope you are feeling better and recovered from health issues, since returning from Uganda.
I am 100% better! Thank you for thinking of me!
We love masterbook’s math too
Could you do a QandA video prehaps with your older kids to get their perspective? Also how do you do assessments?
Thank you for this review! We switched up our curriculum this coming school year. What we were doing was NOT working towards the second half of the year. We’re doing classical conversations with the good and the beautiful. I friggin LOVE your honest homeschool reviews. Ps- so cool to see my favorite TH-cam mamas together at TGTB convention!
yes mama, being flexible to make changes has been a life saver for us!
Hey Angela! It was so good getting to meet you at the convention! We use TGTB for everything and with history we took a break last year and I ordered Notgrass Our Star Spangled Story but I just didn’t like it as much, so I returned it and we came back to TGTB but I went to library and got tons of books on each subject and it made my daughter like it so much more! I also let her follow the script along with the audio and that helps her. She’s my oldest and she was in 2nd grade.
Those are great ideas! It was so lovely meeting you too 😊
Another math curriculum you could try is development mathematics for your older kids.
i love your homeschool videos and I would love to se what you are doing for this next school year. Thank-you so much for sharing with us
Thanks, this vlog really helped me in the curriculum decision making. Right now my oldest 2 use ACE curriculum but my 5 year old is going to need more manipulatives, and he loves stories. Still researching but I think The Good And The Beautiful may be a good fit for him.
Thankful for the update. Glad things overall went well.
Thanks for sharing Angela!! We started the good & the beautiful K math with our girls. Great advice/encouragement for levels;)
I’m getting ready to purchase TGATB preschool book. Loving your videos 🙌
we strictly use Masterbooks for all of our subjects. we tried the Good and the Beautiful, but it just didn't work for us.
Where would you sell your used Good and the Beautiful at?
So glad you found something you love! We’ve enjoyed what we’ve used so far from Master books as well!
Masterbooks all the way also ♡♡♡
Had to watch bc I'm ordering my next years school stuff!!!
How do you handle teaching different levels? Like, how does your day look? I’m looking at The Good and The Beautiful for my twins going into first grade but they will be on different levels for language arts. Does Rosie realize she’s on a lower curriculum than her brothers? I’m not sure how to handle one twin knowing he’s not able to do the same work as his twin. They were in different classes in public school last yr. I’m worried his self esteem will be squashed. I always tell him him as long as he’s doing his own best than that’s great, not to compare but that’s hard for a 7 yr old.
Tiffany Wheeler I’m planning to cover up the level title and just call the books by their colors.
Tiffany, my daughter had cerebral palsy, she went to private school. My attitude with both my children was as long as they got good remarks I didn’t care about the results.
Janine Bell I’m not worried about the level he’s at. I’m worried about his self esteem knowing that his twin is able to do much more than he is able to.
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My daughter always new that she would never be the level of her brother but we worked on things she was good at. English was never her good point but she was good at maths. She loved music and theatre and did those. She did English as a second language.
Loved this, excited to see your upcoming choices for the new school year!!
" I think anything bores him that's not outside poking something with a stick "
This is the absolute truth! I loved it! Hehe!
Would love a book haul! We love usborne too. Would also like videos about topics like you did before with the human body
Girl, I can haul ALL the Usborne!
@@angela.braniff Haha I'm probably not far behind you!
When my almost 2-year-old granddaughter is a little older, I plan to start TGTB preschool curriculum. I used ABeka with my older ones and though they did do OK, I think maybe it was too intense and I as too intense teaching K3 and K5 together using ABeka.
Ooh yes,you should do a video of the apps you use,that would be awesome!
Thank you talking about the LA levels. 💙
Time4Learning online has been great for my son for math. Super interactive and fun.
Could you do a more in-depth review of TGATB History and what you liked and didn’t like? Love your videos!! I am really starting to figure out what I want homeschooling to look like for my daughter when it it time for us to start.
My oldest found a way to Cheat with teaching textbooks quite easily 😭🤪 but we still love the curriculum so now I just monitor him more closely (and of course had big talks about how cheating is wrong) as it is very easy to cheat using it unfortunately. We are trying out the good and the beautiful next year and are excited! Thanks for this video!!❤️
Haha! Yep, some kids are quick to see the holes if you will 😉 great life lesson though! Just because you can doesn’t mean you should 😊
do you feel that math lessons for living education is enough all on its own?
We're in our 15th of home schooling here (5 kids, 3 have graduated). We've tried so many curriculums over the years. What I've found for math for my highly distractable child is Christian Liberty Press. They have K through 2nd grade. They use grayscale and one color so the pages aren't overwhelming. I've been very pleased with the content both in what they teach and how they present it. Just thought I'd mention that in case you need to try something else with your littles in the future. One thing I should add is that Christian Liberty press math does not come with an answer key. Even though I don't have a math brain, I've never struggled to figure out an answer for the k through second grade books but I could totally understand it being easier just to see an answer key to check their answers rather than doing the math yourself with many kiddos like you have, that might be frustrating for you. I'm not insulting your math skills at all
just looking at the time factor, LOL!
I would love to see a video about the apps that you use. My son will be starting kindergarten at a public school in August and it would be great to have a few tools to use at home to reinforce what he's learning at school.
We use math for a living education but it's not quiet enough in my opinion. I supplement KUMON work books for extra added learning.
hilary armstrong I think it taught all the concepts I wanted to hit, but there wasn’t enough reinforcement and review for my kid to maintain the learned skills! After level 2 in master books we tried the teaching textbooks 3.0 and it changed my world!
Yes! Our plan is switch to TT at level 3
Very helpful. Thank you.
Absolutely LOVE the HS videos, TY
In your opinion could the science units be used for secular homeschooling?
I have done several of the science units with my kiddos, and I think it would be pretty easy to make them secular since the mention of a divine creator is very minimal (and doesn't go into great detail).
@@kerstinanderson6172 thanks for your input! 😊
@@cassandramarie8046 You are welcome! I love the science units. Although I am religious myself, I have done secular science until now because I don't like the "new earth" and "universal" models. I've even had a friend review them that has a significant science background before we went "all-in". I have been so happy with these unit studies (we completed space, introduction to energy, and half-way through the human body--which we will complete in the fall).
@@kerstinanderson6172 that's wonderful! I'm pretty sold on this curriculum, so far I have just loved it! We are an agnostic family, but I think it'll work for us until we get to the point of learning about evolution and history. Thanks for your input once again, it's very helpful! 👍😊
As an ADHDer I totally get the distracted thing. When I was in primary school, they had dolphin tasks and bee tasks and I feel like a number or letter would have been better. I think it's great that homeschooling offers the flexibility to address these issues and change the roots of them instead of just coping. It can probably help him realise his true potential. By the way, didn't you mention you have ADHD yourself? Could you ever make a video on that? How it impacts you in general or your parenting? You seem to rock it, so that would definitely be good to know😅
I’ve never made a video, but yes, I’m always learning new ways to manage my own ADD 😬
Thank you so much for making this video. I recently found the first one when you referenced using the good and the beautiful and I was curious what your thoughts were on it. 😊
Love your homeschool videos
Would like a vid on all the apps you use with the kids.
Hey Angela! First off, I just wanted to let you know that homeschooling has been tugging at my heart for a while now.... If I am being completely honest, I never felt that I was capable. I was terrified of failing my kids. But a few months ago I started researching it and that's when I discovered your channel! FYI...pretty sure we may be neighbors! Well not technically but we're both rollin around "The Hill!" And who knew?! When I started watching your channel on you tube I had no idea that we lived in the same area! Another funny side note....My kids saw a silver passenger van the other day when we were at lunch and said... "Look it's Mrs. Hucks( my bestie and partner in crime on this new journey in homeschooling..who also happens to have a silver passenger van)!" And I said "noooooo..... But I am pretty sure that is Angela from you tube!" Anyways, Long story short..... It has been thru YOU, attending the THRIVE homeschool convention, and lots of prayer that I have found the confidence to take on homeschooling! Soooo BIG shout out to you and your fam for being an open book and an inspiration to so many! Okay, now that I have laid that all out on the table.... I have a question....We are leaning towards math u see for this year. Do you think it would beneficial to supplement with the Math- master text books? Or would that be too much/confusing? I have one going into 1st and another going into 6th! And math is not my strong point😣
Oh yeah! Hey neighbor!!!! Do y’all ever go up to the local park? Maybe we will run into you there! I think math u see is totally all you need. We’ve used it for our older girls before they could move into teaching textbooks.
ok! perfect! thanks for the advice! And yes, we do hit up the local park! Next time I see you out and about I will introduce myself and the kiddos!
Yes an app video!
I was just wondering what made you kind of on the fence with The Good And The Beautiful History program. I’m only asking because I was thinking about using it this year for our 7th, 4th, and 3rd grader this year.
Following! I’m curious too!
Following!!
Thank you for this informative overview! Seems like we have very similar homeschool curriculum choices! I am loving all of the things we have gotten from The Good & The Beautiful so far. This is our first year using their curriculum and we’ve been really enjoying the Handwriting and the Language Arts along with a handful of other supplementary materials I’ve ordered from them. I was considering their Math for my first grader, but after watching several negative TH-cam videos about it, decided to buy the same Masterbooks Math for a Living Education that you have. We are enjoying the more Charlotte Mason approach of it, but I feel like I want just a little more written practice and critical thinking than what we’ve gotten so far. So I’m planning to order a Mathematical Reasoning book for her to do as well, which I only heard about from a review I read of another parent combining the two curriculums. Are you familiar with the Mathematical Reasoning books? I’m planning to get one for my older daughter also who is doing the first level of Teaching Textbooks (which I also love).
Are you going to do a more in-depth review of the history and if you would use it again?
I wish you would make a video every single day 😍
Hi Angie, could you do a homeschool room tour please. It looks very interesting. Xox. Would really love to see it next
I will!
Angela Braniff wow thank you so much
Thanks!! Starting home school with my three sons this coming year! We can't wait to start our good and the beautiful for language arts and math!
The cheating with TT....I am oblivious! Lol! Can someone tell me how?? We use it and have for two years...I know my boys are not aware of this either...yet!😉😃
I hear their is a way with the computer full program to have a hints buddie. I had the book version so this wasn't a problem for us.
Yes apps pls!!
Love homeschool videos!!!!
Love the video. I can’t find the boxed units for the science units. Can you add a link?
Would you link the teaching toolboxes you talked about? Love your homeschooling videos!