It’s beautiful to see your homeschoooling experience show through in the choices and pairings that you make. It all fits together so nicely! It’s what I strive for but still working on to achieve... not sure if you ever made a how you plan and choose curriculum video but that would be neat to see. Beautiful job 👍🏻💗
My daughter is in fourth grade this year and we're also in Florida. This is normally the year where they do state history so we're going to read a bunch of books about the state of Florida and take a trip to St Augustine. I'm really looking forward to it!
We have friends that study a country and then do different food from that country. She said it’s a lot of fun. her kiddos range in age and they all enjoy it.
We use the coin and currency club to be our starting point for Geography I love it as it’s an affordable $12 a month club and my kids get real coins and bills from different countries and some facts on it the. We can dive in more to learn that country. So that would kinda be like your wild and free one you talked about. We love your geography resource books too. I wish they would have a more current one of them. But is a great random start for my kids. geography can be so fun
Here in CA 4th graders study CA history all year long. We did it at the same time instead of story of the world. Its a great idea to spend some time studying your state history.
Can you talk about which habits you are working on and how you picked? Which ones you have already worked on? We are getting started with LDTR this year and I’m excited!
I’m a florida gardener and our biggest growing season is Fall through the spring. Plant most of your seeds in the fall. Also check out the USF if as extension website. Their is so many great articles about gardening on there. 😄 I love your curriculum choices! I’m definitely going to be looking up A Land To Remember. Thankyou for sharing!
The Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham, AL is a must for travel and history!!!! Plus the city has the McWane science center all your children would enjoy and a beautiful kid-friendly art museum. Plus other historical items like the Vulcan and how it became the steel city!
I highly recommend Jess from Roots and Refuge Farm to learn more about gardening. You can also follow Gary at the Rusted Garden and Luke with MIGardener. They all have amazing videos and help the beginner gardener. I homestead and have a large garden and it’s been so life giving. We plan on working with the city to be a grower for our local food pantry and I’m really excited to share that experience. The channels I mentioned all have great books also. Jess is a wonderful woman with a heart for Jesus and has garden devotionals. You can look at her past videos and work your way up. She just launched a course for the “growing gardener” as well. I highly recommend it because it’s more than just gardening. It’s devotion, stewarding, giving, serving and so much more. She wants us all to find the garden again ❤️🌱 thank you for sharing your picks. I know you went through some difficult things this past year so I pray this coming year is fruitful and full of Gods blessing.
This is wonderful. I had never heard of The Highwaymen but will now be learning about them. Are you family with Thomas Dorsey, the father of gospel music? If not, just thought you might be interested since you will be spending some time studying the Civil Rivhts Movement.
I would love to see how you organize all of this in your school room. Do you have a section for each child to keep their notebooks etc that they get up and grab for each lesson and also how and where you keep your teacher guides.
It all looks so lovely! I love the idea of gardening being a handicraft - I never classified it like that in my mind and you just helped me figure out our handicraft for the year. 🙌🏻 That Ann Voskamp Geography study looks fantastic, too!
We are studying American History 1850+, as well as Geology, Energy and Space this year. We are doing the Bible Art Parables from Charlotte Mason as well!
I believe the Simply Charlotte Mason website has an organization sheet that you can use to sort out all the subjects. I say this for those who may be overwhelmed with the Charlotte Mason approach, because it looks like a lot but it's amazing how you can do just a little bit once or twice a week and get all of it in. Anyway, that organization book/pdf really helped me see it visually and make sense of all those subjects that make up the Charlotte Mason Feast.
Yay. Can’t wait to see what you picked for each kid. My kids are similar age range and I’m trying to figure out science for her upcoming 7th grade year. I’ve don’t family style so far but I think there’s a big jump at that level. Oh, check out the bisquick impossible quiche recipe. It’s super easy and yummy. You can can change up the fillings. My older 3 like to do breakfasts as well and this is a favorite.
I’d love to hear more about your CM co-op plans. Enrichment is something I’d love to do in a group setting. Also, for your life skill, have you looked in to Campfire Curriculums Professional Chef unit? It’s perfect for breakfast skills!
I would love to hear more about your Charlotte Mason co-op. Are you spearheading it or how did it come about? I'm a natural leader and started a co-op in my home a couple of years ago, but then with Covid it fell apart. I have looked into options in my area, and while there are classical options, I don't see any Charlotte Mason options, so this is something I've really been leaning toward exploring more and figuring out "how to do" or find one. Thanks! I have been enjoying your videos so much. I feel like we have a lot in common with our kids' ages and heart for the Lord and ministry, etc....just though I'd let you know. :)
Your kids are spaced kinda like mine and this is my 2nd year homeschooling. I would love to see how you really juggle it. I have kindergarten, 3rd (special needs), 6th (ahh middle school). And a sophomore in high school (she decided in March she wanted to join homeschool, so over whelming)
I feel like there was SO much in Volume 3 and we didn't make it all the way through and the new Volume 4 big so I'm thinking finish Vol 3 and then use a year an a half or more on Vol 4. So much in those 2 volumes!
We do personal bible study!!! I learnt the same method!!! I love the idea of encouraging journaling. I do the same!!! We don’t do Shakespeare as my kids find it boring and I can’t see how they need it. We are studying black American history so the civil rights movement!!! I’m glad I’ve taught my daughter to cook and she can cook well!!!
I've been looking for a good protestant catechism curriculum so I'm excited for New City. I see they have a variety of ideas for how to teach the lessons based on times. How do you do it? What parts do you use for it? Maybe you just need a video for this. ;) Thanks for your help.
@rootedinrest I'm not understanding how the cm enrichment grades 1 to 12 can be used each year differently. On the site they have it in lesson plans specific to 1 poet and 3 artists in a year etc. But I dont see how you'd alter it for following years
All of my kids are in PS except my middle son (8 year old). I’m wondering if any other of your viewers could weigh in on whether the “family” subjects could be rotated with just one child. He focuses on time to completing his schoolwork. One of the reasons he doesn’t understand wanting to attend PS is that he feels it is an inefficient use of time. I want to expose him to the feast of ideas but he views it all as schoolwork to be done so he can have free time.
Hi Abby! I have a question regarding story of the world, or in fact any curriculum you use that contains subjects that are suitable for your oldest but not so much your youngest...like the Holocaust for instance. How do you approach this? We use SOTW too and only on Middle Ages currently but wondering how I’ll incorporate my littles in future without the subject matter being too advanced for them. Thanks I’m advance x
So exciting!!! I’m reading A Land Remembered and LOVING it! I heard about it from one of Jodi Mockabees studies. Sooo good! Looks like a fun year ahead!
How do you pick which poet to study for the year? I’m looking to start this with my little guy (6yo), but so unsure where to start. Is there a list recommendation or something similar? Please advise. Thanks!
I usually just see what matches up with where we are in history, or the time period of our composer, etc., however at 6 I’d highly recommend starting with Robert Louis Stevenson!
i am SO GLAD I watched this video!!! i've never heard of the Highwaymen but we're studying Am History using "woke homeschool" so an African American group of artists is SO PERFECT!!!! Also i'm an artist and i've been obsessed with landscapes lately :)
Can you go into more detail on the soap method of journaling please? Thanks Nicki.
This will be our first official year homeschooling one starting Kindergarten. And yes Florida History was one of my fave courses in HS!
Congrats!
It’s beautiful to see your homeschoooling experience show through in the choices and pairings that you make. It all fits together so nicely! It’s what I strive for but still working on to achieve... not sure if you ever made a how you plan and choose curriculum video but that would be neat to see. Beautiful job 👍🏻💗
My daughter is in fourth grade this year and we're also in Florida. This is normally the year where they do state history so we're going to read a bunch of books about the state of Florida and take a trip to St Augustine. I'm really looking forward to it!
Share those breakfast recipe ideas and your system... (video idea).
Can you do a flip through of The New City Catechism and talk about how you use it. I can’t find the video where you first talked about it. Thanks!
We have friends that study a country and then do different food from that country. She said it’s a lot of fun. her kiddos range in age and they all enjoy it.
We use the coin and currency club to be our starting point for Geography I love it as it’s an affordable $12 a month club and my kids get real coins and bills from different countries and some facts on it the. We can dive in more to learn that country. So that would kinda be like your wild and free one you talked about. We love your geography resource books too. I wish they would have a more current one of them. But is a great random start for my kids. geography can be so fun
Here in CA 4th graders study CA history all year long. We did it at the same time instead of story of the world. Its a great idea to spend some time studying your state history.
You should try tower gardens.
Oh girl, I love those Bible journals so much!
Can you talk about which habits you are working on and how you picked? Which ones you have already worked on? We are getting started with LDTR this year and I’m excited!
I’m a florida gardener and our biggest growing season is Fall through the spring. Plant most of your seeds in the fall. Also check out the USF if as extension website. Their is so many great articles about gardening on there. 😄 I love your curriculum choices! I’m definitely going to be looking up A Land To Remember. Thankyou for sharing!
The Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham, AL is a must for travel and history!!!!
Plus the city has the McWane science center all your children would enjoy and a beautiful kid-friendly art museum. Plus other historical items like the Vulcan and how it became the steel city!
We’ve been there! So incredibly well done!
I highly recommend Jess from Roots and Refuge Farm to learn more about gardening. You can also follow Gary at the Rusted Garden and Luke with MIGardener. They all have amazing videos and help the beginner gardener. I homestead and have a large garden and it’s been so life giving. We plan on working with the city to be a grower for our local food pantry and I’m really excited to share that experience. The channels I mentioned all have great books also. Jess is a wonderful woman with a heart for Jesus and has garden devotionals. You can look at her past videos and work your way up. She just launched a course for the “growing gardener” as well. I highly recommend it because it’s more than just gardening. It’s devotion, stewarding, giving, serving and so much more. She wants us all to find the garden again ❤️🌱 thank you for sharing your picks. I know you went through some difficult things this past year so I pray this coming year is fruitful and full of Gods blessing.
This is wonderful. I had never heard of The Highwaymen but will now be learning about them. Are you family with Thomas Dorsey, the father of gospel music? If not, just thought you might be interested since you will be spending some time studying the Civil Rivhts Movement.
Love exploring nature with children! We dip in and out and I add bits but just love it! Especially all of the books that go with it!
Please go into more detail about soap journaling and also hungary planet
It looks like y’all will have an exciting year! I will be praying for your homeschool year. Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration!
Was waiting for this video! Love the idea of teaching them meals for life skills and doing bfast the 1st semester etc. Definitely stealing this!
I would love to see how you organize all of this in your school room. Do you have a section for each child to keep their notebooks etc that they get up and grab for each lesson and also how and where you keep your teacher guides.
Looks like you have a nice year planned out! I like how you’re doing local studies too!
It all looks so lovely! I love the idea of gardening being a handicraft - I never classified it like that in my mind and you just helped me figure out our handicraft for the year. 🙌🏻 That Ann Voskamp Geography study looks fantastic, too!
We are studying American History 1850+, as well as Geology, Energy and Space this year. We are doing the Bible Art Parables from Charlotte Mason as well!
Hi, not sure if I missed it elsewhere...but can you do a review on A Child's Geography? Maybe at your end of year?
I believe the Simply Charlotte Mason website has an organization sheet that you can use to sort out all the subjects. I say this for those who may be overwhelmed with the Charlotte Mason approach, because it looks like a lot but it's amazing how you can do just a little bit once or twice a week and get all of it in. Anyway, that organization book/pdf really helped me see it visually and make sense of all those subjects that make up the Charlotte Mason Feast.
I’ve read a Land Remembered. And loved it! I also ate at the Land Remembered restaurant in Orlando (it’s named after the book).
I'm always so amazed by everything u do and how u think. Your brilliant! I have a question about how to get a co OP started?
Have I ever told you I have an Eli too ?? So awesome ♡
Yay. Can’t wait to see what you picked for each kid. My kids are similar age range and I’m trying to figure out science for her upcoming 7th grade year. I’ve don’t family style so far but I think there’s a big jump at that level. Oh, check out the bisquick impossible quiche recipe. It’s super easy and yummy. You can can change up the fillings. My older 3 like to do breakfasts as well and this is a favorite.
Please share an update sometime on your breakfast/life skill plan! How you rotate, recipes, etc. It is a great idea!
I'm a midwest transplant to FL, too. I loved gardening in IN, but can't get into it here! It is so hard!
Please 🙏🏼 show me how you use your book of centuries!!
I’d love to hear more about your CM co-op plans. Enrichment is something I’d love to do in a group setting.
Also, for your life skill, have you looked in to Campfire Curriculums Professional Chef unit? It’s perfect for breakfast skills!
I would love to hear more about your Charlotte Mason co-op. Are you spearheading it or how did it come about? I'm a natural leader and started a co-op in my home a couple of years ago, but then with Covid it fell apart. I have looked into options in my area, and while there are classical options, I don't see any Charlotte Mason options, so this is something I've really been leaning toward exploring more and figuring out "how to do" or find one. Thanks! I have been enjoying your videos so much. I feel like we have a lot in common with our kids' ages and heart for the Lord and ministry, etc....just though I'd let you know. :)
Your kids are spaced kinda like mine and this is my 2nd year homeschooling. I would love to see how you really juggle it. I have kindergarten, 3rd (special needs), 6th (ahh middle school). And a sophomore in high school (she decided in March she wanted to join homeschool, so over whelming)
We do my fathers world too!
I feel like there was SO much in Volume 3 and we didn't make it all the way through and the new Volume 4 big so I'm thinking finish Vol 3 and then use a year an a half or more on Vol 4. So much in those 2 volumes!
We do personal bible study!!! I learnt the same method!!! I love the idea of encouraging journaling. I do the same!!! We don’t do Shakespeare as my kids find it boring and I can’t see how they need it. We are studying black American history so the civil rights movement!!! I’m glad I’ve taught my daughter to cook and she can cook well!!!
I've been looking for a good protestant catechism curriculum so I'm excited for New City. I see they have a variety of ideas for how to teach the lessons based on times. How do you do it? What parts do you use for it? Maybe you just need a video for this. ;) Thanks for your help.
Awesome picks! Love how the different subjects connect.
Is there a book on that method of studying the Bible perhaps? As someone who is new to Bible study, it would be helpful!
MASTERBOOKS has one- I think 2 books for little people. The one I remember is called more than words.
Great to see your choices. Thanks for sharing! Best wishes for the new home school year.
@rootedinrest I'm not understanding how the cm enrichment grades 1 to 12 can be used each year differently. On the site they have it in lesson plans specific to 1 poet and 3 artists in a year etc. But I dont see how you'd alter it for following years
We don’t use their plans, we create our own by choosing our own artists, composers, and poets each year.
It’s curriculum week! 🎉 🎉 thanks for sharing and inspiring so many Abby 💕
I love curriculum week :-) ... we also started a comedy of errors and sadly fizzled out . We're trying again this year .
I’m still kicking myself for giving away A land remembered before we decided we’d homeschool. I enjoyed it so much in HS. Great picks!
Do you bind the nature study book yourself? Or can you recommend a company that does that please?
What personal bible study plan/book/system/method would you recommend for a 5 year old?
Can you please post a link to where you purchased your Book of Centuries?
So much rich variety. Do you do oral or written narration x
All of my kids are in PS except my middle son (8 year old). I’m wondering if any other of your viewers could weigh in on whether the “family” subjects could be rotated with just one child.
He focuses on time to completing his schoolwork. One of the reasons he doesn’t understand wanting to attend PS is that he feels it is an inefficient use of time.
I want to expose him to the feast of ideas but he views it all as schoolwork to be done so he can have free time.
Hi Abby! I have a question regarding story of the world, or in fact any curriculum you use that contains subjects that are suitable for your oldest but not so much your youngest...like the Holocaust for instance. How do you approach this? We use SOTW too and only on Middle Ages currently but wondering how I’ll incorporate my littles in future without the subject matter being too advanced for them. Thanks I’m advance x
*in advance!
So exciting!!! I’m reading A Land Remembered and LOVING it! I heard about it from one of Jodi Mockabees studies. Sooo good!
Looks like a fun year ahead!
Where did you get your Book of Centuries? Thanks!
How do you pick which poet to study for the year? I’m looking to start this with my little guy (6yo), but so unsure where to start. Is there a list recommendation or something similar? Please advise. Thanks!
I usually just see what matches up with where we are in history, or the time period of our composer, etc., however at 6 I’d highly recommend starting with Robert Louis Stevenson!
what Shakespeare curriculum did you use previously?
Can I ask where you got the book of centuries from? Thank you
It’s from Anna Vance Paper Co- we have the same one for our family too!
How often do you do each family subject?
Do the composer studies from SCM play the whole track? Or is it just a small sampling of the song?
They play the whole track!
Do you think story of the world is enough for seventh/eighth graders?
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i am SO GLAD I watched this video!!! i've never heard of the Highwaymen but we're studying Am History using "woke homeschool" so an African American group of artists is SO PERFECT!!!! Also i'm an artist and i've been obsessed with landscapes lately :)