Christian Light Education? All About Reading? BIG UPDATES

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Christian Light Education? All About Reading? BIG UPDATES - February Homeschool Update

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Hey friends, today I'm am continuing the conversation about if we are going to switch to All About Reading. I'm also sharing our experience with Christian Light Education Learning to Read, and am sharing an update on The Good and the Beautiful Preschool, our read aloud story, and our Bible curriculum.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Christian Light Education
6:27 - All About Reading
9:55 - The Good and the Beautiful Preschool
11:53 - Gather Round Update
13:20 - Bible Update
14:33 - Read Aloud Update
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@brooklynleighhh 17 күн бұрын

I have been really interested in CLE, particularly for Bible! I love the idea of the smaller units and I have only heard good things! But it does look worksheet heavy and I think little hands get tired. You know I’m used to Abeka so we’re familiar with a lot of worksheets, but that’s one of the things I am not sure about if I were to try another curriculum because I am trying to not use ONLY the more traditional pieces 😂 I’m glad you gave us your thoughts on it! I’m glad you’re still liking Gather Round! I’ve been eyeing unit studies a lot lately haha. Thank you for your updates!!

@genebandlucymarie 20 күн бұрын

If you ever want to give CLE a fair trial, you need to break up the lesson lengths! For a young student, no more than 20 minutes at a time. Then it would be up to you if you do one or two 20 minutes a day sessions. I taught my children with CLE and I don’t think there’s another curriculum quite that complete for teaching children to read. I would also adjust the amount of writing we did. We never filled in the handwriting page, and for the first sounds pages, little ink pads and letter stamps are so much fun

@christinej2828 4 ай бұрын

I have used Christian Light's Learn to Read program with three children so far. It is so good. I am doing it with a fourth child now.

@saltandlighthomeschool 4 ай бұрын

That's so fun! I really love the way it looks and it seems to be like such a solid program!

@lindsaypotter9776 4 ай бұрын

We are so bored with it. How did you stick with it haha

@heatherchancey1861 5 ай бұрын

I am planning to start homeschooling my daughter in August and have been looking at both TGTB and All About Reading so I would love a video of how you use both of those programs together!

@hannahhensley8497 5 ай бұрын

Agreed!!

@saltandlighthomeschool 4 ай бұрын

I just posted one about how we are beginning to use both but will definitely post an updated one when we are in a better rhythm with them!

@corriezoetewey7860 5 ай бұрын

All About Reading is my absolute favorite program to use for teaching kids to read. It systematically teaches every phonogram and the books match what the students have learned. TGTB skips around a lot and the phonics readers to not match the sounds the students have learned.

@saltandlighthomeschool 4 ай бұрын

I can really see the benefit of AAR. I think maybe once they updated the new version of TGTB, the phonics readers now match what the students have learned so that's good haha

@rosalindreloj7928 5 ай бұрын

One EXCELLENT curriculum is Rod and Staff. It is 6 light units instead of 10. It is very affordable as well. 4 pages per lessons, however it is very repetitive and fun. They don't sent free samples, but it's AWESOME!!!! I can't say enough good things because along with handwriting, it teaches spelling rules in tandem. Very thorough. I have my K and 1st grader doing it together!

@saltandlighthomeschool 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I've heard of that curriculum but haven't done much research into it. Maybe I should :)

@rosalindreloj7928 5 ай бұрын

@saltandlighthomeschool I really like your channel. I like how you process your purchases. I'm very similar! For handwriting, we used sandpaper letters (Montessori style) that I diy-ed out of laminated cards rock and pipe cleaners. It made writing very fun! Also a dollar tree tray with cornstarch. Just shake away. It took away a lot of the tears in letter formation. Hope that's useful.

@tanyacagle2423 5 ай бұрын

I use cle but it is not for preschool at all. We love it. We had to quit good and beautiful that we used the past two years. A lot of frustration. So cle starts at age six or seven for first grade and if it’s a lot of handwriting at the age six then do one or two pages and that’s it. They do have kindergarten books which would probably fit your son better. It goes over all the letters and sounds. But cle is very traditional. Tgab is all over the place.

@saltandlighthomeschool 4 ай бұрын

Yes they are definitely different approaches for sure. And I can see that the Learning to Read program would be better suited for a 1st grader for sure.

@lisaerin85 5 ай бұрын

Hi! I’m new to your channel. I’m considering doing one of my own, but I’m struggling with how to make it God centered… for some reason. 🤪 anyways, I also use TGTB. He’s 7 and I’ve been homeschooling him since he became school aged. I was wondering though, I love your shirt, is there a link to it? Also, are your glasses for sight or blue light? I also love your hair and makeup. I’d love to see a video on how you do your makeup and care for your hair… if that’s something you want to share. I really enjoy your channel.

@saltandlighthomeschool 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, that is so kind! I think you should start a channel if you feel led to. It's been a lot of fun for me to have this community to share our journey with. :)

@Trekkifulshay 5 ай бұрын

We use TGTB for Math and CLE for LA. TGTB LA had too much fluff & was too vague. Like looking for a blend in words in a poem. My kid was like uh what? CLE directly teaches phonics you don't have to hunt for it.

@saltandlighthomeschool 4 ай бұрын

It's always so interesting to hear others' experience with different curriculums. Thanks for sharing yours!