Homeschool Preschool Curriculum Comparison | Pros and Cons of Abeka, Sonlight, Horizons, and More!

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In this video, I'm comparing and contrasting 5 different preschool curriculum programs! Sonlight, Abeka, Horizons, Gentle + Classical Preschool, and Peaceful Preschool. These are each VERY different programs! I will let you peek inside the various workbooks and get to see more of the design of each curriculum, and I'll talk about their strengths and weaknesses. Keep scrolling through this description and I will LINK to each of these different curriculums and their websites so that you can explore them more. I really hope that this video with help you in choosing the preschool curriculum that is RIGHT for your family!
No ONE curriculum will be the best choice for everyone, and that's the beauty of homeschool. You might end up using the same curriculum for all your kids, or a different program with each kid. You may end up combining aspects of two different programs!
Things to note:
- I mentioned that we no longer had the Abeka teacher's guide. This doesn't not mean that it wouldn't be useful to any homeschooler, and in fact, I think it would be very useful, especially if you are just beginning your journey. But my family has acquired too much curriculum over 25 years of homeschool to hold onto EVERY piece of curriculum, so when we figured out that we weren't really using the teacher's guide, after using Abeka workbooks with a couple preschoolers, we didn't hold onto it.
- The Peaceful Preschool guide that I show in this video is meant to come AFTER the year of "Peaceful Preschool," which is why the activities are very advanced. Having looked into Peaceful Preschool, I do think that their program is designed more at the level of an older preschooler, not so much angled toward the 2-3 year old level.
You can also check out the homeschool preschool curriculum that I created on our website right here: www.wheredyoulearnthat.com/pu...
Curriculum Links:
Sonlight Preschool www.sonlight.com/TMSP
Abeka Preschool for 2s and 3s www.abeka.com/preschool/
The Gentle + Classical Preschool www.lifeabundantlyblog.com/th...
Peaceful Preschool: Freshwater Guide www.thepeacefulpreschool.com/...
Horizons Preschool for Threes (This is our Amazon affiliate link)
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Want to see what other resources I'm using for homeschool preschool with my toddler? Here's my video on what we use on an everyday basis: • Preschool Curriculum C...
Here's my homeschool preschool schedule for 2 year olds: • My Homeschool Preschoo...
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@BairnandaBackpack 4 жыл бұрын

There's lots of brilliant ideas and resources inside the curriculums! I love the shape picture resources! I love the idea of having a base and resources to draw from. Thanks so much for sharing!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I don't think there's any one curriculum that has everything, but there are definitely some useful resources, and I like not having to make everything. We have really liked using our little envelopes with different cards for different activities!

@TheLiveOutLoudFamily 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this! It was beyond helpful! THANK YOU!!!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! This is exactly the kind of video I search for when I'm trying to figure out what curriculum to buy...:)

@jacobjohannes7123 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this review! It’s very thorough!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@ursamajor5000 4 жыл бұрын

You showed and discribed different curriculums so well, you are a real expert in homeschooling, enjoyed watching 👍

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@mommyonthemove25 4 жыл бұрын

great comparison flip through . So many great options out there

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, there are! Different fits for different families!

@angelarogers3137 4 жыл бұрын

I love what you did by laminating and reusing the worksheet pages from Horizons. I will be using Horizons.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! We have repeated those activities so many times, since they are laminated. It's well worth it, to really get your money's worth out of them!

@FernTheCamper 4 жыл бұрын

Great insight into preschool curriculum choices! I love how detailed this is :-)

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@SwittyKiwi 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video here! Love that you laminated those cards so you can reuse them, as well as all the books you reviewed. Great! Listen, we just discovered your channel, and we’re impressed by the content quality. You’ve just got yourself a new subscriber, a big thumbs up and several viewers in our team. Looking forward to binge-watching your content. Keep posting excellent content like this, and stay blessed. - ✨ *Your Awesome Friends at The S'witty Kiwi Show* 🧡

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! Yes, the laminator is a very useful tool for our family's homeschool!

@StaceyYoder 4 жыл бұрын

This was soo soo interesting! Thanks so much for sharing. I was looking at timberdoodles workbooks for my son who is two soo to be three. But these give me some new things to consider.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

There are so many different options! I will definitely be doing a video once the Gather 'Round preschool comes out as well!

@elizabethlotus4214 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thanks for the reviews 👍

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

:) Thanks for watching!

@houseuponthemountain8540 4 жыл бұрын

Fun! You seem like a fun and loving mom and sister! I love having a curriculum! It takes a lot of stress off of me. We use things from different curriculums but we keep to one main one. 😘💞

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

I definitely agree that having a curriculum takes away a lot of the stress and uncertainty! If there's an activity that you don't want to do, you can just skip it!

@jhenFranzVLOGz 4 жыл бұрын

This is a big help to all mom struggling for home school for their children. Lucky my son still have a lot of time to prepare because his only 3 years old. I have some ideas from here. Thanks for sharing.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@BlackoniansAroundTheWorld 4 жыл бұрын

Lots of good info here. Was very interesting for me. Nice video. Enjoyed watching it. 🌞

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@essentiallifeofours4241 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this ❤ Horizons and Abeka look like a go too 😊 i will be doing videos on Horizons and abeka this upcoming school year 😊

@SevenInAll Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@brainstrains3253 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Rachel, This information was very handful for many people and I will share it. Thank you for your channel. Come on you are almost in the 1000. My sub and my support from Brainstrains!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

We are very excited to be getting close to the big 1000! Thanks so much for following along!

@AdventuresofBongDyms 4 жыл бұрын

Nice comparative video on home school preschool curriculum! Very colorful and illustrative curriculum. Thanks.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope this video will be helpful for people trying to make the decision of which one to buy!

@EverydayBlessings 4 жыл бұрын

Great overview!! I love preschool too

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it so much fun?

@mergingbutterfly 4 жыл бұрын

Yes thank you I've discovered from watching your video about I don't want to use none of these programs I believe I will just build one from scratch thank you for the help

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Many families do end up building their own preschool curriculum! Enjoy the process! It can be fun to design exactly what you want to do and teach your child!

@esterfrias2679 4 жыл бұрын

I am really considering homeschooling for my son especially with everything that’s happening. Thanks for sharing.😊🌟

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

I already know you said you love spending time at home with your kids, so I think you would rock homeschooling if you decide to go that route!

@GFamilyThai 4 жыл бұрын

I love all the book that you review, they are fun and enjoyable.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@Sanko213 4 жыл бұрын

I love this book.you very creative. Thanks for sharing it to all of us take care and God bless your family

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@Sanko213 4 жыл бұрын

Seven In All you welcome my friend

@TheseDays 4 жыл бұрын

I have heard of Peaceful Preschool! It looks so pretty 😊 I like the life skills aspect! We used K4 and K5 from Abeka, I like it but we are going a different direction this Year!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

I like the concept of Peaceful Preschool, but as it's one of the more "advanced" preschool programs, my toddler isn't quite at the right age level for it right now. My family has used a lot of Abeka curriculum in the past, but I think it's a bit too workbook heavy for our leanings...

@HangOutWithJaclyn 4 жыл бұрын

I am loving this video!!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@rollingwiththerouses3918 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this video Rachel! I thought the horizons looked like something we'd do. I'm finding I love to mix curriculums together.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

That's totally me, as well! Mixing the best pieces of different curriculums. My son loves all the little "envelopes" of different game pieces for horizons. I didn't even buy that curriculum for him, it's one my mom bought for one of my sisters years ago, so it's definitely getting a lot of use now! :)

@rollingwiththerouses3918 4 жыл бұрын

@@SevenInAll wow that's awesome! I love that you lamented the pages to use over and over again. I'm all about saving time and money so that was a great idea!

@HomechoolbythePond 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you I needed the curriculum and the guidance! No way I could sufficiently built a full curriculum on my own entirely.

@SevenInAll 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! And I feel like...when there are such beautiful and well-thought out, fun curriculums out there...for me anyways, why go to all the work to DIY everything? I know some people genuinely enjoy it. I like planning some of my own add-on activities, but I really like using a curriculum as the core.

@sciencemama 4 жыл бұрын

This was great - I also love curriculum and curriculum combining 🤣. I planning on using the Gentle & Classical Preschool for my twins but I really like the look of the Horizons too. I might look into it - it looks a bit easier to pull off and I need easy this year!!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Horizons is definitely easy with the fact that you don't need to find almost anything extra to go with it! And my son loves all the different matching games or little laminated activities that we made from the Horizons workbook...but I think Gentle + Classical is really cool, too, and I love their emphasis on memory statements/speaking, for my toddler. Because he actually needs to work more on speaking, he's great with a pencil for his age but has been a bit of a slow talker.

@sciencemama 4 жыл бұрын

Seven In All My twins are slow talkers too! I feel like I’ve been so focused on the big kids homeschool that I haven’t really planned much for the twins - but I’m getting excited to start pick up a few extra things 😀

@Mythzcraft 4 жыл бұрын

Wow... You really enjoyed teaching.. Keep it up mam

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I do enjoy teaching!

@MommaonMission 4 жыл бұрын

Great resource! My youngest is 2 so we’ll do another year of reading, playing, talking, and singing. Then we’ll be looking for preschool stuff again! My middle son used horizons for 3s and we loved it! But tried their pre-k the next year and hated it! I’m thinking horizons 3s, my father’s world, or sonlight for my youngest when he turns 3!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't that funny how one year to the next in the same curriculum can be so different? I've heard a lot of good things about My Father's World.

@we_are_the_wesners 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You for sharing this! We are looking for new curriculum for our 4 yr old and several of these are on our lists!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

I hope it was helpful to see the insides of different curriculum books!

@we_are_the_wesners 4 жыл бұрын

@@SevenInAll it was I'm very picky haha an it helped alot!

@LornaAquino 4 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for comparing them and sharing it with us. Left you my support. See you

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@MichelleGayScienceTeacher 4 жыл бұрын

My children attended a Christian preschool and they used ABEKA. Its great to see so many more options. We did like the ABEKA program. Blessings!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think Abeka has been a big player in both Christian school and homeschool curriculum for a long time!

@lishieandfamily 4 жыл бұрын

I really admire you for home schooling because I know how hard it is

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

It's not always easy, but to be honest, we have a lot of fun with it.

@lishieandfamily 4 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so educationally and learn so much especially about home school helps so much when keeping my boys at home during the pandemic but I am so glad they are back to school now lol

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

haha, and that's totally fine! I'm glad that they are able to go back to school! Does the Australian school year begin in January?

@lishieandfamily 4 жыл бұрын

Seven In All yeah jan-dec with 2 week breaks in between 4 terms each term is about 10 weeks.

@busymom5270 4 жыл бұрын

I like the coloring of Abeka. Wow Cyrus is really good at coloring in the lines already!!!! I gotta get working on that with Marley. The animal focused crafts look awesome. We were learning about an animal a day I need to try to incorporate some crafts into that. I think Abeka is my favorite I might try to get it. I like how the units are broken down

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

He actually is pretty good at coloring...though he definitely has times when he just goes wild with the crayons. :) We've tried to build in a habit of "These coloring books are special for school" so that he has the habit of following instructions and working on staying in the lines for those books...and then I have a couple cheap coloring books that he goes wild scribbling in. :)

@RockSimmer-gal4God 2 жыл бұрын

I love the idea all lessons are based on the Bible!!! I love the idea of doing different activities thruout the week based on a story!!! When we did preschool at home we did it in German and they we r to pre school i4 a few sessions a week. I didn’t think I was homeschooling at the time. We didn’t do much colouring in as I felt that we should focus on fine motor skills and their creativity. That came from my training as a pre school teacher. Those guides can be used together very well!!! My daughter was advanced as a pre schooler, her twin brother was but we didn’t know what he was able to do as he was hiding his abilities. I saw kids at work like him as well. I like having ideas to help us.

@busymom5270 4 жыл бұрын

I have a soft spot for preschool too!! I teach High schoolers right now I absolutely love them but I would love to teach Pre-K one day they are so cute at that age. Oh the Horizon curriculum looks awesome. Getting ideas because I might be homeschooling my little in the fall. She was suppose to start school in the fall but now I don’t know. The problem is I will be working all day so we will have to do “school” at night and I’m not sure I’ll keep up with it. Sunlight looks awesome. I like how it uses actual story books for learning. The flip flap body book looks neat I haven’t heard of Georgia Martha either I’ll have to look into that author

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

I definitely have a soft spot for "literature based" learning, so I'll always love Sonlight! But there are so many good options! I have known a number of moms who homeschool while working full time--my aunt worked full time and homeschooled her four kids, but she had the option of working night shift, so that's how she did it. I know some parents turn weekends into school days to help with the schedule...there are lot of different options if you're not eager to put her in school with the current situation.

@xtremecleanmobile9316 4 жыл бұрын

Great share. Thanks and see you around.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@LifeintheMundane 4 жыл бұрын

Love that you laminated those cards so you can reuse them.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

haha, we are all about reusing and making the most of what we have! It's hard to get new books since we live overseas, so we use the books we have for all they're worth!

@LivingWithEve 4 жыл бұрын

All of the books looks amazing. We have some of those Fairy Tale books. I do love how Horizons includes bible stories.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

There are definitely cool elements to each different curriculum! I love how there are so many ways to approach something as "simple" as preschool!

@erwinmixvideos2558 4 жыл бұрын

hello nice book I love it my friend perfect have a good day my friend.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@JamesandMercyDavis 4 жыл бұрын

I love laminating !!! I've used abeka and horizons before 💞

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

The laminator--a homeschooler's best friend! lol!

@ForeverGodsGirl03 2 жыл бұрын

Which preschool curriculum do you guys think is more advanced Abeka or Horizons?

@LivingwithMorgan 4 жыл бұрын

I am sure you have helped so many people with this video! Purchasing the curriculum has to be really difficult when you are just started out. Such an investment!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is an investment, for SURE. Which is why I want to help other families make the right decision for them! Because my family has been homeschooling for so many years, we've collected these programs for use with different kids, haha!

@silverose1209 4 жыл бұрын

Your envelope system for the activities is such a great idea! I also have bought way too many preschool programs LOL! ABC Jesus Loves Me, The Good and the Beautiful PreK, Gentle and Classical Preschool, Masterbooks Stepping Stones and Math K, and a bunch of other random stuff. My daughter is 2.5 and maybe I am biased, but I feel at least in math and literacy she is advanced. Which leaves me confused on if traditional preschool level is adequate for her. I guess that is why I have so much. To try to piece it together. Ok, back to watch more of your video LOL!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Well, part of my variety of programs is because, as a second-gen homeschooler, I have access to my mom's stuff that she bought for various siblings. This is definitely a bonus. haha! I definitely think with kids who are advanced in certain areas, piecing together the parts of the curriculum that work best for you is a great system! My son loves his schoolwork, and is recognizing letters, numbers, etc, but he's been a bit slower on talking, which is why, as you'll hear in the video, I've found that practicing the different memory statements from Gentle + Classical Preschool has been good for us!

@silverose1209 4 жыл бұрын

@@SevenInAll That definitely must be helpful to you to have those resources! The biggest thing I see that my daughter really needs to work on is the fine motor aspect to prepare for writing. I am a former preschool teacher, so I think my love of all things curriculum and planning play a big part in how much I buy! :) It is just so much fun!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

@@silverose1209 "Fun" is exactly the right word for it! :) Nerding out over curriculum and resources and ideas is definitely my style!

@lishieandfamily 4 жыл бұрын

I love how you laminate the cards so you can reuse them.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Because otherwise my toddler would definitely be way too rough with them, lol!

@LifeintheMundane 4 жыл бұрын

The books from sonlight looks so fun

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

They are treasures! We have read most of them many times over!

@tolentinoteaching 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! New subscriber here.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@camflytravel73 4 жыл бұрын

New friend here 👍🏼 & 🔔,keep up the great content

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@SevenInAll 3 жыл бұрын

Since creating this video, I have developed my own homeschool preschool curriculum available in Spanish and English. You can watch a video to see what that curriculum is like right here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lZmKq61jz-CYiqs.html

@LivingwithMorgan 4 жыл бұрын

Watching on mute here, but loving all the colors in these books!

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for all the support, Morgan! You're awesome!

@SwittyKiwi 4 жыл бұрын

Btw... in the video title there's a little typo: Comparison, you wrote 'comparsion'. Just FYI.

@SevenInAll 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! Thankfully I'm able to edit the video title!