Hi Mandy, thanks so much for your videos. I just started homeschooling my kids and have really learned a lot and found your curriculum info SO helpful!

I watched your earlier videos on math u see and teaching textbooks which got me to start teaching textbooks this year! I’m so glad you mentioned teaching textbooks still works great for you! Thank you for your videos!!!

I'm definitely going to check this out... I've heard so much about it and am super interested. Great video, as always!

Thank you so, so much! Mine has been a homeschooler for four years now, and she is now in the 8th grade. We have done straight up Abeka, streaming, and this will be her last year doing it. It is time for a change for high school, even if that means she is more parent led.

Excellent Info! Brand new to homeschooling and had no idea where to begin. Thanks so much!

This was so helpful!! I hadn't heard of Apologia or My Father's World and we will be getting them after hearing you discuss it. So excited!

Thank you for sharing good luck on your journey! This was very helpful!

Please consider a video on how you became an eclectic homeschool family. Would love to know if you had another plan at the beginning, if you are personally drawn to other styles, and what you think of purists in any style? Lots of questions there 😊

Thank you, I am still learning about homeschooling; so far, my two boys are liking it...we are using the Seton Home Study program at this time...

Wow ....never heard of the science tools website....I’m definitely going to check that out I always forget something when gathering materials....this will be such a great help thanks

Hi! Thank you for this video. We are enjoying Masterbooks for Math and Bible 🤗

My kids and I love IEW! Thanks for the informative video.

Thanks for the tips. First year homeschooling mom of a 4th grader here. He struggles with language arts and math.

IEW is great so far for us. I do recommend it. I am using it for my fourth grader. We just started it though, so I might change my mind over time.

This was very helpful! Thank you so much! I’m officially subscribed!

We started IEW level A Structure and Style with my 4th grader this year. He loves it! He actually asks to start it. He was such a reluctant writer and this is helping so so much. So glad we found this curriculum. I told him that he’s learning somethings that I didn’t learn until I was a freshman in HS that only that teacher taught me that helped me in college. I can only imagine what kind of writer I would’ve been with this type of curriculum. Highly recommend it

I started my son with only the Abeka curriculum in the 1st grade. I have since tried other curriculums I like better for some subjects, but I 100% agree with you that Abeka's phonics are AMAZING! The Language/Grammar books and their math books are what I intend to use through 12th grade.

We also love MFW! But only through 8th grade 🙈 For high school, we prefer Tapestry of Grace. We didn't like the Notgrass books used in HS. TOG isn't planned out every day like MFW, but has a weekly grid. History is chronological instead of broken into world and US history, so I feel it gives better context. Not knocking MFW, it works great for a lot of people!

My daughter does teaching textbooks for math but she also does Jump Math because it's what the Ontario curriculum is based on here in Canada. Language arts... I really need an "all in 1" program. We have a spelling book (soon to be 2- because I found the book we have too easy for her), we have a grammar book (Canadian Daily Grammar I think it's called.), we have a reading comprehension book... It's all separate. This year for writing we are doing Wordsmith Apprentice. I like it so far!

Awesome vid!! I use the teaching textbooks for math, abeka for L. A. and other curriculum for the science and S. S. My children are begging for Abeka and actually want to do LA while previous years it was a major struggle. I have 4 homeschool all in elementary and a 3 year old so timing and the desire for the kiddos wanting to learn is a major must!! Just a question, do you administor the LA for Abeka of do you use the disc where it's presented for them?

We had Teaching Textbooks in the Cd-rom era, too! The book you're holding is so familiar because we have the exact same one! We have used Abeka Language Arts for years, it's not necessarily the most "fun," but think the grammar is extremely solid (I credit Abeka with my perfect SAT and ACT English scores, because they were so thorough, haha!) But I agree with you that writing skills are SO important in college and in many careers these days, and it's a good idea to go even further with writing instruction.

I am so blessed and encouraged by your videos! Thank you!❤ Do you homeschool indepdently or do you go through a charter school?

Looks amazing! TYFS! May I please ask you, where did you get your adorable cardigan? Love your style! Pretty much every vid makes me want to ask you where you purchased x,y,z.. (=

I love finding great stories read aloud for kids on youtube. They're free and an excellent brain break activity. Always Sunny Read Alouds For Kids is my go to.

If you are thinking about writing programs I would try Essentials in Writing. It comes with streaming video or DVDs that teach the videos in small chunks. IEW is very teacher intensive. Not that it makes it bad because my goal is not to bash. Just wanted to let you know my opinion. I’m using Essentials in Writing for my 8th grader this year to prepare him for high school. Here’s hoping, right? I had originally picked out Brave Writer originally and it wasn’t working for him or for me. So I had to pivot. But, Brave Writer (writing) is working for my 4th grader. Who knew? All the best to you. ♥️

Would you ever do a review on apologia physical science? I’m trying to decide for next year for my 7th grader whether to do apologia or bju … we do tgtb for math & la & My fathers works for family but we added in apologia land Animals this year too & loved it … I know it sound funny but I feel like I am mentally struggling bc I feel like 7th grade and up science they need to be taught it too (like bju dlo) and not just reading it in a book like apologia … I’d love to see a lesson & hear how Independent your older son is with physical science

Night Zookeeper is a great writing program...we love it!

new subscriber here! LOVE your channel! We started homeschool this year and love it

I am going to check out Home Science Tools.

I enjoyed this video so much! I have wanted to try the teaching textbooks but I have been concerned that it isn’t enough because kids find it so easy. It’s nice to hear that your boys did well on the testing. I do have one question. Why did you decide to go with Apologia for science instead of sticking with the My Fathers world suggested reading? Did you feel that MFW was lacking in science? I have heard some moms say that.

I believe you may be able to still order the cds from Teaching Textbooks. We use the online format and love it.

Your videos have been really helpful! I was wondering if you recommend ordering the deluxe package from My Father's World or if ordering the items individually would work as well to save on costs.

Hello there!!! Amazing videos thank you so much!!! I am VERY new at homeschooling and I'm wondering how students actually test? Do the go somewhere to test? Also how do parents grade at home? Im so confused lol I appreciate your videos. Thank you!!

Have you ever used BJU press for anything?

I would love to know if you would recommend abeka for a child with adhd who hates language arts and a mom who has adhd and always struggled with English? I could write papers fine, I loved literature, & I was always in the top reading group in our class at school. However, when it came to knowing anything beyond a noun and a verb it was like trying to read a foreign language! I hated it! And they made us diagram sentences. I would have rather laid on the floor & someone just beat me instead. I still struggle with that to this day! I’ve had to pull my 12yr old 7th grade daughter out mid year to homeschool and we’ve already found one program we don’t like in one subject. I did pick and chose and didn’t just go with one publisher for all our subjects. We are doing daily grams & easy grammar plus to start with and it seems ok. I did also purchase writing strands by master books per a friend and it’s over both of our heads. I’m sending it back. I was so frustrated that I was so overwhelmed by it. I am making her do a journal entry daily for now. Any ideas on what I should replace writing strands with? IEW? Abeka? This is and always has been her weakest area so I plan to spend the most time on it. I want her to be able to master it even if we have to repeat the 7th grade or drop back to the 6th grade. I also started with teaching textbooks for 7th grade and because her public school teacher skipped Roman numerals she was adamant she would never use them. So I ordered master books math but I love math and I don’t like it! It’s way too much reading and not enough math. We may need to try the teaching textbooks again at the 6th grade level even if she breezes thru. I have ordered the physical math book from easy peasy. I have a friend doing it so I thought I could at least use it as a supplement. I don’t know anything about it though. We did go with master books history, I also chose 2 sciences to do because math & science are my thing. So we are starting with basic science and also an applied science of engineering. I love how God is the center of both subjects! At least one of my 5 kids are getting some amazing educational material. I have 2 that have graduated. One graduated college with a degree in accounting and works for our local power company managing the new internet accounts. My 2nd daughter is in nursing school right now but has another year to go and plans to continue until she gets her nurse practitioners degree. My 3rd, 17yr old son, is a senior in high school but taking college courses thru dual enrollment. Then my 12yr old son is in the 7th grade and has all A’s. He’s happy as can be where he is. We live in a very small community with a small county school not a mile from our house. Most of the teachers were students here as well. It’s a great community. My 12yr old daughter was just being bullied and didn’t tell anyone till she was convinced by them she is an idiot and should give up. After flunking the 2nd 9 weeks of school and telling me she wanted to end her life we took drastic measures. We didn’t take it lightly. She wanted to be home schooled and that was all she wanted. Since she’s lost all her self confidence I agreed even though I’m terrified at age 45 my brain isn’t sharp enough for this! I’ve done more praying this past year and this year than I ever have! I do want to keep her on a grade level even if we go back one year just so if she wants to go back for high school she has that option though I highly doubt she will. We also have an amazing Christian lead homeschool group that covers a few counties in our area that offer great extra curricular activities and enrichment classes along with social events if you want to become a member. Because their enrollment renews yearly the beginning of July and they haven’t been able to do as much this past year with covid they recommended we wait to join till July and save that money. It’s not expensive though so we are very excited to join. I was an elem. major but had to quit due to finances going into my senior year. I’ve gotten really nerded out and excited over this. Lol. We’ve had a rough start because I had to use January to research and educate myself on how to do anything. I wanted to start Feb. 1st. Then my 2nd child got covid and still wanted moma to take care of her even though she’s 20. Lol. And of course I did! Then my hubby fell ill with it. A few days later my 12yr old daughter. And then myself. We drug out our quarantine to almost the entire month of Feb! So we started yesterday. We are just going start at the beginning of 7th grade and if she’s mastered something go to the next chapter till I find where we need to be. And I’m seeing where we may need to go back a grade level on some things. I’m so sorry my post is so long! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your videos! And you’ve helped me so much! Any advice or recommendations you have I would really appreciate it!!! If you have time of course! You have a precious family! And a blessed busy life with a very large following! If you don’t have time maybe someone else here might take the time to read this and share their advice. Thank you for allowing us a peep into your life and what works for y’all and what doesn’t.

So do you just order MFW without their LA/math options? Do you get all the books/read alouds that come with MFW? Sorry do many questions

How are you doing my fathers world mixed with an outside science curriculum when my fathers world comes with its own science curriculum? How do you separate which books are needed?

I wish teaching textbooks would release younger ages! Like Kindergarten+ would be great.

I was an Abeka student from middle school through 11th grade and I am currently looking at curriculum for my son who will be in school fall 2022 and we are getting ready now. I was unaware you could do just individual subjects with Abeka am I understanding that right? Does it include the videos and if so, why pick the other math program over theirs?

Can you do a review of the apologia science? I'm hunting for a science curriculum for my 2 year old (obv in the future) that I feel adequately teaches science and evolution.

Hello! I want to start this journey with my middle schooler. She’s 8th grader. How much do we have to pay for all the necessary for a year? Books, etc

Do you think the Abeka lesson plan books are necessary? I'm buying all of the curriculum on ebay and only want what I really need.

My mom sold Konos curriculum have you heard of it? Thank you for you're channel and thoughts I have been very inspired and to know maybe I can homeschool my daughter. Have you dealt with kids with special needs? My daughter has epilepsy and my oldest has dyslexia though is getting better. For now they are public schooled but in a year or so we are going to have to homeschool Bridget because her epilepsy is making her vulnerable and she doesn't understand what the kids may be doing or saying and she could taken advantage of very easily and I am so afraid of that for her. She is in 3rd grade so pretty innocent kids but when they get older I just don't trust her around them at all. We shall see how it goes but I am pretty confident we will homeschool her next year or the next. Thanks again for what you are doing and just so you know I was homeschooled my whole life till college so I am aware of abecka and I enjoyed it and then we did Konos and that had all the subjects in one book at least most of them. Thanks and take care!

Thank you for this! For the science are you using apologia as a supplement for MFW or do you skip the MFW science all together?

Where is the link for the curriculum ?

Thanks for sharing your picks! What did you use for math before 3rd grade? I have an upcoming 1st grader and 3rd grader, I’m excited to use TT for the first time with my 3rd grader but not sure what to use for my first grader. We used TGTB for K and didn’t mind it but not loving all the fluff that goes along with it. Thanks in advance❤️

I know your 4th grader is finishing up grade 3 LA, will he continue onto grade 4 Abeka? I am concerned my daughter will not enjoy the older version as much. We will start before they release the updated version. I am considering switching her to BJU.

Got me again! I clicked right away 🤣

Have you used book shark programs those seem the easiest (for me) to teach them but I’m so lost and new to this

I have an 8th grader too. Are you going to use MFW for high school?

what grade does teaching textbooks start?

Do you have any experience with all about spelling or spelling you see? Those are two writing curriculums I am looking at

So in homeschool, is there a set pace you have to work at, or is there a program where you can work through your school year at your own pace? For example, would it be possible to complete two grades on one year, etc.

History...2nd or 3rd and your science ?? Where did you get your shawl/sweater????

Do you buy the full language arts kit from Abeka? I’m looking into it for next year but that price 😳 I did purchase the spelling and poetry book 1 for my son to test out a portion of it.

I LOVE Teaching Textbooks! Math is really not my thing so it's been great not having to teach it :)

Heads up for teaching textbooks, kids figure out they can do 2 problems correct and they'll score whole test an A.

Hi mama! Love your videos sooooo much! Keep up the amazing work you are doing!! I also just emailed you, can you let me know if you received it!? Thanks girl! Have a great day! ❤️❤️

I didn't know California required a test at the end of the year.

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For abeka in the cd version you have to send the disk back every year right? What happens if your kid breaks it

Does that mean you are using common core ?