Notgrass History America the Beautiful | Homeschool History Curriculum

Notgrass History America the Beautiful | Homeschool History Curriculum | Homeschool Curriculum

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Жыл бұрын

Homeschool box day with Notgrass History! Notgrass' America the Beautiful is here and. I'm unboxing it for you. I'll show you everything in the package and explain what all the pieces are.
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@mandy-maltz Жыл бұрын

Have you tried any Notgrass books?

@leanneroot4159 Жыл бұрын

We are doing American the Beautiful this year!! I'm really excited to try it! There are so many wonderful options if you want to beef up the lessons, but even just the basic history is excellent! Beautiful books! We're excited to use the literature books alongside the history. I've never done something like that before, but I think it will make the history even more engaging. Are you going to add some of the videos they have to supplement different lessons? I heard that was an optional add on...like a subscription. Thinking about that as well. I work full time outside the home, and the way they lay everything out is SOO easy to follow, and I think will work for kids working independently. We will just talk about it when I get home. We're also big fans of Generations too

@jessicaolin4261 Жыл бұрын

We love Notgrass-we've done Uncle Sam and You, From Adam to Us, Exploring World Geography, Exploring Government, and Exploring Economics. This year we'll be using America the Beautiful and Exploring America.

@mandy-maltz Жыл бұрын

Oh how fun!

@notgrasshistory Жыл бұрын

Thank you for choosing Notgrass again!

@letthespiritlive5749 Жыл бұрын

Us too!

@melanie7229 Жыл бұрын

I've never used them before. Is there a certain order to use all the books you listed?

@jessicaolin4261 Жыл бұрын

@@melanie7229 some of the ones I listed are middle school curriculum and some are highschool. You can do them in any order within those groups. They do have elementary curriculum as well but we have not used those.

@jenniferroy2493 Жыл бұрын

We used Notgrass last year after having used many many others in the past. Notgrass was absolutely our favorite! Really brings the history to life. Edited to add, I also noticed and appreciated a difference in how respectfully non European people groups were portrayed and studied more in depth as opposed to other curriculums from the very outset. They portray the first nations as legitmately being nations ... not barbarians, not an inconvenience in "the story of the white people "... Something is wrong when North American history starts with the Pilgrims. Thank you, Notgrass.

@hstewart3612 Жыл бұрын

Notgrass is our favorite history curriculum. We started with Our 50 States years ago and have continued using it since. The high school courses are amazing!

@homeschoolteenswithjenny Жыл бұрын

My 7th grader did Notgrass Uncle Sam & You this past year. She'll be in 8th this year, and she requested Notgrass From Adam to Us (their world history). My kids absolutely LOVE their middle school history and the high school geography thus far.

@sarahdimitrov6490 8 ай бұрын

We love it:) on breaks my kids don’t want to stop history…so we keep going!!! They ask for the songs all the time and we play it while we are playing. They love the hands on projects, the stories, all of it! And I love doing it all together!!

@letthespiritlive5749 Жыл бұрын

We are using this and exploring america in our home this year!

@shantellhefner2166 Жыл бұрын

We used not grass in our homeschool co-op last year. I didn’t really care for it and I didn’t feel like my kids were retaining all the information and there was to much reading. I went over it with them before co-op and they didn’t remember anything and had to sit and listen to the teacher just read. We are using Americas story 2 this year Nc love it

@notgrasshistory Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your first impressions! We hope you have an awesome year of study.

@mandy-maltz Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

@tracyat3wisemenhomeschool29 Жыл бұрын

Yes😁we’ve been using Notgrass for years😊😊😊

@jessicashell3905 Жыл бұрын

I love Notgrass! My kiddos did Our 50 States last year and we all really enjoyed it! ☺️

@notgrasshistory Жыл бұрын

Wonderful to hear!

@amycoulston9654 Жыл бұрын

Love it, we have done ATB, Adam to Us, Exploring TN, Exploring America, and doing Government and economics now

@stacystull24 Жыл бұрын

We love Notgrass!! We have used Our 50 states, America the Beautiful and we will be trying From Adam to us this year.

@jenniferyounkin8920 Жыл бұрын

I love Notgrass! I did Our Spangled Story with my two kids two years ago, and it was wonderful. Loved the way the lessons were story focused and we enjoyed the songs and rhymes, projects, and workbook. I plan on doing Uncle Sam and You next year in conjunction with the 2024 lesson. 😃

@jenniferyounkin8920 Жыл бұрын

2024 election, I meant

@amandapatterson9182 Жыл бұрын

Our first year using Notgrass. I was excited to find the entire set at a used curriculum sale for less than 1/4th the cost. Ive looked at Notgrass for several years but couldnt pull the trigger due to cost. They never have sales Ive found.

@mmv10 8 ай бұрын

Looking forward for the review

@stephaniedarling3722 Жыл бұрын

We ordered this and just got it today. It is definitely overwhelming the amount of material that arrived 😅 Lookjg forward to following along with you as qe both go through it!

@mandy-maltz Жыл бұрын

I may do a video on how to go through the curriculum. I'm seeing that many people feel this way. I've already gone through 8 chapters myself (I'm prepping it for the coming year), so I understand how to get through each part now.

@lindaqueen2159 Жыл бұрын

We used this last year, with my 7th grade grandson he loved it! He said it was the first time he really learned and retained what he learned! We used “Our 50 States” for our 3rd grader, one his favorite subjects.

@mandy-maltz Жыл бұрын

That's wonderful news!

@notgrasshistory Жыл бұрын

This makes us happy!

@christinasetzer2880 Жыл бұрын

We got a free set of high school American history from notgrass. It's like the 2007 edition, but for the cost of it, I was so happy to get it for free. We were going to use tgatb but may do the notgrass now instead

@notgrasshistory Жыл бұрын

Our older editions are still great to use!

@cynthiacarter9055 Жыл бұрын

I hadn't really considered this company, and I think my about-to-be first graders aren't really up for their history stuff yet, but it looks like something I will add when they're a little older, so thank you for the video. I hope your son enjoys his new texts. :)

@notgrasshistory Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 🙂

@mandy-maltz Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@stephanienoble2926 Жыл бұрын

This looks good! I’ve been looking for a history course. I have 5 kids in a wide range from 2 years old to 8th grade. I’m wondering what’s different about this compared to from Adam to us? Or would this work for a wide age range as a group subject?

@sabrinahoward7223 Жыл бұрын

We are using America the Beautiful this year as well with my two 6th graders, we switched from Biblioplan which we did last year. We are super excited about this curriculum!

@rojo1124 Жыл бұрын

Why did yall switch from biblioplan?

@sabrinahoward7223 Жыл бұрын

@@rojo1124 For us the reading was too extensive for each lesson. It was a great curriculum and does have the room to expand on things if you have the time and ability but we did not. Also, It was important to our family to learn about the country we are from and the history of the United States then work our way out to World History and so on. I found Notgrass when looking for a new History curriculum that would better fit our needs.

@rojo1124 Жыл бұрын

@@sabrinahoward7223 that makes a lot of sense.thank you!!

@marygibson2518 Жыл бұрын

We LOVE Notgrass, but sadly aren’t using them this upcoming school year. The last two years we’ve done American history, plus the 50 state’s curriculum so we’re tapped out in that area and needed a world history. I wanted to do From Adam to Us, but I’ll have a 6th, 3rd, and kindergartner, plus a toddler do it didn’t fit for us this year. I wish they had a more elementary world history offering. America, the Beautiful is on our schedule for the following year. In the mean time we’re using Sonlight and BFB to round out world history/geography.

@courtneyhaas9286 Жыл бұрын

We used Notgrass our first year homeschooling- I think it was called From Adam to Us? We finished the curriculum, but found out that we really don't enjoy or retain information from history textbooks. We found that we love learning history on at least a four year cycle so you can really dig in and learn deeply about a time period before moving on. But so many people seem to love Notgrass!! I see so many moms choosing this curriculum! We really thrive with literature based curriculums, so it's definitely just a preference thing. I think it's so cool that your son requested to study American History. We spent the last two years studying American History and it was amazing. It's probably my favorite history to study. I'm sure he is going to have an awesome year!

@notgrasshistory Жыл бұрын

Thank you for giving Notgrass History a try! We understand it's not the perfect match for everyone. We are glad you have found other resources that work well for your family!

@jessicak5370 3 ай бұрын

Can i ask what you use? We do not prefer tsxtbook learning either.

@courtneyhaas9286 3 ай бұрын

@@jessicak5370Hi! We use a blend of Simply Charlotte Mason and Beautiful Feet Books! We follow the simply Charlotte Mason schedule and include extra readings every day from books from the BFB book lists. Basically, just a lot of really great books!! ❤ We used BFB exclusively for 4 years and we loved it but it’s a lot of reading and we love that SCM includes Bible and geography.

@VicTORY02015 Жыл бұрын

I am in the middle of switching my sons history for this year. He’s 13. We had ordered curriculum to do world geography. However, last night he asked to learn about the American Indians. So now I’m looking for an American History with a focus on early America. So yep, switching before the books were even open!

@mandy-maltz Жыл бұрын

There's a LOT of early America in this book and American Indians. I've read the first 8 chapters, and it's ALL about American Indians. I think this would be a good fit for you. There's a literature book on the Dakotas that I'm reading right now called "Growing up Dakota". Look at it here: bymandymaltz.com/americathebeautiful

@VicTORY02015 Жыл бұрын

@@mandy-maltz thank you so much for that info!!!

@VanessaLStrada Жыл бұрын

I did Start Spangled Story with our early elementary kiddos. We got through the first book and they got pretty bored. The things I loved about it were the things they disliked (of course). I loved how in depth it was, the readings were thorough and really covered every people group and era very well, but my YOUNG elementary students (K-2 at the time) just weren't interested in focusing on one subject for that long (fair enough, it was a lot!). The books are beautiful. The student notebooks are thoughtfully laid out and I really liked the stories. But we did sell it and I have to say, it sold quickly and held its value really well. So....there's that🤣

@mandy-maltz Жыл бұрын

LOL that's good to know for when I have to sell mine next summer!

@notgrasshistory Жыл бұрын

Hahaha! We know each family is different and each child is different. We appreciate your honest feedback.

@VanessaLStrada Жыл бұрын

@@notgrasshistory I was so bummed my kiddos didn't love it as much as I loved teaching it😩 But I keep reassuring myself that it wasn't a forever goodbye to y'all, just a "see ya later". I've got A LOT of years of history to teach and I'm positive we'll be back when everyone has had some years to practice focusing and maybe develop more of an appreciation of learning about history in general.😆🫣

@heatherburlingame471 9 ай бұрын

Can you give an update of how this is going? I just ordered this for my 6th grader and my younger kids are doing Notgrass Our 50 States. I'm wondering how your boy is liking it, how independent is it, things like that?

@Mannfamdhb03 Жыл бұрын

We are using Notgrass for the first time this year! We are going to use Our 50 states and World Geography 😊

@mandy-maltz Жыл бұрын

I've heard so many good things about Our 50 States!

@lmiller2003 5 ай бұрын

How is this going? Is your son reading the literature books? How do you incorporate the literature recommendations from Notgrass?

@mandy-maltz 5 ай бұрын

He reads the literature books on Fridays or after he does the book activities. I have a new video here that may help :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iN-Eksh30ZfDc5s.htmlsi=2eTNjvw-WlOOVieK

@lmiller2003 5 ай бұрын

Thanks, Mandy! That video is super helpful. :) It answered a lot of my questions.

@rebeccagreer3993 4 ай бұрын

Could this level be done family style? I’ve got a 9 & 11 year old and need to combine as much as I can.

@mandy-maltz 4 ай бұрын

Yes it can!

@staceyfraker6222 Жыл бұрын

I own four different Notgrass curriculums, and they aren’t my favorite because of lack of retention. The work that goes with them is basically busywork instead of work to help them learn and retain what they have read. I really wanted to like it. I purchased the 50 States curriculum and someone gave me three of the other ones. I like the 50 States one the best, but I’m not a fan of the others. If the work that went with it helped with retention- it would be the perfect curriculum.

@Christeeenah22 Жыл бұрын

What did you switch to?

@staceyfraker6222 Жыл бұрын

@@Christeeenah22 I’m using a mixture of Truthquest American History and BookShark American History this year, BookShark is basically Sonlight without the Bible study books that go with it, and we do that on our own. Memoria also has really good US history flashcards. I’m using Trick Geography also.

@THE_K_HOUSE 10 ай бұрын

What do you use now?

@jalisamoore8633 6 ай бұрын

Yes what do you use now?

@staceyfraker6222 6 ай бұрын

@@Christeeenah22 I answered you at the bottom of the replies just now. Hope it helps.

@heatherp9339 2 ай бұрын

Do you ever go into why you switched? Just curious as I'm looking into the history that you switched from, wondering if there's some kind of glaring problem?

@mandy-maltz 2 ай бұрын

No problem, my kiddo just asked for this one at the beginning of the year and I let him have his request. No issues :)

@amyparedes5033 Жыл бұрын

Whenever I’ve looked at Notgrass, I’ve gotten overwhelmed because of how much content there is. Have you actually finished their 1 year programs in a year?

@mandy-maltz Жыл бұрын

Yes! They are made to be done in a year. There's a LOT of images, so that's where there are 2 textbooks. The reading isn't long at all. They provide so many images and things, that it makes it look massive. This one is made to be finished in 150 days, leaving us 30 days of wiggle-room in the school year!

@notgrasshistory Жыл бұрын

Our programs are designed so that you can pick and choose the extra activities that work well for your student. Reaching each lesson only takes 10-20 minutes. Many families successfully finish our curriculum in a year, while others choose to go slower and spread them out over 1.5-2 years. Either way is fine!

@varose12 Жыл бұрын

Where and how do you sell curriculum when you’re done with it?

@mandy-maltz Жыл бұрын

Usually eBay

@THE_K_HOUSE 10 ай бұрын

It's been a month since you posted this, how are you guys liking the curriculum? I see a lot of people in the comments that say they didn't like it because their kids didn't retain the information. Has this been your experience so far?

@mandy-maltz 10 ай бұрын

No, that hasn’t been our experience. I don’t think it’s much different than any other middle school curriculum, so I’m not sure why people are saying that. But I know many people who use and love it. My kiddo really likes it so far ❤️

@THE_K_HOUSE 10 ай бұрын

@mandy-maltz I have a 3rd and 5th grader and I just ordered Our 50 States just so we can sort of start with the basics and work our way up. I'm excited because I've heard so mant great things about Notgrass. History isn't my favorite and some of the curriculums have been so dry and way above all of ours heads it was hard to follow along.