I have been a college history professor for over 25 years. The students I have who were homeschooled have always been great. I have been so impressed that I put all my lectures on KZfaq as a free resource. Mainly Western civilization and the history of the Middle East. If there is something you are looking for in that area you can search the lectures I have or just ask. 😊 home school moms are doing an amazing job.

Yes ❤ kid attitudes can be such a challenge especially when they are fighting all the time. It’s draining. Calming myself before I calm them is tough. But you are right this is a privilege to teach my kids 1 on 1. It’s hard work but worth it! 🥰

I love all your videos, I taught for a long time and now I am previliaged to be able to homeschool this coming year. there is so much information and curriculum, but in my experience, exposing your children to literature early on, read alouds, and just expading their knowledge is more than enough. I know what my child needs and thankfully I know how to tweak it and assess due to experience so much to grab from, I am reminded that what I will do is enough and more enriched than hours and hours at school.

We are loving MWC and TGTB LA for our Kindergartener. They both pair well together 😊

Thank you so much for touching on the real life struggles and how you worked through them. I’ve been struggling with getting a routine down that works and our days have felt so chaotic lately and hearing your experience was encouraging and helpful. 🥰

I needed your alphabet pep talk four years ago ❤ I love your videos & genuine sharing of your beautiful heart. Thank you for all your hard work

☺️ so relate, I need to follow the schedule too. No schedule, everything falls off the wagon for us. We are using Sonlight la 2 and HBL old A. In Oct we will start HBL B, science B and La 3. It’s such a nice curriculum and definitely a keeper.

I have 6 kiddos, almost 7. I've had the same experience with my preschoolers. It all seems to just be going over their head and then suddenly it's like the light just turns on and you realize they've been retaining it all along. My current 5 year old started doing preschool work around 3.5 years old and I thought it was pointless, but he seemed to enjoy it. He had a hard time learning to speak correctly for a long time. Now he's reading at or above the same level as his 7 year old brother and you would never know he ever struggled. Just shows every kid is different and learning at their own pace. Which is why I love homeschooling so much!! ❤

My brain functions the same way with schedules. I like having a set plan on how things progress, but also the flexibility to alter and change little bits here and there.

Looking forward to the Morning Virtues flip-through! Always enjoy your perspective… balanced and realistic! ❤

Coreknowledge is free and it might help stretch out preschool...

Batch filming for the win!! I probably only have about 5 tops I wear in videos anyways...lol. Hurray for the switch to MWC...you know I'm a big fan! :) And yeah, when it comes to letters and preschool...it's really all about exposure to the ideas, not mastery. The Gentle + Classical Preschool and Kindergarten binders--the repetition of those, were one of my favorite ABC tools with my boys.

Love getting to hear your perspective and thoughts. Always appreciate it and it's such a wonderful ray of sunshine, even when you share the hard things (or even especially when you share them). I feel like I love your videos even more cause I too am a second gen homeschooler and my kiddos are similar in ages to yours and I lived in New Zealand for a short time so hearing your accent is a bit like hearing from some of my dear friends. 😊

You know I almost never comment but I just want to let you know I’m here, I’m watching and I love you :) signed up for the weekly

So glad to hear your year is off to a great start. Looking forward to hearing more about things in detail as you do flip throughs!

Thank you so much for the perspective about dealing with heart/attitude issues in our children! I am walking through so much of that in this season.

It’s fun to hear how your homeschool is going so far this year! Thanks for being open about the struggles too! In regards to spelling, all about spelling is coming out with a newer version and it’s now in color and comes with an activity book! We are also making our way through level 1 right now and I love the systematic approach, but do find it a bit dull. So that might be something to consider! I believe levels 1 and 2 will be released sometime later this month. Also, I love gentle and classical, and sonlight:)

I so feel this! I had to put my sourdough in the fridge to hibernate because it was just one more thing I had to keep up with. I struggle with accepting my house is going to be messier in this season of four kids under 7. Im working on letting some things go while also habit training my oldest to help with a few things.

Loving this update and words of wisdom! My son just turned 6 and we were a little more than halfway done with TGTB language arts and we finally had to just stop. It got too hard way too fast and now we’re working on all about reading and he’s responding way better. He cruised through TGTB math though so we’re going to trying out Math with Confidence for first grade. Can’t wait for your review videos about how math is going:)

I signed up for the emails! I'm so glad you shared the Morning Virtues! They look so good, I'll have to try them. Thanks again. I always enjoy listening to your updates.

This video was such an encouragement to me. My son is 6, and he's halfway through TGTB level K language arts. He was just struggling so much. So I paused his curriculum and we've just been reading beginner books and doing hooked on phonics games. I have been so stressed about this decision. But hearing you say you decided to restart level K with your daughter at 6 just gave me some....I don't know.... validation, I guess? Thank you for your videos! This is my first year homeschooling, and I tend to stress about everything.

you are 100% right about the attitude thing. I have said sometimes that I want to send one specific kid to school but deep down that's not the issue.

Thanks for sharing! I was someone who asked about meal planning, and I can totally respect that you want to stay with just homeschool content for your videos. I get so much out of them! I love that you don't strictly follow grade levels for your children and allow them to work through "previous" year curriculum. I feel like there is so much pressure on homeschool parents to almost prove for lack of a better word that their kid is excelling. And it's such a fallacy that the level of curriculum has a correlation with their success in school. Every kiddo is different. So anyway a bit of a tangent there but just wanted to say I really appreciated that in your video! Also watching this at 11pm doing dishes so girl when I tell you I can relate to the messy house, 😅😅😅100%. Looking forward to joining in on your email list!

Thanks Christine! I love your videos and content. It is such a delight for me to learn from you as we walk through this together. Other side of the world here. I live in Oregon, USA. Anyway, it does seem like you are going through so many of the same life events and challenges as me currently, and I loved your encouragement and honesty. Can’t wait to hear your thought on Math with Confidence. I am doing it with my preschooler and am eagerly awaiting that 3rd grade level to see if it a good fit for my 8 year old. Also, I feel the same way about wanting a schedule for my literary curriculums. Otherwise I feel overwhelmed with all the book options and read too much or nothing.

Thank You for this video Christine. I am also doing TGATB Math with my first grader but I have been contemplating whether I should switch over to MWC. So far my daughter is enjoying math (mainly the games), however I feel that something is missing in the curriculum. Now I am not too sure if its the constant hopping from one concept to another in a short period of time. I cannot wait for your review video on Mwc. I am a bit hesitant to switch over as I have everything printed already. :( Thank You for sharing the realities and challenges of homeschooling. I just love your homeschool :). I look forward to your future videos!

Ha, I have been watching you for couple of years and I have never noticed that you are wearing the same clothes😃

Loved this video! Thanks for sharing. I completely agree that sending kids to school isn't going to fix their attitude or behaviour issues. I was also homeschooled growing up and there were times that she was really struggling. She was in a really isolated situation and didn't have the support she needed to be healthy and interact with us in healthy ways. It would have been better if she had put us in school for a year just so that she could have been healthier with us when we were home. That's obviously not what you were talking about, but it's just another perspective to add to the conversation. I'm so glad you got through a term with no one getting sick finally! 😊

Love the update! My youngest is almost 5 and we've done no formal prek so far. For her "kindergarten" year I'm planning to do TGTB prek and then moving on to their kindergarten prep course. My 1st grader has done the old level k this year and if the new version is anywhere near the same level I know my youngest won't be ready for that any time soon

I’ve been so eager to hear your thoughts!! I’m Canadian and so I’ve been sceptical about studying US history and to hear an outsider (of the US) thinks it’s still worth it is refreshing. What makes it so special? Is it just reading and answering questions? Can’t I do that on my own?

I'll be signing up for the email! Really enjoy your content. I looks forward to the emails.

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Please do a video on morning virtues!

We didn’t buy the books from sonlight and we love it!!! We are using 2 levels!!! We don’t love the schedule!!! My sister in law half uses the schedule for my twins and nephew and my oldest isn’t using the schedule!!! Some of the books we got the ebook or audio books for it!!! We love nessy for spelling!!! It’s awesome that your son is enjoying reading!!! My older kids love reading but not too much!!! Restarting level K sounds like an awesome idea!!! It sounds like it’s working out well for her!!! We found Flashcards help with my kids retain information!!! I thought when my older kids got older it be easier but it got harder and I’m often talking to my older kids about attitudes, but it’s worth it!!! Our summers aren’t a free for all my house as we find our older kids want to do some schooling in the off times and it means they have less to do on the days I require school!!! We love gentle and classical moving virtues!!! My kids from 5 - 15 do it!!! We do add in books for my teenager!!!

Lol we are soo the opposite...I use Bookshark the secular version and I have found it soo hard to keep to the schedule. We have used it for 2 years now and I can't wait to go back to unit studies and going off book as it were lol I wanted to love it so much, but it just hasn't worked for us...the books tho have been the best part!!

I know it’s a lot to ask but I’m really struggling. Can you share how you printed the booster cards and made them into a laminated book? I’m trying to make one and just not getting it.

Has it been really difficult doing two HBL’s? I’m starting my daughter with Sonlight but I will eventually have to add in another HBL because my kids are to far apart to combine and I can’t really wrap my head around how that will work out

Do you still do laying down the rails?