Thank you so much!!

I honestly just buy books as I go. I make a list of books that I want to read, then go to my local used bookstore, then use thriftbooks.com to buy them cheap. Sometimes, I compare that with Amazon to see who has the lowest prices.

I think that is the beauty of homeschooling overall, just being able to make it your own. Whatever you are using or doing, make it work for your family, you know?

It definitely takes a bit more time and effort to put in your own pages, but it does make the year easier

Thanks so much!!

I use the bensound website. Under the free music tab, it's called yesterday

Thanks! I'm really excited to start using it. For some reason. Things that are colorful appeal to me more than things that aren't.

But, Mormonism is heresy.

Just something to think about from one Christian to another... Mormons are definitely not monsters. They are very often good people who live their lives according to many biblical values. I have many family members and some friends who are Mormon and am very familiar with the actual beliefs and practices of the church. That said, they absolutely do not believe in the Jesus of the Bible and do not consider the Bible to be the absolute true Word of God (it is considered the least accurate of their four Holy texts, the others written after the founding of their religion in 1820s in order to "correct" the Bible). Mormons do not believe there is one God, Jesus and Holy Spirit but that there are millions of planets with gods ruling over them, and that each planet has a savior, etc., and that each man has the opportunity to become a god in the next life on his own planet. They are a polytheistic religion with many, many beliefs that are far and away NOT Christian. What you have written above reflects what the everyday Mormon is directed to tell people who are outside the church. I don't blame you at all for thinking these things are true, for all outward appearances and what your Mormon friend has likely said, you have been lead to believe it. That is how the church manages to be palatable to the world, by lying about their real teachings. They push that they are a Christian religion, when the truth is they are not. None of this is to attack Mormons or to say anything personally about Jenny Phillips. It is to shed light on the truth of the matter so that Christians like you aren't fooled and don't spread the falsehoods they've been told about the Mormon Church. I really recommend doing a deep dive into what I've told you. "As man is, god once was. As god is, man may become." That was said by one of the early church presidents and remains a core tenant of the Mormon Church: if you're not sure about anything I've said there is a good place to start doing research. There is a lot of good information out there, not just crazy, angry attacks on a seemingly innocent group of people. Maybe what you learn could lead you to opening up your Mormon friend to the true Jesus. How wonderful would that be! God bless you.

I love that too!!! What a great way to look at it!!

Thank you so much, I put off making this video for a while, but I'm glad I finally did. Thanks for watching 😁

Aw, I'm so glad! Yea reading is awesome and I'm so happy my older two are getting into it 😁

Thanks! Good luck. Level 3 is so good!!!!

So awesome! It is truly a great curriculum!

Aw thank you!! Yes. That is what I truly believe with all hineschool curriculum...*Do what works until it doesnt*.

😄yes! I think lots of homeschooling parents get hung up on it.

Isn't that awesome they do that?! I think it's great. Absolutely great. Good luck!

I use the PDF and we go through the book on a tablet. I use a stylus for the writing portions. If there are any pages that need to be cut out, we print those out. I think printing the whole book out might be quite costly.

I'm so happy to hear that. I'm excited to see what conversations start with mine. How old are your oldest 2?

One more thing…I tried looking at the “Christian equivalent” to TGTB and it doesn’t even come close. If a Christian publisher would make something as good, I might consider buying.

Yes! I know that not everyone will agree with me, and that's fine, but I love the money comment...I wish I would have put that in there, come to think of it.

Ours was Mrs. Piggle Wiggle. I just couldn't read it. We also read my father's dragon, but my kids were super young, 5 years ago, I'm not sure I even remember

Thanks!!!!! Books hauls are my favorite...I'm a book junkie though 😁

Thanks!!! Me too!

Great question. This website MAY have it: classicaleducationbooks.ca/product/song-school-latin-book-1-songs-audio-files/ But other than that, sometimes you can find a cheap player at a thrift store. How this helps. Good luck with Latin this year!

I'm so excited to read these too. It might be one of my favorite parts of homeschooling.

Thanks!!! We are very excited to start all our new books 😁😁

I haven't used to the new simply good and beautiful math yet but it seems pretty good!

I was closely looking at science shepard too. That might be our next option if this one isn't a good fit. 👍🏻

I was surprised at how much I liked Mr Poppers penguins. I wasn't a huge fan of the end, but I enjoyed everything else. All of a kind family was a really cute book too!

Thanks for watching! I would like to watch yours too!

It is great! 😁

So glad to hear! We just started level 3!

@jennifersanchez4245 I think my favorite part are the 4 books that you have to read with the course (kingdom of kind, Timothy and the 10th floor, Heather and the highland pony, and the journey of five). I was very engaged as an adult 😁

Thanks! My kids loved reviewing these.

We purchased the audiobook right from the website and then you download it. 😁

I'm really excited about it!!!

TGTB is pretty awesome. I started with it, then watched more curriculum KZfaqs & wanted to try other curriculums, & after wasting time & money, we’re back to TGTB. My girl was very happy to start on the “pretty workbooks” again

Haha! I totally agree with your daughter. So Pretty!!

Depending on how many review pages there were that unit, I would split them up evenly between Tuesday and Wednesday. So a review week could look like this: M: do that week's worksheet in their binder. Use flash cards Tu: half the review pages, listen to the cd tracks while finishing any un- colored pages W: finish other half of review pages, more time to finish coloring pages Th: play board game while listening to all cd tracks I hope this helps!

Thanks! We are no longer using this for our L.A. curriculum For me, what I would do if I used this and wanted to make it more "full" I would go to teachers pay teachers, or find workbooks for language arts for whatever grade your student is on. I would work through the grammar galaxy program along with some extra exposure to things. Another thing we used along with it was night zoo keeper. Amazing program my kids loved it. If you are interested, you should check it out!!

@@thetransparenthomeschool thanks for the reply. If you dont mind me asking, why did you switch to something else? I think my boys would like the story concept but are there any glaring holes?

Before we used it, we were doing TGATB language arts. So it was just very thorough and then changing to that was a HUGE difference. I just felt that it wasn't enough personally. However they absolutely loved the audio component. Me personally I think it would be an awesome supplement.

You bet! I hope it was helpful!

Yes, there are tons of families with their kids on tow, I just like to have that time reserved for just myself. Most homeschool conventions also have some kind of kids' programming during the workshops too. So that's always an option

Friends of mine use apologia for science and love it. I have looked into them too, but never heard of science shepard. Thanks for letting me know

We are currently using Simply Good and Beautiful Math levels 2 and 4. We love both levels

I am sorry I didn't respond earlier. Bit thank you so much for your encouragement. I have never experienced post partum depression before. I'm still kind of struggling with it, but again, I know that I need to walk through this and keep allowing myself the freedom and grace to not be ok sometimes, you know?

Yes he is!!!! I pray for a great home birth. It is truly an entirely different birthing experience!!!

@@thetransparenthomeschool thank you! That's what I'm very excited for! 😊 ❤️

We did enjoy using it. I think they enjoyed doing it!!

For me, it would not be enough for 4th grade work, but it is definitely enough for your preschooler!!!!

@@thetransparenthomeschool thank you! :)

Yes, gameachooling is so much fun. Those videos are coming.

Thanks again!! 😁

Yes, I'm excited!!! I will go check out your channel!!!!

@@thetransparenthomeschool awe. Thank you so so much also!!

Congrats!!! Homebirth is the way to go! Seriously. I hope everything goes well for you. Yes, he was stuck, and I think that she intended for me to push on my hands and knees, but he just fell out 🤦🏻‍♀️ lol

It was fun and the story component quickly became a favorite part. The audio book is completely worth it

I am almost positive they are young earth. I will look through more of their curriculum here soon and I will correct myself if I am wrong! Great question!!

Absolutely!