I ordered this for this upcoming school year as well and I’m hoping it helps with note taking as it’s one of our major focuses this year. Thanks for sharing the inside, I’m sure that’ll help a lot of people by seeing the inside of this curriculum.

Yes! you were speaking to my heart! These are really great topics of discussion. We live in a state that does not interfere with the way we home-school...we don't have to take state tests, we don't have to use the public school's curriculum, but we also don't have an Education Savings Account available to pay for our own curriculum and laptops. So not only are we continuing to pay taxes for public school ( which I have never had a problem with- bc my kids were in public school) but like you we are a single-income family and it is a struggle to buy all the curriculum needed and not to mention putting the children in sports and activities. This is something else we no longer have access to. It sort of feels like a punishment at times that we have chosen to take our kids out of public school. I believe another thing not discussed in home-schooling communities is that sometimes its exhausting when our kids are taking too long to do school work. Yes it's great that they are not rushed, but reality is that they still have to do things in a timely manner. We are preparing them for adulthood and although it may be okay for them to take more time on work, they don't have an endless amount of time. (This could just be a me problem?)

Thank you for sharing your curriculum choices. I hadn't heard of Mosdos, I'd love a flip through.

I have a KDG, 1st grader and 5th grader, one in pre-k and another one coming soon. I love what you said... Its difficult not to curriculum hop.

Love this, homeschool is so expensive.... I use reewards for positive behavior I buy sticker reeard charts for each child and after 30 stars they get something theu really want... Currently my kids like VBucks ( a $25 gift card) To get a star they must finish all their homeschooling for the day. My kids are very motivated to get their star. If behavior was more challenging I would make the tangible reward more accessible (i.e. smaller intervals).

Awesome review hmmm I like both of them.

I love the idea of stretching it out. I am very excited to get this.

I am going to try this soon.

would you recommend this curriculum for a brand new homeschool mom (3rd & 7th grade)? I am overwhelmed by all the choices out there :)

You have some really good choices! When you said that you will be including World Watch News, I said I wonder how they will remember to watch it since your family is mostly screen free. You answered it before I could comment...haha!

Thank you for sharing. We watch World Watch News and love it! If you have a chance could you do a flip through of the scripture memory journals? TIA

My Brother’s Keeper looks good! I am an only child and sometimes I find it hard to understand the sibling squabbles that my children have. 😊

Where did you get Gods way of handling money?

I’ve been eyeing not consumed my brothers keeper. Thanks for the reminder. I’m going to have to incorporate it in the near future. Love all your choices!

Yes flip thru🎉 🙌🏿

We're doing Not Consumed Bible this coming year, too!

I’ve never heard of the ABCs of handling money. Can you please do a flip through & where did you pick it up? Also the table talk?

We have used IEW on and off for several years and I agree with the mixed reviews. For one child, he needs the structure and clear expectations of IEW. My other two don't like how involved it is. My son who uses it doesnt love it, but it is the best program for him. My best advice is that it is A LOT, so do not feel bad if it takes longer than a week once you get to longer assignments. One level tends to take my son 1.5 years to complete, and i am ok with that. He works a little more slowly, and writing is his biggest struggle, but if he is consistently making progress, the extra time needed does not matter. IEW suggested this approach to us, slow it down if needed, make it challenging but not overwhelming.

So many great choices! I love Mosdos, but for some reason my kids do not😅 I am determined for them to try again. We use literature based, but find if we get behind in the book reading we get off track. I love Mosdos is short stories so it is easier to keep on track. We didnt usually do the writing parts. Just vocab, the literary elements, etc. I hooe your daughter enjoys, it really is rich and wonderful. Fingers crossed mine will come around to it next year when we try again.

We love Foundations. We finished A and B last year and are starting into C and D this year for first ❤.

Easy Grammar Teacher's Editions are meant to be photocopied for the stidents to complete the worksheets. It's not interended for them to complete in the book, next to the answer key. The first page has a blip about reproduction permission for noncommercial use only. Just wanted to let you know, even though this video is older, in casw you want to use upper levels later on. Having said this, I still purchase the Student Workbook because I don't always want to copy stuff. It was worth my time to buy them preprinted, but I'm only using it for my last child. If I were planning to use for multiple children, I'd make copies. Thank you for a detailed close up of Grade 5. We finished Grade 4, amd I was wondering if Grade 5 would be too redundant or if it builds incrementally enough to warrant using Grade 5 next.

We love IEW but we are flexible with it, one week takes us 3 weeks, the last week my daughter types up her essay.

I am loving your picks! I was on the fence about easy grammar but I think it will be a good fit for our 7th grade year.

Hi! I would love a flip through of the note taking workbook and the SAT one please. Thank you!

I love all these topics you cover. I am ending my first year homeschooling with my 5th grader. Looks like we will be changing to Saxon 7/6 for next year which really is why im here...your oldest is a yesr ahead of mine so im sort of folloeing your math pathway. Otherwise i was looking at horizon, which i think you looked at in the past. Im super curious to see what your schedule looks like.

We just completed SS1B. We started in 6th grade and completed it in 7th. My son's writing improved and it gave him great writing tips. My advice is to take your time. The videos can be long. It took us two years purposely because my son used a timer. After 30 minutes he could be done with the lesson for the day. There's a lot of video pausing because they write during the video. The timer helped a lot! My son also liked his jokes but he's an old soul so he understands dry humor. This year we're going to try EIW just to compare the two. Overall it was a great experience and I recommend it.

Just the study skills book in my cart. If you do get both (middle school version) would you mind telling me if the content is similar?

I would to see a flip through of Berean Builders. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing the curriculum choices! I would also like to see a flip through of Mosdos. I'm trying to decide if this would be a good fit for our family. 😊

Mosdos!!!!! Yay!!!! Please do a flip through of the anthology when you have time. It’s just so beautiful, and the content is very rich. I would also love to see an in-depth flip through of the student workbook. I hear that it’s very different from the Pearl level, which we have, so I’m curious about that. I’ll be interested to hear how you get along with the teacher guides. They were way too “classroom-y” for me, so I didn’t use them. For us, there’s so much depth in the anthology and the workbook, that trying to add in the teacher guides was just overwhelming. But maybe I will pick up some tips and tricks from you! 😃

We have found IEW to be very helpful with note taking skills as well because the focus on keyword outlines. I love your picks and all the thought behind them! It’s such an example of why homeschooling is such a blessing. We can truly tailor each child’s learning.

I’m using Mosdos with my 7th grader too! He’s using down a couple of levels because of his dyslexia, but even two levels down is so rich so far.

So many great choices! I’d love to see a video on how you schedule the different components…how many times per week etc, especially all the ELA components.

Loved MBTP Esperanza Rising!!!! It was one of our favorites. Easy Grammar 8 has many analogies in it, too. Ohhh...study strategies for teens...can't wait to hear how you like this. IEW will help with the note taking as well.

The job shadowing sounds like an awesome experience for your daughter! We used that note taking book this past year and it was a big hit.

I'm looking forward to your thoughts on MPL once y'all have used it for a while. What do you guys plan to use for the History of Africa? Great picks! ❤

We're using Mosdos Press Jade for my rising 7th grader next year too! Is your daughter going to be using the student workbook? We didn't purchase it but I am wondering if I should. Also, if you find some sort of schedule for Mosdos, please come back and let us know! I can't figure out how to pace it.

I would love to see an in-depth video on Berean Builders :)

My son is great at creative writing, but we do also use IEW because I feel like you need to learn the structure of other types of writing.

Perfect timing! I am going to the homeschooling store in my area tomorrow and I would love to see what you found as good options before I head over

Great choices! I would love to see a flip through of the Reading Journal and Spectrum Reading if possible. Thanks for sharing!

Great picks for your daughter’s 6th grade curriculum. I have never heard of Berean Builders science but it sounds interesting. I’m still trying to decide on a science for my rising 6th grader.

I’d love to see the Reading Journal!

I love seeing your Curriculuum. You really helped me to realize I needed to get my daughter on vocabulary. It was just in time too. So we are doing Wordly Wise 4. And thank you for letting us know of all the novels you guys have been reading. My daughter is now excited about reading. I let her listen to your girls and that was a blessing. She looks forward to reading her books. She’s on the SOS Substitute books and Nikki and Deja. And we read The Green Embers together. It all gave us so many books and started me down a rabbit hole of looking for books. Just want you to know how much a blessing your ripple effect for us. ❤ And I’m excited to see you trying IEW… that’s what we are doing for 5th year also. -April

We used MBTP for elementary for my oldest then wanted to try some other options. We came back to it for several lit, ss and science units this year and are loving it again. Such a great line up of activities to teach a wide variety of topics.

Can you buy just 1 book for moving beyound the page? I all I have heard is you have to buy by the grade?

Looks great! Yeah for 6th grade!!!!!