Your rug under your planner is so pretty (while we are on the topic of pretty)!

I genuinely enjoyed your content. But plz do ur research on what that guy David is spreadiing. The ICC, every major NGO, g-cide experts (including Isrli) have said isrl is plausibly committing g-cide. We need to teach our children real history and this is part of the reason I'm homeschooling. Our media and govt supress info (and outright lie). This guy ain't it

Thank you for sharing. We are going into our first year of homeschooling and trying to get my incoming first grader to work on his handwriting and begin to learn cursive. Would you recommend us begin cursive in second? Since I don’t exactly see a 1st grade cursive

If you’re ever way up north in Montana, there is a small town called Bynum and you can schedule a tour with The Montana Dinosaur Museum to go fossil digging with Paleontologists in an active dig site. It’s something we plan to do when our youngest is a bit older (she’s only 2). It’s also not too far from Glacier National Park too if you wanted to add that onto a trip. It’s beautiful there.

Sounds iconic ❤My Dino loving kid would just love this experience. You are an amazing and inspiring homeschooling mom .

What wild and fun thing have you happened across that you would love to share? The animatronic dinosaurs were seriously an amazing time!

American Chemistry Society sounds amazing! Have you found anything similar for Biology? What about Earth & Space?

Thank you for making this video. I found this helpful.

LOVE your vibe!!!❤❤❤

I know that there are differing definitions for some of these words, please add or modify to help grow the list! I think this could be so helpful for newbies! I know that I would have loved having something like this!

Hi! I know you are familiar with and also use the All About Learning products. My 3rd grade son will be completing AAR 4 and AAS 3 this year. Do you think this would be too much to add on?

Thank you for your honest answer.

Are you teaching about the LGBTQ+ community in your homeschool? If so, what resources do you use? If not, why not?

This is sooooo helpful! I wish I had had a tutorial like this when I first learned how to set up Google classrooms. 🎉

I am excited to finally get this course prepped and share that shopping list. It took me quite awhile but glad it's done!

I love your idea of incorporating more art into you schooling! Such a great idea! Thanks for sharing about MCT. We used it for the first time this year and we really love it! The approach is so great!

Homeschool Languages offers multiple Languages even monthly unit studies.

Hi Shanna! I'm thinking of using Discover! Science with my 3rd grader next year. What is your reason for not continuing with it? Also, could you please link the video that has the material list linked? Or link it here again? I couldn't find it. Thank you!

So true for a good day! I just am not a morning person 😂 but getting up early makes the day better 😅

Yes! Tweak everything! 😂 it’s so true, nothing is not tweaked

Thank you for joining the collab! Love hearing your answers!

I would love to hear your answers to these questions! They are listed in the description. I love partnering with these girlies!!

We do a lot of spurs of the moment trips all year along and not school in December so we don't do summer. ( Also leave in Caribbean so weather is always summery) When a school book finish just start the next. I take pictures of relevant pages and donate it to the library. Fun stuff I have a note with the date last used and when I see dust on it I ask my lids to try again if they not a fun I donate it to the orphan center down the road. We have most of my stuff on e-book so it reduce clutter. Also don't really follow the teachers manuals rather take a lesson a day approach.

Do you toss the curriculum they have completed?

Do you reset for summer or head right into the new year?

I would love to see if he can do a geography history unit. I think that would be neat.

I think this needs to be talked about more to be honest. I feel the same way.

Love your videos! Just found this while trying to decide between HQ and SOTW! Then I went down the rabbit hole on your other videos😂. Thank you for all the info!!

Thanks to David for taking the time to catch up with us! Be sure to check out his unit studies and his thoughts on homeschoolers.

I have found that if I ask my daughter how much more time would she like to stay/play helps with the transition. I normally will ask her when we have about 20 minutes left before we have to leave. If she says 30 mins I state what time our next activity is happening and tell her the time has to be less than 20 minutes. I then set the timer and it's very rare to have push back when it's time to leave.

Yes! My son asks for reminders, "How much time until we need to leave?". He likes to plan ahead to see if he's got time to finish one game or activity before we head out the door. I love being early/on time, so I am pretty strict about being out the door when I tell him.

I agree 100% I just wish I didn’t have to go through many years of the hard way to figure it out. The other thing is to talk about behavior expectation for where we are going. Everything goes better if they know what is happening and if they might have to sit still, or just have to stay in my view and what they can do to meet those expectations.

This is one of those parenting topics. I would love it if you could share any tips you have found! We can all use more help to avoid transition meltdown!

I just picked up a Skylight Calendar and it’s working perfectly to keep my kiddos on track with their summer chores and learning!

I would love to hear how you keep your home running in the wild and feral summer months! Please share your wisdom with us!

This is great advice! The one thing I would add is that for the values section, it goes beyond just secular vs religious. History is a great example. If you want a progressive, diverse, own voices curriculum that centers underrepresented history and doesn't white wash anything, you probably won't like the (afaik totally secular) Tuttle Twins series or Prager U Kids. If you want history to inspire patriotism and don't feel your kids are old enough to learn the hard parts of history, you probably won't like Oh Freedom or River of Voices (both secular). So don't forget to think about these things too. Same goes for how much you care about diversity in literature or what topics are okay to talk about at certain ages, and I'm sure there are ways this comes up in math and science too.

1 of 5 for Nearly every history or science curriculum out there. 😅 I think I might be picky! So I just made my own this year! I would call it more of a pivot because I used the good components of all the “Almost 3’s”. It took a ridiculous amount of time , but I’m hoping it will be a good fit!

A 1 of 5 we drop very quickly and may or may not replace but a 3 of 5 we can work with and adapt to our style for this year and work on finding something new next year. I have found that what works with a 1-2 grader is not what works with a 4-5 grader so our home school is always evolving. I’ve done the same curriculum for 2 years then decided we need a change. I also found that all in one curriculums rarely work because they seem to be too similar across the subjects and we need variety. For example my daughter likes videos for social studies or science but hates instructional videos for math. It has only taken 4 years to figure some of this out. By the time she graduates I’ll have it down. 😂

This is so helpful and eye opening! I’ve pretty much decided on what we’ll be using for each subject already, but thankfully, I hit about 4-5!!! This vid really helped me realize that everything will be ok and I did my best to set us up for a successful school year. Ps. My kiddos are loving the Dino101 course you shared. We’re doing it all through summer!

That's Right! I have found THE BEST HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM! Well, at least how to find it! Share with me, which part of my formula do you start with on your hunt?

My kids were able to go to my husband's air force academy class reunion. A lot my husband's friends had to leave their children back at their duty station with a grandparent or close family members. They were surprised when we showed up with our kids and they didn't have to be in school so many days...we also stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge and could see the academy stadium from our room. We also went to the beach a week before Memorial Day weekend in California. We stayed in military cabins and we practically had the entire beach to ourselves. Usually the cabins are booked solid especially on days the kids have off. We love the homeschool lifestyle.

Do u have a video on how you make the flow clipboard ?

We do everything “off schedule”. It makes a huge difference!

Vacations are one of the best perks. This year we have gone or plan to go to New Mexico, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Dallas, and Florida. Hopefully we will be going to Virginia too after my 3rd gandbaby is born.