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I've had 3 children use the General Science- our family does it when kids are in grade 8. It's a good overview and pretty basic. My oldest son just completed advanced biology in grade 11 and it is very, very detailed. It's definitely worth getting the microscope slides and the dissection kit as they are part of the course as well.

You guys need to read “maybe he just likes you” it’s so good I definitely recommend

Interesting stack!!! We like Handwriting without Tears. I’m in the throes of pulling off everything on my shelves to see what I have and revamping everything. Last year was a little stagnant on my part. I also want to up my younger threes mom involvement. I feel nervously excited.

Have you considered math-u-see? Its very similar but a slower progression but also easy to speed up and move on if they are ready. Could work well for your first grader. If your older kids reach a point where learn math fast is moving too fast at some point.

We prefer the older Apologia texts written by Jay Wile. He has moved away from apologia, they have rewritten the texts (which we have not used...), and Wiles books are now published through Berean Builders. Maybe you already know this...

Without wanting to type out the whole explanation, cursive helps kids with dyslexia a lot. That’s something you may want to look it up. 😊 it also helps the brain in several ways. This is a great haul!

My daughter used Apologia Advanced Biology and loved it. It's for college prep and gifted teens in my opinion. Being that she is interested in nursing, it's a good introduction to the workload that college will be, if she's ready. If not, you can wait.

We are teaching cursive, because they could not read their birthday cards from their grandparents. They always write in cursive. Also, for signing their name. Also, because important history documents are written in cursive.

For your 1st grader look up Prenda Treasure Hunt Reading.

We love the entire Explode the Code series. Great picks! Hope it all goes wonderfully!

'Hats for Hailey' is a new chapter book for kids about kindness and compassion.

such a sweet kitt!! Just ordered the investigators and suit based on your son's recs!

My oldest is also going into 9th grade and she's doing biology with Sabbath Mood Homeschool. She also has interest in medical/anatomy. We are supplementing with portions of Institute for Creation Research's Guide to the Human Body book which is kind of set up like a DK book, but also has science from a biblical worldview.

Oh which province did you move to? We’re in BC 🙋‍♀️🏔️🌲

That science looks really good! I’m such a nerd, but I love seeing all the curriculum. 😊

Apologia General Science made my science loving child dread science. We loved Apologia Young Explorers, but moving to General Science was not a good move for us. Reaca might be ok with it, but the amount of dry reading and regurgitation of facts might be problematic for Ephraim. We ended up doing high school science in an online format with Dr. Shormann (we also did his math) and my daughter loved science and math throughout.

Im trying writing strands with my older two as a hopeful attempt of improving their writing skills. For my kindergartener, I won 1 free enrollment for Abeka at a homeschool conference so we are diving into that with her.

We have used a lot of apologia over the years. I feel my kids really enjoyed all the lower levels. We have done the audio mp3 download from the Apologia site. It helped get him through the drier parts and be able to follow along. We switched last year to GuestHollow curriculum which was fantastic. It is a literature approach with tons of books (I could get mostly from the library, youtube or Everand.) The great thing is there are so many to choose from that if some don’t fit your kids style you just move on to something else. Love explode the code as well!

Have you looked into Guest Hollow? They are a literature based curriculum and I’ve heard great things about their human body curriculum. Just a thought 😊

My son (who can't sit still) loves explode the code. It's the first book he chooses to get done in the day and it's fun for him and he understands it. I teach handwriting as well, and when I have a messy printer I make them hand write to slow them down and write nicer!

Apologia is an option we are considering for high school. Will be curious what you think of it. I think the middle school gen science is a good option to tie elementary science together and make sure they have a baseline before diving in deep in high school.

Master books looks like it has a great human anatomy and physiology high school course, actually 3 of them. If the apologia is too intense 👍

Apologia high school levels are intense. Very very good but a lot of reading/work. It's also set to where you are supposed to do them in some order. We haven't used Advanced Biology yet so I'm not sure what the prerequisites are. Hopefully she loves it! ❤

I stumbled across Apologia this year as well and fell in love with their Botany unit. We will definitely be doing more in the future.

Happy Wednesday 😊

Check out CTC math.

I am feeling the same need for these two methodologies to overlap. I see this video is from last year. Did you do a video on how this went.?

Homeschooling newbie, here. Thank you for sharing information! I’m excited…I was previously scared & unsure of not choosing a curriculum, but I knew I didn’t want to be locked in to something so structured. I’m looking forward to exploring your videos!

his taste is closer to mine than his sister - I'm not big on fantasy but like some and definitely prefer happy and funny! thank y'all for the recommendations! I just borrowed the Dahl medicine book audi from the library! can't wait to listen to it driving to and from work and before bed! I listened to the audiobooks of the Fudge series as an adult and liked them. I also liked listening to Peck's Long Way from Chicago - the sequel is my favorite but it's about the sister and grandma- the first I mentioned is both together and different stories/experiences.

So grateful not a lot has happened here for history 😆. A lot of the history comes with a lot of heartbreak. (Also in the Canadian prairies 😁)

Do you still do a morning basket time with your kiddos now that they are older? Would love to see a video of that if you do.

All your cons are the reason why I did not like it either

Mastery seems like the norm to me although government schools failed me big time with math. Nice review.

Love this! I can't believe I'm just finding you now, but I'm so on the same page. Starting my 9th year homeschooling this year and increasingly convinced that I don't need much, if any, curriculum anymore. Thanks for these videos - I look forward to watching the subject-specific ones, too.

How do you think it works for leaning multiplication? My son is struggling with tgtb math for multiplication

Omg I loved Wonder when I read it! I’m glad you included it

Thank you for the review! My son hates Math I am looking for something that will help him.

dude. i loved this! i realize its 3 years old at this point but wow do i wanna immediately go watch all your videos on this!

I was wondering where you got your hoop earrings from!? If you don't mind me asking. It looks like the top of the hoop is rounded and the bottom is thinner or flattened.

I love how invested you are in your kids interests. Awesome job, mom. This list was really helpful to us! Thank you!

How appropriate are these books? Our daughter is 10 and just got into reading wich we are thrilled by, but we want to make sure what she reads is appropriate. We are very strict about what she watches/reads, anything with violence, sex, drugs, swearing, or dark themes is not allowed. Some of the books you listed seem neat and like she would like them but we want to make sure what she reads is appropriate.

Your son has great taste! I love most of the books that are mentioned it’s really good :D love the videp

I've been using this with a 4th grader. I bought the first 4 volumes. We will use the second and possibly 3rd volume as a supplement next year to saxon math. It has helped improve basic skills tremendously.

Thank you so much for sharing this flip through! I've been contemplating this program ever since you first shared about it. I was wondering specifically about if my two would feel "stuck" at a certain point. We've had that happen with Life of Fred- getting to a point where they're not ready to move on, but they've mastered the previous concepts, so what to do in the meantime?

We have found that starting this system in middle school works well. I agree on the not sure how it would for younger kids, the books progress quickly and you would definitely be at a halt by book 3 with younger kids. Overall though, we have had success with these books and I really appreciate her teaching style.

I want to thank you for the tip on this curriculum from your previous video. I purchased vol 2 as a supplement and it’s been a huge hit with my 5th grader. I was shocked she liked it so much. I did one lesson with her and she grabbed it from me and began to work through the lessons on her own. She is a good reader and the conversational style lessons worked so well for her. Simple and great so far 👍🏻. Thank you thank you 🙏🏼💗

My son has responded so well to Learn Math Fast. He just finished Algebra 1 and will be using their High School Geometry next year.

This was Claire’s favorite book of the year this last school year! It was really fun to study grammar with all the fun wordplays too 😊

What do they do with what they’ve read? I noticed the check box for “notes”. I’m curious what that means, and how you go about composition.

We have had a lot of sickness lately so we haven't been able to do a lot of school BUT I would say my girls are really loving "Fix it Grammar". We are trying out two different grammar programs and I haven't been able to start the second one because... sickness... But, we also have been enjoying "Mary Cassat" as our Artist. Her paintings are so homey. We have a "Getting to know the Greatest Artist" book for her. We have also been loving "Classic Starts" Sherlock Holmes 🎉❤ Ps- I have four kids (11 year old girl, 9 year old girl, 6 year old boy, 3 year old girl). We look forward to your CM guides!