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This was so helpful! Thank you so much!

I love doing CM style exams! We have a little party at the end with grandparents and kids do a bit of recitation and songs. They choose some items to show off too. I'm going to try doing the notebook for exams this time. I sat down to write out the questions today and realized I had to figure out a new system as this is my first Form II student and they are expected to write some of their own stuff! I usually record on the voice app on my phone and then transcribe by typing later on (lots of interesting background noise from younger kids!). I still like that as I can step away if I am needed unexpectedly but feel a need for a change with the older student. We have exams next week so this is very timely help. Thanks!

This is really helpful.

I notice that a lot of your book choices are the same as AO. Do you follow their history rotation? Or just take what books work for your own rotation? I’m really trying to figure out what to do for my own family since term 1 went pretty poorly. I like how you are doing James Herriot and then Burgess, not both together as AO has it. I personally cannot keep track of too many books of a given subject at once and neither can my boys so I think that approach would work better for us.

This video was great. We just finished term one of our first year with AO (y1, y2) and struggled so hard. I like the idea of doing only 2 literature books at once. AO had us doing quite a bit more than that once the Canadian options were added in and the free reads. Thank you for the ideas😊

This is so lovely and encouraging! I used to host but just had to say we’re not going anywhere or hosting a Thanksgiving. Esp this year. It has been hard! But I love knowing I’m not alone! ❤❤❤

Thanks for sharing dear friend!🎉👍Have a blessed day!🎁❤4

Another great video Heather, thank you! Do you schedule out the independent readings for your kids? Assign days they should be working on a particular subject/book/recitation? Or just let them work through them as they want during the term? I'm taking your advice on koinonia, morning time and independent readings in order to be more Christ centered and also to have less tension and anxiety in our homeschool, especially with lots of little kids in the home. Prior, I've had every day scheduled out for the term. I was also using a timetable and although it got us done by lunch, it is beginning to feel too rushed/chaotic for us in this season. So I'm trying the hour or so of independent time but unsure how to plan those books all out. Or maybe they don't have to be! Thank you for the inspiration :)

Heather, I’d also like to say thank you for all the wisdom you’re passing on. It’s inspiring, the peace and grace that seems to abound in the way you run homeschool. We have exams coming up in a couple weeks and i’d like them to go better for everybody. I didn’t quite catch how you scheduled exam questions for the day in the independent time. Are you just giving 15 minutes to listen to a child dictate an answer for the ones that you write their answers down? Also, how many questions do you try to cover per subject during exam week? My question is targeted towards our situation of a form 1 son that struggles to write and a form one daughter that is just learning to write. Thanks so much for all your doing!

I love all the great books that come with CM style of learning (we only loosely follow CM). However, I've never been a huge reader (i know all the benefits of reading but I'm just not a big reader) so I don't really pre read. We only have one kid so its not necessary to pre read. We do one read aloud so that I read to her. She reads bible and history. But I am there following along. As for her literature readings (we do one book at a time) she reads them on her own. She orally narrates everything. And things I dont do with her you can just tell by the narrations if kiddo has read and understood the materials read. So I dont feel I need to follow along with her for everything or pre read. Bible and history I find very crucial to do together and to further discuss cuz afterall God created the world and its "HIS" story.

Great tips! I love your new name btw!

You are my new favorite youtuber! I so appreciate all your insight and recommendations. I would love to see a video on the books you found not appropriate that everyone loves. Like you, I try to read as many as possible, but there are only 365 days in a year... I'd also love to see how you plan your highschool students' school year and calculate credits since you don't use traditional curriculum.

Thank you! This is wonderful advice! 💖☺️

I watch her shorts they are funny.

Thank you for these reviews. I was just at the bookstore with my daughter and almost bought The Bookwanderers, but wanted to do more research first. Glad to know now about the third book.

All of our homeschooling stuff failed. The only thing that we kept using is the greeking out podcast.

I’m so disappointed by adult content in kids books. It frustrates me. I asked my librarian to put the rainbow stickers that they put on adult 😖🙄books on picture books/middle grade 😢 so parents know one way or another. She was kind about it.

Great review. Would love to see more about book 5.

Your videos are so helpful! Thank you. 😊

I just want to express that I appreciate your videos. You really demonstrate a certain stability in your homeschooling beliefs and your expectations for your children. As, a viewer, fellow homeschool mom and charlotte mason enthusiast, your videos are very comforting. Thank you ☺.

Hi! Do you have any additional resources for planning you could share? Things like how you find books for each history stream, etc. Really considering combining my kiddos in the same history stream next year and it looks like I may have to do some curriculum building on my own verses using a boxed plan.

Sounds good! 😌

Lots of great tips. Thank you!

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I genuinely admire you

Sounds so lovely! 💗☺️

I've had this on my "Books" list on Amazon and enjoyed hearing your review! When you mentioned how you liked Mere Motherhood as well, I thought maybe I'll put that on my list too. I have 15m old twins (very fun yet incredibly exaughsting and quite challenging!), a 4 year old, and 7 yr old and these seem like great reads for me right now!

This is has been on my radar! Thanks! ☺️

I really enjoyed your fresh perspective on literature! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the video! I may have missed it…do you read the books at the same time or one following the other?

We love Guardians of GaHoole !

What a good idea! I’ve been thinking of using The Blackbird Girls with my girls. I’m going to be thinking about this.

Heeeey friend! 🎉This video is so good. You share about this feast so beautifully.

This is so helpful! I am going to print this off and start with my almost 3 year old. She begs for school, but I have been hesitant adding her in. Thank you!

We call them Family Studies too!

I love the way you keep it simple and INEXPENSIVE!

Thank you for the resources especially the Spanish worksheets

Love your videos. Thanks for the reminder that home educating doesn't have to be expensive. What advice do you have for a child who is past the 6-7 yrs of age and has not so pretty letter writing. Thanks for your time!

Wow I love this so much! Your resources are lovely! I have 3 and 5 year olds really keen to learn writing so this helped me know how to move forward with them before year 1! ❤

Thank you so much! I love hearing of good modern historical fiction.

Thank you for this lovely review. So helpful! Sounds like a great option for older children. We too love historical fiction. May you have a lovely weekend. 🙏☺️

Love, love all your selections!!!. ❤

Thank you for making this video.

Thank you for this! We actually have the Preschool Bible, the Biggest Story one, and the MFW Bible Reader! Great to know that from here we can just go straight to the actual Scriptures. I was researching some “bigger kid” options but nothing was landing quite right with me. We use ESV at home so I’ll probably just go that route!

I would love to know your reasoning for KJV. I love hearing peoples why's on whatever version they use! :) I always go back and forth on which version to use for our kiddos.

This was such an amazing resource! Thank you for the sneak peek into the lofe of a veteran mom

Interesting! I haven’t used any of these! ♥️ except the KJV 😂

Hi! I enjoy your videos but I have some constructive criticism. Your sound is SO LOW. I go from any other video to yours and have to turn the volume on my laptop ALL THE WAY up to hear you. There is something wrong in your sound settings.

I started doing this for my sunday class and got rid of the worksheets!

I am curious what you used to help you read and understand Home Education (her volumes in general really)? I’m currently trying to strengthen those muscles but could use help 😂