We received $300 worth of FREE books this spring!

Each of my kids received a $100 voucher ($300 total!) from our Independent Study Charter School to use at their Amazon Bookshelf for the spring semester. Join me as I unbox all the books we received, plus some books I bought for myself to read this summer.
//WATCH ME UNBOX OUR FALL SEMESTER AMAZON BOOKSHELF HAUL
(yes, we received $600 in free books this homeschool year!)
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Picture Books:
Just Ask amzn.to/4ejjs5p
Lost and Found amzn.to/3X8QAq6
The Name Jar amzn.to/3VoSSjy
Not Norman amzn.to/45nYgHn
Hello Ocean amzn.to/45bxPnV
Oh No, George amzn.to/3V5NK2z
The Sneetches amzn.to/3yKncwm
Mittens amzn.to/3RbFBIC
Pumpkin Jack amzn.to/3x3tjeH
Triangle amzn.to/3VrWl13
Do Unto Otters amzn.to/3VoWLoB
Round is a Tortilla amzn.to/45bykyj
Hello Universe amzn.to/4e4gxNG
The Book of Mistakes amzn.to/3KqzwUZ
The Good Egg amzn.to/3VlEOY9
Square amzn.to/455RpSG
Clark the Shark amzn.to/3X5uDIn
LMNO Peas amzn.to/3KnykSt
After the Fall amzn.to/3KsvLyi
The Word Collector amzn.to/3xbeoiq
Here We Are amzn.to/4bHR3UM
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog amzn.to/4e8i9pQ
Middle Grades & Young Adult Books:
Hoot amzn.to/4bELmXN
City of Bones amzn.to/3X5EdeA
Trash amzn.to/4e93Dy3
Allies amzn.to/4bJK0e6
Bomb amzn.to/3yRZwGc
Loser amzn.to/4aJYWYj
Call of the Wild amzn.to/3KpZlV5
Uglies amzn.to/3RbEyZd
Holes amzn.to/4aJJT0X
The Maze Runner amzn.to/4ejkj67
The Alchemist amzn.to/3RbJKMS
Scythe amzn.to/3V48yYh
Stargirl amzn.to/3yLmyyJ
Curriculum/Resources:
World War II for Kids amzn.to/4c0Cxad
Made in Asian America amzn.to/3X8Rsem
Becoming a Critical Thinker amzn.to/3Ra8x42
Books for Mom:
Teach amzn.to/3Kujnhr
The Creative Act amzn.to/4bEtzje
Writing Down the Bones amzn.to/3VnQo57
The Artist's Way amzn.to/3KolBPg
Mamison Dish Gloves: amzn.to/3wQ6nQ5
Educational Kits:
Raddish Kids bit.ly/3VoXq9z
History Unboxed bit.ly/3On6zL5
Science Unlocked bit.ly/49SPenf
Generation Genius bit.ly/3qqAYjn
Crunch Labs bit.ly/45mnR1n
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[@yourfavoriteoompaloompa139]

Woohoo!

[@RockSimmer-gal4God]

We are in Lima so it’s mega hot!!! My stepdad went to the mountains and said it was cold tho!!! We heard the season depends on elevation!!! Our homeschool room wasn’t ever used apart from storage so not having one isn’t a problem!!! My older kids are in their own hotel room next to ours so they have their own space!!! Individual learning is awesome!!! We had a week of food technology on a cruise and it was awesome!!! My older kids went on their own to their room for the classes!!! The ocean book looks awesome!!! The vlogs are awesome!!! We love the Clark the shark books and my older kids will read them for extra phonics practice!!! Nothing wrong with rolling over curriculum!!! We love Easy Peasy, it’s free and online!!! This year we watched a movie of a book instead of reading it!!! We where learning about a famous athlete who refused to run on a Sunday!!! I was an early years teacher so we could be more creative!!!

[@lifeinthetrenches]

So nice that your older kids have their own space!

[@shizenteaism]

I hope anyone new to homeschooling listened to Xuan's advice at 17:04. I wish I didnt overdid the curriculum research last summer when I first started. 😅
Xuan, thanks for the little extra video footage (like the June Gloom weather) you added to this book haul. I too have kits I would like to finish this summer before the start of the new school year (when we may end up with surprise more subscription kits) but I am still trying to take it easy this summer since I am just getting over a health scare last month. How do you go almost no curriculum in a public charter school situation?

[@lifeinthetrenches]

Thanks! Our independent study charter school is one of the more flexible ones in California, and we don't have to use a curriculum if we don't want to. We do check in with our homeschool teacher every 20 days to go over what the kids learned and submit one work sample. She checks off what standards they met based on what they learned. When my son gets to high school, he’ll have to submit a work sample for each subject every month. We also do benchmark and standardized testing so the school can keep their accreditation. I think it helps that the majority of the homeschool teachers and admin at the charter are homeschoolers themselves, so they understand how different each homeschooler’s needs are.

[@shizenteaism]

@@lifeinthetrenches Wow your charter is the opposite of mine! I think my charter is run by type A admins who want to make sure we don't risk losing our charter, so they are little more strict. But that makes me stress out too 😅
Edit: I just asked if the charter will let is go no curriculim, I got a big no.