My boss’s wife is homeschooling their 2 kids starting this fall, and we’ve talked about me having them over to my apartment to do cooking class! I’m looking forward to having this little taste of homeschooling before I someday do it with my own kids (God-willing)!
I’m looking forward to homeschooling my son for the first time. This has been a blessing in disguise because my son is special needs and with the virus I have been able to spend an unprecedented amount of time with him. I feel like God gave me this time back that I lost when he was born because I was unable to go on maternity leave after I gave birth. I’m so excited to spend this extra time with him and sharing the memory of mommy being his teacher ❤️ (sorry can’t comment on FB I don’t have social media)
This school year I’m looking forward to reconnecting with my son. We sent him to public preschool last year and I hadnt realized how much we bonded over “learning time”. I’m super excited to reclaim that time with him.
I have a little kindergartener that I decided to home school and have been rewatching all of your previous home school videos and would love to be as comfortable as you are one day in this new world for me!! God bless you guys! You are a help to so many moms!!
This is my first year homeschooling. My oldest just turned five; I can't wait to begin this journey with her. Thanks for sharing these videos. My husbands laughing at me because I have spent the last month watching RUclips homeschooling videos.
I moved across the country to help with my 10-year-old grandson. Last year I felt very left out of his education this year they have chosen to keep him 100% online. His time is spent between his mom and dad. But I am able to be involved in his extra classes like art, stem, music... And one day to follow his core classes. Congratulations on your new home it looks beautiful and finds it inspirational with everything on your plate. Thanks for all you share will your subscribers.
I am most excited about finally having an official year of school with my oldest. Since before I had children, my husband and I knew we wanted to homeschool our future children. So, I have been researching and gathering for a long time now and it's finally time to be just a little more serious, hahahah with kindergarten. Anyway, I'm excited for all of the curriculum we're using, the supplies, the projects, and the fun we're going to have together.
I’m looking forward to having more time with my kiddos. We’re first time homeschoolers with our son who is in kindergarten this year. While we didn’t plan to homeschool, but here we are and I see it as if we just gained another year with our littles 😊
I am a certified teacher who has chosen to homeschool my little ones. I am always in awe of your ideas and the great love and enthusiasm you have for teaching your children. If I win this give away I will definitely be putting the money into homeschool resources!!! Thanks, Angela!
My husband and I are excited to start our homeschool journey! We started about 3 weeks ago doing a gentle pk3 with our 3 year old son! Mommy and son are both enjoying our time spent together everyday learning about God and different animals! We are using My Fathers World preschool curriculum and it’s awesome❤️
We are working hard on character habits in our home this year. I feel like we have just gone "off the rails" in so many ways. I'm trying to put aside my academic goal focus to encourage better sibling relationships, quality time, good habits, and solid faith foundations .
This is my first year homeschooling. I was actually wanting to start last school year, but decided to give public school another shot. We are still waiting on the mail for the rest of our curriculum to arrive, but we started with a few subjects... and we are excited for the slow mornings and the time we get together. I breathed a sign of relief when my daughter said, “this is fun!”
I’m looking forward to watching my kids learn and grow in new ways. They’ve been in national school in a 3rd world country..it’s been good but right now we feel the need to homeschool. I’m hoping and praying that we all grow in character together as they adapt to a completely new form of curriculum and schooling. 💙
We actually have been doing school with our 5- and 2-year-old since January - never took a summer break. I love every aspect of doing school with my kids - helping them learn new things, seeing their eyes light up with pride once they learn something they've been working really hard at, it's all awesome! ❤️
While this whole situation has me so incredibly sad, I feel like this year, my kids will have greater opportunities than other years. I’m going to get to spend so much time with my kids. The memories they have of this year will be so different than other kids. They’ll have more time for enrichment options like coding and personal studies. They’ll have field trips and hands on experiments. None of which our schools can offer. And honestly, I’m wondering if in a normal year, homeschool would have been a better option for my learners.
I'm a first-time homeschool mom this year. My son was falling behind in public schools due to some delays early on, and there is no better time than now to jump in and take control of his education, I look forward to seeing how far he will progress with one on one instruction this year. It's scary and exciting at the same time. Thanks to all you homeschool moms for sharing your wisdom and ideas.
For two years I struggled with questions on how to homeschool and what curriculum to use, etc. I first stumbled upon your channel searching homeschooling resources and I’m so glad I did! Plus, I am finally homeschooling this year! Thank you for the videos! It helped answer a lot of questions that I had.
I’m excited to grow our families bonds and faith. We are a little over two weeks in with our first year of Homeschooling and we are loving it. We’ve already grown and changed so much. Spending my me morning time watching your videos. We are liking Notgrass History. Love you authenticity.❤️
I have 4 little ones and I am completely new to homeschooling. I am really looking forward to being able to spend quality time with each of my children. I am also looking forward to helping them expand their education and just overall have fun while learning. I am new to your channel and spent a entire week watching all of your old videos and I am absolutely looking forward to watching your future ones.
Skip Brave Writer and read “Know and Tell: The Art of Narration” by Karen Glass instead. All Brave Writer tries to do is repackage Charlotte Mason methods, but they end up just overcomplicating things. Every product I’ve bought from Brave Writer has been unused. Writing is really, VERY simple and Karen Glass gets to the heart of it really quickly in her book. Nice short read, to the point and probably the most practical homeschool book I’ve ever read. If you want more guidance I also really like the writing curricula from Well Trained Mind Press. It’s scripted, it has all the elements you need (narration, copywork, dictation). It’s also easy to customize either accelerating it or slowing it down, depending on what your student needs. It goes all the way from beginner to advanced. When I tried it in 1st/2nd grade I was frustrated by it, but I just had to wait a few years. Now it’s perfect. For reference this is our 10th year homeschooling.
I agree! That book was a life changer and eye opener! Change me as a homeschool teacher in how I approach teaching as well as personally- I have been improving my own learning and writing using narration.
I am excited to finally have my feet under me with homeschool. We have been doing it for 3 years now, but last year and the year before we had extensive family drama, then I found out I was pregnant with #4, was very sick during my pregnancy then had her late summer last year and STRUGGLED to do find any form of consistency and ended up schooling this summer to make up our days. (We live in a state that has moderate regulations, and so this summer has been all about checking the boxes to fulfill the requirements.)
I started homeschooling my two boys this year tot school and special needs pre-k. I am having an awesome time and I love getting to teach them and see how how they flourish , there is no better feeling ❤️
History and science projects are always what I look forward to the most! Gets my creativity flowing and makes everything so much more fun. Those are where our most cherished homeschool memories come from.
We started last week and I was looking forward using Beautiful Feet Books and so far my 6 yo son doesn't want to do the copy work BUT we have had some great discussions with the questions and lessons provided and have really been loving connecting with him in a deep level!! Thank the LORD, we were already homeschooling before this year so I was looking forward to just continuing to homeschool period because it is one of the normal things we are able to provide our kids during this weird time in our world.
I am a special education assistant and today was our first day of virtual learning. There were many hiccups and bumps, but EVERY SINGLE one of our students were able to log on and see their friends today. I'm excited to watch these students learn and grow this year!
I am in the homeschool group and followed you for years on RUclips. I am homeschooling 5/6 kiddos this year. I am a single mom as well doing this solo. Any who thank you for the group and your channel.
My 5th grade daughter is doing remote learning this year today is actually her first day! I’m looking forward to being able to expand on what she’s learning. For example I saw the school gave a book about the food chain in the rain forest. We can then talk more about the rainforest! Things like that! Since school is done 1:30 we have the rest of the day to do other activities!
We started our homeschool last month. My favorite parts are watching the lightbulb go on when teaching difficult concepts, and doing read-alouds! I love that series of biographies you showed. In fact, I just finished C.S. Lewis a little while ago. He had such a sad childhood, but it's amazing how God used him and his writings.
It’s our 2nd year homeschooling and because we are in Australia we are already half way through the year, and so what I have most enjoyed and am continuing to look forward to is slowing down and spending quality time with my kids. Living and learning together! 😊
First time homeschooling mama. We started preschool. I'm looking forward cheering my toddler & his happy face of achievement when he finally masters a letter sound. Its the most rewarding moment that makes the roller-coaster 100% worth it.
This year I’m looking forward to starting over and starting with a plan and a vision for my homeschooling journey . Last March took us by storm and we were thrown into homeschooling... God has a plan for us and I must trust Him.
I have a Senior this year and I am looking forward to all the graduation craziness. He has worked so hard to get to this point and we are both so excited to show off all that he has accomplished. I am trying to take it slow and really enjoy all the things that go along with having a student finishing their high school career especially a homeschooling career. I am also trying not to be sad about wrapping up our homeschooling time together but be proud of all we have done together.
I am excited to dive into homeschooling since I’m learning so much from your group! We’ve picked almost all of our curriculum and now I’m just trying to figure out our flow and scheduling our days. I’m excited for the changes and the freedom it brings!
I am most looking forward to continued slowing down. The not having to rip and run has done my mama heart so good. The unhurriedness is just so good for my soul. Sending blessings to you.
I am most excited to teach both of my kids this year. We started homeschooling my daughter in first and she’s going into third and my son is starting kindergarten. Today was our first day and it was such a great feeling to learn and teach with our entire family today...my husband even had a day off and was home too. It felt so good...and simple ❤️
My son is a new pre-schooler this year and we were going to send him to school. I have always loved teach him things but I will be more purposeful this year with our days. I am so very excited to sit down and help him learn. I cannot wait to see what we can accomplish in a year!
Just discovered you through homeschool research and love your enthusiasm! I am homeschooling 5 kiddos for the first time this year and feel so excited and thankful to spend this time with them.
Truth be told, being married to my husband who was homeschooled and myself comping from public school. I doubted myself and had zero confidence in my ability to homeschool especially since I was comparing myself to Mary Poppins essentially. So last year we put my son in public school. He flourished until we went to e-learning that is then it forced us to find our grove and learn together and that’s just what we did. I love your videos and your recommendations especially in the way you give ideas and advice for read aloud books. Even Math lessons for a living education and good and the beautiful that I had considered and pondered over you helped bring confidence I was making the right choice to homeschool for my kids. Looking forward to seeing your 2020 picks. And thank you again.
I'm excited to spend the time with my daughter and watching her progress through the year. It already excites me when she talks about something shes learned when we aren't doing school! It lets me know that she's absorbing the information and getting it!
My oldest daughter is starting her last year of kindergarden this September. I‘m excited to really Start doing planned and themed educational books and activities in the afternoons (matching her interests, of course ) . I‘m so impressed by you homeschooling mamas!
I am looking forward to the whole experience this year. My oldest is starting kindergarten && we have super fun day trips planned. Looking forward to watching him grow as he learns to read and write. He’s turning into a big kid && my heart could just explode!!
This year I'm really looking forward to our "new" school room. It was very much in need of my attention. I was able to discard what we won't use, reorganize, clean it up a bit, and replace our table. Last school year I wasn't able to do this because we had a loss in the family and I didn't have time. So it was getting bad! It just feels GOOD to start the year with a fresh and clean space!
Love all the ideas!! Ive been homeschooling 6years and it NEVER gets boring searching for new lessons...I like that you call yours loops! we just do unit studies usually a month long!
We are excited to be starting our first year of homeschooling! We're already on week 3 and I've been enjoying a more structured "schedule" and being more intentional with our days.
My oldest is starting Kindergarten this year & we’ve jumped head first into homeschooling! I’m excited for all the activities we have planned this year. I think my daughter is going to have a blast.
We have already started homeschooling and we have been having so much fun. Last year my daughter wasn't really reading much yet and this year already she has just taken off running with reading, so I'm most excited to see her continue to improve.
This is our second week for this new school year and I am so thankful to be back at it. We NEED structure and routine! I am looking forward to more read-alouds and digging deeper into our bible studies. I loved the "fun" book lists you had, I already added a few to my Amazon cart. Thank you!
1st year of homeschooling! Looking forward to hopefully creating a stronger family bond and to spark a love for learning. After a couple years in public school their attitude towards learning isnt great. Thanks for these videos! Looking forward to this week! Good luck everyone!
Long-time homeschooler here and I am most excited about: a)getting back into a routine with our daily schooling, and b) lots of snuggling time during read-alouds. 🙂 We are doing The Good and the Beautiful History year 3 as well and the kids love the books we read throughout the course. Best wishes with your move!
This will be my first year teaching all 3 of my kids. First, third, and sixth. We are also using the good and the beautiful for science and history! I’m looking forward to bonding with my children and instilling a deeper love for God ❤️ I happily subscribed to the news letter and started following you on Facebook. I LOVE your content. You have inspired me to make some changes in our home and how we do our chore charts as well!!
First year homeschooling for us! We chose the North America Birds unit from Gather Round for our first unit study. I have found so many different field trip and craft ideas! I can’t wait to get out in nature and explore with my children!
I'm so excited to be able to be creative with how we homeschool and the flexibility it brings! And to be able to teach in a way that is best for my child.
This is my first year homeschooling and I am most excited about the time I’ll be getting to spend with my kids and finding creative ways to keep learning interesting for them.
We are 6 weeks into the homeschool year. We already took a trip to the WW2 museum in New Orleans. It was amazing and added so much to our history already. This year will be a lot different, but I am determined to make it great. So grateful my daughter has some homeschool friends who we can get together with.
Reference to your Moving video in This Gathered Nest. As you pack your boxes label what room the box needs to go in. When you get to the new house have each box brought to its perspective room. This will save a ton of time over stacking everything in the garage.
I am the most excited about teaching my daughter to read! She is the oldest of our 3 and has been the inspiration for us to start homeschooling. We did the first lesson of TGTB K primer today and her face was as bright as the sun when she realized she had read a word (at).
I am so excited this year to get my son’s confidence back. We sent him to public school last year after him and I had worked so hard on our basic words and phonics, and he lost it all. He now grabs his head and says “I don’t know!” to little words that I know he does know. So we are starting from scratch and I’m excited to get my reader back!!❤️
I'm looking forward to applying a new approach. The last two years have been a bit of a blur. I finally feel more comfortable to switch things up a bit & add new things. I'm new to your channel!! Thank for sharing your resources. Hope you have a smooth transition into your new home 💕 blessings!
I think I am mostly excited to get back into a routine and learning together again. I love just learning together as a family and the intentional time school provides for that.
It's my first year homeschooling and I'm really looking forward to figuring out how my children learn. Once I can get a good handle on their learning styles, I feel like I will be much better equipped to helped them succeed.
I am a SAHM of 5, and we have decided to jump on board the homeschool train! We are loving it so far! I have subscribed to your channel! Can’t wait to watch and learn more about you and how you homeschool!
Just beyond thrilled to be doing another year homeschooling. I love our adventures and the unexpected and awesome learning moments that just organically happen throughout the year. That’s my favorite!
My son is just starting on his formal school journey and this year I'm excited to see what interests him and what ideas and subjects make him sparkle. 🎉 Thanks for sharing! I love these videos.
I'm so excited to be learning with my son... It's gotten me excited to teach again ... I taught in the public school for 2 years when he was a baby, but since then have struggled with depression. I'm feeling so much better now and feel like I can take on the challenge and exiting journey of homeschool!
I’m most excited about learning the ins and outs of homeschooling. I’m a momma of 5 (3 adopted 2 bio) our oldest has special needs so it’s definitely going to be an adventure but I’m looking forward to it 😁
We are focusing on several units this year and enjoying having ample time for learning with all of the extracurricular activities not happening right now.
I'm looking forward to trying something a little different with my kids this year. We have a new learning room in our house and we are also going to be using the Prairie Primer as part of our daily curriculum.
This is our first year homeschooling and I'm so looking forward to sharing my knowledge and resources with my kids and getting to know their passions and how their brains work.
My son isn’t quite homeschooling age yet (one year old) but I’m so excited to start working with him on more language skills, identifying all the noises for animals, and really just investing in him learning about the world!
This will be my child's first year doing school, and I've been planning for years to homeschool! I'm so excited just to get started, read aloud and music is what I'm most excited for.
My son is starting homeschool Kindergarten this year. I homeschooled him for preschool. I am looking forward to diving into chapter book read alouds. I have been researching a lot over the summer so I am excited to get things started.
Love your videos...this is our first year homeschooling and you are my go to! I’m excited for this journey...it’s been on my heart for a while and now I am finally taking the plunge! Excited to see my kids grow this year and fall in love with learning!
This year I’m very excited because for the first time we will be joining other homeschool families in our area and doing some activities and group things! The last three years we’ve not had much in terms of community so I’m looking forward to this new phase of our homeschool journey!!
I'm most excited about the fact that this will be our first real year of homeschool! My daughter is 4 and we had planned to do one more year at her lovely preschool before starting our homeschool adventures but with the state of the world right now, we just decided to jump in a year early! We're actually almost a whole month in already and it has been so much fun!
Im looking forward to our first year of homeschooling. Still trying to get into a good rhythm but absolutely loving it so far. I have seen such a positive change in my son already.
I’m homeschooling second grade with my daughter and we’re so freaking excited!!!! I can’t wait to bond more with my daughter and watch her learn. It’s such a reward ❤️
I am so excited to watch my little ones dive into their interests... space, animals, gymnastics. We have recently decided to start unschooling and I’m excited to see where it takes us!
This will be our 3rd year homeschooling. I'm excited about our new curriculum. My toddler will be joining us doing her own play based curriculum. She is excited to have her own "school" like her brother. I'm also planning to let him plan and teach with her a bit. I see that patient teacher spark shining in his personality and want to give him a chance to nurture that a bit. We'll see. Good luck to all you other parents out there balancing home, public and some where between school ❤
Love you curriculum videos and back to school week! This is our 4th year homeschooling, and for the past 3 years I have been running a home daycare along with homeschooling, which kept us from doing any types of field trips or outings. This year I will not be running my daycare so I’m most excited to have that time with my kids to be able to take school outside of the house.
I am truly excited to have our girls home and do homeschool with them. You placed the idea on my heart years ago when I started following your videos, and here we are now. 💗🤞🏼 But think most of all I’m just excited to get back into a routine and keep our minds busy with positive things, filtering out the craziness around us.
I’m looking forward to all the read aloud books we are doing this year! With my soon to be 5 children 7 and under, this is a great time to introduce fun chapter books while still exploring all the colorful picture books!
This is my second year homeschooling and your channel has been a great resource and encourager to keep me going even thru the tough times thank you for all the homeschool content 😊
Your looping tips have changed homeschooling for us! I especially love that you always share your read-alouds! Angela, do you keep your read-alouds after using? What do you do with the ever-growing library?
It's our third year of homeschooling and this year I'm excited about more read alouds and more hands on. The kids learn best this way and I want more joy this year.
It is our first year homeschooling and I am most looking forward to spending extra time with our children and really get to watch them learn. Also planning some field trips and just really having fun with it! Thank you for your videos always lots of great information which is much appreciated💕
Though this is our fifth year homeschooling as a family, this is the first year my 5yo daughter will be "officially" joining us. She is so interested in learning to read, and I'm really looking forward to working with her as she learns her sounds and how to blend them together to make words. My all-time favorite aspect of homeschooling is watching my kids read for the very first time! 💕
I am looking forward to establishing a routine together where we make time for the important things like studying the scriptures together, core subjects, and art which is my daughter's favorite. The summer has been very lazy and crazy at the same time, so I'm excited to really start focusing on daily rituals that will be a great change for us!
I am excited to have quality bonding time with my two littles, through all of the things that make up our day of learning. We have a very large garden and a hobby farm that can take up a lot of time, even though our kids are there along side us, it still feels like less focused time with them because we are always going, going, going and they are usually off on their own adventures 😃. It will be so nice to kick off our muck boots and cuddle up with some great stories and soak in the moments, really soak them in. I was just listening to something the other day that rang so true for me and I felt like I should have it plastered all around my house, they said “prioritize relationships over the to-do list.” A reminder I don’t ever want to forget but yet, it is one I need often. I hope to change that.
My boss’s wife is homeschooling their 2 kids starting this fall, and we’ve talked about me having them over to my apartment to do cooking class! I’m looking forward to having this little taste of homeschooling before I someday do it with my own kids (God-willing)!
God IS willing!
The will show you when it is time.
That's awesome
I’m looking forward to homeschooling my son for the first time. This has been a blessing in disguise because my son is special needs and with the virus I have been able to spend an unprecedented amount of time with him. I feel like God gave me this time back that I lost when he was born because I was unable to go on maternity leave after I gave birth. I’m so excited to spend this extra time with him and sharing the memory of mommy being his teacher ❤️ (sorry can’t comment on FB I don’t have social media)
This school year I’m looking forward to reconnecting with my son. We sent him to public preschool last year and I hadnt realized how much we bonded over “learning time”. I’m super excited to reclaim that time with him.
I only have a two year old but I started "tot school" mostly just educational play & we ate bonding so much.
Wonderful
I have a little kindergartener that I decided to home school and have been rewatching all of your previous home school videos and would love to be as comfortable as you are one day in this new world for me!! God bless you guys! You are a help to so many moms!!
This is my first year homeschooling. My oldest just turned five; I can't wait to begin this journey with her. Thanks for sharing these videos. My husbands laughing at me because I have spent the last month watching RUclips homeschooling videos.
I moved across the country to help with my 10-year-old grandson. Last year I felt very left out of his education this year they have chosen to keep him 100% online. His time is spent between his mom and dad. But I am able to be involved in his extra classes like art, stem, music... And one day to follow his core classes. Congratulations on your new home it looks beautiful and finds it inspirational with everything on your plate. Thanks for all you share will your subscribers.
I am excited to spend as much time outside with my kids as I can before it snows. Winters where I live get very long and cold.
^this. I'm in Illinois and winters can get brutal.
Same here. We live in North Dakota.
I'm in MN so I feel your pain
I am most excited about finally having an official year of school with my oldest. Since before I had children, my husband and I knew we wanted to homeschool our future children. So, I have been researching and gathering for a long time now and it's finally time to be just a little more serious, hahahah with kindergarten. Anyway, I'm excited for all of the curriculum we're using, the supplies, the projects, and the fun we're going to have together.
first year homeschooling - looking forward to trying out the new curriculum that I have picked
I’m looking forward to having more time with my kiddos. We’re first time homeschoolers with our son who is in kindergarten this year.
While we didn’t plan to homeschool, but here we are and I see it as if we just gained another year with our littles 😊
I am a certified teacher who has chosen to homeschool my little ones. I am always in awe of your ideas and the great love and enthusiasm you have for teaching your children. If I win this give away I will definitely be putting the money into homeschool resources!!! Thanks, Angela!
My husband and I are excited to start our homeschool journey! We started about 3 weeks ago doing a gentle pk3 with our 3 year old son! Mommy and son are both enjoying our time spent together everyday learning about God and different animals! We are using My Fathers World preschool curriculum and it’s awesome❤️
We are working hard on character habits in our home this year. I feel like we have just gone "off the rails" in so many ways. I'm trying to put aside my academic goal focus to encourage better sibling relationships, quality time, good habits, and solid faith foundations .
THIS! I can relate to this on so many levels! Sometimes life just happens and you look around and realize how far everyone has drifted.
This is my first year homeschooling. I was actually wanting to start last school year, but decided to give public school another shot. We are still waiting on the mail for the rest of our curriculum to arrive, but we started with a few subjects... and we are excited for the slow mornings and the time we get together. I breathed a sign of relief when my daughter said, “this is fun!”
I’m looking forward to watching my kids learn and grow in new ways. They’ve been in national school in a 3rd world country..it’s been good but right now we feel the need to homeschool. I’m hoping and praying that we all grow in character together as they adapt to a completely new form of curriculum and schooling. 💙
We actually have been doing school with our 5- and 2-year-old since January - never took a summer break. I love every aspect of doing school with my kids - helping them learn new things, seeing their eyes light up with pride once they learn something they've been working really hard at, it's all awesome! ❤️
While this whole situation has me so incredibly sad, I feel like this year, my kids will have greater opportunities than other years. I’m going to get to spend so much time with my kids. The memories they have of this year will be so different than other kids. They’ll have more time for enrichment options like coding and personal studies. They’ll have field trips and hands on experiments. None of which our schools can offer. And honestly, I’m wondering if in a normal year, homeschool would have been a better option for my learners.
I'm a first-time homeschool mom this year. My son was falling behind in public schools due to some delays early on, and there is no better time than now to jump in and take control of his education, I look forward to seeing how far he will progress with one on one instruction this year. It's scary and exciting at the same time. Thanks to all you homeschool moms for sharing your wisdom and ideas.
I’m excited about doing a relaxed year of homeschooling with a newborn, and letting the kids pick subjects they’re interested in.
For two years I struggled with questions on how to homeschool and what curriculum to use, etc. I first stumbled upon your channel searching homeschooling resources and I’m so glad I did! Plus, I am finally homeschooling this year! Thank you for the videos! It helped answer a lot of questions that I had.
I’m looking forward to teaching my kids more “real life” skills than in past years. It’s fun to incorporate things like that into our school routine!
I’m excited to grow our families bonds and faith. We are a little over two weeks in with our first year of Homeschooling and we are loving it. We’ve already grown and changed so much. Spending my me morning time watching your videos. We are liking Notgrass History. Love you authenticity.❤️
I am definitely looking forward as to how you implement and “loop” all these subjects. I’ll be staying tuned ❤️
I have 4 little ones and I am completely new to homeschooling. I am really looking forward to being able to spend quality time with each of my children. I am also looking forward to helping them expand their education and just overall have fun while learning.
I am new to your channel and spent a entire week watching all of your old videos and I am absolutely looking forward to watching your future ones.
Skip Brave Writer and read “Know and Tell: The Art of Narration” by Karen Glass instead. All Brave Writer tries to do is repackage Charlotte Mason methods, but they end up just overcomplicating things. Every product I’ve bought from Brave Writer has been unused. Writing is really, VERY simple and Karen Glass gets to the heart of it really quickly in her book. Nice short read, to the point and probably the most practical homeschool book I’ve ever read. If you want more guidance I also really like the writing curricula from Well Trained Mind Press. It’s scripted, it has all the elements you need (narration, copywork, dictation). It’s also easy to customize either accelerating it or slowing it down, depending on what your student needs. It goes all the way from beginner to advanced. When I tried it in 1st/2nd grade I was frustrated by it, but I just had to wait a few years. Now it’s perfect. For reference this is our 10th year homeschooling.
I agree! That book was a life changer and eye opener! Change me as a homeschool teacher in how I approach teaching as well as personally- I have been improving my own learning and writing using narration.
I am excited to finally have my feet under me with homeschool. We have been doing it for 3 years now, but last year and the year before we had extensive family drama, then I found out I was pregnant with #4, was very sick during my pregnancy then had her late summer last year and STRUGGLED to do find any form of consistency and ended up schooling this summer to make up our days. (We live in a state that has moderate regulations, and so this summer has been all about checking the boxes to fulfill the requirements.)
I started homeschooling my two boys this year tot school and special needs pre-k. I am having an awesome time and I love getting to teach them and see how how they flourish , there is no better feeling ❤️
History and science projects are always what I look forward to the most! Gets my creativity flowing and makes everything so much more fun. Those are where our most cherished homeschool memories come from.
We started last week and I was looking forward using Beautiful Feet Books and so far my 6 yo son doesn't want to do the copy work BUT we have had some great discussions with the questions and lessons provided and have really been loving connecting with him in a deep level!! Thank the LORD, we were already homeschooling before this year so I was looking forward to just continuing to homeschool period because it is one of the normal things we are able to provide our kids during this weird time in our world.
I am a special education assistant and today was our first day of virtual learning. There were many hiccups and bumps, but EVERY SINGLE one of our students were able to log on and see their friends today. I'm excited to watch these students learn and grow this year!
I am in the homeschool group and followed you for years on RUclips. I am homeschooling 5/6 kiddos this year. I am a single mom as well doing this solo. Any who thank you for the group and your channel.
My 5th grade daughter is doing remote learning this year today is actually her first day! I’m looking forward to being able to expand on what she’s learning. For example I saw the school gave a book about the food chain in the rain forest. We can then talk more about the rainforest! Things like that! Since school is done 1:30 we have the rest of the day to do other activities!
We started our homeschool last month. My favorite parts are watching the lightbulb go on when teaching difficult concepts, and doing read-alouds! I love that series of biographies you showed. In fact, I just finished C.S. Lewis a little while ago. He had such a sad childhood, but it's amazing how God used him and his writings.
It’s our 2nd year homeschooling and because we are in Australia we are already half way through the year, and so what I have most enjoyed and am continuing to look forward to is slowing down and spending quality time with my kids. Living and learning together! 😊
First time homeschooling mama. We started preschool. I'm looking forward cheering my toddler & his happy face of achievement when he finally masters a letter sound. Its the most rewarding moment that makes the roller-coaster 100% worth it.
This year I’m looking forward to starting over and starting with a plan and a vision for my homeschooling journey . Last March took us by storm and we were thrown into homeschooling... God has a plan for us and I must trust Him.
I have a Senior this year and I am looking forward to all the graduation craziness. He has worked so hard to get to this point and we are both so excited to show off all that he has accomplished. I am trying to take it slow and really enjoy all the things that go along with having a student finishing their high school career especially a homeschooling career. I am also trying not to be sad about wrapping up our homeschooling time together but be proud of all we have done together.
I am excited to dive into homeschooling since I’m learning so much from your group! We’ve picked almost all of our curriculum and now I’m just trying to figure out our flow and scheduling our days. I’m excited for the changes and the freedom it brings!
I am most looking forward to continued slowing down. The not having to rip and run has done my mama heart so good. The unhurriedness is just so good for my soul. Sending blessings to you.
I am most excited to teach both of my kids this year. We started homeschooling my daughter in first and she’s going into third and my son is starting kindergarten. Today was our first day and it was such a great feeling to learn and teach with our entire family today...my husband even had a day off and was home too. It felt so good...and simple ❤️
My son is a new pre-schooler this year and we were going to send him to school. I have always loved teach him things but I will be more purposeful this year with our days. I am so very excited to sit down and help him learn. I cannot wait to see what we can accomplish in a year!
Just discovered you through homeschool research and love your enthusiasm! I am homeschooling 5 kiddos for the first time this year and feel so excited and thankful to spend this time with them.
Truth be told, being married to my husband who was homeschooled and myself comping from public school. I doubted myself and had zero confidence in my ability to homeschool especially since I was comparing myself to Mary Poppins essentially. So last year we put my son in public school. He flourished until we went to e-learning that is then it forced us to find our grove and learn together and that’s just what we did. I love your videos and your recommendations especially in the way you give ideas and advice for read aloud books. Even Math lessons for a living education and good and the beautiful that I had considered and pondered over you helped bring confidence I was making the right choice to homeschool for my kids. Looking forward to seeing your 2020 picks. And thank you again.
I'm excited to spend the time with my daughter and watching her progress through the year. It already excites me when she talks about something shes learned when we aren't doing school! It lets me know that she's absorbing the information and getting it!
My oldest daughter is starting her last year of kindergarden this September. I‘m excited to really Start doing planned and themed educational books and activities in the afternoons (matching her interests, of course ) . I‘m so impressed by you homeschooling mamas!
I am looking forward to the whole experience this year. My oldest is starting kindergarten && we have super fun day trips planned. Looking forward to watching him grow as he learns to read and write. He’s turning into a big kid && my heart could just explode!!
This year I'm really looking forward to our "new" school room. It was very much in need of my attention. I was able to discard what we won't use, reorganize, clean it up a bit, and replace our table. Last school year I wasn't able to do this because we had a loss in the family and I didn't have time. So it was getting bad! It just feels GOOD to start the year with a fresh and clean space!
Love all the ideas!! Ive been homeschooling 6years and it NEVER gets boring searching for new lessons...I like that you call yours loops! we just do unit studies usually a month long!
We are excited to be starting our first year of homeschooling! We're already on week 3 and I've been enjoying a more structured "schedule" and being more intentional with our days.
My oldest is starting Kindergarten this year & we’ve jumped head first into homeschooling! I’m excited for all the activities we have planned this year. I think my daughter is going to have a blast.
We have already started homeschooling and we have been having so much fun. Last year my daughter wasn't really reading much yet and this year already she has just taken off running with reading, so I'm most excited to see her continue to improve.
This is our second week for this new school year and I am so thankful to be back at it. We NEED structure and routine! I am looking forward to more read-alouds and digging deeper into our bible studies. I loved the "fun" book lists you had, I already added a few to my Amazon cart. Thank you!
1st year of homeschooling! Looking forward to hopefully creating a stronger family bond and to spark a love for learning. After a couple years in public school their attitude towards learning isnt great. Thanks for these videos! Looking forward to this week!
Good luck everyone!
First year homeschooling. I'm excited to watch my children learn and grow throughout the year and for us to find out what things work best for us.
We are first time homeschooling but I am excited to watch my kids grow spiritually educationally and their bond grow too.
I'm looking forward to watching my son grow and learn this year, his first year of homeschooling but also to grow and learn right along with him!
Looping is such a fun way to fit in things that you all are interested in. Especially with a big family. We love read alouds as well.
Long-time homeschooler here and I am most excited about: a)getting back into a routine with our daily schooling, and b) lots of snuggling time during read-alouds. 🙂 We are doing The Good and the Beautiful History year 3 as well and the kids love the books we read throughout the course. Best wishes with your move!
This will be my first year teaching all 3 of my kids. First, third, and sixth. We are also using the good and the beautiful for science and history! I’m looking forward to bonding with my children and instilling a deeper love for God ❤️ I happily subscribed to the news letter and started following you on Facebook. I LOVE your content. You have inspired me to make some changes in our home and how we do our chore charts as well!!
First year homeschooling for us! We chose the North America Birds unit from Gather Round for our first unit study. I have found so many different field trip and craft ideas! I can’t wait to get out in nature and explore with my children!
I'm so excited to be able to be creative with how we homeschool and the flexibility it brings! And to be able to teach in a way that is best for my child.
This is my first year homeschooling and I am most excited about the time I’ll be getting to spend with my kids and finding creative ways to keep learning interesting for them.
We are 6 weeks into the homeschool year. We already took a trip to the WW2 museum in New Orleans. It was amazing and added so much to our history already. This year will be a lot different, but I am determined to make it great. So grateful my daughter has some homeschool friends who we can get together with.
Reference to your Moving video in This Gathered Nest. As you pack your boxes label what room the box needs to go in. When you get to the new house have each box brought to its perspective room. This will save a ton of time over stacking everything in the garage.
I am the most excited about teaching my daughter to read! She is the oldest of our 3 and has been the inspiration for us to start homeschooling. We did the first lesson of TGTB K primer today and her face was as bright as the sun when she realized she had read a word (at).
I am so excited this year to get my son’s confidence back. We sent him to public school last year after him and I had worked so hard on our basic words and phonics, and he lost it all. He now grabs his head and says “I don’t know!” to little words that I know he does know. So we are starting from scratch and I’m excited to get my reader back!!❤️
I'm looking forward to applying a new approach. The last two years have been a bit of a blur. I finally feel more comfortable to switch things up a bit & add new things. I'm new to your channel!! Thank for sharing your resources. Hope you have a smooth transition into your new home 💕 blessings!
I think I am mostly excited to get back into a routine and learning together again. I love just learning together as a family and the intentional time school provides for that.
It's my first year homeschooling and I'm really looking forward to figuring out how my children learn. Once I can get a good handle on their learning styles, I feel like I will be much better equipped to helped them succeed.
I am a SAHM of 5, and we have decided to jump on board the homeschool train! We are loving it so far! I have subscribed to your channel! Can’t wait to watch and learn more about you and how you homeschool!
Just beyond thrilled to be doing another year homeschooling. I love our adventures and the unexpected and awesome learning moments that just organically happen throughout the year. That’s my favorite!
My son is just starting on his formal school journey and this year I'm excited to see what interests him and what ideas and subjects make him sparkle. 🎉 Thanks for sharing! I love these videos.
I'm so excited to be learning with my son... It's gotten me excited to teach again ... I taught in the public school for 2 years when he was a baby, but since then have struggled with depression. I'm feeling so much better now and feel like I can take on the challenge and exiting journey of homeschool!
I’m most excited about learning the ins and outs of homeschooling. I’m a momma of 5 (3 adopted 2 bio) our oldest has special needs so it’s definitely going to be an adventure but I’m looking forward to it 😁
We are focusing on several units this year and enjoying having ample time for learning with all of the extracurricular activities not happening right now.
I'm looking forward to trying something a little different with my kids this year. We have a new learning room in our house and we are also going to be using the Prairie Primer as part of our daily curriculum.
This is our first year homeschooling and I'm so looking forward to sharing my knowledge and resources with my kids and getting to know their passions and how their brains work.
My son isn’t quite homeschooling age yet (one year old) but I’m so excited to start working with him on more language skills, identifying all the noises for animals, and really just investing in him learning about the world!
This will be my child's first year doing school, and I've been planning for years to homeschool! I'm so excited just to get started, read aloud and music is what I'm most excited for.
My son is starting homeschool Kindergarten this year. I homeschooled him for preschool. I am looking forward to diving into chapter book read alouds. I have been researching a lot over the summer so I am excited to get things started.
Love your videos...this is our first year homeschooling and you are my go to! I’m excited for this journey...it’s been on my heart for a while and now I am finally taking the plunge! Excited to see my kids grow this year and fall in love with learning!
This year I’m very excited because for the first time we will be joining other homeschool families in our area and doing some activities and group things! The last three years we’ve not had much in terms of community so I’m looking forward to this new phase of our homeschool journey!!
I'm most excited about the fact that this will be our first real year of homeschool! My daughter is 4 and we had planned to do one more year at her lovely preschool before starting our homeschool adventures but with the state of the world right now, we just decided to jump in a year early! We're actually almost a whole month in already and it has been so much fun!
Im looking forward to our first year of homeschooling. Still trying to get into a good rhythm but absolutely loving it so far. I have seen such a positive change in my son already.
I’m homeschooling second grade with my daughter and we’re so freaking excited!!!! I can’t wait to bond more with my daughter and watch her learn. It’s such a reward ❤️
I am so excited to watch my little ones dive into their interests... space, animals, gymnastics. We have recently decided to start unschooling and I’m excited to see where it takes us!
This will be our 3rd year homeschooling. I'm excited about our new curriculum. My toddler will be joining us doing her own play based curriculum. She is excited to have her own "school" like her brother. I'm also planning to let him plan and teach with her a bit. I see that patient teacher spark shining in his personality and want to give him a chance to nurture that a bit. We'll see. Good luck to all you other parents out there balancing home, public and some where between school ❤
Love you curriculum videos and back to school week! This is our 4th year homeschooling, and for the past 3 years I have been running a home daycare along with homeschooling, which kept us from doing any types of field trips or outings. This year I will not be running my daycare so I’m most excited to have that time with my kids to be able to take school outside of the house.
I am truly excited to have our girls home and do homeschool with them. You placed the idea on my heart years ago when I started following your videos, and here we are now. 💗🤞🏼 But think most of all I’m just excited to get back into a routine and keep our minds busy with positive things, filtering out the craziness around us.
I’m looking forward to all the read aloud books we are doing this year! With my soon to be 5 children 7 and under, this is a great time to introduce fun chapter books while still exploring all the colorful picture books!
This is my second year homeschooling and your channel has been a great resource and encourager to keep me going even thru the tough times thank you for all the homeschool content 😊
Your looping tips have changed homeschooling for us! I especially love that you always share your read-alouds!
Angela, do you keep your read-alouds after using? What do you do with the ever-growing library?
It's our third year of homeschooling and this year I'm excited about more read alouds and more hands on. The kids learn best this way and I want more joy this year.
It is our first year homeschooling and I am most looking forward to spending extra time with our children and really get to watch them learn. Also planning some field trips and just really having fun with it! Thank you for your videos always lots of great information which is much appreciated💕
You will LOVE The Incorrigible Children series!!! The fun way she brings in classic vocabulary is brilliant
I'm so excited for this week!!! Starting homescooling for the first time in a couple weeks! Just a Pre-K/kindergartner, but am still excited!!
Though this is our fifth year homeschooling as a family, this is the first year my 5yo daughter will be "officially" joining us. She is so interested in learning to read, and I'm really looking forward to working with her as she learns her sounds and how to blend them together to make words. My all-time favorite aspect of homeschooling is watching my kids read for the very first time! 💕
I am looking forward to establishing a routine together where we make time for the important things like studying the scriptures together, core subjects, and art which is my daughter's favorite. The summer has been very lazy and crazy at the same time, so I'm excited to really start focusing on daily rituals that will be a great change for us!
I am excited to have quality bonding time with my two littles, through all of the things that make up our day of learning. We have a very large garden and a hobby farm that can take up a lot of time, even though our kids are there along side us, it still feels like less focused time with them because we are always going, going, going and they are usually off on their own adventures 😃. It will be so nice to kick off our muck boots and cuddle up with some great stories and soak in the moments, really soak them in. I was just listening to something the other day that rang so true for me and I felt like I should have it plastered all around my house, they said “prioritize relationships over the to-do list.” A reminder I don’t ever want to forget but yet, it is one I need often. I hope to change that.
We are excited to try Master Books curriculum this year in our homeschool.