The A curriculum is advanced…although some of the kids in the virtual classroom look like they are 5 years old :) This made my kids always feel like they are in a classroom with much younger kids.
@lifeandthecity9535Ай бұрын
That’s a giant book 😳. Was your student able to get through the whole thing in one school year?
@mmv10Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the review. This is the most thorough and helpful review
@karlacanon2507Ай бұрын
Thank you so much! :)
@joyceoq4271Ай бұрын
I'm so glad to see you're back. I'd like to videos on how you use IEW for the 11 year old. I'm currently using IEW but not too sure if we're doing it right. My son who is 11 seems always take the shortest route/the least words possible to finish his writing assignment from IEW SS1A.
@karlacanon2507Ай бұрын
Sounds good! I do want to do an IEW update! That being said, I think it's pretty normal for kids, particularly boys, to write as efficiently as possible. I find as they get into the later lessons, and have more things they need to include in their checklist, that helps force them to use more words and vary their sentence patterns.
@homeschoolautismlifeАй бұрын
I would love information on homeschooling highschool in Alberta!!! I'm just starting that process and it seems very overwhelming not knowing all the lingo. Your videos on IEW helped my homeschool move forward . Thank you!
@karlacanon2507Ай бұрын
@@homeschoolautismlife there are so many high school options in Alberta it is definitely overwhelming!! It took me awhile to get a handle on it, but I have it figured out now so I will see if I can organize all the information into a video!
@homeschoolautismlifeАй бұрын
@@karlacanon2507 Thank you so much! I know the list of options is big but even the lingo has changed for highschool credits from when I did it. Math 10,20, 30 or 13,23,33 is now Math dash something... I'm not sure what language anyone is speaking. So any help would be lovely! I just aged myself! 😂
@Michelgia523Ай бұрын
So excited to see your middle school and high school content!!
@karlacanon2507Ай бұрын
@@Michelgia523 thank you!! I’m excited to make some videos on things we loved while it’s still all fresh in my mind!
@StrawberryFields-1Ай бұрын
Welcome back!! Looking forward to these videos- we are just starting grade 1 😊
@karlacanon2507Ай бұрын
@@StrawberryFields-1 Thank you!! I’m working on an elementary age video on a nature study resource that you might like so keep an eye out for that!
@ashleymurphy48132 ай бұрын
Hi! Thank you for this video. It’s one of the best I’ve seen on AAR. I have a slightly older struggling reader who doesn’t like babyish things. Would you say this program was very effective even without using much of the activity pages?
@karlacanon25072 ай бұрын
Yes!! I thought this program was great for older kids when modified by leaving out the majority of the activity pages. When I did it with one of my kids who was on the older end, we mostly stuck to doing the lesson, and doing the activity pages where the student reads through the lists of words. We also did the word flashcards and read the stories in the readers. That worked well for us and I find this program is less babyish than lots of the ones out there!
@ashleymurphy48132 ай бұрын
@@karlacanon2507 thanks so much! The less the better in terms of reading😅 We are struggling over here
@karlacanon25072 ай бұрын
@@ashleymurphy4813 It will come in time!!!
@ashleymurphy48132 ай бұрын
Could I use the letter tile app on my phone?
@karlacanon25072 ай бұрын
Yes, but a bigger tablet would probably be my first choice.
@themodernhomemaker3 ай бұрын
it was so hard to find a review for this, I could only find HBL reviews 😅 thank you so much!
@karlacanon25072 ай бұрын
Glad I could help! :)
@Amadorcrew4 ай бұрын
Do i use this for Highschool? If so any suggestions on how to apply credits
@buppyspace4 ай бұрын
Hi. I’ll be homeschooling my daughter in the fall. She will be in grade 6. She’s been in public school since kindergarten but struggles with organizing idea for writing. Where should I start her? In the grade 6 or lower?
@kirstendamato26724 ай бұрын
Do you still have any of this? I’m pulling my son to homeschool next year and this is the curriculum we are wanting but trying to find the flashdrive and everything used in order to save money.
@karlacanon25074 ай бұрын
I do and it's great! I'm not selling though as I have younger kids who will use it. :)
@user-ce3kq2yt9s5 ай бұрын
Send all the books
@live2teach455 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Karla for walking us through Unit 3, I agree with you that it is definitely the hardest units and I always go back to this video for a refresher!
@karlacanon25075 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you have found this helpful! :)
@kita32565 ай бұрын
Does it teach grammar too or should we look for a separate grammar program?
@karlacanon25075 ай бұрын
Basic parts of speech are woven into the lessons. Other than that it is a writing curriculum more than grammar. That being said, when my kids were young, it was enough for us, and we just focused on writing in complete sentences, punctuation, etc. Doing more formal grammar instruction when they were older worked well for us!
@kita32565 ай бұрын
@@karlacanon2507 thank you
@robertam5812 Жыл бұрын
Karla - question for you: I love IEW, however to follow AB curriculum guidelines for high school english 10, 20, 30 we need to use Canadian content. What can we use for grades 10, 11, 12? IEW does not fit this need.
@purvisamria6007 Жыл бұрын
Hi. Thanks for the review. Regarding your tip #1, did your daughter play the CD while she was reading or did she read the book and play CD another time?
@yelenageffre8811 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing in depth of how you put all the different curriculums together. I am a new homeschooling mom and have been down a rabbit hole of curriculum research. Your videos by far have been most helpful-even compred to people with a huge number of subscribers! THANK YOU and I hope you continue to make content as it’s so helpful for us moms. By the way I have a almost 10 year old boy who is a reluctant writer and almost 8 year old girl who loves to write.
@Keepasking123 Жыл бұрын
These videos are great! Would love if you posted more :)
@MoniqueAduSustainableLiving Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the detail, and time you put into going through this series of books. It was very helpful in deciding whether this could be a good option our homeschool. Many blessings to you and your homeschool this year.
@heabinyu Жыл бұрын
Such a great video! Thanks so much!
@GaryAndHeatherBush Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this!! I’m switching this year with all 4 of my students… I was having a hard time understanding what teachers materials I really needed for each Sss. Seems I only need one of the teachers courses and the rest I can do only the basic set. I appreciate your recommendation on the Bible hero’s, sounds like a perfect fit for my 8 year old son to get started. For a junior in high school who has never done this curriculum would you still recommend C year one? Thank you again. I’ll be viewing more of your videos! 💕🙏🏼
@SuperMrgentleman Жыл бұрын
How much time does it take your child to do a day's portion of a lesson? 15 minutes or so? And that's completed in 5 days? So 75 minutes of work time to do a lesson?
@Sivanebb Жыл бұрын
Love your tip about reading the story on the first day - i just started doubt WW with my daughter and on the last day she was overwhelmed by doing all the questing and said it was too much and that she liked all the other days but not that one . Thank you i will definitely try doing it your way - glad i listened and i will subscribe to your channel too
@evegem8978 Жыл бұрын
Also how did you stretch it out to make it work for two years? Did you split one lessons and do twice a week or every other week?
@evegem8978 Жыл бұрын
What’s the size of the binder where the curriculum fit in?
@henriandjenienholtland1579 Жыл бұрын
I just started with explode the code. I just flipped through book 1 first 3 lessons. It seems like sooo many worksheets for 3 days just practicing "a". And a lot of repetition Do you end up doing all the pages eventually (like 3 or 4 days to complete all of lesson 1) or do you pick 2 or 3 for each lesson and then move on to the next lesson next day?
@elizabethgreene4038 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your clear and concise review! I’m looking into some readers to go along with ETC workbooks. So far all I have are some of the BOB books. Can you recommend some others?
@ljstince Жыл бұрын
Hi, Did this change to History plus? It seems we cannot access History but once every three years?
@moonspun4evr Жыл бұрын
Is the 3rd edition still good to use?
@TheChan7 Жыл бұрын
This was great and so helpful. Thanks for sharing. Just subscribed. I also have channel mainly about homeschooling and happy to be able to connect here 😊
@peterihnat108 Жыл бұрын
Hello! May I ask about inventive writing unit? How does IEW approach brainstorming ideas for writing? Do they do any mind maps or is there any specific instruction other than keywords as keywords seem a bit limiting or could elaborate how this is approached please? Many thanks
@usmosers2495 Жыл бұрын
5 years later… Thanks for this video and the great resources you recommend! Very helpful. 😊
@user-vg8ez9cu6u Жыл бұрын
Karla, where are you??? I hope you are OK. Haven't posted in over a year.
@homeschooledaroundtheworld4660 Жыл бұрын
I miss you friend. Wish you are doing well🌸🌸🌸🌸Thank you for all your help!!
@msmary126 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video!!! Thank toy for sharing. We have 6 kids and homeschool. Love from Maine ❤
@katiebrooks8261 Жыл бұрын
This was very helpful. Thank you!
@rebeccahill5390 Жыл бұрын
SUCH an excellent and helpful review. Thank you!
@jessiemadanat5455 Жыл бұрын
This is so good and true
@karlacanon2507 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@jenniferclarke3622 Жыл бұрын
I used All About Reading for my grand daughter. It was the best investment of time and money we could have made. We started at age 4 and she completed level 4 before her 6th birthday. It was the colourful activities that she really enjoyed.
@karlacanon2507 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! I think it's an excellent program!
@jenniferclarke3622 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you (from PEI). Did you take the teachers course? Apologies if I missed that.
@karlacanon2507 Жыл бұрын
I didn't when I initially started the program. I began by just watching the student videos with my daughter. I eventually did do the teacher training and enjoyed it, but I do feel like it's not required.
@Blessedwithmightyarrows Жыл бұрын
Do you read the story each day or do you try to get them to comprehend it and answer from memory?
@karlacanon2507 Жыл бұрын
I have them read it to me the first day, then after that my kids do it pretty independently. They are welcome to look back over the story whenever they need to find the answers to the questions, but I don't have them read it again, unless they choose to.
@amyr7784 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Question: After doing year 1 and year 2 of level A, would we move into the 2 years of level B, eventually moving through both years of C? In other words, would it be ok to use only the SSS program and no themed levels?
@karlacanon2507 Жыл бұрын
Yes, that would be how IEW would explain to do it, and it's just fine if you only do the SSS courses!
@boogsassy1 Жыл бұрын
I'm starting General Science for my 7th grader this next year. We hope to spread it out maybe over 2 years. She wants to do something science related as a career. We don't want to do it online. At least not starting out, probably later.
@karlacanon2507 Жыл бұрын
My son is doing it this year and it has been fantastic! It's a lot of work, so I think that's a great idea to spread it over two years. He will mostly get it done this year, but for the first half of the year I counted all the writing in the student notebook as the bulk of his LA.
@sarahkeeney5685 Жыл бұрын
What level of IEW did you start with? I'm starting the program with my 11 year old daughter who is a great reader but struggles with writing. Your review was so helpful!! Thank you!
@karlacanon2507 Жыл бұрын
Sorry for the slow reply! You could start with All Things Fun and Fascinating if you want something lighter and do no want the video course. If you want the video instruction, I would do Structure and Style for Students Level A, Year 1. I would plan to do it over two years!
@peachy_reina Жыл бұрын
I'm thinking of using ETC with the teacher's guide, Bob Books, a writing workbook, and First Language Lessons for my 1st grader next year. Hopefully it's enough
@karlacanon2507 Жыл бұрын
I think that sounds perfect!!
@henriandjenienholtland1579 Жыл бұрын
This sounds like the exact setup I have. Except instead of a writing curriculum I downloaded a font so I can type out my own sheets. We can trace bible verses or little summary of whatever we are learning
@peachy_reina Жыл бұрын
@@henriandjenienholtland1579 what font do you use? I'm curious about what your sheets look like! I ended up using ETC 2, Bob Books, Phonics Pathways, and Reading Eggs. He also has some writing practice throughout his other subjects and writes his name on everything.
@akpokey3 Жыл бұрын
This video was very beneficial for finding out how to best use this curriculum and gauge what stage of writer it would be best suited for. Thank you.