Those are from Barnes & Noble 🙂

Haha, I hadn’t noticed that but yea it does look like that. Luckily there wasn’t a puma or otherwise large wild cat waiting to pounce on me! 😅

Thank you so much!!

We thought the same thing because my whole family lives in the city we currently live in but the idea of moving has just never left us. My husband and I have scouted areas and schools all around the southeast portion of the USA and have come close to moving but got a lot of heat from the family. I think that after years of talking it out, everyone has come to realize that this is just something we have to do and we have come to realize that we don’t want to live with the regret that we could’ve and didn’t because of xyz. I’m so glad you’re here to follow us along and learn from our mistakes and our successes!

@@thisisme_cristi we are continuing to pray for God's will for our family and I'm excited to see your journey! Maybe it's part of the grand scheme of our journey, as well!

My first son was 16 months when we started preschool because he was itching for it so we introduced it to him Montessori style. My second son played a lot and did lots of educational hands on games but we didn’t actually start introducing more formal lessons to him until he was 3 yrs old. And even then that was mostly all play based with a few instructional things here and there. I would read to them both quite a lot. And still do. 🙂

I think Gentle Classical Preschool would be a fantastic choice for you because it’s a very gentle introduction to a Charlotte Mason style of learning for preschool aged kids. Primer is more for Kindergarten and has more structure to it, although also very gentle. They overlap a bit but it’s a great way to go over some concepts you may have already introduced via the Preschool curriculum. I definitely suggest diving into more research in that one f you can download the teachers guide for free): shopgentleclassical.com/collections/preschool-level-1/products/pre-order-print-version-the-gentle-classical-preschool-level-1

Aw, I'm so happy you did too! Shakespeare is one of our all time favorites now because of this book and our little peg dolls.

So glad you saw this then! If this helps your kiddos to love learning, then I am just one big happy puddle of a mama today! Happy Art and Shakespeare to you and your daughter!

Oh thank you so much for your kind words! She and I are working on our newest nature journal now. We love flipping through the pages to see how far we've come and how much we've learned. Hope this inspired you to do the same!

Oh that's amazing! Can't wait to see your videos!

@@thisisme_cristi thank you so so much!! Looking forward to watching more of yours too!!

It's definitely a whole lot of art for little ones, but they really took to it and it's amazing to see these art pieces through their eyes. They see things differently than adults do. Learning art history and appreciation this way has definitely changed the way I look at all sorts of art now.

Oh absolutely! I bought the menus from amazon: amzn.to/3KXoOWT And I believe I downloaded the prints directly from the Ambleside Online website and then sent them to print at FedEx. Other places to consider are 8x10 matte photography prints. I think I would've preferred those so that the color would've been more vibrant.

You have a solid plan, great job mama!! I agree with you on so many of these points and is why we even started looking into living abroad in the first place. Now our heart is set on living outside of US and showing our kids a bigger world view and hopefully giving them a more wholesome childhood than what they’ve experienced so far.

Aw thank you so much! I’m still working on this. I do really well for a few months and then fall off. How are you doing?

Generally we found we could overlap or maybe just change one or two things about a peg doll. I remember for Midsummer Nights Dream my daughter thought it was hilarious that I introduced a knight chess piece (the one that looks like a horse) as Puck into our scene of peg dolls. So if we had time to make a new set or a few new peg dolls for the main characters, we would. Otherwise she had back ups that she would collect from her toys to keep on standby for the next play. Creativity is key and letting them roll with it. ❤️

You are absolutely right! I'm sorry for that mistake in the video. We use a dry erase marker with a the built in dry eraser on the end now. Thanks for looking out!

Oh how amazing! Have a great time guiding and learning right along with your littles! I'm so glad that these resources were a blessing for you.

Do you mean the booklist or the suggested schedule per week? Here’s the Year 1 - 36 week schedule, in case that’s what you’re looking for: www.amblesideonline.org/ao-y1-sch Click on PDF toward the top and you’ll be able to download the scheduled chart for the whole year. But if you need a different year, just Google “ambleside online Year ___ booklist (or schedule)” and you should quickly find what you’re looking for. Hope this helps!

@@thisisme_cristi I was trying to find the TG at the beginning of the video you show. It's the book that has all the AO guides complied into a teacher guide of sorts . It's at the 1:32 mark.🤣

@@breynolds7196 oh!! Those are compiled from some photos I borrowed from some AO moms that showed how they had organized the AO schedule charts and booklists. They downloaded each years info, complied them into a pdf and sent them to print on their own. I don’t believe AO has a book like that out as they’re constantly tweaking and changing things. You can do that though on your own account and send the book to be printed at Lulu.com or Barnes & Noble press or another similar website that allows you to print one book.

@@thisisme_cristithank you!

You’re absolutely right!! We are gearing up for expat life. I just put out a video talking about it. We’ll be revealing our destination soon. 😆. We considered going back to homeschooling and that still is in the back of my mind and as option, however we did find this amazing Montessori/Waldorf school that we fell in love with, so we’ll be putting them in there to begin.

That is such a great idea Kristi!

There were several reasons why we switched back, one of them was that the kids asked to be with friends in school. That wasn’t the only reason though. We knew we wanted to work our way toward a big change for our family, a big move, and that necessitated us to switch gears and make some sacrifices. Homeschooling was one of the sacrifices. I truly loved our homeschooling time and so did the kids, we may go back to it one day. It is a full time job though which is not hard when you go in fully understanding that. I would suggest doing a light homeschooling schedule through the summer, some things that you might look forward to doing with the kids, like a morning basket or nature study, literature or history reading and having your kids recall the main ideas that were covered, maybe try doing some homeschooling things every Saturday morning now and see how it feels for all of you? It might take away any fear or apprehension you have. Hope this helps!!

Yep, they’re now in a charter school. My latest video goes into the latest update on schooling for my kids and I even do a little interview with them on their thoughts on school. 🙂

I am so happy you found light and inspiration here! I can only imagine that what you’re going through right now is incredibly hard. But who knows? It might just be a blessing for you to step into your next great adventure!!

Hi Liv! Thanks for the love! I got the bookmarks from the Ambleside Online Facebook Group. If you search the group for "Year___ bookmarks" or something along those lines, you'll find the links to download the different years of bookmarks. For the Timeline printable, here's a link to different ones we've used: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Bj04uiHeZL7GJnrJOZaWzFEIxO1Mo-8c?usp=sharing

@@thisisme_cristi Awesome! Thank yo mu so much.

So true!!