Math mammoth is really good at filling the gaps.

Help needed pls !!! Am not a homeschooler just a mom who wants best for her kids , what maths book can I use to supplement their school work?

So did the HBL guide end up telling you when to do each “Hands on History” project???

Hi! May I ask about LoE curriculum. As there are 5 pillars of Language Arts - spelling, reading, writing, grammar and literature - I wonder how well/what parts of these is covered by LoE (or is there a better program out there that covers most of these)? As a mother of multiple children with various disorders I don’t like having a ton of different curricula to use to cover the core areas of LA and Math. I would love just as few as possible, well structured, well taught ones to use. Would LoE meet my needs do you think? I understand that Literature is not covered (which is a shame but OK) nor is writing. So I already have to use different curricula to cover those portions. Would LoE at least cover spelling, reading and grammar well so I don’t need to incorporate yet more different programs? Lastly, as I value your knowledge, what curricula would you recommend to cover writing and literature (I use lightning Literature but not very happy with it as it seems it’s too focused on grammar and just duplicates a grammar curriculum not focusing much on the literary element). Apologies for a long message and thanks a lot for your work here on youtube!

(Not specific to Sonlight) I have come to make my own planner from my favorite parts of others. Made a template on the computer that I then update each week and print out and then add to my 2 prong "top bound report cover" as they are called. I use only the bottom, like a clipboard. I also have other pages in there for attendance and reference. And something I do that's fun for me is have it spiral bound at the end of the year 🤗 It really is something to find what works for you and streamline it as well as knowing yourself and what doesn't work and not messing with that. 👍 ✍️

Watching/listening to this while I make dinner😂 Thanks for making my meal prep more interesting!

I suggest looking into MWC and MUSee. MWC is teacher intensive, but very short lessons. MUS has video lessons, so you might use it one day a week and the rest MWC. Its totally ok to use two math programs.

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Hi! I am Considering Sonlight for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. My daughter is 9. We currently do 18 weeks of Science and then 18 weeks of History. I am considering Science B and HLB World History year 1 of 2. In your opinion, how doable is that?? Basically I’d be combining 2 weeks of science into 1 week to finish in 18 weeks, and vis versa with history. I WOULD NOT combine the read alouds, but would do those all year as scheduled. I find myself coming back to your videos every day! Thank you for all of your input.

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I spiral bind the guide, the literature I read and the literature they read all separately so I can have all 3 open to the same week at the same time. I don’t have the space for the large binders so this has worked well. It also makes storage easy. I put all the books with star spiral bound guides in a larger plastic pin to put in the closet until my younger kids need them.

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Eu faço assim o meu tbm, mas uso um caderno comum tamanho A5 pq não me dou bem com planner😅

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I just bought a used Sonlight E HBL, and I really just want it for the history (and the literature). This was helpful in a way, because it showed there are no shortcuts for getting it all figured out 😅 The huge binder I was expecting, having to check several different sections to do a week of work, I was not 😅

The Dive lectures have been a good fit for my son in Saxon 67. Short and sweet and easy to go back and re watch quickly to refresh on a topic. My 1st grader and Prek are enjoying Math With Confidence...so im not sure what ill do with them eventually. Move to Saxon? And still hanging with Logic of English. My oldest really enjoys Essentials in Writing. Its short and sweet, bite size. Its been my favorite from this year.

What are you using for testing?

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"Write out your work." is math slogan here, too. My oldest prefers mental math but the skill of being able to write out the steps is SO helpful!

I’ve heard great things about BJU Press for writing

I always love your check ins. You were one of the first mamas I started following when I started homeschooling and I just love your perspective.

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Could you talk more about writing with ease please! M

We also love the younger Abeka subjects! I’m thinking of using HBL K & D this coming school year!

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I’m just stopping to say that the color of your top looks great on you. That’s all 🙂 I’ve watched some videos on color assessments and now I’m noticing how certain colors look on people so I’m just mentioning it here. Good color selection.

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Your daughter sounds like ours. We finally found something that works. We use Christian Light Education, but if our daughter knows the information and can explain to me how and why the problem is solved a certain way, we let her skip every other problem. We then use a second curriculum that is the “fun math”. Part of this is to help cover any gaps or simply introduce the same ideas from a different viewpoint. Our daughter also wants to love math, it just takes more time, so we get through CLE for a good foundation and then use Primary Mathematics 2022 or BJU math for fun, to show some applied math, and to help build the mental math and math manipulation skills.

I have 2 children using Nicole the Math Lady. Last year, (the first half of the year) my children used Nicole’s videos. It just didn’t work for us. Now I teach the lessons, and we use the NTML grading. They just seem to like the way I teach better. It’s a struggle to fit all the teaching into my day, though. We looked at My Math Assistant, but my kids begged me to teach their math lessons over MMA as well.

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My kids love math with confidence so much! We thought about switching to Saxon so that I could use Nicole the math lady so that I wouldn’t have to teach every subject but my kids begged me not to. They truly love and ENJOY it. It is developmentally appropriate & makes learning math fun. I can’t say enough good things about it.

Does all about spelling have an 8th grade level? I (usually) do ok in most subjects, but I basically failed spelling last year.

I’m glad you skim the Abeka instructions too. We are doing abeka first grade math also and it was so overwhelming at first.

Thanks as always for sharing your updates! Could you please do a flip-through/review of Grammar Ace?

Christian Light Education Math might be worth looking into. We changed from Saxon, and it has been a good change so far!

Aqui no Brasil, o ano letivo costuma começar no incio do ano, porque nósso verão é em Meados de dezembro, ocupa todo janeiro e fevereiro, indo embora em meados de março. Eu amo inicio de ano letivo, porque temos muitas novidades, e esperanças para o novo ano. O que mais gostei desse ano foi fazer plaquinhas de primeiro dia de aula para minha filha, e usar o livro "uma carta da sua professora no primeiro dia de aula. Infelizmente não encontrei ele para comprar em português, mas consegui traduzí-lo e fiz uma versão própria. Tudo nesse ano está diferente, principalmente que agora também faço lanches para nosso café da manhã, que é no meio do horário de aula (minha filha não tem fome ao acordar, então fazemos uma pausa no meio da manhã para comer e depois retomamos os estudos). Nosso primeiro dia foi dia 6 de janeiro, apenas acabamos de começar, isso é muito bom! Obrigada por seu vídeo, sempre me inspira ver outras mães praticando educação domiciliar. ✏

Although my son is older than your kiddos, I like watching your updates. I have learned about Novare curriculum from you. Thank you for the recommendation. We planning to use all of their science books for high school. We are using Biology right now. We love All About Spelling. My son is 12, and we are starting Level 7 (we did all levels). It is one of my son's favorite curriculums although he is a very reluctant writer. He loves funny sentences in AAS. At this point we skip some lessons or do 2 lessons in one sitting because he already knows how to spell pretty well. Level 6 took us 6 months. As for writing curriculums, have you looked into Brave Writer? IEW did not work for my son for similar reasons. He did not like banned words and that he artificially had to add words or clauses to his sentences. I did not force that too much. We dropped IEW after 4-5 months or so. Brave Writer classes work wonders for my son who does not like to write. Their instructors are really good. They give great feedback to the student - my son's favorite part of the class :). Their classes are pricey but we do only a couple of them a year.

The most important thing you can do is ask your kid if they want school or to be homeschooled and listen to them. Homeschooling left me scu*c*d*al and i dont care mich for my parents and i trully believe its child abuse.

We had the same problems with IEW and made it about the same length into it.

My daughter struggled majorly with learning long division in a very spiral curriculum. She didn't get instruction reminding her of the steps often enough. I switched to Math-U-See Delta for a couple of months to just drill long division. After focusing on that for a good chunk of time, she got it settled in her head, and she was able to go back to a spiral curriculum and didn't struggle with it anymore.

📚Totally agree about Abeka’s lesson plans! They do so much review. We also just pick and choose. Recently, I have been combining all the lessons for the week into one lesson and have them do a work sheet each day which reviews all the skills they’ve learned. That’s been working for us this year.

Question: I tried TGATB typing but my kids just look at the keys and peck it out. Did your son eventually just looking or did you have to monitor that ?

My daughter struggled similarly. Saxon was not the right fit and once I switched to a mastery approach curricula she’s understood and done sooo much better. She’s also the kid that will not be like her brother finishing algebra before high school, and that is okay! Not everyone is a math brain, a kid who learns from reading, etc. etc. I do not like weak math, but it’s also important to help make sure we build confidence and make sure she learns it, rather than struggles through and just completes it.