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@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable 3 күн бұрын

I am a Kindergarten teacher turned homeschool Mom. I used All About Reading Levels 1-4 with my daughter and loved it! I have to disagree with you on that rhyming, chunking and other phonemic skills are ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT to teach your child to read. They need to be able to manipulate sounds in their minds to make them a fluent reader. There is so much more to reading than just letters and sounds.😊

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 3 күн бұрын

@@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable I agree. I also taught school before becoming a homeschool momma. It does have its place. I would be curious what you thought of the pre reading level if you did it with a child who doesn’t know letters and letter sounds yet. It would be a good review before starting 1 but it is odd the way they are teaching letters and letter sounds in my opinion. I say skip paying for this curriculum. Teach your child and start on 1. I have heard great things about 1-4 and have looked at them. This is why I bought the pre reading. It takes way to long to get through teaching them sounds and they start reading. I also use all about spelling. The games from this r good but it’s definitely odd the way they have chosen to do it. So yeah I would be curious of your opinion after trying it. But if u can find it used on the cheap go for it, but I don’t think it is worth the money new.

@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable 3 күн бұрын

@ A friend of mine gave it to me. I just need the activity book. I will probably do a review of it after using it with my current 3yo (he’s almost 4). Thanks!☺️

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 2 күн бұрын

@ great I will love to see how you like it. I would definitely use it if it was free. Same reason I use hooked on phonics as a supplement. I think for me already teaching so many other kiddos all at once I couldn’t do it daily with my 3/4 year old. So it was just way too slow to introduce a capital letter A-Z and the thenlower letter A-Z. I even think it started latter sounds later. I think if I had been homeschool one child who was 3/4 it would be a different story. But I couldn’t be as consistent with it so it just made reading take a LONG time which makes it seem harder to the child. I switched and taught A a and letter sound all at once and they were reading quickly. I did this with my first two, I just wanted this and wanted something flashy I guess. It’s been a long time since I used prereading and this video has been a minute 😅 so I really don’t remember a ton. When it came time to started with my fourth, I taught lettter sounds and letters together. I did not teach the name of each letter. After she has a handful of letter sounds she started reading and we added letter sounds until she had them all. I then proceeded with logic of English phonemic awareness games along with reading. It just made it happen a little more quickly. Kind of like the book “teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons”. (Pros and cons to this book as well. Some parents love it and some do no.) But this is what I love about homeschooling. Their are so many different ways, dogferent curriculums, different kiddos, different families dynamics, and we all have preferences. I think it will work for some families great but wanted to share why I wasn’t a fan price wise and that it doesn’t have to be so complicated. So not my go to recommendation when a friend asks but I do recommend their other levels for parents who want all the things. Not sure who designed it but it has a public school teacher vibe.

@kaleyperry774 13 күн бұрын

I hope you see this, I have a question on your review on the “Ordinary Parents guide to reading”; do your students need the student book as well? This was a great video thank you!

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 12 күн бұрын

@@kaleyperry774 I was not even aware there was a children’s book. I have always used the Parents guide book and we sit together and read from the same book.

@thewordrules 3 ай бұрын

I've viewed Grammar Island on the Royal Fireworks Press site and watched many reviews. It seems like there is lots of reading about the parts of speech, sentence parts, phrases and clauses, but very little practice. According to the site, Practice Island is best used after finishing Grammar Island and Sentence Island. Do you think there is enough practice within the Grammar Island book for the concepts being taught? For instance, after reading about nouns or verbs, do they practice finding these parts in sentences?

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 3 ай бұрын

@@thewordrules I’m sure it would be case by case, but for us it was enough bc I did it based on mastery. I did buy the practice book for later levels. I believe Michael Clay Thompson even said he added it just bc parents asked, not bc he thought it was needed. We used this level after a pretty rigorous grammar curriculum so it was a nice gentle approach.

@LesiaAungst 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video! Have you tried to crack any grains with this mill?

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 4 ай бұрын

@@LesiaAungst I haven’t done that. What do you use them for?

@LesiaAungst 4 ай бұрын

@@ordinaryhomemaking6027 I am looking for a mill where I can mill grains into flour to make bread and crack grains to cook easily.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 4 ай бұрын

@@LesiaAungst the mockmill is probably what you want bc it has like 30 size settings. I wanted to do cracked corn for my chickens.

@LesiaAungst 4 ай бұрын

@@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Yes, I heard from someone else about the 30-size settings, but there are actually 10 settings written on the device. How would you set the device on the rest of the settings? Thank you!

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 4 ай бұрын

@@LesiaAungst mockmill.us/support/ This has a couple of videos that explains it well.

@lolam.9291 4 ай бұрын

With the classic Nutrimill, I thought you place the grain in before turning it on?? And, which mill grinds the finest?

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 4 ай бұрын

@@lolam.9291 I will do a test soon but they are both very similar fineness. The new nutrimill you can add then turn on.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 3 ай бұрын

Ok I finally did a test. The mock mill is finner than the nutrimill class. If you tighten your stones on the mockmill after it starts. It makes it so smooth like that. It does take like 3x longer than the nutrimill classic and the wheat heats up more then the classic. But you can get it smoother with the mockmill. They were comparable until I started over tightening after it starts. I’m still looking but I believe that is what is recommended.

@lolam.9291 3 ай бұрын

@ Thank you for that information. I am curious to know with the Nutrimill classic, what setting is the best for fine flour? I am still experimenting with my new Nutrimill classic 😬. Would appreciate your expertise ❤️

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 3 ай бұрын

@@lolam.9291 The classic is fast which is great. I do both knobs just barely turned. If that makes sense. So it's fast motor and slow feed rate. I think that is the smallest. Now I'm wondering what is we did slow feed rate and slow motor.

@carolosborne126 4 ай бұрын

speed is not important to me as a fine grind

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 4 ай бұрын

@@carolosborne126 that makes sense. I want fine and speed, mine is 100 is slower than the 200 but probably close to the Nurtimill classic for fine. For me to make two loaves it takes around 12 minutes to mill.

@carolosborne126 4 ай бұрын

@@ordinaryhomemaking6027 I am going to get a mill for Christmas and have been back and forth. Do you think the Mockmill is a good decision? It’s more in line with what we want to spend.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 4 ай бұрын

@@carolosborne126 I love my mockmill.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 3 ай бұрын

@carolosborne126 3 ай бұрын

@@ordinaryhomemaking6027 I appreciate it. So I should be careful about over tightening it after it starts. The steel blades would be alot simpler but I like the idea of the stone grinders, how grain used to be milled. Are you still looking for a grain mill?

@Dojayou 4 ай бұрын

Explain glazing and which one gives u the same consistency as store bought flour when milling rice?

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 4 ай бұрын

@@Dojayou I will have to do a more recent test to show you exactly. But with the classic and the mockmill you get very fine flour. Glazing is when the stone gets a smooth coating over it. It then does not mill well because the grooves in the stones are filled in. You simply run rice through the machine to fix the probably. I have never had glazing with my Mockmill 100 and I think it is impossible to get glazing with the Nutrimill Classic because it has the stainless steel burrs.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 3 ай бұрын

@QuinonesFamily-rj4yx 4 ай бұрын

I love it for my 3 year old. I don’t go in the order of the book and I intro the sound and letters together.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 4 ай бұрын

@@QuinonesFamily-rj4yx love that. Yes. If I was going to do it over and use it I would do sounds and letters and maybe even big and lower case letters together.

@Curioushomeschooler 5 ай бұрын

Very helpful video. Would love to see videos of other curriculums you do ...

@laceyhenry4617 5 ай бұрын

I want to thank you for making this video. My 3rd son is half way through level 3 of AAR and my 4th son is on AAR 1. Both of them started on Level 1. I thought I would get a jump start and start my 5th son on the pre reading level. We just finished letter f and I was just plowing along and I know so well that it is ideal to teach letter sounds and not letter names initially. I am going to switch it up for him now, thank you!!

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 5 ай бұрын

@@laceyhenry4617 best of luck!

@elizabethG633 6 ай бұрын

Never put oil on the gasket. The instructions tell you to prime it with flour and it will close and seal easier. I also know why you got flour on your counter when you milled that bit of grain.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 6 ай бұрын

@@elizabethG633 Thanks. Flour would definitely be easier. When I made this video I did not have a users manual. I thought I read it somewhere. The manual says you can use flour, cornstarch, or non stick cooking spray. (Which I took for using a little oil on a paper towel) What’s your idea for the canister? I think I just didn’t slide it in far enough. I used it a couple of months then switch and just got it out for the video.

@elizabethG633 6 ай бұрын

@@ordinaryhomemaking6027 to close the canister you have to shove it in and if it clicks and the 'yes' can be seen clearly and the canister does not move at all, it is connected right, I have to give mine a hefty shove to make it secure. But then I don't get flour everywhere. As for priming the gasket using the flour or cornstarch works the best for me.

@elizabethG633 6 ай бұрын

By the way, I have 3 mills. The Nutrimill Harvest, the Classic and the manual Nutrimill Jr.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 6 ай бұрын

@@elizabethG633 what’s your favorite to use?

@elizabethG633 6 ай бұрын

@@ordinaryhomemaking6027 I really like my Harvest, and use it all the time, the Classic I switch to if the Harvest needs to be cleaned, and it is a great machine too. I haven't used the Junior yet as I bought it in case we lose power long term. I also have the adapter for Junior so we can use it with a power drill, but so far our power has not gone out when I need to bake bread.

@bricehagens7956 6 ай бұрын

I looking for a new curriculum for my 5 year old. We finished The Good and the Beautiful preschool curriculum last year which he did well with, however, TGTB kindergarten seems way too advanced for him (I think because he just turned 5 in May). So now I'm looking at other curriculums which seem too easy for him, being that he already knows his upper and lower case letters and sounds. But I also don't feel like he's ready to jump into learning long and short vowels and 2-3 letter words all in the first week, which TGTB does. Would you have any suggestions in this case?

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 6 ай бұрын

@@bricehagens7956 I use Ordinary parents guide and skip the letters sound section. It is slow and she recommends doing a lot of rereading. So you can go probably all of K before you introduce long vowels. We do a little of the Ecclectic Readers and hooked on phonics if he gets bored with OPGTR.

@allisonsmith7360 6 ай бұрын

What grades would you recommend this level for?

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 6 ай бұрын

@@allisonsmith7360 They say 6-7. I think 8 and up. Since it is a “gifted” curriculum maybe that is 6-7 gifted. But I definitely think if you start in level 1 some of it goes quickly and parts of it will start to go slower, so I think you just go at your kids pace. But with the books to read are more gruesome they are better for older.

@allisonsmith7360 6 ай бұрын

Great video! I love learning about MCT.

@Michelgia523 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing!!

@Breanna18.3 6 ай бұрын

How did ordinary parents guide to reading go? Did you ever figure out how to link your worksheets? Thank you for making homeschool videos. I noticed your doing baking lately! New subscriber 😊

@Questioningitall 6 ай бұрын

thanks for this? Very helpful in my research to buy a mill.😊

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 6 ай бұрын

@@Questioningitall thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad it was helpful. Happy milling.

@LaRa-youknowit 7 ай бұрын

You should explain what “glazing” is

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 7 ай бұрын

Glazing is when the is a build up or film over top of the stones. It makes them slick. They need to be rough in order to grind.

@yurdreamwoman 7 ай бұрын

What is glazing???

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 7 ай бұрын

Glazing is when the is a build up or film over top of the stones. It makes them slick. They need to be rough in order to grind.

@Faisal.4 8 ай бұрын

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@thetheashow1324 8 ай бұрын

I never really feel that a program is complete for me so I always add my own spin. I taught my 4 year old the letter sounds before starting the program and used the pre reader program as a drill to remember the first sound I already taught her. The program is good for making learning the alphabet and sounds fun. So say I didnt teach her the sounds already ,I’d take maybe a week for each letter / lesson and drill the sounds with the letter. Repeatedly go over the poem and letter sound for a week for that letter . And it also is great for teaching your kids to rhyme. I also recommend adding a writing manuscript activity on the side. But I love the program it makes it fun to learn for the kids. I’m gonna reuse it for my 4 other kids so the price is also worth it to me .I taught my oldest daughter the alphabet and their first sounds in order also at like 4 and then she did horizons phonics for k-1st and is a very strong reader already in 2nd grade. So I’d recommend horizons too.

@carolineherron 9 ай бұрын

I was just wondering if you were planning on doing a MCT Level 4 video. I would definitely be in support of this. You did a great job reviewing Level 3. I feel like I have a much better idea of what's included with this level. Thank you!

@Southernchick95 9 ай бұрын

Love this, can you link the hooked on phonics work book!! Love to get this. I have the alphabet printed out already lower and upper. And I’ll just read phonic books on what we are learning from Amazon with bob books, learning to read set an and b along with basic phonics and games. Handwriting we use d'nealian and math we use Abeka ( arithmetic 1 ) And Bible (: and just lots of read alouds!! My girl loves to be read to. And for fun we use Miacademy. KZbin we use ( read with Molly, brain tv 123, have fun teaching, phonics song, etc ) and we loveee learn bright for science videos! )

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 3 ай бұрын

So sorry I went and looked to see if I could find it. I may be able to share the one I made but my sil made one to go with Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching reading but she didn’t save it. I love what you are doing.

@Southernchick95 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this review. I was about to place an order and the placement test told me because my daughter doesn’t know how to rhyme and doesn’t know how to separate syllables that we need to be in the pre-reading program. I’m glad I found this video because I was about to make that purchase, but I kept second-guessing myself because I feel as if it will be too slow paced for my child learning all the letters Individually ( meaning upper and lower ) and in order… but going to level one seem to advance? So if my child knows letters by looking at them and their sound. But when asked what letter is heard without looking at the alphabet chart and when you ask her “ what letter in the beginning do you hear when you say PIG” she tell me she doesn’t know. So maybe pre reading will benefit us?? I jusy know my Child will lose her mind taking that long to go over all the letters again since she does know them and knows some of their sounds and will be frustrated when we go over the ones we know, but maybe I can just skip over the ones we know? My girl can only last 15min tops on a subject before getting wild and not being interested anymore. I feel as pre level with all about reading we will never get done but I do love the fact they go over it at a slower pace but idk if that is beneficial to my child if she knows some? So with that said, you mention for ordinary reading, the first lesson starts with “ At, am , an , add “ so does my child need to really “ read “ before this?! Bc my girl is 5 and she is NOT reading nor rhyming. I read aloud to her all the time with all different types of books, poems, rhyming, fairy books, bob book, phonics book, we also have learning dynamics learn to read set off amazon. So do you think my child needs to learn to read before starting ordinary reading? I do want to note we use Miacademy as for fun and they are teaching her to read level a ( beginner) and they are starting off with matching the same sound “ at, cat , that and my girl is picking it up so quickly and it has multiple choice questions they read to her as well as read the question to her that says “ what word sounds like , PIG” A: cat B: dig And she will legit say dig. But she can’t read yet. And can’t identity what sound letter is beginning or end letters. Will ordinary parent guide be beneficial for us do you think or maybe Abeka phonics? I’m just stumped on the three programs. Yours ( ordinary along with the work book from hooked on phonics seems like a great combo so I’m glad you found what is working best for your kiddo !! )

@bricehagens7956 6 ай бұрын

We are in the exact same boat. My son just turned 5 in May. He knows all of his letters and sounds, but he wasn't quite ready to read or rhyme. We used The Good and the Beautiful preschool program, but the kindergarten curriculum seems way too advanced. I've heard that Masterbooks is also very good, but it's difficult to know how to move forward when they are kind of in between these levels. And I don't know about using a book that's just black and white with no pics because my son's personality is that in which he would rather be outside doing stuff all day😏.

@Michelgia523 10 ай бұрын

I hope you can share level 4 if you have time!! Love your videos, thanks 😊

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 10 ай бұрын

Awe!! Thanks. I will try. We have not completed it yet, but I may be able to do a review at the end of this school year! Thanks you asking. It motivates me to do it :D

@ysbashtovoy 11 ай бұрын

Can you share full recipe, please!

@Maria- Жыл бұрын

I have NutriMill Harvest i use it for 1 and half year and i use 1 kg of Whole wheat same time and it is well worked nothing happened!!! I clean and it is cleaned with brush as well. And nothing happened to stones. U use in form first try and happened like that ???? With me flour never pure inside the machine. That never happened to me it is clean and stones are same. I checked after your video again and it was clean both the machine and stones never glazed. Let me say this NutriMill Harvest have to fix the stones till you hear stones are start to touch together then you have to pure wheat. If u pure the wheat and fix the stones it happened as u showed. Hope this help

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 3 ай бұрын

If your stones glaze you will know bc it stops milling the wheat bc the stones are so smooth. It only did it with soft white wheat. So glad yours is not doing it!!

@ravenbird3014 Жыл бұрын

I plan on doing MCT for LA next year and I was looking at this for science. Do you think this science is more for older kids? He will be 9 and I didn't know if it would be better to wait another year. Also, now I'm intrigued by the literature comment for MCT. I feel like a lot of curriculum I like that is secular (MCT, MBTP) or christian (Sonlight) assigns too mature books for the age. My kid is an advance reader but im not willing to advance him emotionally when I know he isn't ready.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I get that. What level MCT were you starting? If you are doing the Science with him, it would probably be do able to do science. My son is 12 turning 13 and has done most all of this on his own, so I cannot speak on the level of difficulty for the books, I don't think it would be to emotionally mature. But I will definitely ask him he thoughts. So far I think he has enjoyed most of the books.

@ravenbird3014 Жыл бұрын

@@ordinaryhomemaking6027 I am reading the Island books (grammar, sentence, literature, and poetics) right now and giving mini quizzes orally for the rest of the year. I plan to go full town level next school year. I was trying to decide between BF history of science, Sonlight Science D, Berean Builders, or Beast Science 4 if its out. He is 9 so I didn't know if BF's would be better at an older age. He is pretty advanced with science. I like the layout of TGTB's unit science studies but he says they are too easy. He needs advanced concepts but not advanced writing essays if that makes sense.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

MCT sounds good and the books in that set for reading aren't too emotionally old. Alice and Wonder Land and Wind and the Willows are so good. Peter Pan is good too but a little older. We read these all together instead of the student on their own. Science, sounds like you have lots of good options. I will say if you want experiments, these seem harder to do and we have not done most of them. The good thing about BF is that you can always do it now or later since it can be used for multiple grade levels. Older is probably better if you want him to do it more independently. But it might be better for 10-13. Also, something that you all can do together and do it slowly. There are a couple of essays so far. When my guy was 9, he would have not done them, but did fine on them now. Again you can skip those or wait till he is older. I'm not super familiar but if Sonlight is advanced enough that might be a good option. Looked book based and age appropriate experiments. @@ravenbird3014

@uffa00001 Жыл бұрын

At 17:04 you seem to change the burr regulation. You had already set the correct distance before pouring the grains. By re-tightening the space between the burrs, you are going to have the burrs touch each other, and that creates burr damage.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

The stones are set inside so that cannot go too close. You can set the inside too tight. I have since changed how tight my stones are since this video. This was when I first got it. It will not go too close now. It can only go looser. On the Nutrimill Harvest they actually tell you to tighten when you add your berries.

@uffa00001 Жыл бұрын

@@ordinaryhomemaking6027 I see. It is my perception that the kernel themselves can actually keep the burrs apart - they will work against the inner springs pushing a burr against the other burr. But immediately before and immediately after the milling, when there are no kernels between the burrs, the burrs will touch each other if you hear a noise. That, personally, I would avoid.

@elonever.2.071 Жыл бұрын

@@uffa00001 With the mock mill you turn the adjustment knob to lock the ceramic discs in place so they don't get pushed apart.

@uffa00001 Жыл бұрын

@@elonever.2.071 Thanks for the clarification. So IMHO the discs should almost touch each other, but not really touch each other, ever.

@elonever.2.071 Жыл бұрын

@@uffa00001 The instructions say to bring the discs together until you just begin to hear the grinding noise. And then back it of when finished grinding. Personally I keep mine where they are almost touching and this makes fine enough flour for what I do. I hope this helps.

@RaymondCampbellsr Жыл бұрын

Can this mill pulverize cacao beans, or do you know of one that does?

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

I think you would need to use a blender or coffee grinder. Nothing with oil can go into the mills (nuts & seeds, and nothing that is not completely dried).

@ljenk6752 Жыл бұрын

How has this been going for you? Is your son still enjoying it?

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

He says he still likes that it is flexible, but he didn't like having to do essays for it. After the first one he said it was much easier and he just decided to do it. He is currently 1/3 of the way through. It took a little in the beginning to make sure he understood and was completing things, but now he does it pretty independently. There are more experiments than I thought, so lots of experiments is good, but we have ended up skipped a lot of them. We don't have a lot of the items, so he makes a list in the back of his notebook with everything he has skipped and then when we can we will try to do some of them together. The notebook and skipping some of the experiments have allowed him to do mostly of it on his own. I do wish I was doing some of it with him, just because I am curious, but I am glad we have the books, bc my older child will probably read them at some point.

@ChristineMcClendon Жыл бұрын

Is there a difference in the flour between the impact mill and the mockmill? Some have said the impact mill you showed is finer. But wasn't sure if it was a big difference? I have a wonder mill and am thinking of getting a Mockmill because it is a pain to clean every day

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 11 ай бұрын

So I got my Nutrimill Classic back (the white one) and is not as fine as the mockmill. I thought they were so similar before and used the classic before I got my mockmill. However, after running flour through today it is much finer with the mockmill sadly. I love that you can mill so much wheat, faster with the classic, but it just isn’t as fine as the Mockmill.

@sandriagutierrez2605 Жыл бұрын

I love my nutrimill classic! I suppose it’s a matter of preference, and need. Have to agree with you, their customer service is excellent! Happy baking!

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoy your Nutrimill C. I think I could have worked with it and had good outcomes. However, I was worried I might have damaged my stones. Nutimill seems like a great company. Happy Baking to you too!! Have a great day.

@angelfoster9511 5 ай бұрын

Can you remill with the classic or is it not needed? Trying to research before making a purchase. But so far, I'm leaning towards the classic.

@sandriagutierrez2605 5 ай бұрын

@@angelfoster9511 I’ve never had to remill, in all my years using this machine. I suppose one could if it were preferable, or needed. I’m sorry I wasn’t much help there. Perhaps you could drop company an email? They have always been quick to respond to all my questions in the past.

@angelfoster9511 5 ай бұрын

@sandriagutierrez2605 thank you so much. I saw another comment that the classic only worked to make fine flour for them...nothing else. I'm interested mainly in making baby cereal for my little one and then Secondly making flours. In your experience, Would this be good for baby cereal?

@TheGLOSSette Жыл бұрын

I totally agree that its more important to learn the letter sounds rather than letter names

@TheRestfulHomeschool Жыл бұрын

We loved the pre reading level for when my child was in prek3. She was four at the time. It really gave her a solid foundation prior to being introduced to blends in K4. They have a scope and sequence in their website for parents who want to see exactly what will be taught.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

That's great. I'm glad it worked for you.

@thetheashow1324 8 ай бұрын

I love it too, it’s really helping my 4 year old understand rhyming

@שלוםוברכה-ז8כ Жыл бұрын

that mixer is brave taking on 6 cups of flour

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

😂 Yes it is.

@queeniebee237 Жыл бұрын

This was more helpful than I realised. I love All About Reading but perhaps this is a not one level I need to invest in when my youngest gets there

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

So glad it was helpful. I wished I would have seen a video like this before I bought it. (I did buy it used though.) I do really like what I have seen of AAR levels 1 and up. I have friends that use it and love it. We use All About Spelling and I like the first like 5 levels. But yes, I was disappointed with the Pre Reading. I have heard AAR 1 assumes they have a bit under their belt, so if your kiddo already knows letter sounds and you wanted to use PreReading for a review and play the games to learn the skills like rhyming and segmenting, etc., then that would be a good use of it. IF you could find it used at a good price. Have you used AAR level 1 before? If so did you teach or use anything before it to get them ready?

@kimiseigel657 Жыл бұрын

Which mill would you say does a better job of grinding the wheat berries at a finer consistency?

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

I would have to experiment a little with the Classic and Mockmill to see. If I do I will let you know. If you only want fine then the Classic would be better for the price. Where as Mockmill will do fine up to many different coarse settings. But I do feel like the Mockmill and classic are both the same fine wise and you have to make sure you just barely turn the classic knob to keep it at the finest.

@christinel3504 Жыл бұрын

The All About Reading program is fantastic for levels 1-4. The pre readong level does not compare at all. We used Explode the Code Primer and then went into All About Reading level 1

@sarahmogus9464 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see the inside of this level. I’m curious how different the vocabulary and grammar is than the first two levels.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

Vocabulary is at 23:10 into the video. Grammar (Caesar's English II is very similar to C.E. I) is looked at video mark 26:05.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

Also, I see in my notification that you may have commented a question about if you need the grammar teacher's book. I cannot find it on here to reply. And sorry it has been 9 days since you asked. I just had a baby and have not been on here. I believe I recommend teacher and student book for level 3 because they will have pages to do and it makes it easier. Of course with any of them you could potentially get around it if you write out their stuff, type it up and print it, or do it orally. I did do it without the student book, so you can get around it, but know you will have to do a little work. I do think once you get to 4 though you will want the student and teacher book.

@sarahmogus9464 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I deleted it because it the girl I bought the teacher manual from just threw in the student guide for free anyway. So it didn’t matter anymore. Thank you!

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

Well, that is awesome!! @@sarahmogus9464

@dale9493 Жыл бұрын

@@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Caesars English is vocabulary right? Not grammar. MCT Grammar Voyage is grammar.

@sarahmogus9464 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see level 4!

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

I will try to do it soon. I like to do most of the level before we review it, but I might do it soon. Definitely before the school year is over for people who want to buy next year's curriculum. Do you typically buy curriculum toward the end of the school year, over the summer, or Jan. I tend to be a NEW Year as in Jan. person. Not sure why. Maybe I'm the only one.

@sarahmogus9464 Жыл бұрын

I typically start planning now actually (started in September). I don’t have much time to plan things out in one sitting so I get like 10-20 minutes at a time. (My husband works a lot of hours). So I have to start now for all subjects and kids.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

Oh wow that's like as soon as school starts. I typically wait till Jan I guess bc I want to see how this year is going before I buy for next year. That way I see if they need more help in an area or we need to change something, ect. @@sarahmogus9464

@sarahmogus9464 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, for some of the things I don’t know about yet, I wait and then focus on the things I do believe we are heading towards. If it changes, then it changes. And it has lol. But I’m also a crazy OCD type A+++++ person (I emphasize the plus since I’m off my rocker 😂).

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

@@sarahmogus9464 🤣That's great!! too funny

@CharlotteMasonTT Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see your review on Ordinary Parents guide to reading

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

I will have to do that next. Thanks for asking. Anything particular you are curious about or want to see?

@benjamindrew9232 Жыл бұрын

I just got the mockmill 200 professional and it comes out not nearly as fine as my burr mill. And it overheats the flour to 125 degrees. Did you send back a mockmill? I wonder if there’s a restocking fee because I tested (Used) it…

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

I did not send a mockmill back and waited months for mine. I sent back the Nutrimill Harvest. Maybe the 200 heats it more because it is faster? My 100 is warm but not hot. The Nutrimill Classic and Mockmill 100 feel very comparable to me. I would love the 200 bc it is faster, but maybe it's good I have the slow one.

@benjamindrew9232 Жыл бұрын

@@ordinaryhomemaking6027 I did everything I could to love that mill, but along with not being able to get the grind, I wanted and the heat it was generating, come to find out the stones are made out of a aluminum oxide. They say it’s food, safe, and medical grade and what not but aluminum is aluminum to me. I hated to do it but I sent it back.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

That makes sense! What new meal did you decide on? @@benjamindrew9232

@benjamindrew9232 Жыл бұрын

For now I got another nutrimill classic. I’m starting a cottage small business baking and milling for people locally and needed an extra mill for gluten free grains. I have the Grain Maker 99 with a motor kit and two nutrimills. If the demand is there we may get a Meadows commercial mill that has an 8 inch granite stone. If you’re not worried about the material of the stones in your current mill, I would stick with it and have a nutrimill as a sidekick for bigger jobs. Just my thoughts.

@seasonsofwonder Жыл бұрын

Hi I'm a new subscriber. This was very helpful! Thank you for sharing! I would like to try making it myself soon hopefully. Blessings! 🙏☺️

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment. I love helping and hearing from others. Best of luck!

@eyelandgirl64 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Practical and informative.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jessicacerna1133 Жыл бұрын

This was very helpful, thankyou!

@alicesais770 Жыл бұрын

I have a Nutrimill and love it, I use it every wk to Make 3 loaves of bread a week.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Do you have the classic or harvest? We use ours so much too. Almost daily. We do 2-4 loaves a week, depending on the week. So thankful for mills and access to living wheat!

@alicesais770 Жыл бұрын

@@ordinaryhomemaking6027 classic

@LizGnagy Жыл бұрын

I heard an interview with MCT once and he said Essay Voyage is designed for teacher to skip many things in the book. Tailor it to give your child what he or she needs.

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

That makes sense, thanks for sharing. We definitely do not do it all.

@dalyn.K Жыл бұрын

Hello! Im looking at getting this MCT voyage set for my rising 6th, it will be our first time using. Do you need the teachers manuals for the lit set? My son also struggles to write and I'm planning to do EIW for that portion. I think the videos for IEW will just be too long for him 😅 So was thinking I'd just not get the essay portion for MCT..is that possible, like we wont be missing anything between the set if we do?! Sorry, if that question doesn't make sense. I was also looking at BF history of science, but we are doing NG from adam to us for history and Im thinking we might be biting off more than we can chew with reading 😂

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

That does sound like a lot of reading. Depending on how independent he is, he could do some of his reading at bed time or free time during the day. That means we miss out on some of the stories though, which sometimes I miss. :D I've heard good things about NG, but not familiar with it. Would love to hear what you all think. So 1) You can totally skip the essay portion from MCT. 2) I do think the teachers book adds to the lit portion, but you can totally do it without. It might honestly be cheaper to buy the homeschool packet and then just sell the essay part. I would check your numbers and see. 3) My 6th grader did the IEW videos we just broke them up into 2 days. But if you do not want him to do it independently, I have heard great things about the nonvideo lessons, like the Narnia writing portion. I prefer MCT grammar to IEWs grammar, but that may just be me. 4) So yeah, sounds like a lot of reading. Not sure if you are open to breaking things up like doing NG for the first half of the year and BF the second. Or doing it all and letting BF take two school years. Or even a 3 month rotation. Lots of flexibility. I do love that with MCT you do not do all of it all year long. Take a month to finish one and move one to another or even do like poetry as Saturday reading or summer reading together.

@bellavida7129 Жыл бұрын

This does not work b/c in phonics you teach the letter SOUNDS first and you do not teach them in order. Also, any text or stories they read should ONLY contain the sounds they have learned. I made this mistake with my oldest and now we are struggling to get him caught up. Thanks for the review as you saved me from making the mistake of buying this for my little one!

@ordinaryhomemaking6027 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. So glad I could help. Best of luck!

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