We're using the same history curriculum from Generations but starting with level 1. And just doing it alongside my daughter, I've learned a lot too so far most of the stuff I've never learned before. Cuz in public schools they don't ever talk about people in history who were strong in their Christian faith and had some impact. We're also doing the same science curriculum cept we are doing level one. I like how its short and simple but yet you learn lots too.

Loving all of your content... TY for sharing.. 🤗💕

I have two kids we did the first grade and now are using the second grade. We are on lesson 28, I do booster card's every day. So when we hit the master target we are usually a head by a few cards. I do review of each card every time till there is no hesitation, we also do the read along together chapter at least three times a week. I feel if you do the full 10/15 min of booster cards per day with the lesson and the full 20 min independent reading/joined reading with the lesson. The lesson can take a while like today was a full 40 minutes so when you add the reading and booster cards its over an hour. I have a slow learner who is 8 in second and a fast learner who just turned 6 in second grade. I do feel like there is small gaps where they both could be stronger. So I just got weekend books for the areas they struggle. So for my daughter wo struggles in spelling, a fun spelling work book. I got a m son a reading work book for dyslexic learners to help him. I don't like having to add to curriculums..... Just seams like there is no one curriculum that doesn't have gaps so here we are. There is something that I think should be known the good and beautiful adds the geography and art so you don't have to have separate curriculum for those subjects.

At some point you have to stop blaming the curriculums.. just stick with one curriculum. As someone who has been doing this for a while, there’s HUGE benefits to sticking with one curriculum to avoid a lot of gaps.

I mean for people who just want to squeak by with the absolute BARE minimum for their children’s education with no enrichment… MB’s does the job just fine.

You say you printed extra worksheets to aid the MB curriculum, but you couldn’t do that for TGTB?? 🤔 I get suspicious of Masterbooks vs TGTB videos… MB has been attacking TGTB from day one.

It sounds like your daughter is dyslexic. My daughter is dyslexic too and had all of the same struggles as your children. However… I’m a FIRM believer that sticking with a curriculum long-term has major benefits. The first two years were not super smooth sailing. But this year, something has finally clicked and she is doing amazing! The lessons have never taken us an hour… even with her being a “slower learner.” As far as the “jumping around,” within the curriculum.. I felt like that too.. and was worried that it wasn’t “mastering” concepts, until I stuck with it for several years and my daughter is now FLOURISHING with this type of spiral approach! They really do revisit concepts SOOOO many times throughout the years that there’s no way she could forget them at this point. Yes, it takes a touch of effort to do everything (reading, boosters, the lesson) but it gives the child a well-rounded education! Totally worth it, to me.

ok, serious questions...:) I've been a good and the beautiful language arts mom forever. It's just what has worked. However, my almost 7 year old has not been clicking with the TGATB kinder program, so I switched him to CLE's LTR and it's been amazing! Totally clicked and now I'm debating wether I need to switch my 3rd and 4th grader to CLE language arts as well....and maybe include the reading program too? Or would that be too much?

Thank you for the video on this! I'm wondering if it's mastery or spiral method for language arts?

Thank you for the videos! I felt the same with MB and so we stopped using them....I've heard alot about CLE and looks really good!! Is the language arts spiral or mastery? I've heard that CLE math is spiral so we're planning to use Rod and Staff arithmetic actually, similar to CLE company but mastery method 😊

Thanks for the info. This will be my first year homeschooling.

Boys body book is awesome! We are using BJU Press for Math this year. My kindergardener is using tgtb simply math and will hopfully switch to bju in upcoming years. My 7th grader will be doing Christian Light Ed. For Language arts and my other 3 kids will be doing tgtb l.a. oldest will be doing the book study for 8th grade. We are using campfire curriculum for car maintentence and professional chef. For Bible, we are doing Faithipedia and Not consumed family studies. For Science A.C.E. for 2 of my kids t.g.t.b for kindergardener and our 4th grader will be doing story of the world audio books and our spangled story❤

Have not finished watching yet! But I love your video. Love the honesty and how you’re describing everything. I totally think it’s crazy they assume you have your completely master before u go on because I did that when I started homeschooling with reading and language arts with one of my kids but I layered realized what they don’t get at first they get later on. If you keep going. Cause it clicks or continues to reinforce what you learn as you go. And the list memorizing totally get that my kids totally seemed to memorize lists but I noticed they could see the word later not recognize it because it looked different. Like say caps or font or something so I started trying to show word in different types to see if they recognized it.

Thank you so much for your honest reveiws and pics

Thank you so much for this! Do you have a review comparing these math curricula as well? I am debating about whether or not to switch from TGATB math to MasterBooks math for one of my children who is strong in LA but struggles with math.

Could you possibly tell me the name of the other symbol used in the phonics book that you pointed out that indicates the different pronunciation of the "A" as "au"?

I love your honest reviews and just how genuine you both are. I haven’t begun homeschooling yet but have been in research mode and the typical reviews and day in the life’s on KZbin are overwhelming… until i came to your channel. You are like a breath of fresh air when I’ve been drowning in the sea of information. I feel like i am looking for similar things in a curriculum as what suits you as far as needing guidance and structure. My children seem similar to yours in there needs as well. I would really like to see an “in hindsight” video where you, knowing what you know now, list which specific curriculum you wish you had used or if you had to do it again, what you would choose for each subject for each grade from pre-k to present. That way i can just choose those tried and true hits rather than wasting my money on misses. Thank you for being such a huge help in figuring out what direction I would like to go. You’ve given me back confidence on this roller coaster ride I’ve been on with my decision weather or not to homeschool.

Aw thank you so much for the mention! ❤❤❤

Loved this video! Your channel was suggested for me and I’m so glad I found it! We’re about to start our 4th year of homeschooling with my 3rd grader and kinder twins, and we’re excited to use the notgrass history family style and open ended like you mentioned! 😊

New subscriber, love your style! Looking forward to more content.

Does apologia have a good amount of drilling withh flashcards for fact fluency? And do they include some spiral review?

This is so interesting! My kiddo is an avid reader. He just turned 6 but he's definitely ahead in L.A. Still, I wanted to start with first grade L.A. to make sure we don't skip concepts. I can totally see how it would be challenging if he wasn't a fast reader. I would concentrate on reading and read-alouds before doing this curriculum. Then this curriculum is great. It has worked really well for us. We finish each lesson in about 10 minutes. We're still finishing kindergarten math and we do 2 lessons a day sometimes. I absolutely love the open and go concept. But I can definitely see how it's not terribly exciting all the time. My kiddo also hates the coloring, painting and most crafts. I simplify them and just let him use colored pencils instead of paint, or do checked instead of coloring ... But he loves memorizing poetry, the narrations and TGTB story books. Still, this makes me want to look into Mastebooks. TGTB doesn't have much in terms of Bible stories or biblical concepts. Thank you so much for doing such a thorough review.

Did y’all switch everything to CLE or just language arts?

Could you do a flip through of the Apologia Math? Love your picks. I really want to pick that for my daughter for this year. Thanks

What grade is are you talking about? I am looking at using TGAB for my kindergartener.

I’d love to see an update video for the end of year!

I highly suggest finding a grade of CLE Bible that works for multiple kids. I love Grade 3 for grades 2-5. We do it together and each student has their own LightUnits. I highly suggest this with the Teachers Guide.

We started winning with writing last year with my middle (she is going into 4th). I didn’t love that (but we do like their spelling). This next year we will be doing Share Your Story and I just purchased Writeshop jr D. I used Writeshop jr book E for my oldest and planned to use that with my 4th in the future but just decided to make the switch this next year. I think it will be fun to go through it. Writeshop junior is in depth and fun but sometimes teacher intensive

My middle loved A Reason for Handwriting! We switched it up so she could learn how to do cursive but may end up going back to it.

Thank you for your videos they have helped a lot in choosing curriculum! I’m curious to know how you guys plan your schedule on all these subjects I know CLE has creative writing,handwriting and grammar included so do have him doing the other workbooks all together?

Do I have children? No Do I plan to have/homeschool children? No Do I love these videos? Yes 😂❤

Have you thought about using the IWE’s writing program? I’m going to try using the People and Places in Our Community with my son this year.

I love this video. That sounds great. I really thought about Apologia math, but in the end went with TGTB 4. I love how you're using the Mcguffys, and language 3 from CLE. I am also using the creative writing book from TGTB. I made a video recently talking about when it works and when it doesn't work.. just depending on the mood of the house. And how the school days going. Can't force creativity!

Thanks for this video, I’m in my 1st year of homeschooling getting done soon so I’m looking forward to incorporating family subjects bc my smallest is showing interest in school now !

My rabbit hole with Shelly at Mom Delights literally changed my homeschool a few years ago!! She needs more attention and credit for how much wisdom she is providing on her channel lol

I just found your channel and I really love your reviews! Thank you so much… is this math something I could make do with doing 3 days a week?

We also use McGuffey’s and really love them! Also, for free math resources, Ray’s Arithmetic and Hamilton Arithmetic can both be found online and printed out for free! Our Sweetie Birds Home KZbin channel talks about those 😊👍🏼

Are you doing this again?

We use the McGuffeys absolutely love them. We have found the reading it back to the parent with expression is important for us.

Loving this homeschooling content! For math, the Singapore Math approach is fantastic for building a strong foundation and problem-solving skills. If you're looking to explore it further, I run a channel called The Singapore Math Specialist with lessons and tips specifically geared towards homeschooling. Check it out if you're interested!

Excited to start Apologias math.

Love these picks!!!! I also use mcguffeys and LOVE them. You really can create a whole LA curriculum with it.

Great choices 🎉

Speaking of wholesome readers, my 2nd grader has been loving the Dick and Jane readers this summer for reading practice. 🥰

We started CLE 1st grade Learning to Read and started the CLE 1st grade language arts at the half way point. They work very well together.

We use McGuffey as readers we love them! My son loves the stories and pictures. I also have found some older readers at our thrift store and they really are so cute!

Fellow McGuffey user here!! You will love them ❤ they are so easy to use and so wholesome

I'm using that with my grandson and it is awesome. I've also watched Mom Delights, but this is by far way better. I'm also using the same math as you guy's as well from Mom Delights. I've went completely old school with all of his curriculm.

You should check out on Reading Rainbow, Eclectic Foundations Language Arts it is written for the Mcguffy Readers. It is awsome

Thanks for sharing ❤️🫶🏼 Awesome resources!