I actually do like this book and it’s working well for my son so far! I plan to stick with it and get the next books! I’m sad to hear it didn’t work for you and others. Personally I love it! I guess it’s just different for each child and each family! :)

Oh girl I feel you! This has ebbed and flowed for us where some years we do great and others my kid has zero interest or wants to read alone. You’re doing great mama!

Thanks for making this video! I've been looking into getting this to use with my 8.5-yr-old daughter, so your video is perfect! A couple questions: Since I plan on doing it with my daughter, is the parent companion necessary or could I just buy the student book? Also, do you think I should go ahead and buy all 3 levels so that I'll have them, or should I just buy level 1? Thanks!

For me it’s socialize on purpose! Basically how you describe build your community so important too!

Balance , girl yes. Independence is huge! I try to push for these things too but find the balance in connection.

This year I am trying so hard to be a little more flexible.

Thank you so much for this video! That was the exact information I’ve been searching for. ❤ my daughter (8 years old) wants to do this but I’m trying to figure out exactly what I need and how in-depth it is. 😊 so glad I came across your video!

I know from many of your videos that y’all love unit studies but do you a formal LA curriculum as well?

I can’t find the free version to compare to the full version. The link takes me TPT but i don’t see the free option

We love the discover decks

These are awesome

I have the same model and it does not print well. No amount of maintenance or discussions with their help desk has ever gotten it to print without lines.

Printers can be so frustrating! I have had the same laser jet printer for ~7 years and considered getting an eco tank to cut down on ink cost when mine kicks the bucket. Does the printer not clean periodically during the print cycle? I fear I may be spoiled 😂

Interesting you post this now. I finally got my curriculum picks for main subjects and am already a tired, feel behind 34 week preggo. I went to double side print on the exact Model you have and nope! Jamming every time, it has to feed back into the computer. At first the was running but not printing well on the flip side, but we'll for the first page that feeds in from the top. Everything is jamming now, I have so much to print and am so frustrated that I don't even want to go back and touch it right now. Lol. Thanks for posting this video. Any tips for jamming?

A major point that I never see talked about is when the printer reaches its end of life span on the waste ink pad/box which is an inevitable occurrence. I started out with the exact same model you have and after 3 years of printing, and many thousands of page, my printer would no longer work. I received the "ink pad end of service life" error message on my printer and did some research on how to resolve it. When you clean your print heads, the ink that is flushed through the heads is dumped into a small plastic box filled with sponges located behind a removable panel on the back right of the printer. Once you print a certain number of pages and those sponges are filled to capacity, your printer will no longer work until you BOTH 1) clean the sponges and 2) reset the internal page counter back to zero. While you can technically remove the plastic box containing the sponges and clean and replace them, the internal page counter reset is MUCH trickier. If you google hard enough, you can find the one time work around for resetting the internal page counter, but it only lasts for a few more thousand pages. Once you reach that point, whether the waste ink box is full or not, your printer again stops working. With the model you have, the only option is to send your printer back in to Epson for a reset or pay for an Epson tech to come to your house to reset the printer. It's truly just a string of letters and numbers fed into the software which resets the counter, but it's not something you can find anywhere. I went through all of this and at the end had to get a new printer. I opted for a 3000 series model which is made with a removeable and replaceable maintenance box that comes complete with a chip that will reset the internal page counter so that my printer should conceivably never stop working. This is not anything I hear talked about so every time I can, I share this knowledge.

We had the same printer, used it for five years with NO ISSUES until about 3 months ago. After 2-3 hours on the phone with their amazing customer service, it still reverts - screen says it can’t connect to WiFi / wired connection because it’s “busy”. Just picked up the HP equivalent. Fingers crossed 😊

It’s true! I always run a cleaning before I print so I don’t have to deal what this. If it’s been awhile I just run the power cleaning mode and it works great after that! Also a small hack…if you print in fine mode I notice you don’t get the annoying lines. It takes longer to print the page but it’s prettier and no lines!!

Just went thru this w/ my 4760, ugh and know your frustration!!! After 5 print head cleanings, I had to run a power cleaning and it took half of my 3/4 full black ink 😩 but I've had it for nearly 5 years so I can't really complain!

How do you choose your daughter’s assigned independent readers? I’ve been in search of a book list based on reading levels. I know many curricula have their own readers, but I’m wanting books I can check out from our local library. I’m just having a hard time deciding what books to ask of my oldest to read. He always chooses books that I think are too easy, but I also don’t want to ask him to read something too challenging and discourage him; he is still growing in confidence.

Do you still have the free version available?

How do I find out if my state has a state scholarship? I've tried researching, but Google keeps giving me college options. Haha

We are FES-UA recipients and it has been a blessing for us.

I can’t wait to do the CLT test after learning about it at BRAVE

Hello! I downloaded the unit that was available on Teachers Pay Teachers and can no longer find the link. Where can i find it as ive purxhased the books for this year. Thank you 😊

Love this walk-through! Great job discussing how to make the weekly and daily schedules.

look at Sonlights LA it’s a natural approach and your readers are great books and can be modified for any grade level so you can do first grade LA and the 2 grade readers if you need to.

Love your hair. Its sooo pretty.

In the same boat, going on eight years now with my only !

I’ve been homeschooling one of my daughters since she was 3 (almost 5 now) because she sees her bigger sister doing it and wants to. She literally begs to do it ALL the time. I can’t imagine squashing her love of learning because of her age. She’s doing amazing and we follow a formal curriculum. We also don’t do morning basket! Tried and it felt more stressful than anything since it just didn’t fit our morning dynamics.

Are you still using aas ? And how do you like it ?

Hey there! Another GR question for you 😆 did you modify how you read the Teacher’s Guide for your early reader? I have a 4, 6, 9 and 11 year old. I think my older two will love all the history and information. I wasn’t sure if it could be tough to keep my 6 year old’s attention if I read the lesson in entirety. Thank you for your review and sharing your experience!

Thanks for the flip through, I want to get this for my son. He’s 8 so I will start at level 1 too. I was wondering though, when will you do the other levels?

Thank you for this flip through because I’ve been wondering about that one.

Thank you for sharing this review! I've seen on your videos how you have since completed more Connecting Continents units and other units as well. I'm shopping the sale again this year and was wondering if this is a unit you would ultimately recommend. My kids 4-12 enjoyed Africa! I see how some units are great for family learning with little ones (such as Oceans, Africa, NAB). I would lose my little ones with Renaissance and Revival and Energy probably.

Between mom in me” thank you for the idea

So glad to hear that you are enjoying the MB Life science!

Can someone give me advice on how to help socialize my homeschooled only child ? We don’t have any family in our area and we’re kinda alone

I was wondering if the activity book would still work with the older version of all about spelling? 🙂

The Train to Impossible Places looks so cute!

I'm watching this 5 minutes after I made a completely unnecessary thriftbooks order 😬. It felt like gluttony. Perhaps I'll set a challenge for myself not to buy anything homeschool related until after Christmas (I don't think I can go a whole year). The Wind in the Willows was a very heavy book for us. Did you get an abridged copy?

We love The Vanderbeekers.

At one point I had over 600 books! I finally decided enough was enough and sold off a ton! Now I am using that money to "smartly" by used books for our shelves, more tailored to my kids interests, instead of just having books to have them.

I can relate so much! Great job going over a year! I feel like I obsessed so much over scrolling book outlet when I first found it. Since the inventory was constantly changing I was afraid of missing out on the good ones. And made way too many orders to keep up with reading. 😂 I took a good long break too. Although I do find read alouds enjoyable I have found it tricky for my family to stay engaged listening. I found the best way for us was to snuggle and read at bedtime. They are most excited to sit and listen well then. Even if it was a literature book for a subject like history, I usually save it for then!

We read Vanderbeekers book 1 this past year and loved it. Hope you enjoy, too!!!!

"The temptation is always there." SO TRUE!!!!!

Ask you local library about Interlibrary loans. Most libraries will let you borrow books from other libraries in the US. See if yours does and if they will explain to you how to do it.

I found Kayas world at a little free library in my town.

Bottom line seems to be - "Don't "other-ize" your homeschool." When we stop being pushed about by every fad, and pray and decide what's best for OUR family - it works much better than just trying to obey the masses.

We found ours a few years ago on ebay

You got some really good books! The timeline book looks so fun!