Loved listening to this! 😍🥰♥️ You popped up on my recommended videos. I’m refreshing my CM home school this year, too, so it’s interesting to hear what others are doing.

Thank you for this review with thoughtful feedback! I’d love to see a video for the under 6 crowd. I have a 3 and (almost) 5 year old and I’m trying to find the best option for our family 😊

I was thinking of that punch tool that you use to poke holes in signatures before you bind them. Also maybe a few binder clips. 🥰

A question: how as a public school educator come to be familiar with Charlotte Mason? 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Oh I love A Gentle Feast! And I'm so curious about Alveary!

Hey!!! 🎉❤🎉 We love The Alveary as well! I'll be looking for you in the Hive ❤

Where did you find the hardback Strayer Upton book?

The fact that is each kid is separated would be big challenge for me with 4 kids. Doing family style learning & then adding different reading levels for things like science, geography & history is kinda a must. So I'd love to see how you do it with multiple kids.

So exciting! I can’t wait to hear more! What are those other accounts that you mentioned that do Alveary?

Syllabird sounds just like Homeschool Planet. It has been a game changer for us!

Thank you!

<3 Thank you for sharing with us this reminder. I need a mentor in my life, and I appreciate where you stand in this gap for me!

Love this idea!

I will definitely be tuning in to this new series! ❤😊

Fun! I hope your family has a great year with Alveary. We used Alveary for a few subjects this past year and had re-subscribed for next year when that opened up, but are planning to move to something else now, instead. It's a wonderful program, but it became too difficult to juggle with a large family, especially with a few kiddos in the learn to read stage plus littles and older ones. We need more family style, open & go, so we are choosing more options along those lines:) I'm sure you'll love it, though!

Thank you for sharing this wisdom with us. So often I get so caught up in what is occurring that I forget to look at how God could be using this to mold me into the woman He wants me to be.

I joined the Alveary for this year too!! Excited to see more of your videos in the future. 😊 (especially how you plan your schedule!)

What a blessing she is to you and you are to us! ❤

I love this idea SarahRuth, what a blessing to have a mentor like that in your life.

I have six children 14 and under and have used the Alveary 2 years, CMEC 1 year, AO 1 year, and a Gentle Feast 2 years. Last year I tried doing my own thing last year. I will be back using A Gentle Feast and plan to use it through graduation. I find it to be the simplest to use with a large family.

This was the most helpful and encouraging video like this that I've watched! Very relatable for my situation with my 3 girls and how we also can't rely on a consistent nap time like I hear many homeschool moms suggest. I just found your channel and have been loving your content. Thank you!

I was looking at Without Doors for this coming year, but now you and Shanda have me looking into Alveary. I really love how the daily lessons are set up and how using Syllabird is an additional option! I've watched the book list videos for this coming year and am unfamiliar with almost all of them. I also didn't see any classics at all. The lesson seems SO rich and I absolutely love the scaffolding that is provided, but I also would hate to miss out on great classic literature. Are there actually classics included but just not shown in the videos?

I would like to see how you combine kids

I’m curious what you are planning to do for Math - are you continuing SCM/Beauty and Truth or are you going with the Alveary’s plans?

Thank you so much for the Code for Alveary. I am so excited to be doing it this year and a little nerves. Happy to be joining you and your friend with Alveary :)

Thank you for making this! Is there still a morning time together with Alveary? I have grades 1-9 and that’s my favorite part of the day 💚

I love your dress. I tried to get that one as well but it sold out so fast. I'm so happy to see you got one. You are rocking it :)

I would love to see how you combine the boys.

So fun!! As far as the lesson plans laid out like a gentle feast, Alveary does have that!! 🎉🎉 It’s called Alveary+ and it will reschedule lessons as well so it’s a little more useful IMO.

What’s the add on you bought again? (The scheduler)

Ahh! I would love to see how you end up combining your children. We have used AGF in the past but will be using the Alveary this year, as well.

We made this decision too! I started with AGF largely from watching you, but when I saw the Alveary this year and looked at samples, realized this is what I need! I’m so excited to know I can watch you go through this too as we venture in!

So glad you are joining me!!

I’m so glad you have your joy back in teaching.

Would love to hear how you plan and combine your kids 😊

How fun!! Okay, I like learning about the nature inside each person, through Dressing Your Truth (I've never bought anything from them). There's 4 nature's/energies, that all of us have a little bit of each, but have a dominant type. Mine is type 4 - all or nothing, black and white, bold and striking. There are facial features on me that give this away, too! My secondary also crops up I my facial features in support of the primary. 😊 I'm the "lowest" energy. I've long pondered that you are a Type 1 - playful, light, airy, and exuberant energy that comes across very naturally! I think your facial features move upward, even. So, the feeling of getting bored and needing that big breath of fresh air and not wanting to pick from all the great choices, was no surprise for me. I think you're going to love this year of Alveary! 🤩

Say what?!?! I have some local friends who absolutely love Alveary. Excited to see how it works for you and your family.

Thank you so much for this!

In regards to Alvearys history...if you are starting with a 6 year old in Form 1B are they wanting you to jump in wherever they are? Isn't that not consistent with what CM did with teaching history of their own country first ( I agree that this makes a lot of sense)

Please advise. We are like minded family, and im coming out of piecing my curriculum together, the core being through Homeschool Torah. However, as much as i want to like it... I just cannot do it again. Some of it is good, but there are cons too. My first two years of HS were with My Father's World which my son (8) loved. Now ive been introduced to CM and im a)blown away b) overwhelemed c) undecided! My son loves reading, and i have (unintentionally i guess) pushed him these early years, so he is well ahead in some areas but it came with a cost and struggle at times. I wish i knew what i do now. Lol. I just want homeschooling to be an enjoyable experience and not a task... Seems like im consumed with it and i feae not having time to do anything besides that. Ugh. I am praying that YAH will lead me to which is right for the future. Thank you for your videos

Thanks for sharing this information. I was interested in hearing the explanation of this approach and it was helpful. I respectfully disagree with the order of teaching history. I think with the world being so interconnected with each other and so many resources available as far as physically and visually they are able to grasp ancient cultures and further back history to the best of their ability of course. My opinion is that it makes the most sense going in the sequential order of the world's history as a story. Then when you get to american history, all the cultures that have influenced the culture makes sense. Also, the reason people even came here makes more sense if they can understand it within the context of what was going on around the world. Yes, its a flyover at first as there are things that are challenging for them to grasp but then you come back around and take more deep dives into topics and time periods. I also think its good for kids to realize theres a bigger world and more going on than just their little area. (While doing history in order, of course we still learn about where they live and even travel around the country to see things and learn some history as they experience but then theyll be able to plug in their experiences when we get to that point in the timeline and they will have context for what was going on) i also feel like starting at the beginning of history helps them to understand things in the bible as well. But i appreciate learning about other approaches to educate our kids. Thanks for sharing!

Hi! Thanks for sharing your experience with math in your homeschool. This video was helpful. We are thinking of using SCM this fall for my oldest. I’m hoping it’s a good fit. Quick question- would you recommend SCM for grades1-5 and then suggest B+T series for 6-12? Do you feel it’s a nice transition from one to the other? Or would you suggest starting with B+T from the beginning?

What do you do after this? This is the approach we took and it was SO good. Now my daughter is reading frog and toad and the tuttle and free first reader after we ised rhe primer to learn. Do tou continue phonics lessons like rhis or do you do just read aloud?

Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your heart! Very encouraging! In a similar season of life and homeschooling and God has been leading me to similar heart convictions! When we simplify and reorient our focus to what matters to God, he gives us a heart after His heart and we allow Him to fill us and be used as His instrument in the lives of others. I'm a lifelong learner and get so excited to learn alongside my children that I have found myselt getting overzealous and neglecting the primary role of exemplifying God first and parenting my childrens heart. He gently guides me back and it often means letting go in the process. He had called me to submit to His plans press pause - push the books aside and go after the heart. (even daily if I need to). This doesn't mean there is something wrong or we are behind and we shouldn't be frustrated by our plans being altered but THIS is the plans He has called us to. Often that means sacrificing our daily lists and what success looks like in our day to day and realizing that abiding in Christ and sharing His heart with our kids is the true work of education❤

Absolutely loved this❤️ Worth my time!

Loving this!

Your headband is adorable! I actually hand die scarves for my etsy account. I can totally see you in them.

I could listen to you talk all day about anything home or education related honestly!!

Oh gosh. I've been much behind on listening to you, because your microphone is noticeable at least 9 months ago!! 🤣 One fun thing we do to begin circle time, is that I play the shofar on KZbin to call them in. They know to come in without me calling and calling, and that its time to be quiet and pay attention. I didnt do this with my now 21 year old, I wish I did. When we have a Sabbath-rhyrhm week (or a month off, between terms), we still keep up circle time, and I change that up to playing somwthing weird and fun in the mornings (our last break, in April, was the dance mix "They've Taken The Hobbits to Isengard," for example). I try to find something my 1-11year old children love and is appropriate, and we only do it for the shorter span, to keep it fresh. I love your reminder to seek connection over control, but in your own sweet words!

This is helpful! I’m doing American girl based history with my daughter this year starting with Kaya the Native American little girl. Very gentle and I think it will be fun for her! Maybe not pure CM but I feel it’s the right spirit for early learning