@@Oangejuice You are most welcome!! I’m glad it was helpful for you!

@@crssanchez 🥳🙌🏼

@@crssanchez Awww, thanks so much!! 💛 I’m so glad it was helpful!! I am probably wearing too many hats at the moment, in the responsibilities department, but I am going to do my best to fill in the gaps and finish the mini classes as soon as I am able. Weeks 7, 8, and 9 are on my radar! 🙏🏼😌

@@tacomenudo Hahaha. I was thinking how in the world does this person know my zodiac sign, I KNOW I didn’t say it?! Also, no promoting lol, just sharing the prepositions song… me, myself, my coffee cup, and one of my comfy tees. 😅

That is awesome! I’m so glad it was helpful for you and the class!! 💛🙌🏼

Yes!! That was a class favorite as well! I found myself doing the same. We’re not even in Essentials anymore and I still randomly sing essentials memory work songs. 😅 SPIDOPONA is still one of my favorites! 🎉

You’re most welcome!! I’m so glad you enjoyed the learning experience! 😊😋

You are most welcome!!! I’m so glad it was helpful!!

You’re most welcome! I’m glad you found it helpful! 💛

I’m so glad they were helpful!! ☺️

Aww, that is A LOT!! I do know. We came into essentials mid October, the year before I made this video. So I was a newbie too. I filled in for someone at the last minute until they were able to take over. It is a lot, but you can do it!! Find what works for you and do your best, no one retains everything the first time around. If you have seasoned parents and students in your class, remember they may be willing to be helpers as well! If not, remember you are all learning together and this is an “introduction” year! I reminded myself that teaching something would force me to learn it, and it did help me to learn it much more quickly than I would’ve had I only been sitting in class listening. You’ve got this!! 🙏🏼🧘🏻‍♀️💛✨

@@jackiefirkus5599 Awesome! I’m so glad they’ve been helpful! 💛

@@aubrirussell3557 Hey Aubri! That is awesome. I heard just today that they had finished the updates and completed the fractions curriculum, and that it was available for download. I am not sure about the charts. I think I was told they are the same in the each set- like don’t worry about keeping them in mint condition you will get another copy of them with the next curriculum set- but I will double check and get back with you! And given all the concepts are supposed to be the same, just diving deeper and deeper into them with each progressing curriculum, again, I believe the charts are the same, but I will get back with you to confirm!

Hello again, Aubri. I reached out to CC customer service. Left them a vmail early on Thursday or Friday and didn’t hear back. I have spoken to our director and another mom, and no one could confirm for sure, but we are all under the understanding that the charts are the same across the curriculum. It was confirmed that the downloads don’t include the charts, which makes no sense to me, but. I guess, as long as the solutions are there and you have access to the MMC on CC connected they must feel that’s enough. I just wanted to update you and let you know I have tried. I will confirm what they say when I get an answer.

@@christinlattimore2685 Hey! So glad you found it helpful!! It is a lot, but just remember you guys aren’t going to master it all or learn it all the first go around! That’s the beauty of the curriculum, you get to repeat it, and next year even more things will be familiar and understood and retained! I’ve done videos for a lot of the weeks. If there was memory work and songs to learn I tried to do a shorter video for that, but those are mostly in the earlier weeks. I am going to try and fill in the gaps as the year progresses. I believe all of weeks 1-6 are already up though. 💛 For the writing (which I didn’t continue to cover every week) the IEW videos by Mr. Pudewa are very helpful, as is the teacher manual they provide with the curriculum!

Please keep doing weekly videos! 😂

@@laurynalbrechtmullings3646 I am working on it. Thinking about working on it lol. Once I can get a break from our current schooling and my work I will start filling in the missing videos. 💛

@@AliciaGreen-gk5zl Aww, I’m so glad it was helpful! 🥰 I need to fill in some gaps with my essentials videos, but the charts videos have been done. There are only so many main charts, and only so many that I know catchy tunes to. You’ve seen week 1. I also have memory work videos up for week 2 Verbs, week 3 Nouns, Week 4 Pronouns, Week 5 is a playlist for all those weeks as you review previous weeks for week 5. Week 6 Conjunctions has a video, and then there are shorts for some the individual memory work songs. If I recall correctly, the rest of the weeks are more diving into different specifics from the charts, and learning to diagram the different sentence patterns. You just keep working on memorizing the memory work songs you have already learned, on your own time as you continue on. Every tutor has their own way of instructing. I really dove into the memory work songs for the charts, because I just felt like they helped make things easier to remember, but not every tutor will get up and have you guys sing the songs, and there are probably a couple different versions of some songs. I researched and found the ones that I felt were best and went with those.

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I agree! They are great. We watched this yesterday.

Thanks so much guys! I’m so glad it was helpful for your families!! I have not made any new videos yet, but my hope is that I will be able to finish them sometime sooner rather than later. 💛🙏🏼

You’re welcome!

Glad it was helpful! You’re welcome!

You’re welcome! I’m glad you found it helpful!

You're most welcome!!

Thanks so much! That is so sweet. I’ve learned and relearned a lot myself. I’m glad I am able to help others. That is why I started doing the reviews.

Hey there, I’m glad you enjoyed the video! I purchased the states and capitals printables worksheets on Etsy. I’ve attached the link to them. Hope you guys have a great sixth grade year!! www.etsy.com/listing/1092438359/

🙌🏼 Yay! I’m so glad you found it helpful!!

Awesome! Sounds like you still have a house that is pretty full of learning. My older two boys (about to be 23 & 24) have both graduated from public high school. One started college but took a break when covid made everything go to online. They are both working now. What are the ages of your 3 kiddos you are homeschooling?

Hey there! Welcome! Word searches aren’t for everyone, just like anything else, we all have our things we like, and things we don’t like so much. Thankfully there are many different ways to enjoy learning! 💛

We had some families that felt a little overwhelm from the Essentials program. (Not sure if that’s why you left) The key that helped me/us not feel the overwhelm was remembering we didn’t have to know it all the first time around! Learn what we could and then go from there was our motto. We actually started our first year of CC 3months into the program… so we had actually missed the first bit all together that first time around, because we pulled out of public school fall break of his 4th grade year. Last year was our first full year of essentials, and it took some devotion but it was much easier to understand the 2nd time through, and I committed to really learning all I could. So, 😅 I think pulling it out and revisiting the materials could be great. I actually have a workbook that he uses this year, in his new binder setup for at home only, and it’s been great. I can share with you if you’re interested. I’ll probably have to email it though. It’s only 3 days per week and simple but beneficial reviews.

No. The 5th edition is the most recent. It was put out a couple years ago. The program is the same. The curriculum book was laid out a little different. Mainly just updating some things it appeared.

I will add links for you… the devotional (as I mentioned is old, but we still love it) and it can be found on Amazon. The Indescribable workbook I purchased from christianbook.com. 365 Trivia Twists Devotions: An Almanac of fun facts and spiritual truth for every day of the year a.co/d/3oMO0sm www.christianbook.com/indescribable-activity-stretching-building-crosswords-experiments/louie-giglio/9781400235889/pd/235888?product_redirect=1&search_term=Indescribable&Ntt=235888&item_code=&ps_exit=PRODUCT%7Clegacy&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP

Our cursive book is from classicalconversations.com We have last year’s cycle 2 book. I am attaching a link to this years cycle 3, American history book of the exact same type. The link should take you to the item in their bookstore. Let me know if you have any more questions! classicalconversationsbooks.com/products/fs098

Also, just wanted to add another handwriting option that we also love and may purchase again. It’s by TGATB. They have different levels and it has a little more instruction, not just tracing and copy work. Both incorporate some drawing as it helps with the fine motor skills. www.goodandbeautiful.com/pre-k-8-curriculum/handwriting/

Yay!! I hope you have an amazing year! 💛🙏🏼✨

Thanks for the sub! Im glad you found me. 😊 Thank you for reaching out and sharing. We have been enjoying our repeat curriculum choices as well as our new ones; that’s neat that we are using a lot of the same! I will have to visit your channel. Thanks again for being here 💛

@@SoulshineMamaOfficial that’s cool that y’all found what y’all like to do on repeat. And thank you so so much also!

Yay!! I'm so glad it has been helpful for your kiddos! That is why I started doing it; to be helpful to kiddos, and the mamas and papas that are learning and teaching as well! The process was helpful to me too, another step in learning and taking it in myself.

Thanks so much!! That's so sweet! I appreciate you sharing, and I hope the videos are equally helpful for your friends!

You're most welcome!! I'm so glad you found them, and they are helpful!

Classical Conversations is a homeschool curriculum that teaches via the classical style of learning-- which means you cover a lot of the same materials over and over, as you cycle through, allowing you to memorize and master, instead of just memorizing for a moment to take a test and then moving on like the public education system does. It is based in a Christ-centered worldview, though I've known some folks that used the program who weren't necessarily Christians. We look at things in science and geography and other wondrous things and acknowledge the greatness of God and His creations, while also learning about other views. Aside from the curriculum, there are also Classical Conversations Communities... these communities are separate from the providers of the curriculum, but they adhere to their guidelines and work together. CC has curriculum and classes for 4 year olds through high school. The only drawback I've had with the community is that it is a bit costly to be a part of. I love our community itself though; lots of wonderful mamas, papas, and kiddos!! There is a lot of love, support, friendship, and encouragement within our community. We joined because I only have one kiddo at home now, and I wanted him to have the interaction with other kiddos and build friendships with other like minded kids/families. We only meet one day per week, but we also go on field trips, he has sleep-overs, and sometimes we do play dates with his CC friends, aside from other interactions he has through sports and with friends he made while in public school, before we started homeschooling. I hope that answers your question! I'm not short on words lol. I may do a video explaining a little more, explaining the different classes, and what a day at our CC community looks like...

I’m so glad you find them helpful!! That makes my heart happy!!!

I’m glad you found this helpful! ☺️

You’re most welcome! Honestly, I was asked that same question in class, and we couldn’t figure it out either!? So, I’m not sure exactly, but I liked it the best out of all the options I came across and that’s why I chose that one for us to learn.

You’re most welcome! I’m glad it was helpful! 😊

Awesome! My goal with making the videos is to help as many as possible. This was my first full tour of Essentials plus my first time tutoring, so I’m super happy that the video was beneficial to you and your community!! 💛🙏🏼✨