1 year of using Ambleside Online. Here's our thoughts.

We finally made a change 5 years into our homeschooling journey, and I am so pleased that we did. We loved this year but have decided we need to make some adaptations for the following year as well. I hope this will be an encouragement for those of you considering Ambleside.

[@jgudev]

This curriculum has changed our lives in the most beautiful way. Absolutely the mostly incredible way to approach homeschooling.

[@theconleefamily5]

I totally agree! It's been such an incredible blessing.

[@Junethird2006]

We’re in our 2nd year of Ambleside (14th year homeschooling). Wish we had found this sooner. Last year I purposely left things out to make it more manageable (Shakespeare, folk songs, composer study…etc) but did most of the readings (4th grader independent and 2nd grader me doing all the readings). We really enjoyed it. This year I’ve slowly added in Folk songs (the kids love), composer and hopefully Shakespeare and Plutarch for my 5th grader. I also made the decision to do Ambleside for groups, year 1A, since I would have a 3rd grader and 1st grader that would need all readings read to them (plus I have other littles too). That has been a big blessing already this year. I also do a few readings as audiobooks so they can do that independently. Overall, make the curriculum work for you. If it’s too many readings, narrow them down. If there’s a book you just don’t like get rid of it (though give it a fair chance because some of them are harder to get into). It is a great curriculum but it’s a feast and you don’t have to eat it all!

[@theconleefamily5]

@@Junethird2006 that's is a perfect summary of how to approach it! So glad to hear it's working beautifully for your family! It's a wonderful curriculum.

[@kristiLB93]

Finishing out our first full year of Ambleside. Still figuring it out, but it has been rewarding! I find that scheduling the readings throughout the year has been a little challenging. And adding absolutely everything is a challenge. Nature and poetry fell to the wayside a bit. The readings/audios we used we exceptional. Any tips on geography, writing/spelling, dictation?

[@theconleefamily5]

YES! I can make a video this week on those things. ❤️

[@theconleefamily5]

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[@sonemoriarty1401]

Can you explain how do you schedule the readings across the year and when can you start doing the curriculum?Can you start in Feb?

[@theconleefamily5]

@@sonemoriarty1401 absolutely! This will be easy enough to show and I will make a video for you tomorrow!

[@theconleefamily5]

Video is going up today. ❤️

[@lindsaypotter3694]

Curious what did you use to teach your girls reading?

[@theconleefamily5]

Hi, we have used a handful of curriculums. One of my children is dyslexic so we have a specific curriculum for her that uses the Orton Gillingham method. For my others, we have used the McGuffy Primers and All About Reading.