4th/5th Grade Curriculum | Minimalist Homeschool

[@bewareofswan]

Love your vibe! Thanks for reviewing The Good and the Beautiful. It is awesome and I found it through your videos.

[@My.Lifes.Journey]

I'm new to your channel, this is only the second video I've watched and I'm glad to learn about the good & the beautiful. I just made a homeschool Insta account and they "liked" my video but I didn't know who it was. So thank you very much for this. I'm so impressed.

[@kristiLB93]

I love that you said you don't worry about grade level anymore - and you don't care what others may think basically! I needed to hear that. I'm tired if trying to explain that to others AND trying not to let my kids feel as though they are behind!! Thank you for posting this! What islands do you hail from? We are from Johns Island , South Carolina. 🌊☀️🏖️

[@PepperandPine]

Thanks for sharing your approach and your materials. The portfolios are beautiful 💕

[@ACommonLife]

I am a new subscriber to your channel! This is the first video that I've seen. I love the minimalist approach to homeschool. I have never heard of The Good and The Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[@SaltyTribeCo]

Welcome!!! I'm glad you found us! Minimalism keeps me sane haha! The Good & The Beautiful is also something I hadn't heard of just a few months ago and I was pleasantly surprised by what they offer!

[@amandabrown4895]

I am so grateful to have found your channel.

[@kiras7874]

Thank you for sharing! The Good and the Beautiful LA looks awesome! I had never heard of that curriculum before! Before you even said anything about the sound of the letter tiles, I thought to myself, 'I like the sound they make!' 😂lol, so you're not alone. Really beautiful work in the portfolio!

[@SaltyTribeCo]

Haha! That's awesome!

[@sandijensen3155]

Love your curriculum!! So many things I have not heard of and sound wonderful. I will have to check them out!

[@DixonChristianAcademy]

Love this. New subscriber. I am trying to simplify our homeschool stuff so this was a great motivator. I am getting rid of so much stuff this summer and so many books.

[@themillersbuiltupontherock7301]

Beautiful videos !!! Thank you for these wonderful ideas !!! I found you threw another family I adore the Fall Co Family !! Keep up the wonderful work !!!

[@mareek.]

I am new to your channel from Australia and enjoyed watching your video. Thank you for sharing! I had not heard of The Good and the Beautiful curriculum before, so I will definitely look into that one.

[@genayork3146]

i am so thankful to have found your site!!! thanks for sharing!!!!

[@oldschoolcat2110]

I’ve never heard of the Good & the Beautiful before and it looks amazing. My son has dyslexia as well. How is your daughter doing with the physical act of writing and also spelling with this curriculum?

[@SaltyTribeCo]

In an update video for her we are just using the readers from the good and the beautiful for her and doing copywork in a journal. She's really grown in her reading and she LOVES it a lot more now. She finished the level 1 reader and joyfully moved on to the level 2 reader. She felt SO accomplished!!! The Good & The Beautiful is developing a program just for dyslexic children! I'm so excited they are doing that!

[@searose6192]

You should try form drawing, particularly the movement exercises. They can REALLY help with dyslexia. There is a great book by Angela Lord called Creative Form Drawing Book 1.

[@StephanieMT]

never heard of good and the beautiful curriculum. going to check it out.

[@irisfranco6984]

Hi, I'm a new subie. Just found your channel and love it! Thanks for sharing about The Good and the Beautiful. Im so excited to go check out their website. And those DVD's, I would like to get them. Where did you Purchase yours from? Cant wait to check out your other videos and blog!!! :)

[@SaltyTribeCo]

Hey Iris! I am so glad that you joined us here! The links are in the description box. It was easier to post the links to the blogs. :-) Here's the link to DVD Set : What You Aren't Being Told About Astronomy : amzn.to/2u9wsHJ Have a great day!!!

[@irisfranco6984]

Thank you!

[@oakesgarden4328]

Thank you for this video:), definitely Love the portfolio binder idea!!

[@livinginjapan954]

I just found your channel and love it!!! All your videos are So inspiring....I have two kids 10 and 7 and would love to learn more about becoming minimalist in homeschool 😓

[@SaltyTribeCo]

Welcome!!! It's a process of minimalism with homeschooling! I have several blog posts about the topic at www.saltytribe.co

[@searose6192]

Do you find the formal personal finance lessons are necessary? Or do you think involving kids in household budgeting an setting a good example of mindfulness around finances is enough? I’m curious what the curriculum adds that couldn’t be achieved otherwise. I’m intrigued by this as a I didn’t know such a thing existed. What do you feel is the advantage of the curriculum?

[@SaltyTribeCo]

Well we have always done natural learning with finances but I felt it was incomplete without formal learned when it comes to finances. Hubby and I made SO. MANY. money mistakes that go far beyond budgeting. Dave Ramsey really gets to the root of the issues and helps get serious about debt. Absolutely the middle school and high school finance programs from the were worth every single dollar!!!

[@serenityhillsacademy1455]

Do you have any tips or tricks on teaching a child with dyslexia to read? My 6 year old daughter struggles to learn her letters and numbers. She can count and add but can't recognize the numbers or letters.

[@homeschoolmomof2707]

I just found your channel and I love it! You are doing a great job! I just found the Good and the Beautiful and thinking about using it next year for my boys! I want to try the science right now and see if I like it! I like the watercolor pen as well, great idea, and I love the Dave Ramsey course!! I will be looking into that! :D

[@Amandahugginkizz]

How do you get away from unschooling in your state? I want to move to the beach so bad but I unchool, moving to kentucky from idaho ( no regulations at all) I was a little crippled by the regulations here and they arent even that bad compared to some states!

[@The5blessings]

Hi! Is the blog post with the links to the books still available? It says not available when I click. Thanks

[@SaltyTribeCo]

The blog had some major technical errors and was completely deleted. I had to start all over but nothing is on the new blog yet. 😫

[@meplus5tilldadarrives756]

Beautiful intro. Refreshing!

[@robbiegleason4462]

Those DVDs! Going on the hunt now!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@Amandahugginkizz]

I am dyslexic with numbers, one of my sons is dyslexic. When you guys move back to the beach what area are you going to move to

[@servantrose]

aw, I love how real you are! yes, if it's stressful stop. I wish I had a few years back. thx! cute freckles ;)

[@aprilmacdonald6808]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and curriculum!

[@SodbusterLiving]

I haven't heard of The Good and the Beautiful! Thank you! I also am very interested in the science DVD's. Thank you!

[@Pumpkin.Queen.]

Regarding the Foundations of Personal Finance, do your kiddos struggle at all understanding the concepts with it being a middle school level curriculum? I REALLY love the look of it and it's one of my main goals to teach my own kiddos finances, money managing and such that our public schools seriously lacked on. If it's doing great for your younger kiddos I definitely want to get it right away for my own before middle school levels. My two are only 4 (Pre-k) and 9 (3rd/4th) at the moment but it's something to look at next year or the year after. I haven't looked if you have one yet but an in depth review of that would be seriously amazing!

[@SaltyTribeCo]

Not at all! I just asked them to make sure but Brie was 9 when she first joined Lorelai in the Middle School level and she loved it and understood it all. They explain things SO well and simply. Brie is now doing it again by herself and Lorelai is doing the high school one. They both still REALLY love it! They definitely make better choices because of it!

[@Cottage-Reader]

You just saved me again Jane! I love those letters. I was considering the laminated ones on Simply Charlotte Mason site but YES I like these ones better. 😊TY

[@SaltyTribeCo]

Haha sure thing!!! We LOVE them!

[@stephaniestorybookhomescho1078]

Have you found out anything new about Aubrey's dyslexia? I think my daughter also has dyslexia and I have been reading as much as I can in the subject. Just wondering what you may have discovered. In my opinion they have super brains with just some language difficulties! :)

[@Rachelatday2dayjoys]

I love all of these choices!

[@betsycruz]

Hey! The links are not reachable since the blog site attached is down :( do you mind linking the books please 🤍

[@SaltyTribeCo]

Hey! I’m sorry this is an old video for us and the blog was lost unfortunately (eaten by the internet) years ago.

[@zekitty1]

We are kindred spirits. I wish we lived on the island with you. haha! our kids would be buddies. my oldest is reading Critter Club right now. I love the beach. And I LOVE TGTB. It is perfect! And we are nondenominational Baptist leaners. haha. no need to reply. just want to thank you for posting these bc when I try to "evangelize" the TGTB/minimalist...I can share your links. haha. peace to you soul sister! oh and I DID subscribe. ;)

[@petagayejolly7577]

great video! thanks for sharing! I will definitely check out that language arts program. thanks!

[@SaltyTribeCo]

You're welcome!

[@LaikenJordan]

new sub! I am currently homeschooling my 5th grader and preschooler as well!

[@alwayslovearts9438]

Love Love the new intro!!!

[@SaltyTribeCo]

Aww thank you!

[@Cottage-Reader]

P.S I just watched a video of a mom who was describing her experience with burn out from home schooling. Here is a Q&A type of question😉 what do you contribute to you not going through that to the point where you have to put your kids in public school? She has three kids as well.

[@brynnjoshua]

Thanks for sharing!

[@priscillashaw5715]

Can you review what really happened in the medievil times? Im really curious if it will fit our family

[@lindabueckert1864]

Would love to have the link for the Astronomy set.

[@HousewifeInTheWoods]

Thank you so much for these videos ♡

[@dewberrybliss]

LOVE and thank you!

[@hobocampmama4905]

So helpful! Thanks xo

[@GoogleUser-dm1jq]

What Math are loving most now days? :) I have a future 4th grader.

[@SaltyTribeCo]

We go back and forth betwen math u see and teaching textbooks. We use Khan Academy (free online anytime we need to practice a math skill)

[@Sharonprincess1]

Hey love your selections. Your child may enjoy some black history as well. Just remember your culture when teaching.

[@SaltyTribeCo]

Always! I am actually quarter black, quarter Hawaiian, and half white. Though on my white side, my ancestors are Cherokee and Choctaw! We actually qualify for Indian Blood Cards which we are in the process of getting. My kids father is white : Welsh. We learn about ALL of our culture as well as all the other cultures of the world. We love learning about all of them!

[@Sharonprincess1]

SaltyTribeCo 😎

[@stephaniestorybookhomescho1078]

Can you show Evertt's school stuff too!!! Please! :)

[@SaltyTribeCo]

I'm working on it! Hopefully recording this weekend. We have been SUPER busy and haven't gotten to recording. It's been a bit of a zoo around here and hubby was home for almost a week. Which was nice! But I didn't get any work done lol

[@shayj3372]

LOVES!!! So much yes!! ^_^

[@shayj3372]

2 questions for when you get a chance to reply.. I totally understand that real life comes before all things social media.. Q. 1.) How did you find/ create that portfolio cover page.. that very first page for your DD's portfolio that you've shared in this vid. Q. 2.) Your book marks.. do you make them? ie: the feather book mark seen in this vid.. Loving all of the above.. TY so much.. for taking the time to share.. (=

[@SaltyTribeCo]

Hey! The portfolio cover page I made by printing onto Kraft cardstock printer paper. I just picked a font and wrote what I wanted. The feather post it notes [that I only use as bookmarks because they're too pretty to write on] are from here : amzn.to/2tJZgGf and I LOVE them!

[@shayj3372]

So great!! TY (: