HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM HAUL (and an announcement!)

[@kristinasidor2393]

🤚 omg yes please show more book 📚 hauls. They always leave me inspired.

[@Busy.and.Blessed]

Latin is so great! We are using a program called Picta Dicta from Roman Roads. It is AMAZING (coming from someone who knows Latin and could speak it semi-fluently) it goes from Latin to picture vs Latin to English so that kids learn to associate the Latin with the thing/concept itself rather than having to translate to English in their heads before comprehension. HIGHLY recommend it.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you so much for the recommendation!

[@jengillespie5114]

Thank you so much for mentioning the homeschool discount on thriftbooks. I am signing up for that before I order anymore books. :)

[@katrinakim4145]

I recently discovered some great resources I wouldn’t have otherwise encountered by checking out other items listed by homeschooling parents on eBay!!! It’s a source I hadn’t previously recognized! There are some expert level homeschooling parents who have years of experience and are finally selling some of their curriculum….so interesting to browse through these listing for ideas and inspiration!!! Thank you for your haul video! I love to live vicariously through haul videos haha!!!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Great tip! I do the same on Facebook Marketplace.

[@mollywoodisastar]

So excited for you to read "The Peace Child" ! His granddaughter is one of my dear friends and one of the first people I knew who I could see Jesus in. I attribute a lot of my faith to their family. I hope you enjoy the book !

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Oh wow! I can’t wait to read it.

[@samanthawoods615]

I would LOVE to see how you are using Stories of Color to update your Ambleside choices. I have considered using Ambleside but am overwhelmed by the thought of swapping out books.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

One of the big ways is to use This Country of Ours edited and updated by Donna-Jean A. Breckenridge, who is a member of the AO advisory. The original is already scheduled, and the updated version by Breckenridge is on the list of SOC recommendations for US history. It’s very easy to use the updated version that eliminates racially charged language, uses appropriate tribal names instead of words like “savages,” provides pronunciation keys, and more. You just read the chapters as assigned for the original. I’ll also likely swap out some free reads to include more diverse titles.

[@theculturedkidlanguages]

Oh I ALWAYS love a homeschool resource haul! thanks for going through the details with us Jess! Question - are you adding a foreign language into your schedule this year?

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I’m just seeing this here buried among other comments I needed to respond to. 🙈 Thanks again for reaching out on Instagram!

[@chrystalfromalaska]

Finally some new ideas!!! Not just the same usuals i dont want to use lol.

[@NikkiBrewer-c5h]

Love watching your videos.I am very new to homeschooling. Just started in February of this year. Writing is such a hard one. I have her doing handwriting with tears right now. she is going into second grade. I am looking at language lessons for the well trained mind.

[@mamatofive1]

I’ve been meaning to msg you on Instagram, but seeing your video pop up here reminded me! You definitely inspired me to buy “How to study literature like a professor for kids” and I’m excited to introduce it to my kids over the summer! 😊 YES one of the perks of homeschooling is getting to pick and choose what works best for us and our individual kiddos ❤

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I hope y’all love it!

[@SNF122784]

So exciting your moving to AO. It will be our first year with the CMEC next year, I’ll have a Form 1B and I’m definitely a little intimidated by the sheer volume of it all but I’m hoping to be able to wrap my arms around it enough this Summer and we’ll have a wonderful year. And, a humble request if you don’t mind, it would be awesome to get a bookshelf tour with maybe your top picks and must-haves. I’m drooling at those bookshelves behind you! 🤤

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I hope you have a fabulous year with CMEC! I’ll have to add a bookshelf tour to my video list. 🥰

[@PenniesAndSalt]

Thanks for sharing This Country of ours, I just added it to our cart.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I was so thankful to discover the adaptation! I think the next volume is being released this summer.

[@melanievallely9539]

We did Writing and Rhetoric book 1&2 for my third grader this year. We really liked doing the first one every other week. When we moved to the second book, we did it every week (to fit it within the school year), and she got way too overwhelmed with it that way and burnt out on it. We're taking a break next year to do just Intermediate Language Lessons. We may circle back around to it the following year because it is well done. I think it's good you're doing it this year instead of last - parts of it are pretty advanced!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thanks for sharing your experience! I was so tempted to use it last year, but I think holding off was the right call. I’m really looking forward to using it though!

[@PenniesAndSalt]

I almost added Writing and Rhetoric this year for one of my kiddos. I’m still tempted to add it 😆 The struggle is real!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

So real! There are so many great resources out there!

[@erint6540]

My older boy has done really well with Writing and Rhetoric the past 2 years and I'm thinking I may introduce it in fall for my rising 4th grader. I'm only on the fence because he's not a big fan of Writing, at least not yet. But maybe if we go slowly! I bet y'all will love it.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I’ve really appreciated reading the positive feedback from others who have used it. I think waiting for fourth grade was the right call, but I’m really excited about using it next year.

[@thelittlesimplethings7842]

I use writing and rhetoric with my daughter and we love it!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Glad to hear the positive feedback!

[@reneegouge9698]

Yes please share more books

[@NC-Mama]

I'm also using writing and rhetoric in the fall!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Awesome! I’m excited to give it a go.

[@robinhill8787]

I will be joining the club. But, I wanted to know do we pay every month. Or is the fee automatically deducted? Monthly. I have been following you from day One during the pandemic. I love what you stand for.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you! There are different options where you can be monthly or do an annual membership. Annual is the best deal!

[@leiz.6103]

Where did you get your advanced biology book? Thanks

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I got it secondhand, but it’s sold new in several different places. Christian Book should have it.

[@Spurz166]

Just have to ask if that is a top or a dress you are wearing because I love that color and just need to know! 😅

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Thank you! It’s a Madewell top that I randomly found at Ross while going in to shop for summer sandals for my girls.

[@intentionallymade]

I can’t figure out how to get those teacher rewards. I just have the other reward system set up through points.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

They have a link to apply, and you fill out the SheerID form it sends. Their customer service told me just to use my driver’s license for my school ID, and that worked.

[@heathercox5801]

You said you were combining your 3rd and 4th grader next year. Did you see Ambleside has a modified Curriculum option for year 3.5? Not sure what that is about.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

That is for students who need extra time transitioning to year 4. My year 2 and 4 are meeting in the middle at year 3.

[@kathryndevine]

I'm trying to sign up for the homeschool discount with thrifty books, but I'm not getting verified. 😢 what did you use to get verified? I tried a free ID card, but it's not accepting it.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I contacted their customer service, and they told me to upload my driver's license to SheerID. That did the trick!

[@homeschoollifemom]

I have contemplated using Writing & rhetoric for my rising 4th grader as well. But I’m not sure if it’s necessary.. 🙈 she will be doing Spelling wisdom and Using Language Well from Simply Charlotte Mason as her LA core.

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

I didn’t end up feeling like it was necessary for third grade, but I’m really looking forward to it for fourth grade. I figure the worst that can happen is I decide it’s too much/unnecessary and choose to drop it and save it for later. I like the structure of it though and how it’s laid out, and while I know formal writing isn’t necessary per CM, I think in today’s day and age and it can be very helpful.

[@NikkiBrewer-c5h]

Love watching your videos.I am very new to homeschooling. Just started in February of this year. Writing is such a hard one. I have her doing handwriting with tears right now. she is going into second grade. I am looking at language lessons for the well trained mind.