Homeschooling Made Simple | Planning And Curriculum

[@wichitasmall3835]

I have never really had an issue with my children in school until we left FL and moved to Central TX which has been mind blowing to me. This video has truly been a blessing to me. Everything is becoming more and more corrupt in our beautiful country and all I can see now is that ten years ago when I wanted to do this, I wish I had. Nevertheless, I’m starting now (so late) with an 11th grader and 9th grader but we’re doing this. Thank you for how you’ve broken this down and so clearly and calmly shared your experience. THANK YOU with tears in my eyes; I’m so appreciative.

[@forevermoordiary3008]

I am starting late as well😊 7th and 10th grade- still researching curriculum- I hope it all works out for you 💕

[@terirusus1]

@@forevermoordiary3008😊

[@vickiiluvboxers4191]

Hi Cody... Absolutely fascinating! You're so organized and in tune with everything and each child. You're so hands on in all you do. You're a true example of a Proverbs 31 woman!!! Abba has blessed you so abundantly! I love the family journaling, wish this would have been something we did when I was growing up over 60 years ago.

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

You are SO kind!! Thank you so much! That made me tear up!

[@jessisblessed6689]

So many amazing ideas! I love the family journals! ❤ Thank you! I'll definitely incorporate some of your ideas into our homeschool!

[@hez5537]

I want to start homeschooling my daughter in the fall this was super helpful

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Awesome!! I hope you love it as much as we do!

[@shayj3373]

TY for being here and for taking the time to share. You & your channel are an absolute G-dsend...for this mum (dealing w/ ADD), while in the trenches of cultivating a whole person education w/ our neurodivergent & neurotypical presh DD's......TY so much...💓💕

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Whole person education is the key for sure!! You’ve got this!!

[@shayj3373]

💞💯👊@@Thetravelinghomesteaders

[@staciehancock20]

Hi! I'm an Oklahoman with a farm. Our farm is having to wait for us, do to our miltary life. We currently live in Colorado, but it should be our last move. He has been in over 25 years. Miltary is a big reason we homeschool. Our youngest is "9th grade," and we will be back on the farm in Oklahoma her last homeschool year. We have homeschooled 15 years now. Thank you for sharing your life with us. GOD Bless!!!

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

That’s so awesome! 25 years is a long time!!

[@juliequates9529]

Really helpful! I'm going to look into the progeny press for my 4th grader who soars through books

[@NayShea7]

Very helpful and encouraging. My first year homeschooling but I'm finding I like the approach of piecing together my own mix of Curriculum. For Language arts I like Spectrum language arts, Spelling and reading Workbooks. The instructions are simple and I can use their topics to teach a lesson on a small whiteboard and then have my daughter do the the actual worksheet in the Workbook as practice. For math we are using Khan Academy along with spectrum math workbooks for additional practice. History and science is done much in the same way as this video. I bought some children's encyclopedias in World History and American history. I just read them outloud and we discuss it. Museums and science center trips also get incorporated. My daughter is still young so I read the Bible to her but I'm considering the life application study bible for her in a few years Very inexpensive approach

[@kaitlynlewis6958]

I looove the journal idea! And the cross word too . Def be doing that when my kids start reading and writing . Great video!

[@simplehomeschool1293]

Loved this! Found it very helpful. Please do more homeschool videos.

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

I’m so glad you found it helpful! I’ll be adding lots more homeschooling videos!!

[@vjkravets5000]

Just a little smile: I live among the Amish & Mennonites - Rod & Staff is actually Mennonite. And some of their schools now go to 10th grade. I have good memories of being homeschooled with some of Rod & Staff ❤❤❤

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Thank you for this information!

[@andreaspaige]

My family and I just moved to Oklahoma! I have them enrolled in a charter mostly because we’re new to homeschool and choosing curriculum intimidates me. I love the ideas you shared in this video. You do a great job of simplifying this whole thing.

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Thank you! We have several friends who started their homeschool journey that way!

[@LuLuLately]

What school did you pic? I'm in Oklahoma and wanted a charter school but want one with self pace. I would do an online program but honestly I don't know what to do at this point. My kids are not at all interested in school whatsoever so it's very difficult. Would love to find a group for them to make friends outside of the home since we have no kids around us.

[@LuLuLately]

Any suggestions on teaching a 4 year old and delayed 7 year old to read?

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

@@LuLuLately we didn’t choose a charter school, but I can understand why people do! How old are your kids?

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

@@LuLuLately sorry! I just noticed this was you already answering my question! 🤦🏽‍♀️ Honestly, I don’t really do anything with my 4 year old at all that would be considered typical school stuff. We play with play dough and read books and play some counting games, but mostly she just learns through play right now. I probably won’t formally start her on anything for at least a year. For the 7 year old, have they been to a school yet? I’d start with a lot of read aloud time with them and work on learning letters and their sounds first but through songs and games, trying to make it feel the least like traditional school as possible!

[@dawnsantiago3797]

Wow I'm impressed. Love your schooling techniques especially the travel and the writing of the notes. Very nice.

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Thank you!!

[@Tiffany-cv3hl]

Here is another tip. I have two planners. 1 for what I want them to get done. 1 for what we actually get done. This method helps so I can see the scope and sequence of what I would like to achieve. Hope this helps someone

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Ooo!! That helps me!! Thank you for this!

[@Dreblueskies]

That makes so much sense. Do you keep both in one binder? What do you use?

[@BrookeM-ig4vu]

Hope you are well! I would LOVE a video on how you use rod and staff math in your family. I think we will transition to it next year. However, because it was designed for classroom I am nervous about how user friendly it is as well as I heard there are a ton of problems! Since you are a more relaxed homeschooler like me I would love to hear how you use it and make it work in your family.

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Thank you for this comment!! Will do!

[@YogaNurture]

I was intrigued because I saw Rod and Staff math sitting there. :) We have also landed on Rod and Staff with much relief. I have a couple questions: 1) Do you use the grades 1 and 2 workbooks? 2) For levels 4 and up, where a lesson concept is presented in the student book, have you found you absolutely needed to teach the lesson in the teacher manual in order to keep them on top of the new concepts? 3) Are there any things in teaching (either things you skipped or did overmuch) that you will change as you take the rest of your kids through? Okay...what I really want to know is will I regret not using the little drill book? haha

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

I do use the 1st and 2nd grade workbooks, and I really like how repetitive they are! A little secret- I’ve never bought a single teachers manual. If there’s a concept I am struggling to teach without it, we look it up on KZbin and have always found a great tutorial! Saves us time and money! As far as things we have skipped- yes. I didn’t do the metric system with my oldest two and now we travel outside of the us and have found we use it all the time. I won’t ever skip that again! As far as the drill books go…I’ve never used them and have never regretted it. 😉

[@chrissypacheco9635]

I need to move to Oklahoma. NY is one of a handful of states that has the most strict Homeschooling requirements. Here in NY our kids have to be tested, we have to keep rigorous attendance/grading records as well as strict portfolio of our kids' work.

[@stlmussington1678]

Our Homeschool actually covers Bible before everything else for the day, and then the children get their individual curriculum schedule which they need to complete by the end of the week. I am in love with your methods. I will be repeating this video and taking note of all the material. God bless you for sharing.

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Thank you so much!! I’d love to know what curriculum you use!

[@stlmussington1678]

@@Thetravelinghomesteaders They’re at school most of the time, it’s a gradual transition at this point so I just use the curriculum of their school when they’re at home.

[@utopicconfections5257]

thank you...we will be homeschooling beginning this fall

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Good luck!!

[@FamilyStyleLearning]

I just stumbled across your channel. I'm really excited to check out more videos.

[@Dreblueskies]

New to your channel and happy I found you. Love the word search book, great idea!

[@BrookeM-ig4vu]

You have no idea how many times I have referenced this video! I just love it so much. Can I ask you a question about your high schooler? Do you do labs for science or add to the history to get your hours for a credit in? How do you scale that? I love family learning but I am thinking maybe for science I will have to break off with my soon-to-be high schooler. I would love to know how you make that work.

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

We keep doing the same history, but I add to it. For high school, I’ll have them write essays or do more research into whatever we are reading about. As far as science goes, I pretty much do the same thing. As we learn together as a family, I just make the high school version a little more advanced. It’s a great way for us to be able to stay together as a family but not be on too low of a level for my high schooler! I hope that helps!!

[@BrookeM-ig4vu]

Yes, and that's what I would like to do. I guess since she is my first one I want to make sure I'm having her do enough IF she chooses the college route. I suppose if she is paying attention and not cheating she is doing more than I did!

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

@@BrookeM-ig4vu same! 😂

[@budgetnutritionist]

This is fabulous!! Thank you for sharing! I'm hoping to use Progeny Press guides with my kids. Do you use a separate grammar and/or spelling program?

[@millyg226]

❤. Had never heard of progeny press. Looked into it..( what a great option for lit/ LA) book study ordered already. 😊 Thanks for the input.

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Hope you love it as much as we do!!

[@CreativeMouse]

I’m in NYC and it’s frustrating because the city won’t help with any questions you have for their requirements which are mandatory before you homeschool. They want you to figure it out or just give up and give in to public schooling. But your ideas are great. 😊

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

It’s so frustrating for sure! We have friends who homeschool in California and I’ve definitely seen how difficult other states have made it. It’s so worth it in the end!

[@karenrimshas8160]

HSLDA can help you. It's so worth becoming a member.

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

@@karenrimshas8160 yes!!

[@kerrieweems7709]

Love this video! Can you share where you buy your clothes? I’ve seen several of your videos and I absolutely love your style! I’d love to know what brand/store you ship from 🙏🏼❤️

[@kerrieweems7709]

Shop*

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

I can, but I’m afraid it’s not that impressive! 😂 Walmart and Target. I’ve also ordered several things from Everlane, which I really love! I try to shoot for natural fabrics as much as possible. Thank you so much though!

[@kerrieweems7709]

@@Thetravelinghomesteaders oooooh 😍 thank you! I’ve been stalking this waiting for your reply. Well they are super cute.

[@ashleekniesel4203]

Hi! Thank you for this video SO helpful. Do you have a link to the toddler letter curriculum by chance? I love how simple it is

[@stephaniebarker3736]

Thank you so much for sharing I love everything about what your doing! Thank you so much you have given me a path for starting homeschool the way I want to. Could you tell me what books you have been using for the different sciences?

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

I have done several different subjects within science, but usually I’ll just go to the library and look through several options that go with what we are learning then purchase whichever ones I like best! I’ve used some usborn books and books I’ve found at Sam’s club, so it’s really kinda random!

[@Randibunny]

I draw a calendar on printer paper n write it out my self n tape it to the wall because if it’s out of sight it’s out of mined so if planners are not for you try that 😅

[@michellemccarley8121]

Thank you for your video! Can you share your bible Etsy link? Love this idea!

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Here you go!! www.etsy.com/listing/1379626217/bible-study-journal-bible-journal?ref=yr_purchases

[@KatiedidIt8887]

Love this! I would love to hear more about your educational travels if you haven't shared already/ are willing! Did you use a company?

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

I’d love to share some of that! We just plan stuff out ourselves. Every time I’ve looked at a company, it just don’t fit with what we like to do. We love staying outside of the tourist areas to get a genuine feel of places like locals get.

[@deanabushman2265]

Do you have a list of the books you showed in the video and where you got them from? That would be super helpful!

[@dezzydezi]

This was great thanks for sharing 😊 😊

[@micheleperry.]

I have ordered a whole box set of curriculum for this year. I like the fact it it Bible based, open and go and comes with score keys. BUT lol I long for something simple and is rich in classic lit. Do you have any suggestions for me lol? Can you give the link to the Homeschool planner?

[@shanaries8817]

Hi! Thank you for your video, it was very informative. We homeschool as well and are planning a trip to Greece for our family. Curious what resources you have found to learn about the history before your trip. Thank you!

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

We read through the first Story Of The World book that covers Greek history, found books in the library, and have the podcast Myths And History Of Greece and Rome going a lot!

[@shanaries8817]

@@Thetravelinghomesteaders thanks! We will have to check the podcast out. Enjoy your trip!

[@kmyers1037]

I am so intrigued by story of the world but from what I understand they take a nonsecretarian approach to history not necessarily using a Christian world view. Has that been your experience? Has that been a challenge? I loved hearing your perspective. You seem so comfortable and brave in your roll as a teacher and our journey has just begun haha

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

It has been my experience, but we actually really love it. It’s just a book of facts. It has led to some really great organic conversations about what happened in history and how we would make that decision or not make that decision based on the truth we know from scripture. It has been a really great way to see how scripture can and does actually change things!

[@TheBalancedMom]

I heard that mystery of history is the Christian version of story of the world-- I'm actually going to try it this year. I wasn't head over heels for story of the world. It felt like it was all over-- for my mathy mind ;)

[@gbcflower]

This video was very interesting. Just so you know, Rod and Staff is not Amish. It's Mennonite. And I believe they go up to the 10th grade.

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

You’re right! My mistake!

[@babybellalovesbeagle]

The problem with testing it is stress inducing to some kids specially the littles ones.

[@minaxiong5584]

I’m from Oklahoma too!

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

Best place to homeschool!!

[@jennesset1102]

What are your favorite picks for grammar and LA?

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

For younger kids, I really love the Froggy books and Biscuit books! I have several with fun workbooks that go along with them, but younger ages are mostly just read alouds and narration until they are old enough to start reading on their own. At that point, I try to organically transition from me reading to them reading.

[@jcav7]

Thank you!

[@michellechannell1219]

How do you fit in your budget and meal plans? Do you change the month on the tabs?

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

I don’t change the months on the tabs, but the days in the month calendars aren’t filled in. I do fill the dates in those myself. As far as everything fitting, I write my breakfast at the top, my dinners at the bottom, and there’s plenty of room in the middle of each box for whatever else I need to write for that day! On top of that, there are additional pages for notes that I can use!

[@michellechannell1219]

@@Thetravelinghomesteaders I didn't know it also has note pages. Thank you for sharing, I'm looking for a planner I can do a lot in.

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

@@michellechannell1219 I’ll do a full review of this planner because it has changed my daily life!

[@jipjanneke11]

Are you a member of any particular homeschooling support groups?

[@Rofamily6]

Thank you, do you have a link to your planner please?

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

www.mardel.com/Homeschool/A-Simple-Plan/A-Simple-Plan-Homeschool-Planner-Undated-Modern-Farmhouse/p/3888229

[@liveindelight2324]

What age do you start progeny LA? It looks wonderful!

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

It really depends on the child, honestly. Between 7 and 9 depending on their reading comprehension.

[@lillahigdon771]

😊

[@sarahbulcher8688]

Where did you purchase the Rod and Staff math textbooks? :-) thanks so much!

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

I got ours from Mardel, but they’re available on Amazon as well!

[@jipjanneke11]

Just wondering, how (if at all) you teach money and finances in your curriculum?

[@TheBalancedMom]

Having them be a part of your budgeting or discussions about budgeting/investing, etc helps them to learn without using a curriculum. It has helped my kiddos so much

[@JMK_Fam]

can you link the planner??? I can not find it on amazon

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

This is where I get mine! www.mardel.com/Homeschool/A-Simple-Plan/A-Simple-Plan-Homeschool-Planner-Undated-Modern-Farmhouse/p/3888229

[@cortneymckinney9215]

Do you do all subjects every day?

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

I don’t. We do math and language arts, and Bible every day. The rest of the subjects are all once a week.

[@healthychelsea7919]

How many days a week do you school? I'm thinking to do 4....

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

We do 4!

[@GodMadeAboyMom]

Do you have a link for your word puzzle book?

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

I don’t, unfortunately. I just grabbed it from a dollar store!

[@petagayejolly7577]

Hi. Does the pregeny press books cover grammar as well?

[@Thetravelinghomesteaders]

They do!

[@petagayejolly7577]

@@Thetravelinghomesteaders thank you

[@JewelRodriguez-x5h]

Do you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior Ma'am? He loves you so much that he died for all the world sin to give you a chance to reconcile to God the Father. Just remember this truth about it first, you must DIE a soulish death before he can regenerate you and grant you a new heart.