📚 HUGE Back To School BOOK HAUL | Homeschool Books for 2022-2023

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

What are you excited to learn about with your kids this year?

[@priscillaramos3033]

I just purchased the nature science curriculum for little hands and hearts from the good and the Beautiful .. my kids are 6,4 and 1.. it's our first unit study.. I'm really excited to do this with them:)

[@AmatiinBC]

We are doing Ancient Rome 😊

[@ayeeeitslittgurl3541]

I'm new homeschool mom still trying to figure things out and this is good and informative for me thanks for uploads 👍

[@abundanceintheson_316]

Yes! We are doing the Medieval/Vikings/Renaissance/Reformation time period, too!!!! 🥰 I am using more picture books as I have a 9,7,5, and 17 month old.

[@amyimmekus8222]

I am soooo happy you are back!

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

❤️🥰🤗

[@abundanceintheson_316]

One of our favorite picture book is "Brother Hugo and the Bear". It is about a monk who is chased by a bear who likes to eat manuscripts. It taught in a hilarious way how books had to be made by hand before Gutenberg's press!

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

That sounds like a delight! Thanks for sharing!

[@aprilmagoo495]

We're doing Middle Ages this year too :) So glad to see your resources!

[@constancejackson7986]

I as always I love your videos! So helpful. Have a blessed school year!

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Thank you! You as well! ❤️

[@Mrs.Housewife15]

13:52 I LOVE Ken Ham... Were going to visit the Ark Encounter the week before school starts. So excited!!

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

So cool! I would love to take the kids there someday! Hope you enjoy!

[@SummerMeyers]

These are such great books!! 😍😍 Beautiful! I'm having a hard time resisting! 😆❤️

[@tiffanys935]

What a fun year you have in store! I absolutely love your new focus and this calm you seem to have upon you. I have one little who is 8 and I am excited to learn along with her about Natural Medicine from Campfire curriculum. She chose this because she kind of wants to be a doctor.

[@jenthetford8248]

So happy to see you back on KZbin ☺️ looking forward to seeing all your CM videos. We are excited to learn some new testament apologetics with "faithipedia" by Kim Sorguis at Not Consumed Ministries.

[@JuliaCantley]

It's so funny that your channel is going back to CM type method and we have done Ambleside online for so many years, but this is the first year we are moving away from it. We are still a bit more classical and doing lots of reading, but still more structured. I love loads of books and thriftbooks is the best! Oh, if you need to get Our Island Story, its fantastic, too! There is a great documentary that we found on PBS where modern day men in the 90's followed the trail of Marco Polo. It was intriguing!!

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Thanks for the recommendations! I will check those out for sure!

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

So many good books!! I’m bookmarking this for when we study this time period.

[@faithhomeschool2789]

You have great books I will definitely add to my watch later play list. We are just getting into early American history this year. Always look forward to your videos

[@JustMakinItWork]

Sounds like an amazing year📚❤️

[@artpro6489]

Thankyou for the video.

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

My pleasure!

[@annamaeouimet8812]

Always love a good book haul! We did this time period last year and read through several of the books mentioned. I particularly enjoyed the Marco polo one. 😊

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Oh yay! I'm so glad to hear that!!

[@Crown_Club]

The chicken sounds & log cabin background are a delight! This is my family's 6th year on the homeschool journey. My natural teaching approach is Charlotte Mason so I've applied many of her concepts the past few years. This is the first year though that I've really dived into applying CM across the board. "Simply Charolette Mason" has plans that have been a huge help in planning for the multiple levels my kiddos are at.

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Yes! Sonya Shafer is a wealth of information!

[@Mrs.Housewife15]

Check out the Museum of the Bible curriculum for your next year high schooler. I have it in my faves for 2 years out for bible study... when my 7th grader gets to 9th... lol. I use all your PDFs to keep me organized and I'm ready to go. My sister came over and was so surprised at them (and me) that she wants to homeschool her kids when she has them... lol.

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Love that!

[@TeachingTinyDisciples]

Great choices! We are planning on this time period next year, so super helpful!

[@jc.2530]

We did Story of the World middle Ages last year and it has some Great Stories and info on the Silk Road. Highly recommend Story of the World, it also teaches about all different cultures and beliefs very good. For China, my son read Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Very cool book we both really enjoyed it had action and adventure, good for 5th grade + in my opinion. 💕

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Oohh! Great recommendations! Thanks!!

[@kirstengillespie994]

We're reading The Story of King Arthur and His Knights this year. I have younger kids (7 and 4) so we will have the Usborne Flap Book See Inside Castles. Story of the World is our spine. There are so many good books for this time period! But my daughter is still learning to read and I don't want to overwhelm myself with readalouds 🙈

[@ginafoerster9523]

Have you checked out Map Trek? I think it would be a great resource. There is a book and a student one that has the blank maps. And you could utilize them for all the different History subjects you are going through. I am going to be utilizing it myself this year.

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

I haven’t heard of that! I will have to look it up. Thanks!

[@sarahmiranda7130]

Can you show how all of this is incorporated into a day along with other subjects like math, writing, etc?

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Yes! I'm working on a video about our daily routine that will show how all of it fits together! 😀

[@TicketToLearning]

Crispin by Avi is FANTASTIC for this time period. There's actually a trilogy but I haven't read the other two. I do have the book, "The King's Fifth" on my TBR stack. The kids were too young for it when we did our unit before, but they may like it when we go through that time period again - I just haven't actually read it yet, but you could check it out.

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Yes! That’s one on my library list! Thanks!!

[@ginakitsuse2796]

Lots of great books! Put a few in my amazon cart. I recently got the Usborne encyclopedia of planet earth, a couple of nature books we didn't get to last year and the board game ticket to ride Europe. Have a great day :)

[@ericafeltis9109]

Love that you’re back on KZbin! And love book hauls… except that I want them all 😂 How do you decide/look for books to fit the time/period? Looking for resource list ideas/locations on good living books.

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

I like to pull ideas from places like Ambleside Online, Beautiful Feet Books, Simply Charlotte Mason, A Gentle Feast, Sonlight, and other CM/literature based curriculum publishers!

[@ericafeltis9109]

@@TheEclecticHomeschooler Thank you! :) Soooo many good resources and booklists 🤩

[@brittanys.7191]

Love hearing all your resources. Your sons book suggestions have been great for my son. Your chickens were cracking me up btw HEAR ME KZbin!!! -chicken. Lol

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

😂😂 They steal the show!

[@alyssamurchie483]

I love all of this so much!!! We are in the middle of vikings right now, so taking notes for sure!:)

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Fun! I'm excited to dive in!

[@aliciaaugustine4648]

Howard Pyle anything is wonderful but his Men of Iron is fantastic! I used it as a read aloud. There are some battles and Howard pyle doesn't hold back on the descriptions. My son (9) is a huge history and war stories kid, and loved it.

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Great to know! Thanks!

[@kristinpatel8230]

We read a book called The Vikings as part of the Early American History curriculum from Beautiful Feet that we really enjoyed. I don't remember the author's name. Also, Gather Round Homeschool has a beautiful lapbooking project for vikings.

[@intentionallymade]

I have a 9, 6 and 4 year old and we are finishing up ancient history and will begin Middle Ages in January. I’ve transitioned to a Christian classical mindset. Not trivium based but truly just wanting my children to be good humans and wise in virtue so that leaves me somewhere between Charlotte mason habits and arts with an emphasis on exposure to great books, children classics and Latin haha. We free range a lot but We joined a CM fine arts co-op and at home we are starting Shakespeare for children, The Ology, pilgrims progress the poetic retelling by Rousseaux Brasseur and focusing on a lot of cultural books and read alouds like Mary poppins, Matilda, Charlie and the chocolate factory, Mary osbornes version of the odyssey and my 9 year old will be reading a lot of biographies this year. He loves non fiction books and we haven’t touched on American history yet so he was requesting some books on presidents. We use claritas for memory work that sort of leads as our spine for learning more. It’s so fun to change things up according to the atmosphere of home and season and that every home is unique. I’ll be using the library for more history specific topics and picture books. Thank you for sharing and it’s good to see you back!

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Sounds like we are similar in philosophy! I’m also trying to incorporate more classics into our reading, either as family read aloud or independent reading for the kids (and myself!). 😄

[@TicketToLearning]

We had so much fun with our European middle ages history unit. It's such a fun time to study, but boy, I'm sure glad I didn't live in that period! lol

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

For real!! 🥴😅

[@intentionallymade]

I would check out veritas and memoria press that have books on the Middle Ages time period. Also Sonya Schaefer has a video on books for Middle Ages as well. Apple and the arrow is one she recommends.

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Thanks for the recommendations! ❤️

[@Mrs.Housewife15]

Ken Han has a series on YT called Answers in Genesis. Really great for older kids.

[@amybowman5686]

Really great stack of books! Are you using notebooks like narration as you are reading? Or did I miss what you are using along the stack of wonderful books? Also it's great to see you again I'm so glad your back!

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Thanks! Yes, we will be doing narration both oral and written in notebooks or typed up as the core of our language arts to go along with what we're studying!

[@amybowman5686]

@@TheEclecticHomeschooler Thank you! That sounds like a wonderful plan!

[@monicamoreno3629]

Maybe try The Imagination Station book 1 Voyage with the Vikings

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Yes! We have that one! Thanks!

[@UsagiHinotsuki]

Lol i thought that was my chicken 🐔 lol 😂

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

😂😂

[@angelamaylin9447]

How do you go about finding/picking books that fit your interests? Do you have a go to place(s) to find suggestions?

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

I like to pull ideas from places like Ambleside Online, Beautiful Feet Books, Simply Charlotte Mason, A Gentle Feast, Sonlight, and other CM/literature based curriculum publishers!

[@allisonward6621]

Thanks for sharing your ideas and books! I love all these reference materials! How do you organize all your books? I am excited to also teach the truth of Scripture. I bought Lee Strobels Case for Faith for kids that we will use in morning time. What other Bible will you be doing?

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

The Case for Faith/Christ/etc books are great!! I got a bible study from Not Consumed that we are going to try out. Each kid will do their own on their level and then we'll chat about what they're learning in our morning time!

[@allisonward6621]

@@TheEclecticHomeschooler I also got the Work study from Not consumed as well...

[@JenniferGarcia-qr3ur]

We’re currently working on Keep Thy Heart (Bible curriculum-Youth) from Not Consumed. I’m really impressed!

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

@@JenniferGarcia-qr3ur Yay! Great to know!!

[@UsagiHinotsuki]

Have you thought about reading the Magnus Chase series by Rick Riordan ?

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Haven’t heard of it! I’ll look into that, thanks!

[@rebekahkenyon1302]

The American patriots almanac we just purchase!

[@danahall1282]

Is there a reason why you didn't go with the History from Simply Charlotte Mason, if you don't mind me asking?

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

We used it last year for history but we didn't used the Bible portions, and I found that I used it more as a guide for which books to read than using the actual lesson plans, so I just opted this year to find our own resources and do it our way. I'm a bit of a rebel. Haha 😂

[@danahall1282]

@@TheEclecticHomeschooler you are funny! Love your posts, REBEL ON!

[@CG-mj8tk]

Hello I don’t see any links for the books?

[@TheEclecticHomeschooler]

Scroll down to the description under the video. They're there! :)

[@CG-mj8tk]

@@TheEclecticHomeschooler I do see the Amazon link maybe it’s that one? Ty