Please don't even think you have disappointed anyone!!!! Homeschool can always change. That's one of the biggest blessings. Every child is different and they all learn differently. At least one thing changes for us Every year. We love all that you share ❤

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your sweet words❤️

You should look up 7 Sisters Homeschool! They have great novel studies that have no busy work. There are just a couple of comprehension questions per chapter, and a section on one literary device. They don't kill the book, and they're very inexpensive.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Going to check them out! Thanks for the suggestion.

@Jproctor43

11 ай бұрын

Yes! 7 sisters homeschool has great resources! We have used Growth and Human Development, Research paper writing and Essay writing from them.

You and your family are such a tremendous blessing to the Homeschool community. Truly appreciate your willingness and ability in being so transparent. Seriously TY so much for taking the time to share on all of this.. 🤗💕

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! You are so kind!

@shayj3373

11 ай бұрын

You are most welcome. And I'm serious, my lil fam & I truly appreciate your work and contribution here.. always such a blessing & encouragement.. We're in central FL. needless to say, we've been having a hurricane hangout and trying to make the most of it so we've had some time here today sharing w/ the hubby/ daddy all sorts of home ed info and vids. 💓💞@@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

Thank you so much. 9th grader here and what we have is not working for our family. We gave it a month to see if we could make it work but it just isn't. I think I will be changing asap. I dont feel so bad now.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

We are all in this together!

We've had to make changes already this year, too. It seems that each year brings new seasons of homeschool and, no matter how much we plan, there are changes that need to be made. This is one of my favorite parts of homeschooling, making our homeschool what is best for our kids.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

I am just so thankful that we are able to make the needed changes.

Thanks for sharing. I know how it is to have to change…

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I started the year super excited to do Ambleside Online with my daughter. After 1 week it was obvious it wasn't going going to work for us. We're 2 weeks into the most traditional year we've ever had, and we're both enjoying it. I've always said I'd never do "school at home", but here we are😂🤷‍♀️

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

I love the idea of Ambleside Online, but it just isn’t for you. We are doing school at home too.

What I did for literature for my struggling learner was lapbooks. He loved it and it clicked.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

That’s a great suggestion. Thanks!

With note taking I have loved using the writing revolution guides and sentence/ paragraph outlines

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

I will have to check those out! Thanks!

Thank you for your honesty! All mommas can appreciate that. We should always do what is best for our kiddos!

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely!! Thank you for your kind words.

Some times changes are necessary! I am sure everything is working out fine.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much.

We are into week 2 …. I’m changing it up… looking at 7sisters for English… bought TGATB…. She hates it… totally shutting down . I have to change it up

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

I’ve heard good things about 7 Sisters.

Teachings the Classics curriculum is a good way to cover literary analysis. I bought an old copy of the dvd and guide. It can be used for multiple years.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Is that from IEW? I will definitely check it out.

@CP-fo5sy

11 ай бұрын

@@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife Yes, it's by Adam Andrews.

@pnkgrl99

11 ай бұрын

This is what we are going to be using this year as well, because my son also hated the literature guides. It took the fun right out of reading.

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. Good for you for being flexible and thank you for sharing!

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

Good for you for switching course when you needed it. High school often hits moms like that. Some hold fast in what they had planned (and often crash & burn), others make changes. I have absolutely loved homeschooling the high school years. And there's SO much more out there than even a few years ago when my first went through high school.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

I am so thankful for the moms that share about high school.

I'm so proud of you for switching up what wasn't working. We learn so much from you, and this is no exception ❤.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thank you for sharing this update. My children are much younger, 8 and 2.5. So we have a long time before we need to worry about high school. But I do like hearing about how high school works for different families. We had to switch our schedule around a bit this year. We kept all our subjects, but had to drop music from 3 times a week to once, logic from twice to once, and geography from four times to twice. Its mostly just due to flow. We are putting a pause on her math, she finished second grade in June. So we just started third grade math in July. I quickly realized she's not ready. She needs more practice with addition with carrying and subtraction with borrowing. I bought a workbook with over 10k math problems of addition and subtraction. We can work through that until she understands better. Then we will go back to our math curriculum. Its a wonderful blessing to be able switch, swap, pause, or whatever else we need to for our children!

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

It is such a blessing! Thank you for sharing that with me.

I attempted an all subject literature based school. 🤪. I’ve modified a lot already. It was taking forever.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

I love the idea of literature based, but I can definitely see how it can take a lot of time.

Hey! Fun fact: We found a Christian school in our area that teaches the curriculum we teach at home. In the Fall our three children will no longer be homeschooling. Our children are ready to have someone else teach them. There are days when our children don't do any assignments at all. My oldest son is the reason why I am putting our children into a Christian school. I want my children to learn not to be at home like it's summer vacation everyday. I told our three children that the grass is not green on the other side. Just because you all are going to school doesn't mean it's going to be better. Also I told them that they would have homework, projects and other assignments. They all seem okay with it being that way. But let me tell you, I have to do what I have to do to protect my mental health. Being at home for the last 4 years was messing with my mental state. We will wake up at 5: 00 in the morning and wouldn't really start school until 8:00/9:00 am. By the time my husband came home from work they still hadn't completed a full day of work. Homeschool is not for every child. So we're doing homeschool until May. In September they will be at a Christian school. Do I feel some type of way about that? Yes. I will miss our children being here to keep me company. Of course I may cry at the beginning. At the end of the day it's what's needed. If it doesn't work out then we can go back to homeschooling. Sometimes children just need to be in a school setting. It's nothing to do with you as parent. Sometimes children don't want Mommy and Daddy teaching them. Your son may not know how to express that feeling to you guys. Have you ask? He may think that you may judge him for wanting to go back to school since you have poured all your sweat and tears into him being homeschooled. Plus he's getting older and puberty may be hitting him hard. He may think Unit Studies is for younger children. He needs more mature assignments that are fun and engaging to his personality. If you ask a child at his age what they want to do it's daunting to them. They need to be around other children. Also they need to be with someone else teaching them besides you guys. Maybe you guys can join a Co-op group in your area with other high schooler children, a couple days a week, using the same curriculum you guys are using or wanting to use. I don't know your son but something is going wrong and a big change is needed. I know you stated that your son enjoys what he's doing now. That could be because he doesn't want to accept you. He may still have a disinterest in homeschooling. Pray to God for answers and help. I will be praying for you guys too. Don't have Mom guilt if school (if you can afford it I will try Christian school) is where children need be. At the end of the day do what's best for your child. Don't hold on to your child too long or your child will act out. This is from my experience. Thanks!

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I am glad that you are doing what is best for your family. As for my son, he has the choice every year to go back to school. He actually started talking about it yesterday. He has been in public school and it was an awful experience for him, between the teachers and the mean kids. He was telling me how thankful he was that we pulled him out to homeschool him. He enjoys the changes that we made and he still likes using the unit studies as an elective. He is around his friends a lot since we all homeschool. He also attends a one hour karate class three days a week that are full of children of all ages. He actually gets bogged down when we are too social. We have found out what works for him and he is doing great. Thanks for reaching out.

Hey Ashlea! First, thank you for all the work you put in helping those of us with older kiddos wade the waters into middle and high school - we appreciate you. I just discovered Crash Course Study Skills courses KZread - I haven’t previewed all of them but they might be helpful for your son. Off to check out Homeschool Planet now!

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

We love Crash Course. We are using their Film Production course right now. Thanks you so much for your kind words.

I'm super interested in the talk box Japanese too! My son is into everything Japan. He's doing a semester via outschool but once that's done in December I'm planning to get that talk box -- which I might add, I didn't know anything about until I saw your last video regarding. So please keep us updated how you guys like it 🙏

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

So far, so good! We have learned around 15 phrases so far.

We have definitely already changes some things. We started doing mostly unit studies and then adding in other elements and it was too much as well. Now we do everything with a separate subject for one child and unit study with another. I don’t now how it’s going to work in the future but I’m learning to stay flexible and do what is best for the child even if it’s not what I would like.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

I love how flexible you are. I think it’s so neat that one child is more traditional and the other uses unit studies.

@Olgaleigh

11 ай бұрын

@@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife it took me awhile to get this way and I still feel like I struggle.

Teaching the classics perfect too

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

I am going to check that out.

for the reading maybe have report/project after you finish the book

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

That’s a great idea! Thank you!

Hi, I just bought Novel Projects for ANY Novel on TPT by Addie Williams. It makes it more fun to change it up.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

I’m going to check that out now. Thanks!

@FlowerLover88

11 ай бұрын

yw @@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

We had to drop the American song study. We made it to lesson 5, and then we both just looked at each other and said "Why is this like pushing water uphill?". It just wasn't right for us for now.

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Pushing water uphill. I like that saying.

Totally off topic, where’s the Train table? My husband and my son are huge train buffs so I always loved seeing it in your videos 😊

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

🤣I was wondering if anybody would notice. My son wanted to move it in his room to display more Lego sets.

@stefanieclark8385

11 ай бұрын

@@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife I kinda miss our train table, we need some kind of storage like that for Lego sets too. I also changed our LA curriculum two weeks in 😂 so I feel you on those changes 😜

Movies as Literature by Kathryn Stout may be a curriculum your son would take to. 😊

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion. I am writing it down so I don’t forget to check it out.

I’m following just as the Gather Round High School Plan suggested. I’m not keeping track of time. Science: Physical ScienceUnits: Space Rocks and Minerals Earth Science History: World GeographyUnits: Asia Africa Australia and Oceania Elective: Life Skills Units: Life Skills Living Off the Land Credit Breakdown: English 1.0 Physical Science 1.0 World Geography 1.0 Life Skills 0.25 Art 0.5 Bible 0.5 He will be reading literature to go along with each unit He is also doing: Spanish 1 Algebra 1

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! That looks like a fun year.

Logging time just sounds atrocious! So you are doing Chemistry and US History daily and skipping the worksheets (except for the Chemistry lab/experiments) correct?

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Logging time wasn’t any fun at all. Daily we are using the Masterbooks Chemistry and Ecology. When we get to a quiz, my son takes the quiz and the following day we do a lesson from the Gather Round Chemistry unit. On that day we do the Teacher’s Guide, all the Student Notebook pages, the experiment, and the observation log. We are doing US History daily. He is taking notes in his School Nest notebook instead of using the student notebook.

Thanks for the honest update! Some suggestions for lit guides (1) Not Consumed Reading Journal, (2) Silo and Sage Homeschool- she has two program one teaches literary device through pictures book for k-12 and Read, Think and Write for grades 6-12, (3) Movies as Literature on Christianbook store and (4) Everyday Homeschooler KZread channel has a video on Homemade Lit Guides. Praying you find what works!

@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife

11 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness, thanks for all of the suggestions.