Welcome! My name is Jordan, and I am a stay at home mom of two children. I am a former teacher who is now a homeschool mom. On the channel, we will be sharing all about our homeschool journey, as well as, giving a glimpse into some of the things we do in our day to day lives.
I have the same printer! If you run the printer head cleaning in the settings, (once sometimes twice in a row,) it'll get rid of those lines that run through the pages and it only takes a few minutes :) Awesome video, yet again 😀
Been there, with 3rd pregnancy, too. At some point I had to take pain meds. But we went to a Chiropractor for my son and he did a complementary fix on me🤗🥰. My spine was so out that it seemed like my legs were feet apart from each other. Hope you feel better.
@@TheYorkHouseLearning-wz6rp he also told me to pick up a tennis shoe and turn the sole up, place the toe part of it towards my legs and lay down on it, sitting my bottom on the toe part. It is a tad uncomfortable at first but it helps decompress the back. Blessing your way. You have a beautiful family.
Hi Jordan, I love listening to your videos. Your voice is so soothing and you make everything you do so heavenly. I am embarking on using Core Knowledge and I would love to see how you simplify the curriculum as I am overwhelmed by the guides. Thank you!
Thank you so much! I am hoping to have my website up in the next week or two. I will share my simplified guides there! I will be sure to link it in my videos as soon as it is up!
I am sure your channel will grow because you are unique. I like how you show your planner and what you have accomplished. Take care of yourself! God bless!
I was shocked when comparing two different math curriculums. One counts up to 1000 by the end of the year while the other is up to 120. Both are for the first grade. Crazy!
I love this video! I hope you post more plan with me's 😄 I'm curious how it would look if you were planning for both kiddos? I'm trying to set up my planner and am debating how to make it work for both my kids. Maybe I could colour coordinate for each of them or divide the boxes in half, or have separate boxes on the side for each of them instead of breaking them down into subjects on the side. 🤔I love how you highlight and colour coordinate the days and what was completed. Any suggestions for me? Help haha😅
Thank you so much! I have been asking myself the same thing recently. Right now my littlest isn't doing anything formal, so I haven't needed to plan for her. However, I can see that being a need soon. 😅 I've been debating printing a second page out for her when the time comes or maybe dividing each section like you suggested. If I think of anything, I will be sure to share it!
I just found your channel and I'm so glad I did! We're starting Waldock Way Ocean in July. Have your kiddos watched The Wild Kratts videos? My boys love them.
I loved seeing everything you have for your new unit study! Your kiddos are going to have so much fun 😀 Do you switch out the sensory bin throughout the year? I'm thinking of doing a unit study for our morning basket too, but maybe do 2-3 topics throughout the year depending on my kids interest. How many weeks/lessons is the Waldock Way unit study?
Since our sensory bin goes with the unit study, I keep it the same through out the year. You could definitely do multiple unit studies though! The Waldock Way Ocean Unit has 21 topics they suggest covering. My family tends to go pretty in depth with each topic, but you don't have to do that if you don't want. It's made to be really flexible!
Your insights about Blossom and Root Space was helpful, I've been considering it for our kindergarten in September. Maybe we'll go with something else. I was looking at CK Science and it seems like it might be a lot of work, prep, but maybe something he might enjoy. Have you done that one? We're going to use History Quest Early Times for our 9 year old and thinking maybe our kinder can just kind of tag along. Have you looked into it? Your little guy may be a bit young for it yet though, I believe it suggests grades 1-6. Is there a suggested age you think would be good for watching CNN10? I feel like my kiddos may be a bit too sensitive for some of the intense topics, and may not be the best way to start their day. I'd love to find something like happy news, heroes, cool discoveries, or something like that. 😅
We are going to be using Core Knowledge for both science and history this year! I'm also nervous about the amount of prep the science will take, but I am excited for something that's more hands on. I have heard, Blossom and Root changes a bit in the first grade level to include more experiments and such, but I haven't used it to know for sure. I've heard good things about History Quest, but we haven't used it. If you're interested in everything we plan to use with our kiddo we just released our curriculum picks video! 😁 CNN10 is definitely created with middle and high school students in mind. Now that CNN10 is done for the summer, we have been watching old clips from Reading Rainbow, and it has been awesome! They will read a picture book to your kiddo and also give some background information. For example we watched one recently where they interviewed a train conductor and then read a book about a train.
Loved this video! Love seeing your sweet little family and how you go about your homeschool day. Really like seeing you cross things off too! Off to watch more of your videos. 😀
I know it seems ambitious, and I may find that it is way too much! 😂 As of right now, we are planning to try to do every subject each day except for the electives. For those, we will pull from three of them at a time. My idea for our schedule next year is that we would start the morning with breakfast during our family unit study. Then, we'll take a break for a while before we come back together to do our literature study. After another break, we'll do reading, writing, and math. When that's done, we go straight into lunch where we watch CCN10 and read from our Core Knowledge Domains. Later in the afternoon, we'll have science, history, and electives. I release monthly updates, so I'll be sure to let everyone know if the schedule is working or not.
waldock way has a great unit study that follows the magic treehouse books too if you need more, it's super well put together. it's called "passports to adventures"
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@@TheYorkHouseLearning-wz6rp We’ve used TGTB this summer. We plan to use lucky little learners 🍀in the fall for math and reading. For my special needs learner, we use All About Reading. I am making their History/Science/STEAM ❤️
I am hoping to keep a similar schedule to what we have now, but we are adding several new things so I may have to adjust this as time goes on. Tentatively the idea is that we would start the morning with breakfast during our family unit study. Then, we'll take a break for a while before we come back together to do our literature study. We'll take another short break before we come back together for reading, writing, and math. When we finish those we go straight into lunch where we watch CCN10 and read from our Core Knowledge Domains. We'll take one last break before we come back together for science, history, and electives. We should be done with everything by 3:00. This is what I am hoping for, we'll just have to see how it actually shakes out once we get into it.
Right now, I plan to rotate the three supplementary writing workbooks each day. I used to rotate the electives, but now I plan to use three each day until a book is complete before switching to the next. Otherwise I'm hoping to touch on everything else each day. I'll know once we get started if that will work or not. 😂
So right now we are using Kindergarten CKLA Domain 10: Colonial Towns and Townspeople. That domain contained 10 reading selections that were a mix of nonfiction texts about life during colonial times and fictional short stories that took place in that time period. In the teacher's guide there is also a book list of books that would go along with this topic. Right now we are reading 1-2 selections each day and talking about what life was like in the past. Right now we are just reading the selections and talking about them. The Core Knowledge website offers more detailed lessons if you are interested. To get to this domain from the website, you would need to first click on the red "Download Free Curriculum" button in the top right corner of the website. From there you would filter by language arts and kindergarten. Next choose the domain you'd like to look at. Once you have clicked on the domain, scroll down and click the red "Download Free PDF Version" under the heading "Read-Aloud Anthology." You will be able to see the reading provided and a list of suggested books to go along with the topic.
This is such a great update! I'm planning to use Core Knowledge history/social studies starting in kindergarten with my daughter! Also looking into Handwriting Without Tears!
The shape pieces are called pattern blocks. I'm pretty sure I ordered a cheaper set off of Amazon. The one I got came with small cards that suggested potential patterns. The sheets we were using in the video actually come from the Waldock Way Minibeast unit. That unit included lots of fun things about bugs that you could do with your kiddos!
These are all great tips! Especially making it fun and routine. I tend to forget how young my son is sometimes and get books that are slightly above his age range, but he does still love books that have textures in them or lift the flaps. Routine is going to be hard for me but I know it's important so I'll start working on something, starting small. I appreciate you!!
