Hey! I’m so glad you found me here! I’m Jamie, Bible believing Christian, registered nurse and homeschool mom to 5! Hoping you’ll stick around as I share our journey. Here you’ll find info on homeschooling multiple kids and grades, occasional hauls, some adventures sprinkled in with our travel trailer and anything else I find interesting enough to chat about. I pray this channel is a blessing to you and your family!
Hi there! I just came across your channel and I really love your book haul!! School is about to start back for us and this helps a lot with picking out some readers for us! I'm a new subscriber and I also have a homeschooling channel where I share our journey. Looking forward to more of your content!
Fix it grammar works so well along side structure and style. Highly recommend doing them together! I can’t decide on TGATB level 4 la or IEW for my 4th grade daughter. Decisions are so hard! My son does all IEW and works great for him. I’ve learned so much too. That’s why I’m having a hard time deciding between the two curriculums.
That is a hard decision! And I do have fix it grammar if we start and the other way, alternating bju, doesn’t work. I just really really love bju grammar. Level 4 TGTB was not my favorite level. We used that for my oldest at that point. But I’m just now using IEW for the first time so I don’t know how they compare.
I also picked up the Evan moor 3rd grade and the 4th grade financial literacy books to start with my 4th grader. I thought it best to start with the basics and build their skills. Thx for the video.
Thank you for this video!!!! I'm always on the hunt for some clean good books for my 11 year old son. My son loves the Jenny Cote series Book #1 The Ark, the Reed, and the Fire Cloud (Ebay). I think that your daughter will enjoy this book series. 🙂
We chose for my daughter’s 6th grade year, last year, to only do BJU’s grammar as well. She did a separate writing component with a different curriculum. It worked out well. I would definitely be interested in a video on what books your daughter has read. We also really enjoyed the book Bruchko. Enjoy your year!
Awesome!! I’m glad to know I’m not totally crazy for trying to combine two different curriculums 🤣 I’ll definitely get the video of her favorite readers up this week or next for you ❤️
"Doing what is expected of me cheerfully, immediately and thoroughly?" That seems like a really high expectation for little humans with not fully formed brains yet. I would venture to say that most adults don't *always* do everything cheerfully, immediately and thoroughly, so why hold children to such high standards? Is that really in the bible? That little snippet really made me pause, but great video with a lot of great resources!
That’s a great question. The Bible does say for children to obey their parents and to do everything as if doing it for the Lord. Does that mean I require perfect obedience to that particular definition across the board for all my children? No. I do expect more from my older ones than I do the younger ones but that doesn’t mean I change the standard or definition. I also tell all my children that lying is a sin. Does that mean I don’t think l my 3 year old will ever lie? No I expect he will but I don’t change that standard to match what he has yet to learn and understand. I instead give grace while trying to teach and instill truth. Teaching the standard doesn’t mean I hold all my children perfectly to it and don’t give grace it just means that’s the goal. In like manner, 1 Peter 1:15-16 to be holy in all our conduct bc it is written “be holy for I am holy”. Could I ever meet that standard of holiness? No! But that’s the goal and I’m constantly trying to conform to be more like Christ. I hope all that makes sense.
Man, you spoke to me with the "cramming too much in." I was thinking about it while you were talking about it and I think I've scheduled too much. It's hard because as you said, there are so many great resources, but my kids are so young (1st, 2nd, 3rd) that it's more important that they have time to be kids! Thank you so much for sharing! I also really like the curriculum you chose!
I’m so glad!!! It’s easy to get in that mode of wanting to do all the things for sure. One of the things I just started doing this year was sitting down and picking just a couple areas for each kid I want them to grow in and focus on those while obviously getting their core subjects in. But it helps to keep my mind set on the things that are important for that particular child and not trying to do all the things ❤️
Thank you for sharing! I am curious as to what your husband does for a living? As a homeschool family, we would like to travel in an RV for awhile to see the states but I have to finish nursing school first. My husband has been looking for a career to enter into that he could work remotely so that's why we ask. Thanks in advance for sharing :)
He’s a financial advisor and after working for other financial companies for years branched off and started his own so now he works from home. I’m also a registered nurse! ❤️
I was looking for a reading curriculum for the last 18!weeks of first grade. My daughter started her 1st grade in K. I don’t want her to be so far ahead that she’s starting 2nd grade in November. I was thankful to find Generations God’s Big Story Level 1. She can read that along with library choices.
Yes!! I've updated the video description with all the links to the resources shared here. If there is something I missed let me know and I'll link it. Hope this helps.
So it is laid out as if you would do it over the course of 23 school days. There is a “getting started day”, 21 lessons, and then a final day to put the finishing touches on the lap book. It seems very doable in that time frame and will be what we aim for.
Great video! You and I picked a lot of the same curricula!. I was on the fence about getting God's big story but I think I'm going to go ahead and get it bc I wasn't happy with the masterbooks more than words we used (well barely used) last year. Thanks for sharing!
@@Honeyatthehive stationary. Y’all have a home base? Do y’all park the rv on your property? Or pay for parking? If we buy a house one day, we hope to buy one that will allow us to keep our rv on our property.
@TheChan7 it sounds like we did much like you all. We sold our house in 2022 and was unsure when we would find what we were looking for so we bought an rv until we found it. It only took about 6months. When we aren’t traveling our rv is parked on our land.
We love TGATB science! Your family subjects sound fun. Just subscribed. I also have a channel and would love to be friends and connect. Looking forward to following along!
My oldest just finished 6th grade, 12 years old, and we have that BJU Bible curriculum and I wasn't comfortable discussing it this year. I suggest pre-reading it and deciding if your child is ready for it or not. There's some mature and heavy topics in there. I'll wait till next year in 7th or in 8th grade.